Chapter 35: Luring the Enemy
"How can that be! That's fine! You swore to the gods! Burcos pleaded eagerly, "Please, Chief Davers! Let your soldiers stay and help Turiyi! Pay...... Double your salary! Lack of weapons...... There's a lot more in the city of Turii, I'm going to ship it to you now! Lack of ...... In today's battle, you have all seen that more than 2,000 people were killed and wounded in Turiyi, and there is really no one! Bulkos cried, almost on his knees. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
But Davers's expression turned cold.
Burkos hurriedly said: "I'll think again...... Think again...... Oh...... Although there are no people in Turiyi, there are enough slaves who mine copper and stone, they are all young men, relatively strong, you will give you as much as you want! ”
Davers touched his chin and thought for a while before he reluctantly said, "...... All right...... But I don't have food to feed these slaves. ”
"There is enough food in the city of Turiyi, give as much as you want!" As long as Davers agrees to stay, he seems to be able to accommodate whatever he asks of Burkos......
That night, the whole of Turi was busy, and the people, in order to survive, endured their grief, and drove hundreds of cargo ships, loaded with weapons, food, slaves, and tents (because the Tarantum reinforcements refused to enter the city and preferred to stay in the mercenary camp, so they had to prepare tents) and sent them to the improvised docks at the mouth of the river......
Davers ordered Mersis to lead his baggage battalion to take charge of receiving the goods, and let the soldiers rest and recuperate......
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As soon as the sky was dawning, the mercenaries in front of Davers's barracks had already finished arranging, and Davers patrolled past them, and their high-spirited outlook made Davers nod uncontrollably.
"Matonis, are you ready?" Looking at his old comrades in front of him, Davers couldn't help but ask.
"I can't wait!" Mattonis shouted.
"For a while, some enemies let you fight, and we have to kill three of each brother on average to ensure victory. Are you sure?! Davers asked with a smile.
"Yes!! The shouts of the surrounding soldiers in unison were mixed with Mattonis's unwillingness: "Three is not enough for me to kill!" ”
Davers laughed, turned over and jumped on the war horse led by Asistes beside him, came to the front of the army, and shouted in front of the army, facing countless excited and hopeful burning eyes: "Brothers, I see hope in your eyes, and after today's battle, I hope you will turn this hope into reality!" Hades will bless you! ”
"Wan Sheng!"
"Wan Sheng!!"
"Wansheng !!"
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In the midst of the long-lasting shouts, Davos solemnly said to Phellisius: "I wait for your good news! ”
"Don't worry, Chief, with Hades' blessing, we will succeed!" Phellisius said excitedly.
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Watching the mercenaries disappear north into the morning mist, Davers took a long breath, knowing that the battle that would decide his fate was about to begin......
"Yasi, go back to camp! Start our preparation! He shouted loudly and with force and excitement.
"Yes!!" Assistes' response was equally forceful.
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"Hey, do you hear me? It was as if there was an army marching. "The sentry on the wall of Turiyi reminded his companions.
"Could it be that the Lucanians are attacking us?!" The other sentry, of course, also heard the sound and said in alarm.
"Ring the alarm and inform the citizens!" The sentries hurried to the tower.
But when the Turriyi citizens caught up with the walls, there was silence outside.
Faced with the foggy outside the city, the cavalry refused to go out to investigate, so they could only wait for the fog to clear......
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By morning, the sun had risen in mid-air and the fog had dissipated.
The sound of trumpets resounded through the Lucanian tribal coalition camp, and the warriors began to prepare for the march to the plains of Xubari.
Just then, the sentry rushed into the camp: "There is an enemy coming!" An enemy is coming! ”
How dare an enemy attack our camp? The Lucanian warriors looked curiously outside the camp gate.
Two hundred heavily armed Greek hoplites appeared outside the camp, and under the gaze of tens of thousands of pairs of eyes, they stopped a hundred meters away from the camp in a hurry and began to throw some circular objects into the camp.
When things hit the ground, the warriors found out that it was the head of the Lucanian warrior who died in the mercenary camp (for fear of increasing casualties, the Lucanian warrior did not dare to take the corpses of his comrades from the trap outside the Davos camp yesterday......
