ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 63 Ruins
Burkos seemed to see Daves' doubts, so he explained: "The city of Turiyi is about twenty miles away from the mouth of the Craty River."

Davos said "Oh" and asked: "Thurii is at war with the Lucarians, why are there so many ships for trade?"

"The Lucanians have no ships and cannot cut off Thurii's sea traffic. The more war goes on, the more supplies are needed. These merchant ships are all here to make money..." When the two were talking, the fleet Has stopped moving forward.

The pilot boat moved forward alone and soon merged into the white sails...

About an hour later, the pilot boat returned, approached Burkos's boat, and then a man came aboard.

"Burkos, you are finally back! I thought the Lucarians were so frightening that you had emigrated to Greece." The visitor walked forward with a smile.

"How could I leave when you, the most timid of you, didn't even leave?" Burx said jokingly, giving him a hug.

"Everything is going well?"

"Is Thurii okay?"

They both asked at the same time and laughed at the same time.

"Looking at your relaxed look, Turiyi City should still be safe."

"You know, the savage Lucarians have no superb skills. They can neither build siege engines nor ships. They just destroyed the villages and farms outside the city. Fortunately, in the autumn, the wheat harvest has already been completed. .During the winter, a plague broke out among the Lucanians outside the city, and they had to retreat to the northern mountains, leaving only a small number of soldiers in Amendolara——"

"Wait, you mean the plague?" Burkos looked horrified.

"The Lucanians killed thousands of Thurii citizens and piled their bodies outside the city. Zeus was angry and punished the Lucanians, but we people of Thurii were not harmed at all. !" The visitor said with some anger and some pride.

Bulkos was busy praising Zeus.

The visitor continued: "Now that the weather is getting warmer, they are starting to go south again. Fortunately, Tarantum sent reinforcements."

"As advocates of the Magna Graecia Defense Alliance, they should have sent reinforcements long ago!"

"You can't blame them. As soon as they repelled the Messapian attack, they sent out [-] heavy infantry and [-] cavalry, and the leader was Archita."

"Which Archita?"

"Who else is Archita! Of course he is the son of Histiavis, the former consul of Tarantum, the genius that Tarantum calls him!"

"Speaking of geniuses, I also have one here." Burkos pulled Davos and said to Polluxes: "Let me introduce to you, the Greek mercenary commander who went on an expedition to Persia, Davos of Thessaly!" Burx said seriously.Then, pointing to the person who came, he said: "Davos, this is the general elected by Thurii this year, my good friend - Polyxes!"

"Salute to you, General Polluxes!" Davos bowed slightly and saluted.

"Welcome." Polluxes nodded slightly, then turned to Bulcos: "What did you just say? Expedition to Persia?"

Burkos saw Pollux's perfunctory behavior, so he greatly publicized the deeds of Davos and the others. Pollux's eyes immediately became enthusiastic when he looked at Davos: "It's unimaginable! Davos , a young man like you has actually done such an amazing thing! In the heart of Persia, surrounded by thousands of enemies, he led the soldiers to fight back! It's really... wow!"

Davos said sincerely: "This is all the result of the joint efforts of the brothers. Many people died on the way home..."

"I invited Davers' troops to Turui, and I hope that they will use their rich combat experience to help us repel the Lucarians!" Burkes took the opportunity to explain in advance the team he hired Davers with a high salary. .

"You came at the right time. We are discussing the counterattack against the Lucarians." Poluxis said to Burkos: "I came here to tell you that the general's executive committee agrees that your fleet is in the one at the mouth of the river." Get off the ship at the simple dock and let Davos lead the mercenaries to camp in the old city of Sybaris."

"What?! Let us camp in the old city of Sybaris!!" Burcos' expression changed. He immediately pulled Polyxes aside and cursed in a low voice: "Are you crazy?! Don't forget Thurii When the city was built, there was an agreement with Crotone that the old city site of Sybaris could not be moved! Otherwise, why didn't Tuli build the city on the site of Sybaris? It was obviously in a better location and had better facilities. port!"

"Every Thurii knows what you said. But this is the result of Kunogolata's insistence, and other generals also agree! The soldiers you hired have been camping in Subaris for almost a month No." Polluxes shrugged to show that the matter had nothing to do with him.

"It's Cunogorata again! He expelled the Athenians, and now he wants to anger Crotone. Does he want Thurii to perish?" Burkos said angrily.

"It's not as serious as you said. Decades have passed and the Tuliyi people have always abided by this agreement. The grass in Subaris has grown taller than people. Now, Tuliyi is suffering from war and is only temporarily camping. . Besides, Crotone has no time to pay attention to this. They are fighting fiercely with the Brutians. Otherwise, where should these mercenaries camp? The total number of mercenaries who came last time and this time must be four. For 5000 people, the camp built must occupy a large area. Now, except for the wasteland, everything around Turiyi is farmland and villages..."

"Didn't you say that all the farmland and villages outside the city were destroyed?" Burkos asked.

"After the Lucarians retreated, everyone returned to their villages and towns and began to rebuild. Otherwise, they would all gather in the city, and sooner or later there would be problems! As for those fields, the farmers had already sown the wheat seeds, otherwise this year But there was no harvest.”

"What should we do if the Lucarians come?" Burkos asked worriedly.

"So we're thinking about how to fight them off."

Burkos stared at Polluxes speechlessly for a while, and finally said: "It seems that the generals now are very united and courageous! They have forgotten how embarrassed they were last year!"

Polluxes looked embarrassed and speechless.

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Because a channel had been cleared in advance, Burx's fleet entered the estuary smoothly, but disembarking was more troublesome because there was only a simple dock.

Burcos, Davos, Felicius, Asistes, and the escort got off the ship first and stood on the soft ground. They were still a little uncomfortable after being bumpy on the sea for a long time.

Felicius bent down, reached out and grabbed a handful of dirt, twisted it with his fingers, ignored the smell, put it to the tip of his nose and sniffed it, looking intoxicated, as if what he was holding was not dirt, but delicious food.Then he stretched out his hand to Davos and said excitedly: "It's black!"

Of course Davos understood what he meant. Before Bulcos could turn his eyes, he sighed and said, "This is really a fertile land!"

Burkos said proudly: "Of course! The Subali Plain has several rivers including the Krati River. It is not only rich in water, fertile and flat, but also very large in area. It is the best land in this area. Otherwise, where would Subalis’ luxurious life come from?”

The group turned away from the river bank and walked for a short distance before seeing a ruined wall among the grass. This was the former site of Subaris City.

Davos came to a big stone and stopped. Although it was covered with moss and green clothes, the exquisite texture and dark red color faintly revealed on the flat stone surface proved that it was a fine piece of marble. Looking at it, there are many such stones here, hidden under the grass and half buried in the soil...

You must know that Greece and Italy produce more white marble, and only Africa is rich in red marble, which is naturally expensive.Although Davers didn't know the price, such stones were rarely seen in the city-states he had passed through before, and it was obviously not easy to get: "What a good stone! Why didn't you use it when Turui built the city?" He looked Seems to ask Burkos casually.

Note: Regarding Magna Graecia, to be precise, it refers to the Greek city-states in southern Italy, that is, the "foot" part of Italy's "leather boot". The specific Greek city-states included will be mentioned one by one later in this book.

(End of this chapter)