ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 89
"How is that possible! That's okay! You swore an oath to the gods!" Burkos implored eagerly: "Leader Davos, please! Let your soldiers stay and help Tuli. Yi! Salary... I will double your salary! We are short of weapons... There are still many in Turiyi city, I will go and bring them to you now! Lack of men... You have seen today's battle, Turiyi's casualties There are more than 2000 people, but there is really no one left!" Burkos cried, almost falling to his knees.

But Davos's expression turned cold.

Burkos hurriedly said: "Let me think about it again... think about it again... Oh... Although there are no people in Turii, there are enough slaves mining copper and stone mines. They are all young men and relatively strong. , I’ll give you as much as you want!”

Davos touched his chin, thought for a while, and then reluctantly said: "...Okay...But, I don't have food to support these slaves."

"There is enough food in Thurii City. Give me as much as you want!" As long as Davos agrees to stay and makes any request to Burkos, he seems to try his best to satisfy it...

That night, the entire Thurii was busy. In order to survive, the people endured their grief and drove hundreds of cargo ships loaded with weapons, food, slaves, and tents (because the Tarentum reinforcements refused to enter the city and were willing to stay In the mercenary camp, so we had to prepare tents for them) and sent them to the simple dock at the mouth of the river...

Davos ordered Melses to lead his men in the baggage camp to receive these goods, and let the soldiers rest early to recuperate...

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At dawn, the mercenaries had already formed up in front of Davos's barracks. Davos patrolled past them. Their high spirits made Davos nod.

"Matonis, are you ready?" Looking at the old comrades gearing up in front of him, Davos couldn't help but ask.

"I can't wait!" cried Matonis.

"In a moment, there will be many enemies for you to fight. On average, each of our brothers must kill three of the opponents to ensure victory. Are you sure of this?!" Davos asked with a smile.

"Yes!!!" The chorus of shouts from the surrounding soldiers was mixed with Matonis' unwillingness: "Three are not enough for me to kill!" "

Davos laughed loudly, turned over and jumped on the horse held by Asistes beside him, came to the front of the army, faced countless excited and hopeful eyes, and shouted loudly: "Brothers, I am here You see hope in your eyes, and after today's battle, I hope you will turn this hope into reality! Hades will protect you!"

"Wan Sheng!"

"Wan Sheng!!"

"Wan Sheng!!!"

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Amidst the prolonged shouting, Davos solemnly said to Felicius: "I am waiting for your good news!"

"Don't worry, leader, with the blessing of Hades, we will succeed!" Felicius said excitedly.

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Watching the mercenary team heading north disappear into the morning mist, Davos took a long breath. He knew that the battle that would determine his fate was about to begin...

"Yasi, go back to the camp! Start our preparations!" He shouted powerfully and excitedly.

"Yes!!" Asistes responded equally forcefully.

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"Hey, do you hear it? There seems to be an army marching." The sentry on the wall of Thurii reminded his companions.

"Could it be that the Lucanians are coming to attack us?!" Of course another sentry also heard the sound and said in panic.

"Hurry up and ring the alarm bell to inform the citizens!" the sentry hurriedly ran to the tower.

But when the Turiyi citizens and soldiers rushed to the city wall, it became silent outside.

Facing the foggy outside the city, the cavalry refused to go out to explore, so they could only wait for the fog to clear...

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By morning, the sun was already high in the sky and the fog had dissipated.

The sound of the horn rang through the Lucanian tribal coalition camp, and the soldiers began to prepare for the march to the Subari plains.

At this moment, the sentry rushed into the camp: "An enemy is coming! An enemy is coming!"

How dare any enemy dare to attack our camp?The Lucanian warriors looked outside the camp gate curiously.

Two hundred heavily armed Greek heavy infantry appeared outside the camp. Under the gaze of tens of thousands of eyes, they calmly stopped a hundred meters away from the camp and began throwing some round objects into the camp.

After the things landed, the soldiers discovered that they were the heads of Lucanian soldiers who died in the mercenary camp (for fear of increasing casualties, the Lucanian soldiers did not dare to take away their comrades from the trap outside the Davos camp yesterday. corpses), their ears and eyes were cut off, and they died tragically...

