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Chapter 294: Envoy Bruti ([-])
"When did we Brutians become so friendly to the Greeks? Are we afraid of them just because they are Dionians?" Canalu roared angrily.For more than a year, although the Bruti people have been relatively closed-minded, they are still aware of the major events happening in the outside world. A powerful alliance of city-states suddenly emerged around Bruti, which really put the leaders of each tribe under pressure. Only Young people like Kanum are not convinced: "We are wolves, and the Greeks are just sheep. No matter how many and fat the sheep are, they can't fight the wolves!"

"Okay, Kalam, don't forget what your father said to you when he left, you don't want him to get angry again when you don't listen to our dissuasion, and then deprive you of the rights you just gained, and then hand it over to Your brother." Another older man also stepped forward to persuade.

Canaru seemed to have remembered something, his face changed slightly, he turned around angrily and went out, and before leaving, he glared at Antaoris fiercely.

Antaoris was listening to his attendants translating their conversation in a low voice. He saw the old man walking over and said in a gentle tone: "Messenger of Dionysia, my name is Bagilipi, and I am a native of Bithynia." A leader. His name is Brim, and he is also the leader of Bithynia."

Antaoris smiled, saluted, and announced his name.

"We will immediately send someone to notify Cosenza of your arrival. You will stay in Bisignia to rest for the time being. Once the news of entry comes, we will send someone to escort you to Cosenza."

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The Brutti sleep simply, covering themselves with animal skins and sleeping directly on the wooden floor around the fire pit.

After an afternoon of trekking and being frightened, Antaoris and his party were already exhausted physically and mentally. After dinner, they fell down to sleep and soon fell asleep, snoring everywhere.

In the darkness, only one person still had his eyes open.

Among the three followers of Antaolis, one of them was his most trusted slave, who took good care of his food, clothing, housing and transportation along the way; and the other was a member of the Senate because Antaolis did not understand the Brutian language and worked for him. The specially hired translator Adepigis is a registered free citizen of Dionia. His mother is a Greek. He was kidnapped by the Brutians. After being humiliated, he became pregnant and gave birth to him. He has been Brutian since he was a child. A slave of human beings, he tasted the hardships of life, and finally seized an opportunity to escape from the Bruti Mountains, and finally came to Turiyi. He had a deep hatred for the Bruti people, but he was very tolerant; in the end, this The entourage who was still asleep was recommended to Antaoris by Mariji. He said that he was from the Ministry of Military Affairs. Considering that in case of a war with the Bruti people in the future, he needed to know the internal situation of the Bruti region. In fact, He is a reserve citizen of Dionia, named Antrapolis, the younger brother of Aristiras, Davos's personal intelligence officer.

Since Izam's reconnaissance brigade followed Davos to Tarentum, Antrapolis was indeed fulfilling its reconnaissance duties in this area. At this moment, he was trying to recall everything he saw during the day: from the picture The approximate time it took for the road from Rei to Bisignia, as well as the difficulty of the road, the location and strength of the city of Bisignia, the approximate number of people and soldiers in the city, and how many Bisignians were judged through conversation. The character of the sub-leader...etc.Antrapolis recalled them over and over again until they were clearly engraved in his mind. There were still some vague parts that he would need to confirm further the next day.

After this was done, Antrapolis turned his attention to Antaoris who was sleeping opposite - this was another of his mission targets.He will closely monitor and observe the performance of this newly joined Crimesa man in the Senate during his next mission to Cosenza.

It is not the first time that Antrapolis has done such a thing. At the beginning, he still resisted a little. He said to his brother Aristilas: Hieron, the former tyrant of Syracuse, once created the secret service system. , who wanted to spy on the private lives of city-state citizens, so he had a bad reputation. He didn't want Davos, whom they were attached to, to become such a person.

However, Aristelas persuaded him: Hieron had a bad reputation mainly because he was too dictatorial, excessively suspicious and oppressive of citizens, so public dissatisfaction boiled.As a lifelong consul with a broad mind and a cool head, Davos knows how to safeguard the freedom of the people and should not make such mistakes. Moreover, he has outstanding abilities. The rapid rise of the Dionia Alliance has explained everything. The two brothers are optimistic about the best commander-in-chief against Syracuse and rebuilding Catanai.Therefore, consolidating his leadership position and preventing people with ulterior motives from making trouble has become one of Aristillas' important responsibilities.

After being persuaded by his brother, Antrapolis followed and investigated the movements of many senators.It should be said that the vast majority of senators support and agree with Davos's status as a lifelong consul. Although a very small number of people such as Polluxes are dissatisfied with Davos, they only stay in words and have no concrete opinions. action.As for Antaolis, he was the leader among the three people who entered the Senate in Krimisa. After coming to Thurii, apart from attending Senate meetings, he lived in seclusion on weekdays and had little contact with other senators, which made Aristela Si is very curious, this mission is a good opportunity to get to know this Crimean, and it will also provide a reference for Davos to use and appoint senior officials in the future.At least from the current performance, although Antaoris is a nobleman of Crimea, he can endure hardships and has courage. Antaoris is looking forward to his next performance.

