Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 29: Davers’s visit (2)

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Scombras, the elders of Amendorara, suffered the disaster of half a year of imprisonment. Compared with that, this bit of suffering is nothing.

Only the veterans of Turiyi listened to the howling of various beasts in the mountains and forests at night, thinking about the insects and ants burrowing in and out of the soil. However, the Archon took the lead to sleep on the ground wrapped in a woolen blanket, and they could barely learn. They were tossing and turning, and it was difficult to fall asleep. They heard the voice of the Lucaria elder Weisbah: "Your Excellency, I I would like to ask... After the victory of Niutum, does our alliance intend to continue to attack northward?"

His voice is small, but it is very clear in the dark.

The veteran Turiyi couldn't help but said: "Take Niutum and prevent the Lukaria from attacking Turiyi. It is impossible to attack to the north. Look at it. , This mountain road is so difficult to walk, food transportation will become very difficult, and we are not familiar with the terrain in the north, the mountains are rugged, uneven, our heavy infantry can not be deployed, it is easy to be ambushed by the Lukaria, I can I don’t want to see... the tragedy of the annihilation of the Turíy army by the Lukanians... repeats..."

Listening to the voice of the veteran, Daves recognized that it was Enanilus, the veteran of Turiy. His family was famous for shipbuilding in Turiy and once owned two shipyards in the port of Turiy. Able to build a three-tiered paddle warship, but unfortunately it was completely destroyed when the Crotones burned the city. Now he is rebuilding the shipyard. One of his younger brothers died in the battle when the Turri army attacked Laos.

"En'anilus is right. We are not ready to attack north now. We need to gain a foothold in Niutum and let the Lucanians of Niutum slowly integrate into the alliance. , We need to get more Lucaria tribes to the north to identify with our alliance. It will take time."

Daves's words made Weisba a sigh of relief. He was afraid that Daves would be hot-headed and continue to attack north after taking Niutum. Then his people must be the first to take the lead, and the loss will be heavy.

However, En'anilus understood what Daves said: "My lord Archon, listen to what you mean, are you planning to attack the Lucaria area north of Niutum in the future?" "

"Of course. When the news of the previous victory came back to Turriy, didn't you all yelled to defeat all the Lucanians? I remember anyone else who said that they would take Poseidonia!" Dai Firth said with a smile.

"That's what I said." Another voice came. Through the bonfire, Daves recognized that the speaker was the Turri veteran Massissacus.

Mathysakus sat up beside En'anilus, and said embarrassingly: "It was impulsive at the time. I have walked this way today to realize that the Turrii army... was annihilated. In addition to the negligence of the commander, it is also related to the harsh environment here..." Massissacus' family made their fortune by mining. Before Crotone attacked Turey, his family kept more than a thousand mine slaves and contracted a quarry in the city-state. After the war, there were no more than fifty slaves left in the family, and now they mainly undertake the polishing and carving of some stone materials in the temple, the Senate Chamber, and the main square.

Davers noticed that most of the congressmen were awakened and gathered around, so he seriously said: "What is impulse? Why can't we attack north and take down Poseidonia and Picosi Laos?! After all, Laos is just our ally. We need to have our own port city on the west coast, so that our maritime trade will be more convenient and our treasury income will increase substantially. Picosis, Poseidonia Asia has a better port. Because of race, the Lucarias did not play their role well, and our alliance can easily do it. Are you right, Lord Enanilus?"

"Yes, Master Davos. But..." En'anilus was still hesitant to say whether this would be too risky.

Daves has turned his head to look at Weisbah: "I heard that there are a few small iron mines in the Lucaria area, right?"

"There are indeed. They are mainly distributed in the mountains between Potentia and Grummentum." Wesba said proudly: "This is why the Lucanians are not like the cloth Like the Luti people, they can only use simple spears, and they can also make armor and short swords."

"There is iron ore, maybe there are other minerals, such as copper, tin, lead... We will discover in the future, plus wood, fur, livestock, etc., the Lucania mountainous area also contains With great wealth, you said, right? Massissacus." The dark night concealed the meaningful smile on Davers's face.

"Yes...yes!" Mathissas's voice became a little excited.

