Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

When did the Brutians be so friendly to the Greeks! Are you afraid of them just because they are Dionians! Cannaru roared indignantly. For more than a year, although the Bruti people are relatively closed, they still have some understanding of the major events happening in the outside world. A powerful city-state alliance has suddenly risen around Bruti, which has really put pressure on the leaders of various tribes. Only Young people like Canum were unconvinced: We are wolves, and the Greeks are just sheep. No matter how many sheep and how fat they are, they can't fight wolves!

Okay, Karam, don't forget what your father said to you before he left, you don't want him to get angry again when he hears that you don't listen to us, and then deprives you of the rights you just acquired, and then hand it over to Your brother. Another older man also stepped forward to persuade.

Karnaru seemed to remember something, his face changed slightly, he turned around angrily and went out, and before leaving, he gave Antaoris a vicious look.

Antaoris was listening to the entourage whispering the translation of their conversation, only to see the old man walking over and said in a gentle tone: The messenger of Dionia, my name is Bachilippi, I am a member of Bisinia. Chief. His name is Brim, and he is also the chief of Vicinia.

Antaoris saluted with a smile and called out his name.

We will immediately send someone to inform Cosenza of your arrival, and you will stay in Bisinia for a while. Once the news of your entry comes, we will send someone to escort you to Cosenza.

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The Brutians slept very simply, covered with animal fur, and slept directly on the wooden floor around the fire pit.

After an afternoon of trekking and fright, Antaoris and his party were already exhausted physically and mentally. After dinner, they fell to the ground and fell asleep. They soon fell asleep and snored.

In the darkness, only one person still had his eyes open.

Among the three followers of Antaoris, one of them is his most trusted slave, taking care of his food, clothing, housing and transportation along the way; while the other is the Senate because Antaoris does not understand the Bruti language, for him A specially recruited translator, Adepikis, is a free citizen registered in Dionia. His mother is a Greek. He was taken away by the Brutians. The slave of man, who has tasted the hardships of life, finally seized an opportunity to escape from the Bruti Mountains, and finally came to Turii. The entourage who has not fallen asleep was recommended to Antaoris by Marigi, who said that he was from the Ministry of Military Affairs. Considering that in the event of a war with the Bruti people in the future, it is necessary to understand the internal situation of the Bruti area. In fact, He was a prospective citizen of Dionia, named Antrapolis, the younger brother of Davos's private intelligence officer, Aristillas.

Since Izam's reconnaissance brigade followed Davers to Tarantum, Antrapolis was indeed performing reconnaissance duties in this regard, and at this moment he was trying to recall in his mind everything he saw during the day: from the picture The approximate time spent on the road from Lie to Bisinia, the difficulty of the road, the location and firmness of the city of Bisinia, the approximate number of the population and soldiers in the city, and the number of Bisinia to be judged by conversation The character of the sub-leader...and so on. Antrapolis recalled over and over again until he clearly engraved them in his mind, and there were still some vague places to be confirmed the next day.

When this was done, Antrapolis turned his attention to Antaoris, who was sleeping on the opposite side—this was his other task object. He will closely monitor and observe the performance of the new senator's Crimean envoy to Cosenza.

It is not the first time that Antrapolis has done such a thing. At the beginning, he was still a little resistant. He said to his brother Aristillas: The former tyrant of Syracuse, Hieron, once created a spy system. , to spy on the private lives of the citizens of the city-state, so he has a bad reputation, and he doesn't want Davos, who they are attached to, to become like that.

However, Aristillas persuaded him: Hieron had a bad reputation, mainly because he was too dictatorial, too suspicious and oppressive of the citizens, so the public resentment boiled. As a lifelong consul with an open mind and a cool head, Davos knows how to protect the freedom of the people. He should not make such mistakes, and he is very capable. The rapid rise of the Dionysian Alliance has explained everything. The brothers are optimistic about the best commander-in-chief against Syracuse and rebuilding Catane. Therefore, consolidating his leadership and preventing people with ulterior motives from causing chaos has become one of Aristillas' important responsibilities.

After Antrapolis was persuaded by his brother, he followed and investigated the movements of many elders of the Senate. It should be said that the vast majority of the elders support and agree with Davos' status as life-long consul. Although Polyxis and other very few people are dissatisfied with Davos, they are only verbal, and there is no specific action. As for Antaolis, he was the head of the three people who entered the Senate. After coming to Turii, apart from attending the meeting of the Senate, he usually lived in a secluded place and rarely contacted other senators. S was very curious that this mission was a good opportunity to get to know the Crimea, and also to provide reference for Davos to use and appoint senior officials in the future. At least from the current performance, although Antaoris is a noble of Crimea, he can endure hardship and has courage. Antrapolis is looking forward to his next performance.

