ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 494 Henipolis' decision
The adults had the anxiety of losing their home on their faces, and they talked among themselves about their resentment against the Syracuseans, the progress of the war, and their expectations and dissatisfaction with their own troops; the children treated the refuge as a place for play. A place to play and have fun together...

When the streets become too noisy, people from the houses on both sides come out to express their dissatisfaction.In most cases, refugees on the streets heed the advice and temporarily regain peace.

At this time, some people will sigh: "It would be great if I had my own house in the city, so I don't have to be afraid of enemy invasion!"

His words naturally sparked another controversy.

Although the streets were messy, they were relatively clean. However, a breeze blew by, and the smell of urine hit his nose. Davers immediately covered his mouth and nose and looked at Protesilaus.

Protesilaus said helplessly: "Your Majesty, we have followed the doctor's advice and arranged for people to clean the streets every day, and warned them that they must go to the river to pee and defecate to prevent the epidemic, but those children..."

Since Protesilaus had already taken effective measures, Davos naturally would not say anything more.As they approached, the bored refugees spotted Davos and shouted excitedly: "It's Lord Davos!"

"Lord Davos is here!"

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The news that "Davos became the King of Dionia" has been officially conveyed by the Senate to its subordinate cities. It's just that the refugee people in Crimesa are worried about their homeland being trampled by the enemy all day long, and they don't care too much about it. So they still shouted their familiar names.

At this moment, they stopped complaining and arguing, and rushed towards Davos. The guards immediately prepared to protect him.

"Lord Davos, you are finally here. The Syracuseans burned our village and our home is gone!"

"Lord Davos, when can you lead the troops to drive away those vicious aliens?! When can we return to our land?!"

"Lord Davos, my father died at the hands of those damn aliens. You must kill them all to avenge us!"

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The people, like wanderers who finally saw their parents, confided to Davos the suffering and anger they experienced during this period.

When the guards and Olivers saw more and more people gathered around them, they wanted to drive them away for fear of danger. Davos stopped their actions, then listened to their pain with a heavy expression, patiently comforted them, and made " He made a solemn promise to defeat the people of Syracuse and help them rebuild their homeland...

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Henipolis led more than 1000 Laos soldiers who were loyal to him out of the mountain road and came to the La River Fortress. After meeting with the 3000 Lucanian reserve soldiers led by Bagulu, they went south along the La River, and soon Just outside the city of Laos.

Here, Hilos, the military governor of the Bruti region temporarily appointed by Daves, has replaced Salu, the administrator of Vig City. He has led more than 3000 Bruti reserve soldiers to arrive a day in advance and set up camp.

The combination of the three troops brought the total strength of the Dionia side to nearly 8000 people.

When Arobmas in the city received the news, he was frowning all day long. He regretted that he did not decisively lead his troops out of the city yesterday and defeat the enemies from Bruti first.He had concerns at the time. Although he had gathered 5000 warriors in the city of Laos, he had been dealing with Dionia all year round. He was well aware of the combat effectiveness of Dionia soldiers. Unless he led most of his troops to attack, he would There is no confidence to defeat the opponent.And if he really did this, he was worried about trouble in the city.

Rumors have been rife in the city of Laos in recent days. Civilians and slaves are very angry with officials and tribal leaders, and there have even been several major conflicts.And because the originally blocked news of the "fiasco at the Battle of Syracuse" was actually spread, it further fueled their arrogance.Under such circumstances, how could Arobmas dare to transfer the main force of the army away from the city.Therefore, for the current plan, he can only change the bad situation in Laos by holding on to the city of Laos and hoping that Syracuse can defeat Dionia on land.

To this day, he still can't figure out how Syracuse's powerful navy could lose to the patchwork Dionysian fleet. Could it be that Dionysian Consul Davos is really blessed by the gods? !
Due to the condescension of Bagulu, the three armies were united, so the command of the entire unit was handed over to Siros, the former commander of the Fourth Army and the elder of the Senate, who had more military experience and was more trusted by Daves. .

At this moment, in the newly built big tent, there were Xiros, Bagulu and Henipolis, as well as Henipolis' most trusted army general, Eliandos, who was discussing.

In addition, there is a special figure in the account. He is Stratus, the leader of Davos's intelligence department. He was previously appointed by the general manager Aristiras and has been responsible for Laos' espionage activities on the west coast during this period.

