Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 128: Hegecitus

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Looking at the enemy flooding like a tide, Panguelu looked stern, and the fearful expressions on the faces of the surrounding soldiers worried him. He suddenly drew out his sword and shouted: "Warriors of Knapetia, You have successfully blocked a powerful enemy for nearly a month. Now the biggest test has come. Think about your parents, wives, and children. They are behind us and need our protection. Show your courage. Under Brutus’ blessing, these cowardly enemies will surely be repelled! Our Bruti warriors will never be slaves!"

"The big boss is right! We cannot be defeated, we must not be slaves!"

"We fought with the Greeks!!"

Inspired by Pangheru, the Knapetia fighters boosted their morale and began to draw bowstrings to the enemies approaching the trench...

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Diolidas, a member of the Crotone Council of Hundreds, as the representative of Crotone, came to Trina with tons of grains and dozens of sheep, and expressed his condolences to Diornia in the name of the Southern Italian League. The Fourth Army, mainly observing the progress of Dionia's war against Bruti, happened to witness this siege battle with their own eyes.

Later, he returned to Crotone and described the situation to the council with a look of surprise: "...The Dionians invented a terrible siege weapon, they called it a ballista Like a bow and arrow, it can shoot a dozen kilograms of stone projectiles hundreds of meters away, and can accurately hit the city wall. The stone wall of Knapetia has been bombarded by this new siege equipment for several days. After that, a big gap appeared.

The Dionians also made something called the Siege Tower, which is like a movable wooden tower, taller than the walls of Knapetia, when the Dionians pushed it When approaching the city of Knapetia, the archer at the top of the tower has been shooting arrows at the enemy on the wall. When approaching the city wall, a heavy suspension bridge was immediately put down on the siege tower and placed on the top of the city. The Dionian soldiers rushed to the head of Krapetia through the suspension bridge of the siege tower.

The Dionians not only use ballistas and siege towers, they also use ladders to climb the city walls as much as we do. I saw every one of their soldiers rushing to attack, rarely retreating because their teammates fell down the city, and their courage was no less than that of our citizens in Crotone. But the Knapetia fighters are not as fierce as they used to face us. Maybe they were too few in number, or maybe they were frightened by Dionian’s terrifying siege equipment...In short, the fighting only lasted until the afternoon, when Dionian’s Fourth Army map attacked Knape. In the city of Tia, Knapetia’s leader, Pangheru, also died in the battle..."

Diolidas finished speaking, and the council was silent.

I just received the news that Dionia had captured the city of Bisignia, and now the city of Knapetia has been breached... When did the Bruti, who had a headache in Crotone, become so weak? NS? ! Or did Dionia's army become stronger than the Citizens of Crotone can compare? ! Crotone was at a loss: seeing the war break out, I hoped Dionia could smash a big caterpillar in front of the Bruti so that Crotone could take advantage of it. But now it seems that this is just Crotone's beautiful fantasy, and Dionia's strength has made the people present feel terrified.

"This is a good thing!" General Thesprotis stood up and said loudly: "The nightmare that has plagued the people of Crotone and other city-states for a hundred years is finally over! The people of Crotone have finally come to an end! I know, I will be very happy!"

The words of Thesprotis made those who still hold other thoughts realize that even if they want to pull Dionia's hind legs, their proposal may not pass the citizens' assembly.

At this time, the chief general Lucias got up and said: "As a member of the Southern Italy League, we should be happy for Dionia's victory! Although Dionia did not invite Crotone to participate in the war. , But also in the Southern Italy League, Crotone should unite with other allies to donate enough military supplies to Dionia to show our support for Dionia!"

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On the same day the Fourth Army attacked the city, the army led by Daves still stayed in the camp on the banks of the Punat River.

The soldiers were busy returning the wounded and sick to the city of Bisignia, while the barracks transported Turri's rations to the city of Bisignia back to the camp.

Daves was staring at the map of the Bruti Mountains in the military tent, thinking about what to do next.

At this time, Tolmeide came in: "My lord, there are many Brutis outside the camp, and a man named Hegecitus at the head asks to see you."

Davers moved in his heart and immediately said: "Let him in!"

It turns out that the previous riot in Cosenza was instigated by Hegecitus. Following the return of Pi Arun's army from attacking the fortress, these rebellious tribes who knew they were invincible fled the city of Cosenza in a hurry. At that time, Pi Anlun was busy dealing with the army of Dionia, and did not have the energy to come in and suppress them, but these tribes brought their families and brought not much food. They went into the mountains and suffered a lot of hardship. Two days. The food has been exhausted in a long time.

