ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 145 After Victory
Castellon's garrison waited for a long time but the cavalry did not return, and the noise in the Crotone camp seemed to have disappeared.Out of doubt, he personally led ten cavalrymen out of the city from the south gate, crossed the pontoon bridge, and walked westward through the not-too-large woods. Everything was the same (Alps' light infantry had already moved them before). The bodies of the scouts were all hidden (the traces were eliminated) until they rounded the bend of the Trionto River and struggled up the high slope. The sight that appeared in front of them was shocking: this is where the Crotones camped. A wide flat land was in a mess, with collapsed tents, scattered weapons, horses and beasts of burden running around and moaning, and even more terrifying were the densely packed corpses, severely injured soldiers struggling in pain, and the bright red earth soaked in blood. There were many heavily armed soldiers in the center. They surrounded more disheveled people, and they kept escorting rows of prisoners with their hands tied behind their backs and strung together from the encirclement...

Huge fear tightened the heart of the patrol leader: had the Crotones been defeated? ! ! !

Before these terrifying and unfamiliar enemies were discovered, the captain hurriedly turned his horse's head and galloped towards the city of Castellon...

"Legion Commander, Castellon's cavalry has returned to the city." Leders came to report.

"Asistes, notify the Seventh Brigade and the Lucania Brigade to ambush in the woods. It is very likely that Castellon City... No, it should be Melanthius who will give us a big gift! Rydes, You continue to closely monitor the movements of Castellon City!" Davos ordered.

"Yes!" Ledes took the order and left, and Asistes asked the messenger to rush north.

After a while, Davos asked Asistes again: "How long has it been since the cavalry to inform Melses?"

"About half an hour...Legion Commander, there are too many things in the baggage area! Since some beasts of burden were injured during the attack, and some ran away, we now lack enough livestock to carry those supplies." Assis Tess said slightly worried.

Davos smiled slightly and pointed at the captives squatting on the ground not far away who were being forced by swords and guns: "Those are not ready-made 'pack animals'. Let them carry supplies on their backs and transport them all the way back to Thurii. It doesn't matter if they walk slower." , anyway, it can consume their physical strength. These Crotone people who have been through competitive training for a long time can still play a certain role."

"Oh, why didn't I think of that! Legion commander, you always come up with good ideas!" Asistes praised loudly with exaggerated movements.

"Assi, it would be great if your ability to do things could be as strong as your ability to say nice words!" After the victory, Davos was also in a good mood, joking with Asistes for a while, and then Said: "Let's go and see the soldiers, they are the heroes of this victory!"

So, in the frightened and sad sight of the prisoners: in the distance, a shining golden flag was slowly approaching, and a general wearing a distinctive purple, white and red crowned helmet appeared under the flag. On the battlefield, those ruthless and ferocious-looking enemies immediately let out thunderous cheers:

"Davos!!"

"Davos!!!"

"Wan Sheng!!"

"Wan Sheng!!!"

The smart people among the prisoners in Crotone immediately thought that this general was probably Davos, the consul of Amendolara whom they insulted under the city of Amendolara, and these enemies were the Amendorara they had burned. The owners of the buildings under the city of Lara, who had laughed at the cowardice of the citizens of Amendolara at that time, now tremble under the spears of these "cowardly" enemies...

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Castellon's chief general, Amycles, was shocked to receive an urgent report from the captain of the city defense, and immediately sent someone to notify Melantheus and his subordinates.

Melanthius was sleeping soundly in the hotel with a high-end prostitute in his arms. He was forcibly awakened and was extremely dissatisfied. After hearing the anxious report from his subordinates, he was suddenly awakened by fright. He said with luck: "Maybe the enemy broke in. Our camp was captured by the soldiers..."

Timaras shook his head worriedly: "The people of Castron said, 'Although the flags held by those heavily armed soldiers are blurred from a distance, they have strange shapes and patterns, and they are by no means the flags of Crotone!' Melancius, We must go rescue them!"

"...Ah...Ah, you're right, you're right..." Melanthius never expected that when he was so proud and returned in triumph, he would be hit by a sudden blow. He couldn't suppress it. Flustered: "Quick! Come with me to find Amycles and ask him to send all the citizens of Castellon to follow us for rescue immediately!"

Of course, Amycles could not completely agree to Melanthius. He had to ensure the safety of Castron City first, but he did not dare to offend Crotone by rejecting Melanthius's request, not to mention Castellon. Long's soldiers fell into the camp.So he hastily gathered [-] citizen soldiers, commanded by Melanthius and his subordinates, to go to the rescue.

Melantheus marched towards the camp in a hurry. Timaras advised him to be cautious, but he said: "According to the intelligence of the Castellons, the enemy is smaller than us. The reason for victory is probably a sneak attack." , now they are still in the same place, trying to turn our soldiers into prisoners. Our sudden attack will definitely surprise them, and it will also arouse the resistance of the surrendered soldiers. Attack from inside and outside, and the enemy will be defeated by us. ! I will make these thugs who dare to invade Crotone pay a heavy price!" Melanthius is like a gambler who is red-eyed after losing, looking forward to the last big bet, and all the previous losses will be lost. Win it back.