After Tratus introduced the actual situation of turmoil in the city of Laos, it greatly encouraged Xiros and Bagule's confidence in taking down Laos. After all, if Arobmas defends with all his strength, 8000 people want to capture there. It was simply impossible to guard a stone city with 5000 people. As a hastily assembled mixed force, they were not even equipped with an engineering battalion, let alone a ballista.

At this moment, Henipolis said something that shocked everyone in the big tent.

"Lord Henipolis." Xiros calmed down and asked, "Are you really prepared to do this?"

"Of course!" Henipolis raised his head with hatred in his eyes: "I wanted to do this when I became the consul of Laos, but that group of greedy wolves would not give it to me at all. I have the opportunity to show it! But now -" Henipolis sneered twice: "Since they betrayed me, then I will let them taste what it feels like to be betrayed by the people!"

During the rest of the day, the Dionian army began to build siege equipment, and Tratus also contacted his men in the city through special methods.

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The next day, while Davos led the army from Crimesa to the Neto River, Hieros also led the army to form a formation outside the city of Laos.

Seeing the waves of enemies and hunting flags in the city, the Laos people in the city, both soldiers and generals, were inevitably a little nervous. After all, they had been under the wings of Dionia for many years and were used to seeing and hearing Dionia. The bravery and constant victory of the Asian soldiers.

Seeing this scene, Arobmas laughed and said: "The Dionysians are just scaring us, they don't dare to attack the city! The lives of the more than 1000 warriors and their families under Henipolis are in our hands. They don't even dare to attack the city." There is no fighting spirit. And apart from them, the Dionians are not much more warriors than us, and we still have tall city walls, moats, deer villages, and traps. Unless the Dionians are crazy, they will With their little strength, they don’t dare to come and die!”

"The Lord Consul is so right! Our warriors of Laos are not afraid of any threats! I hope that the Dionians can come to attack the city, so that we can take the opportunity to defeat them!"

"Sir Asinu, it's time for the Dionians to see how powerful our Laos warriors are!"

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His men showed their courage to Arobmas.

At this time, more than 20 riders ran out of the military formation in Dionia under the city. They stood less than a hundred meters away from the city. The leader shouted: "Fighters of Laos, I am Avinogi." Henipolis, your consul, son of this!"

As soon as his words fell, more than 20 voice transmitters repeated his words at the same time, so that the people in the city could hear them clearly.

"Sir, it's that kid! Let's shoot him with arrows!" His men's expressions changed and they suggested to Arobmas.

Arobmas waved his hand.He had complicated feelings about this nephew, including guilt for taking away his power, pain for breaking his brother's promise, sadness for his hatred of iron, and fear of his wanton behavior.

Arobmas knew: He must face this young man bravely and cut off these negative emotions in his heart in order to truly become a qualified ruler of Laos!So he wanted to hear what the nephew had to say before refuting him.

"Fighters of Laos, we are descendants of the noble Sybaris people, but we have become slaves of foreigners for decades. Under the leadership of my father, those of you who do not want to be slaves bravely resisted and drove away Killed the foreigners and became the master of Laos!"

Henipolis waited for his subordinates to complete the sound transmission, and shouted again: "But have you really become the masters of this city?! Most of you have no land, cannot serve as city-state officials, and cannot participate in the formulation of various city-state plans. , without any political power, but because of poverty, in order to survive, he had to belong to various clans and tribes, and desperately grazing and planting farmland for those officials and leaders, in exchange for a poor little food to satisfy their hunger.

But those officials and chiefs who don't have to do any work enjoy delicious food, occupy various city-state positions in Laos, occupy all the land in Laos, and promulgate various laws that are conducive to their rule over you.Look at the fat generals and leaders around you, do you really think you are the masters of this city? !Have you really gained your freedom? ! …”

"Fire the arrow! Fire the arrow quickly!" Arobmas ordered angrily. He did not expect that this daring nephew would reveal the secret of their rule of Laos in public: Damn it!Damn Henipolis!Does he not want our family to rule this city anymore? !
Arobmas's order was passed on, but not many warriors responded to the order. More people actually followed what Henepolis said, looked at the leader who came to scold them, and whispered in their mouths. : "He's right, these people are indeed much fatter than us..."

(End of this chapter)