When the soldiers' anger was ignited, the Greek soldiers outside the camp lifted up their war skirts, urinated and cursed.

The Lucanian warriors were angry. They broke through the leader's obstruction. Thousands of them rushed out of the camp and fiercely attacked the Greek soldiers.

The Greek soldiers immediately turned around and fled. After the chasing Lucanian soldiers rounded the ridge, they suddenly discovered that nearly two thousand Greek soldiers were waiting in front.It was too late to dodge. A hail of javelins immediately knocked down the Lucanian warriors, followed by a powerful charge that completely destroyed the fighting spirit of the warriors.

Then, the Greek soldiers began to chase them. In full view of the public, the Greek soldiers quickly knocked down the fleeing Lucarian warriors one by one, and then stabbed the fallen warrior several more times to ensure his death.

This cruel method of killing and the screams of the tribesmen made the Lucarian warriors and leaders who witnessed all this in the camp unable to hold back their anger. However, because of the number and ferocity of the other party, they began to look for opportunities. The leader of Lumentum asked for a battle.

Before Akpiru could reply, Gnainat shouted: "I know them! They are the damn mercenaries who fought against us yesterday!"

Akpiru's eyes opened: "Child, are you sure?!"

"Even if you beat me to death, I won't admit my mistake!" Gnainat looked bitter and resentful.

"Big leader, let me lead three thousand soldiers to repel them and avenge the soldiers of the same race in Picosis!" Severa stepped forward to ask for a fight.

Gnainat glared at him and stepped forward to ask for a fight.

Akpiru said loudly: "How dare these Greek mercenaries leave the camp to harass us! That's just right, wipe them all out here again, so that we don't have to attack their camp again!" Akpiru became more and more excited as he spoke. : "Blow the attack horn immediately and form an array outside the camp. After defeating them, take advantage of the situation and march to the Subali Plain!"

All the leaders were equally enthusiastic and all claimed yes. Only Cedorum, the chief leader of Vig City, remained silent.

Akpiru glanced at him and said in a deep voice: "Sedorum, do you have any questions about my decision?"

Sedorum smiled bitterly and said: "Big leader, I will absolutely obey orders! It's just that... after last night, Vig's soldiers were unwilling... to refuse to go to the battlefield again..."

"Is there such a thing?!" Akpiru's eyes widened.

"The soldiers said, 'You will be killed by the enemy on the battlefield, and you will be killed by your own people when you come back. Anyway, you will be killed. It is better to lie in the camp and let your own people kill you. At least you won't be so tired.' How can I persuade them? You won’t even listen!” Sedorum lowered his head, but spoke extremely fluently.

"Akpiru, the Vig people must have bad intentions if they don't listen to orders. They must be arrested immediately!" Xinsinag jumped out and pointed at Sedorum and shouted.

Sedorum's face changed slightly.

Akpiru interrupted Xinsinag: "Okay, since Weig's warriors don't want to fight, let's stay and be responsible for guarding the camp."

Sedorum breathed a sigh of relief.Xinsinag was still waiting to say anything, but Akpilu waved his hand and said impatiently: "The warriors of Picosis also suffered heavy casualties yesterday, and they also stayed behind to guard the camp with the Weig warriors. Wait for us to repel them. Greeks, you will then transport cattle, sheep, tents, equipment, and all other camp supplies to the plains of Sybari.”

Xinsinag stopped making trouble. He accepted the order readily and stopped his son Gnainat's objection. However, this did not reduce Akpilu's dislike of him: after returning to the camp yesterday, Akpilu originally intended to He could just let Sedorum kill dozens of seriously injured Veg warriors, but Xinsinaga insisted on killing 150 Veg warriors as sacrifices.This approach clearly alienated the Veg people.

Looking at the expressionless Sedorum, Akpiru knew that he should seriously consider the issue of Veg City next, but now the Subari Plain is his primary target, so he had to let Picosi temporarily. Si is monitoring these aliens.

The attack horn continued to sound, and Lucania's warriors poured out of the camp and began to form formations.

(End of this chapter)