ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 829 The proud Quinduke

"Yes, after Abenirum becomes the free city of Dionia, we can not only freely participate in regional rugby and football matches, participate in the celebration of Hercules, but also freely enter and exit Dionia. various towns to trade the food and other goods we want... In the future, when Abenirum encounters danger and difficulty, like last year's drought, Dionia can also come to the rescue like Potentia Help us at any time..." Maioni also said excitedly.

Garni was stunned. This situation was completely different from what he expected. He asked doubtfully: "Aren't you... worried that Abenirum will no longer be our Abenirum in the future?"

"Chief, what's there to worry about! Look at Potentia, it's been more than ten years. It's still the same Potentia, but the people there are much richer than us! You know, more than ten years ago, there was The Lucanians are poorer than us!..." Maioni said with emotion.

His words were echoed by others.

Gairni suddenly understood in his heart: In recent years, Dionia has invited the Abenirum people to participate in the Dionia Football Finals and other celebrations many times, which has broadened the horizons of the people who were originally trapped in the mountains. While enjoying the warm hospitality of the Dionians, they also saw the wealth and power of this southern neighbor, which not only made them let go of their guard, but also made them yearn for it.Compared with the exclusion and oppression of Beneventum and other tribes, they prefer to choose the Kingdom of Dionia, which is not a member of the same tribe.

Thinking of this, Gairni felt grateful that he had made this decision in time, but also felt a little disappointed. He quickly gathered his mood and said in a deep voice: "Maioni, go see the envoy of Dionia immediately and ask for help. He explained that Abenirum is willing to become a free city in the kingdom and is willing to implement Dionia's plan immediately. But once the plan is implemented, I believe that other Shirpini tribes will soon contact us and ask for their redemption nation, so you need to discuss with him how to implement the next plan."

"Uh, and -" Gairni looked directly at Maioni and solemnly reminded: "You must remind the Dionia envoy not to disclose the news that we have become the Dionia Free City for the time being, because this It will prevent us from winning over other Shirpini tribes! Moreover, we need military support from Dionia to defend against the revenge of Beneventum and other tribes!"

"Boss, I've remembered, I'll do it now." Maioni got up and walked out.

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Quinduk is the leader of the Kautini tribe's tribal federation in the Naconia region. He has been in this position for more than 20 years.More than ten years ago, under the orders of the then chief of Cavutini, he led the Naconian warriors and participated in the invasion of Potentia. As a result, he was defeated and captured, and stayed in Dionia for two years. Many, were eventually released home.

But what was different from Gairni's experience was that he still received the support of the big leader, and soon he once again took the position of the joint leader of the tribes in the Naconia region.However, a few years later, he was originally the most promising successor to the big leader of the Kawutini people. He lost to Segovani and failed to become the new big leader of Kawutini. This was mainly because Segovani took advantage of waves. Tentia's disastrous defeat and the spread of "rumors" that were unfavorable to him caused many tribes to give up their support for him.

The reason why Quinduk has been strengthening his contacts with Dionia is that on the one hand he has seen the power of Dionia and believes that Cavutini and even the entire Samonai cannot match it; on the other hand, he He has always been bitter about his failure to be elected leader.Since then, he has never been to Cavutim City, and he has never seriously carried out any of Segovani's orders.

With the establishment of the Papania town in Enona, the exchanges between Naconia and Dionia have become more and more frequent, not only in terms of trade and employment, but also in terms of culture and religion. This has brought great benefits to the tribes in the Naconia region. The tribesmen can eat enough without risking their lives every year to plunder. When sick and giving birth, the priests of Hades and Dionian doctors can help. , and there is no need to just rely on praying to gods...

The other Kautini tribes need to invade the Campania League from time to time to ensure the survival and development of the tribes, while the tribes of Naconia only need to develop silently. After seven or eight years, their population has increased greatly and their food is sufficient , with better weapons and equipment (Dionia did not prohibit the trade of iron and weapons with Naconia), thus becoming one of the best large towns in the Kautini area, no less than Kautim.

