Avinogis patted his son's head lovingly, with a little reluctance in his eyes. After a moment, he thanked Davos.
After that, the relationship between the two sides became much closer, and the banquet became lively.
After toasting a few glasses of wine, Avinogis said loudly: "Lord Davos, we Laos are going to implement the life-long consul system like the alliance. Do you think it's okay?!"
The elders were a little surprised, but Davos looked calm and smiled: "Our covenant makes it clear that the alliance will not interfere in the internal affairs of any allied city-state. We only require the allies to advance and retreat together militarily and maintain diplomatically. unanimously, to strengthen economic exchanges…”
Avinogis was overjoyed, and then heard Davos say, "But—" He suddenly became nervous again.
"I have a little suggestion to Laos, I hope you can always ensure the stability of the city-state, otherwise there will be riots, and when you can't solve it, we will send troops to help you restore order in the city of Laos, sending troops to fight is a matter of It’s hard work that is both expensive and laborious, right?!” Davers said half-jokingly and half-seriously, and the elders also echoed.
Avinogiston was relieved. In fact, he did not want to be a consul for life at all. The Laotians were not used to the Greek political system. He just wanted to be the chief of the city of Laos, just to prevent Dioni The Asian Union felt that Laos was an indigenous town, so he chose to become a life-long consul, because he felt that this position was very similar to the chief. At this moment, he said happily: "I feel very honored to be an ally of the Diorian Alliance! I assure Lord Davos and the elders that I, Avinogis, will do my best to ensure the stability of Laos. , and will always be the best ally of the Diorian League!"
"Okay!!!" Everyone praised in unison.
"I want to perform a dance for the esteemed Davos and all of you to express my sincerest gratitude!" Amid the applause, Avinogis was also interested. He drank the wine in his glass and said Walking to the center of the hall, taking advantage of the wine, I started shaking my shoulders and turning around, singing loudly: "
high mountains,
That is where Asinu dwells,
Below the mountain we graze cattle and sheep,
A beautiful maiden flashes in the mountains and forests,
A happy figure is like a jumping deer,
caught my eye,
…”
Vespa and Bagule began to sing along loudly. Although Davos and the other elders could not understand what they were singing, they all beat the beat and hummed softly...
Avinogis' humiliation and prudence over the decades have been swept away by the heroic singing and vigorous dancing, and there is only joy in his heart, an indescribable comfort in his heart.
When he was seated, the applause continued for a long time.
Scombras stood up with a rosy face, burped his wine, and said, "Uh... The guest from Laos performed a dance... Uh... Our alliance should also respond, I sing a Zeus for everyone. carol…
"well!!… "
… … … …
A few days ago, Cincinnagar was in ecstasy. He defeated Lusau, the son of Akpiru, and occupied the city of Grummentum. With two large cities, he could become the new Lucania. overlord.
But the series of events that followed made him realize that it would not be easy to replace Akpiru.
Because he was reluctant to distribute most of the captured property of the Akpiru tribe to the tribe who betrayed Lusau, and he was even more reluctant to divide most of the land owned by the Akpiru tribe to the tribe of Grumentum , on the one hand, his character is stingy, and on the other hand, the tribe of Picossis City that follows him also needs to be rewarded. Of course, he can tell who is close and who is not.
His breach of contract naturally aroused the anger of the Grummentum tribe, who united to occupy the northern city, refused to allow Cincinnager's men to enter the area under their control without authorization, and threatened to drive Cincinnagar out of Grumman. toum.
Cincinnagar was furious. He had already considered himself the master of the two cities of Picosis and Grummentum. How could he allow anyone to damage his majesty. Under his orders, the Picosses have fought several minor battles within the city with the tribes of Grummentum. At the same time, he again resorted to subterfuge to break up the tribes united against him through bribes, but failed because none of the Grummentum chiefs would again believe in his promises.
Cincinnagar is racking his brains to clean up the Grummentum tribe who betrayed him, and there is even worse news: Niutum has been captured!
He immediately urgently asked the Lucanian shepherds who had fled to Grummentum, and when he heard their unanimous words: "I saw countless Greek soldiers entering the city of Niutum", Cincinnag was frightened for a long time. Unable to recover, he could hardly believe the fact that Niutum had been captured by the Greeks!
how can that be? ! Since the Lukarians moved south from the central Apennine peninsula more than a hundred years ago, they have always occupied the land of other tribes, and there is no record of any large towns being occupied by other tribes! Suspicious, Cincinnagar sent spies to scout.
