Rome must fall.

Chapter 342: Pricas Sends Out Troops
Originally, Pricas, who had fled to Brochi's territory, not only frequently harassed Brix and asked him to send troops to help Segestica, but he also recruited people from Segestica refugees who had fled to Brochi and formed a team, which was to snatch labor from Brochi...

Brix had long been dissatisfied with him. If he had not been afraid of affecting his reputation, he would have wanted to expel him from the Brochi territory long ago. However, he also began to reduce the food given to Pricas and his party, making it impossible for them to feed the army. The two had even had a quarrel over this.

But now Brix changed his mind. He took the initiative to find Pricas for a secret talk and agreed to do his best to provide him with weapons and food and help him form a team of 500 people first. The condition was that Pricas would lead the team into the territory of Segestica as soon as possible, attack the villages occupied by the Nyx, disrupt the order there, and destroy the Nyx's plan to annex Segestica.

But relying solely on Pricas's power was not enough, so Brix turned his attention to the Gonanmi Lake area and sent his trusted men to have a secret talk with the leader of Iberus.

Iberus originally took a stand-by attitude towards the invasion of the Nyx. His idea was somewhat similar to that of Blix. He did not think that the small Nyx tribe could annex the huge territory of Segestica.

But the facts gave him a resounding slap in the face: in just one month, the Nyx occupied all the villages in the core area of ​​Seg Segestica and built military camps on the river bank not far from his tribal territory, which made him truly feel the threat of the Nyx.

Under such circumstances, Iberus was very enthusiastic about the arrival of the Bricks envoy, but the Bricks envoy made it clear that "now neither the Brochi nor the other large tribes such as the Mazii can form an army to fight against the Nixes", which made him disappointed.

However, the messenger brought Brix's promise: If Iberus could unite with other tribes of Gonamai and send troops to harass the Nixes and destroy their attempt to occupy the territory of Segestica, then after the tribal alliance organized a large army to drive out the Nixes, Brix would propose at the tribal alliance meeting that Iberus be the new chief of Segestica.

Iberus never had the extravagant hope of becoming a great chief. After all, the Pannoni tribe in the Gomi Lake area used to be in a marginal position in Segestica and Brochi. They were weak and their chieftains were not of high descent...

But now the messenger's words had a great temptation to him: if he could really become the chief of Segestica, then his tribe could leave the harsh environment of Lake Gonamiya and go to the main village of Segestica with fertile land. Only then could his tribe grow and develop rapidly!

In the end, Iberus agreed to Brix's request: to gather the tribes of Lake Gonamite to harass the Nixes in the territory of Segestica.

To this end, the envoy of Brix also specially invited Iberus and Pricas to discuss the matter of sending troops.

Prikas hated Iberus very much, and thought that as a member of Segestica, Iberus stood idly by when the tribe was in danger and had no respect for the fleeing son of Andres. But now, under the matchmaking of Brix, he was willing to join him in harassing the Nixes. He might have defected to Broch and betrayed the tribe.

Iberus also had no good feelings towards Prikas. He thought that Prikas had lost his territory and did not have many followers. He had become a lost dog, but he still acted arrogantly, which was disgusting. Moreover, the son of Andres, whom he supported, would be his rival in the future for the chief of Segestica!

However, in the current situation, both of them needed each other to attract the attention of the Knicks and increase the success of the harassment, so they finally reached an alliance.

In fact, Brix also sent messengers to contact the tribes north of Segestica, because he found that there were no people from the northern tribes among the refugees in Segestica. He also asked Pricas and learned that in order to guard against the Japods, the northern tribes still had many warriors and did not participate in the previous attack on the Nixes, so Brix guessed that the northern tribes of Segestica had not yet been conquered by the Nixes.

However, the northern tribes of Segestica were far away, and there was also a core area occupied by the Nixes in between. Could the envoys reach them smoothly? Would the northern tribes be willing to send troops to harass the Nixes after they arrived? ... All these were uncertain.

Brix was unwilling to wait any longer, because after his actions, two months had passed since the Nixes invaded Segestica, and the longer time passed, the more disadvantageous it would be for the Pannonians.

At the urging of Brix, Iberus and Pricas set a date for the harassment attack.

