Receiving his father's compliment, Croto Katáx smiled happily.

"It's just—" Davers paused and said mildly, "I used to say that you were too gentle, but this time it was a little more intense. The Grand Chief of Kautini, Segovani, has been captured by us, and his head has been cut off to pacify the Naconians and Campanians, but punishing the Grand Chief of Penteni and the heads of the tribes of the two tribes, while pleasing the people, may in fact lead to the discontent of the people of both tribes, so that the war of Samonai will not end soon, which is not what we want.

You must know that the tradition of the Samonai people is that the strong are respected, and if the Grand Chiefs of Pentney lose the battle with these tribal leaders and lose their land, they will lose their prestige and appeal among their people, and we forgive them and support them to continue to be tribal leaders, not only to gain their gratitude, but also to help us control the Samonai. We may add to the covenant that 'the chief of the Samonai tribes must be confirmed by the kingdom before he can formally exercise authority among the tribes,' so that the authority of the kingdom can be established among the Samoni tribes.

Of course, you proposed that the new Grand Leader of Kautini be chosen from the Naconian tribes, which is very good! I think the young leader of Naconia who rose up against the Kautini first in the Battle of Lola is called ......"

"Your Majesty, his name is Vaschunk, he is the second largest tribe belonging to the Nakonian region, Avangum, and he has just been elected by the people to be the head of the tribe because his father was killed by Segovani, but he seems to be too young, only 20 years old." While giving a brief introduction to the man's situation, Tolmid also reminded.

"It doesn't matter if you're young, as long as he trusts Dionia, then Dionia will support him, and he can become a big leader!" Davers said proudly

"Your Majesty is right! The future Samonai tribe could not survive in the mountains without the support of the kingdom! Hennipolis spoke out in support.

Klotockatus and Tolmid were thoughtful.

"In addition, there is a very important one, I forgot to mention last time, and you didn't notice it Crotto, that the reason why the Samonai people were able to provoke a war this time was that in addition to the agreement of the four big leaders, who still played a big role in it?" Davers asked again.

"High Priest of Samonay!" Klotockatus blurted out.

"That's right, the High Priest of Samonai and his priestly body, who are above all the tribes, have great appeal to the Samonai people. I even suspect that they were the first initiators of this war, because the priests of the kingdom Hades went into the mountains to spread their faith and violated their fundamental interests.

Therefore, we must ask them to dissolve the priesthood and have each tribe elect its own high priest, which must also be confirmed by the kingdom, and the savoni of Samonai must be coordinated by the kingdom, and the four priests will take turns to preside over it. ”

Croto Katazáx pondered what Davers said, felt the use of political wisdom in it, and nodded frequently, but he was also a little puzzled: "Father, this article involves the beliefs and traditions of the Samonai people for many years, I'm afraid they won't agree easily." ”

"Gherni will surely agree that they, the Abrums, have been oppressed by the priesthood and have long wanted to have their own high priest of Savoni.

The Kautini had to agree, for the tribe had suffered so much that it was on the verge of extinction.

The Pentneys had to agree, because their central town had been besieged for so long and was about to be taken. Just a change of tradition can save the survival of the community, and I think they will all agree to it eventually. As for Caracheni-" Davers sneered: "The other tribes have their own high priests, and the Samonai priesthood they have may only be for their own use (the birthplace of the Samonai race is in the territory of Caracheni, where there is a sacred mountain recognized by the Samonai people, so it is also the place where the Samonai priesthood is entrenched), if we don't take advantage of the weakest time for the Samonai people to solve this problem, the Samonai people may bring a lot of trouble to the kingdom in the future!" ”

"I see." Croto Katácáx replied convincingly.

"Heney, according to what I said to Croto, write to Alexis, and ask him to talk to the people of Putney and Kautini according to the advice in the letter." Davers finished speaking, but did not hear a response.

"Father, Uncle Henie just went out." Croto Kataks pointed out of the tent, alerting Davers.

The tabernacle was lifted, and Henipolis walked in again: "Your Majesty, here are two more war reports. One from the Third Fleet, one from Sicily. ”

"Oh......" Davers reached out to take the letter, unfolded it, and his previous pleasant expression vanished in a blink of an eye.

"Your Majesty, bad news?" Seeing this, Hennepolis asked curiously.

