ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 86 Dark Tide
Xinsinag and Sedorum both set their hopes on Akpiru.

Akpiru watched all this, and he knew very well: There must be some reason why the Vig people did not fight with all their strength. After all, they are Brutians, not Lucalians.Of course, what Sedorum said may be true. They saved the right wing and contributed to the victory of the battle!He knows Xinsinag very well. His style is to be greedy for advantages and to bully the weak but not to the strong. It is not surprising that he behaves like this.It is his duty as the leader of the alliance to reward merit and punish faults, but he cannot really follow the covenant.Picosis is Grumentum's most important ally, and it is with its support that Grumentum is as powerful as it is today.What's more, the Picosis are also a powerful tribal alliance in the Lucania region. Criticizing or even punishing the leader of the Picosis in front of the Bruti people will definitely lead to the dissatisfaction of the Picosis, which will make the Lukanians dissatisfied. The Kania tribal alliance centrifuges.

The area where the Brutians live borders the southern part of Lucania. Their tribes are independent and not unified, so they are weak. This is the next step for Grumentum after defeating Thurii and occupying the Sybari Plain. The target of the expedition, Vig is the Bruti city closest to the Lucarian territory. Its active surrender (under the coercion of the Lucarian tribal alliance) gave Grumentum an opportunity to enter. It is the springboard of the Bruti region, so it should not be treated too harshly, but it should not be confused about its position, because the Lucanians are the masters and the Bruti people are destined to be enslaved! …

After making up his mind, he slowly said: "Winning this battle is the result of everyone's joint efforts! When we capture this place, I will give you each generous loot based on your merits! But -" He sharply The look in his eyes made Sedorum's heart tremble: "As an ally, killing your comrades fighting alongside you is an ugly act of breaking your promise, and the gods will punish you! So Vig City must pay enough to satisfy Picosis A fine to compensate for their losses! At the same time, the lives of the same number of Vege soldiers must be sacrificed as sacrifices!"

"What!!!" When the Weig warriors heard this, they all exploded and shouted angrily.

Grumentum and Picosis warriors immediately surrounded them.

"Sedolum, do you agree or disagree with my decision?!" Akpiru looked at the leader of Vege City with cold eyes.

Sedorum lowered his head, clenched his fists, his face was pale, his forehead was covered with sweat, and he remained silent.

"Big Chief, you can't agree! The Lucanians have insulted us so much, we won't do it anymore! Let's go back!!" Salu shouted angrily.

"Yes! Let's go back! Chief, let's go back!!..." The Vege soldiers were furious.

"Go back?!" Xinsinag sneered and said to Akpiru: "You see, the Bruti people are really unreliable, and they want to withdraw from the alliance they swore to join in the face of the gods so quickly! In this case, It’s better to…”

Hearing this, Sedorum was startled. He suddenly raised his head and saw Xinsinag with a ferocious sneer on his face and Akpilu's cold expression.

He looked around. The Lucanians raised their shields and spears, and surrounded his tribe. Although the warriors of Vig City struggled desperately, their numbers were too small. They only wore leather armor, no copper shields, and only a long The spear, the equipment was too crude... The nails of Sedorum's hands dug deeply into his palms... He struggled to squeeze out a sentence: "I... I agree..."

"Big Boss!!..." The mournful cries of the Vig soldiers were like a big hammer, hammering into Sedorum's already extremely fragile heart. He staggered a few steps and sat down on the ground.

"Udler will be responsible for supervising the execution of the punishment." Akpiru said. He was worried that Xinsinag would stimulate these Bruti people again and cause riots, so he chose a neutral.

"Okay." Udler, the great leader of Niutum, replied.

"After occupying this place, I will allocate a piece of land in the Subari Plain to Sedorum and your people to graze cattle and sheep according to the merits of Vig City. This is much more fertile than Bruti's land!" After Akpiru made the punishment, he gave Vig City another sweetener.

"Thank you... Chief..." Sedorum suppressed his grief and thanked him.

Akpiru didn't wait for Xinsinag to speak, and asked kindly: "Gnainat, my dear child, how is your injury?"

Gnainat endured the pain and straightened his chest: "Big Chief, I'm fine. They're just flesh wounds."

"That's good, you have to protect yourself. I don't want my dear daughter to become a widow at a young age. I'm still waiting to have my grandson!" Akpiru laughed, and the soldiers around him also laughed. They laughed together, which made Gneinat a little embarrassed and shy.

Xinsinag breathed a sigh of relief. Since Akpiru still valued Gnainat, his promise to Picosis would not change due to this setback.

"Why Lucania's number one warrior was so embarrassed by a much smaller number of Greeks? It's a disgrace to the Lucanians!" sarcasm came from the warrior's laughter.

Gnainath followed the sound, and it turned out to be Sevilla, the leader of a tribe in the city of Grumentum. He once proposed to Akpiru's daughter, but the chief leader married his daughter to Akpiru based on the interests of the tribe. Gnainath, since then Severa has no good face when he sees him.

Gneinat said not to be outdone: "If you have the ability, go attack, but I don't believe you can take this camp!"

"Well, I'll show you the power of our Grumentum warriors!" Severa was stimulated and did not refuse. He turned around and shouted: "Brothers——"

"That's enough, Severa!" Akpiru's low and majestic voice immediately stopped the young leader's impulse: "Let's go back to camp!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Xinsinaga shouted: "Go back now?! Aren't we going to continue attacking this camp?!"

Akpiru looked up at the sky and said: "It's almost dusk, and the soldiers are very tired. We have killed the last citizen soldier team in Thurii, and they are no longer able to stop us Lucanians here. Take root on a piece of land. When we go back, place the wounded, recover our strength, and prepare the tools, we will build a city here tomorrow, a Lucania city!" Akpiru's voice became a little bit Passionate: "These mercenaries are not worth worrying about at all. As long as they dare to come out, we will defeat them; if they don't come out, we can block them so that they do not have the support of Thurii, and they will naturally be finished; as for those who Reinforcements from Tarantum, I heard that there is tension between Tarantum City and the Messape people, and they will not be here long!”

People around are thoughtful.

Udler asked: "Akpilu, are we not going to Amendolara?"

"Let's go tomorrow." Akpiru glanced at Xinsinag. Although he didn't look down on the mercenaries on the surface, he was actually a little surprised by the combat effectiveness of this team: they captured Amendolara. The tribe did not follow his order to join the Lucanian tribe coalition. If he led the army there at this moment, Amendolara would most likely refuse to open the city gate. Although his strength was more than ten times that of the opponent, The Lucarians are not good at siege, let alone a mountain city. Once they cannot capture it quickly, at night, the soldiers will be extremely tired and have not eaten. There are also threats from mercenaries and Tarantum reinforcements behind them, and there are many other people in the team. There is a group of unstable Weig people who are afraid that something unexpected will happen.Why should the Lucanian tribal coalition take this risk when they are guaranteed to win.

"If the little tribal leader in Amendolara is smart, they should escape back to the mountains tonight like last time, otherwise I will let them know who has the final say in the Lucania region tomorrow. !" A bloodthirsty sneer appeared on Akpiru's face.

Upon hearing this, Xinsinag's face couldn't help but twitch a few times.

(End of this chapter)