ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 331 The Influence After the Battle
"You mean there might be another riot in Cosenza?" Davers asked immediately.

"This...it's hard to say." After thinking about it, Hegesitus said cautiously: "I heard that in order to prevent these tribal leaders from staying in the city, which would be detrimental to the alliance, he specially asked them to lead the former clansmen to go out together. .When I led the rebellious tribe here today, I haven’t heard anything unusual in the city of Cosenza.”

Davos pondered for a moment and said: "Hegesitus, thank you very much for what you have done to Dionia! Next time I will ask you about the situation in the Bruti region. Don't let these tribes The leader has been waiting outside the camp gate for a long time, please bring them all in."

Hegesitus said emotionally: "Lord Consul, without the protection of you and Dionia, not only would my tribe and I not be able to take revenge, but we would have starved to death in the mountains long ago. We are willing to fight for Dionia." Ya do anything!”

Davos nodded movingly, turned around and said, "Martius, you go with him to pick up the tribal leaders. In addition -" Davos whispered to him: "We must bring these people from Vig City." Pass by where the big leader can see it.”

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Sedorum unexpectedly saw the tribal leader who was supposed to be in Cosenza City appearing here in the Dionia military camp, and one can imagine the shock in his heart.

Davos enthusiastically received these anxious Bruti leaders and made a solemn promise to them: as long as they join Dionia, Dionia will not only not interfere with their management of their tribe, but will also give them priority. Let them choose good settlements and pastures.

Davos even opened the map of Dionia and told them that not only could they choose in the Bruti region, but they could also choose other vacant lands in the Dionia Alliance.

The leaders took a reassurance and happily set up tents next to the Dionia military camp, preparing to help Dionia overthrow the Bruti tribe alliance that oppressed them, so that they could get what Dionia promised as soon as possible. land.

After Davos sent them away, he had a new idea. He called Capps and asked him to divide more than 5000 prisoners into companies of 200 people according to their respective tribal affiliations. The prisoners themselves elected the company captains. , adjutant...etc., and ordered Capps to try his best to give these newly elected company captains to establish prestige among the prisoners under their jurisdiction while ensuring that the prisoners do not escape or resist, such as: allowing them to distribute food The right to distribute labor, the right to punish subordinates...

In Daves' plan: Thurii will be the center of the future Dionia city-state alliance, and the Bruti region, which is very close to Thurii, should become a core area of ​​Dionia.However, Davos knows very well that the biggest difference between the Brutians and the Lucanians now is that there are no large tribes in the Lucanian area within the Dionian territory. According to the current situation If the development continues, there are likely to be several large Bruti tribes when Bruti is conquered. They will be an unstable factor in Dionia's future rule of Bruti, and will also increase the difficulty of governing the Bruti region.

Davos's main strategy for it is to dismember it and make it larger and smaller.What these 5000-plus captives did was prepare in advance...

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Just when Davos had begun to prepare for the conquest of the Bruti region, the city of Cosenza was not without any abnormalities as Hegesitus said, but was full of strange things...

Kadurk, the leader of Cosenza, his tribe's strength was originally about the same as that of Petalu's tribe.But things have changed since Petalu became Pianlon's son-in-law.In the process of incorporating and annexing small tribes, the Petalu tribe, which received the support of Pialen, gained many benefits. Its tribal strength expanded rapidly. Not only did it quickly become the second largest tribe in Cosenza and even the entire Bruti region, but it also Tarrou also entered the newly established Bruti Tribal Alliance's highest authority, the Council of Seven Elders, under the guidance of Pianlon.

In this regard, Kadurk was angry and dissatisfied with Pi'alun's injustice, but the power of Pi'alun and the Petalu tribe forced him to put on a smile and be obedient.Take this time, for example, Pianren led the largest army in Bruti's history to fight the Dionians, but he was asked to stay and guard the city of Cosenza. He had no choice but to accept it.

Even if he became the temporary master of Cosenza City, Kadurk did not have absolute power because he knew that the high priest Philotalu, whom he secretly mocked as the 'Dog of Pialen', was watching him closely.Once he makes any changes, Philotalu can make half of the two thousand warriors under his command disobey his command with just one order. Of course, the other half are his tribesmen.

The army was dispatched, and most of the city of Cosenza was empty, and the affairs were naturally greatly reduced. Kadurk stayed in the alliance meeting hall in the inner city for most of the day, until the guards came to report: the Bruti Alliance was defeated, and the rout was underway. Entering the city one after another.

Although everyone discussed the possibility of defeat before setting off for the expedition, Kadurk was still greatly shocked when he heard the news.

