Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Chapter 226: We are a family

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Just after sending off the Crotones and welcoming Dionia's army again, the people of Crimesa were obviously a little stunned by this very eye-catching team entering the city.

However, the Dionian army disbanded as soon as they reached the square along the street. Under the leadership of the team officers, the soldiers used the tools brought in their trucks to carefully clean the streets full of rubbish, leveled the damaged roads, and even helped the people repair their houses... They worked hard to clean up the city that was devastated after the war.

The people of Crimea were surprised at first, and then slowly tried to talk to these "conquerors". Finally, infected by the enthusiasm of the soldiers, they also joined the ranks of rebuilding their homes with guilt. The women brought food and water to express their condolences to the soldiers, and at the same time told them about their difficulties at home and hoped to get their help. The soldiers were of course willing to contribute their physical strength and enthusiasm.

In one afternoon, Crimea, a war-torn and somewhat lifeless city, came alive.

When the members of the former Council of Crimea saw this situation, they all looked surprised, whispered and talked non-stop.

As the former chief general of Crimea, Antaoris considers himself to be well-informed and well-informed, and has never seen or heard that the citizens of one city-state will help the conquered after conquering another city-state. The people restore their homes after the war! Like everyone else, the surprise and excitement in his heart made him not know what to say: "Lord Davos, this... This is really... "

"From today, the Crimeans are citizens of the Dionysian Union, and we are all a family! We are in the same family, of course we have to help each other, right?" Davos said with a smile.

Looking at the shocked expressions of the people around him, he was very satisfied with the effect of this operation. Before he came, he did issue an order for the soldiers to act as "cleaners", but orders alone could not make the soldiers willing to work. He also told them: because the victory of the war was based on the heroic performance of the soldiers, The citizen inspection period for freedmen who have participated in many battles will be greatly shortened, and it is even possible for soldiers who perform well on the battlefield to become official citizens directly! With the victory of this war, Dionia will obtain a large amount of land, and all the soldiers participating in the war will be rewarded with "land allocations" for their military exploits, and the land allocated in the future will mainly be near Crimea. Therefore, Crimea will become a new home for some soldiers. Moreover, because of the frequent wars in Crimea within half a year, a large number of male citizens were killed and injured. Now there are more women than men. Davers encouraged single soldiers to use their actions to win the favor of the Crimea women! It is for these reasons that the soldiers do not have the arrogance of victors, but use practical actions to win the favor of the Crimea, their future neighbors.

"And you—" Davos continued: "The treasury, the granary...were well protected, not robbed by Crotone's defeated soldiers, and completely handed over to the alliance, not because you agreed with the Dionysian alliance Do you consider yourself so thoughtful as a citizen of Dionia! I believe that the Senate of Dioria will definitely recognize your efforts!"

Everyone thought that they had received a hint from Davos and looked happy.

Davos looked in his eyes and smiled as well, but he knew very well in his heart: Although the number of members of the Dionysian Senate is still far from being full, this time the Senate will definitely be cautious and send someone to secretly Survey, who are the most prestigious and appealing among the Crimean people? Among these people, only those who are truly willing to become citizens of Dionia and work seriously will be specially recruited into the Senate. Anything about voting is a pretense. As a territory that has just been incorporated into the alliance, of course he and the Senate must firmly control Crimesa to prevent accidents.

"Lord Davos, please follow me to the port next, and count the batch of supplies we intercepted from Crotone." It is rare that the former chief general of Crimesa can remain calm.

This made Davos look at Antaoris with some admiration and said, "Okay!"

After inspecting the city of Crimesa, Davos immediately ordered to distribute part of the food and supplies obtained to the people of Crimea to compensate for the losses they suffered due to the war.

This generous act won the favor of the public. At the same time, he ordered Capps to lead 2,000 soldiers of the First Army to be stationed in the city. The rest of the army continued to be stationed in the camp outside the city, and began to fill traps, pull out iron spikes... and so on, so that the environment around the camp returned to normal. Davos politely declined the request of Antalis and the others to invite him to a banquet, and led Ryders' cavalry team, accompanied by Hieronymus, to Aspurustum.

