Castron's city guards waited for the cavalry to return, and the noise of Crotone's camp seemed to have died down. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Info Out of doubt, he personally led ten cavalry out of the city through the south gate, crossed the pontoon bridge, and went west through the woods, which were not too large, and everything was the same (the light infantry of Alpuns had already hidden the corpses of the previous scouts and eliminated the traces), until they had rounded the bank of the Trionto River, which had turned the corner, and laboriously ascended to the high slopes, and the sight before them was astonishing: on the wide flat land where the Crotone had camped was a mess, with collapsed tents, scattered weapons, running in all directions, Mourning horses and beasts, and even more terrifying, dense corpses, severely wounded soldiers struggling in pain, and the bright red earth soaked in blood, there were many heavily armed soldiers in the center of the camp, and they surrounded more disheveled men, and kept escorting rows of prisoners from the encirclement with their hands tied behind their backs......

Great fear tugged at the patrol leader's heart: the Crotonens had been defeated?!!!

Before these terrible and strange enemies were discovered, the captain hurriedly turned his horse's head and galloped towards the city of Castron......

"Commander, Castelon's cavalry has returned to the city." Ryders rushed to report.

"Assistes, inform the Seventh Brigade and the Lucanian Brigade to ambush in the woods, most likely the city of Castron...... No, it should be that Melanthius will give us a big gift! Ryders, you continue to keep a close eye on Castron's movements! Davers gave the order.

"Yes!" Ryders took the order, and Arcistes sent the heralds to the north.

After a while, Davos asked Assistes again: "How long has it been since the cavalry of Mersis had been on their way?" ”

"It's about half an hour...... Commander, there are too many things in the baggage area! Since some of the pack animals were wounded and some ran away during the attack, we now lack enough livestock to carry those supplies. Arcistes said with a little apprehension.

Davos smiled slightly, and pointed to the captives who were squatting on the ground under the pressure of knives and guns not far away: "That's not a ready-made 'pack beast', let them carry the supplies on their backs and transport them all the way back to Turiyi, it doesn't matter if they walk slowly, it can consume their physical strength anyway." These long-time competitive Crotoneans can still make a difference. ”

"Oops, how I didn't think of that! Captain, you can always figure out a good idea! Arcestes exclaimed loudly with exaggerated movements.

"Yasi, if only your ability to do things could get stronger and stronger than your ability to say good things!" After the victory, Davers was also in a good mood, joked with Assistes for a while, and then said: "Go, go and see the soldiers, they are the heroes of this victory!" ”

So, in the frightened and sad vision of the captives: in the distance, a golden banner was slowly approaching, and a general wearing a distinctive purple, white and red crowned helmet appeared on the battlefield, and those cruel and ruthless enemies immediately let out a thunderous cheer:

"Davers!!"

"Davers !!"

"Wan Sheng!!"

"Wansheng !!"

The clever men of Crotone's captives immediately thought that this general was probably the Armendola Archon Davers, whom they had insulted under the city of Amendolara, and that these enemies were the owners of the buildings under the city of Amendolara that they had burned, and that they had laughed at the cowardice of the citizens of Amendolara at that time, and now they were trembling under the bayonets of these "cowardly" enemies......

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Castelon's chief general, Amicles, was taken aback by an urgent report from the captain of the city's defenses, and immediately sent someone to inform Melanthius and his men.

Melanthius was sleeping soundly in the hotel with a high-ranking prostitute in his arms, and was forcibly woken up, and was extremely dissatisfied, and after hearing the anxious report of his subordinates, he was immediately frightened to wake up, and he said with luck: "Maybe the enemy broke into our camp and was captured by the soldiers......"

Timaras shook his head worriedly: "The people of Castron say, 'The flag of those heavily armed soldiers, although faint from a distance, has a strange shape and style, and it is definitely not the flag of Crotone!'" 'Melansius, we must go and rescue them!' ”

“…… Yes...... Ah, you're right, you're right......" Melanthius never expected that when he was complacent and returned triumphantly, he would be hit suddenly, and he couldn't suppress his panic: "Quick! Come with me to Amicles, and ask him to send all the citizens of Castron to our rescue at once! ”

Of course, it was impossible for Amycles to fully agree to Melanthius, he had to ensure the safety of the city of Castron first, but he did not dare to offend Crotone by refusing Melancius's request, not to mention that there were also Castron's soldiers trapped in the camp. So, he hastily gathered 700 citizen soldiers, led by Melansius and his men, to come to the rescue.

Melanthius hurried towards the camp in a frenzy, and Timaras advised him to be cautious, but he said: "According to the intelligence of the Castrons, the enemy is smaller than us, and the reason why they were able to win is probably by sneak attack, and now they are still in the same place, trying to turn our soldiers into prisoners, our surprise attack will inevitably surprise them, and at the same time provoke the resistance of the surrendered soldiers, and the enemy will be defeated by us instead!" I'm going to make these thugs who dare to assault Crotone pay a terrible price! "Melancius is like a gambler who has lost a red eye, looking forward to making a big bet at the end and winning back all the losses he has lost.