When his troops passed through the forest in a marching column, they were violently attacked by the light infantry of Amendolara who had been ambushing there. Epithenes led the light infantry to pour arrows, flying stones, and javelins on them, causing a large number of casualties .When the Castellon soldiers, whose morale was already low, were in panic, the Lucarians, armed with Greek sabers, rushed into the enemy formation like tigers attacking sheep...

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"Legion Commander, Crotone's reinforcements were defeated! Except for a few people who escaped back to Castellon City, the others were either killed or captured!" Leders rushed back to report excitedly.

Davos nodded, not with much joy. This was a well-prepared ambush, and victory was easy.

Seeing his calm expression, Leides said again: "Those Lucanians also captured the two generals of Crotone, Melancius and Timaras!"

"Oh!" Davos smiled, not because he caught the enemy's commander: "The Lucanians have made great achievements again, and they can reduce their sentence by half a year."

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When the Lucarians cut the Castellon column into several sections, years of military experience told Melanthius that failure was inevitable.

He immediately turned around and ran away. Unexpectedly, the Lucanians seemed to recognize him. After suffering a few casualties, they pushed him down and then dragged him to the front of Davos.

"Melantheus, we finally meet." A young voice with a gentle tone sounded in his ear.

Melantheus struggled to raise his head. His handsome face was scarred by the sand and stones dragged along the way. His vision was blurred by blood. He blinked hard: a strange young face appeared in front of him. .

"Who are you?"

"Archon Davos of Amendolara."

"Amendolara? Davos?" Melancius, who had been hit on his head before, was a little slow to react, and suddenly his eyes widened: "Amendolara?! Amendolara!! You are too despicable , without declaring war, come and attack us quietly! You have violated the traditions of the Greek city-states and tarnished the honor of the Greeks, and the city-states of Great Greece will definitely punish Amendolara!"

"Champion of Olympia, you are too self-centered!" Daves sneered: "When your army entered the territory of Amendolara without permission and burned our buildings, the war already broke out. As for the sneak attack, I vaguely remember an athlete’s motto, ‘A winner proves his strength with actions, while a loser can only use excuses to cover up his weakness.’ I don’t know if I’m right?”

Melanthius lowered his head slumped and asked in a low voice: "I hope you can treat me and the soldiers well, and Crotone will pay Amendolara a sufficient ransom."

"It's not up to me to treat you well."

"Then... who is responsible?"

"The surviving people of Thurii!"

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When Melses arrived at the Crotone camp and saw the mountains of luggage, he suddenly burst into laughter.But he soon became distressed because these pack cars could not wade across the river.

Davos said confidently: "This is easy to handle. Let's cross the river through the ferry."

So, after the soldiers of Amendolara and the people who rushed to pack up all the valuable things in the Crotone barracks (including the weapons, armor, and linen shirts worn by the dead enemy), they lined up a long line to Traveling east, through the forest, you can see the city of Castellon on the north bank of the Trionto River.

Davos could even hear the panicked shouts of the enemies at the top of the city. He jokingly said to Merses: "Didn't you say that there are not enough beasts of burden? You can borrow them from the Castro people."

Melses actually called for people to borrow the beasts of burden.

Castellon's chief general Amycles and others saw from the top of the city: the heavily armed Greek heavy infantry marching majestically from the south bank. Under the escort of their shields and spears, they were dejected, covered in blood, and Prisoners carrying heavy loads and stumbling, as well as cheerful people in civilian clothes, and pack teams loaded with baggage... This long team bypassed the city and headed straight for the ferry.Everyone in Castellon looked nervous and confused, but there was no anger or greed, because most of Castellon's citizen soldiers had been lost, and there were currently insufficient defense forces in the city, so how could they dare to provoke this terrible army.

"They...where did they come from?" a council member asked nervously.

Amycles looked at the direction of the team under the city and said uncertainly: "They are going north, they are probably... the Amendolara people."

"Are they the mercenaries who defeated the Lucanians?!" General Gorkis' eyes widened.

"It's very possible!" After Gorkys said this, Amycles strengthened his speculation: "Perhaps they are the only ones who dare to defeat the powerful Crotones!"

"They...they sent people here!" Someone shouted with a trembling voice.

The people on the city, from soldiers to generals, were all nervous.

"We are citizens of Amendolara. Consul Davos asked me to borrow a hundred pack beasts from you, and we will send them back to you after we finish transporting them!"

The voice of the visitor reached the city clearly, and everyone looked at each other in shock.

Davos!The legendary hero who saved Thurii!Archon of Amendolara!Amycles smiled bitterly: This was the second time he saved the Thurii people, but he also caused the Castellon people to suffer.