Horses galloped across the slightly undulating and vast Croton Plain. What caught my eye was either farmland, villages, and criss-crossing canals. Although no human activities were seen, there were even thick smoke in some villages. Except for the occasional bereaved hounds who cast hateful glances at them and keep barking, everything was quiet and unusual, which did not affect the good interest of the Davos group. Dionia's newly acquired land.

Ryders said excitedly: "Although the terrain is not as flat as the Subari Plain, it doesn't feel as fertile as the soil or worse than the Subari Plain!"

"It seems that you want to exchange all your land here." Davos said jokingly.

"My lord, I didn't plan to do that. The Crotone people are next to me, and I feel a little uncomfortable doing anything." Ryders shook his head and said.

"In such a fertile land, you still pick and choose. It's really the rich who don't know the pain of the poor." Davers continued to tease him.

The cavalry also took the opportunity to play the captain's joke.

At this time, Hieronymus next to him said: "No matter how good the land is, it can't be preserved without strong power."

Davos was stunned and said: "Yes, we can't learn Crotone, we have to continue to strengthen training and defend our homeland! Especially your cavalry team, this time you have made great contributions, but you can't be proud, continue to follow Your captain improves your riding skills and learns new cavalry tactics. I hope you can become an important attacking force in the Dionian army and decide the outcome of the battle! Do you have this confidence?"

"Yes!!!" The cavalry raised their spears and shouted excitedly.

Standing on the top of the city of Asproustum, you can overlook the endless mountains to the west, covered with snow; to the east, you can overlook the rushing rapids, the cliffs, and the green and fertile fields of the Croton Plain. When the weather is excellent, you can even look southeast for a glimpse of the hustle and bustle of traffic outside Crotone…

"This is really a good place! The Crotones would give it to us!" Davos said with a sigh, stroking the thick battlements.

"Of course it's not that the Crotones want to give it, but they simply can't take it back!" Bagule said confidently: "Asproustum City is in good terrain, and the city is high and deep. , I only need 2,000 people to stop the enemy's attack of 20,000 people!"

Davos, who had already checked the city defense in detail, nodded and agreed.

"Izam's mountain reconnaissance team helped a lot!" Hieronymus' words reminded Davos, who found the young Dukeya from the accompanying team: " Izam, your company has made a great contribution this time, and every soldier who participated in the capture of the city must at least make a great contribution once!"

"I thank the commanders for the brothers!" Izam said excitedly, "Sir, my reconnaissance team can play a greater role, as long as you can expand the reconnaissance team to a thousand people!"

Hieronymus and Asisters looked at each other, the Duqa man's request was so straightforward.

Davos didn't care, he smiled: "The role of the mountain reconnaissance team is to scout, harass, and destroy the enemy, not to fight the enemy head-on. It is not convenient for you to command, and it is easy to be discovered by the enemy... Davos didn't reject the words, but thought about it seriously and said, "It's not impossible to expand, I need to see you make an expansion and training plan first, how many people to add, how to organize and train this expansion. The Mountain Scout Team, to adapt this new team more quickly and to enhance its special role in wartime... If your plan is feasible, I can discuss with Felixius to expand the Mountain Scout Team and appoint you as Captain."

"That's great, thank you sir!" Izam exclaimed with undisguised joy.

"It turned out that I wanted to be the captain, I should have said it earlier!" Asisters took the opportunity to tease.

"You have all become captains, and of course I can't fall behind." Izam said confidently.

The crowd burst into laughter.

"Have all the original residents in the city gone?" Davos asked as he turned around and overlooked the city.

"The Crotones came to the city, read the covenant they had just signed to the people here, and mobilized them to leave, they cried and screamed, but in the end they all left, and there was nothing left, and we allowed them too They took away the belongings of the family, but they also wanted to take away the public property, but we refused, that is our trophy!" Asistes said.

"The residents of Asporustum are gone, so it's convenient for us to emigrate and firmly control the city in the hands of the Alliance!" Davos also reminded: "You must take Asporus as soon as possible. The property in Tum City is clearly counted, and a list is made so that one can be divided among Laos and Castron."

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