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Chapter 917 Aprilia’s Security

Before Sedorum finished speaking, Felicius interjected: "There is still the Ninth Legion stationed in the Apulia region. Because of His Majesty's reminder, the Ministry of Military Affairs specially asked the Ninth Legion to stay in Udiai. The purpose of accompanying Alexis on the expedition to the Samnite Mountains is to prevent such a thing from happening, and I believe that the commander of the Tagetinos Army will be able to easily defeat the incoming enemy."

"I believe that our legion can easily defeat those rabble, but I am worried that these former fugitive leaders of Messapi, Pucetti, and Dauni will cause turmoil in the area after returning to Apulia, just like Just like Bruti during the South Italian War." Cedorom talked about the past with a somewhat complicated mood: the chaos in the Bruti region gave him the opportunity to show his talents, which laid the foundation for him to become the rotating chairman of the Senate now. However, unrest and riots also caused the entire Bruti region to fall into war, the population was greatly reduced, and many tribes disappeared.

"Please rest assured, sirs, it has been almost 10 years since the Pucheti region was incorporated into the kingdom. The people there live a free and prosperous life, and are proud of being Dionian citizens. They are unlikely to be incited by these lost dogs that have long been forgotten by them. Launch a riot and return to the poverty era ruled and controlled by kings and chiefs. On the contrary, they will cooperate with the kingdom’s army to drive away these thugs who want to take away their happiness!”

The person who spoke was none other than Thorex, the leader of the large Silvim tribe in the central town of Puchetti region and the future father-in-law of Prince Adoris. The Puchetti senators were not only headed by him, but also he was the leader of the Puchetti senators. He is also quite prestigious among the people of Ti, so his words reassured the elders present.

Immediately afterwards, another elder, Appirosia, who was very important in Mesapi (he was also the father-in-law of Henipolis, the court clerk), also stood up at this moment and said loudly: "We merged Mesapi into Dionysia. I can assure you here that the people of Mesapi will only see these ex-Mesapi who landed in Apulia as outsiders, as thugs who want to destroy their peaceful life. Fully support the Kingdom Army to defeat them!"

The successive speeches of the senators Pucetti and Messapi caused the eyes of other senators to unconsciously focus on another senator - Lugo Semblon.

The identity of this senator from Dauni is very important. He is the former king of Dauni. In the war of Dionia conquering Daoni 4 years ago, he opened the city and surrendered in Lucenia early, which made Alexi Sri Lanka successfully conquered the Dauni region.In order to appease the Daoni people and stabilize the people's hearts, Lugosembulon was warmly received by Davos and was given a banquet. Not long after, he became a senator of Dionia. He became the youngest senator of the Senate. (He was only 27 years old at the time, and he is only 31 years old now).

After joining Dionysia, the weak and unconvincing former King Dawny has always kept his own place and is not very keen on politics. Attending the regular meeting of the Senate has always been a routine matter, rarely speaking and arguing, but He devoted all his energy to the sport of football. Not only did he practice regularly, but he also spent money to form a team to participate in football matches in the Turui region. Therefore, he was dubbed the "Football Veteran" by the Turui people.

It was rare for him to receive such attention in the Senate, and he was inevitably a little nervous. He whispered: "You...you don't have to worry about Daoni, because...because not many Daoni escaped in the first place."

What Lugosembronn said is true. It took the shortest time to conquer Dauni in the Apulian region. It only took one battle on the Ofanto River and the siege of Sipentum. After the war, various tribes in Daoni towns surrendered one after another. Of course, the surrender of Lugo Semblon played a great role in setting an example.

After his reminder, the elders suddenly understood and felt more at peace in their hearts.

"Once these thugs land in Apulia, I suggest that three adults, Torrex, Apirosia, and Lugo Zemblon, can go to Pucetti, Messapi, and Dauni respectively to assist the administrators of the region. Calm the people and organize defense..." Sedorum expressed his opinion loudly.

Most of the elders agreed to this proposal, and Torreks and Ampirosia did not object, only Lugosenbrunn was very reluctant, but in such an atmosphere, he did not dare to refute, so he could only Accept silently.

"Since the entire Apulian region has to prepare for the competition, is it not necessary to notify the towns in Apulia to participate in this rugby final?" Lysias asked.

"Don't!" Torrex immediately expressed his objection. He reminded with a serious look: "Even if the remaining forces who have fled abroad attack the Pucheti area, they will not cause panic among the people, but if they are not allowed to participate The rugby finals may really cause turmoil in the entire region!"

