The news of the defeat of the Crotone army reached the city of Crotone, and the whole city was shocked.
There was a heated debate in an emergency council meeting at the city hall.
The chief general, Miron, while scolding Amendolara's despicableness (referring to sneak attacks) and Melantheus' incompetence, proposed to organize another army to crusade Amendolara and restore Crotone's reputation.
Lysias attacked Miron, thinking that it was his order to burn the city that caused the uneasiness of the surrounding city-states, and turned hostile to Crotone. To the siege of the city-states of Locle, Tarantum, and Amendolara.
Both sides have their own fans, and they can't argue.
After half a day, the news that the Amendolara-Turii Alliance (hereinafter referred to as the Tua Alliance) deliberately spread came again: the Tua Alliance had captured more than 5,000 Crotones, captured Asproustum and There were about 1,000 people in the Sirius, 1,200 prisoners of Crimesa and Castellon, and more than 1,000 freemen and slaves...
The grieving people of Crotone heard the news and saw hope. They assembled and went to the town hall to pressure the council to redeem their loved ones.
And then there was news: the Tua Alliance and Tarantum became an offensive and defensive alliance.
Miron finally no longer insisted on his own opinion. After discussion in the council, it was finally decided to send Lysias as a messenger to send Turii to redeem the captives of Crotone in the hands of the Tua Alliance. If necessary, a truce can be signed.
Lysias led the envoy to the north by boat, catching up with the wind, and arrived at the mouth of the Krati River in less than half a day. Here he saw a surprising scene: countless merchant ships were densely arranged at the mouth of the river, like a There are wooden walls, and ships are sailing out from time to time between the wooden walls, and ships are constantly gathering from all directions...
Wasn't the city of Turii burned down? Why are there so many merchant ships coming to trade? Lycias was puzzled.
Soon, his doubts were answered, and a rudimentary fishing boat came up to greet him: "Hey, are you here to buy and sell things, or to talk about things?" a man at the bow said loudly.
After receiving instructions from Lysias, the entourage asked back, "What are you doing?"
"Have you seen the pattern drawn on the sail?" The man pointed his hand up with a proud expression, and the black hair on the sail was like flames wrapping around a cold weapon in the center—that was the symbol of Hades, the double fork: " Did you know that our consul, Lord Davos, is a descendant of Hades! My name is Cykrian, and now I am the navigator appointed by the commercial officer, Lord Marigi, who is responsible for maintaining the smoothness of the waterway. You must tell me what you are here for or something, otherwise I can only ask you to leave so as not to block the passage of the ships behind."
Lycias hesitated for a moment, then made a resolute decision and shouted to the other party: "We are messengers from Crotone who came to negotiate with the Tua Alliance!"
There was no abnormal emotion such as anger or abuse. Instead, Secrian looked calm, nodded and said: "You Crotone are really calm, and you are only here now. Castron, Cremisa, Ciritin The messenger has come early!"
Lysias's heart moved, and his entourage asked curiously, "Why aren't you angry?!"
"Why am I angry because you are Crotones." Secrian shrugged: "You burned Turii, but I'm not a Turii citizen, I'm just a freeman. On the contrary, I also Thank you very much Crotone."
Secrian smiled mysteriously, and then said: "I won't tell you any more, just go in with my ship, don't block the channel."
Secrian's fishing boat led Lycias' boat into the Klaty River and sailed upstream.
Lysias looked at the estuary on the north bank, and it was vaguely seen that several simple wooden piers had been erected on the shore, and goods were constantly being unloaded from merchant ships. The location seems to be ready for the site of the old town of Barris.
Lycias frowned. When Crotone sent a messenger to ask Turri why he violated the agreement, it was approved by all the members of the council, but Lysias held an objection to sending troops to attack Turiel and avenge the messenger. He thought: accept the plan. Li Yi's apology and more compensation have already achieved Crotone's goal. There is no need to send troops to fight, which will not only waste people's money, but also fear that there will be accidents. As a result, after Crotone's fiasco, now Turiyi finally doesn't care about Crotone's attitude and starts to use the old city of Qixubaris again.
"You haven't said why you want to thank us Crotone?" Someone in the messenger group asked curiously and loudly at the bow.