Although the northern side of Niutum City is heavily guarded, the Lucarians are after all a grazing and hunting race. The spies sneaked into the mountains within the control area of Niutum City, and obtained information from the population of Niutum who went up to the mountains for grazing. Accurate information was obtained: Niutum had been ruled by the Dionian city-state alliance, and this alliance was ruled by the Greek Davos who defeated the Lucanian tribal coalition.
Hearing this news, Cincinnagar was like a thunderclap, and he was overwhelmed with fear. His first thought was to flee back to Picocis immediately and stay away from the Greek who defeated the mighty Akpiru!
Then, he wanted to reach a compromise with the tribe of Grummentum to deal with the possible attack of the Greeks. However, the disadvantaged Grummentum tribes thought this was a great opportunity to force Cincinnagar to make concessions, and they proposed: let the Picocis force withdraw from Grummentum City… and other conditions. This is simply unacceptable to Cincinnagar.
Cincinnagar, who has strong enemies outside and worries inside, is unwilling to withdraw from Grummentum City, which he has spent countless efforts and sacrificed countless people on. After a few days of torment, he finally decided: risk losing his skin. The risk of Cosis City, once again dispatched more soldiers from Picocis City to join him in Grummentum, first work together to defeat these hostile tribes, and completely master this central city of Lucanians.
Just when he was about to let the messengers rush to Picocis and hand over the order to move troops to Geninat, who was guarding Picocis, the guards came in and reported that there was a Luca who claimed to be the messenger of Niutum. The Nians demanded to see the Grand Chief.
Cincinnagar was taken aback, he hesitated for a moment, and decided to meet him.
When Hermon was brought into Grummentum's chiefs' meeting hall, he kept looking left and right: two rows of sturdy warriors stood straight at the entrance of the hall, Cincinnager sat high in front of the middle of the hall, and the three-level steps below. On either side sat the chiefs of the tribes of the Picosses...
Hermon looked at this majestic hall, and there were long rumors that Akpiru wanted to be the king of the Lucanians, at least from the perspective of this unusual tribal chiefs council, he might really have it. This plan is just a pity...
Hemon was thinking about Cincinnag speaking from above: "I didn't expect that the messenger of Niutum would be you! I heard that your city was occupied by the Greeks, but is it true?"
Before being annexed by Niutum, the tribe of Hmon was also very influential in the "fertile soil between the mountains", so he, the tribal leader, was also well-known in the Lucaria region. He saluted respectfully, and then said: "Respected chief of Cincinnag, Niutum now belongs to the Dionysian city-state alliance, and Laos has become Dio under the leadership of Avinogis. Allies of the Union of Nia—"
"What?! Laos surrendered to the Greeks too?!!"
"I've said long ago that Greek bastards are unreliable!"
"What should we do now?! Without Laos' restraint, the Greeks can attack us with confidence!!"
…
Hermon's words were like a blast of thunder that made the sitting leaders panic. Cincinnager originally liked this high seat, which could reflect the dignity of the great leader's status. At this moment, he only hated that the seat was too conspicuous, so that his fears could not be hidden. He held the armrest of the seat tightly, seeing He Standing there with a smile on his face, his fear turned into anger with a look of watching a good show: "Damn Niutum! You forgot the teachings of Asinu and surrendered to our enemies! How dare you still dare to Appearing here, do you think my dagger is not sharp enough?!"
"You are wrong, Chief. I did not surrender to the Greeks, but became a citizen of the Dionysian League! Not only can I continue to sacrifice to Asinus, but if I have enough silver, I can also live in Turii. , Amendolara... Other territories of the Dionysian Union build the temples of Asinu without interference, and the sheep-fighting competition continues to be held in Niutum every autumn. The custom of Lucarians grabbing marriage Nothing has changed... The Lucarians of Niutum, like me, volunteered to be citizens of the Dionian Union, but we are still Lucarians, but we have more freedom, more A lot of land, cattle and sheep, but only a small tax!" Hermon proudly and loudly preached the benefits of being a citizen of the Dionysian Alliance.
The leaders and warriors in the hall felt unbelievable: "How can the Greeks treat us Lucalia so well?!"
"Daves, the consul of the Diorian League, the man who defeated Acpirus, said, 'Dionysus is not only a league of Greeks, but a league of Lucanians!' You guys If you don’t believe me, you can ask Vespa, the leader of the Merino tribe, and his son. They became citizens of the Dionysian Alliance relatively early, and now they have both become elders of the Dionysian Senate! Ready to continue-"
Thanks to book friends Zhou Lang immortal and leeber for the reward! !
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