"The most important point is that we Greeks love the sea too much. As a result, cities are built along the coastline. Although they are good for acquiring wealth on the sea, they are also vulnerable to attack and not good for defense. The alliance should Vigorously advance inland, expand our living space, and become one with Lucania. This way, even if a very powerful enemy invades and cannot hold onto the seaside city, you can retreat to the mountains. There are citizens of Lucaria. As a backing, the mountain area is our home. We can attack any enemy who dares to attack the mountain area, and ultimately defeat the powerful enemy!"

After Daves’s warning words were finished, no one answered in the dark, and only a rapid breathing was heard. After a while, someone asked, “My lord Archon, do you think there will be Powerful enemies to deal with our alliance?"

"For now, isn't Crotone a powerful enemy! A hundred years ago, Sybaris was strong enough in Great Greece, didn't it also attract the enemy's attack! Not the former strong power of Greece, Athens? Is it also attacked by the Peloponnesian Alliance! A city-state becomes strong, and other city-states are either afraid or challenged to its position. They will inevitably try their best to hinder its development and even defeat it! This is In a troubled world, you must do everything possible to strengthen yourself, otherwise it will decline like the previous Turriy, the failure of a battle..."

The people around, especially the veterans of Turiyi, were in deep thought...

"Why don’t we attack Grumentum now?! We all know that Grumentum and Pixis have just had a battle, and both sides have suffered heavy losses. Now is a great opportunity to attack it. !" After Scombras accepted Davers's point of view, he immediately became a bit radical.

"If two brothers in a family are fighting, an outsider comes in and steals things. Do you say that the two brothers continue to fight, or should they work together to kill the outsider first?" Davers asked rhetorically.

"You mean our offense will make the Lucanians unite against us?!" Scombras reacted immediately.

"Yes, it is very possible!"

"But we have already entered the house of the Lucaria!" Protsilus borrowed this metaphor and continued.

Davers responded calmly: "Yes, but we can tell them,'We are revenge for what they stole from us last time, and we only take this and we won't take it again. We You can also sign an agreement with them to stop stealing within a certain period of time, as long as there is Niutum.” Even if they have doubts, they will choose to believe, because they are less interested in the harsh mountainous environment. The Greeks are more threatened by their rivals. Once defeated, the entire tribe will be annexed and their families will become slaves. In order to defeat their opponents early and concentrate on driving us away, what will happen to them?"

Protsilius' eyes lit up and he said loudly: "The battle between them will become more intense!"

"As a result, there will be more tribes in the land of Lucania that are impoverished by the war..." Davers said, thinking of something, and said apologetically: "Master Weisba, I say this, I hope you can understand!"

Weesba shook his head bitterly, and said in a low voice: "Wars between tribes are common here."

"Yes, these weak tribes used to have no choice, now they have. One side is for the victory of the war, the big tribe that ferociously exploited them; the other is Niutum and the peaceful and peaceful life, where they will choose Obvious thing." Daves sincerely asked Weisba: "In order to unify Lucaria as soon as possible, so that this mountainous area will no longer kill each other, I hope Master Weisba, after you arrive in Niutum, you can Go to those tribes to walk more and tell them that our alliance is friendly to the Lucanians, so that they understand us and are more willing to join us..."

Weesba was silent for a while, before squeezing out: "I will try my best!"

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At noon the next day, the group finally walked out of the defile and arrived at the Rahe Fortress.

After carefully inspecting the situation of Rahe Fortress, Daves praised the soldiers of the First Company of the Second Battalion for being able to defend Rahe Fortress dutifully and completed the final defensive mission, and announced: Wait for him When the visit to Niutum is over and they return to the fortress, they can return to Turei with him, and line up for the first appearance in the triumphant style.

The soldiers cheered in unison.

The soldiers of the first brigade muttered uncomfortably after hearing this: "A bunch of recruits, but luck, if we don't guard Turey..."

Although the soldiers of the First Battalion had complaints, it did not prevent them from continuing to march north.

Now the passable area is much wider, about one to two miles wide, with mountains on the east and La River on the west. The river surface of La River is not wide, but the two banks are mostly cliffs with large water drop and deep ditch. , It is difficult for large forces to step to reach the opposite shore.

Little Heraclid looked at the terrain all the way, shook his head and sighed: "It may be difficult to build a bridge on the upper reaches of the La River!"