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Chapter 146 Establishment of the Tua Alliance
In the afternoon, Davos urgently convened a meeting of the Senate of Amendolara and invited Cunogorata, as well as Ansitanos, Bulkos and more than a dozen famous and status citizens of Thurii to attend. The list included Even Plessinus and Polluxes.

Asistes was puzzled and asked: "My lord, why do you want to let Plessinus, a dishonest and shameless villain, participate?"

Davos said seriously: "To us, Plessinas is a dishonest villain. But to Tuliyi, he is a patriot who does not hesitate to destroy his own honor for the benefit of the city. For such a We should respect those people!"

"What about this Polluxes? He's a deserter!"

Davers didn't answer.He asked Cunogorata, even though Cunogorata was betrayed by Neonsis and Polluxes, he still suggested Daves to invite Polluxes to the meeting because the Polyxis family was in the map. Lee has always been very popular among the Boeotian immigrants.

Ever since the Amendolara people came to rescue the people of Turii, Plessinas has been uneasy and has even wanted to leave Turii and immigrate to other city-states.When Amendolara's messenger found him and extended an invitation to him, he was still doubtful.The messenger relayed what Daves had said to him, and Plessinas actually shed tears: You know that Tuliyi, who had been cared for by the Amendolara people in the past two days, felt guilty, and instead blamed Plessinus. Nas was the first to destroy Tuliyi's friendship with Amendolara, and even his relatives were alienating him.Davos's affirmation of him made him extremely grateful.

At the same time, the invitation to Plessinas also allowed the Turiyi people to see Amendolara's attitude of letting things go, which relieved many Turiyi people who had contributed to the issue of opposing Amendolara.

Because of the poor conditions at that time, the meeting was held on the grass. Everyone sat cross-legged on the ground in a circle, surrounded by guards.
At the meeting, Davos proposed the establishment of the Thurii-Amendolara Alliance. The citizens of the two cities would share a consul and a Senate, and invited the Thurii people present, including Kunogorata, to join the Senate. Senate and become a member of the Senate of this new alliance.

This proposal was discussed by Davos in advance with the elders of Amendolara. However, these people in Turiyi were in a weak position and relied heavily on the assistance and protection of Amendolara. In addition, they could also become elders. Elders of the Academy, why not do this?

The news quickly spread to the people of Thurii, and the vast majority of the people cheered.Mainly because if this alliance is established, they can accept the assistance of Amendolara and the protection of the powerful Amendolara soldiers with peace of mind!No need to worry about betrayal or being abandoned, because we are all a family!
The cheers reached the ears of the new elders of Turiyi who were in a meeting, and their last worries disappeared.

Then, Davers said: Since Turiyi and Amendolara have become a family, the laws of Amendolara also apply to Turiyi, and the rights and obligations enjoyed by the Amendolara people are also the same. Applies to Thurii citizens.

Except for a few Turui elders who had slight objections to the bill that "citizens who own land are required to pay an annual land tax of one percent," Davers' proposal was passed with a high vote.

Then, Davos proposed to fulfill his previous promise and grant freedom to the slaves who participated in the battle with the Lucanian coalition.For the freedmen who participated in the battle with the Lucanian coalition forces, and did not betray Thurii and defected to the Crotone army, they became reserve citizens of the new alliance.The leader of the free people who caused the rebellion and led to the fall of Thurii was sentenced to death by the people of Thurii!
The proposal was passed without controversy.Because after the burning of the city of Turiyi, the Turiyi people also conducted deep introspection. They realized that it was precisely because Turiyi broke its promise and mishandled free people and slaves that it was one of the main reasons for this disaster. one.

Plessinas felt slightly embarrassed after hearing Davos's proposal.Unexpectedly, Davers proposed: Let Plessinas be responsible for execution.This is a good opportunity for Plessinas to wash away his stains, and he is once again grateful to Davers.

In fact, most of the free people who participated in the Battle of Lucaria participated in the rebellion, and followed the Crotone army to transport the spoils, preparing to go to Crotone, but were captured by the Amendolara Legion.The slaves lost control because of the fall of Turi. Most of the miners and slaves fled to the mountains, and most of the slaves in the rest of the city chose to stay, because instead of fleeing to other places, most of them still became slaves. If captured, the situation will be worse. It is better to follow a familiar master. Apart from no freedom, life is still okay.There are very few freedmen and slaves who really meet the conditions of the bill, but it is undoubtedly great news for the freedmen and slaves who are still lingering beside the ruins of Turui and have not yet left.Because they believe that the rumored consul really has a good impression of free people and slaves, and he is also a lifelong consul, which means that they will have more opportunities to gain freedom and become full-fledged citizens in the future.

