Chapter 86 Fragile defeat
"Hurry! Go and call Gerney and take people to put out the fire immediately!" Veroni hurriedly called the guards to inform his son.
As soon as the guards left, he realized that he was in a hurry and hurriedly asked the captain of the guard beside him to lead the guards to put out the fire immediately.
"Big Chief, what should you do with your safety?" The captain of the guard was a little embarrassed: the camp was so uneasy tonight. If they left, who will protect the boss?
"The food is gone, the whole army is in danger. What's the use of asking me for safety!!" Veroni stamped her feet in a hurry.
The guards had to hurry to the fire.
However, the army has more than 25,000 people, and the camp will stretch for seven or eight miles. There are people everywhere in the camp and the roads are congested.
The guards not only moved slowly, but instead caused a fight because they were eager to move forward, annoying the already panicked soldiers, and this conflict was gradually expanding...
It was early winter, and the wind was dry and the things were dry. In addition, the Dionia siege team members who had sneaked into the camp set fires on purpose. The fire spread rapidly with the wind, constantly burning the entire baggage camp, and continued to expand around, litting the surrounding wooden fences and tents...
Veroni looked at the fire behind the sky, and his heart completely fell into his heart.
It's over! It's over!... He looked dull and sat on the cold ground.
However, this night was destined to be his nightmare.
"Woo!!!..." A powerful horn sound suddenly sounded around the camp, followed by the shouts of countless people shouting and killing...
The Potanthians could not enter the enemy camp quietly like the Dionian Legion, but Polet's courage and persuasion made Puamot finally make him determined to send 5,000 soldiers. They divided into five groups and quietly went down the mountain, hiding everywhere outside the frontier camp of Samone.
As soon as he saw the fire, Polet couldn't wait to make someone blow the trumpet, and then the trumpets rang out everywhere else. The soldiers of Pottia, with revenge, walked around the deer fort, climbed over the trenches, climbed over the earthen walls and wooden fences. At this time, the Samonet camp was already panicked and attracted attention because of the fire. The outside of the camp was neglected to guard, so the Pottia people entered the camp more easily. So they all turned into bloodthirsty wolves, chopped when they saw the figure, stabbed when they heard the sound, and screamed one after another, echoing everywhere in the camp...
The terrified Samonets even more frightened. In the dark night when they were unable to see their fingers, for their safety, they all held their weapons tightly, and as long as someone approached, they would cut and stab each other, and there was a lot of fighting in the camp.
But in such a chaotic situation, the Dionian scouts who had long been involved in the camp shouted everywhere in the Samonet language they learned: "The Dionian army is coming! They want to destroy us, run away!..."
The fear in the night was infinitely amplified, and finally crushed the fighting spirit of the Samone warriors. Just like the flood of Jueta, they desperately ran out of the camp. For this reason, they could push their companions around them down, chop over their comrades who were blocking their progress, and trample people who were moaning on the ground to death. The night became their accomplices to kill each other again...
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Puamot, who had been worried about the war all night, kept standing on the wall and watching. He heard the hustle and bustle of Samonet's camp, saw the fires illuminating half of the sky in the distance, and heard the deafening fight and screams... This scene continued until late at night, and gradually disappeared silently...
The spy who went to the bottom of the mountain to find out the news came back excitedly and shouted: "The enemy was defeated! The enemy was defeated!..." The whole city suddenly turned into a sea of joy.
Puamot felt relieved, and the only thing he was worried about was the fire that was getting stronger and stronger, but because the situation was unclear in the dark, he did not dare to send people to put out the fire rashly.
Unexpectedly, even the gods were favoring Potendia that night, and it started to rain in the second half of the night.
Puamot was completely relieved and finally slept until dawn under the constant sleepiness.
He hurried to the city, and along the way he saw the tribesmen's originally lifeless faces with smiles. They gathered together in groups of three or three, excitedly talking about the war last night, thanking Asinu for his blessing, and from time to time, people asked Puamot: "When can we move back to our original settlement?"
Puamot stood on the top of the city and looked down: The Samonet camp, which once stretched for ten miles, had countless military tents, had basically turned into a black land, clusters of green smoke lingered around this area, making Puamot unrealistic...
"Are Pollet and the others back?" Puamot asked Valer, the leader of the tribe who was on duty today.
"I didn't come back, but he sent someone back and said, 'They're going to clean the battlefield and they won't return later.'"
