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Chapter 290 The Map Alliance’s Sue for Peace

Finally, the four people turned their attention to Daves, the coalition commander-in-chief who had the power to make the decision.

At this moment, Davos was struggling in his heart: after experiencing Diomelas' unauthorized actions, Metapontum, and the easy collapse of the Heracleian coalition, he was already discouraged by such a joint operation, and was worried that it would Once again let down by poor allies.Triphias simply wanted to lead his army back to the city, while he wanted to lead his army immediately back to Thurii.But doing so will undoubtedly damage the alliance with Tarantum, and may also have an impact on the "promise-keeping" image that Dionia has worked hard to establish...

While he was hesitating, the guard came in and reported that the Messapians had sent an envoy.

Everyone was surprised.

Davos was moved in his heart and asked to let the Messapian envoy in to hear what he had to say?
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Originally, after the Mepian coalition gathered the defeated troops and reorganized the army, the Mesapian consuls headed by Pasimaurus believed that although the final result of this battle was not good, the coalition chose to retreat, and the cavalry Also suffered heavy losses, but Tarentum's army losses are believed to be even greater.Compared with the strength of Tarantum's army, our army is more advantageous than before the war.In the ensuing battle, take the initiative and continue the attack on Tarantum.

King Tremoni of Pucetti, who had been complained openly and covertly by several Messapian consuls before, and whose failure to stop reinforcements caused a good situation to be wasted, expressed strong opposition. He emphasized: Dio, the main force of the Greek coalition, The Nian army has a unique formation, is well-trained, and has amazing combat effectiveness. In mountain battles, it can actually repel the Pucheti people who occupy a good location. So when fighting on the plains, the Mepu coalition is probably not based on the Dionian army as the main force. The opponent of the Greek coalition.

The governors of the various Mesapian city-states knew to some extent the combat effectiveness of the Puchetti people, but Tremoni, who had always been unruly, actually said such words, which made everyone feel incredible.

At this time, Timogras stood up to endorse Tremoni. He once again emphasized the terrifying power of the Dionian army, because the heavy infantry in Igratia was more powerful than the Dionian heavy infantry in battle. Despite the thick situation, he was actually beaten back by the enemy, eventually leading to a rout!
At the same time, he also reminded everyone: The Dionian heavy infantry can throw javelins, which can cause great damage to infantry at close range.

The faces of the consuls finally became serious.

Carminus, the consul of Ugentum, said worriedly: "I heard that Dionia is a large city-state alliance on the other side of the bay. It governs five or six city-states, and there are many allies, and its strength is comparable to Tallan. Tum is strong, it can easily send tens of thousands of people to reinforce Tarantum. Even if we finally defeat it, I think it can still send tens of thousands more, and can we withstand such losses? "

After a short period of silence, Paximerus slowly said helplessly: "Maybe we should negotiate peace with Dionia..."

Peace talks? !Everyone looked surprised.

Only Tremoni had a calm look on his face, and Pashimerus saw this and sighed in his heart: It seems that the Puchetis don't have much fighting spirit anymore. If they continue to fight, I'm afraid they won't do their best.

Paximerus's hope for peace talks began to become stronger. He cheered up and said seriously: "The Dionians have never had any conflict with us, and they are far away from us. The reason why they are with us Fighting, that's because it is an ally of Tarantum and came here to fulfill the covenant. Defeating us will not do any good to Dionia, but will cause casualties to soldiers due to the battle. If we propose peace talks, you Do you want Dionia to accept it?! As long as this powerful outsider leaves, there will be only one Tarantum left, and we will..."

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Timogras, the consul of Iglatia, volunteered to go to the Greek camp. When the guards confirmed that he was not carrying weapons, he was allowed to enter the military tent.

In the military tent, in addition to the guards, there were five Greek generals. Timogras's eyes fell on the youngest general: he should be the Dionian consul Davos, forcing the Map coalition to send envoys to Greece The culprit of the military camp!
Out of caution, he nodded to the young general, and then asked in Greek: "Dionian Archon Davos?"

"It's me." Davos nodded.

"It's my honor to meet you!" Timogras respectfully performed the Messapian etiquette, and then said: "I am Timogras, the consul of Iglatia, representing the Mep Alliance, as an envoy Come and discuss with you how to end this senseless war.”

