After urgent consultations with the council, the panicked generals decided to send messengers to Crotone to plead guilty, and were willing to make all reparations. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

When the news reached Amendolara, Davers and the senators were taken aback: after all, the envoys of the city-state represented the city-state itself, and it was taboo to kill them, because it could mean war.

Amendolara immediately canceled his planned participation in the Isthmus and began to monitor the situation closely.

"Father, it's all right! The Turi's are about to be punished by the gods! Sostatus excitedly ran into the backyard.

Lying on the couch and recuperating in the sun, Kunogorata was not as excited as his eldest son, and the former chief general of Turii lamented with a sad face: "I have said it a long time ago! I said Nesis would kill Turiyi! ……”

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When the Turi's envoy hurried to Crotone, in fact, the generals of Crotone had already received the news through the merchant ships, and they listened indifferently to the messenger's words, and disdained Turii's words of "willing to make any compensation", and only said: "We can go to Turiyi and take as much as we want!" ”

Crotone has tolerated Turriy for a long time. Since defeating Cybaris a hundred years ago, Crotone has flourished and become a major power in Greater Greece. However, due to the strong strength of Athens, Turiyi had to be allowed to build a city, which was undoubtedly a great shame for Crotone, who was used to being domineering on the "soles of his feet" in southern Italy. And after this happened, it happened that the new accounts and the old accounts were calculated together, and they could also make up for the emptiness of the treasury, killing two birds with one stone.

On the same day, the Krotone National Assembly successfully passed a resolution declaring war on Turiy and launched a war mobilization to the citizens. On the morning of the third day, seven thousand strong citizen soldiers were assembled. Asprarustum and Siriting also sent 3,000 citizen soldiers to join them. Trina had just experienced the war and was facing the Brutis directly, so he only sent thirty cavalry. Coronia also said that he wanted to participate in the war, but was politely refused by Crotone, because to the south of Coronia is the Lockley Alliance, and Lockley and Crotone have been at odds for a long time, and Coronia is an important barrier to the south of Crotone, and there can be no mistakes.

Four days later, after the sacrifice was performed at the temple of Apollo in Crotone, and after the fortune was obtained, Melanthius, one of the ten generals, marched towards the Quilt with an army of 10,000.

The war finally broke out between Crotone and Turriy.

Anxious at the news of the march of Crotone's army on Turiil, Neosis was alerted by his colleagues to propose to the council that a citizens' assembly be urgently convened.

At the Congress, he made an impassioned speech, first recounting the failure of the triumphant attempt at peace by the Council of Turriyi, and repeating the doctrine of the Crotonens' reply, which immediately aroused the indignation of many citizens. But when they heard that Crotone's 10,000-strong army was attacking, there was a long silence in the room. You know, although the number of troops in Crotone's attack was smaller than that of the Lucanian tribal alliance, it was a real Greek heavy infantry unit, and Crotone's citizen soldiers have always been known for their fighting power in Greater Greece.

At this time, Oriffith, the vineyard owner, shouted: "We should send messengers again to make peace with Crotone and grant them any requests." ”

"All they want is more money and supplies, but the point is that our treasury has bottomed out!" General Polyxis stood up and said, "We can't come up with any more money unless we levy an additional special war tax on the citizens." ”

As soon as they heard that the tax was going to be collected, the venue fell silent again.

In the end, the war-torn and war-feared citizens relented, reluctantly saying that in order to avoid another war in Turiyi, they agreed to the demands of the town hall for a tax, but feared that even this would not satisfy the appetites of the Crotonens.

"We have to try first." Plesinas raised his arms and shouted: "You can earn it back if you lose your money, but it's too late to regret it if you lose your loved ones!" ”

The proposal was passed, and Nesses breathed a sigh of relief for the time being.

"Why don't we go to Tarantum and ask it to help us make peace with Crotone?! Since Tarantum advocated the creation of the Greater Greek Defense League, it must not want war between the city-states! Someone else stood up and said: "And with the great strength of Tarantum, it will definitely make Crotone have some scruples, and a truce is more likely!" ”

"That's a good idea, Enanilus!" Neosis praised that as the owner of the largest shipyard in Turry, Neolus is a figure that cannot be easily offended, so Neosis nodded repeatedly: "Thank you for reminding me, we will send someone to Tarantum for help immediately!" ”

"Even if there is a possibility of an armistice, we must be prepared for defeat! What are we going to do if Crotone insists on fighting?! The other man stood up and said.

