Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

227 Return from Triumph

In Castellon, after an overnight stay in the army, Davers rushed over to meet the soldiers.

In the early morning of the next day, the uniform of the whole army was renewed, and the soldiers were magnificent.

After crossing the bridge, thousands of freemen who had been waiting in line to participate in the battle and the Greek mercenaries headed by Zantiparis also joined the parade.And Davers also changed to a four-horse chariot. Capps, Drax, Hironimos, and Laos governor Avinogis also took a two-horse chariot, followed by, The army marched towards the city of Turi, not far away.

The long-awaited free people outside the city and the families of some of the prepared citizens, seeing the soldiers from afar, immediately burst into cheers like mountains and tsunami.

Alcinis had never dreamed of becoming a triumphant flag bearer.At that time, all the legions reported their candidates. It was Daveus who personally named Alsinis. He believed that in determining the victory of the second Crotone War and going towards the battle, Alsinis served as the squad leader. Leading a team of recruits, fighting on the front line, facing the fierce offensive of the enemy, not only lead the way, but also can command the recruits well and deal calmly.And in the case of more than half of the casualties of the squad, he still fights and fights bravely, as a representative of the whole army in this battle!

When Alsinis heard Davos praised him, he admired Davos and he was very grateful to the coalition governor!

At this moment, he held up the commander's banner representing the whole army, facing the cheering coming from the face, looking at the thousands of waving arms, he proudly straightened his chest...

Facing such a magnificent scene, even the tormented and battle-provoked Tolmed could not keep calm. He excitedly said to Zantiparis beside him: "For so many years, I have participated in so many battles For the first time, I realized the pride of being a warrior, Davos is amazing!"

Zantiparis stared intently at the front, and said: "Don't look around, march well, don't embarrass our mercenaries!"

Tolmed quickly raised his head and raised his head, but said with a joke: "You old man is more serious than me!"

"Participating in the Triumph is nothing. In the future, we will also sit on the chariot like Hironimos and accept the cheers of the people!" Zantiparis's old face also showed flushing excitement.

"That's right!" Tormid's pride rises sharply: "I heard Daveus say that because of this battle, our alliance citizen's inspection period will be greatly shortened. With a few more such battles, we will soon be able to Become a full citizen of Dionysia! By then... hehe!"

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"Craigness! Hey, that's Craigness!!"

"Don't shout! He can't hear, people are now Alliance heroes!"

"Hero?! With his thin body, I can beat him down with one hand, either because his bow and arrow shot better than me, and it is me who is cheering in the team now!"

"Yeah, this guy who is favored by the goddess of luck! It seems that we all need to practice archery in addition to our busy schedule. The recruiter will recruit again next time and must be selected!"

"you're right!!"

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When the freelance team entered the people's field of vision, the cheers received were more enthusiastic. After all, there were many free people among the people who were welcomed outside the city. Seeing the companions who worked together in the past became the heroes of the Dionysian Union. While envying, It also inspired their longing for killing the enemy.

There were more than 20,000 soldiers participating in the triumph, and the formation of the column was six or seven miles long. The free-end team at the end had just entered the welcome area outside the city. The flag at the head of the team had passed the triumphal arch in the city.

Saubercos looked up at the relief on the Arc de Triomphe and said to Lades with emotion: "The last time I watched the triumphal audience, I am now a soldier participating in the triumph!"

Lades haha ​​laughed: "How do you feel?"

"good, very good!"

"Before our cavalry was too weak to work in combat. From now on, our Dionysian cavalry must become heroes of triumph again and again!" Ledes said ambitiously, his gaze Staring at the tall flag next to the cavalry flag flying high in front of him, although he could not see the content on the flag from the rear, he knew that there was a "Deep win over many, defeat Krondone" written by Daveus. It is precisely because of this merit that the cavalry decides the victory of the battle." Davers put their cavalry behind the army's flag bearers.

Due to the large number of soldiers participating in the triumph, the Victory Square could not be accommodated at all, and accidents were prone to happen, so this time the triumph rule: the parade troops are not allowed to stay after reaching the square, go around the field for a week, then go from another street Exit the city to the east gate.

