Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 54: The trouble caused by mercenaries

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Crotone mobilized his army to reinforce Crimea. Such a big move had long been known by the spies placed by Alistyras at Crotone’s dock.

In the early morning of the next morning, when the messenger of the mercenary arrived at Daves’ mansion, Daves had received news of Crotone’s reinforcements from Aristilas, and he immediately judged that Timathon had hired him. This time the army is more ill-advised.

Therefore, when Picoles, the messenger of the mercenary, asked Daves: "Master Daves, the mercenary led by Chief Timathon has captured Crimea, and we hope to join Dionia. Alliance, and hope to get the increase of Dionia immediately!"

Daves told the former comrade with a heavy expression that he once served as an interpreter in the Menon Barracks, and later was his own, but chose to leave in Byzantium: "Pichols, you are late, I just I got the news,'Yesterday at noon, Crotone's army of nearly 10,000 people set off from the port by boat.' They should be able to reach Crimea in the afternoon. I don't think Timathon can hold Crimea. ……"

"Ten thousand people?!" Pickles heard the news, dumbfounded on the spot.

"I have sent someone to inquire about the news. I believe I can get the details of Crimea by noon." Davers continued.

"Maybe...maybe Timothy and they are still holding on..." Picoles recovered, and pleaded with luck, "Daves... The chief sees that we used to fight side by side together. For good reason, please... please send an army and rush to Crimea immediately to rescue them!!! Otherwise, it will be too late until you get the news!!..."

Pichols's "leader" made Daves' mood slightly fluctuated, but he still shook his head and said, "Well...it's not that I can send troops immediately if I want to send troops. This requires the approval of most members of the Senate. Agree, without definite news, they will not agree! Because if the Crimea retakes the city and Dionian's army enters the Crimea territory, it is a violation of the agreement, which means war! The war with Crotone!!"

Davos’s patient explanation was obviously not heard by the eager Pichols, he almost madly shouted: "Anyway, if you are going to rescue the brothers, you will definitely fight Crotone! You! What are you afraid of! You are Dionia’s only lifelong consul, here you have the final say! Send troops, please, Chief Daves! Timathon, Kriano and others, and all of our mercenary brothers His life is waiting for your rescue!!!..."

Davers shook his head, feeling that he couldn't tell him clearly: "You go to rest first, and I will notify you when I get news." After speaking, he motioned to the servant to take him down.

Pichols pushed it away vigorously and shouted: "Daves, if you hadn't helped Timathon and your brothers, you would have died in Persia! But look at how you treated you in the past. Comrades in arms! We arrived here, not only did not provide any help, but suffered a lot of grievances. Now Tima Song and their lives are threatened, and they ask you for help, but you didn’t extend a helping hand. You still find a reason to say “needs” The approval of the Senate'..."

Pichols yelled at Daves for his ungratefulness. Daves was very angry when he heard that, and thought: You spoofed to go to Syracuse, in fact, to capture Crimea, and when will you talk frankly with me? pass! I didn't want to use me and Agarcia to make Dionia take the blame for you, but I never thought of doing so and how passive Dionia and himself would be! Now that I failed, I came to beg myself, but I didn't even apologize at all. Who is ungrateful? Do you really think I'm so good to talk?

In his current capacity, he didn't need to argue with a simple-minded mercenary. He simply asked the guards to drive Picoles out of the mansion.

There was a lot of noise in the living room. With the help of Asuna, Kristia came down from the second floor with a big belly, and asked with concern: "I heard a quarrel downstairs, what's wrong?"

"It's okay." Davers squeezed out a smile and whispered, "You are about to give birth. You don't want to rest well, and you are walking around."

Christoya didn’t ask any more interestingly, clutching her bulging belly and said: "The kid has been kicking me just now and woke me up."

"Baby, be good, let your mother have a good rest!" Daves put his face on Kristonia's belly and said softly.

"Oh, he kicked me again!" Kristonia said in surprise.

"Madam, he must be a boy so naughty!" Asuna said with a smile.

"Naughty little guy!" Daves patted his stomach, and said softly, "Christoya, I will accompany you for a walk in the yard."

At this moment, both he and Kristia have happy smiles on their faces.

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Pichols was kicked out of Davers's mansion and immediately regretted it. The door of Davers's house was closed tightly, and he couldn't knock it open, so he had to go to Felicius and them.

