Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 3: Lysias the Messenger of Crotone

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The news of the defeat of Crotone's army reached Crotone, and the whole city was shocked.

There was a fierce debate in the urgent council meeting of the city hall.

The chief general Milon scolded Amendorara for his despicableness (referring to the sneak attack) and Melancios' incompetence. On the other hand, he proposed to organize another army to defeat Amendorara and rebuild Crotone's reputation. .

Lysias attacked Miron, thinking that it was his order to burn the city that caused the surrounding city-states to be uneasy, and turned to hostile Crotone. Now Crotone has suffered a big defeat and should no longer use swordsmen. , So as not to be besieged by city-states such as Lokri, Tarantum, and Amendorara.

Both sides have their own supporters, and they are in contention.

Half a day later, the news deliberately spread by the Amendorara-Turei Alliance (hereinafter referred to as the Tua Alliance) came again: the Tua Alliance captured more than 5,000 Crotones and captured Aspuru. There are about 1,000 people from Stum and Siritin, 1,200 people as prisoners of Crimea and Castellon, and more than 1,000 free people and slaves...

The sad Crotone people heard the news and saw hope. They gathered and went to the city hall to pressure the council to redeem their loved ones.

At this time, there was news that the Tua Alliance and Tarantum became an offensive and defensive alliance.

Milon finally stopped insisting on his own opinions. After discussion, the council finally decided to send Lycias as a messenger to Turrii to redeem the captives of Crotone in the hands of the Tua Alliance. If necessary, they can sign one Armistice and peace talks.

Lysias led the envoy to the north by boat, catching up with the tailwind, and arrived at the mouth of the Krati River in less than half a day. Here he saw a surprising scene: countless merchant ships lined up densely at the mouth of the river. , Like a series of wooden walls, boats sail out from time to time between the wooden walls, and boats continue to gather from all directions...

Didn’t the city of Turiyi burn down? Why are there so many merchant ships coming to trade? Lysias was puzzled.

Soon, his doubts were answered, and a simple fishing boat greeted him: "Hey, are you here to buy and sell things, or are you here to talk about things?" a man on the bow said loudly.

After receiving the instructions from Lysias, the entourage asked, "What do you do?"

"Have you seen the pattern drawn on the sail." The man pointed his hand up with a triumphant expression. The black hair on the sail was like flames entwined with a cold weapon in the center-that was the symbol of Pluto. Gucha: "You know, our Archon Daves is a descendant of Hades! My name is Sekelian, and I am now the navigator appointed by the commercial officer Mariji, responsible for maintaining the smooth channel, you must tell me What are you here for, otherwise I can only ask you to leave, so as not to block the route of the ship behind."

Lysias hesitated for a moment, made a resolute decision, and shouted to the other party: "We are messengers from Crotone, specially here to negotiate with the Tua Alliance!"

There was no abnormal emotions such as anger or insults. On the contrary, Sekelian looked calm and nodded and said: "You Crotone is really calm, just come now. Castellon, Crimea , Xiliting’s messenger has come early!"

Lysias's heart moved, and the entourage asked curiously: "Why are you not angry?!"

"Why should I be angry, because you are from Crotone." Sekerian shrugged, "You burned Tury, but I am not a Tury citizen, I am just a freedman. On the contrary. , I am very grateful to you Crotone."

Sekrian smiled mysteriously, and then said: "I won't tell you more, go with my boat and don't block the waterway."

Sekrian’s fishing boat led Lycias’s boat into the Craty River and sailed upstream.

Lysias overlooks the north bank estuary, and it is vaguely visible that several simple wooden piers have been erected on the shore. Goods are constantly being unloaded from merchant ships, and the goods are transported to Tuweizi not far from the pier by one by one. Here, its location seems to be the site of the old city of Barris.

Lucias frowned. At the beginning, Crotone sent envoys to question why Turri’s violation of the agreement was agreed by all members of the Council. However, Lycias opposed the fact that he sent troops to attack Turri and avenge the envoy. He believed that he accepted the plan. Rey's apology and more compensation have achieved Crotone's goal. There is no need to send troops to fight. It will waste money and be afraid of accidents. As a result, after Crotone's fiasco, Turri finally didn't care about Crotone's attitude, and started to use the old city of Kizubaris again.

"You haven't said why you want to thank Crotone?" someone in the envoy asked curiously from the bow.

