Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

"The Crotonians have bullied us, why don't the soldiers give them a bit of a look?!!!" Stromboli, who wanted to compromise with Crotone before, was also angry at the moment.

"The soldiers all obeyed the orders of Lord Davos and strictly guarded the city, but they all wished they could eat the meat of Crotone raw!" Amintas vented his resentment to Daphos.

"Admiral, do we just watch Crotonians spreading our land?" Scombrus shouted unwillingly.

"Of course not!" Daveus replied resolutely, with a strange light flashing in his eyes: "The fist was retracted for better shots. Crotone's army is stronger than us, which is true. So we have to wait, It's like when a boxing player always defends first, waits for the opponent to show flaws, and then hits deadly again!"

Everyone in the venue was shocked.

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By the time Achita landed in Turri, Melancius had returned to the city.

Archita on behalf of Tarantum raised a serious protest to him, Melancius said disapprovingly: "Crotone is not malicious to Amendolara, I just want to go out with this one who is said to win less The young consul greeted him, but he didn't expect him to be too timid to even dare to come out and meet me!"

Aceta was relieved for a while, and then he dropped a cruel remark: "If Crotone fights against Amendolara, Tarantum will unite Metapontoum, Heraclea and Crowe Tony goes to war!"

At the same time, he also persuaded Melancius: "Since Crotone has occupied Turui, washed away the shame and won great glory. Then, it is time to take the soldiers back to Crotone and let this land reappear Restoration to peace. I believe Lockley will be as happy as Tarantum!"

Of course the threat in Aceta's words, of course Melancius could hear, he was sullen and did not respond.

After completing his mission, Akita hurried to Amendolara.

At the foot of the mountain, he saw the ruins of the warehouse and hotel that had been burned to ashes and smoked, and his heart was tense again.

Entering the city, the anger on the people's faces caught his eyes.So, when he saw Daphes, he expressed condolences and concerns about everything that Amendolara suffered, and then frankly said: "Daveus, Tarantum has no idea of ​​a war with Crotone. , I hope you can understand."

"Relax, although we are angry about what Crotone is doing, we can still restrain ourselves." Daveus said calmly: "If a man is bitten by a dog, can he bite back again?!"

Archita didn't smile, the more calm Daffers showed, the more uneasy he felt: after the annihilation of the Lucanian coalition, the soldiers of Tarantum were celebrating the victory.But Daveus and his men went back to bed to sleep, saying that they wanted to restore their exhausted physical strength, and they told him the next day,'Recaptured Amendolara!'

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When the ambassador of Tarantum arrived in Crotone, the council in Crotone’s town hall was having a heated discussion on the occupation of the “subsequent treatment of the city of Turiri”.

Conservatives such as General Lucias suggested that after plundering Turiyi’s wealth, he supported a pro-Krotone puppet government and then retreated to avoid dissatisfaction with surrounding city-states.

Radical, such as the chief general Milon (same name as Milton, a famous Crotone athlete a hundred years ago, because this athlete is so legendary, he is regarded as a hero of Crotone, so many later Crotone children Both were named Miron by their parents), they believed that Turiri and Crotone had formed a deep hatred, and the supporting government was difficult to keep the regime, and it was too close to Tarantum. If the garrison was retained, it would not only Dispersing Crotone's own power will arouse the hatred of the local people and Tarantum after a long time. The best way is to burn the city!

"Burn the city?!!!" The other generals and lawmakers were all taken aback.

"Yes, burn the city!" Milon said passionately: "Our ancestors defeated Subaris, destroyed the city twice, and the last time was to excavate the Krati river channel, and destroyed the city of Subaris with heavy water, hitting a hey. The prestige has deterred Great Greece in exchange for the prosperity of Crotone and the hegemony of this region! However, since we were defeated by the coalition forces of Lockley and Lijim decades ago, some city-states no longer respect us And secretly against us, we need to re-establish Crotone's majesty! Now, a great opportunity is before us, this is a gift from the gods! If we miss, we will be punished!

Moreover, after destroying Turi, the Subari Plain temporarily became a land of no ownership. We can first recruit city-state immigrants from Greece or other places to build a new city on the Subari Plain. Send some citizens who have no land in our city to become new immigrants in the new city. I believe that the surrounding city-states cannot fault us, and the power of our Crotone has expanded to the north and strengthened our strength..."