He quickly rushed to the east gate of the outer city. The sight before him was unbelievable: outside the city gate were crowded with disheveled and exhausted defeated soldiers. They had no helmets, leather shields, spears, and some were even naked. Their bodies, covered in mud, were looking back in a hurry while scrambling to enter the city. As soon as there was any disturbance, they panicked and started pushing and squeezing wildly. Some people were even squeezed out of the moat, screaming repeatedly; Once they entered the city, they immediately lay down on the ground and fell asleep quickly...

Kadurk has been on the battlefield for a long time and has suffered some defeats, but he has never seen such a tragic scene. He couldn't help but be secretly frightened. He immediately mobilized his team to maintain order at the city gate and rescue the wounded...

Not long after, he saw Pian Lun.The great leader of Cosenza no longer had the high spirits he had when he went on the expedition. His eyes were dull, his expression was dull, and he was holding his horse's neck tightly with both hands.The war horse was obviously exhausted to the extreme. It moved forward bit by bit, and every step was very difficult. Suddenly it fell to its knees on all fours, throwing the unprepared Pian Lun to the ground...

The accompanying guards rushed up to help him.Pialen, who had been jolting on horseback for more than an hour, was also physically and mentally exhausted, and his hands and feet were weak. He could barely stand up with the help of his guards. When he saw Kadulk, he said feebly: "...Be careful... …Beware of enemies…enemy surprise attacks…” Then he was carried into the city by the guards.

Seeing Pialen in such a mess, Kadulk felt a sense of schadenfreude in his nervous heart, and this feeling reached its peak after seeing Petaru.

Petaru, who was 20 years younger than Pianlon, was much better than his father-in-law physically, but mentally, it was obvious that the fierce pursuit of the Dionysian cavalry frightened him so much that he went insane when he entered the city. As many defeated soldiers shouted out of control: "The enemy will come after them! The enemies will come after them! Close the city gate quickly! Close the city gate quickly!..." It almost caused a big chaos.

Kadulke spent a lot of effort to restore order to the scene. While he cursed Petaru as a fool in his heart, he was also afraid of the Dionians who had not yet met.

That night, Kadurk remained on high alert.

The defeated soldiers fled back to the city one after another. The people of Cosenza cried all night after hearing the bad news, and the entire city of Cosenza was restless all night...

Early the next morning, many broken soldiers fled back to the city.

In the meeting hall of the inner city, Pian Lun, who had regained his energy and temporarily emerged from the shadow of yesterday's tragic defeat, looked solemn at the moment.

So far, there are only more than 2000 warriors belonging to him and the Petaru tribe, more than 700 Ambalia warriors, and about 1000 Vig warriors, and the largest number of warriors from other small tribes have returned, with a total of more than 4000 people.what does that mean?This means that as the first and second largest tribes in Bruti, about 8000 people were either killed or captured by Dionia!Such a huge number not only made him and Petalu feel extremely distressed, but also gave his subordinates a reason to criticize them, threatening their rule in the tribe.

More importantly, the Bruti tribe alliance is likely to face disintegration, because Pianlun, who has lost his power, will also lose his influence and appeal in the alliance.Just now, the great leader of Ambaria, Bergam, rejected Pianren's repeated attempts to stay and led the remaining tribesmen to leave Cosenza.

Although what Pianlon said is reasonable: "The city of Ambaria is simple and unable to resist the attack of the Dionians. It is better to temporarily move all the Ambaria people to Cosenza and fight side by side..."

However, Bergam responded tragically: "Ambaria people have lived in Ambaria for generations and will not abandon their land. Even if they die, they will shed their blood there!"

The departure of the Ambarians affected the Weg warriors who had lost their big leader. They clamored to go home. Pianren finally persuaded them to stay and promised to do his best to rescue Sedorum.

The problem of the Weg warriors was only a small one. The biggest problem was that after Pianren returned to Cosenza last night, due to the double blow of mental and physical strength, he quickly fell asleep, which made him forget to target other soldiers who went on the expedition. Tribal leaders make special deployments and arrangements.

As a result, after these tribal leaders fled back to Cosenza, they did not return to their residences in the inner city, but hid in the original tribal settlements in the outer city.

After one night, Pianlun realized that he had made a big mistake, and hurriedly sent his men with a group of soldiers to urge them to return.

But what he worried about most happened.The soldiers were driven out and reported to him with bruises and bruises: "The big leader, Chief Tagli, they refused to go back to the inner city, and threatened to lead their tribe out of Cosenza!"

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