Rome must fall.

Chapter 310 Iberus's Thoughts

But now, the people here are starting to get restless again... Pricas' heart was filled with waves, and his anger was ignited again. He blurted out: "It seems that you really want to be a traitor!"

"If being a traitor can allow the people here to survive, it's not impossible." Ibrus responded frankly.

Pricas stood up angrily, kicked over the wooden chair beside him, and strode out of the living room.

Iberus watched him leave with a complicated expression.

Although Pricas wanted to leave the village in a fit of anger, he could only endure it temporarily considering that it was getting late and Ancasus still needed to rest. However, he never met Iberus again.

The next morning, the young man who had led Prikas yesterday walked quickly into the main house and found Iberus: "Father, Chief Prikas and his men have already sailed south."

"Finally leaving!" Iberus breathed a sigh of relief. Although Pricas only stayed here for one night, he still felt some pressure.

This young man was Adatis, the eldest son of Iberus. He said with some concern: "Father, we have offended Pricas this time. Will we be bullied by other tribes in the Segestica tribe in the future-"

Iberus glared at his son and said, "Don't worry. It's hard to say whether they can drive away the Nix people in the future. How can they have the energy to deal with us? Besides, if I get close to the tribes in the north again, I'm afraid the tribes in Lake Gomi will exclude us!

Son, now that Segestica is finished, we no longer have the support of the main village. If we want to continue to hold the position of the leader of Lake Gonammi, we must follow the ideas of the people in the lake, understand!"

"But..." Adatis was still worried: "What if those Nix people come to kill us?"

Iberus had thought about this issue over and over again in the past two days. He said confidently: "I heard that the number of people in the Nix tribe is not large. They can capture the main village in one or two days. That's because the main village is close to them, and we are much farther away from them.

If they just want to plunder, our poor place is not worth their trouble. If they want to occupy the territory of Segestica, it is hard to say whether they can stabilize the entire main village with their small number of people, not to mention the many tribes around the main village. It is too early for them to want the land of Lake Gonam!
If the Nixes come here recklessly, we can take food and hide in the reeds by boat. They can stay here for a few days without food!"

After hearing this, Adatis still had a little worry: "Pulikas must have gone to the Tribal Alliance for help. What if the Tribal Alliance really sends reinforcements to help Prikas and his men drive away the Nix people? What if Prikas wants to seek revenge on us in the future?"

Iberus laughed: "It's a good thing that the tribal alliance is willing to send reinforcements. We don't have to worry about the Nix people attacking Lake Gonam. If it turns out to be as you said, then we will declare to join Brochi. Originally, this place was Brochi's territory. The great chief Brix will definitely be happy to accept us. And Segestica has just received great assistance from Brochi, so he will definitely not be embarrassed to object, right!"

"Ah?" Adatis didn't expect his father to give such an answer, and he didn't know what to say for a moment.

"But these are just our beautiful ideas." Iberus's face darkened. "What is more likely to happen is that the other large tribes that just suffered a devastating defeat are unable to send reinforcements, or even if they can send reinforcements, they will not be able to defeat the Nix people...

Therefore, in such a complicated situation, we should not be foolish and be driven by others, and lose the lives of our tribe members in vain. Instead, we should wait and see how the situation develops, and finally make a decision that is beneficial to the tribe, understand? !”

Adatis nodded thoughtfully.

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Pricas and his party left Iberus' tribe by boat and continued sailing south. As they were sailing downstream, the speed was quite fast, and they arrived at the end of Lake Gonammi before noon. This is also the confluence of the Sava River and the Kupa River.

Not far from the confluence of the two rivers is the military camp built by Brock Chief Bricks for the main force of the coalition forces.

A few days ago, this place was a bustling place with crowds of people and the neighing of war horses. Now, most of the place is empty and it has become very deserted. However, there are still many tents and some warriors wandering around. However, their expressions and attire look even worse than the refugees from Segestica whom Prikas met along the way.

Pricas originally planned to take a boat directly to the main camp of Brochi, but when he saw the scene in front of him, he decided to go ashore and ask.

