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Chapter 617 The opening ceremony of the Dionia Football Finals ([-])

Since entering the city of Thurii, these self-proclaimed Samonei players have begun to restrain their usual rough and rude style, because this huge and prosperous city shocked them.After entering the arena, the cheers of tens of thousands of spectators were an invisible pressure, making them a little at a loss and even their walking posture became restrained.

"Look, that's Chief Gairni!" Maioni spotted Chief Abenirum standing in the auditorium waving his arms and shouting among the thousands of cheering spectators, and he was suddenly surprised.

The players responded enthusiastically immediately, which made them relax a lot.

As they passed the rostrum, they received another surprise.

"Father, look! The one passing below is the Samonei team that I was in charge of receiving before!" Crotokatax shouted excitedly, pointing at the team walking on the track.

Before Davos could speak, Crystal next to her opened her eyes wide, and then interjected: "Your father always said that the Samonites are not easy to deal with. I don't think there is anything special about them."

Indeed, the Samonei players who entered the arena for the first time seemed timid in front of thousands of spectators.

"Abenirum!..." Davers was very clear about the origin of this team. He said slowly: "Isn't this a good thing!"

Christoya was not an ordinary woman. She quickly understood what her husband meant and said, "It's a pity that there is only one Abenirum."

"This is a good start!" Davos smiled slightly.

Agnes didn't care what her husband and Kristoya were saying. She was the only one in the family who was not very interested in rugby matches. The reason why she attended the opening ceremony was because of the needs of the people of Dionia and the needs of the children. According to the request, the people hope to see the king's family attending the most important celebration in the kingdom. This has almost become a routine. The harmony of the king's family is an example of a civil family.The children like the lively atmosphere of watching the game together as a family, including her introverted and shy daughter Aiweiya.

"Mom is right. The Samnites are like clumsy kingdom slaves. There is nothing to be afraid of. Our Zelias is the most dazzling. This time he will definitely get a lot of touchdowns in the finals!" Brie said. Antes said loudly.Zelias is the main wide receiver of the Turui team's offensive team. He is famous for his superb catching skills and wind-like speed in the finals.

"I think quarterback Sado Cassius is the most powerful. It's really because of his calm mind, clever formation, and accurate passing that Zelias scored so many touchdowns."

Apox's words displeased his younger brother, and the two began to argue.

Cynthia patted her two brothers on the head each and reminded: "Stop making noises. You are affecting other people's viewing of the opening ceremony. Please calm down!"

The eldest sister's words really worked. The two glared at each other, but sat back quietly.

"If brother Adoris is still in Turiyi, he will definitely appear there as a substitute for the team." Eunice pointed to the Turiyi team that was already standing in the stadium and said.

Little Aviya nodded repeatedly, but Cynthia was stunned, and then a trace of worry appeared on her pretty face.

Davos laughed and said: "You still don't understand your brother Adoris. He would rather appear at the triumphal ceremony than appear at the Hades Arena."

"I also hope to become a triumphal hero when I grow up!" Briantes shouted immediately.

"Father." Crotokatax glanced at Cynthia and asked, "How is the progress of our war with the Dauni people?"

"Since defeating Dauni's main force in the decisive battle on the Ofanto River, our troops have never encountered strong resistance from the enemy again. Don't worry, you will be able to see your big brother again within two months!" Dai! Firth said with a relaxed expression, and his words made Cynthia smile again.

Behind the Davos family, several elders of Lucania were sitting. When they saw the Samonei team passing the rostrum, Weisba, who was already showing his age, couldn't help but sigh: "I didn't expect it. Even the Samnites, who are as fierce as wolves, will be tamed by our kingdom!"

Next to him, Polet, the leader of Potentia, chuckled and curled his lips and said: "How can it be so easy to tame a bad wolf! It's just Abenirum, a town that is about to be abandoned by the Samnites! "

"Abenirum was abandoned by the Samnites, why?" Hermon asked curiously.

Pollet subconsciously touched his beard-covered cheek with his hand. There was a long scar there, which brought his thoughts back to the past: "Ten years ago, the Samonites invaded Potentia in a large scale. If there hadn't been If His Majesty leads the army to rescue in time, Potentia may have ceased to exist..."

