ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 199 Trouble caused by mercenaries
Crotone mobilized the army to reinforce Crimesa. Such a big news had already been known by the spies placed by Aristiras at the Crotone dock.

Early the next morning, when the mercenary envoy arrived at Davos's mansion, Davos had already received news of Crotone's reinforcements from Aristiras. He immediately judged that the Timasong mercenaries had It's more bad than good.

Therefore, when the mercenary envoy Picols requested from Davos: "Lord Davos, the mercenaries led by the leader of Timasong have captured Crimesa, and we hope to join the Dionysian Alliance, and I hope to get additional personnel from Dionia immediately!”

With a heavy expression, Davos told this former comrade who once served as a translator in the Menon Barracks and later was his subordinate, but chose to leave when he was in Byzantium: "Pickles, you are late. I just got the news. 'Yesterday at noon, Crotone's nearly 1 troops set off from the port by boat. 'They should be able to reach Crimesa in the afternoon. I don't think Timazon and the others can hold Crimesa..."

"1 people?!" Pickles was stunned when he heard the news.

"I have sent people to inquire about the information. I believe that I will get the specific situation of Crimesa by noon." Davers continued.

"Maybe... maybe Timasong and the others are still holding on..." Pickles came back to his senses and begged with luck: "Davos... Chief, for the sake of us fighting side by side. , please...please send the army to Crimesa immediately to rescue them!! Otherwise, if you wait until you get the news, it will be too late!!..."

Pickles' "chief" made Davos' mood fluctuate slightly, but he still shook his head and said: "Alas... I can't send troops immediately if I want to. This requires the consent of the majority of the Senate, and Without definite information, they will not agree! Because if the Crimesa people retake the city and the Dionysian army enters the Crimesa territory, it will violate the agreement, which means war! With Cro Tone’s War!!”

Davos's patient explanation was obviously not listened to by the anxious Pickles. He shouted almost frantically: "Anyway, if we go to rescue the brothers, there will definitely be a battle with Crotone! What are you afraid of!" You are the only lifelong consul of Dionia, and you have the final say here! Send troops, please, Chief Davos! The lives of Timasong, Crisano, and all our mercenary brothers are at stake. Waiting for your rescue!!..."

Davos shook his head, feeling that he couldn't explain clearly to him: "You go down and rest first. I will inform you when there is news." After that, he motioned to the slave to take him down.

Pickles pushed him away with all his strength and yelled: "Davos, without the help of Timazon and his brothers, you would have died in Persia! But look at how you treated your former comrades! When we got here, not only did we not provide any help, but we suffered a lot of grievances. Now that their lives are threatened, Timasong and the others asked you for help, but you didn't even lend a helping hand. You even made excuses, saying that they needed the Senate. approve'……"

Pickles yelled at Davos for his ungratefulness. Davos was very angry when he heard it, and thought: When did you pretend to go to Syracuse, but actually went to capture Crimea, when did you have a frank talk with me!Didn't you want to use me and Agasia to let Dionia take the blame for you, but never thought about doing this, how passive Dionia and myself will be!Now that I have failed, I come to beg myself, but I don’t even apologize at all. Who is being ungrateful? Do you really think that I am so easy to talk to!

With his current status, there was no need for him to argue with a simple-minded mercenary. He could simply let the guards drive Pickles out of the mansion.

There was a lot of noise in the living room. With the support of Azuna, Kristoya came down from the second floor with a big belly and asked with concern: "I heard a quarrel downstairs, what's the matter?"

"It's nothing." Davos forced a smile and scolded softly: "You are about to give birth. You don't have a good rest and you are still walking around."

Christia knew better and stopped asking. She covered her bulging belly and said, "The child just kept kicking me and woke me up."

"Baby, be good and let your mother have a good rest!" Davos put his face on Christia's belly and said softly.

"Oh, he kicked me again!" Christia said in surprise.

"Madam, he must be a boy if he is so naughty!" Azuna said with a smile.

"Naughty little guy!" Davos patted his belly and said softly: "Kristya, let me accompany you for a walk in the yard."

At this moment, he and Christia both had happy smiles on their faces.

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Pickles was kicked out of Davos House and immediately regretted it.The door of Davos' house was closed and he couldn't open it no matter how hard he knocked, so he had to go find Felicius and the others.

