Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Burkos seemed to see Daphes' doubts and explained: "The city of Turri is about twenty miles from the mouth of the Krati River."

Daveus said "Oh" and asked, "Turii is fighting the Lukalia, how come there are so many ships to trade?"

"The Lucanians had no ships and could not cut off Turiri's maritime exchanges. The more wars, the more materials are needed. These merchant ships all come to make money..." When the two were talking, the fleet Has stopped moving forward.

The pilot boat traveled alone, and soon merged into the white sail...

After about an hour, the pilot boat returned, approached Burkos's boat, and then came alone.

"Burcos, you are finally back! I thought the Lucalia scared you to move to Greece." The person came forward with a grin.

"You didn't leave even the most timid, how could I leave." Burkes said jokingly, giving him a hug.

"Is everything going well?"

"Is Turri alright?"

The two asked at the same time and laughed at the same time.

"Looking at your relaxed look, the city of Turui should still be safe."

"You know, the barbaric Lukalia have no superb skills, neither build siege equipment nor shipbuilding, they just destroy the villages and farms outside the city. Fortunately, the wheat has been harvested in autumn. In the winter, the plague broke out in the Lucanians outside the city and had to return to the mountains to the north, leaving only a small number of soldiers in Amendolara—"

"Wait, are you talking about the plague?" Burcos looked horrified.

"The Lukanians killed thousands of Turiyi citizens and piled their bodies outside the city. Zeus was angry and punished the Lucanians, while our Turiyi people were not hurt at all "The visitor said with some anger and some pride.

Burcos extolled Zeus.

The person continued: "Now that the weather is warming, they are starting to go south again. Fortunately, Tarantum sent reinforcements to come over."

"As advocates of the Great Greek Defense Alliance, they should have sent reinforcements long ago!"

"This can't be blamed. They just sent back the Mesapi attack, and sent 1,500 heavy infantry and 50 cavalry, and the leader was Aceta."

"Which Archita?"

"Which Archita! Of course it is the son of Hisantavius, the former governor of Tarantum, that genius among the population of Tarantum!"

"Speaking of genius, I also have one here." Burcos pulled over Davos and said to Pollux: "Introduce you, the Greek mercenary commander who expedition to Persia, Cesari Daphos!" Burkes said seriously.Then, he pointed to the person who came again and said, "Daveus, this is the general selected by Turui this year, my friend-Pollux!"

"Salute to you, General Polyx!" Daveus saluted slightly.

"Welcome to you." Pollux nodded slightly, then turned to Burcos: "What did you just say? Expedition to Persia?"

Burkos saw the perfunctory of Polyxis, so he greatly promoted Devers's deeds, and Polyx's vision immediately became enthusiastic when he saw them: "It's hard to imagine! , A young man like you has done such an amazing thing! In the hinterland of Persia, surrounded by thousands of enemies, led the soldiers to come back! It’s...wow!"

Daves said sincerely: "This is the result of the joint efforts of the brothers, many people died on the way home..."

"I invite Davos's troops to Turui, just to hope that they can help us repel the Lukalia with their rich combat experience!" Burkes took the opportunity to explain in advance to his high-paid team that hired Davos .

"It was the right time for you to come and we are negotiating a counterattack against the Lukalia." Polyxis said to Burcos: "I came to tell you that the general executive committee agreed that your fleet was at the estuary. Disembark at the simple pier and let Davis lead mercenaries to camp in the old city of Subaris."

"What?! Let's camp in the old town of Subaris!!" Burcos changed his face, he immediately pulled Polyx to the side and whispered: "Are you crazy?! Don't forget Turui When the city was built, but there was an agreement with Crotone, the old city site of Subaris could not be moved! Otherwise, why did Turui not build the city on the site of Subaris, clearly its location is better, there are better port!"

"What you said, every Turiri knows it. But this is the result of Kunogolata's full assertion, and the other generals agree! The soldiers you hired have been camping in Subaris for a month. "Polykes" shrugged to show that the matter had nothing to do with him.

"It's Kunogolata again! He expelled the Athenians, and now wants to irritate Crotone, is he trying to make Turui perish!" Burcos said angrily.

"It's not as serious as you said. Several decades have passed. The Turiris have been observing this agreement. The grasses of Subaris have grown taller than people. Now, Turrii has been in war and is only temporarily camping. Besides, Crotone has no time to pay attention to this. They are fighting fiercely with the Bruti. Where else can these mercenaries be camped? I am afraid that the last time the mercenaries come together with this time there must be four. Five thousand people, the built camp has to occupy a large area. Now, except for the wasteland around Turui, all are farmland and villages..."

"Don't you say that the farm villages outside the city have been destroyed?" Burcos asked.

"After the Lucarias retreated, everyone returned to their villages and started to rebuild, otherwise they would all gather in the city, and sooner or later there would be a problem! As for the fields, the farmers had sowed wheat seeds, otherwise this year But there is no harvest."

"What if the Lukalia come?" Burcos asked worriedly.

"So we are discussing how to repel them."

Burkos stared at Polyxis silently for a while, and finally said: "It seems that the generals are very united, and the courage is strong enough! I have forgotten what awkwardness last year!"

Polyx was embarrassed and speechless.

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Because a waterway has been cleared in advance, Burks's fleet entered the estuary smoothly, but it was more troublesome when disembarking, because there was only a simple dock.

Burcos, Daphes, Philius, Yasistes, and the guards disembarked first, standing on the soft ground, and they were still a little bit uncomfortable after a long time in the sea.

Felixius bent over, grabbed a handful of soil, and twisted it with his fingers, ignoring the stench, put it on the tip of his nose and sniffed, an intoxicated look, as if the hands were not pinching soil, but delicious food.Then he reached out to Daveus and said excitedly, "It's black!"

Of course Daphus understood what he meant, and before waiting for Burcos's eyes to turn, he sighed and said: "This is really a fertile land!"

Burkos said complacently: "That is of course! There are several rivers including the Krati River in the Subari Plain, which is not only rich in water, fertile and flat, but also very large in area. It is the best land in this area. Otherwise, where is the luxury life of Xu Baris!"

A group of people turned away from the river bank and walked a short distance, and saw a piece of debris in the desert grass. This was the old site of the city of Subaris.

Daveus came to a large stone and stopped. Although the moss and green clothes had climbed on it, the smooth texture and dark red color of the flat stone surface proved that it was a good marble. Looking around, there are still many such stones here, hidden under the grass, half buried in the soil...

It is important to know that Greece and Italy produce more white marble, and only Africa produces red marble, which is naturally expensive.Although Daphes did not know the price, such stones were rarely seen in the city-states before, obviously not easy to obtain: "What a good stone! Why didn't Turui build the city?" he looked Asked Burcos casually.

Note: Regarding Greater Greece, it refers to the Greek city-state in southern Italy, that is, the "foot" part of the "leather boot" in Italy. The specific Greek city-states will be mentioned later in this book.