"It's not too bad." Davers quickly calmed down and said lightly: "The fleet infantry of the Third Fleet went ashore to attack a Phoenician village in Sardinia, but encountered the Phoenician army that had been prepared, and the two sides fought, and the Third Fleet lost more than 400 people, but fortunately it finally successfully retreated. ”

"More than 400 people?! That's a big loss! Hennipolis was a little surprised.

Davos knew that Sardinia was different from Corsica in that it was a large island, with a large area of land, with many large rivers, and relatively fertile hills and plains for grazing and planting, so the Phoenicians were quite numerous on the island, and established St. Ibinia, Olbia, Saros, Calaris, Nora, Surqi, ...... These larger city-states, they had enough young and middle-aged citizens to build a coalition of no less than 10,000 people. The news of the capture of Alenia by the Third Fleet could not be concealed from the Sardinian Phoenicians not far from Corsica, and it was normal for them to be on guard, but Midorades had underestimated them because of their previous victory, and suffering such a setback would also allow him to sober up a little in his future operations.

"Your Majesty, how do you reply?" Henipolis asked.

"Let's just say that I already know, I hope they can learn a lesson, and in the future, they will be more flexible and cautious in their military operations, and they will use the superiority of the navy to expand the scope of the attack to the whole island, so that the Phinekians will not be able to judge the movements of the Third Fleet......"

"Father, are you no longer sending reinforcements to support the Third Fleet?" Klotockatus chimed in.

"The Phoenicians of Sardinia have been blessed by Carthage for many years, greedy for comfort, and only want to hold their own territory, without any ambition, and will not pose any threat to us, it is not a problem that we need to solve urgently, it is enough to have the Third Fleet hold it back." Davers raised the other letter in his hand and sighed lightly: "Our biggest threat is still from Sicily. Although I was glad to hear that Sekrian was still alive, Miltias was killed, the 4th Fleet was crippled, and the friendly city-states on the south coast of Sicily fell, and Syracuse suddenly declared war...... All this bad news makes me feel uneasy! The Carthaginian army led by this Marco is very strong, and our Sicilian territory will be fiercely attacked by them......" Davers said with some concern, and after placing the letter on the table with a solemn expression, he did not speak again, but put his hands up and paced back and forth in the tent.

Henipolis curiously picked up the letter and looked at it carefully, Crotokatus was not as bold as him, after all, he was trained in military affairs, knew military law, and knew that peeking at military intelligence without permission would be severely punished, so although he was curious, he only looked at Henipolis with his eyes.

"The Carthaginian army, together with the Syracusens, has launched an attack on our Sicilian possessions! Hena, Palagonia, and Tounis were attacked at the same time! After reading it, Henipolis whispered to Klotocatax.

"How many enemies are there?"

"The letter says that at least 100,000 people are involved in the attack! Our army in Sicily is just over 20,000 people, right?! ”

"To be exact...... About 30,000 men, the seventh and eighth legions, plus the Sicilian legion reserves......"

The two men talked quietly

Davers stopped and said, "Klotto, you go and call Tolmid, it seems that it is time to take the city of Satnikum. ”

"Yes!" Klotocatax walked out of the tent excitedly.

"Your Majesty, is it too early to attack Satnikum City at this time? The last time we stormed Antium, although the Romans only had 3,000 defenders, it also cost us a lot, and there were many more Roman soldiers in the city of Satnikum than Antium! Hennipolis couldn't help but remind.

"According to the observations of the mountain scouts, the number of patrols to and fro of the city defenders in the past two days has decreased significantly, and when the Romans are persuaded to surrender under the city, they lie on the battlements and listen, and their officers do not stop them...... This is a phenomenon that has never happened before, indicating that the morale of the Roman defenders has dropped significantly, I originally thought to wait a little longer, maybe the Roman defenders will surrender automatically, but now I can't wait, the sooner the war here ends, the sooner I can rescue Sicily! ”

Davers spoke firmly, and Henipolis did not persuade him further, but began to write a reply to Alexis as Davers had previously instructed.

At this time, the captain of the palace guard, Martius, walked into the tent: "Your Majesty, the commander of the army of Mattonis, has something important to ask to see. ”

"Let him in."

Matonis strode into the tent with a happy face and said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, the city of Satnikum has sent Roman emissaries, and they ask for surrender!" ”