Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 682

[Chapter 27 The Battle of Amintas]

The last sentence made Cristoia’s eyes light up, and she smiled tenderly: “Your Majesty, I’m just kidding you, why are you so serious, every time you ask me, which time I didn’t take it seriously! Having

said that, she propped up her upper body with her hands and leaned towards Davos’s couch, almost leaning on his chest, her eyes rolled, and she said softly, “In the past few months, you have been busy with the drought.” It’s finally raining today, you should relax too, let me and my sister accompany you tonight…”

“Sister!…” Although Kristoya’s voice was small, Agony was standing beside her. Si can still hear it, and her face suddenly turned crimson.

Davos was quite moved when he heard it: the drought some time ago and the possible war that might happen next put him under a lot of pressure, and he really needs to relax!

He was about to tease the shy Agnes when a female slave hurried through the rain and fog: “Master, the guard is here to report, the elder Amintas insists on coming to see you!” It’s

so late, Amin Is Tas still coming to see me?

!

Davos moved in his heart, rubbed Cristoia’s fragrant shoulders lightly, and said with a smile, “I’ll go see Amyntas first, and you two will wait for me in the bedroom at night.” After

speaking, he got up and went to room.

Watching Davos leave, the charming smile on Cristoia’s face disappeared, her expression became serious, and she said, “Agonis, don’t you think it’s strange?! It’s raining for the first time in eight months, Your Majesty. I’m not very happy, and it’s so late that Amyntas has come to see him. Something important must have happened! I think, maybe it’s a war!”

“War?!” Agnes was startled, random Showing some concern.

Cristoia stood up from the couch and shouted to the outside: “Morina! Bring the children in, it’s easy to catch cold after being exposed to the rain for a long time.”

After speaking, she looked at Agnes again. , said without doubt: “Tonight, our sisters will accompany His Majesty well, so that he can relax and go to my bedroom.”

“…Okay…Okay.” In the end, her concern for Davos outweighed her shyness, and Agnes nodded hesitantly.

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“Your Majesty, I have come to ask you to send our First Legion to Volsi to help them repel the Romans!” In Davos’s room, Aminta Sis stated his intentions bluntly.

Davos was not surprised. When he heard him coming to see him, he already had this speculation in his heart. He looked at the veteran with gray temples but still strong body,

and said earnestly: “Ah Mintas, my old friend, Rome is but a small enemy to Dionia. You are the most experienced commander of the army, and the first army you lead is the most powerful army, Our real enemy is in the south, in Sicily, in Africa, and once Carthage really declares war on us, your First Legion will be the first to be sent to Sicily to fight against Dionia since the founding of the kingdom. The most powerful enemy – Carthage! The first legion is to be used on the blade, I hope you can understand!”

Hearing this, Amintas looked slightly hesitant, but he soon became firm again : “Your Majesty, the Second Army, Fourth Army, Fifth Army, and even Sixth Army are not weaker than the First Army. They can completely repel the attack of the Carthaginians. But it is rare to go north to fight Rome. I hope that His Majesty can give me such an opportunity!” Amyntas said quite bluntly, but that was his style.

Davos saw the determination in Amyntas’ eyes, and he suddenly understood in his heart: Over the years, this comrade-in-arms who has followed him from Persia to Great Greece has given him support many times, but he has never asked for anything in return, and has been sticking to the army. , resolutely implement his orders and become his sharp knife to attack the city and break the enemy, but it is not that he does not care.

Antonius led the army alone and conquered Syracuse in Sicily; Alexis led the army alone, conquered Kopsa, Enona, and later Downey; the lesser than him, Hiros Led the army alone and conquered the Lokri region; even Prosus (Leotizides), who became a citizen of Dionysus after the establishment of the Dionysian League, led the army alone and conquered Sikel Recently, Lizaru, a Lucanian, led the Third Army and the Campania coalition to defeat the Kautini people.

And Amintas, who thinks that his qualifications are older than them and has more battlefield experience than them, must have resentment. As a general, who does not want to lead the army alone, defeat the enemy, and win honor for himself.

It seems that he was negligent!

Davos tapped the back of the chair with his fingers: Refuse Amyntas’ request?

This will undoubtedly hurt the old friend’s heart, and it will make the former old comrades feel that they have alienated their concern after becoming kings; but agree with Amyntas’ request?