Milon's words were both inspiring and operable, and were approved by the majority of the council.

As a result, Crotone’s messenger rushed to Turui, and Melanius, who was idle, was ordered by Crotone’s city hall, and he was excited and danced, saying: "As the third destroyer I will surely be famous for the generals of the city-states on the plains of Subari!"

He moved quickly, first asking the freemen who had surrendered to him to immediately build a pontoon on the Krati River by boat (the original pontoon had been burnt down by the Turiris).

Then Luo Zhi accused him of punishment for the behind-the-scenes killing of Crotone’s messengers. As a result, the rich businessmen of Turui were arrested, tortured, imprisoned, and even executed, and all their wealth was confiscated.

Soon, the anxious Melancius thought that this method was too slow, really impatient, and simply ordered: looting all the food and property in the city!

Suddenly, the whole city of Turiyi cried loudly, and the people of Turiyi lying on the ground wailing did not expect that more terrible disaster would come to them soon...

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The Amendolara scout, who was cruising outside the city of Turiy, saw the Crotone soldiers escorting the Turii people out of the city.

Soon afterwards, heavy smoke rose from all over the city, and a fire quickly ignited...

Scout Rider immediately returned to Ledes.

After hearing this, Lades was shocked and quickly rode across the Saraceno River to confirm.

At this time, Turui has become a city of fire, and the people outside the city cried loudly...

Soon, Davers received this 100,000 urgent news, and immediately froze: Crotone is destroying the city!Are they going to retreat?!

Yasisters scolded Crotone's brutality, but Daveus sat down, rubbing his chin, thinking about the significance of this major event for Amendolara.

Then, Asistes saw Daveus stand up again, pacing back and forth in the hall, his expression was very strange.

When he saw some dazzling, Daphes suddenly asked with a trembling voice: "If Crotone's army set off now, what place would they be able to reach by dusk?"

Yasisters thought for a while and said, "They should not be able to walk with so much weight, and it is estimated that Dusk will be able to reach Castron."

"Will Castellon let the army into the city?" Daveus asked anxiously.

"How is it possible! These guys just looted and burned the city of Turui!"

Daveus nodded. Asistes's views were consistent with his thoughts. He walked back and forth a few steps and finally made up his mind. He said: "You tell Ledes to pay close attention to the pontoon on the Krati River. It was not burned! At the same time, Izam’s mountain reconnaissance team was sent to follow the movement of Crotone’s army. Where was the camp? How to arrange it?... All details, but to be concealed and not to be discovered by Crotone. ! I want him to send someone to report to me at any time!"

"Yes!" Yasistus replied excitedly, following Davos for so long, he understood that Davos must be brewing a big action, and he could not help but ask excitedly: "Master, Are you ready to attack this army of Crotone?!"

"If you don't attack, it depends on whether the Crotonenes give us a chance!" Daveus sneered: "The evil wolf of Crotone owes a lot of blood debts, so he wants to go back easily, not so easy , I believe that fair and selfless Hades will look after us! It’s time for us to show our fangs!

Daveus said arrogantly. In fact, there was another reason for him to make up his mind: the destruction of Turriy made him vaguely see a greater chance than attacking Lucania, and one made Amendolara quickly. Powerful opportunity!And this requires him to make a gamble again!

The meeting of the Senate was urgently held. When Daveus announced that "Turii was burnt", the elders were not surprised. Before they came, they had digested this amazing bad news, but the old citizens were in a more complicated mood. They had hated Turiyi's selfishness and caused Amendolara to be hit hard. But when the more terrible retribution came to Turiyi, they found that they did not feel how refreshed in their hearts. Instead, pity overwhelmed the hatred.

But then Davies said indignantly: "Krotone's crimes must be punished! As Turri's allies, we, Amendolara, are obliged to avenge the Turrii people! Of course, it is more necessary for us to tell Croi Rotone, the Subari Plain is not where they want to come and go! I declare Amendolara to mobilize for war and prepare to attack Crotone's army!"

As soon as the voice fell, there was an uproar on the floor.

"It's great! You should have beaten these damn Crotones hard already!" Amintas shouted excitedly.