ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 169 The return of Laos and the glory of Sybaris
"I led my people to build a new road and a residential area for the Tua Alliance. I also led my people to participate in the battle against Crotone. Now I have captured Niutum and achieved these achievements. That's why I Become a senator of the Senate!" Bagule said proudly: "My father did nothing else, but no Lucanian had ever joined the Greek city-state before, and he bravely led more than 2000 people. He took the initiative to join a Greek alliance (the number of people included family members, Bagule deliberately distorted the facts here), created history, and agreed and encouraged me to lead my people to do everything for the alliance. Lord Davos took the initiative to invite him to join senate!"

Everyone exclaimed with envy.

Asistes emphasized: "The Senate is open to any citizen in the alliance. As long as you make enough contributions to the alliance, the Senate will take the initiative to include you!..."

Hemeng nodded with understanding.

"But what if Grumentum, Pixis, or even Potentia from the north comes to attack Nieutum who has joined the Tua Alliance?" someone asked worriedly.

"I think you all know very well that Grumentum and Picosis are currently fighting each other and are in chaos. They can't take care of us in a short time. And even if they attack, we are not afraid. We have Davos My lord!" Asistes said loudly, this sentence was worth thousands of words, and it immediately relieved everyone's worries.

"I am willing to lead my tribe to join the Tua Alliance!" Kesima stood up and said.

"I am willing too!" Ulazar stood up.

"I can't let Vespa be proud of himself in the Senate!" Hermon also stood up.

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Seeing that almost all the guests were willing to join the alliance and become preparatory citizens of the alliance, Bagulu and Asistes smiled at each other. They raised their glasses and said, "Come, let us work together to make a contribution not only to the Greeks, but also to Lucca." Cheers to the Tua League of Nians!”

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The next morning, Avinogis's troops opened the city gates, cooperated with the Tua Alliance army inside and outside, and easily defeated the Lucania defenders. Finally, they rushed into the big leader's mansion and captured the big leader Tula of Laos. , he was hiding on the bed and shivering. Next to him lay the Greek slave girl who had been strangled to death and her body was cold. The angry Tua soldiers immediately pierced his chest with a bayonet.

Avinogis warmly invited Felicius to lead his troops to camp in the city, but Felicius declined politely and said: "Laos has just been recaptured, and the order in the city still needs to be rectified. We have too many soldiers. I'm afraid that the city will cause trouble for you and affect the friendship between Laos and the Tua Alliance! We will repair outside the city for a while and then leave. Lord Davos gave instructions before coming!"

Felicius's persistence and the Tua alliance's initiative to take care of Laos made Avinogis very emotional. He immediately gave half of the seized money and livestock to Felicius as a token of gratitude.

Felicius did not refuse.Coupled with the trophies captured in Niutum before, the Tua Alliance has gained a lot from this troop dispatch.According to the order of the Senate, all cattle, sheep and livestock were left to Niutum, so that Sesta could use them to aid the Lucalians who had defected to the Tua alliance.Most of the money was brought back to Thurii, part was used as military funds, part was turned over to the treasury, and a small part was distributed to the soldiers as rewards.Captured weapons were donated to the Soldiers' Committee free of charge.

Felicius left the second and fourth corps to temporarily guard Niutum, and led the rest of the troops to carry five days of rations. They left Laos and came to the entrance of the previous pass. The whole army stopped and marched according to Felicius' ordered to start building the camp.

Arobmas, who was accompanying him, felt strange.

Facing Arobmas' inquiry, Felicius answered truthfully: "The Senate ordered (actually Davos's order), 'After capturing Laos and Niutum, the army must repair the entrance to the pass. A fortress, and soldiers were stationed there for a long time to prevent the future invasion of Lucania's army from the north. After surrounding Niutum, they quickly went south to block the mountain road, blocking the Tua Alliance's support for Niutum and Laos. .'"

Arobmas was silent for a while and asked: "The future trade and personnel exchanges between Laos and Niutum..."

"It won't be affected in any way! They can pass through the fortress smoothly without any fees!" Felicius said with certainty.

In order not to destroy the good alliance relationship just established between Laos and the Tua Alliance, Arobmas had no choice but to express his approval.In fact, both sides understand that building a fortress here to protect the mountain road connected to Thurii will not only allow the Tua Alliance to successfully support Niutum in the future and fight against the Lucarian army.In addition, if one day Laos betrays the alliance or has other abnormalities, the Tua Alliance's army can still pass through the fortress and approach the city of Laos. This is an upright conspiracy!

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Sesta's temporary administrator's residence was flooded with Lucalians early in the morning who asked to join the alliance, rent livestock and rent land.