It would be fine if Pollett was fine! Puamot thought fortunately.
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What Pollett said was not that simple to clean the battlefield. Looking close to the camp of Samone, under the ashes after the fire, in the mud caused by heavy rain, the bodies of both sides were lying everywhere. Some were dead or even burned to black. Some were seriously injured and unconscious, while others were still struggling and moaning...
Last night, the Potendia soldiers led by Bruti suffered heavy losses in the chaos due to lack of experience in night attacks, with nearly 2,000 casualties. After the fierce battle, they regardless of their fatigue, attracted more people from the city to carry the wounded and bodies back to the city, and at the same time began to clean the battlefield on the ruins within a radius of ten miles.
A few stabs were added to those struggling Samones to confirm their deaths, and at the same time, they also had to find their own tribe members mixed in the enemy's corpse... The Pottia warriors were in danger during the search process. Some of the less-injured Samone warriors disguised as "corpses", and when they approached. After many such raids, the Pottia warriors were even more careful. They held spears and saw the corpse. As long as they were not from their own, they would stab them a few times before they could say that they were shot.
Such a vast area cannot be cleaned up in a short while. Behind these soldiers, the members of the Dionia Reconnaissance Brigade were carefully counting the number of casualties of the Samones according to the divided areas.
In the afternoon, the cleaning work came to an end. The 5,493 people died and there were no injured people, because even after surviving the chaos last night, the angry Potantia soldiers would mercilessly kill them when cleaning the battlefield. The rest of the Samonets fled far away and spread in the areas around Potantia. However, when the Samonets invaded before, they wiped out all the areas around Potantia. Now the hungry Samonets will swallow the bitter fruits they made. How to escape the pursuit of the Potantia, endure hunger and wounds, and return to their hometown safely has become a big problem for them.
The Pottentians made great sacrifices, and with the full help of the Dionians, they finally defeated the powerful Samonets. They were happy after the disaster, but they were buried in the huge Samonet corpse pit by them who were unaware of it. The leader of the Silpini, the commander of the Samonet coalition invaded Pottenia, Veronie. Last night, he sent all the personal guards beside him to maintain order and put out the fire. As a result, Polett led his army to attack the camp. The Samonets had turmoil due to panic, and the lonely and a little old Veronie died in the chaos...
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In the early morning of this day, in the Hades Temple in Turiyi, Cardias, a Silitite, got up early as usual and walked into the temple's hall.
He entered the other side of hell. After staying here for a long time, the terrifying hell criminal scenes and the hideous statues of Hades, the statues of the gods of Hades respectfully brought him an oil lamp to the throne. The lamps on the oil basin in front of the statue were beating green and red flames all year round. Hades's stern and solemn face added a bit of gloom under the beating light.
Kaldias looked calm, and he lit the oil lamp in his hand with his feet. Then he knelt down in front of the statue of Hades, closed his eyes slightly, and spread his palms upwards on the ground. He prayed sincerely to the Pope, hoping that he could protect the people of Silit.
When he heard that the Syracuse people were landing in Locre, he was anxious to return to the Silitunite, but he was persuaded by Presinas.
Presinus told him that even if he returns to Silitun, he will only add an ordinary citizen to the city-state. But here, he can pray to this powerful and powerful king of hell day and night to seek the help of this god.
Kaldias thought the priest in charge was right, so he continued to stay in Turiyi. At this moment, he placed the oil lamp representing his wish on the altar. Since it was too early and the temple had not opened, there was only one lonely one on the altar. But at night, the table was filled with oil lamps, and they would pack up until very late every time.
"Caldias, you are so sincere! I believe Hades will definitely respond to you!" A voice came from behind.
Kaldias quickly turned around and salute: "Good morning, Presinas."
The Hades Temple is now basically popular among cities in the Dionysian territory. It has priests, priests, saints, believers... and many people are responsible for managing the temple, and they also have status differences between each other. However, in terms of mutual titles, the Hades God Code stipulates that only the real name can be called to demonstrate the concept of "teaching the public to treat equality" in the Hades Temple.
"According to the latest battle report obtained by the Senate, the Fourth and Fifth Legions of Dionyya repelled an attack from the Syracuse army in Kaurenia and captured hundreds of people. These prisoners are now being sent to Turiyi, so you don't have to worry too much. Dionyya is being paid attention to and protected by Hades!" Presinas comforted him with a gentle expression.
Chapter completed!