Rome must fall.

Chapter 319 New Territory Expansion Plan

Aymeric warned carefully: "High Priest, isn't this a bit too hasty?"

"It will take more time to complete the Divine Code. It is even harder to write it well. But now the tribesmen's mixed understanding of the gods urgently needs to be unified. It is better to write and teach the tribesmen at the same time, find problems in the teaching, and then improve the Divine Code. This is better than writing behind closed doors, finding many problems after writing, and then revising it... which will cause the Divine Code to be unusable for a long time. Which method do you think is better?"

Aymeric was thinking about something, but Hermigas answered first: "High Priest, the method you suggested is the best. We will do as you said."

Maximus nodded approvingly: "Very good!"

"Arch Priest, regarding the seminary...I wonder when we can start implementing it?" Emmerich asked again.

"After the tribesmen have finished their worship and sworn oath, you can start the preparations. The seminary can be built in the open space below. As for students... you can recruit them from various villages, but you must obtain the consent of the villagers...

But you must pay attention! The number of students in the seminary is limited and must not be exceeded! The knowledge to be imparted to students must be reviewed and must not be taught randomly! …

Let's put it this way, Wallace, you are the head of the religious department, and you should be responsible for preparing the seminary. After discussing with the two high priests, Emmerich and Hermigas, you can draw up a plan and submit it to me for review and approval."

"Yes, Chief (High Priest)." The three bowed in response.

"Let's go." Maximus waved his hand, and dozens of men in robes standing outside the temple immediately gathered around. They were all members of the guard. Maximus came to the temple to preside over the worship and oath ceremony, which was a certain risk. The guards had to strengthen their protection, but they were dressed like this because they could not enter the temple fully armed.

Watching Valerius accompany Maximus out of the temple, Aymeric turned back to carefully look at Hermica, and said jokingly: "I really didn't realize that when I asked you to join the Nix before, you acted so reluctant, but just now in front of Chief Maximus, you were better at flattering than I was."

"Now that I have joined the Nix, I must do my duty. Do I have to act arrogant in front of Maximus, the leader of the tribe and the high priest?" Hermicaus said seriously, "Do you know how I lived when I was a priest under Andres?"

"I don't know." Emmerich shook his head.

"It's like facing a ferocious beast. I'm trembling with fear all day long. He has no respect for us druids..." Hermigas looked painful as if he could not bear to recall the past.

Emmerich was a little surprised. He knew that the leaders and nobles of Segestica had no good feelings towards the druids of Skodischi, so they almost killed them all after independence. But he didn't expect that the druids of Segestica also had such a difficult life.

"So it's only natural that I'm used to flattering people." Hermica said frankly, "However, I'm not just flattering Archpriest Maximus. His knowledge and bearing are much better than those of the great leaders of Segestica! And--"

Hermigas turned to face the statue, his face full of admiration: "You said that this was carved by the high priest himself. If he was not the heir of God, how could he have carved the goddess Danu so lifelike! How can I not be excited to be able to face the offspring of the goddess Danu!"

Emmerich looked up at the statue illuminated by the afterglow of the setting sun. His eyes were deep and warm, as if they had absorbed his entire mind. He murmured, "You're right..."

While Emmerich and Hermica were discussing Maximus in private, Maximus, who was escorted out of the temple by soldiers, was also full of thoughts...

He originally built the temple and allowed his people to worship, but it was also because of the fierce conflict between the Scodischi and Pannoni in the tribe that he had to use religion as a weapon to resolve the conflict between the two tribes...

It happened that the tribe captured the territory of Segestica, so they tried to make a fuss about religion to see if they could add another safety lock to the new tribesmen who surrendered. As a result, today he saw that almost all the prospective tribesmen who came to the temple to participate in the ceremony showed infinite respect for the goddess Danu with their whole body and mind, and they were also respectful to him, the enemy who destroyed Segestica. This made him suddenly realize that the Temple of the Goddess Danu, which he promoted and established, might be a powerful weapon to resolve the contradictions between enemies and friends caused by Nix's annexation of other tribes and promote racial integration. That's why he urged Wallace to speed up the construction of the temple and let Emmerich start spreading the scriptures as soon as possible. Even he had been hesitating whether to build a seminary before, but now he accelerated the process.