I am really worried that the brave Amintas, who is already fighting bravely, will put the First Army in trouble because of his eagerness to make meritorious deeds!

… so what to do?

Davos pondered, his eyes gradually brightened, and he said slowly: “Amintas, I can notify the Military Affairs Department that the First Army will go to Wolsey instead, but you must agree to a request!”

Amin When Tas saw Davos for a long time before speaking, he thought he would disagree. Hearing this, he was overjoyed and said quickly: “Don’t say it’s a request, I agree to all ten requests, just let me go!”

Davos smiled and said, “It’s not an embarrassing request, on the contrary, it’s very helpful to you. Purtorins, you should know that he once assisted Alexis in capturing Kopsa and Enona, and he assisted Lily before. Zaru defeated the Kautinis, and he knows the situation well up north. I sent him to assist you, and I believe it will be very helpful for you to defeat the Romans.”

“Don’t worry, Your Majesty, I am very happy to be with Pultolin. If I work with him, I will definitely get along well with him!” Amintas immediately made a promise.

Davos nodded and said, “Go back and have a good rest. Tomorrow you will be busy preparing for the expedition. It is best to lead the First Army to expedition the day after tomorrow.”

“Yes!” Amintas stood up immediately, and after giving a solemn military salute, he still felt unable to express his excitement and gratitude, so he stepped forward and gave Davos a strong hug.

Davos watched him leave excitedly, and felt quite emotional: In the past few years, I have ignored the feelings of these old people. Do I need to think more about them next?

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Sending Amintas away, Davos is thinking: rush to Cristoia’s bedroom immediately to see if his two wives are really together and wait He, Cristoia’s previous joking proposal made him quite tempted.

At this moment, the servant came to report again: Sostatus asked to see him.

Davos was startled: What’s the matter with this guy coming so late?

Kunogolata had mentioned his eldest son to Davos several times before his death, saying that he had an eccentric personality, liked indolence, and preferred fantasies.

But in fact, after Aristillas’ investigation, Sostatus turned out to be very talented in business.

Especially after the South-Italian War, Sostatus used the money he had earned before to build a larger fleet and seized the business opportunity that Dionia had acquired a lot of land, but lacked people and materials. Greek immigrants were continuously transported from the Eastern Mediterranean, and at the same time, they opened up the sea trade routes of Carthage and Egypt, which are rich in grain, and bought a large amount of low-priced grain. Contributed to the stabilization of new territories.

Since then, Sostatus has continued to open up new trade channels, such as the Celtic region north of the Iberian Peninsula, the Illyria region on the north side of the Adriatic Sea… Using Dionia’s daily routine Merchants and wine exchanged for unique goods in these areas, such as gold, silver, iron, zinc… and other metal mines, amber, agate, fur… and other rare goods, which made his wealth soar again.

At the same time, he also loves to help other Dionian merchants, often subsidizing them, and also loves to join them in sea trade… Now, he is already a well-known big merchant in the kingdom, especially in Turii Great influence among businessmen in the region.

Therefore, even if Davos did not look at his father’s sake, he would not be too condescending to him.

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“…Your Majesty, I know Aionis, he is a slave, he has always been cautious, how dare he go to the Carthaginians Forbidden land, secretly buying silver ore, this is clearly a false accusation by the Carthaginians! They killed them suddenly without going to trial with our officials, this must be a guilty conscience of the Carthaginians! What a pity, Aionis And the 50 crew members were wronged and died in vain. Now their family is crying, and they were expecting them to earn money to return home and raise their parents, wives and children… Your Majesty, you must call the shots for them, Clear their grievances and let the Carthaginians make reparations!” As soon as Sostatus entered the room, he complained to Davos that Aionis and others had been wronged.

“Ionis was your slave, right?” Davos asked instead without making a statement.

“Yes, Your Majesty. He was a farmer from Satsuma, and he was unable to pay his debts because of his huge debts. He sold himself as a slave and later sold it to my family. Because of his hard work, my father gave him freedom. Two years ago, He became a citizen of the kingdom and has been in charge of selling our wines from Turii to… the Celtic regions to the west, and to the Greek city-states on the Iberian peninsula, and business has been doing well. But no Thinking of this time…hey…Damn Carthaginians!” Sostatus sighed, wiping tears with his hands, his eyes full of regret and indignation.

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