At first glance, Nesis saw that it was Ansitanos who was talking, and although the relationship between the two was stiff because of the Kunogorata incident, he had to admit that his suggestion was very reasonable. So, Nesisis asked, "Dear Ansitanos, do you have any good advice?" ”

"First of all, let our citizens be armed, the Crotone is so numerous that we cannot fight it head-on outside the city, then the tall walls will help us to resist their attacks and demoralize them......"

Ansitanos's words were echoed by many citizens: "That's right, the city of Turrij is strong, and the Lucanians have no way to take us under the city twice, and the same is true of Crotone!" ”

Ansitanos continued: "Secondly...... Amendora is our ally, and the fighting power of their soldiers is well known, and we should ask them for help! ”

At the mention of Amendolara, Nesisis felt as uncomfortable as eating a fly, but the attendees all agreed: "Ansitanos is right! We should go to them for help, and we can rest assured that they are there! ”

"I said a long time ago that it is not worth it to have a stiff relationship with Amendolara for the sake of a few slaves, and I am afraid it will not be so easy to ask someone now!"

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Neosis listened to these words, and his face was blue and white for a while, and he was embarrassed, and he forced his spirit and said, "This is a good proposal. Burks, you can take a run. ”

Burks, who has always been mild-tempered, immediately refused: "I can't do it, let's let the capable Plesinas go." ”

When Plesinas heard this, he bowed his head and did not speak, he knew that if he went, not only would he not succeed in asking for help, but he might also be severely beaten.

It is no wonder that Burkos did not cooperate, and he urged the town hall to fulfill his promise to give freedom to the slaves. The town hall ignored his proposals, which eventually led to a slave revolt, with some of the slaves fleeing to Amendolara. At this time, Bulks, who was a general, knew Davers and thought that Amendolara would definitely refuse Turiyi's request, and it was better to fulfill his promise and give the slaves freedom, and he could also achieve the goal of befriending Amendolala.

Nieonsis and the other generals not only rejected his suggestion, but also thought that with his relationship with Davers, it would be difficult to pull down his face and ask Amendolara for slaves, so they sent the hard-nosed Plesinus. What Bulcos had just said was one of the original words that Neosis had said when he refused to send him to Amendorala, and now that Bulcos had brought it back untouched, one can imagine how wonderful the expression on Neosis' face was.

At this moment, even if Neosis secretly hated Bulkos, he couldn't help but ask politely: "Bulks, this is a matter of life and death for Turiy!" No one else can do this task but you! I hope you can make a trip to Amendora and ask Davers for help! ”

Burkos let out a sinister sigh and simply nodded in agreement at the sound of the citizens' pleas.

"Amendolara is a small city, and there shouldn't be too many reinforcements to send, and the key is to rely on ourselves." Ansitanos continued: "I propose to mobilize freedmen to fight and promise them citizenship. Of course, we have promised once before, but we have not fulfilled it. This time, in order to win their trust, as long as they agree to go to war, they will be given citizenship immediately! ”

Ansitanos's suggestions made Nesis feel uncomfortable one by one, this suggestion should not be said to be his, the citizens attending the meeting based on their personal interests, almost no agreed, and finally Ansitanos got the answer: "Discuss ...... again"

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While Turij was convening a citizens' assembly, Crotone's army reached the outside of Crimesa after a half-day march.

Crimesa, the town was originally a colonial town of Cybaris, and after the fall of Cybaris, it was converted to the Crotone League. After the re-establishment of Turiyi in Athens, the agreement with Crotone specifically mentions that Casthlon and Crimesa must remain neutral.

Now in front of Crotone's army, Clemisa did not hesitate to open the door to greet him, and took the initiative to send a thousand people to join Crotone's army.

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"Crotone's Melanthius, 45 years old, was a two-time wrestling champion at the Olympia Games and a wrestling champion at the Isthmus once as a young man. He has participated in many battles against Lockrie and Bruti, and has twice independently commanded battles and won victories...... He fought bravely, often leading the charge, but he was not liked by the soldiers, because he always liked to take victory to himself after victory...... It is said that he was tall and handsome, and lived a luxurious life, which was very popular with the women of Crotone. For this reason, the men were jealous of him and deliberately did not vote for him, causing him to lose the election of general many times. His friends often advised him not to pay too much attention to dressing up, but to keep a low profile, but he said, 'Apollo gave him a toned body and an intelligent brain, and if no one was jealous, he would not be able to bring out his excellence!' ’