The elders of Amendolara, Scomblas, suffered the disaster of being imprisoned for half a year. Compared with that, this bit of suffering was nothing.
Only the elders of Turiyi were horrified as they listened to the howls of various wild beasts in the mountains and forests at night, and thought of the worms and ants burrowing in and out of the soil. However, the consul took the lead and slept on the ground wrapped in a wool blanket. They could only barely follow the example. They were tossing and turning, and it was difficult to fall asleep. They heard the voice of Vespa, the elder of Lucaria: "My consul, I I would like to ask... After taking Niutum, does our alliance plan to continue to attack north?"
Although his voice was small, it was very clear in the dark.
The elder Turiyi, who couldn't sleep, couldn't help but said: "It's enough to take Niutum and prevent the Lukarians from attacking Turiyi. It's impossible to attack northward. Look at this mountain road. It is so difficult to travel, it will be difficult to transport food, and the terrain to the north is unfamiliar to us, the mountains are rugged and uneven, our heavy infantry cannot be deployed, and it is easy to be ambushed by the Lucarians, I don't want to look anymore. Until... the tragic annihilation of the Tuurii army by the Lucanians... is repeated..."
Listening to the old man's voice, Davos recognized that it was Enanilus, the senator of Turii. His family was famous for shipbuilding in Turui. The three-tiered oars were unfortunately all destroyed when the Crotones burned the city. Now the shipyard is being rebuilt. One of his younger brothers was killed when the Turii army attacked Laos.
"En'anilus is right, we are not going to attack north now, we need to gain a firm foothold in Niutum, we need to slowly integrate the Lucanians of Niutum into the league, we need to let More Lucaria tribes to the north identify with our alliance, and it will take time."
Davos's words made Vespas relieved. He was afraid that Davos would be overheated and continue to attack north after taking Niutum, then his clan must be at the forefront, and the losses must be heavy.
However, Enanilus understood what Davos said: "Lord Consul, listen to what you said, are you planning to attack the Lucaria area north of Neutum in the future?"
"Of course. When the news of the previous victory came back to Turii, didn't you all clamor for defeating all the Lucanians? I remember who else said they were going to take Poseidonia!" Davos laughed said.
"That's what I said." Another voice came, and through the bonfire, Davos recognized the speaker as Marcissakus, the elder of Turii.
Mathisakus sat up beside Enanilus and said embarrassedly: "At that time, it was an impulse, and after walking this distance today, I realized that the reason why the Tulii army... was annihilated before, except for the commander. The negligence is also related to the harsh environment here..." The family of Mathisakus got rich by mining. Before Crotone attacked Turii, his family kept more than a thousand miners and contracted a quarry in the city-state. After the war, there were no more than fifty slaves left in the family, and now they mainly undertake the grinding and carving work of some stones in the temple, the Senate chamber, and the main square.
Davos noticed that most of the members were woken up and surrounded him, so he said seriously: "What is impulsive, why can't we attack north and take down Poseidonia and Picocis?! After all, Laos is only our ally. We need to have our own port city on the west coast, so that our maritime trade will be more convenient, and our treasury revenue will be greatly increased. Picocis and Poseidonia have relatively Good port, because of the race, the Lucarians don't play their role very well, and our alliance can easily do it. Are you right, Lord Enanilus?"
"Yes, Lord Davos. But..." Enanilus was still hesitant to say whether it was too risky.
Davos has turned his head to look at Vespa: "I heard that there are several small iron mines in the Lucaria area, right?"
"It is true, they are mainly distributed in the mountains between Potentia and Grummentum." Vespas said with a little pride: "This is why the Lucanians are not like the Brutians. The same reason that only simple spears can be used, and armor and short swords can be made."
"There is iron ore, and maybe there are other minerals, such as copper, tin, lead... We have to discover in the future, plus wood, fur, livestock, etc., there are also huge wealth in the Lucania Mountains. , you said, right? Massisakus." The dark night concealed the meaningful smile on Davos' face.
"Yes... yes!" Mathisas's voice became a little excited.