As the soldiers' anger was ignited, the Greek soldiers outside the camp lifted their battle skirts and cursed as they urinated.
Enraged, the Lucanian warriors broke through their leader's barricade, and thousands of men rushed out of the camp and pounced viciously on the Greek soldiers.
The Greek soldiers immediately turned and fled, and after the relentless Lucanian warriors rounded the mountain beams, they were surprised to find nearly 2,000 Greek soldiers waiting in front of them. It was too late to dodge, and a rain of javelins immediately brought the Lucanian warriors to the ground, followed by a powerful charge that completely destroyed the fighting spirit of the warriors.
The Greek soldiers then pursued them, and in full view of the public, the Greek soldiers quickly knocked down the fleeing Lucalian warriors one by one, and then stabbed the fallen warriors several more times to ensure their death.
This cruel way of killing and the screams of the clansmen made the Lucarian warriors and leaders who witnessed all this in the camp unable to hold back their anger, but they were also impressed by the number and ferocity of the other party, and began to ask the Grand Leader of Grumentum to fight.
Before Akpiru could reply, Gneinat shouted, "I know them!" They're the damn mercenaries we fought yesterday! ”
Akpiru's eyes widened: "Kid, are you sure?!" ”
"I won't admit my mistake if I am killed!" Gneinert looked bitter and hateful.
"Great Chief, let me go out with three thousand warriors to repel them and avenge the warriors of Picosis's kind!" Severa stepped forward to fight.
Gneinat glared at him and stepped forward to fight.
Akpiru exclaimed: "These Greek mercenaries dare to leave the camp and come to harass us!" That's right, wipe them all out here again, so that we don't have to attack their camp again! The more Akpiru spoke, the more agitated he became: "Immediately blow the horn of attack, line up outside the camp, and after defeating them, take advantage of the situation and march to the plains of Xubari!" ”
The leaders were equally enthusiastic, and Qi claimed that it was, only the Grand Leader of Vig City, Sedorum, was silent.
Akpiru glanced at him and said in a deep voice, "Sedorum, do you have any questions about my decision? ”
Sedorum smiled bitterly and said, "Great Chief, I am absolutely obedient to orders!" It's just that...... After last night, Vig's fighters were reluctant to ...... Refuse to go to war again......"
"There is such a thing?!" Akpiru's eyes widened.
"The soldiers said, 'If you go to the battlefield and be killed by the enemy, you will be killed by your own people when you come back, and you will be killed anyway, so it is better to lie in the camp and let yourself kill yourself, at least you don't have to be so tired.' No matter how much I persuade, they won't listen! Sedorum bowed his head, but spoke incredibly fluently.
"Akpiru, the Vig people must have bad intentions if they don't listen to orders, and they must all be arrested immediately!" Sincinag jumped out and shouted at Sedorum.
Sedorum's face changed slightly.
Akberu interrupted Sincinag: "Alright, since Vig's warriors don't want to fight, stay and guard the camp." ”
Sedorum breathed a sigh of relief. Before Sincinag could say more, Akpiru waved his hand and said impatiently: "The warriors of Pikosis also suffered heavy casualties yesterday, and they were also left to guard the camp with the Vig warriors. When we have repelled the Greeks, you will then bring all the supplies of the camp such as cattle, sheep, tents, and equipment to the plains of Cybari. ”
Sincinag stopped making trouble, he gladly accepted the order, and also stopped his son Gneinat's opposition, but this did not reduce Akberus's bad feelings for him: after returning to the camp yesterday, Akpiru had intended to let Sedorum kill dozens of seriously wounded Vig people to make a mission, but Sinsinag insisted on killing 150 Vig warriors as a sacrifice. This practice clearly alienated the Vigs.
Looking at the expressionless Sedorum, Akpiru knew that he should seriously consider the issue of Vig City next, but now that the plains of Xubari were his primary target, he had to let Pikosis spy on these aliens for the time being.
The horn of attack continued to sound, and Lucania's warriors poured out of the camp and began to line up.