ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 71 Survey (continued)

Originally, he only planned to seize the opportunity between Amendolara and Tuliyi and plunder.But the spies reported that the residents of Amendolara were carrying a large amount of luggage and were preparing to leave the city.

How could Weisba and his tribe let go of such a good opportunity? They immediately pursued them, killed them, and took the opportunity to occupy the city of Amendolara.For Vespa, this was truly a blessing from Mount Asinus!The tribe won easily. Not only did they seize a large amount of supplies, they also occupied a city. It was also a mountain city where Lucanians liked to live, and they also owned a large number of "slaves."

But he soon realized that it was very difficult for his tribe with only a thousand warriors to occupy a city: first, he assigned hundreds of warriors to take care of the thousands of prisoners, and then he had to guard against the Turiyi people. The most troublesome thing about retaking the city of Amendolara is Grumentum.After all, the Vespa tribe was unwilling to accept the annexation of Grumentum, and now they took advantage of the Lucanian tribal alliance to fight bloody battles with Thurii at the front and win, and easily obtained what should have been theirs. The results of the battle in Grumentum. How could Akpiru, the vengeful leader of Grumentum, spare them?But Weispa gave up Amendolara and fled back to the mountains. How could he and his tribe, who had suffered enough from the ups and downs of displacement, let go of the comfort they had finally obtained.

Just as he was hesitating, a few days passed and good news came: the Lucanian coalition forces preparing to besiege the city of Thurii were forced to withdraw due to a plague outbreak.

Vespa was overjoyed and repeatedly praised the god Asinus.

In the following months, Tuliyi did not send troops to recapture the city of Amendolara because his strength was greatly reduced.Weisba rarely led his tribe to live a stable life for a period of time.

In the spring of this year, Grumentum's envoy crossed the mountains and came to the city of Amendolara, bringing Akpiru's order: He was forcefully asked to join the Lucanian coalition and prepare for the second attack on Tu. Lee.

Vespa promised with all his heart, but sneered in his heart because the envoy did not mention the ownership of the city of Amendolara after the war at all.

He has finally figured it out. If he wants to keep the city of Amendolara, he can only hope that both the Lucanian coalition and Thurii will be defeated, so that his tribe can get a chance of survival in the cracks and have time to slowly take advantage of it. And integrate the power of Amendolara to restore the vitality of the tribe.Therefore, when he knew that mercenaries were constantly coming to the Turiyi territory, he did not feel worried, but instead felt happy.

He restrained his tribesmen to go out of the city as little as possible, not to irritate Thurii, and allowed the Greeks to prepare for war with peace of mind.

Today the spies reported that a Greek army of about a hundred people had invaded the territory of Amendolara.

He was quite surprised: This is the first time that Greek troops have appeared in Amendolara since the war last year. Are they here to attack the city?Why are there only more than 100 people?Could it be a pioneer?Ignoring the threat of the Lucanian coalition forces approaching the border, Turui wants to solve their worries first?After his careful observation in the past few months, this doesn't seem like the way of the Turiyi people, does it? !

With many questions, Vespa stepped onto the city wall and looked down the mountain: more than 100 Greek soldiers stood alone by the Sisno River. They had not seen any movement for a long time, and there was no movement behind them.

I'm here to investigate the situation!Weisba was somewhat certain.

So, he decided to show his power to dispel the illusions of the Greeks.He asked his son Bagule to lead a thousand soldiers out of the city, leaving only more than a hundred soldiers to guard the prisoners in the city.

Bagule led the Lucanian warriors to rush out of the city gate in a furious manner.

Asisters couldn't help shouting: "Boss, look at their weapons!"

Armor, bucklers, and spears were all dressed up as Greek heavy infantry. No wonder Asistes was surprised, thinking that Amendolara had been recaptured by some Greek army!
Davos looked at it carefully and said with a smile: "It should be the Lucanians who stole the weapons of Amendolara citizens and equipped themselves. Unfortunately, it is just a look-alike, far from a real heavy infantry."

Indeed, the formation of the Greek heavy infantry is tight, and before the battle, they advance slowly and can basically maintain a straight line.Looking at the Lucalian fighters on the opposite side, the formation is not only loose, but also uneven.