Pollet's favor with the Dionians doubled while he fought side by side with the soldiers of the Dionian Legion against the Samnites.After the South Italian War, he visited Thurii many times, and under the general trend, he persuaded Puamotte to incorporate Potentia into Dionia and become a "free city" of his kingdom.Three years ago, Puamote gave up the position of chief to Pollet, who was closely related to Dionia, on the grounds of "poor health".After Pollet took over the affairs of the territory, he became more aware of the situation of this evil neighbor to the north.

"The Samnite people suffered a disastrous defeat. Nearly 4 warriors were captured. Only a few thousand of the [-]-strong army fled back. As the initiator of this war, the great leader of Shilpini, Abenirum Of course, the controller of Velani must bear the responsibility for this failure. Although the Samnites who fled back at that time did not know that Velani had died in the battle, the Shirpini tribe who lost their relatives and hated Velani The people soon held a tribal meeting, dismissed the position of chief of Virany and elected Lescuq of Beneventum as the new chief of Shirpini..."

Speaking of this, Pollet sighed and said with regret: "At that time, it was said that the four major tribes of the Samnites had less than [-] warriors, and they were unable to fight anymore. Moreover, the Samnites also heard that Dai Onia captured many Samnite warriors, so they all asked for a truce and peace. Alas... In fact, we had to be tougher at that time and continue to attack the mountains to the north. The Shirpini would definitely be exterminated, and the Penteni and Kawu would definitely be wiped out. It will never be easy for Tiny!..."

"There is nothing we can do about it. At that time, we were resisting the invasion of the Syracuse army. After defeating Dionysius, the gold, silver and food in the treasury were almost completely consumed. It was impossible to organize another large army. Launch an attack on the Samnai Mountains." Weisba explained that he had another reason that he did not say: after winning the South Italian War, there was enough land and wealth in Magna Graecia and Sicily waiting for Dionia. Citizens want to carve up, even if they think the population is too small to occupy more vacant land, how can they covet the barren mountainous area of ​​​​Samnai? What's more, once they want to attack the hometown of Samnai, even if it has been weakened a lot , but the intensity of resistance and casualties encountered by the Dionysian Army will definitely rise sharply, which is not what the Senate and the people expect.

Pollet probably realized this. He just complained casually and continued: "After the Dionysians signed the alliance agreement with Shilpini, Penteni, and Cavutini, they began to release them one after another. Captured by Samonai, you should know that Gaerni, the son of Velani, the former chief of Shirpini, was also captured by us, and his tribe was originally a large tribe of Shirpini, and his captured tribal warriors Quite a few, His Majesty was the last to release them, and guess what happened?"

"I remember that there seemed to be a violent conflict in Abenirum. That Gairni even asked our Dionia for help, and His Majesty supported him..." Hermon recalled.

"Violent conflict?!" Paulet smiled and said: "As the initiator of that war, Villani, in order to set an example, sent almost all the men who could fight in the entire Abenilum region. On the battlefield, of course, its soldiers suffered the heaviest casualties. When Lesguk became the leader of Shirpini, he saw that the Abenirum territory was filled with old people, young women and children, and there was a lack of labor. Since Beneventum was the closest to Potentia, a tribe in the south of Beneventum was moved to Abenirum, and the leader of this tribe was made the leader of the Abenirum territory. The Abenirum people did not object strongly in order to survive.

But two years later, when Gairni returned to his hometown with the once-captured Abenirum warriors, he saw that his land was occupied by other tribesmen, his wife had remarried, and his children recognized someone else as their father. Naturally, conflicts broke out.In order to safeguard his authority and the interests of the tribe, the new leader of Abenirum made a wrong decision. He wanted to kill Gaelni on the grounds that "the Virani father and his son launched wars indiscriminately and brought disaster to the tribe". and their relatives were expelled from Abenirum, which aroused the anger of the released Abenirum warriors, because during the two years of serving in the kingdom, they had completely regarded Gairni as their leader. .

Seeing that Abenirum was in danger of fighting, the new leader had to ask for the support of Lesguk, the chief leader of Shirpini. Lesguk quickly arrived with thousands of warriors. Gairni, who had stayed with us for two years and had a good relationship with us, immediately felt that the situation was not good and turned to us for help. His Majesty decisively sent an envoy to intervene in the dispute in Abenirum, which made Lesguk attempt to hold a clan. The plan of the people's assembly to decide whether to expel Gairni was ultimately shattered. Instead, our envoy's proposal to let Abenirum re-elect the leader was implemented. Therefore, Gairni became Abenirum's leader. leader……"

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