Therefore, the emboldened Quinduk repeatedly strongly criticized Segovani's risky approach of violating the Dionysian Covenant and plundering the Campania Alliance, and never allowed the Naconian tribes to participate in this This kind of robbery was not because he really wanted to make friends with the Kingdom of Dionia and the Greeks. In fact, he never responded to Dionia's invitation to Nakonia to participate in the rugby finals and other celebrations. The invitation also secretly restricted the Hades priest sent by Enona to preach in the Naconia region, because he just wanted to regain the position of the great leader, so he opposed Segovani everywhere and destroyed his prestige.

And the opportunity finally came.

Segovani invaded the Campania League again, but was defeated by the Dionysians and himself captured.When the Kautini tribe fell into shock and grief, Quinduk then jumped out and demanded that a new chief be elected immediately to help the entire Kautini tribe tide over the difficulties.

However, the tribes headed by Usibik and other Cavutim leaders were unwilling to let the Nakonians, who had close contacts with the Dionians and even began to believe in foreign gods, take power. They first asked other tribes Asking for help, a meeting of the four major tribes was quickly held in Kautim, and they secretly obtained a promise from the big leaders to "declare war on Deolia and rescue the captured people."

Then, Usibik and the others joined forces with the high priest and some other regional leaders to make a statement: The Kautini tribes should now make saving their own people their first priority and step back from electing chief leaders.

Seeing that he could not get any response from other tribes, Quinn, who was alone, had to temporarily stop his activities and watch the development of the situation.

The envoy sent by Cautini to go out for peace talks was rejected by the Dionians, which made Quinduk feel delighted.But a few months later, he was surprised by the Samnite raid on the Dionysian Downie region.The news that Dionia agreed to exchange prisoners (including Segovani) made him even more angry.

But then the successive disastrous defeats of the Samonites made him secretly happy again. On the one hand, he publicly announced: "Since the captured people have been released, should the re-election of the chief be put on the agenda"; on the other hand , He quietly sent people to various regions to spread the news, saying that "Cautini's previous defeat was the result of Segovani's incompetence... A person who has been captured is still qualified to serve as a general." Leader?"... He used the same tricks that Segovani had done to him back then on himself.

Finally, this time the tribes responded to Naconia's proposal and began to discuss the re-election of the chief, and finally set the location of this tribal gathering in Nola.

Quinduke was very happy about this, because in the past, the places where the Kautini tribe gathered were often near Kautim in the eastern mountainous area, because that was the birthplace of the Kautini tribe, but Quinduke did not Don't worry, after all, it is too close to the tribes ruled by Segovani and Usibek, and Lola is located in the western plains, and it is close to Naconia, which is more beneficial to him.

He is excited that this is the result of his efforts, but it can be realized in the end, which just shows that after repeated failures, the Kautini tribes have realized that they can no longer fight Dionysia, and The importance of him who has a good relationship with Dionia is highlighted.

Realizing that he had secured victory, Quinduk and other Naconian tribal chiefs happily headed to Lola.

Since the leaders of the entire Kautini tribe gathered in Lola with their guards, the urban area could not accommodate so many people, and most of them camped outside the city. Therefore, the area of ​​Lola had contiguous tents, flocks of cattle and sheep, and a large number of people. And mixed, frequent conflicts not only caused headaches for the Lola people, but also made the neighboring Campania League feel nervous. While strengthening their guard, they sought support from Dionia.

In order to avoid accidents, the Lorra people shortened the process of the large gathering. On the third day after Quinduk arrived, the ceremony to elect the chief officially began.

More than 100 leaders and tribal representatives (because the leaders of some Cavutini tribes were leading warriors from the tribe to fight against the Dionians east of the Samonai Mountains and could not return in time, they had to send representatives) gathered in the city. square.

Surrounded by soldiers maintaining order, a wooden platform was set up in the center of the venue. Two people were sitting on it. One was Sinani, the joint leader of the tribes in the Lola area, and the other was Sego, the leader of Kautini who had just been released. Varney.

Quinduk has been watching Segovani since he came to power. He has not seen Segovani for ten years. Compared with the arrogant and flamboyant image of Segovani when he was elected chief ten years ago, this time At that time, his face was old and thin, his head was drooped, and he appeared to be mentally depressed... It seemed that he had suffered a lot during his time as a prisoner, which made Quinduk feel happy.

At this time, Sinani stood up and said loudly to the audience: "Dear leaders, welcome to Lola! We are gathered here today... for the sake of all our Kautini people. It is a very important event! Let the leader of Segovani come and announce it!"

(End of this chapter)