"I led my people to build a new road and a residential area for the Tua Alliance, and I also led my people to participate in the battle against Crotone, and now I have captured Niutum, and I have made these achievements, so I became the senator of the Senate!" Bagul said proudly: "And my father did nothing else, but no Lucanian had ever joined the Greek city-state before, and he bravely led more than 2,000 people to join a Greek alliance (including family members, here Bagul deliberately distorted the facts), made history, and agreed and encouraged me to lead my people to do everything for the alliance, and Lord Davos took the initiative to invite him to join the Senate!" ”

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"The Senate is open to any citizen of the Alliance, and if you contribute enough to the Alliance, the Senate will take the initiative to include you!" ……”

Hermon nodded knowingly.

"But what if Grummentum, Pixis, or even Pothenia from the north come to attack Niutum, who has joined the Tua League?" Someone asked worriedly.

"I think you all know very well that Grummentum and Picosis are now fighting each other, and they are in a mess, and they can't take care of us anytime soon, and even if they attack, we are not afraid, we have Lord Davers!" Arsistes said loudly, this sentence is worth a million sentences, and immediately relieved everyone's worries.

"I am willing to lead my people to join the Tua Alliance!" Ksima stood up and said.

"I do, too!" Uraza followed and stood up.

"I can't let Wesbah be proud of himself in the Senate alone!" Hmon also stood up.

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Seeing that almost all of the guests were willing to join the alliance and become reserve citizens of the alliance, Bagul and Assistes looked at each other and smiled, and they raised their glasses: "Come, let us toast together to the Tua League, which belongs not only to the Greeks, but also to the Lucanians!" ”

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The next morning, Avinokis's troops opened the gates of the city, joined forces with the Tua army, easily defeated the defenders of Lucania, and finally stormed the mansion of the Grand Chief, and when he captured Tula, the Grand Leader of Laos, he was hiding in bed and shivering, and next to him lay a Greek slave girl who had been strangled by him and was already cold, and the angry Tua League soldiers immediately pierced him in the chest with a stabbing spear.

Avenogis graciously invited Pheisius to lead his troops to camp in the city, but Pherisius politely refused, and said: "Laos has just been recaptured, the order in the city still needs to be rectified, we have too many soldiers, I am afraid that it will cause you chaos in the city, and affect the friendship between Laos and the Tua Alliance!" We'll fix up outside the city for a while, and then we'll leave, and Master Davers told us before we came! ”

Avinogis's insistence and the Tua Alliance's initiative to think about Laos made Avinokis very emotional, and he gave half of the seized money and livestock to Felicius as a token of gratitude.

Phellisius did not refuse. Together with the loot previously captured in Niutum, the Tuafan coalition has gained a lot this time. By order of the Senate, all the cattle, sheep and livestock were left to Niutum for Sesta to use to aid the Lucarians, who had defected to the Tua League. Most of the money was brought back to Turiyi, partly as military supplies, partly into the state treasury, and a small part as rewards to the soldiers. The seized weapons were donated to the soldiers' council free of charge.

Leaving the 2nd and 4th Brigades to temporarily defend Niutum, and with the rest of the troops carrying five days' rations, they left Laos and came to the entrance to the previous pass, where the whole army stopped and began to build a camp according to the orders of Philippius.

Alobumas, who accompanied him, wondered.

In response to Arrobmas's inquiry, Phellisius replied truthfully: "The Senate ordered (in fact, it was Davers's order), 'After the capture of Laos and Niutum, the army must build a fortress at the entrance to the pass, and send soldiers to garrison it for a long time, so as to prevent the invasion of Lucania's army from the north in the future, and after encircling Niutum, quickly block the mountain road in the south, blocking the support of the Tua alliance to Niutum and Laos. ’”

Arobumas was silent for a moment and asked, "...... trade and personnel exchanges between Laos and Niutum in the future?"

"There will be no repercussions! They can pass through the fortress without any charge! Felicius affirmed.

In order not to undermine the good alliance that Laos had just established with the Tua Alliance, Arrobmas had no choice but to express his approval. In fact, both sides understood that building a fortress here to protect the mountain road connecting with Turii would not only allow the Tuafan alliance to support Niutum against the Lucaria army in the future. In addition, if one day Laos betrays the alliance or has other abnormalities, the army of the Tua alliance can still pass through the fortress and go straight to the city of Laos, which is a dignified conspiracy!

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The temporary governor's mansion in Sesta was flooded early in the morning with a large number of Lucarians who demanded to join the alliance, lease livestock, and lease land.