The guide was extremely nervous when he saw the Lucanian warriors leaving the city. Seeing that Davos was still in the mood to joke, he almost cursed out loud.

At this time, Davos said: "Retreat, go back!"

If the guide is granted amnesty, he will turn his horse and run away.

The soldiers all turned back and started jogging.

Davos reined in his horse and didn't move until the soldiers left him behind, then he and Asistes and Lades walked slowly, which made the guide a little embarrassed.

The Greeks retreated slowly, and the Lucanians slowly pursued, keeping a certain distance between the two sides.

It wasn't until Davers and the others crossed the Saraceno River that the Lucanians stopped on the north bank.

"One thousand...1000 people..." Davos asked thoughtfully: "Yasi, do you think the Lucanians in Amendolara want to fight us or not?"

"Of course I don't want to, you can tell by looking at their pursuit posture." Asistes said without thinking.

"I heard from Burkos that there are not many Lucanians in Amendolara. How many are there specifically?" Daves asked the guide.

"There is such a saying in Turiyi City, but no one seems to know how many Lucanians are in Amendolara." The guide was a little confused.

Davos smiled mysteriously and changed the topic: "What is north of Amendolara?"

Returning to the land of Thurii, the guide became much calmer: "More than 20 miles to the north is the Sinni River, and further north is the Agri River. On the other side is the city of Heraclea, and there is the Seris Plain. , is also a fertile land. A few decades ago, Thurii and Tarantum had a war over that land."

"Who won?" Asistes asked curiously.

"We, Thurii, won twice, but Tarantum was a powerful city-state in Magna Graecia. They kept sending troops, and the war lasted for a long time. In the end, the two sides signed an agreement and jointly established the city of Heraclea." Guide summary Said proudly.

"Oh, I really didn't expect that Thurii was quite powerful before." Asistes said smoothly.

"That's because there was General Crisandridas in Turi at that time, and he was a Spartan!" the guide said with reverence. Then he thought of something else and curled his lips unwillingly: "Even if Turi was defeated last time, It was given to the Lucanians because they used a trick to ambush Turiyi. If they fought head-on, they would not be Turiyi's opponent at all.

Asistes still wanted to argue, but was stopped by Davos: ""While it's still early, let's go to the south of Thurii and have a look. "

The guide didn't understand why this young mercenary leader traveled around all day long and tirelessly.It's understandable that there are Lucanians to the west and north, but there are no enemies to the south.However, this also made him feel reassured. These mercenaries were too courageous, which made him tremble with fear for fear of accidents.

Davers and his party crossed the pontoon bridge not far west of Thurii City and reached the delta between the two rivers.Here, they saw one pack car after another walking back and forth on a road leading to the west...

The guide told them: This was to transport copper ore and stone to the city of Turiyi. Due to the recent war, the city was in urgent need of stones and copper tools.

"Is there a copper mine and a stone mine in Turiyi to the west?" Looking at the uneven dirt road that passed through the hilly area, Davos blinked.

"That's right. Lucanians can't get across because the Kosene River is in the way." The guide, who was quite talkative at the moment, didn't want to say much, ended the conversation in a hurry, and led them to the pontoon bridge of the Kraty River. .

The Krati River is at least 50 meters long, and because it is spring, the current is relatively strong and the pontoon swings back and forth.Davers and others were worried that the horse would startle and fall into the water, so they had to lead the horse on foot.

After crossing the Krati River, the land we set foot on is still part of the Subali Plain.This is a green, flat corridor between the mountains and the coast, and this corridor is obviously much wider than the seaside corridor in Amendolara.Here, more Turiyi people can be seen working in the fields. Apparently, this is the only safe area for Turiyi now.

About ten miles further south, the corridor suddenly narrowed because a large tidal flat appeared on the sea side.

The guide reined in his horse and said, "Ahead is Castellon's territory. Do you still want to see it?"

Note: Castiglione
Heraclea, the original site of this city was founded by Greek colonists before Heraclea (Siris, similar to the name of the Han Dynasty in the Roman Empire). It may have been conquered by Subari around 550 BC. Sri Lanka and Metapontum were destroyed.

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