"The most important point is that we, the great Greeks, love the sea so much that the result is that cities are built along the coastline, and although they are good for the wealth of the sea, they are also easy to be attacked and not good for defense. The alliance should vigorously Advance inland, expand our living space, and integrate with Lucania. In this way, even if a very powerful enemy invades and cannot hold on to the seaside city, we can retreat to the mountains. With the citizens of Lucania as the backing, The mountains are our home, we can attack any enemy who dares to attack the mountains, and finally defeat the powerful enemy!"
After Davos's warning words, no one answered the call in the dark night, only the sound of rapid breathing was heard, and after a while, someone asked: "Lord Consul, do you think there will be a powerful enemy? To deal with our alliance?"
"As far as now, isn't Crotone a powerful enemy! A hundred years ago, Suparis was strong enough in Greater Greece, didn't he also attract the enemy's attack! Didn't Athens, the former strong state of Greece, also suffer from the same The attack of the Peloponnesian League! When a city-state is strong, other city-states, either because of fear or because they challenge its position, will definitely try their best to hinder its development, or even defeat it! This is a troubled world, We must try our best to strengthen ourselves, otherwise, like the previous Turii, a defeat in a battle will make it decline..."
The people around, especially the Turii elders fell into contemplation...
"Why don't we attack Grummentum now?! We all know that Grummentum and Pixis have just had a battle, both sides suffered heavy losses, and now is a great opportunity to attack it!" When Combras embraced Davers's point of view, he immediately became somewhat radical.
"If two brothers in a family are fighting, and an outsider comes in and steals things. Do you think the two brothers will continue to fight, or will they work together to drive the outsider away first?" Davers asked rhetorically.
"You mean that our attack will make the Lucanians unite against us?!" Skomblass reacted immediately.
"Yes, very likely!"
"But we have entered the house of the Lucarians!" Protesilaus continued, borrowing this metaphor.
Davers responded unhurriedly: "Yes, but we can tell them, 'We're revenge for the last time they came to steal from us, and we only take this, and we won't take it again. We can also talk to They signed an agreement that they would not steal for a certain period of time, as long as Niutum was enough.' Even if they had doubts, they would choose to believe, because compared with the Greeks who were less interested in the harsh environment of the mountains, The threat of their rivals is even greater. Once defeated, the entire tribe will be annexed, and their families will become slaves. In order to defeat the opponent early and concentrate on driving us away, what will happen to them?"
Protesilus' eyes lit up and said loudly: "The battle between them will become more intense!"
"In this way, there will be more tribes that are impoverished because of the war on the land of Lucania..." Davos said here, thinking of something, and said apologetically: "Lord Vespa, I say this, I hope you understand!"
Vespa shook his head bitterly, and said in a low voice, "Wars between tribes are common here."
"Yeah, before these weak tribes didn't have a choice, now they have. On one side is the big tribe that fiercely exploited them for the victory of the war; on the other side is the peaceful life of Niutum, where they will choose is obvious. Davos sincerely asked Weisba: "In order to unify Lucalia as soon as possible, so that this mountain area will no longer kill each other, I hope that after you arrive at Niutum, Lord Weisba, you can go to those places more often. Walk among the tribes and tell them that the friendliness of our alliance to the Lucanians makes them understand us and be more willing to join us…”
Vespa was silent for a while, then squeezed out: "I'll try my best!"
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At noon the next day, the group finally walked out of the defile and arrived at the Lahe Fortress.
After carefully inspecting the situation of the Lahe Fortress, Davos praised the soldiers of the First Company of the Second Brigade for dutifully defending the Lahe Fortress and completing the final defensive task, and announced that he would wait for him to visit Niu. When Thum finishes and returns to the fortress, they can follow him back to Turii, where they will be at the top of the line in the Triumph.
The soldiers cheered in unison.
After hearing this, the soldiers of the first brigade muttered a little indignantly: "A group of recruits, it's just luck, if we hadn't been guarding Turii..."
Although the soldiers of the first brigade complained, it did not prevent them from continuing to march north.
Now the passable area is much wider, about one or two miles wide, with mountains in the east and La River in the west. The La River is not wide, but most of the two sides are cliffs and cliffs. It is difficult to walk to the other side.
Little Heraclid checked the terrain all the way, shook his head and sighed: "I am afraid it will be difficult to build a bridge on the upper reaches of the La River!"
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