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Chapter 200 Dionia’s war potential

"People from Crotone, tell us, let's hear how much appetite Crotone has and wants to take advantage of our Dionia!" Some elders such as Amyntas and Skombras began He yelled, and the feeling of guilt just now suddenly turned into a common enemy.

Lysias glanced at Davos: This young man should not be underestimated!

He cleared his throat and said loudly with a normal expression: "The Crotone Alliance and Crimesa require Dionia to compensate Crimesa for five hundred talents to compensate for the damage done by Crimesa in this battle. The huge losses suffered——"

"What! Five hundred talents!! You are crazy about money!!!" Melses shouted.

Lysias ignored it, looked around at everyone, and continued: "Secondly, in order to prevent the aggressive Dionia from invading neighboring city-states again, we ask Dionia to dissolve the alliance and allow Amendolara and Niutu Be independent and abolish the alliance!"

"What?! Did I hear it wrong?! What right does Crotone have to dictate to us!"

"We will never agree, this is a humiliation to Dionia!"

"Get out! If you dare to go to the Dionia Senate to say such things, are you crazy?"

"A fool would agree to such a request! Only a fool would make such a request!"

……

There was an explosion in the meeting place, and the senators yelled and cursed one after another. The ill-tempered ones such as Amyntas and Scombras even went up to beat Lysias, but were beaten by Cunogorata, Cornelus and others. Blocked, messed up.

Lysias and Antaoris looked at all this indifferently like outsiders, as if this mess was not caused by them, until Davos stepped forward and said: "Did you hear that! This is our answer!"

He loudly said, "No - yes!"

"That means war, because you violated the agreement first." Lysias said seriously.

"Then let's fight. Isn't this the real intention of you coming here?" Davos has seen through their actions and is too lazy to argue with him anymore. If you want to accuse him, there is no excuse.

His downplaying attitude prevented Lucias from seeing the expected reaction, like punching an empty fist, and subconsciously said: "War! I'm talking about the war between Crotone and Dionia!"

Davers smiled slightly, turned back and said, "Are we afraid of going to war with Crotone?"

"Great! Finally we can fight again!"

"I can't wait to beat Crotone's ass!"

"If we defeat Crotone once, we can defeat it a second time! This time we will burn the city of Crotone!"

……

Facing the high-spirited senators, Lysias unexpectedly felt a little uneasy.

"Cunogorata, please write down Crotone's request just now, it will be useful in the next negotiation." Daves said suddenly.

"Next negotiation?" Lysias wondered.

"Yes, after the war is over!"

Lysias's heart trembled. He saw the burning fighting spirit in Davos's eyes...

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After sending off the envoy, the atmosphere at the venue was still warm. Compared to the former mercenary elders who were eager to fight, the elders of Amendolara and Thurii expressed more concerns about the upcoming war.

Kunogorata's words are very representative: "Lord Archon, are we sure about fighting Crotone? Crotone has been a powerful country in Magna Graecia for decades, and it also has a powerful Alliance, it can organize an army of 4 to 25 people! And it also has [-] triremes. We don't even have a warship. Once a war breaks out, Crotone can easily blockade our port. This time, I’m afraid it won’t make the mistake of underestimating the enemy and neglecting it last time…”

Davos listened carefully and looked around at the people in front of him. He could feel their fear of Crotone, especially the Thurii people. It was the power accumulated in their hearts by Crotone's three destructions of the city.He thought for a while, and just when he was about to answer, a voice suddenly interrupted: "I have long said that I would drive away those damn mercenaries, but you didn't listen, and now we have the revenge of Crotone! We have Some people should be held accountable for indulging them first!" It was Poluxis who spoke.

Agacia and the others glared at him.

"Did I say something wrong?" Polluxes glared back not to be outdone.

"Now that the war has broken out, there is no point in arguing about this matter. We should all unite to overcome difficulties and not create differences and weaken our strength!" Burkos persuaded his friends.

"It was precisely because of this incident that led to the war that we must investigate the issue to avoid similar incidents from happening again in the future!" Polyxis retorted stubbornly.

