ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 178 Confrontation with Xinsinag
Avinogis touched his son's head lovingly, with a little reluctance in his eyes.After a moment, he thanked Davos.

After that, the relationship between the two parties became obviously much closer, and the banquet became lively.

After toasting several glasses of wine, Avinogis said loudly: "Lord Davos, we in Laos are going to implement a lifelong consulship like the Alliance. Do you think it's okay?!"

The elders were slightly surprised, but Davos looked calm and said with a smile: "Our covenant makes it very clear that the alliance will not interfere in the internal affairs of any allied city-state. We only require the allies to advance and retreat together militarily and maintain diplomatic relations. Consistent and strengthen economic exchanges..."

Avinogis felt happy, and then heard Davos say: "But-" He suddenly became nervous again.

"I have some small suggestions for Laos. I hope you can always ensure the stability of the city-state. Otherwise, if there is a riot and you can't solve it, we will send troops to help you restore order in Laos. Sending troops to fight is just one thing. It’s hard work that costs money and effort, don’t you think?!” Davos said half-jokingly and half-seriously, and the elders also echoed.

Avinogis was immediately relieved. In fact, he did not want to be a lifelong consul at all. The people of Laos were not used to the Greek political system. He just wanted to be the chief leader of Laos City, just to prevent Dionysius from letting him go. The Asian Alliance felt that Laos was an indigenous town, so he chose to become a lifelong consul because he felt that this position was very similar to that of a great leader.At this moment, he said happily: "I feel very honored to be an ally of the Deolia Alliance! I promise Lord Davos and all the elders that I, Avinogis, will do my best to ensure the stability of Laos , and become the best ally of the Deolia Alliance forever!"

"Okay!!!" Everyone praised in unison.

"I want to dance for the honorable Lord Davos and all the Lords to express my most sincere gratitude!" Amid the cheers, Avinogis also became interested. He drank the wine in the glass in one gulp and shouted loudly. Walking to the center of the hall, taking advantage of the wine, he began to shake his shoulders and spin in circles, singing loudly: "

high mountains,
That is the abode of Asinus,

We are grazing cattle and sheep at the foot of the mountain,

A beautiful girl flashes in the mountains and forests,
The happy figure is like a leaping deer,

attracting my attention,

......"

Weisba and Bagule began to sing along loudly. Although Davos and the other elders did not understand what they were singing, they all clapped their hands and hummed the tune softly...

Avinogis's decades of patience and caution were swept away in the heroic singing and vigorous dancing, leaving only joy in his heart, an indescribable feeling of comfort in his heart.

When he took his seat, the applause lasted for a long time.

Skombras stood up with a rosy face, burping from wine, and said: "Uh... the guests from Laos performed a dance... uh... our alliance should also respond, I sang for everyone. A hymn to Zeus…

"well!!……"

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A few days ago, Xinsinag was in ecstasy. He defeated Akpiru's son Lusau and occupied the city of Grumentum. With two big cities, he could become the new king of Lucania. overlord.

But a series of things that happened subsequently made him realize that it was not easy to replace Akpiru.

Because he was reluctant to distribute most of the property captured by the Akpiru tribe to the tribe that betrayed Lusau, and he was even more reluctant to divide most of the land owned by the Akpiru tribe to the tribe of Grumentum On the one hand, he has a stingy personality, and on the other hand, the tribes in Pixis City who follow him also need to be rewarded. Of course, he can tell who is close to whom.

His breach of the contract naturally aroused the anger of the Grumentum tribe. They united to occupy the North City, refused Cincinnago's subordinates to enter the area under their control without authorization, and threatened to drive Cincinnago out of Grumentum tum.

Xinsinag was furious. He already regarded himself as the master of the cities of Picosis and Grumentum. How could he allow anyone to damage his majesty?Under his orders, the Picosis warriors had several small battles with the Grumentum tribes in the city.At the same time he again resorted to subterfuge in an attempt to break up the tribes who had united against him by bribery, but failed because none of the Grumentum chiefs wanted to believe his promises anymore.

Xinsinag was racking his brains to deal with the Grumentum tribe that betrayed him, and an even worse news came: Niutum had been captured!

He immediately urgently asked the Lucanian herdsmen who had fled to Grumentum. When he heard them all saying in one voice: "I saw countless Greek soldiers entering the city of Neutum," Sinsinaga was frightened for a long time. Unable to recover, he could hardly believe this fact: Nieutum was captured by the Greeks!
How can this be? !Since the Lucarians came south from the central Apennine Peninsula more than 100 years ago, they have always occupied the land of other tribes. There is no record of a large town being captured by other tribes!Suspicious, Sinsinaga sent spies to investigate.

