Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

"...I pretended to be the messenger of Turi, and finally reached Sparta after several efforts. At the council of elders, I told the Spartan elders about the tragedy suffered by Turi, and asked them for reinforcements. Sparta The elders expressed sympathy for our Turri’s encounter, but there was no reinforcement to send, but a certificate of recruitment permit was given..."

"Smart!" When Burcos said here, Ferris couldn't help but sigh, and several other generals were relieved. It seems that Sparta didn't care too much about Turri's help to Athens.

"Thanks to our timely measures, Sparta can treat us with such an attitude." Kunogolata said on the side, and several generals agreed.Regardless of whether Sparta’s attitude was changed only because of Turri’s expulsion of the descendants of Athens, or if Turri was not taken seriously at all, these generals who had expressed support and recognition in the expulsion of the descendants of Athens All these false identifications are needed to dispel the guilt of the heart.

Burkos glanced at the generals and continued: "When I arrived in Miletus, during the period when I recruited the mercenaries such as Drax and Sesta, I heard a lot about the small Mercury leading the Greek mercenaries, News of attacks on Persia and attempts to usurp bits."

The generals nodded their heads, not to mention that Turri was thousands of miles away from Asia Minor, but they knew the news, not to mention the frequent merchant ships between the east and the west of the Mediterranean, even though the earliest mercenaries could only be stationed outside the city. However, there are constantly small vendors and even ** go to the military camp to do business, so as to spread some news and stories to the city.

"The Greek mercenaries defeated the army of the Persian kings. Although the small Cyrus died, they also defeated the forces of the Governor of Persia Asia Minor Tisavonis and the Governor of Armenia Ojontas on the way back to Greece. Several famous generals who died in Persia! They marched thousands of miles and continually fought against the local indigenous people. Among them, there were many mountain races that made the Persians headache. Generals, you said that such a Greek mercenary is Isn’t it combat experience? Is it amazing fighting power? Can it be compared with the Spartans?"

"Is the army you hired--" Some of the generals could not help but exclaimed: "It was the Greek mercenary who expeditioned to Persia?!"

"Yes, you generals." Burcos saw a look intertwined with surprise and excitement, and a stone in his heart finally landed: "The last time our battle with the Lukanians failed, it was not only because of Asicurodo Yax’s carelessness is also because citizens have lived in peace for a long time and lacked combat experience.

In fact, after the Turuis repelled the invasion of the Lucanias, they aggressively attacked the territory of the Lucanias, which was not the wish of Asicuro Doyax. The entire citizens of Turuiyi including the generals All are pushing, this strong desire to retaliate against the Lucanias has prompted the whole army to undermine the enemy on the enemy's land, and almost the whole army has been wiped out.

Burcos pushed the blame against Asikuro Doyacs at this time (this was also the scapegoat found by the Turui Civic Assembly after the fiasco at the time). Seeing the generals nodded in agreement, they could not help but contemptuously, but they spoke I still seriously said: "I think that if such an army can be hired, then the danger facing Turui can not only be lifted, but also a huge blow to the Lucanias. So I arranged for my men to be stationed in taverns and The inn, always inquire about the whereabouts and movements of the Greek Expeditionary Forces. Soon after, I learned that they arrived in the city of Heraclea along the coast of the Eukers Sea, but I also learned another bad news,'Sparta and Persia are coming During the war, Spartan general Tiburon was even appointed as the governor of Asia Minor, and rushed to Miley to start recruiting troops.'I was afraid that this Greek expeditionary force would be recruited by Sparta, so I rushed to Helleson overnight by fast boat. And found them in Byzantium.

But most of the mercenaries are tired of fighting, and they do not want to leave their hometown to fight in the distant and unfamiliar Turui. Only the army led by Chief Davis was lured by the high salary I proposed. After agreeing to accept some of their requests, they agreed to accept employment.And just after I led them to leave Byzantium by boat, they were still intercepted by the Spartan fleet. It turned out that the Spartan Governor of Asia Minor Tiburon sent an messenger to want the entire Greek expeditionary army to fight for him. The troops are the best among the expeditionary forces, and several Persian generals actually died in their hands.It was only because I had a signed employment agreement, a recruitment permit issued by the Spartan Council of Elders, and at the same time, I paid half of Talente to bribe the Spartan messenger to allow the fleet to be released..."

"Everyone, after accepting the task we gave him, Burkes has gone through hardships, dangers, and even life threats. He did not fear or give up. Instead, he used his talent and tenacity to finally complete the recruitment. It should be said that it was completed. The recruitment task beyond our expectations! Not only attracted strong support for Turriy, but also let us know the attitude of Sparta towards Turiy, we should thank him! The citizens of Turiy should thank him! "" Ferris finished his excitement and applauded first.

The other generals also applauded, and the applause continued for a while.

Burcos didn't know what to say at this time.

Kunogolata stepped forward and said sincerely: "Burcos, you are the hero of Turrii! Please forgive me for what I said just now, I shouldn't be suspicious of you, just Turrii's recently Financial problems are a headache for us. Will you accept my apology?!"

Burcos nodded and accepted.

Then, N'Angis also expressed apology.

Another general Ansitanos said: "Should we visit this expeditionary Persian leader of Greek mercenaries to show Turui's welcome to them?"

"Ansitanos, I know you want to know more about Persia from their mouths to complete the sequel to your teacher Herodotus' great "History." Kunogolata said rightly: " But this is not a good time. I admit that the force that Burkos said is indeed amazing, but they are mercenaries and Gentiles after all! And we represent Turui! You must know that you are used to bloody killing. Soldiers, while deterring enemies, may also threaten themselves. Such examples are not uncommon. We cannot indulge them and cause them to have unnecessary fantasies. And pay too much attention to them, what would another mercenary think?! What would Tarantum's reinforcements think?"

"That's right! They are just some free people. We paid them to hire them to fight for us!" Neonsis shouted.

Kunogolata took the opportunity to continue the conversation and said, "Neonsis is right! No matter how strong the mercenaries are, they are still mercenaries. We pay, we are the employers. Don't reverse this relationship. !"

Although there are some differences in the ruling concept with Kunogolata, Ferris also had to nod and say: "Kunogolata is right. We will treat them as mercenaries before, and there is no need to pay too much attention."

At this time, N'Angis said: "Since we have a strong reinforcement and the Lukanians are about to launch an offensive, are we going to re-discuss the response plan?"

Kunogolata said immediately: "The villages and farms outside the city have been renovated and the wheat seeds have been sown. We must repel the citizens of Lukaria before they destroy their property again!"

"The last time we suffered a fiasco was too aggressive, resulting in the killing of more than 10,000 citizens, so we must be careful! According to the news, the number of Lukanian troops may exceed tens of thousands of people." Ferris Said carefully: "The number of our soldiers plus mercenaries and Tarantum's reinforcements are no more than 9,000. This includes many citizens who are over 40 years old."