In the city of Castellon, after a short consultation between the general and the council members, they actually agreed.Not because of Davos' good reputation for keeping his promises, but according to what Amycles said: Amendolara annihilated and captured Crotone's huge army, and the situation in northern Magna Greece will inevitably change greatly. We need to act with caution, not to mention that there may be many citizens in Castellon who have become prisoners of Amendolara, leaving a good impression on Amendolara so that we can negotiate with them in the future.

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In the early morning, the few Turiyi people who had woken up saw the Amendolara people who had previously rescued them gather together and begin to cross the pontoon, heading south. They were surprised and uneasy: Are the Amendolara people going to abandon us?

At noon, all the people of Turiyi, some free people, and slaves who woke up faced the empty camp. Their helplessness and despair reached the extreme. They prostrate themselves on the ground and howled loudly.Cornerus, Stromboli and a few other people persuaded them that "Amendolara is at war with Crotone's army and has won". They couldn't believe it at all, and even the overly emotional people yelled.

At this moment, someone shouted in horror: "Look! Look! There are troops coming!"

The Turiyi people looked back hurriedly and saw a majestic army, led by a strange military flag they had never seen before, crossing the pontoon bridge and marching in their direction with vigorous steps.

"That's our army! The army of Amendolara! They have returned victorious!" Cornerus, the city administrator of Amendolara, did not agree with Croto at the previous Senate meeting. There was internal fighting, and although the resolution was passed, there was always hidden uneasiness in my heart.At this moment, he was cheering like a child.

Cunogorata stared blankly at the approaching Amendolara army. At this moment, there was only one voice echoing repeatedly in his mind: "The Amendolara people have won! They actually won! They defeated the powerful army. Crotone Army!!!”

The people of Thurii are doubtful.

Soon, when the front of the army stepped onto the north bank of the Craty River and approached them, they saw clearly that the person walking at the head of the army under that strange military flag was not the young and gentle consul Daif of Amendolara. Si!At this moment, he was fully armed, but without a helmet. He was waving to them with a smile on his face. The hot sunlight shone on his bright armor, emitting the most dazzling light, like a god.

At this time, some sharp-eyed people discovered that there was a walker following Davos's horse, with his hands tied behind his back, naked, and being pulled to stagger forward. Once he walked slowly, the escort's stabbing spear Just left a wound on his body.Why does this man look so much like Melantheus, the demon who ordered the burning of Thurii? !Was the Crotone army really defeated by Amendolara? ! !

The facts are beyond doubt.Behind the vanguard, they saw Amendolara soldiers holding bayonet guns and escorting young and middle-aged men who were also naked and carrying heavy loads, walking staggeringly. The team stretched southward, with no end in sight... …

The people of Thurii burst into tears as they looked at the unbelievable scene in front of them. They cried, laughed, and shouted, throwing debris at the Crotone soldiers. Some people even came forward to fight, all of them were like madmen. …

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Davos stood on the temporary wooden platform and looked at the people of Turiyi who were supporting the elderly and young and quickly gathered. He said loudly with a solemn expression but with excitement: "People of Turiyi, in these few days The Crotones invaded your homeland during the [-]th century. You lost your relatives and your place of residence, and cried helplessly on the ruins! But the gods did not abandon you. He made your neighbor, the heroic Amendolara People are not afraid of strong enemies and defeated the demons who destroyed Turiyi! He asked the kind-hearted Amendolara people to selflessly help you who are short of food and clothing! The night will pass, and the light is in front of you! Without a home, we We can build new and more comfortable houses! Without the city, we can rebuild a stronger city! Without the temple, we can build a more magnificent temple! Turiyi people, wipe away your tears and stand up your chest, Join hands with the people of Amendolara and let us build a better homeland free from foreign aggression!

Tears burst into the eyes of the Turiyi people again. They cheered and worshiped the hero Davos who saved Turiyi twice as if they were gods.

Davos ordered that the captured senior officers of Crotone, headed by Melantheus and Timaras, be put on a wooden platform and handed over to the people of Thurii to decide their life or death.

The cheers of the Turui people reached their climax.They swarmed forward, venting their anger with stones, sticks, fists, and teeth. Soon the Crotones became bloody and horrific, but the Thurii people still did not stop, even though their enemies had fallen to the ground. , dying...

Ansitanos, who was watching this bloody scene, sighed: "From now on, Thurii will probably be different..."

Kunogolata pointed at Davos who was standing on the side of the wooden platform, watching the execution of the Turiyi people, and said solemnly: "It's not that I'm afraid, but Turiyi will definitely be different!"

Ansitanos remained silent...

This volume ends here.If you want to know how Davos resettled the Turui people who lost their homes, whether they will take the Subari Plain into their pockets, the impact of this big victory on Great Greece, and whether the defeated Crotone will launch a bigger attack. The war... Please look at the next volume: Dionia City-State Alliance
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