The next afternoon, a messenger came from Cosenza, and Antaolis and his party were allowed to enter Cosenza.

Baguilipi also sent ten warriors, euphemistically called "escorting" the Dionian envoy to Cosenza.

The group of people left the city and started heading west along the mountain road. They were stopped before they went far.

Kanaru appeared in front of them on a horse, and said triumphantly: "Greeks, I haven't entertained you yet, do you want to leave like this!"

Antaoris and the others suddenly felt nervous.

At this time, the Bruti warrior who was responsible for escorting came forward to persuade Canaru, but he sent his men to stop him: "Don't worry, I won't let you go back without being able to explain."

After he made the promise, his face immediately darkened and his eyes revealed a fierce look: "I'll give them five hard lashes! Let them know that it's not so easy for the Greeks to pass through my city of Bithynia without paying a price! "

After he finished speaking, before Antaoris and the others could react, they were swarmed by Bruti warriors and pushed to the ground.

Each person was beaten with five lashes, and their skin and flesh were all torn apart.Adepigis was angered and cursed in Brutian language.

Kanalu listened, but laughed loudly and shouted: "I'll give him three more lashes!"

Adepigis was still about to curse, but Antaoris shouted in a low voice: "Adepigis, don't forget what we are here for!"

Adepigis was shocked when he heard this and slowly lowered his head.

Seeing that the Greeks had no reaction, Carnaru was quite bored. He did not dare to go too far to avoid invoking his father's anger. He shouted: "Cowardly Greek, let's go." He shook the horse's reins with both hands. , along the road, to the east.

The four of Antaoris supported each other and moved forward with difficulty.

Although the terrain is getting higher and higher, the road is no longer rough and difficult. The continuous mountain peaks gradually recede to the sides, and the front is the gently rolling grassland. The dense layers of flexible grass are dotted with colorful wild flowers, just like a vast and colorful landscape The large carpet stretches far into the distance... Groups of cattle, sheep, and horses either graze quietly on the slopes, or raise their hooves, run and play. There are dots of thatched cottages, some of which have already risen. Smoke.

More and more people were seen on the road. They were driving cattle and sheep, carrying goods on their backs, appearing in various places on the slopes, heading in the same direction.

In the evening, Antaoris saw a towering huge black shadow standing in front of him through the moonlight, and he knew that Cosenza had arrived.

Since it was already past the time to enter the city, Antaoris and his party could only set up tents outside the city for the night.

Early the next morning, the escorting Bruti warriors immediately reported to the city.

Soon, Antaoris and his party were welcomed by a line of guards sent by the tribal alliance and invited to enter the city of Cosenza.

After breakfast, Antaoris was taken to the meeting hall of Cosenza, which was much more magnificent than the thatched cottage in Bisenia.

There is one person sitting in the middle, and three people sitting on each side. The seat in the center is obviously higher, and it seems that the priority has been divided.

Antaoulis was thinking about the news about the tribal alliance formed by the Bruti tribes under the leadership of the leader of Cosenza, and bowed respectfully: "Dear leaders, I am the envoy of Dionia. Antaoris, bring greetings from the Dionysian Senate!"

Before Adepigis could translate, the man among them said in Greek: "Messenger of Dionia, welcome to Cosenza, the center of the Bruti Tribal Alliance. I am the leader of the entire tribal alliance. Pianlon.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the person closest to his left side stood up and asked in Greek: "Bruti and Dionia have never been in contact. I wonder what the messenger is here for?"

As soon as this remark came out, other people in the conference hall focused their attention on Antaoris.

Antaoris did not expect that the Brutian would put the question on the table as soon as they met. He did not answer immediately, but turned around and asked, "Who are you?"

"Sedorum, the great leader of Vege City, is also the elder of the tribal alliance." Sedorum is the only one among the great leaders who has ever interacted with Dionia.A year ago, when the Lucania Alliance attacked Thurii, he led his tribe to attack the camp of Davos, the mercenary leader and now the Dionian governor. Later, Davos designed to encircle and annihilate Lucani. The Asian Alliance Army made Sedorum seize the opportunity to rebel from the Lucanian Alliance. Later, because the city of Vig was adjacent to Laos, the turmoil in the city of Laos, Avinogis's rise to power, and Laos joined Dai The Onian Alliance... a series of events happened one after another like a revolving lantern, and he was aware of them all.Therefore, although he has not met Davos and has not dealt directly with Dionia, he is wary of Davos and Dionia.So when he learned that Dionia's envoys had arrived, Sedorum warned others to act with caution, because Dionia's strength now clearly exceeds Bruti's.

(End of this chapter)