Rome must fall.

Chapter 384: War Restarts
Chalcipanpas knew a little about Metiades, because it was he who took the letter written by Kephisophon and drove the pirate ship to deliver the letter to several city-states in Greece. Among the several invited people, only the poor Metiades accepted the invitation. Although he looked slovenly and a little nervous, he did not dare to look down on him, because Metiades was a well-known scholar in Alexandria and was highly respected. But he never expected that his child would eventually become his student.

In fact, in recent years, since Chalsipompas has been staying in the iron mine more and frequently traveling to the Nix tribe, Maximus no longer lets Rogerimicius serve as a liaison.

For his son's sake, he did not let him return to the mountains, and both sides tacitly ignored the matter, allowing Rogimicius, who was not a member of the Nix tribe, to stay in Ophidilla...

"Father, you came here so late, you didn't just come to see me, did something happen in the tribe?" Rogimusius' question interrupted Chalsipompas's thoughts.

He calmed down and told Rogimicius that he could no longer go out to sea to plunder because of the Roman siege, and that Butocaribas and his people persuaded him to lead his people to move to the territory of Nix. He asked, "Son, do you think I should follow their advice?"

Rogimicius thought for a moment and did not answer directly. Instead, he asked, "Father, why did you become a pirate in the first place?"

"At that time, the tribesmen couldn't even get enough food to eat. I had no choice but to become a pirate to make their lives better." Karsipenpas said without hesitation.

"So will letting the tribesmen move to the Nix's territory make their lives better? Or worse?" Rogimusius asked.

"I've visited Budokaribas' tribe several times. The lives of all his people are even better than before the Segestica invaded the Kupa River. If I lead my people to migrate here, the situation should be the same." Kalsippenpas answered honestly, with a hint of excitement in his tone.

"Then why are you still hesitating?" Rogimus provoked, "Do you think the power of the leader is more important than improving the lives of the people?!"

"Bullshit!" Chalsipompus cursed immediately. "If I valued my position as leader, I wouldn't spend most of the year wandering around on the sea! Not only do I have to risk being chased by Roman warships and having my ship destroyed by storms, but I also have to worry about whether something might go wrong in the tribe because I can't get any news from you for a long time—"

Kalsippenpas suddenly shut his mouth, his brows relaxed, and those few words of venting washed away the burden in his heart: since he did not value the power of the leader, but wanted his people to live a better life, moving the tribe to Nix was the best choice!

"Good boy, thank you for your reminder. I will start the process of relocating the tribe as soon as I return!" Karsipenpas said with a firm expression.

"Father." Rogimicius said with the same firm expression: "I want to join the Knicks tribe!"

Calsippampas was not surprised. In the past few years, Rogerimicius had been staying in Nix and had never asked to return to the tribe. Every time he met with him, his son talked most about his studies and life in Nix. Calsippampas already knew what the child was thinking.

"If you want to join, then join!" Chalsipoppas looked at his second son: not only has he grown up, but he also has wisdom far superior to his own, and he will definitely be better than him in the future!

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In early September, the Nix tribe had another good harvest, but the tribesmen did not celebrate. They hurriedly harvested the wheat fields, threshed the wheat, paid the farm taxes to the Ministry of Commerce, and then began to devote all their energy to the next war.

At the end of September, the Political Affairs Hall issued a "military mobilization" order, and the military leaders of various regions of the Nix Tribe began to recruit soldiers according to the previous plan...

In early October, Maximus personally led the First Legion, the Third Legion, the Fourth Legion and the Cavalry Brigade, totaling 20,000 people.

The crossbowmen had shown their prowess in the last war with the Pannonians, and Maximus later discussed with the military chiefs and decided to add a crossbow battalion of 500 men to each legion. In addition, after the accumulation of the past few years, the number of war horses increased significantly, and they were temporarily organized into a battalion of 500 men.

The army set out from the eastern camp of Ophidiliya and marched south along the east bank of the Sava River.

At the same time, the two hundred warships of the Nyx fleet, led by the naval commander Amphirtaas, also left the port of Ophidilla River and headed south.

Following the fleet were hundreds of ships organized by the armament officer Leberus, which were loaded with not only military supplies but also military auxiliary personnel, such as the engineering battalion, and the accessories of various siege equipment they carried. On the same day, the Second Legion and the Fourth Legion assembled in Westney, led by the legion commander Toleruge, marched downstream along the south bank of the Kupa River.

At the same time, twenty warships and several hundred baggage ships also set out from the Snotia River Port and sailed downstream along the Kupa River.