On the west side of the square, on the platform in front of the Great Hall of the Elders, the elders paid a solemn attention to the soldiers passing by the square.

After being invited to watch the ceremony, Aliclis saw the majestic and energetic army passing the platform at a regular pace and couldn't help but express emotion: "I didn't expect that we actually won the overbearing and arrogant Crotone. This is really a show A great victory!" He was thankful that he had made the right choice before the war started, and Castellon stood firmly on the side of Dioria.

His words were accepted by most of the veterans, but Scombrus expressed dissent: "Daveus is the guarantee of victory! With him as commander, I never doubt that war will belong to our alliance, but I think we He should take advantage of Crotone's weakness when he is completely defeated!"

His words were endorsed by a small number of Turiyi veterans, and even Polyxis said: "On this issue, Davos did not consider the Turii's feelings and let the Crotones pass, it really should not be!"

As soon as the words fell, Scombrus glared at him fiercely.

"Sir Daffers is right!" Kunogolata said rightly: "It is a great general who can lead the civic soldiers to victory! It is the real leader who can use the victory to win enough benefits for the alliance. !If the war continues, Ionian will probably suffer a lot of losses! I am glad that Ionian has such a great consul as Daphes!"

"Master Kunogolata is right!" Cornelius responded: "In this war, Master Davies not only won a lot of fertile land for Dionia, but also let Dionia Has reached the southern tip of Great Greece!"

"Next, how to manage and allocate these newly added land will be a lot of time for us to discuss and solve..." Trito de Mos laughed: "This is really a sweet but annoying thing !"

Everyone smiled knowingly.The elders have noble status and many affairs, but they are not paid.In order to increase their enthusiasm, at the same time gain their favor, and stimulate their interest in expansion, there was a provision in the War Act proposed and passed by Daveus: the land obtained in each war victory, except for the allocation to new citizens. "Share the land", the land that rewards the meritorious civic soldiers, and everyone in the elders of the hard-working elders will also receive land rewards. The area of ​​the land won should not exceed the average land area of ​​soldiers participating in the war.Although it seems that the land given is not too much, but according to the current expansion rate of Dionysia, it will be a large number.

When the veterans were happy to talk about the newly acquired territory of the alliance, Pollux was blinking, thinking about something, and Amliks was envious.

"Look, our big hero is here!" A scream from Plaisance pulled everyone's eyes back to the square.

Davos, dressed in a uniform, stood on the pony chariot and appeared in Victory Square. He smiled and waved to the people around him, pushing the triumphant celebration to its climax.

The people screamed and jumped in excitement, waving their arms wildly, shouting Dave's name.They even ignored the obstruction by the roadside guards and poured into the parade in violation of the regulations. They clustered Daveus in the center and stretched out their arms. They wanted to touch this man who saved Turri, defeated the strong enemy Crotone twice. The guardian of glory brought by the people of Dionysia, Daphes, the lord of Hades.

The guards are highly nervous and afraid of accidents.

Daveus was calm, he even walked off the carriage to pay tribute to the people, and greeted the people gently, asking if they had suffered losses in this war, do they need the help of the alliance... and so on.

The people loved their rulers even more, and they collectively surrounded Davers and escorted him to the platform before they left reluctantly.

The veterans stepped forward.

Kunogolata first criticized: "Master Daves, the situation just now is too dangerous! You should stay on the tank and wait for the guards to escort you over!"

"What's the danger!" Daveus laughed: "Elders and people are like fathers and children. As a father, he will naturally love his children, and children will naturally respect his father, and how can he hurt his loved ones, you are right wrong!"

Father and child?!The elders present tasted this sentence repeatedly, and was somewhat shocked.Later, these words spread out, and the people were greatly touched, so the elders in the elders' courtyard also had a title called father.

Kunogolata’s worries were not completely unnecessary. There was indeed a person who hated Dionysia’s Senate and Archon Daveus—Metrofinis, the emissary of Lockley, who had a cold. It was not all good, but after learning the amazing news that "The Dionysian Union signed a peace agreement with Crotone and became an ally", the messenger was anxious and angry. At the same time when he fell ill, he was angry at Dionysian House.