Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 38: Threat
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"So what?!" Melanius glanced at him sideways, with an unconvincing expression on his drunken face: "Where did he and I come from? It was destiny, of course. He is doomed to fail!"
He asked loudly again: "Turiyi and Amendorara are allies. I heard that when my army approached Turri, Amendorara promised to send reinforcements, right?"
"It's true, the messenger of Amendorara once said,'Just give them a few days to assemble the troops and wait for their reinforcements to arrive, and Turri will be able to defend it!'" Ansitanos replied, he After adding Amendorara's original words a little bit, he saw Melanius' face even more red.
Melan Hughes turned to Timaras next to him: "Tomorrow, you will send someone to question Amendorara,'Why do you want to be an enemy of Crotone? Ask them to immediately terminate the alliance agreement with Turri , Form an alliance with us!'"
Timaras hesitated: "Amendorara and Tarantum are allies!"
"Yes, it is an alliance with Tarantum, and it can also form an alliance with Turiyi, why can't it form an alliance with us?!" Melanius said strongly.
"Okay." Timaras agreed reluctantly.
Melanius turned his glass, his eyes radiant: Daves, what would you do?
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The news of Crotone's capture of Turri quickly spread throughout Greater Greece, and Turri immediately became the focus of attention.
Tarantum, Lokri, Lijim and other city-states are paying close attention to the development of the situation. Even the Syracuses of Sicily who are preparing troops and supplies and preparing to attack Carthage have also paid their attention. After all, Lockley is Syracuse’s ally, Dionysius even married Lockley’s famous family, Doris, the sister of Demodocus, the current chief general, as his wife, and Lockley and Crotone It is a mortal enemy, Crotone's strength is by no means what Lokri and Syracuse want to see, and it is also related to a longer-term strategic plan in Dionysius' heart.
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The messenger of Crotone came to Amendorara and brought Melancios' order to subdue Amendorara, which made the political atmosphere of Amendorara tense.
The debate was fierce at the Senate meeting.
Corneiros, Raphaas, and Stromboli believe that Crotone came with a big victory and is powerful. Amendorara, who has just gone through the war, can’t stop it at all, in order not to let the territory After being smashed again, he can temporarily compromise and agree to Crotone's request.
The harder Scambras, Terry Todd Moss, and Protsilaus proposed: You can delay first and ask Tarantum to try pressure on Crotone, depending on the situation. .
Almost all the new citizen elders are hardliners. They have long been displeased by the arrogant behavior of Crotone’s envoys after they entered the city. Crotone sent troops to invade, and he must know how powerful Amendorara is!
Daves expected this to happen after Crotone’s army occupied Turriy. As a leader who relied on military prestige to convince mercenaries, he became Armendo by military strength. Lara's lifelong consul, he can't have any weakness and concession, because that will shake his power. So he resolutely said: "Since Amendorara has made a decision before, then we must stick to it! Don't shake Tarantum's trust in us! Let the Greeks think that Amendorara is a man who will succumb. Powerful, forgotten city-state!"
Davos's powerful words put an end to this Senate meeting.
When the messenger of Crotone got Amendorara's reply, he was taken aback for a moment, and then he threatened viciously: "Are you not afraid of what happened to Tury?!"
"You can give it a try." Daves replied coldly.
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The embarrassing messenger brought Daves' reply: Dear Crotone Commander, the Amendorara are in awe of your victory. However, abiding by the covenant signed in the name of God is a tradition passed down by Amendola for a century. I hope you can understand! ……"
After reading it, Melanius laughed angrily, and tore the letter to pieces: "This Amendorara's archon is quite courageous...hehe...a mercenary background actually knows how to keep faith. Promise?!"
He walked a few steps back and forth in the hall and made up his mind: "It seems that we need to teach this disobedient little state! Timaras, you go and gather eight thousand people, let's go. Amendorara!"
Timaras said anxiously: "But Tarantum--"
Melanius waved his hand: "Don't worry, I won't mess around."
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After Crotone's army left the city, they marched quickly north.
Amendorara’s scout immediately reported back, and the people of Amendorara became nervous when they received the news.
Cornerus, Rafias and others once again suggested to Daves: Temporarily soften to Crotone and join his alliance.
Daves said: "I have never been forced to ask for peace with swords and guns!" He went back.
