Rome Must Perish

Andres decided to personally lead the campaign against the Skodisqi bandits.

Back when the Skodisqi Tribe here was annihilated, some remnants had escaped into the mountains, harassing the Segestica Tribe for several years before he was responsible for their extermination. He had a lot of experience with this.

After some reconnaissance and deployment, Andres led his army to strike the Skodisqi bandits who were plundering. After a battle, the Skodisqi suffered heavy casualties, and the remnants fled northwest into the mountains, temporarily restoring peace to the Segestica Territory.

During this time, reinforcements from the Pannonian Alliance arrived gradually. They included ten thousand Brochi warriors, among them 800 heavy warriors; five thousand Mazi warriors, with 200 heavy warriors; ten thousand Desitia warriors, with no heavy soldiers but 500 cavalry.

These three tribes were the only ones to provide reinforcements because their territories were all close to Segestica, allowing for quick deployment and low grain consumption, and because the Desitia had close ties to Segestica, while the Brochi and Mazi were concerned about the threat the Mercenaries posed to them, thus being more proactive in providing troops.

In mid-October, the reinforcements from the three major tribes gathered in the Segestica Territory. Andres had already summoned five thousand of his own tribe’s warriors, and soon they set off together.

The large army majestically passed through the dense forests, crossed the Kupa River, and marched west along the South Bank.

At the same time, Andres sent out many scouts to carefully search the mountains along the coast... Even with a large army in hand, he was more cautious than the last time.

The scouts did not find any anomalies along the way.

But after crossing the Kolana River, they encountered interceptions from the rebel army, losing some scouts and failing to gather information about the rebels’ camp.