At this time, Antonios stood up and said: "As a censor, many people have reported to me recently that when the city of Thurii was being rebuilt, senators such as Burkos and Plessinas often went to people's homes to express their condolences and express their feelings. I apologize, but some people who were Neances's main assistants and bore considerable responsibility for the burning of Turii walked in and out of the Senate every day without any sign of remorse for the people of Turii. We will conduct a thorough investigation to prevent something like this from happening again..."

Polluxes' expression changed greatly.

But Davos asked: "Poluxis, do you think this issue should be investigated clearly?"

"I...I..." Polluxes trembled slightly under Davos's sharp gaze.

"Antonios, just as Burkos said, now we should unite to deal with this life-and-death war, and put other things on hold for the time being." Davos's calm voice penetrated into Polyxis's ears, and he felt as if he was in a dream. Amnesty suddenly relaxed and lay down on the stone bench.

Antonios glanced at Polluxes with disdain, turned around and said, "Okay, Lord Archon."

Davos said with a relaxed expression: "I'm sorry, I was interrupted just now. What I want to say is, gentlemen, you have been busy with your own affairs during this period, and I am afraid you don't know much about the military strength the alliance currently has. Scombras, do you think the number of Citizens in our Union is still over 5000?"

Scombbras, a stubborn old man, stroked his beard and said with a smile: "There must be more than one! Now there are more than 6000 citizens in the city of Amendolara alone, including the preliminary citizens. The rest I I’m not sure, but it’s definitely a lot.”

"Let the military officer Felicius tell us how many civilian soldiers there are." After Davos finished speaking, Felicius stood up: "My lords, the numbers I will announce below are Turui, Amendo The number of Lara and Niutum who participated in military training and were incorporated into the army is lower than the total number of household registration statistics of Mr. Rafias. This is because citizens over the age of 45 and some special industries The citizens that the city-state focuses on protecting, such as doctors, engineers, scholars, etc., are not included in the citizen soldier military training system."

The senators nodded and turned their attention to Felicius.

"There are about 500 Amendolara citizens who have participated in military training for more than three months, about 300 citizens in Niutum, and the largest number in Thurii, up to 800 people." Looking at it. The senators showed expressions of surprise, and Felicius continued to explain in detail: "There are 7000 formal citizens among them, and the rest are all reserve citizens. At the end of December last year, the consul ordered me to conduct a preliminary inspection of them. The troops were reorganized into three legions.

The First Legion is mainly composed of veterans and reserve citizens of Amendolara. It is the most combat-effective unit. The commander of the Legion is Capos.

The Second Legion is mainly composed of citizens and reserve citizens of Thurii, and is led by Drax.

The Third Legion is mainly composed of the citizens and reserve citizens of Niutum. The head of the legion is Hieronymus, and the first captain is Bagul.

The number of regular combat soldiers in each legion is now 7000, and the three legions total 1000.In addition, there are 600 reserve troops, for a total of approximately 600 people.In addition, there are 300 cavalry troops, led by Rydes..."

"Felicius did not mention registered freemen. In fact, we can also organize 3000 to 50 trained freemen to fight as light infantry. In addition, Laos can provide us with [-] to [-] people. The reinforcements Castellon can provide are not many, but there are at least [-] cavalry..." Davers looked at the crowd and said in an excited voice: "If the whole army comes, we can at least take out nearly [-] troops. Fifty thousand troops! Considering that the ports of Niutum and Thurii need to be guarded, the actual number of troops sent must be far less than this number, but it is not too different from the strength of Crotone! Sirs, please rest assured , since the establishment of the alliance, the situation of fighting more with less will never happen again. We have the ability to compete with Crotone on land!" Davers' words cheered up the elders, and Amyntas and the others were even more excited. He shouted confidently: "In the past, when there were few people, we were not afraid of Crotone, and now Crotone is no longer our opponent!"

"As for the sea." Daves looked at Kunogora Tower and said: "We really can't do anything to Crotone, but Crotone's fleet can do nothing but blockade our port. As long as it dares to enter the mouth of the Corati River, we will annihilate it all! And our cavalry will monitor the beaches from Amendolara to Castellon at any time to prevent the Crotones from landing quietly. I believe in Crotone As long as my wife is sane, she will not do such risky things. Dionia and Crotone are so close, the outcome can only be determined by a land battle! "

(End of this chapter)