Rome must fall.

Chapter 330 Breaking the Fantasy
Selisis nodded and said, "There are more than 2 foreign auxiliary citizens. If they all want to live in the West Village, it will be quite crowded."

"There are only more than 1 foreign auxiliary people here." Nanix corrected, "The rest are on the other side of the Kupa River. After the wooden bridge was built, most of the leaders moved to the East Village, and the entire West Village became a place dedicated to accommodating foreign auxiliary people. The West Village not only accommodated all of them, but also had many vacant houses. When all the villages on the east bank are registered, there will be room for several thousand more foreign auxiliary people. Originally, the Management Department planned to let these foreign auxiliary people build a camp outside the West Village for accommodation, but now it is no longer necessary."

"Oh, so that's how it is." Selisis thought for a moment and asked, "After these foreign auxiliaries are separated, how long can they see each other?"

"Usually, we meet once every three days." Nanix looked back at him and said, "According to Chief Officer Kseni, this time cannot be too long, or the foreign auxiliary citizens will complain. If it is too short, the staff and guards of the Administration Department will be too tired. Three days is just right."

"That's right." Selisis agreed and asked, "With so many foreign vassals, it would be difficult to provide them with food, right?"

The young Nanix had been busy in the Administration Department these days. It was rare for an adult to listen to him seriously, which made him want to express himself fully: "What's so difficult about this? There is a team under the Administration Department that is responsible for food supply. They organized some women among the foreign auxiliary people to be responsible for cooking, and let other women deliver the prepared food to each house...

The Management Department will collect food from the Finance Department every five days based on the number of foreign auxiliary people and their daily food consumption. If they collect too much, it will be wasted and they will be criticized by the Finance Department. If they collect too little, some foreign auxiliary people will not have enough to eat. That’s why we need to sit there every day to record and calculate!”

Nanix puffed up his chest proudly. "As for the wood for cooking, the Management Department will have the guards take some foreign auxiliary people to the nearby mountains to collect wood every few days... So you don't have to worry about them not having enough to eat. The tribe used a similar method to manage the reserve tribesmen on the Kupa River before. The Management Department has plenty of experience..."

Nanix kept talking and Celisses listened carefully, and before they knew it they had arrived at House No. 53.

Nanix showed his badge to the guard at the gate and told him that from now on, Celis would be responsible for managing the foreign citizens in Courtyard No. 53.

The guard looked at Celisis, checked the badge in his hand, and then summoned the foreign servants in the courtyard according to the boy's order.

Soon there was a noise in the yard.

The guard came out and said, "All foreign auxiliary citizens are ready to assemble."

Selisis was about to step into the courtyard when Nanix pulled him back. "I have to remind you that these foreign auxiliaries may insult you or even beat you because they think you are a Segestica but are working for the tribe. Even though you have guards to protect you, you still have to be careful!"

"Don't worry, I'll be fine." Celisses walked in confidently.

Thirty-three Segestica men gathered in the yard, about two-thirds of them were elderly, and about one-third were young and middle-aged. They stood loosely and chatted as if no one was around.

After Selysis came in, many people didn't even look at him and kept talking to themselves in a low voice. But after someone took a glance, their eyes widened immediately: "Selysis, you came in too?!"

This shout immediately attracted the attention of other foreign auxiliary citizens.

"It's really Celithis!!"

"Is he famous? You all seem to know him." A young man asked. It was no wonder that he was curious. The foreign residents in this mansion came from various tribes of Segestica, but most of the old people knew the man who had just come in and seemed quite excited. He could not help but feel curious.

"Selisis is a famous warrior in our Segestica tribe. When we fought with the Skodischi people, he always led the charge and killed many Skodischi warriors. The leader praised his bravery in front of all the warriors!"

"Yes, I remember that the boss also gave a piece of armor that was captured from the leader of Segestica to Serisis as a reward."

"I think the number one warrior of our Segestica tribe is Chief Andres, and Selisis should be ranked second!"

……

A group of old people were talking excitedly, and some young and middle-aged people were listening in surprise... A voice suddenly sounded: "Selisis is no longer a warrior of our Segestica. He is a traitor. He betrayed the tribe and joined Nix!"

The person who spoke was a former resident of Village No. 21. His words were like thunder, making everyone a little unbelievable.

"Selysis, is what he said true?!" asked a man with gray hair, an old face, and a relatively strong body.