Unexpectedly, Felicius, Capus, and Antonios either hid from sight or saw him, and they all expressed their regrets to Picols and could not provide him with help.

In the end, Agacia told him: "Due to the mercenaries causing trouble in the alliance during this period, Lord Davos and them have been under a lot of pressure in the Senate, especially this time Timasong and the others kept it secret from Dio Dionia, rashly attacked Crimesa, causing Polluxes and several other Turui senators to directly criticize Davos by name at the meeting, saying that he used the Dionysian alliance to seek personal gain for the mercenaries! This is Daivos. Lord Voss has faced such severe criticism and humiliation for the first time since he became a consul! In this case, it is impossible for Davos to use troops without authorization!"

After listening to it with some vague understanding, Pickles also realized that they had thought of things too simply.

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By noon, news came back from Crimesa: the mercenaries had been wiped out.

Davos sat alone in silence, and after a long time, he let out a sigh.

The matter seemed to be over, but Davers realized that it was far from over.

Sure enough, in the afternoon, a passenger ship from Crotone sailed into the dock in Thurii City. Two people got off the passenger ship: Lysias, the general of Crotone, and Antao, the chief general of Crimesa. Reese.

what does that mean?The faces of the elders who were there to welcome him changed slightly.

Two bodies were also carried off the ship: Timazon and Crisano.

This made Felicius, Agcia and other mercenary elders sad.

So today's Senate meeting was extremely tense and solemn from the beginning.

Antaoris, the chief general of Crimesa, spoke first. He tearfully complained about all the evil deeds committed by mercenaries in Crimesa yesterday and the suffering suffered by the people of Crimesa. Then he burst into tears: "Why have the people of Crimesa lived in peace for decades, but recently they have been ravaged by wars one after another?! Did we accidentally offend Ares and let him vent his anger on the people of Crimesa?! …”

Lucias looked around the venue and found that some of the elders of Dionia looked unnatural, while the consul Davos in the front row was listening intently, nodding occasionally, with an empathetic expression.He sneered in his heart, stood up, walked to the center of the venue, hugged Antaoris, and then saluted the elders of Dionia and said: "My lord consul and the elders of the Senate of the Dionia Alliance, as the Creator Messenger from Rotone, what I want to say is that yesterday Crotone sent reinforcements in time to save Crimea from being overrun by a group of bandits! During the interrogation of the prisoners after the battle, we learned that the bandits were The mercenaries from Asia Minor have fought in Persia with Lord Davos and some of the elders here for more than a year. They were invited by you to come to Great Greece, and registered in your alliance, preparing to become Dio Citizens of Nia, is this true?!”

"That's right." Davos nodded and admitted without hesitation.

Lysias did not expect that he answered so simply. He was stunned for a moment, then increased his voice and said loudly: "According to the confession of the prisoners, 'They were ordered by the Dionysian Alliance to raid Crimesa and prepare to conquer the enemy. Rimisa becomes Dionia's ally——"

"Bullshit!"

"fart!"

"This is a false accusation!"

……

Amyntas, Drakos, Agarcia and others stood up and cursed.

"Whether you admit it or not, the facts are the facts! The bodies of the two bandit leaders are still lying on the dock. Some of you shed tears just now." Lysias pointed forward with a serious expression and shouted loudly: "Dai Onians, you broke the truce with Crotone and you want to deny it!”

Antaoris stared at Davos and the others with wide eyes and yelled angrily: "Since you foreigners came to Magna Graecia, there has never been peace in Magna Graecia for a day! No, it was not Clemisa who angered Ares. , it was your expansion and aggression that brought war to various city-states in Magna Graecia! The grievances of the thousands of dead people in Crimesa must be appealed, and Dionia must be punished! "

There was an uproar in the venue.

Davos stood up, walked to Anta Oris, sneered, and said: "I originally wanted to express Dionia's apology to Crimesa, and was even willing to make some compensation, although Dionia and It's irrelevant."

Antaoris opened his mouth to retort, but Davos looked at him and roared: "Shut up!"

He froze for a moment.

"But I can see now that you two city-state generals are here together, not to find out the truth of the matter, but to join forces to suppress us Dionia! Tell me, tell me the conditions you have prepared long ago , let's hear how harsh it is!" Davos saw through their intentions, and his words that turned against guests stunned Lysias, and also reminded the senators who were still confused.

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