The next afternoon, a messenger came from Cosenza, and Antaolis and his party were allowed to enter Cosenza.

Bachilippi also sent ten warriors, euphemistically, to escort the Dionian messengers to Cosenza.

The group went out of the city and started to head west along the mountain road, but they were stopped before they went too far.

Karnaru rode a horse, appeared in front of them, and said proudly: Greeks, I haven't entertained you yet, so I just want to leave like this!

Antaoris and the others were suddenly nervous.

At this time, the Brutite warrior in charge of the escort stepped forward to persuade Karnaru, but was stopped by his subordinates: Don't worry, I will not let you go back and can't explain it.

After he made the promise, his face sank and his eyes flashed fiercely: Give me five lashes! Let them know that the Greeks don't pay a price, and it's not so easy to pass through my city of Bisinia!

After he finished speaking, before Antaoris and the others could react, they were swarmed by the Brutite warriors and pushed to the ground.

Each person was beaten with five whips, and each one's skin was ripped apart. Adepygis got angry and cursed in Bruti.

Cannaru listened, but laughed and shouted, Give me three more whips!

Adapigis still wanted to scold, Antaoris shouted in a low voice: Adipgis, don't forget what we are here for!

When Adepikis heard the words, he slowly lowered his head.

Seeing that the Greeks didn't respond, Canaru was rather bored, and he didn't dare to go too far, so as not to get his father's wrath, and shouted, Cowardly Greeks, go. He shook the reins with both hands. , along the road, go east.

The four of Antaoris supported each other and moved forward with difficulty.

Although the terrain is getting higher and higher, the road is no longer rough and difficult. The continuous mountain peaks gradually retreat to both sides. In front of them is the gently rolling grass. The dense layers of flexible grass are dotted with colorful wildflowers. The large carpet stretches all the way to the distance...Flocks of cattle, sheep, and horses graze quietly on the slopes, or raise their hooves, run and play, among which are dotted thatched huts, some of which have already risen. cooking smoke.

The number of people I saw on the road gradually increased. They drove cattle and sheep, carrying goods, and appeared in various places on the slope, heading in the same direction.

In the evening, Antaoris, by the moonlight, saw a huge dark shadow standing in front of him, and he knew that Cosenza was there.

Since the time for entering the city had passed, Antaoris and his party could only set up a tent outside the city for the night.

Early the next morning, the escorting Bruti warriors immediately informed the city.

Soon, Antaoris and his party were welcomed by the guards sent by the tribal alliance and invited to enter the city of Cosenza.

After breakfast, Antaoris was taken to Cosenza's council hall, which was much more grand than the thatched hut in Bisinia.

There is one person sitting in the center, and three people sitting on each side. The seat in the center is obviously higher, and it seems that the priority has been divided.

Antaoris thought about the news about the formation of a tribal alliance under the leadership of the great leader of Cosenza, and bowed respectfully: Respected leaders, I am the messenger of Dionia. Antaoris, bring greetings from the Dionysian Senate!

Before Adpygis could translate, the man in the middle said in Greek: Messenger of Dionia, welcome to Cosenza, the center of the Bruti tribal alliance, I am the great leader of the entire tribal alliance. Pianlon.

As soon as he finished speaking, the person closest to his lower left stood up and asked in Greek: Bruty and Dionia have never communicated with each other. I don't know why the messenger came this time?

As soon as these words came out, everyone else in the discussion hall focused their attention on Antaoris.

Antaoris didn't expect that as soon as they met, the Brutians put the question on the table, he didn't answer immediately, turned his head and asked, May I ask who you are?

The great leader of Vig City, Sedorum, is also the elder of the tribal alliance. Among the several great leaders, Sedorum was the only one who had an intersection with Dionia. A year ago, when the Lucania Alliance attacked Turii, he led his clan to attack the camp of Davos, the mercenary leader of the year and the current Dionysian consul. Later, Davos designed to encircle and destroy Lukani. The Asian coalition forces Sedorum to seize the opportunity and defect from the Lucania Alliance. Later, due to Vig City's proximity to Laos, the turmoil in Laos City, the control of Avinogis, and Laos joining Dai The Onia Alliance... A series of events happened one after another like a revolving beacon, and he knew all about it. Therefore, although he has not met Davos and has not dealt with Dionia directly, he is wary of Davos and Dionia. So when he learned that Dionia sent messengers to come, Sedorum warned others to act cautiously, because now Dionia's strength has clearly surpassed Bruti.