Despite a tiring day, Maximus was in a good mood.

In the evening, Maximus rode back to the main house of Ophidili. Just after dinner, Quintus heard the news and rushed over.

Maximus' heart tightened and he asked hurriedly, "Did anything happen today?" "Everything is calm, nothing unusual." Quintus' words made him feel relieved.

"I just have a few suggestions for your reference, Chief."

"you say.

"Tomorrow, the soldiers of the First Legion will escort the new foreign auxiliaries back, and then arrange for them to enter the new villages... I suggest adding a century to each village."

"Two hundred-man teams stationed in one village... why?"

"Captain, the villages of Segestica to the west and southwest of Ophidili's West Village have almost been occupied. Next, the First Legion's centurions will head to the south, which is far from the West Village but closer to Lake Gonami."

Quintus reminded cautiously: "According to what Cassinos said, there are nearly ten Segestica tribes in the Gonamite Lake area. Although their numbers are small, this time when Kabudes formed an army to attack us, these tribes in the Gonamite Lake did not recruit warriors to join the Segestica army, so they may still have some strength.

Although the tribes at Lake Gonamay have been relatively peaceful so far, they will inevitably be disturbed when the First Legion's centurions enter the villages very close to them.

In addition, according to the intelligence obtained by the Hagux cavalry, after we entered here, many Segestica people fled southward, some fled to Brochi's territory, and some stayed in the Gonam Lake area. Although most of them are old and young and have little combat power, they are likely to attack the villages we are stationed in due to hunger..."

"I have considered what you said, but at that time I wanted to take advantage of the favorable opportunity when the tribes of Segestica were still in chaos and the large Pannonian tribes such as Brochi and Mazii had just suffered heavy losses, and quickly complete the deployment of the tribes of Segestica west of the Sava River, and then withdraw half of the First Legion's troops to the other side of the river...

As long as we have large tracts of territory on both sides of the Sava under our control, we will have a firm foothold here..."

Maximus pondered and said, "But the situation has indeed changed. We did not expect that the strength of the tribes of Segestica on the east bank of the Sava River was weaker than that on the west bank. Carminus led the Third Legion to clean up the leaders and nobles of the tribes without encountering obvious resistance. So far, the situation on the east bank has been very stable. Carminus even drew some troops to start stationing in the tribes near the East Village...

I asked Casinos, and he said that the possible reason was that this time the Pannonian tribal alliance formed a large army to attack our Knicks, and his father (referring to Cabodes) used the reason that our Knicks would definitely lose to encourage the tribal leaders and nobles on the east coast who supported him to become the chief to join the team so that they could share the benefits after the victory.

You know, during Andres' tenure, he had been suppressing his blood tribes intentionally or unintentionally, so the leaders and nobles of these tribes on the east coast recruited all the strong men in the tribe to join Kabudes' team, and the result was..."

Maximus shrugged, a smile appeared on his lips, and continued: "Since the situation on the east coast is not bad, there is no need for us to take too many risks. We can be more cautious. Just do as you said, starting from tomorrow, two hundred-man teams will enter each village..."

Maximus stroked his chin and said, "Quintus, since we have chosen a more secure way to occupy this land, do you think we need to build a military camp in the south?"

"Chief, this is exactly what I want to suggest next." Quintus looked at Maximus's attendant: "Can you help me get a map of the territory of Segestica?"

Maximus nodded, and several servants hurriedly brought a larger wooden map.

This is a map of the territory of Segestica that Maximus personally drew in the past few days based on the news provided by Cassinos and other Segestica people and the information obtained from various tribes. Although it is not accurate, it is by no means simple, because the map marks the location of each Segestica tribe and the population of the tribe. It is drawn with special limestone, which can be erased with water and modified.

Quintus looked down at the map on the wooden table and said, "Chief, we must not only guard against the Segestica tribe in the Gonam Lake area and the Segestica people who have fled there and may harass the villages we have already occupied, but also guard against Brochi and Mazii's army going north, so I think it is necessary to build a military camp in the south."

Quintus said, pointing to a spot on the map: "The military camp can be built here!"

(End of this chapter)