Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 921

[Chapter 268 Surrender]

After being praised by his father, Crotokatax showed a happy smile.

“It’s just—” Davos paused and said gently: “I used to say that you were too gentle, but this time it’s a little more violent. The great leader of Kautini, Segovani, has been arrested. We captured and chopped off his head to appease the Nakonians and Campanias, but to punish the chief of Pentney and the chiefs of the two tribes and tribes would certainly please the people, but In fact, it may lead to dissatisfaction among the people of the two tribes, so that the Samonite war cannot end soon, which is not what we hope.

You must know that the tradition of the Samonites is that the strong are respected, and the chief Pentney and If these tribal leaders lose battles and lose their land, they will lose their prestige and appeal among their ethnic groups. We forgive them and support them to continue to serve as tribal leaders, which will not only gain their gratitude, but also help us treat Sa Monet’s control. We can add a clause to the covenant, ‘The chief of the Samonaite tribes must be confirmed by the kingdom before he can formally exercise power in the tribe,’ so that the kingdom can be established among the Samonaite tribes Of

course you propose that the new chief of Kautini be chosen from the Nakonian tribe, very good! I think the Nakone who was the first to rise up against the Kautini in the Battle of Lora can be made The young leader of Ya is called…”

“Your Majesty, his name is Vasunk, he is the second largest tribe in the Nakonia region, Avangum. He was just elected as a tribe by the tribe because his father was killed by Segovani. Chief, but he seems too young, only 20 years old.” Tormide reminded while briefly introducing the situation of this person.

“It doesn’t matter if he is young, as long as he trusts Dionia, then Dionia will support him, and he can become a big leader!” Davos said proudly,

“Your Majesty is right! The Samonai tribe in the future. You can’t survive in the mountains without the support of the kingdom!” Henepolis shouted in support.

Clotokatax and Tormide pondered.

“In addition, there is another very important item. I forgot to say last time, Croto, you also didn’t notice that the reason why the Samonais were able to provoke the war this time was that apart from the agreement of the four big leaders, who else would played a big role in it?” Davers asked again.

“High Priest Samona!” Clotokatax blurted out.

“That’s right, the High Priest Samone and the priesthood under his command, they are above all the tribes and have a great appeal to the Samonei people. I even doubt that they are the primary initiators of this war. , because the Hades priests of the kingdom entered the mountains to spread their beliefs and violated their fundamental interests.

Therefore, we must ask them to disband the priesthood and elect their own high priests by each tribe, which must also be confirmed by the kingdom. The holding of Monet’s Savoy Ceremony must be coordinated by the kingdom, and the four priests will take turns to preside over it.”

Crotokatax pondered what Davos said, and experienced the use of political wisdom. , nodded frequently, but he also had some doubts: “Father, this article involves the beliefs and traditions of the Samone people for many years, I am afraid they will not agree easily.”

“Gearney will definitely agree, they Abe The Rum people have been oppressed by the priesthood, and I am afraid they have long wanted to have their own high priest of Savoni.

The Kautini people must agree, because this tribe has suffered heavy losses and is almost destroyed. The Pentene people

have to Agreed, because their central town has been under siege for so long and

is about to be taken. Just a change of traditions and the survival of the group, I think they will all agree in the end. As for Caracheni—” Davers With a sneer: “Other tribes have their own high priests, and the samonai priests they have may only be used by themselves (the birthplace of the Samonai race is in the territory of Karacheni, where there are samonai priests) The sacred mountain recognized by the Monet people, so it is also the place where the Samonite priests occupied), if we do not take advantage of the weakest time of the Samonite people to solve this problem, the Samonaite people may give The kingdom has brought a lot of trouble!”

“I see.” Crotokatax answered convincingly.

“Heney, according to what I said with Cloto, write to Alexis and ask him to talk to the Pentney and Cautini people according to the advice in the letter.” Hear the response.

“Father, Uncle Heney just went out.” Crotokatax pointed outside the tent, reminding Davos.

The tent was opened, and Henipolis walked in again: “Your Majesty, there are two more battle reports. One is from the Third Fleet and the other is from Sicily.”

“Oh…” Davos reached out and took the letter, When he unfolded it, the happy look on his face disappeared in a blink of an eye.

“Your Majesty, is it bad news?” Seeing this, Henepolis asked curiously.