We really want peace talks!Although Davos was happy in his heart, he said calmly: "I think you have found the wrong negotiation partner. You should negotiate with the two adults, Eumacus and Diomelas, the consuls of Tarantum." He tilted his body slightly and directed his left hand towards the two people behind him.

"You have just been defeated by us, and you want peace talks?!" Diomelas hated the Messapians, and because Timogras ignored Tarantum as soon as he came in, he was even more angry: "Go back and tell You fellows in animal skins, Tarentum does not accept peace talks! We will continue to attack and retake Brindisi! If you have the guts, you can stop us!"

"Defeated by you?" Timogras said with a sarcastic sneer: "You and I both know who suffered the greater loss in the previous battle. If this is considered a defeat for us, we don't mind fighting a few more times. . Without the timely reinforcements from the Dionians, you might have become a corpse, but you still have the nerve to yell at me here!"

Facing the roar of Diomilas, Timogras continued to speak loudly without showing any signs of weakness: "The warriors of Messape and Puchetti are ready to kill those who dare to invade even if they sacrifice their lives. Enemies of our territory! I just don’t know if the Tarentum people have such courage?”

After he finished speaking, without waiting for Diomelas to refute, he immediately turned to Davos and said: "The bravery of the Dionysians has won the respect of the Messapians. I admire you very much, and specifically asked me to say hello to you on his behalf! But I want to ask Lord Davos, the Dionysians crossed the bay and fought with us who had no contradictions and conflicts in the past. Victory, is it a win? No benefit will be gained; if you fail, your bones will be buried in a foreign land. Is it worth it?"

Davos knew very well that as soon as the Messapian governor came in, he continued to use various methods to drive a wedge between Dionia and Tarantum. He said in an emphatic tone: "Tarantum It is a friendly ally of Dionia. It is Dionia's duty to abide by the covenant and assist its allies in defending against foreign aggression! What's more, Dionia has an obligation to maintain the peace of neighboring Greek city-states, because only neighbors will not War, the people of Dionia will have a peaceful life."

Davos's words vaguely reveal his expectations and ambitions for Dionia.

Triphias and Tudepres listened, and their eyes lit up.

Umarchus, on the other hand, was thoughtful.

Timogras's face changed slightly. He heard the warning that Davos gave him, and he quickly reacted: "Lord Davos, I heard what you said, you are here to help Tarantum resist the invasion. But In fact, Tarantum is not being invaded by our Mesapi, but is taking our Mesapi land! Manduria is the city-state of the Mesapi! Brindisi is also the Mesapi A city-state of people! Since the beginning of this year, the Tarantums have aggressively attacked the land of our Mesapi, taking away our Manduria and Brindisi, killing countless Mesapi warriors, and bringing countless The people of Mesapi, including women and children, have become slaves of Tarantum! We fought back, just wanting to take back our own land and avenge our people! Lord Davos, you said that Dionia has Obligation to help neighbors maintain peace and resist aggression. Does it also include helping allies invade other countries’ land and kill the people of other countries?!”

Timogras's words were so impassioned that Umarchus and Diomelas both changed their expressions, but Davos secretly praised in his heart: Smart, he's on to the point!

He immediately put on an embarrassed look: "This...this..."

"Damn Messapians, don't pretend to be pitiful!" Diomelas retorted angrily: "Who is invading whom in these years! Who is the real victim! Every summer, it is Who ran to the land of Tarantum, looted food and killed people! We launched the attack this year just to respond to the call of the goddess of revenge and avenge the blood debt you have owed to Tarantum over the years!"

Facing Diomilas's strong rebuttal, Timogoras said calmly: "Why do we invade Tarantum every year? The reason is very simple. The land of Tarantum originally belonged to We Mesapees! Hundreds of years ago, your ancestors drove away the weak Mesapees who lived here before occupying this land!"

"So what! Hundreds of years have passed, and this land now belongs to us, Tarantum!"

"Since you can snatch it away, of course we want to snatch it back!"

"It's a pity that you can't do it! On the contrary, in a few years, Manduria will also become the city-state of Tarantum!"

"Diomelas!" Yumakas interrupted their yelling loudly. The two of them had strayed from the subject of their arguing, and looked at the expressions of the three city-state consuls headed by Davos. .

Umarchus said quickly: "Messapian, you are not here just to quarrel, are you?"

"Of course not, I come for peace! As Lord Davos said, Messape and Tarantum have lost too many people in the war!" Timogoras immediately looked solemn.

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