"Tenecas." Celesis recognized the old man who was speaking. They had been comrades in the same team when they were young. He said seriously, "He is right. I joined the Nix tribe and am now a candidate member of the Nix tribe!"

The crowd was in an uproar. Tenecas' face changed and he said angrily: "Selisis, I didn't expect you——"

Selisis roared loudly, suppressing all the noise: "Don't dream, you guys! Segestica is finished, and it is impossible to revive! The reinforcements from the Pannonian League will not arrive in a short time, so don't hold out any more hope! -"

"Shut up, you traitor!"

"You're talking nonsense. There's no way our Segestica tribe will perish!"

"You're lying. The Alliance's troops might already be gathering!"

……

Celis's words were like a stone thrown into a cesspool, creating a buzz of opposition against him.

He shouted again in a loud voice: "Don't lie to yourselves! Although you live in the West Village, you have been out and have come into contact with people from outside. You should be able to feel the changes outside.

Are there more and more Nix people living in the surrounding villages? ! Because these Nix soldiers have already entered all the villages, and our people who stayed in these villages have joined the Nix. The territory of Segestica has become part of the Nix, and Pannoni's reinforcements did not come to stop the Nix's annexation, so these Nix soldiers will feel at ease to return to the villages that once belonged to you and start cultivating the land that once belonged to you!
You have also seen the completion of the bridge over the Sava River, and you should have heard from other people that the temple of the goddess Danu was built in the western mountains and all the villagers went there to worship. Think about it, if the Nixes were resisted on our land and the Pannonian coalition came to attack, would they have the energy and manpower to build a bridge and a temple here? ! And organize a large number of people to worship? !
Of course that's impossible! So the Nix tribe has smoothly occupied all our lands and safely incorporated all our people. The resistance and rescue you imagined have never happened so far!"

"That's because the time is too short and the alliance's reinforcements have not yet been formed!" the old man named Tenecas retorted loudly.

"Last year, Chief Andres asked for help from the Alliance, and within a month he led the Alliance's reinforcements to the Kupa River. Now, it has been almost a month since the Nixes captured our main village, and there is no sign of the Alliance's reinforcements. Brock is the closest to us, but they didn't even send troops to support our people who fled to Lake Gonammi. They didn't even take such a simple action—"

"How do you know there isn't one? Have you been to Lake Gomi to have a look?!" someone questioned unwillingly.

"There are Nix soldiers living in our village. I have a good relationship with them and learned this from them. Think about it, if the Brochi would send a team north to the Gonam Lake area, the Nix soldiers would definitely gather in the north of the Gonam Lake to guard against the Brochi people. How could they be allowed to return to the villages!——"

"The reason why the alliance's reinforcements haven't arrived yet is because they have just suffered a defeat. They will come after a while!" The one who loudly refuted was Selesis' fellow villager.

"You know that the Alliance was defeated before, but do you know how badly they were defeated?! I asked a general of the Nix army (referring to Starks) who lives in our village, and he told me...

Brochi sent the most soldiers and suffered the heaviest losses. Only the great leader Brix and his guards escaped from the battlefield. The second was Mazii's army. They were surrounded and only about one-third of them escaped... The key point is that the battlefield took place on the banks of the Korana River. After the coalition forces were defeated, their military rations were all seized by the Nix army. It takes several days to travel from the Korana River to Brochi's territory. I believe you should be more clear. Can these fleeing compatriots escape smoothly without food? !
After this great battle, Nix captured nearly 10,000 Alliance soldiers and buried thousands of their compatriots. If you can go to Kupa River, you will see that there is also a place like this managed by foreign auxiliaries. Most of the tens of thousands of foreign auxiliaries there are prisoners of war from the Alliance! "

Selisis reminded loudly with an extremely serious expression: "The failure of this war is no less than the disastrous defeat that Andres led our warriors to suffer in the Varidosi Swamp last year! Think about it, after that war, we no longer had the ability to launch a war against the Nix people, so Andres went to the Tribal Alliance for help. Now that the Tribal Alliance has suffered a disastrous defeat, do they still have the ability to wage war against the Nix people? They have no ability to continue fighting, who can they ask for help? In addition, even if the chiefs have this idea, will the tribal leaders and clan leaders who have lost a large number of their people agree? Will the major tribal meetings agree?..."

(End of this chapter)