Chapter 186: The Belonging of Laos
Agacia was stunned for a moment, and said with some embarrassment: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid that these captives add up to no less than 10,000 people!" There are only more than 2,000 citizen soldiers in the city of Sprustum, and I still have to leave some soldiers to defend the city, and I can't afford to take so many prisoners......"
"The thousands of soldiers of the spear brigade will be under your command and will return to Turii with you." Davers already had a plan in mind for this. After this battle, the army of Syracuse will be far less numerous than the army he leads, not to mention that they have suffered a crushing defeat, and the regular army of Dionya is fully capable of victory, and the next will probably be mainly siege warfare, and the spear brigade will be useless.
"Okay." Agacia nodded in acceptance, he looked at the captive team that was passing not far away, and said worriedly: "Now that there are more than 10,000 captives, I'm afraid the food in the alliance is even more tight." β
"Ansitanos had already sailed to Carthage a few days ago and believed that this time he would be able to sign some agreements with Carthage." Davers said confidently.
"Carthage?" Assia frowned: "Didn't it already reject our request for an alliance before!" β
"The situation is different now than it was when the war beganβ" Davers was about to explain to him in detail, when a shout came from afar: "Lord Davers! β
Davers stared at him: a group of two men was walking towards him, led by Sipros.
Davers hurried to catch up, and the convoy followed.
"Thanks to you, Dionia, we have finally won this important battle! Defeat the vicious Syracuse! Great Greece is saved! Cipros excitedly gave Davers a powerful hug.
Davers patted him on the shoulder and said seriously: "If you hadn't resisted the all-out attack of the Syracuse people on the left flank, I'm afraid the outcome of this battle would be difficult to say, so it should be said that our South and Italy Alliance worked together to win this battle that is related to our life and death!" β
"That's fair, our citizens didn't die in vain!" A cold voice came from the side.
Davers turned his head to look: the person who spoke was a burly and sturdy middle-aged man, with a large square face full of beard and majesty, and the look in Davers's eyes was somewhat complicated.
"General Milon?" Davers had already guessed his identity.
"I'm the same Milon who was defeated by you a few years ago and finally forced to leave Crotone." There seemed to be something unkind in Milon's tone.
Davos didn't mind, and said with emotion: "There is a saying in the East called 'don't fight, don't know each other'!" At the beginning, you marched to Turiyi with great speed, but it really frightened the people of Dionia. I wanted to see you for a long time, but I didn't expect to see you today after a few years. But luckily, today Dionia and Crotone are allies in life and death, and I am honored to be able to fight alongside you in such a life-and-death battle for Great Greece and defeat a powerful enemy! I think that in this war, the most correct choice made by the Council of Crotone is to recall you, which has enabled Crotone to hold on to this day, to gather strength for our South-Italy Alliance, to counterattack the Syracuse, and to gain time, so that we will have today's victory! On behalf of Dionia, I thank you and the citizens of Crotone who are fighting to the death! β
After Davers finished speaking sincerely, he solemnly gave a military salute to Milon. In fact, he didn't know what Milon had done since he returned to Crotone, and this praise to Milon was more of a compensation for Dionia's delay in rescuing Crotone.
So as soon as he finished speaking, the Crotone soldiers behind Milon straightened their chests, and their hearts were full of pride: this is the praise of the undefeated Davers of Great Greece!
Even Milon himself was a little excited, and hurriedly returned a military salute: "It's also my honor to fight side by side with Lord Davers!" β
"It's all arranged by the goddess of fate! Now that our South Italy Alliance is like a family, we must let the people of Syracuse never return! Cipros took the opportunity to echo.
"Master Davers." Milon hesitated for a moment and said: "In the future, Crotone may not be able to send troops to fight against the Syracuse, and now our acropolis has also been burned by the Syracuse rockets, and the citizens urgently need to rebuild their homes!" β¦β¦β
"I understand." Davers said solemnly: "Crotone sacrificed a lot in this war! If there is any difficulty, please do not hesitate to let us know and Dionia will do its best to help! In addition, please feel free to leave these wounded in Crotone to us for treatment, and we will do our best to treat them! β
The most important thing the people of Crotone need to hear at this time are these promises made by the new king of Dionia, Davers! For this, Milon sincerely thanked Davos again, and then returned to the Acropolis of Crotone with the team.