By stabilizing the mood of the freedmen and slaves, and stimulating their enthusiasm for the new alliance, the safety of Thurii was ensured, for their numbers far outnumbered the people of Thurii.

The first senate meeting of the Turii-Amendola League was highly efficient. Proposals that helped the reconstruction of Turii were passed, and the Cunogora Tower was proposed by Daves. He was elected chief executive of the city of Thurii with a high vote, in which he received the unanimous vote of the elders of Thurii.The main reason is that Kunogolata did his best to help the people of Turiyi regardless of past suspicions, making the Turiyi people feel guilty. In addition, the shrewd Turiyi elders also knew that the political situation in the future would be dominated by the Amendolara people for a long time. , then if Cunogorata can get the attention of Daves, they must make efforts to make Kunogorata speak more for the Turiyi people.

Since the two cities are not far apart, apart from the office of city administrator, which is held in both cities, the rest of the office is shared. According to the needs, there are deputies or assistants assigned to each city to perform their duties.

At the same time, a Thurii Reconstruction Committee was also established, led by Daves and assisted by two city administrators, Cornelus and Kunogorata, to lead the entire Thurii reconstruction work.

Finally, Bulkos asked the question that worried everyone in Turrii: "What if the Crotones come again?"

Davos' expression remained unchanged and he smiled: "I think this question can be answered by the military affairs officer."

Felicius stood up in response and said: "Fellow senators, let me briefly introduce the results of our army this time. We dispatched a total of 890 soldiers, killed about 6000 people, and captured 9000 people (this It was a very high casualty ratio. On average, one Amendolara soldier destroyed more than one enemy. According to a normal battle, no matter how powerful the Amendolara soldiers were, this situation would not have happened at all, just because it was a sneak attack. , the Crotones suffered such high casualties under special circumstances such as being drunk, sleeping, without armor, or weapons), while only 72 of our citizens died and 200 were injured."

As soon as these words came out, the elders of Turiyi were stunned.

Felicius continued: "Of these nine thousand prisoners, there are about 5000 from Crotone (mainly because when Crotone set up the camp, it placed soldiers from other city-states on the periphery)." Felicius He glanced at Davos and said: "We can use these prisoners to force Crotone to negotiate with us. If the peace negotiation fails, I think that although Thurii was destroyed by fire, the city walls are made of stone and are mostly intact. We can Organize a large number of manpower to quickly repair the city wall to defend against Crotone's attack, and you can also seek assistance from Tarentum."

"Will Tarantum help us?" Burkos was doubtful. He must know that Thurii had also tried before. Tarantum sent a symbolic envoy, but after the failure to persuade peace, there was no movement. .

"When Crotone's strength is greatly damaged, not only Tarantum will help us, but Locrie will also take action!" said Cunogorata, who is familiar with the situation of the city-state of Great Greece: "The ruling Sir, we should organize manpower now and build the city wall first, and we must immediately try to form an alliance with Tarantum!"

"We and Tarantum are originally allies!" Amyntas said abruptly.

"That's different. The one who signed the contract with Tarantum was Amendolara, and now Amendolara has become the Turiyi-Amendolara Alliance." Antonios explained to him in a low voice.

Amyntas scratched his head in embarrassment.

"Lord Cunogorata, you reminded me that we really need Tarantum's assistance now!" That's what Daves said. In his heart, he didn't think Tarantum's assistance was necessary, but It is important to understand Tarantum's attitude.Because originally Amendolara was just an inconspicuous ally of Tarantum, but suddenly it turned into a two-city alliance, and its strength suddenly increased. What would Tarantum think?Kuno Gorata is reminding himself!Therefore, Davos gave him a look of thanks.

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Marigi and Ansitanos were sent to the senate at Tarantum.

When the consuls and senators of Tarantum learned that Amendolara had defeated Crotone's army, they could not believe their ears.Tens of thousands of Crotone's soldiers were wiped out and captured in one morning, not the fanatical but undisciplined, ferocious but unsustainable Lucanians, but the real Greek citizen soldiers, and still How could this not shock the people of Tarantum, the citizens of Crotone, known for their athleticism and strength!
(End of this chapter)