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This is the day after the beginning of the new year, the sky is cloudy and gloomy.

After a day's march between the reed marshes and mountains on the west side of Lake Gonamay, Prikas led five hundred Segestica warriors and arrived at the northern edge of the reed marshes.

"Chief Prikas." The spy went into the reeds and whispered to Prikas who was hiding inside, "There is no one around the tribe ahead. I saw a lot of smoke coming from the tribe. They might still be making breakfast. I didn't dare to go in and take a closer look, for fear of being discovered."

"You did a great job!" Pricas was delighted. He chose to attack from the west side of the reed marsh because he learned from Iberus that the Nixes had built a military camp on both sides of the Sava River not far from the northern end of Lake Gonam. He had few soldiers and did not want to fight head-on to avoid casualties... Now it seems that his choice was right. The people in this village were not prepared.

"Everyone listen up!" Pricas turned around and faced the warriors, saying in a serious tone, "We will be moving quickly towards the tribe ahead in a moment, so please keep quiet to avoid alerting the enemy in advance and causing them to be prepared, thus causing unnecessary casualties for us!

After entering the tribe, kill all the people in the tribe! I emphasize again that those who surrendered to Nix are no longer our people, but traitors of Segestica. We must not show mercy! "

Having said that, Pricas looked sharply at several warriors in the team. These people were from the tribe in front.

The warriors nodded vigorously. They could not forget the resentment of being ridiculed when they had dissuaded their people from surrendering to the Knicks. They were even more angry that they and their families had suffered a lot in the escape, while those who surrendered were enjoying peace and happiness. Therefore, their hatred for those people was no less than that for the Knicks.

"After killing everyone in that tribe, no one is allowed to stay and must follow the team closely. We must quickly retreat here before the Nyx army arrives, and then we will all go back safely!" Pricas reminded everyone again in a stern tone.

He had to do so. After all, Segestica didn't have much strength left, and the life of every soldier could not be easily abandoned.

He glanced at everyone with a serious look, then turned around and waved: "Everyone follow me closely, let's go!"

Five hundred Segestica warriors, led by Prikas, emerged from the reeds and moved forward quickly in silence.

This village, located in the southwest corner of the core area of ​​Segestica, is more than two miles away from the reed marsh, which is not very close. This is normal, because no tribe wants to be close to the reed marsh of Lake Gonam. Not only is the water level rising in the rainy season, but the dense mosquitoes in the reed marsh in summer and autumn are also unbearable.

Although the road is flat, it is not easy to walk on because the land around the village has been plowed, and there are many wooden signs and poles inserted, and some even have stones with words buried on the edge of the field...

Most of the warriors were escapees from various tribes and understood what everything before their eyes meant. Therefore, as they marched slowly, they cursed the Nyx people and the traitors of the tribe who caused all this in their hearts. Their anger made them more powerful.

The former Segestica tribe was just ahead. Through the gray skylight, in Prikas's eyes, the houses ahead all appeared to be in a state of decay.

As they got closer to the village, his heart began to beat violently and his pace increased. With his familiarity with the overall architectural layout of the Segestika village, he quickly found a passage into the village and led the team towards it.

Just at this moment, someone in the village came out along the passage, probably preparing to work in the fields. Seeing the Prikas team running towards them from a distance, the villager immediately dropped the wooden basket in his hand, turned around and ran back, shouting: "Oh no, the enemy is coming! Oh no, the enemy is coming!..."

His shout suddenly caused the originally quiet village to become agitated. The villagers ran out of their homes in panic, following the man and running desperately towards the depths of the village.

"Damn it!" Pricas couldn't help but curse. He was about to succeed in sneaking into the tribe, but he failed at the last moment. However, looking at the villagers who were fleeing in panic, it was obvious that they were completely unprepared.

"Chase them and kill them!..." Pricas waved his sword and shouted loudly.

The warriors roared in unison, and the fleeing villagers aroused their rage for revenge. Everyone took big strides and rushed forward to chase. Some warriors even surpassed Prikas and were the first to set foot on the road to the village.

The dirt road in and out of the village was not wide, with villagers' houses on both sides. It helped the Prikas team, whose formation had become somewhat disorganized due to the pursuit, to become orderly again.

(End of this chapter)