"Lord Davers, we, the Trina soldiers, together with the Dionian army, will continue to attack the Syracuse!" Watching Crotone's team leave, Cipros spoke loudly.
"Very welcome!" Davers said happily that he knew what the purpose of Sipros was: "I think by the time we attack Siridine tomorrow, Trina City should be recaptured relatively easily." β
"May Apollo bless!" Sipros also had the same idea, he did not think that after the crushing defeat of the army of Syracuse, the thousands of enemies in the city of Trina would dare to stay there, alone and stupidly waiting for the attack of tens of thousands of Dionia's troops.
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty Davers! ......" Just as the two of them were talking, a familiar shout came from not far away.
Davers's eyes widened in surprise, only to see a young figure appear in front of him: "Why are you here?!" β
Henypolis shrugged his shoulders and said lightly, "I'm here to make good on my promise - to serve as your Majesty's secretary." β
"Heni, there is no need to rush to be my clerk at this time! You are the consul of Laos, who has just been recaptured from your rebellious uncle, and you should stay with the people of Laos and restore order to the war-torn Laos as soon as possible! Davers looked at him with a relaxed look on his face and couldn't help but remind him bitterly.
"Your Majesty, don't worry, Laos now has Eriandos to maintain order in the city, and Bargole to help manage government affairs, and Hemon, the administrator of Niutum, to help at any time, and I will not have any bad influence on the governance of Laos if I am not there."
Henipolis's words made Davers stunned: "You let Bagul handle Laos's affairs for you?!" β
"Can't you! The bills I am about to introduce have been learned from Turiyi, and Bagul, as the governor of Grummentum, should be very familiar with this aspect and be well equipped to deal with the difficulties brought about by the change of government in Laos, where I will hinder him from exercising his power......," said Henipolis eloquently.
For a moment, Davers was speechless, but the look on his face was still reprimanded: the supreme consul of a city-state did not go through the difficulties with the people of his city, and actually slipped away by himself, which made the people of Laos know what they would think!
It's just that in a public place like this, Davers can't say this, just when he thought about waiting for a while to criticize Henipolis in private, Henipolis saw through his thoughts, stepped forward, and whispered: "The reason why I came here with the army of Shilos is because there is a very important matter I want to discuss with you, Your Majesty!" β
Seeing that he was so solemn, Davers subconsciously asked, "What's the matter?" β
Henipolis glanced at Sipros next to him, not only did not let him avoid him, but intentionally made his voice a little louder: "After this incident, I finally realized that my interest is not in managing the city-state, and if Laos wants to continue to develop safely and prosperously, he can't do without Dionia, so I decided to merge Laos into Dionia!" β
Davers was shocked when he heard this, and in his eyes: Henipolis said this with an extremely serious expression, obviously after some careful consideration.
Immediately, countless thoughts were running rapidly in his mind, and he forcibly suppressed them again, and only said: "This matter will be discussed in my big tent later." β
Then he turned around and introduced, "This is Lord Sipros, the chief general of Trina!" β
Henipolis hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "Lord Sipros, I have seen you several times in the past at His Majesty Davers's mansion. β
"Oh, yes." Cipros smiled reluctantly, he used to go to Turiyi, and every time he went to Davers's mansion to discuss, but how could he remember the boy he met in the courtyard. At this moment, he was shocked by the news he had just heard, and looking at the high-spirited young man in front of him, it seemed that once Laos took the initiative to merge into the Dionian Alliance, what kind of impact would it have on the Dionian Alliance and the other city-states of the Southern Italian Alliance? And what should Trina, who has also experienced war and devastation, do?
Sipros sighed in his heart: "Lord Henipolis, congratulations on taking back Laos!" β
Henipolis noticed the worry that flashed on his face, and he smiled in his heart, but expressed his gratitude at the same time, and said, "I have just separated from General Brommaras, and he should now be escorting the prisoners with Lord Shilos. This time, to intercept the rout of Syracuse, Trina's warriors played a big role! β
Sipros hurriedly asked Mingbromaras about where he was, and hurriedly led his soldiers away.
"This time, thanks to the timely arrival of the army led by Shiros, otherwise the results would not have been so great!" Davers looked at the back of Sipros as he left, and sighed.