The elders of the new citizens were raging, clamoring to mobilize the troops, and hit the arrogant Crotones head-on, but they were also forcibly suppressed by Daves.
He ordered: Everyone should return to the city and be defensive!
Because of his authority, the team officers led away helplessly.
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The Tarantum Senate also paid close attention to the movements of Crotone's army. They received the news later than Amendorara, and the consul immediately held urgent consultations with the senators.
The veterans all said: Crotone ignored Amendorara as Tarantum's ally, and blatantly attacked. This is a contempt for Tarantum! Must be a serious protest!
However, as to the question of whether Tarantum will join the war in the event of a war between Crotone’s army and Amendorara, most people have expressed caution, saying that it depends on the development of the situation. After all, Tarantum and Crotone are both powerful states in Great Greece, each with a group of allies. Once a war breaks out, it is by no means a few battles can be resolved.
Achita voluntarily applied to see Crotone coach Melanius in the Senate, and was finally approved. Tarantum sent another messenger to take a boat to Crotone. The time required for the voyage was short, and it only took half a day to reach Crotone with a tailwind.
While the Tarantum Senate was still discussing, Melancios had led the army and crossed the Savicello River. Two hours later, he reached the foot of the mountain. He looked at Amendola on the hill. La, the city wall is full of heavily armed soldiers. Under the direct sunlight from the east, it is like a luminous wall, which makes people unable to open their eyes. They can’t help but say: "The soldiers of Amendorara look like this. If I really attack it in the morning, the sunshine alone will make my soldiers suffer."
He ordered the troops to line up in a square formation, the array was more than a mile long, while slowly approaching the wall, while beating the bucklers, shouting battle shouts, the sound was loud...
However, the soldiers of Amendorara, under the strict orders of the team officer, just stood quietly at the head of the city without making a sound.
Alsinis couldn't help saying: "Captain, the Crotone people are too arrogant, we should yell twice and fight back."
Squad leader Ktips cursed in a low voice: "Shut up, this is the order of the archon, do you want to violate military discipline?!"
As soon as Alsinius heard this, he stopped complaining.
"Anyway, you remember, as long as the Crotones don't attack, we will watch them perform. As long as they dare to attack, hum..." Ketips reminded.
"Understood!" Alsinius squeezed the lancet in his hand. Even though the enemy team under the city looked extremely large, Alsinius was expecting them to attack so that he could be able to train hard during this period of time. Cast.
Melansius saw that there was no response from the Amendorara, so he immediately stopped the advancing team and sent someone to the city to call out, asking to see Daves, the Archon of Amendorara, who knows that there is no such thing on the city. A little reaction.
Melansius thought it was because Daves was afraid and did not dare to have a direct conversation with him, so he simply sent some soldiers to curse under the city:
"Daves is a coward, and he dare not face Crotone's army at all!"
"The Amendorara saw Crotone's army, and they didn't even dare to get angry!"
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The recruits heard this, their faces flushed, and they began to complain, and then they were reprimanded by the veterans: "You don’t know if you are timid, you know, what's the use of just talking. As for the Archon, he leads us When defeating the Persians many times, these Crotones may still enjoy the cheers of the audience on the sports field."
In fact, these veterans are also holding their breath, but the experienced they are used to obey Davers' orders, and at the same time they don't want to waste their energy on unnecessary things.
The Crotone soldier’s voice was also dumb, and the Amendoras still did not respond.
Melansius also listened boringly. He finally ordered: "All these houses should be burned down as a warning to Amendola!"
The Amendorara who kept silent all the time made Melancios feel humiliated and angry. He gave an order: All the warehouses and hotels near the foot of the Amendorara Mountain were burning in the raging fire. Amendorara People’s efforts over the past few months were ruined...
The flames soaring to the sky reflected the angry faces of countless soldiers on the wall, their eyes rounded, glaring at Crotone's swaying departure...
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The news reached the Senate, and the whole meeting was angry.
Only Daves’s expression was calm. He listened carefully to Asistes, who had rushed back, to carefully describe the performance of Crotone’s army under the city, and from this he inferred Melantheus’ character and psychology, and what he did. Mutual confirmation of what we have learned.
"Did the Crotones do this to declare war on us?" Raphaas said in surprise.
"The Crotones invaded our territory and burned our houses. This is already a declaration of war!" Felicius reminded.