ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 99 Turui's Lost
Looking at the countless raised right arms in front of him, Archita said with joy and a hint of regret: "Davos, your wish has come true. Congratulations!"

Davos breathed a sigh of relief and said sincerely: "Thank you! I also sincerely hope that the Tarantum Senate will agree to my proposal, then we can become allies!"

"A total of 380 people participated in the vote for this motion. 76 people agreed and [-] people opposed. The motion was passed! I declare-" After Cornerus learned the result, his mood just started. It was still a bit complicated, but he soon felt relieved. He used all his strength and shouted: "From now on, all mercenary soldiers become citizens of Amendolara!!!"

As soon as Cornelus finished speaking, the soldiers around Davos burst into cheers. Davos was warmly hugged again and again by the excited team officers. The words he often heard in his ears were: "Chief, we have Home!!!”

Hearing this, Davos was in a trance: Home? ! ...It's a pity that my real home is not in this world...

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At the same time that the Citizens' Assembly of Amendolara was being held, the Thurii envoys, still led by Ansitanos, arrived in front of the city gate of Amendolara.

"We are the envoys of Thurii. We want to meet your leader. Please open the door quickly!" Burx shouted to the sentry on the city.

Before the sentry could answer, a man rushed out from the side and shouted harshly at the city: "Go back, Turiyi people! You are not welcome in Amendolara, go back!"

Upon hearing this, the people in the envoys were a little angry. Even Ansitanos, who had always been gentle, shouted angrily: "Rude mercenaries, don't think that just because you have defeated the Lucarians, you can do whatever you want and ignore the Greek city-states." The prevailing laws forcefully occupy other people’s cities!”

The man sneered: "Hmph, what a fair and selfless tone, as if he really cares about the life and death of the people of Amendola! Open your eyes and see clearly, I am Amendola who has lived here since I was a child. La citizen!"

Ansitanos was stunned, but Burcos recognized him. After all, he was a businessman who often came to Amendolara to trade and knew many people: "Is it you, Antichrist?!"

"Didn't expect me to be alive!" Antikris said full of resentment: "Thanks to you Turui, the Lucanians cut off my right hand, but luckily I survived. And I Most of my neighbors and my comrades-in-arms died, because of your selfish demands and coercion, they were eager to relocate to the damn city of Turui, but they were attacked by the Lucanians unsuspectingly, Amendo The sufferings that Lara suffered were all caused by Turui! From now on, Turui people are not welcome here! This is not my personal wish, but the common wish of the surviving Amendolara people!"

Burcos was stunned, Ansitanos was stunned, and the envoys were all stunned. They did not expect that the citizens of Amendolara would treat them like this.

Although Amendolara and Turiyi are allies, there is a huge difference in strength between them: Turiyi has more than 2 citizens, and the total population is about 14, plus nearly 1 free people, not counting those slaves. ; The population of Amendolara is no more than [-] at most.Therefore, Turui treats Amendolara more like its affiliated city-states and rarely considers the other party's feelings.Amendolara was captured by the Lucanians. When the Turiyi people received the news, they not only expressed regret, but also worried about whether it would threaten the northern part of the Subali Plain.When the citizens of Amendolara who had just escaped asked Thurii to regain their lost territory, Thurii ignored them while considering how to defend themselves against the Lucanian attack.Now, when they feel how deep the resentment of the citizens of Amendolara is, they are not only shocked, but also shocked...

"Stop asking Amendolara for anything, Amendolara will never listen again! Did you hear the cheers?!" Antichrist laughed wildly, patted the sentry on the shoulder with his left hand, and said: "The entire people of Amendolara have voted to accept all mercenaries as citizens of Amendolara! Therefore, they did not occupy Amendolara, they legally became citizens of Amendolara! I heard that Turi was defeated twice The Lucanian coalition forces in Iraq were annihilated by mercenaries. I think anyone who wants to invade Amendolara in the future must first try the power of our new citizen shield guns!" Antichrist said. The threat made the envoys' faces look ugly.

Amid Antichrist's laughter, the Thurii envoys returned angrily again.

Antichrist stopped laughing and turned to the sentry next to him in a happy mood. When he saw that the sentry was frightened, he looked satisfied and asked, "What's your name?"

"Trotidis."

"Where are you from?"

"Thessaly, a fellow countryman of Chief Davos."

"how old?"

"28."

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After asking a series of questions, Antichrist said bluntly to the still confused sentinel: "I have two daughters. One is 21 years old, good-looking, her husband is dead, and she has a two-year-old son. The other daughter is only 16 years old. , not engaged, you choose one to be my son-in-law. Make your choice tonight, and I will take you to my house to get married tomorrow."

Trotidis was stunned for a moment. The other sentries came forward to congratulate and cheer. One of them had the cheek to say directly: "Anticles, you have two daughters. You might as well let me be your other son-in-law."

There was laughter on the city walls.

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The Turiyi envoys groaned again and again.

"Who is that Antichrist?" Ancitanos asked in a low voice.

"A noble from Amendolara, he used to serve as patrol captain and fire brigade captain." Burkos answered.

Ansitanos said "Oh" and said no more.

"General, although the Amendolara people have objections to Tuliyi, I know the mercenary leader Daves. Although he is young, he is very steady in his work and has a good opinion of Tulii. Besides, we still have an employment agreement with him. , will not be easily instigated by the Amendolara people. I believe that after a while, when the Amendolara people have calmed down, we can still have a good talk with the Amendolara people." Bulkos comforted.

"I hope so." Ansitanos sighed: "The mercenaries have now legally become citizens of Amendolara, and our protests are invalid. In view of the current situation, we have to discuss new countermeasures when we go back. Alas!... Burx, do you know what I am thinking?"

"do not know."

"My teacher once said, 'After the Greco-Persian War, because Sparta believed itself to be superior to others, it was harsh and unkind to its neighbors. Therefore, the Greek city-states stayed away from Sparta to deal with the kinder Athens. In the end, Caused the formation of the Tino Alliance.'" Ansitanos thought and blamed himself sadly: "Is our Thulii approach really too domineering? We don't have strong strength but we have to make a proud gesture. , isn’t this a good phenomenon?!…”

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After the referendum, the women and children left the square, and Cornerus asked Archita to withdraw, for the real citizens' assembly of Amendolara was to follow.

In addition to the sentries patrolling the city wall and the soldiers guarding the prisoners, there were 510 former citizens of Amendolara and 920 newly promoted citizens in the square (including 830 Davos mercenaries and others). 83 mercenaries), a total of 430 citizens of Amendolara

Cornerus wanted to continue the following topics, but the cheers of the mercenaries continued, which interrupted the meeting for a while. Until the square returned to calm, he said loudly: "Citizens of Amendolara, in view of the Most of you are new citizens, and it is necessary to first understand the political system of Amendolara. Amendolara is similar to Taran... and Athens." Cornelus originally wanted to say Tarantum, but On second thought, these mercenaries from Ionia probably didn't know much about Tarantum, so they mentioned Athens, a well-known city-state, for comparison.

(End of this chapter)