Rome Must Fall

Pigris took over and said jokingly: "Because of your instructions, our leader, we went straight all the way without much rest. Volenus was so tired that he could hardly breathe, and he almost had to be carried on his back. And left."

"Nonsense, I have good physical strength, how can such a thing happen!" Voranus immediately retorted.

"I'm really sorry for asking you to come here so quickly! It's because we just captured this place and there are many problems. We urgently need everyone to come and work together to complete the plan we made in advance and turn this place into the territory of our tribe as soon as possible!"

Maximus first apologized to everyone, and then said urgently: "Put aside the matters on the Segestica territory for the time being, and let's talk about the matters on your side first."

"Let me tell you first." Quintus glanced at the others, and after seeing them all nodding, he said: "After we fought the main force of the Pannoni coalition, I rushed to the camp occupied by the Second Army. The next day No sign of the Pannonian army was seen.

However, the leader of Ardei came with an army of more than 4,000 people. He also had a small conflict with us because of the military provisions and luggage left by the Pannonians in the camp. Later, Pigris went to resolve it...

Later, we found out that after the defeat of the great battle, the main force of the Pannoni coalition divided into several groups, crossed the hills, and retreated eastward. Only then did the Ardeis send troops to recover their lands along the Korana River, and we abandoned the captured camp and withdrew from the Korana River.

However, during the retreat, Lebilus organized people to transport the food and baggage distributed in the camp back to Snodia. Frontinus now leads the Ministry of Military Affairs and the Second and Fourth Legions to control tens of thousands of prisoners. It may be difficult to get away in a short time. "

"The reason for the small conflict between us and the Ardei people at the camp on the Korana River is actually very simple -" Pigris took over the conversation and explained to Maximus seriously: "The Ardei people think that the camp The food baggage inside was collected by the Pannoni from their various villages on the Korana River. Now that they have recovered the territory of the Korana River and resettled the people there, they need to transfer the food in the camp. Return the baggage to them, otherwise they will not survive next fall...

I told the people of Ardei that this time the Pannoni army invaded with great ambitions. It not only captured the banks of the Korana River, but also continued to threaten the security of the banks of the Mrezhnica River! It was only through the bloody battle of our Nix army that we defeated it, so that the Ardei tribe could survive! For this reason, many of our Nix soldiers sacrificed their lives in fierce battles. This should have been grateful and rewarded by the Aldiyi tribe, but they never expected that they would actually retaliate!

You must know that we captured that camp, and the food and baggage inside are our spoils of war. Whoever gets it in the battle will get it. This is the tradition of the Illyrians..."

Pygris spoke with some satisfaction: "The Ardi people felt wronged, so they didn't dare to steal the food and baggage from us anymore. However, their situation at the time was indeed a bit bad. Later, I reached an agreement with them. We will take 60% of all supplies, and they will take 40%. After next year’s autumn harvest, they will double the 40% and return it to us... Of course, this agreement needs your permission, the leader.”

Maximus nodded and said: "You did the right thing! After all, Aldee and we are allies. They have given us a lot of help in the past, and important supplies such as salt and iron are obtained from them. Next, we need to focus on I want to stabilize the situation here, so the relationship with Ardey must be better now! Let’s change the agreement, it’s still 60%, but they don’t need to pay back the 40%.”

"Yes, leader, you are thinking long-term." Pigris flattered him.

"Are you negotiating with Alistakas, the new leader of Ardei?" Maximus asked again.

Pigris smiled slightly contemptuously: "No, he, the new leader, is so proud that he did not meet with me at all. Instead, he first sent Ambrasinos, the elder of their tribe, to discuss with me.

This Ambrasinus spoke in a strange manner, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he alluded to us for taking things from the Ardeans. As a result, I was unable to reply. Later, it was Cleobrotus who came to discuss with me. Chief, your relative is still very powerful. He didn’t argue with me. He just told me about the difficulties that the Aldiyi tribe is facing now... Later, I reached this agreement with him. "

"Cliobrotus is indeed capable." Maximus' eyes flashed and he said meaningfully: "But his relationship with Aristarchus is not harmonious. Even if he is married to me now, But when Aristarchus encountered difficulties, his first thought was still his father-in-law.”