Sekrian replied loudly on the fishing boat: "Isn’t it obvious! If you didn’t have Crotone burning Turri, there would be no alliance between Amendorara and Turri, and no There will be Daves as our governor. He is a descendant of Hades, with such a noble status, but he is very concerned about the people. Not only does he not discriminate against us free people and slaves, but he is quite friendly, just like a citizen. Same! Have you heard of the "Amendorara Immigration Law" proposed and enacted by Lord Daves? Oh no, it should be called the "Tua Union Immigration Law" now."

The Crotone shook his head.

Sekrian looked like "you are ignorant", and said aloud the outline of the immigration law, and then said excitedly: "Master Daves said that when the city of Turriy is initially completed, this bill will It must be implemented. All free citizens who want to become Turíy citizens and behave well can apply for registration from the household registration officer. I heard that if they become preliminary citizens, they will be able to join the army and get a share! Now my companions I’m all working hard, I can’t wait to build Turiyi tomorrow, maybe next time you come, I will already become an official citizen!"

Seeing Sekerian’s intoxicated look, someone couldn’t help refuting: “I’ve never heard of any city-state that makes foreigners become citizens so easily. Maybe this immigration law is deceptive. , It was made up for you to work hard for them!"

"Shut up your mouth, don't talk nonsense!" Sekerian was furious: "Master Davers stood in front of all our freedmen and slaves and announced this bill, how could it be fake! Davers Who is your lord?! Facing the threat of Turri, I would rather cut off diplomatic relations and pay for the freedom of the promised fugitive slaves! Facing your Crotone army forced to the city, I would rather fight with you than Severed diplomatic relations with the occupied Turey! Master Davos proved that he is a man who keeps his promises, so I believe what he said, and all of us believe it! If it weren’t for you to be the messenger to negotiate, I’ll do it now. Send you to the river to feed the fish!!"

The Crotone's face flushed and couldn't help but want to insult loudly. Lycias stopped the impulse of his entourage.

Sekrian coldly watched the movement of the ship behind, seeing the situation calm down quickly, but was a little disappointed. He deliberately spit out loudly towards the river behind him, and then ignored them.

Lysias is lost in thought: According to what he understands, Turri’s current citizens may not exceed 3,000, and Amendorara’s citizens are estimated to be only 4,000 at most. Crotone is the city. The number of citizens is as high as more than 30,000, as well as the affiliated Asprostum, the ally city-state Silitian, Corennia, and so on. The strength is completely different. But if the Tua Alliance can use the tens of thousands of free people and slaves here, it really needs attention. Just so hastily made foreigners from all over the world with different hearts become city-state citizens. Can their loyalty to the city-state compare with the aborigines who have been city-state citizens for generations?

Lysias is deeply skeptical.

He stared at the river and saw many fishing boats with double-stranded forks on their sails coming and going, very busy...

At present, there is a towering city wall on the bank of the river. Lucias knows that the city of Turiyi is coming soon. He looks at the river tower on the city wall. In the past, the two towers facing each other were connected by an iron chain. , Quite spectacular, and when the enemy ship comes, the iron chain will be lowered to prevent the enemy from entering the city of Turrii from the waterway. As a result, this time, Melanius used an internal traitor to directly attack the southern city, so that the iron chain was lost. Played a little role, but now it is nowhere to be seen, it should have been cut off by Melanius... Think of Melanius, although the relationship between Lucias and Melanius is not very good, and even the ruling concept is completely On the contrary, but after hearing of his tragic end (when he was beaten to death by the Turiyi people, he was **** and completely invisible), I couldn't help feeling sad.

Secorian’s fishing boat docked at the pier in Turíy. He got off the boat first and ran to report the situation to a group of soldiers stationed at the pier.

The group of soldiers, under the leadership of the captain, quickly came here.

The Crotones noticed that even in the city, the soldiers still maintained a complete formation.

"General, we should disembark." The entourage reminded Lycias who was thinking.

Lysias, who had recovered his senses, looked around: He had been to Turiy several times. At that time, the port of Turiy had a dozen piers, made of stone and wood, and there were hundreds of piers. Thousands of ships docked, and the port area has warehouses, hotels, and residences lined up, prosperous and messy. And now there are only a few lonely stone piers left here, scorched everywhere, of course these are the masterpieces of the Crotone people!

Lysias got off the ship with a calm expression. The soldiers checked them with the same expression. After confirming that it was Crotone’s envoy, a soldier immediately went to report to the Senate on horseback and asked the envoy to The group continued to wait in place.

Sekrian returned to the fishing boat, staring at the majestic patrol captain on the shore, and was a little dazed for a while. Until his companion came to remind him: "Sekerian, it's time to leave the dock!"