So these tribes began to complain to Hegecitus, and their eyes were getting worse when they looked at him.

At this time, the people who went out to inquire about the news brought back an astonishing news: the Bruty Alliance and Dionia had a war on the Punat River. As a result, Bruty was defeated, and Pianren took him from Cosen. The huge army led by Zhacheng when he set off, there was not much left when he fled back.

This news immediately caused these tribes to change their attitudes towards Hegecitus.

Hegecitus acted decisively and led these tribes to seek refuge in the Dionian army.

For the sudden addition of more than two thousand mouths that consume military rations, Daves didn’t care too much. He was interested in Hegecitus. This was a game of chess that he used with a brainstorm. Unexpectedly, the first answer sheet submitted by Hegecitus surpassed his expectations.

He looked at this man with a Greek appearance, but a tall physique different from the Greeks, and a long messy hair, and asked curiously: "How did you convince them?"

"Consultant." Hegecitus knew that his opportunity had come, and he explained in detail: "Before the establishment of the Bruti tribal alliance, the Cosenza tribe headed by Pi Aron was in Constantly forcibly annexing the surrounding weak tribes. Since the establishment of the Bruti Alliance, in order not to arouse the revulsion of the great leaders such as Vig and Bisignia, Pi Anlun proposed that the alliance establish a "Leaders Federation" organization, Gathering all tribal leaders who voluntarily or forced to submit to it, it is said that they are unified to manage and decide the affairs of the alliance. In fact, these tribal leaders have no power at all. The alliance affairs are composed of several high leaders and high priests. The Alliance Presbyterian Council decides (that is, the seven-member elders council). The tribes of these tribes were completely dismantled and forced to form a family, directly managed by the Alliance, and of course also directly pay taxes to the Alliance every year.

The leaders of the tribe are not willing to lose all their rights, and the warriors in the tribe are not used to it. Sir, you should know that each tribe of these aboriginals is basically the same blood, and they have been reproduced for hundreds of years. They are all related by blood, and they help each other when they have difficulties. Now they suddenly leave the tribe. To rely on and live independently, many fighters' lives are worse than before. And in the city of Cosenza, they are vulnerable to bullying by the warriors of the big tribe. Therefore, whether it is a leader or a soldier, of course there will be dissatisfaction in my heart..."

Davers listened seriously, nodding from time to time. He feels: In fact, this set of measures of the Bruti Tribal Alliance is even further than the original Lukaria Tribal Alliance system. It is to completely dismantle the old tribal system and concentrate power to the upper level of the alliance. If they are really made, it will be a big enemy of Dionia.

"My lord, in order to defend the Xilu tribe, you don’t hesitate to go to war with the Bruti tribal alliance!" Hegecitus flattered Daves, and then said: "The Bruti alliance must not The disposal of these tribes that later surrendered was not suspended, so after I sneaked into Cosenza, I said to them,'Dionia will defeat the Bruti Alliance and restore the rights and freedom of your tribe!'" At this point, Hegecitus took a careful look at Davers, a little worried that his self-assertion would be criticized by Davers.

"You did the right thing!" Davers praised. From the bottom of his heart, he also hopes to conquer the power of the various tribes like the Bruti Alliance, and put all the Bruti directly under the rule of Dionia, but he is sensible that he knows this kind of brutality. The result of this can only intensify the conflict between the Greeks and the Bruti and destabilize the region, which is not worth the loss for Dionia. As an organization of the same race, the Bruti Alliance has a powerful strength far surpassing other tribes, and it has allowed these small tribes to behave in violation and even riots. The Greeks, who have always had grudges against the Brutis, will implement this centralization measure. I am afraid that there will be no good results. Therefore, after conquering Bruti, Daves still decided to implement the same as in Lucania. His strategy was to boil frogs in warm water, ostensibly promised the privileges of the tribe, and secretly exerted a subtle influence on the Bruti warriors through the army and culture, and finally made them out of the control of the tribe.

"These tribes were a little tempted by my proposal at first, but hesitated, until the adults' army suddenly captured the city of Bisignia, shaking the entire Cosenza, and they made up their minds!" Hegeshe Tuss said excitedly: "Now the Lord's army has once again hit Bruti's army again. I think this victory will have a huge impact on the situation in Cosenza!"