"Chief, when I was discussing with them, I also heard about one thing -" Pigris pretended to be mysterious and said in a deep voice: "I heard that Alistakas is very angry with you!"

"Why?" Maximus wondered.

"Because the next morning after the battle, you, the leader, quickly returned to the territory with your army. At that time, Alistakas was happily leading the Ardei army to your camp at the time, wanting to join you, but it turned out that It failed. I heard that he was very angry at that time and thought that you, the leader, were putting on airs and looking down on him..."

Maximus was amused: "I was in a hurry to rush back to the east of the Kupa River to resist the attack of Segestica's army, and I didn't know he would come at that time. He was so angry for no reason."

Quintus interjected: "Chief, the new leader of the Ardei tribe has such a weird temper. Even if he has married you, I am still worried that the alliance between our two tribes will not last long!"

"The future is the future." Maximus said disapprovingly: "If the alliance really breaks down one day in the future, it is not necessarily us who should worry. Besides, even if Alistakas has ill intentions towards our tribe, it will not make the decision. The will of the entire Aldi Nation.”

Quintus was thoughtful after hearing this.

"Chief." Pigres continued: "During my discussions with the Ardei people, Budokaribas, Cicelitses and other Ardei tribe leaders who have friendly agreements with us He also took the initiative to find me and said that he had something important to discuss with you.

I told them, 'You are leading an army to the east of Westeni to defend against the invading Segestica army.' They actually did not go with the Ardei army to conquer the territory along the Korana River, but followed us. After arriving at the newly occupied stronghold on the Kupa River, and then learning that you had brought an army to attack the Segostika territory, they followed us here again today. "

Maximus' heart moved: "You mean they have already entered the village?"

"Yes! They knew that you were anxious to see us, and it was getting so late, so they didn't follow you in again stupidly." After making fun of you, Pigris said in a deep voice: "Although they didn't say what they meant along the way. , but based on my observations, I think they must be here for the land this time!”

"Oh." Maximus' mood did not fluctuate after hearing this, and he responded quickly: "If you really come here for the land, it is not impossible to consider it, but now is not the time to discuss this...

Volenus, Capito, there are tens of thousands of prisoners on the other side of the Kupa River. What measures have you taken to deal with this problem and ensure the security of the territory there? "

"Chief, there are more than tens of thousands of prisoners there! You see, nearly 12,000 Pannoni warriors were captured in the two battles. After capturing the village east of Westeni, nearly 10,000 people were captured in the entire village.

Then the Fourth Army quickly captured Segestika's last stronghold along the Kupa River. Although the people in the stronghold were surrounded and annihilated because they knew that the alliance between Segestika and Desitiatai, most of them They followed the defeated soldiers and fled along the river to Broch's territory, but there were still nearly 1,000 people who were lucky and unwilling to leave, and were captured by the Fourth Army... So in total, there were more than 22,000 people there. captive--"

"That's not all." Capito interjected: "If you count the more than 4,000 Skodisci slaves who took the initiative to join us after the Second Army captured the camp on the Korana River, our tribe now suddenly has 27 more people. 000 people, this is a huge number!

Although we obtained the food baggage of the two armies of Pannoni, it was only enough to supply them for a month. Of course, if we confiscated the food of all the people of Segestica in the two newly acquired villages along the Kupa River, , it should be able to last for more than two months. "

"But there are still five or six months until next year's autumn harvest. We can't think of a better way to solve it for the time being, so we have to ask the leader to come up with a solution!" Capito said seriously: "As for that, How to control those large numbers of prisoners? Our current temporary approach is to imprison all Pannoni prisoner prisoners in the military camp by the Kupa River. There are a total of about 14,000 people (including the two newly occupied Segesti The soldiers in the Ka stockade are under the centralized custody of the Second Army Corps. The other prisoners must stay in the stockade next to the military camp and are under the custody of the Fourth Army Corps—"

"Let me interject." Quintus said: "The Second Legion also divided 300 people to garrison the easternmost stockade to defend against the Brochs."

"As for the more than 4,000 newly added Skodisci slaves, they all live in a large number of vacated reserve ethnic houses in the Snotia Village. They are led by the Ministry of Agriculture, and are jointly managed by the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of War. Now our tribe Busy with the war and extremely short of labor, many places will have to rely on their efforts," Capito continued.