As his troops marched through the forest in a marching column, they were fiercely attacked by the Amendora light infantry, who had been lying in ambush there for a long time, and Epitenis led the light infantry to rain arrows, flying stones, and throw javelins at them, inflicting a great deal of casualties. While the Castelon soldiers, whose morale was already low, panicked, the Lucarians rushed into the enemy line with Greek sabers in hand......

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"Legionnaire, Crotone's reinforcements have been routed! Except for a few who fled back to Castron, the others were either killed or captured! Ryders excitedly rushed back to the report.

Davers nodded, but there wasn't much joy, it was a well-prepared ambush, and victory was easy.

Seeing his calm expression, Ryders said again: "Those Lucanians also captured the two generals of Crotone, Melanthius and Timaras!" ”

"Oh!" Davos smiled, not because he had captured the enemy's commander-in-chief: "The Lucanians have done a great job again, and they can reduce their sentence for another six months." ”

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When the Lucarians cut the Castron column into sections, years of military experience taught Melansius that defeat was inevitable.

He immediately turned and fled, but the Lucanians seemed to identify him, and after paying several casualties, they pushed him down, and then dragged him to Davers with a hard drag.

"Melansius, we're finally meeting." A young, mellow voice sounded in his ears.

Melanthius struggled to raise his head, his handsome face scarred by the sand and gravel that had been dragged along the way, blood blurring his vision, and he blinked vigorously: a strange young face appeared in front of him.

"Who the hell are you?"

"Davers, Archon of Amendolara."

"Amendolara? Davers? Melanthius, who had been hit on the head before, was a little sluggish, and suddenly his eyes widened: "Amentola?!" Amendolara!! You are too despicable to come and sneak up on us without declaring war! You have violated the traditions of the Greek city-states and tarnished the honor of the Greeks, and the great Greek city-states will punish Amendolara! ”

"Champion of Olympia, you are too egoist!" Daves sneered, "War has already taken place when your army stepped into the territory of Amendolara without permission and burned our buildings. As for sneak attacks, I vaguely remember an athlete's adage, 'The winner proves his strength with his actions, and the loser can only cover up his weakness with justification.'" 'I don't know if I'm right?' ”

Melansius bowed his head and pleaded in a low voice, "I hope you will be kind to me and the soldiers, and Crotone will pay Amendolara enough ransom." ”

"It's not up to me to treat you well."

"That'...... Is there by whom? ”

"The surviving people of Turii!"

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When Mersis arrived at the camp in Crotone, he immediately smiled at the sight of the mountain of baggage. But he soon became distressed, for the pack carts could not wade across the river.

Davers said confidently, "This is easy, we will cross the river from the ferry." ”

So, the soldiers of Amendolara and the people who arrived had packed up all the valuable items in the camp of Crotone (including the weapons, armor, and linen shirts worn by the dead enemy), marched eastward, through the forest, and saw the city of Castelon on the north bank of the Trionto River.

Davos could even hear the panicked cries of the enemy at the head of the city, and he jokingly said to Mersis, "Didn't you say that there were not enough pack beasts?" You can go and borrow it from the Castros. ”

Merses really called for a beast of burden.

Castelon's chief general, Amicles, and others saw the march of heavily armed Greek hoplites from the south bank, escorted by their shields and spears of dejected, blood-stained, heavy-loaded, hobbling captives, jubilant civilian-dressed people, and laden packs...... The long procession skirted the city and headed straight for the ferry. The expression of each of the Castrons was both nervous and a little puzzled, but there was no anger or greed, for most of the Castron's citizen soldiers had lost most of them, and now that the city's defenses were insufficient, how could they dare to provoke this terrible army.

"They...... Where did they come from? A council member asked nervously.

Amicles looked at the direction of the march of the troops under the city, and said uncertainly: "They are going north, it is likely to ...... It's the Amendolars. ”

"Could it be those mercenaries who defeated the Lucanians?!" General Gorgeth's eyes widened.

"Quite possibly!" Amicles' words through Gorkis strengthened his suspicion: "Perhaps only they dare to defeat the mighty Crotonens!" ”

"They...... They sent someone! Someone shouted in a trembling voice.

The people at the head of the city, from soldiers to generals, were nervous.

"We are citizens of Amendolara, and Archon Davers asked me to borrow a hundred pack beasts from you, and when we are done transporting them, we will send them back to you!"

The voice of the visitor was clearly heard in the city, and everyone looked at each other.

Davers! The rumored hero who saved Turriyi! Archon of Amendolara! Amicles smiled wryly: this was the second time he had saved the Turii, but he had caused the Castrons to suffer as well.