"The same is true in the Mesape region." Apirocia also said immediately: "The people have regarded the rugby finals as a major festival, and they will never allow the teams in their towns to be absent. I think the enemy chooses Attacking Apulia at this time is the wrong idea and the people will be even more angry to fight back against these thugs who are ruining their enjoyment of the game."

"It has long been heard that the people of Apulia are obsessed with rugby games. It seems that it is not a rumor!" Lucias sighed and retracted what he said before.

The Messapei and Pucheti people are relatively fierce races. After being conquered by Dionia, the people were still unwilling to accept it, and the rugby finals became the best place for them to express their unyielding and resistance, so initially In a few years, their players were not yet proficient in rugby skills and their tactics were even simpler. However, relying on their tenacious spirit of refusing to admit defeat, they repeatedly staged comebacks and defeated the powerful Magna Graecia teams in the finals. After the winning team returned to the city, the players will be sought after by the public, which further promotes the development of rugby in the local area.Although in recent years, as the people of Apulia have completely integrated into Dionia, this oppositional sentiment no longer exists, but rugby has become the most popular sport in the region, even more enthusiastic than Turi Yi.

Just when some elders who didn’t know much about the Apulian region were curiously listening to the elders who had served as chief administrators of various towns in the region, whispering about the reasons why Apulian people like rugby, they suddenly heard Serdorum telling him Hieros asked: "Do these remnants of Apulia attack us with Spartan support? If so, did the Spartans also send troops to participate?"

Many elders felt nervous.

Hilos said with a smile: "The rebels headed by Vardarka must have obtained the consent of the Spartans in gathering troops in the Peloponnese region. However, there is currently no intelligence showing that there are Spartans or other Spartans. The army of the city-state of Loponnese joined them. I think the most important reason, and everyone should know it, is that the Spartans are now busy fighting against the new alliance formed by Athens and Thebes."

After hearing this, Weisba breathed a sigh of relief and said repeatedly: "That's good, that's good!"

A senator in the venue joked: "Master Vespa, don't worry, Master Bagule is not satisfied. I'm afraid he still wants to capture a few Spartans in Udiai!"

As soon as laughter erupted in the venue, Antaoris stood up and said in a hateful voice: "Sparta is in a difficult situation now and has not forgotten to cause trouble for us. It seems that its attitude towards the kingdom has not changed. Wait until we solve it Carthage, we must let the Spartans know how powerful we are."

This statement was unanimously approved by the elders.

After the regular meeting of the Senate was over, Weissba did not accept Hemon's invitation to go to the Kristoya restaurant in the city for a few drinks and chat, but went straight back to his mansion.

As soon as we entered the backyard, we met our daughter-in-law Andrea.

"Father, you're back!" Andrea came up to her, and asked with concern: "Today's Senate meeting seems to end much later than usual, you're exhausted!"

Weisba glanced at her, and said naturally: "There are a lot of topics today, and everyone's debates are also fierce. One of the topics has a lot to do with Bagule."

"What's going on?!" Andrea asked immediately.

"When the kingdom conquered the Apulian region, the Messapian, Pucetti, and Donidori people who fled to mainland Greece had already assembled an army..." Vespa did not hesitate to tell what should have been a secret. I told Andrea about the matter.

Even though the Kingdom of Dionia is relatively tolerant of women, it rarely allows women to participate in politics. This is especially true of Lucania's tradition. Andrea is an alien daughter-in-law. Weisba's initial request for her was More harshly, the reason why there have been earth-shaking changes now is that on the one hand, his sense of superiority as the leader of Lucania no longer exists, Dionia is getting stronger and stronger, and new people in the Senate have emerged in large numbers, which makes him constantly produce Sense of crisis.On the other hand, Andrea has been greatly trained as Queen Kristoya's right-hand assistant over the years. Bagule has been working abroad all year round. Many times, Weisba has to rely on his daughter-in-law to analyze the situation for him. , follow her suggestions.

After listening to Andrea, she didn't show worry like Weisba did when she first heard it, but comforted: "Father, don't worry, since the Ministry of Military Affairs has made full preparations, your Senate has made careful preparations. With the arrangement, there will be no trouble in Apulia, and Bagule will be very safe, and I think this is a good thing. The kingdom can take the opportunity to catch all these escapees and completely stabilize the Apulia region. "

Weisba looked at his daughter-in-law's calm and confident face, was stunned for a moment, and then murmured: "Yes, yes, you are right..."

(End of this chapter)