Secrian answered loudly from the fishing boat: "Isn't that obvious! If you Crotones had not burned Turii, there would have been no alliance between Amendolara and Turii, and no Dairy. Firth is our consul. He is a descendant of Hades, with such a noble status, but he cares very much about the people. Not only does he not discriminate against us free people and slaves, but he is quite friendly, just like he treats citizens! You Ever heard of the Amendolara Immigration Act proposed and enacted by Lord Davers? Oh no, it should now be called the Tua Union Immigration Act."
The Crotone shook his head.
With an expression of "you are ignorant", Secrian said aloud the general content of the immigration law, and then said excitedly: "Master Davos said that this law will be implemented after the initial construction of Turiyi City. .All freedmen who want to become Turii citizens and perform well can go to the household registration officer to apply for registration. I heard that if they become reserve citizens, they can join the army to fight and gain land! Now my companions are all working hard Work, I can't wait to build Turiyi tomorrow, maybe next time you come, I will have become an official citizen!"
Seeing Sekerian's intoxicated look, someone couldn't help but refute: "I've never heard of a city-state that would allow outsiders to become citizens so easily, maybe this immigration law is a lie, in order to make You worked so hard for them to make it up!"
"Shut your mouth and don't talk nonsense!" Secrean was furious: "How could this bill announced by Lord Davers in front of all our freedmen and slaves be false! What is Lord Davers? People?! In the face of the threat of Turiyi, I would rather cut off diplomatic relations than pay for the promised freedom of the fugitive slaves! Facing your army of Crotone forced to the city, I would rather fight with you than with the occupied Turiyi broke off diplomatic relations! Lord Davos has proved that he is a person who keeps his promises, so I believe what he said, and all of us believe it! If it wasn't because you were the messenger who came to negotiate, I would send you to Feed the fish in the river!!"
The Crotones blushed and couldn't help but want to shout insults, and Lycias stopped the entourage's impulse.
Secrean stared coldly at the movement of the ship in the rear. Seeing that the situation quickly quieted down, he was a little disappointed. He deliberately spat loudly on the river behind him, and then ignored them.
Lycias was lost in thought: as far as he knew, the number of citizens of Turii would probably not exceed 3,000, while the number of citizens of Amendolara was estimated to be only 4,000 at most, and the number of citizens of Crotone alone was not more than 3,000. There are as many as 30,000 people, as well as the affiliated Aspurustum, the allied city-state Siriting, Coulonia, etc., the strength is completely different. But if the Tua Union can use the tens of thousands of freemen and slaves here for its use, it really needs to be noticed. It's just that foreigners from all over the world with different hearts and minds have become citizens of the city-state in such a hurry. Can their loyalty to the city-state be compared with that of the aborigines who have been citizens of the city-state for generations
Lycias was deeply skeptical.
He stared at the river, and saw many fishing boats with double forks painted on their sails coming and going, very busy...
When a towering city wall appeared on the river bank ahead, Lysias knew that the city of Turii was approaching, and his eyes turned to the towers facing the river. Spectacular, and when the enemy ship attacks, the chain will be put down, preventing the enemy from entering the city of Turii from the waterway. As a result, this time Melantheus used a traitor to directly attack the southern city, making the chain useless. , and has disappeared now, it must have been cut off by Melantheus... Thinking of Melantheus, although Lycias and Melantheus did not have a good relationship, and even the ruling philosophy was completely opposite, but I heard that After his tragic end (when he was beaten to death by the people of Turiyi, his blood was blurred and he couldn't see his appearance at all), and he couldn't help feeling sad.
Sekolian's fishing boat docked at the pier in Turii City. He got off the boat first and ran to report the situation to a team of soldiers stationed at the pier.
The team of soldiers, led by the captain, quickly walked towards this side.
The Crotones noticed that even within the city, the soldiers remained in full formation.
"General, it's time for us to disembark." The entourage reminded Lysias who was thinking.
Lysias, who had come to his senses, looked around: he had been to Turii several times. At that time, the port of Turii had a dozen wharves, stone and wooden, with hundreds of ships. When docked, there are warehouses, hotels, and residences in the port area, which are prosperous and messy. And now there are only a few lone stone piers left, charred and black, of course, the work of the Crotones!
Lysias got off the boat with a calm look, and the group of soldiers also checked them with a calm look. After confirming that it was the messenger group of Crotone, a soldier immediately rode to report to the Senate, and let the messenger group continue in the original. waiting.
Secrian returned to the fishing boat, staring at the majestic patrol captain on the shore, and was a little dazed for a while. Until his companion came to remind him: "Secrian, it's time to leave the dock!"
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