In the city of Castron, after a short consultation between the general and the members of the council, they agreed. It is not because of the good reputation of Davers who keeps his promises, but according to the words of Amicles: Amendolara annihilated and captured the huge army of Crotone, and the situation in northern Greece will inevitably change greatly, and we need to act carefully, not to mention that there may be many citizens in Casteron who have become prisoners of Amentola, so as to make a good impression on Amendolara and negotiate with them in the future.

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Early in the morning, the few Turui who had woken up saw the Amendolara people who had come to their aid assemble and began to cross the pontoon bridge and head south, and were amazed and uneasy: Are the Amendolars going to abandon us?

At noon, the people of Turiyi, some of the freedmen, and the slaves, all awakened, faced with the deserted camp, and their hearts were helpless and desperate to the extreme, and they fell to the ground and wept. It was completely unbelievable to the few people such as Corneros and Strompoli who persuaded them that 'Amendolara is fighting with Crotone's army and has already won', and even those who were overly emotional scolded them.

At that moment, someone shouted in terror: "Look! Look! There's an army coming! ”

The Turi's hurried back and saw a mighty and majestic troops, led by a strange banner they had never seen before, marching in their direction across the pontoon bridge.

"That's our army! Amendolara's army! They have returned victorious! "Cornerus, the city administrator of Amendolara, had not been in favour of fighting Crotone at the previous Senate meeting, and although the resolution had passed, he had been hiding his uneasiness. At this moment, he cheered like a child.

Kunogorata stared blankly at the approaching Amendora army, and at this moment there was only one voice echoing in his head repeatedly: "The Amendolara people have won!" They actually won!! They defeated the mighty Crotone army!! ”

The people of Turii will be skeptical.

Soon, as the front of the troops approached them on the north bank of the Klatty River, they saw that it was not the young and moderate consul of Amendora who was at the head of the line under that peculiar banner! At this moment, he was fully armed, but without a helmet, and was waving to them with a smile on his face, and the scorching sun shone on his shining armor, emitting the brightest light, like a god.

At this moment, another sharp-eyed crowd noticed that there was a walker who was following behind Davers's horse, with his hands tied behind his back, naked and being dragged and staggering forward, and if he walked slowly, the guard's bayonet left a wound on him. Why does this man look so much like the demon Melanthius who ordered the burning of Turiy?! Could it be that Crotone's army was defeated by Amendolara?!!

There is no doubt about the facts. At the back of the vanguard, they saw the Amendolara soldiers, armed with bayonet guns, carrying young men who were also naked and carrying heavy loads, hobbling towards their ranks, stretching south with no end in sight......

Tears welled up in the eyes of the people of Turii as they wept, laughed, screamed, threw debris at the Crotone soldiers, and some even went up to fight like madmen......

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Standing on a makeshift wooden platform, Davers looked at the people of Turii who had gathered quickly to help the old and the young, and he said loudly with a solemn expression but with emotion: "People of Turii, in the past few days the Crotone people have invaded your homeland, you have lost your loved ones, you have lost your home, you have lost your home, and you are crying helplessly on the ruins! But the gods have not forsaken you, and he has allowed your neighbors, the valiant Amendolars, to defy their enemies and defeat the demons that have destroyed Turiyi! He asked the kind Amendolars to selflessly help you who lack food and clothing! The night will pass, and the light is at hand! Without a home, we can build a new and more comfortable house! Without a city, we can rebuild a stronger city! Without the temple, we can build an even more magnificent temple! Wipe away your tears, O people of Turiyi, hold up your chests, join hands with the people of Amendorala, and together we will build a better homeland free from foreign aggression!

Tears welled up in the eyes of the Turri's eyes again, and they cheered and worshipped Davers, the hero who saved Turii twice, as if they were gods.

Davers ordered that the captured high-ranking officers of Crotone, led by Melanthius and Timaras, be taken to the wooden platform and handed over to the people of Turiyi to decide their life and death.

The cheers of the Turii reached their climax. They swarmed up, venting their anger with stones, sticks, fists, and teeth, and soon the Crotone were bloody and miserable, but the Turii did not stop, even though the enemy was already lying on the ground, dying......

Ansitanos, who was watching this bloody scene from the sidelines, sighed: "From now on, I'm afraid Turii will be different......"

Kunograta pointed to Davers, who was standing on the side of the wooden platform and watching the execution of the Turiyi, and said with a solemn expression: "It's not that I'm afraid, but that Turiyi will definitely be different!" ”

Ansitanos silently ......

This concludes this volume. It is to wonder how Davers settled the people of Turiy, who had lost their homes, whether he would take the plain of Cybari into his pocket, the impact of this victory on Greater Greece, and whether the defeated Crotone would wage a greater war...... Check out the next volume: The Union of Dioonian City-States