Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

"The reason why Asicuro Doyacs failed was because he led an army to attack Laos, because the terrain was unfamiliar, and it was caused by the enemy's ambush on the mountain road. It was a fiasco. If it was in the plains of our Turi In the face-to-face confrontation, the poorly equipped and loosely organized Lucanian mountaineers, how can they be the opponents of the Greek heavy infantry, even if the number is small, it is not a problem." Kunogolata retorted.

"Ferris, we cannot afford this war. If we hide in the city, let the enemy trample our farmland, burn down our villages, fishing grounds and mines again, and every month we pay the mercenaries and food, I have to convene a civic conference to discuss whether to levy war taxes. I think citizens will not agree!" Neonsis also stepped forward.

"Citizens will of course not agree! Ferris, the citizens chose you as the chief general, thinking that you have the ability to quickly reverse the situation, drive away the Lukanians, and ensure the safety of Turri, just like when you first came to power. As he did, he immediately sent Burcos out to recruit soldiers and envoys to ask for help from Tarantum. Now that the powerful reinforcements have arrived, you can no longer hesitate to sit back and watch the destruction of the citizens’ property, Turi Iraq’s treasury collapsed, you must make a decision as soon as possible, and don’t live up to the expectations of the people!” Polyxis, who had been silent before, also spoke.

Burkos did not expect Polyx to join the ranks that forced Ferris. When he was in a hurry, Kunogolata saw him retreat to the corner, remembering something, "an important military meeting involving city-state secrets , Irrelevant people should take the initiative to avoid "for the reason, let the guards bring Burcos out of the city hall.

Burcos stood on the steps of the town hall for a while: from a rational point of view, he felt that he should believe in Ferris’s judgment, after all, compared with other generals who had been long-standing and had no experience in war. Ferris, who was over 60 years old, fought in the war with Tarantum when he was young, successively served as a military commander of heavy infantry squadron and captain, and had rich combat experience; but emotionally, he also I hope to defeat the terrible Lucania quickly, because every Turui wants this group of robbers to stay away from the land of their homeland, and Davos's troops have given him confidence.

Under the influence of this contradictory mentality, he walked subconsciously to the port. After a while, he stopped. Although the generals of the city hall accepted the agreement he signed, he still frequently communicated with the team of Davers. , I am afraid that people will be criticized.He sighed and turned home...

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Of course, Davies would not know about the dispute against them in Turri City Hall, although it is strange that Burkos, who had promised him and rushed over after reporting the situation to Turri’s generals, never appeared. , But his main thoughts are devoted to the construction of the camp.

Over the past few days, all the soldiers have worked hard together, and the Turiri camp has taken shape.At this time, Burcos sent his men to send four horses, saying that he used them.

Davos has been aware of the deliberate estrangement of Burkos and Turrii’s top management, but he did not care.After all, when the team passed through many Greek city-states along the coast of the Eukers Sea, those city-states treated the mercenaries in the same way. This is the helplessness of the mercenaries.

He asked Burcos's men to convey his thanks to Burcos, and then let Philius stay in the camp to handle the military affairs. He took Yasistus, Ledes, and a Burks confidant to guide him. Ride around Turui to see the terrain.

The flat and fertile Subari Plain (some Turulis call it the Turri Plain) is a grassy warbler flying in the spring of April, and the scenery is pleasant.

Daveus and his team were happy to ride horses and horses, continually jumping into the eyes of green fields and water channels, as well as hard-working slaves and farmers, and the wide dirt roads were muddy due to frequent spring rain, and they were visible from time to time. The caravan slaves struggled to push the truck into the mud...

A thought flashed in Davis's mind: The Greek city-states in the sea of ​​Eukers also have such a situation. The Greeks who are good at business do not have much interest in the road construction that can most promote trade circulation. Their energy seems to be Both bet on maritime trade and ships, but the rise of the Romans after them created the most complicated and advanced Mediterranean road network of this era.

Traveling about twenty miles west along the Krati River, we saw a large city, standing on the north bank of the river.

At this time, the guide said: "That's Turui! When choosing the address of the city, the Athenians found that the intersection of the Krati River and the Koseni River was a good city building. Because the river here is wide and the water flow is gentle. It is possible to build a wharf to accommodate enough merchant ships. When they were going to build a city here, they found that there was a large natural fountain here. The locals called it Turi, so they called this new city Turi..."

"It's a very interesting story." Daveus said copingly and looked up: The Krati River couldn't even see the opposite bank because there were too many boats in the river.

"It might as well be rebuilt in the old city of Subaris. Wouldn't it be better to build a port directly by the sea!" Yasistes said puzzled.

This matter was well understood by Burcos, so he didn’t want to say more, reached for his hand and said, "We walk around the city."

Turiri was built at the intersection of the two rivers, so it was divided into three parts by the river: the delta protrusion at the intersection of Nancheng, Beicheng, and the two rivers. The main body of the city was in Beicheng.

Dave's group traveled along the moat outside the walls of the north of Turiy for about a mile, and finally reached the bank of the Koseny River.In their eyes: Turri’s wall is made of large strips of rock, and the gap between the stones is closely connected. The wall is at least ten meters high, and there is a five-meter-wide moat 20 meters away from the wall It is connected to the Krati River, and its depth must be not shallow, all of which is enough to make every sieger feel a headache.And the sentry patrols of the three or four teams in the city made them feel the approach of war.

The young Yasistes even jokingly waved to the sentries.

Going north along the north bank of the Koseni River, I quickly saw the pontoon on the river. Davers noticed that the delta between the two rivers was not flat, but was hilly.The guide said: These uneven, rolling hills instead became the heroes of preventing the spring river from skyrocketing and turning the land between the two rivers into swamps.

After walking about twenty miles, the terrain gradually began to rise upwards, and the ground began to change from pure mud to sand mixed, but fortunately the river bank was fairly flat.

The doctors and the others walked a few miles further. The upper reaches of the Koseni River turned from the west to the southwest, while a river rushed down from the west to join the Koseni River.

"This is the Tino River, a tributary of the Koseni River, a river that the Turiris hate." the guide said.

"Why?" Asistes asked curiously.

"Because it has a lot of hot springs upstream." The guide answered unanswered.

"Hot Springs?!" Daveus heard interest and became interested.

They speeded up, but when they got to the place, they were all dumbfounded: the Tino River has become a small river a few meters wide here. The south bank of the river does have steaming small pools, but countless small streams flow from The rock fissures flowing out of the mountain foot turned the area where the rock and grass interweave into a swamp.

"In the spring, because of the snow on the mountains, all of them turned into small streams and hot springs mixed together. Finally, they all merged into the Tino River. If it encounters the rainy season, the Tino River water will surge, but it will overflow the river bank and infuse back to the south bank. Hot spring marsh, and there on the north bank—"The guide pointed to the front:"Big River Beach."

Daveus looked forward and saw that the river bank in front of him seemed to be bitten off a large chunk, and sunk down to form a huge bowl shape, below which was the river beach, surrounded by a high gentle slope.