Although the north of Niutum City is heavily guarded, the Lucalians are a race that mainly focuses on herding and hunting. The spies sneaked into the mountains within the control of Niutum City and obtained information from the Niutum population who went up to the mountains to graze. Accurate intelligence was obtained: Niutum has been ruled by the Dionysian city-state alliance, and this alliance is ruled by the Greek Davos who defeated the Lucanian tribal alliance.

When Xinsinag heard the news, he was like a thunderbolt, and he was horrified and at a loss. His first thought was: flee back to Pikosis immediately, and stay away from the Greek who defeated the powerful Akpiru!

Then, he wanted to reach a compromise with the tribe of Grumentum to jointly deal with the possible attack of the Greeks.However, the weak tribes of Grumentum thought this was a great opportunity to force Sinsinaga to make concessions. They put forward conditions such as: Let the Picosis forces withdraw from the city of Grumentum... and other conditions.This was simply unacceptable to Xinsinag.

With strong enemies outside and worries inside, Sinsinaga was unwilling to withdraw from the city of Grumentum, which he had spent countless efforts and sacrificed countless people to obtain. After several days of suffering, he finally decided: risking the possibility of losing his skin. Due to the risk in Corsis City, he once again dispatched more warriors from Picosis City to join him in Grumentum. They would first work together to defeat these hostile tribes and completely control this central city of the Lucanians.

Just when he was about to ask the messenger to rush to Pikosis and hand over the troop deployment order to Gnainat, who was guarding the city of Pikosis, the escort came in and reported: There was a Luca who claimed to be the messenger of Niutum. The Nyians demanded to see the chief.

Xinsinag was shocked. He hesitated for a moment and decided to receive him.

When Hermon was brought into the leader's meeting hall in Grumentum, he kept looking left and right: two rows of tough warriors stood straight at the door of the hall, Xinsinaga was sitting high up in the front of the hall, three steps down. Sitting on both sides were the leaders of the tribes of Pikosis...

Hemon looked at this majestic hall. There had long been rumors that Akpiru wanted to be the king of the Lucanians. At least judging from this unique tribal leader's meeting hall, he might actually have it. This plan is just a pity...

Hermon was thinking about Xinsinaga speaking from above: "I didn't expect that Niutum's envoy would be you! I heard that your city was occupied by the Greeks, but is it true?"

Before being annexed by Niutum, Hermon's tribe was also very influential in the "fertile soil between the mountains", so he, the tribal leader, was also somewhat famous in the Lucalia area.He saluted respectfully, and then said: "Dear Chief of Xinsinag, Niutum now belongs to the Dionian City-State Alliance, and Laos has also become Dion under the leadership of Avinogis. Allies of the Nia Union——"

"What?! Laos surrendered to the Greeks too?!"

"I told you Greek bastards are unreliable!"

"What should we do now?! Without the restraint of Laos, the Greeks can attack us with confidence!!"

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Hermon's words were like a thunderclap, causing the sitting leaders to panic.Xinsinag originally liked this high-altitude seat, which could reflect the dignity of the leader's status. At this moment, he only hated that this seat was too conspicuous and made it impossible to hide his fear. He held the armrests of the seat tightly and saw He Meng stood there with a smile on his face, and his fear turned into anger: "Damn Niutum people! You forgot the teachings of Asinu and surrendered to our enemies! How dare you Appearing here, do you think my short sword is not sharp enough?!"

"You are wrong, big leader. I did not surrender to the Greeks, but became a citizen of the Dionysian Alliance! Not only can I continue to offer sacrifices to Asinu, as long as I have enough silver coins, I can also make sacrifices in Thurii , Amendolara... and other territories of the Dionian Alliance built the temple of Asinu without interference. Sheep fighting competitions still continue to be held in Niutum every autumn. The customs have not changed... The Lucarians of Niutum, like me, have voluntarily become citizens of the Dionian Alliance, but we are still Lucarians, but we have more freedom and have He acquired more land, cattle and sheep, but only had to pay a small tax!" Hermon proudly and loudly promoted the benefits of becoming a citizen of the Dionia Union.

The leaders and warriors in the hall felt unbelievable: "How can the Greeks be so kind to us Lucarians?!"

"Davos, the consul of the Diorian League, the man who defeated Akpiru, once said, 'Dionia is not only an alliance of Greeks, but also an alliance of Lucanians!' You If you don’t believe it, you can ask Weisba, the leader of the Melino tribe, and his son. They became citizens of the Dionysian Alliance relatively early, and now they have become elders of the Dionysian Senate! The Dionysian Alliance still has Ready to continue-"

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