Who knows that Felicius, Capus, and Antonios either hid or saw them, they all apologized to Picoles and couldn't help him.

In the end, Agarcia told him: "Due to the fact that the mercenaries have caused trouble in the Alliance during this period, Lord Davos and them have been under a lot of pressure in the Senate, especially this time, Tima Song and the others. With Dionia, he rashly attacked Crimea, causing Pollux and several Turíy veterans to directly criticize Daves by name at the meeting, saying that he used the Alliance of Dionia for the personal gain of the mercenaries! This is the first time Master Davers has faced such severe criticism and humiliation since he became a consul! In this case, Davers is impossible to use troops without authorization!"

Pichols listened, seemingly understandable, and realized that they thought things too simple.

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At noon, the news of Crimea came back: the mercenaries were wiped out.

Daves sat silently, and after a long time, he let out a soft sigh.

The incident seemed to come to an end, but Daves realized that it was far from over.

Sure enough, in the afternoon, a passenger ship from Crotone sailed into the pier in Turiy. Two people alighted from the passenger ship: Crotone’s general Lucias and Crimea’s chief general. Anta Auris.

What does this mean? The faces of the veterans who were in charge of welcoming them all changed slightly.

Two corpses were also carried from the ship: Timathon and Crianno.

This makes the mercenary veterans such as Felicius and Agarcia sad.

So today's Senate meeting was extremely tense and solemn at the beginning.

The chief general of Crimea, Anta Oris, spoke first. He tearfully accused the mercenaries of the evil deeds committed in Crimea yesterday and the suffering of the people of Crimea. Then he Weeping bitterly: "Why are the Crimean people living in peace for decades, but recently they have been ransacked by war?! Could it be that we inadvertently offended Ares and let him vent his anger to the people of Crimea? Up?!......"

Lysias looked around the venue and found that some of the Dionian elders looked unnatural, while Daves, the consul in the front row, listened intently, nodding occasionally, with an empathetic look. He sneered in his heart, stood up, walked towards the center of the venue, hugged Anta Auris, and then saluted the elders of Dionia and said, "Your honorable Archon and the elders of the League of Diony The messenger of Rotone, what I want to say is that yesterday Crotone sent reinforcements in time to save Crimea from being destroyed by a group of bandits! During the interrogation of the prisoners after the war, we learned that this group of bandits was The mercenaries from Asia Minor have fought together in Persia for more than a year with Lord Davos and some of the elders present. They were invited by you to come to Great Greece and registered their household registration in your alliance, preparing to become Dio. Citizen, is this true?!"

"Yes." Daves nodded and admitted without shy.

Lysias did not expect his answer to be so straightforward. He was taken aback for a moment, then increased his volume and said loudly: "According to the captive’s confession,'They were instructed by the Dionian League to attack Crimea and prepare To turn Crimea into an alliance of Dionia—"

"Nonsense!"

"Fart!"

"This is framed!"

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Amintas, Dracos, Agarcia and others stood up and shouted.

"Whether you admit it or not, the fact is the fact! The corpses of the two bandit leaders are still lying on the dock, and some of you shed tears just now." Lucias pointed his finger forward, with a serious expression, and shouted loudly. : "Dionians, you broke the armistice agreement with Crotone, you still want to deny it!"

Anta Oris scorned his eyes and pointed at Daves and they yelled: "Since you Gentiles came to Great Greece, Great Greece has not had a peaceful day! No, it's not Crimea that angered Ares, it is your expansion and aggressiveness that brought war to the various city-states of Great Greece! The grievances of the thousands of dead people in Crimea must be appealed, and Dionia must be punished!"

There was an uproar in the venue.

Daves stood up, walked to Anta Oris, sneered, and said: "I originally wanted to express Dionia's apology to Crimea, and even willing to make some compensation, although Dio Nia has nothing to do with this matter."

Anta Auris opened his mouth to refute, Daves looked at him and yelled: "You shut up!"

He was taken aback by surprise.

"But I can see now that the generals of your two city-states came here together, not to clarify the truth, but to join forces to suppress us Dionia! Let’s say that you’ve been prepared Good conditions, let us hear how harsh it is!" Daves saw through their intentions, and his anti-guest remarks stunned Lucias, and also reminded the elders who were still confused.