Sesta was overjoyed and asked Bagule and the soldiers of the Fourth Brigade to maintain order and act as translators. The assistants of the household registration officer and agricultural officer who accompanied the army were all ready.

Household registration, signature, fingerprint...

Write the lease contract, sign it, stamp it with your fingerprint...

Unexpectedly, more and more Lucanians came.Not only because of the group effect, but also because of the "Intermarriage Law" specially formulated by the Tua Alliance to quickly consolidate the newly occupied Niutum, some shrewd Lucanians realized that the Tua Alliance must be eliminated as soon as possible. Get the benefits given, otherwise the Greeks from Thurii will rob them.

To the northwest of Niutum is the La River, and on the other side of the river are mountains and forests that are not too steep; to the southeast is a long and narrow valley less than two miles wide and relatively flat, leading directly to Laos; further to the east is a continuous , insurmountable mountains, there is only a narrow road leading to Thurii; only the northeastern area between the upper reaches of the La River and the upper reaches of the Agri River, although the terrain is high, the soil is relatively fertile, and it was formerly inhabited by many small tribes The land later came under Niutum's control.The shape of this area is irregular and the terrain is rugged. Part of it is divided by mountains and is relatively fragmented, making it difficult to measure and distribute.Therefore, Bagule suggested to Sesta: Divide the land to tribes according to the number of people in each tribe, and the tax burden will be collected by the chiefs and tribesmen.Lucanian talents without tribes are allocated separately (in fact, this situation is relatively rare), which saves time and manpower, and also avoids direct friction and conflict between the alliance and the Lucanians of Niutum.

Sesta took into account the special characteristics of the Lucanian mountainous area and the Lucanian tribe. After thinking about it, he agreed with Bagule's opinion.

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Just as Sesta was racking his brains and busy with governing Niutum, Davos received an urgent battle report from the west. Regarding the victory of Niutum and Laos, It was originally expected, and the slight uneasiness caused by not personally commanding was eliminated.He has warned himself many times that he cannot imitate Napoleon. The Mediterranean is very large and the Tua Alliance will encounter many enemies in the future. He needs more outstanding commanders who can independently command operations.

Sesta's performance at Niutum was beyond his expectation, but... He handed the sandpaper roll to Aristocrates and asked slightly angrily: "As for Sesta letting Greek slaves massacre Lu? What do you think about the capture of Kaliya?”

After making the decision to let Asistes assist Cesta in governing Niutum, Davos had no intention of letting Asistes come back as secretary. The eagle would eventually grow up and fly independently in the world. The sky is vast, but the secretary will have to find another person.

Davos thought of Aristocrates, who had been able to calmly defend himself and impress the elders of the Senate when he faced Plessinus in Amendolara who was demanding runaway slaves, so he sent Aristelas to find him. , and it turned out that he was working in Crystal’s new restaurant in Thurii City. When Aristiras told him that Lord Davos wanted to find a clerk (because the clerk is a public official, Aris Tiras Docrates was only a free man and could not serve), and he readily accepted it.

As a result, when Davos went home at night, he was complained by Crystal, saying that he was poaching people for her own head. In the end, she carried out "retaliation" and almost squeezed him dry with her mouth and hands...

"My lord, I don't know Nieutum, so I can't comment." Compared with the fast-talking Asistes, Aristocrates, who has experienced hardships since childhood, is much more cautious.

Davos glanced at him: Is this a subtle reminder to himself?
Davos thought for a while and said slowly: "You are right. We don't know more about Niutum's situation than Cesta. Since he has been appointed to manage Niutum, we should let him go." He did it...but he didn't expect that this Sesta, who usually doesn't pay much attention, would do things so simply and violently, and he is better than me in this regard!"

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Because the Turiyi Senate Hall had not yet been built, the afternoon Senate meeting was still held in the Senate in Amendolara.

At the venue, Davos announced loudly: the Tua alliance successfully captured Niutum, and helped its ally Avinogis to regain Laos.

Although the elders had received the news before the meeting, they still cheered loudly.

Then Davos said with excitement: "Everyone, from today on, the Tua Alliance owns the territories of Thurii, Amendolara, and Niutum, and we also have Castron and Laos. We are our main ally. Although Crimesa remains neutral and Poseidonia is still in the hands of the Lucanians, we have more Niutum. In addition to insufficient population, trade is not prosperous enough, and prestige is not enough. It’s not enough, the Tua Alliance has basically restored the territory and allies of Sybaris a hundred years ago, and we will recreate the glory of Sybaris in Magna Graecia!”

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