After asking, he learned that not only was Brix in the camp, but also the chief of the Mazii, Metilis, and the chief of the Deisitiatae, Temagis. Pricas and his party immediately rushed to the camp and asked to see Brix.

As soon as I arrived in front of the military tent, I heard Brix's roar from inside the tent: "You haven't found them yet, so why did you come back! Keep looking for them, even if they are dead, you must bring me the bodies! Bring all the soldiers in the camp to look for them, I want to know their news before tonight! If you can't find them, don't come back!..."

The tent was opened, and a Brochi warrior walked out with a dark face. Without even looking at Prikas and the others, he ran straight towards the tent not far away.

Prikas winked at the guard who led them. The guard stood still and waited for a while before he shouted, "Captain, Prikas of Segestica wants to see you!"

"Plicas?!..." Brix's voice rang out from inside the tent: "Let him in."

Pricas led Ancasus into the tent.

There were three people in the military tent: one was the chief of Brochi, Brics; one was the chief of Mazii, Metilis; and the other was the chief of Deisitiatae, Temagis.

Needless to say, Temagis was a good friend of Andres, and Pricas was familiar with him. Pricas had accompanied Andres to tribal alliance meetings several times and had met the other two great chiefs.

He first bowed and greeted the three men, and then asked Ancasus to bow and greet the three men.

"Plikas, I already know that your army of Segestica has suffered the same crushing defeat as ours. What's the matter with you coming here at this time?!" Brix tried hard to suppress the irritation that was rising in his heart. He knew very well that a Segestica leader as influential as Prikas was not in the territory to stabilize the situation at this time, and he brought Andres' son here. I'm afraid nothing good would happen.

"The Nixes have invaded our territory on a large scale and captured our main village. We are here to ask for help!" Pricas said in a heavy voice.

"The main stronghold of Segestica was lost so quickly?!" The three leaders were very surprised.

Brix expected the Nixes to invade Segestica, because a few days ago, Temagis and the remaining dozens of cavalry fled along the Kupa River to Brochi's territory and finally came to this military camp. Brix happened to have just escaped and learned that the coalition forces of Desitiate and Segestica had also suffered a disastrous defeat. He had a bad feeling: if the Nixes wanted to take the opportunity to retaliate, Segestica and Brochi would be the first to suffer, because they were both very close to the Nix tribe.

So Bricks immediately took out more than half of the more than 2000 Brochi warriors he brought back and sent them to garrison the Brochi tribe on the Kupa River, adjacent to the village abandoned by the Segestica people, to prevent the Nixes from going down the river after capturing the remaining two villages of the Segestica tribe on the Kupa River.

After hearing what Pricas said, Brix was actually relieved because the Nix chose to invade Segestica instead of Brochi.

But he was also shocked, because when he discussed with Temagis and Metilis, they all believed that although the Nixes had won both battles with the tribal alliance army, they should have suffered considerable casualties and needed time to rest. Moreover, it would not be easy to capture the village of Anrotas, the leader of Segestica.

So the three of them concluded that it was impossible for the Knicks to launch a counterattack in a short period of time.

But I didn't expect that the Nix army not only launched a counterattack after defeating the Pannonian coalition in the north, but also captured the main stronghold of Segestica in just two days! Two days, the Nix people are not only good at field battles, but also so strong in attacking strongholds? !
Brix, Temajis and Metilis looked at each other, shocked.

Pricas quickly defended his family: "The Nixes came too quickly. We didn't expect the coalition forces to fail, and we didn't get the news in time. As a result, we were caught off guard and attacked by the Nixes, and we lost our main camp!"

He said it unintentionally, but Bricks took it seriously: So, you want to blame us for losing your main camp!
He was unhappy in his heart, but his expression was very serious: "The Nixes invaded the territory of Segestica and captured the main village. This is a big deal for the tribal alliance. Our three chiefs need to discuss this matter urgently. Chief Pricas, I have to ask you to take Ancasus out and wait first."

Pricas immediately said tactfully: "Three great chiefs, you need to discuss how to rescue Segestica. As the chief of Segestica, I know the situation of the tribe very well and can help you formulate a rescue plan."

What Pricas implied was that he wanted to stay in the military tent and participate in the discussion among the three people.

(End of this chapter)