Sesta was overjoyed and asked Bagul and the soldiers of the 4th Brigade to maintain order and act as interpreters, and the assistants of the household registration officer and the assistant to the agricultural officer who accompanied the army were ready.

Registered, signed, and fingerprinted......

Write the lease agreement, sign it, and put it with your fingerprint......

Unexpectedly, more and more Lucanians came. Not only because of the group effect, but also because of the Tua League's special "Interracial Marriage Law" to quickly consolidate the newly occupied Niutum, some shrewd Lucanians realized that they had to get the benefits of the Tua League as soon as possible, otherwise the Greeks from Turiy would rob them.

To the northwest of Niutum is backed by the La River, and on the other side of the river is a not too steep mountain forest; To the southeast is a long, narrow valley less than two miles wide and fairly flat, leading to Laos; Further east, there are continuous, impassable hills, with only one pass leading to Turiyi; Only to the northeast, between the upper reaches of the La River and the upper reaches of the Agri River, is high and fertile soil, and was once inhabited by many small tribes, and later came under the control of Niutum. The shape of this area is irregular, the terrain is also rugged, and part of it is divided by mountains, which is relatively fragmented, which is difficult to measure and distribute. Therefore, Bagul suggested to Sesta that the land be divided among the tribes according to their number, and that the tax burden should be collected by the chiefs and the tribesmen. The Lucanian talent without the tribe is distributed separately (which is relatively rare), which saves time and manpower, and avoids direct friction and conflict between the alliance and the Lucalian people of Niutum.

Considering the peculiarities of the Lucanian Mountains and the Lucanian tribes, Sesta agreed with Bagul after some thought.

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While Sesta was racking his brains and busy with the management of Niutum, Davos received an urgent report from the west, and the victory of Niutum and Laos was already expected, and the only uneasiness that arose because he was not in command was eliminated. He had repeatedly warned himself that he could not learn from Napoleon, that the Mediterranean Sea was very large, that the Tua alliance would encounter many enemies in the future, and that he needed more excellent commanders who could command operations independently.

Sesta's performance in Niutum was unexpected, just ...... He handed the sandpaper roll to Aristocrates and asked with a little anger, "What do you think about Sesta's letting Greek slaves slaughter Lucarian's captives?" ”

After making the decision to let Acestes assist Sesta in governing Niutum, Davers did not intend to let Acestes come back as a clerk, and the eagle will eventually grow up and soar in the vast sky independently, but the clerk will have to find another candidate.

Davos remembered that Aristocras, who had been able to defend himself calmly and impress the senators of the Senate in Amendolara, who had faced Plesinus who had asked for a fugitive slave, sent Aristiras to look for him, and he worked in Christoya's new restaurant in the city of Turiyi, and when Aristillas told him that Master Davos wanted to find a clerk (because the clerk was a public office, Aristocrates was only a freeman and could not be appointed), he gladly accepted.

As a result, when Davers came home at night, he was complained by Christoya, saying that he had dug people up to his own head, and finally carried out "revenge" by almost draining him with his mouth and hands......

"My lord, I don't know much about Niutum, so I can't comment." Compared to the fast-talking Acistrius, Aristocrates, who had endured hardships since childhood, was much more cautious.

Davers glanced at him: Was this a subtle reminder to himself?

Davers thought for a moment and said slowly: "You're right, we won't know more about Niutum's situation than Sesta, and since we have appointed him to manage Niutum, we should let him do it...... It's just that I didn't expect this Sesta, who is usually not very eye-catching, to do things so crisply and violently, which is better than me! ”

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As the Turii Senate Hall had not yet been built, the afternoon Senate meeting was held in the Senate of Amendolara.

At the meeting, Davos loudly announced: the Tua coalition had succeeded in capturing Niutum and had helped the ally Avinokis recapture Laos.

Even though the senators had received the news before the meeting, they still cheered loudly.

Then Davers said with an impassioned expression: "Ladies and gentlemen, from this day onwards, the Tua alliance has the territories of Turiyi, Amendolara and Niutum, and we also have two allies of Castelon and Laos, who regard us as their lord. While Crimea remains neutral, and Poseidonia is still in the hands of the Lucanians, we have more Niutum. In addition to the lack of population, the lack of prosperity in trade, and the lack of prestige, basically the Tua alliance has restored the territory and allies of the Sybaris a hundred years ago, and we will recreate the glory of the Sybaris in Greater Greece! ”