This time, the Nix tribe formed a total of 30,000 troops (excluding auxiliary personnel), but the defense within the tribe was not empty after the army left. The number of tribesmen in the Kupa River area who were reserve soldiers could at least form a legion, and in the Ophidillia area, two more legions could be formed if they gritted their teeth. Together with the tribal armies of Budokaribas and Cicelitses, protecting the security of the territory was not a problem at all.

What's more, the Nix tribe maintained friendly relations with its surrounding neighbors. Even the Deisitiatai, which was located to the east of the Nix tribe and belonged to the Pannonian tribal alliance, signed a truce agreement with the Nix and had not harassed the territory for several years.

Like last time, Maximus let Nessia take his place at the center, and Volenus was in charge of handling tribal affairs together with the heads of other departments of the Council of State.

Without any worries, he led his army out of the territory. As soon as he entered the Gonamai Lake area, Adatis, together with the leaders and people of the tribes in the Gonamai Lake area, came to greet him and announced that they would join the Nix tribe.

The mighty army and mighty fleet of the Nix tribe completely extinguished the hope in the hearts of a few people in Lake Gomi.

Lebilus incorporated the fleet and personnel provided by Adatis and other leaders into the logistics team, and dispatched a number of experienced veterans to serve as officers at all levels of the team to carry out strict and consistent management.

As autumn approached, the weather became dry with little rain. The soil on the east bank of Lake Gonammy dried up and the road became hard, making land marching easier. The Nix army left Lake Gonammy smoothly and entered the territory of Brochi.

Not far south of Lake Gonam is the confluence of the Sava River and the Kupa River. The silt brought by the river from upstream has formed a fertile plain here, and of course it has also created large tracts of mudflats. However, over the past decade or so, Bricks has led his people to continuously transform and cultivate this area, making it a land of fish and rice in the Brochi territory, with villages of all sizes densely dotted at the confluence of the two rivers.

However, when the Nyx army set foot on this land, the villages here had turned into ruins, and a large camp stood on the west bank where the two rivers met.

It turned out that when Bricks persuaded the Pannoni tribal alliance to form a large army in an attempt to destroy the newly rising Nix tribe, they suffered a disastrous defeat. In particular, the Brochi army lost tens of thousands of young and middle-aged tribesmen (either killed in battle or captured) in the battle of the Korana River Hills, and its strength was seriously damaged.

Then the Nix army destroyed Segestica, which made Brix even more frightened. He once wanted to disrupt the situation in the north, let the Nix people fall into chaos with the Segestica people, weaken their strength and make them unable to distract themselves. However, the Nix people quickly stabilized the order in the Segestica territory and easily defeated the team he sent to harass them.

To make matters worse, the Pannonian coalition followed the Boii in a battle with the Dacians and suffered another defeat. The Boii resented the Pannonian for not contributing much in the war, believing that it was the Pannonian army's retreat without a fight that exposed the Boii coalition's flank, and that the Pannonian were the culprits of the defeat and must pay compensation.

The compensation proposed by the Boii was that the Pannoni give up the land north of the Drao River and give it to the Boii people east of the Danube River whose homes were taken away by the Dacians because of their failure in the war.

Of course, the Pannoni Tribal Alliance could not agree to this unreasonable request and flatly refused.

As a result, the alliance between the two sides, which lasted less than a year, broke down and war broke out.

In the past, there were constant conflicts between the Boyi and the Pannoni. The overall strength of the Boyi was much stronger than that of the Pannoni, but they focused their main energy on expanding the land on the east bank of the Danube, while the Pannoni tribal alliance united as one and fought against them with all their strength, so the two sides had always maintained a balance.

This time, the Boii's desire for the plains east of the Danube was completely crushed by the more powerful Dacians. In order to help their compatriots who had lost their homes to find new places to live, they turned their full strength to the war against the Pannoni. However, the Pannoni tribal alliance had suffered a great loss in the previous war with the Nixes, and it was difficult for them to resist the Boii's offensive.

In the end, the people of the three Pannoni tribes, Desitiatai, Disione and Perustai, who lived on the east bank of the Drao River, reluctantly gave up their homes and fled back to the west bank in a panic. The Boyi occupied all the land on the east bank of the Drao River.

But the story was not over yet. Through this war, the Boii found that the strength of the Pannoni was far less than before, so they came up with a new idea: occupying the plains east of the Danube was no longer feasible, but it seemed that they could attack southward, defeat the Pannoni, occupy the land south of the Drau River, and thus strengthen the race so that they could fight the Dacians again in the future...

(End of this chapter)