“It’s not too bad.” Davos quickly calmed down and said indifferently: “The fleet infantry of the Third Fleet went ashore to attack a Phoenician village in Sardinia, and as a result encountered a Phoenician who had been prepared. The army, the two sides fought, and the Third Fleet lost more than 400 people, but fortunately they successfully retreated.”

“More than 400 people?! This is not a small loss!” Henipolis was a little surprised.

Davos knew that Sardinia was different from Corsica. It was a large island with a large area of land, many large rivers, and relatively fertile hills and plains for grazing and planting. There are a large number of Nikki people on this island, and they have established Santa Ibinia, Olbia, Saros, Kararis, Nora, Sulqi… These large city-states, they have enough of young and middle-aged citizens, and established a coalition army of no less than 10,000 people.

The news of the Third Fleet’s capture of Alenia could not be concealed from the Sardinian Phoenicians who were not far from Corsica. It was normal for them to be prepared. Victory and underestimated them, suffering such a setback can also make him sober in his future actions.

“Your Majesty, how should I reply?” Henepolis asked.

“Let’s just say I already know, I hope they can learn a lesson, and future military operations should be more flexible and cautious, using the advantages of the navy to expand the scope of the harassment to the whole island, so that the Phoenix can’t judge the movement of the Third Fleet. …”

“Father, are you no longer sending reinforcements to support the Third Fleet?” Crotokatax interjected.

“The Phoenicians of Sardinia have been blessed by Carthage for many years. They are greedy for comfort and only want to keep their own territory. They have no ambition and will not pose any threat to us. It is not a problem that we urgently need to solve now. , just have the Third Fleet to hold it back.” Davers raised another letter in his hand and sighed: “Our greatest threat still comes from Sicily. Although the news that Sekelian is still alive gives I am happy, but Myrtias died in battle, the 4th Fleet was crippled, the friendly city-states on the south coast of Sicily fell, and Syracuse suddenly sent troops to declare war… These bad news make me feel uneasy! This The Carthaginian army led by Marco is very powerful, and our Sicilian territory will be violently attacked by them…” Davos said with some worry, and put the letter on the table with a solemn expression, and did not speak any more , but put up his hands and started pacing back and forth in the tent.

Henipolis picked up the letter curiously and looked at it carefully. Clotokatax was not as bold as him. After all, he had received military training, understood military law, and knew that unauthorized peeking of military intelligence in private would be severely punished. , so even though he was curious, he only looked at Hernepolis with his eyes.

“The Carthaginian army and the Syracuses launched an attack on our Sicilian territory! Hena, Paragonia, and Taunis were attacked at the same time!” Lotokatax said.

“How many enemies are there?”

“The letter said that at least 100,000 people participated in the attack! Our army in Sicily only has more than 20,000 people, right?!”

“To be precise…about 30,000 people. Seventh, The eighth and two legions, plus the Sicilian legion reserve…” The

two talked in a low voice.

Davos stopped, and UU read www.sonicmtl.

com said: “Cloto, you go and call Thormid, it seems that it’s time to take the city of Satnecum.”

“Yes!” Klotokatax was excited. out of the tent.

“Your Majesty, is it too early to attack the city of Satnecum at this time? Last time we stormed Antium, although the Romans only had 3,000 defenders, it also cost us a lot. There are far more Roman soldiers in Qom than Antium!” Henipolis couldn’t help but reminded.

“According to the observations of the mountain scouts, the number of patrols by the defenders on the city has decreased significantly in the past two days, and when the Romans’ families persuaded them to surrender under the city, they lied on the battlements and listened, and their team officers did not stop them… This is a phenomenon that has never happened before, which shows that the morale of the Roman defenders has dropped significantly. I originally wanted to wait for a while, maybe the Roman defenders will surrender automatically, but now I can’t wait. The sooner the war here is ended, the better. Rescue Sicily as soon as possible!”

Davos’s tone was firm, and Henipolis did not persuade him any more, but began to write a reply to Alexis according to Davos’ previous instructions.

At this time, the captain of the palace guard, Martius, walked into the tent: “Your Majesty, Captain Martonis has something important to meet.”

“Let him come in.”

Martonis strode into the tent with joy, and shouted loudly. Said: “Your Majesty, the Roman messengers have been sent from the city of Satnicum, and they beg for surrender!”