Crotone mobilized his army to reinforce Crimesa, and this big movement was known to the spies placed by Aristias at the Crotone pier.

Early the next morning, when the mercenary messenger arrived at Davers's mansion, Davers had already received news of reinforcements from Aristilas, and he immediately judged that the mercenaries of Timason were more than lucky.

Therefore, when the mercenary messenger Picoles asked Davers: "Lord Davers, the mercenary army led by the leader of Timason has captured Crimesa, and we hope to join the Dionian League, and we hope to be able to get an immediate increase in the number of Dionia!" ”

With a heavy expression, Davers told his former comrade-in-arms, who had worked as an interpreter in the Menon barracks and was later his own subordinate, but had chosen to leave while in Byzantium: "Pichols, you are late, I have just received the news, 'Yesterday at noon, Crotone's troops of nearly 10,000 men set out by boat from the port. 'They should be able to get to Crimesa in the afternoon, I don't think Timasong they will be able to hold Crimesa......"

"10,000?!" When Pichols heard the news, he was stunned on the spot.

"I have sent someone to find out the news, and I believe that by noon I will be able to get the specific situation of Crimesa." Davers continued.

"Perhaps...... Maybe Timason and they're still holding on......" Pichols came back to his senses and pleaded with luck, "Davers ...... For the sake of the leaders who have fought side by side together, I beg you...... Please, send your troops, rush to Crimesa at once, rescue them!! Otherwise, I'm afraid it will be too late to wait for you to get the news!! ……”

Pichols's "chief" made Davers's mood fluctuate slightly, but he still shook his head and said, "Alas...... It's not that I can send troops immediately if I want to, this needs to be agreed by the majority of the senate, and without definite information, they will not agree! Because if the Cremis recaptured the city, and the army of Dionya enters the territory of the Crimea, it is a violation of the agreement, which means war! War with Crotone!! ”

Davers's patient explanation was apparently not heeded by the anxious Pichols, who cried out in a frenzied manner: "If you go to the rescue of your brothers anyway, you will definitely have a fight with Crotone!" What are you afraid of! You're the only Archon for life in Dionia, and it's up to you here! Send troops, please, Chief Davers! The lives of Timason, Cleano, and all our mercenary brothers are waiting for your rescue!! ……”

Davers shook his head, feeling that he couldn't tell him: "You go down and rest first, and I'll let you know when there's news." With that, he motioned for the servant to take him down.

Pichols pushed it away and shouted, "Davers, if it weren't for Timasong and his brothers, you would have died in Persia!" But look at what you do to your former comrades! When we arrived here, instead of providing any help, we were wronged a lot, and now their lives are threatened, and they ask you for help, but you don't even lend a hand, and you find a reason to say, 'The approval of the Senate is needed'......"

Pichols scolded Davers for his ingratitude, and Davers was very angry when he heard this, and thought to himself: When did you talk to me frankly about going to Syracuse under false pretenses of going to Syracuse, but in fact going to capture Crimesa! It's not that you want to use me and Agacia to make Dionia take the blame for you, but I never thought about how passive Dionia and myself would be by doing so! Now that I have failed, I have come to beg myself, but I have not even apologized at all, who is ungrateful, do you really think that I am so good at talking!

With his current status, he didn't have to argue with a simple-minded mercenary about anything, and simply let the guards drive Picoles out of the mansion.

There was a lot of noise in the living room, and Christoya, supported by Asuna, came down from the second floor with a big belly and asked with concern, "I heard a quarrel downstairs, what's wrong?" ”

"Nothing." Davers squeezed out a smile and reproached softly: "You're about to give birth, you don't have a good rest, and you're still walking around." ”

Cristobia stopped asking, clutched her bulging belly and said, "The kid kept kicking me just now and woke me up." ”

"Baby, you are good, let your mother have a good rest!" Davers pressed his face against Christoya's stomach and whispered.

"Oops, he kicked me again!" Christoya said in surprise.

"Madam, he must be a boy when he is so naughty!" Asuna said with a smile.

"Naughty little one!" Davers patted his stomach and said softly, "Christoya, I'll accompany you to the yard for a walk." ”

At the moment, both he and Christoya were smiling happily.

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Pichols was kicked out of the Davers Mansion and immediately regretted it. The door of Davers's house was closed and he couldn't open it no matter how much he knocked, so he had to go to Pherisius and them.

Phelicios, Capus, and Antonios were either hiding or seeing each other, and they all apologized to Pichols for not being able to help him.

In the end, it was Agacia who told him: "Because the mercenaries caused trouble in the alliance during this time, Lord Davos and they were under a lot of pressure in the Senate, especially this time Timason, who concealed Dionya and rashly attacked Crimesa, causing Polyxis and several other Turiyi senators to directly criticize Davos by name at the meeting, saying that he used the Dionian alliance for mercenaries for personal gain!" This is the first time that Lord Davers has faced such severe criticism and humiliation since he became an archon! Under these circumstances, it is impossible for Davers to use troops without authorization! ”

Pichols listened as if he didn't understand, and realized that they were thinking things too simply.

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By noon, news came back from Crimea: the mercenaries had been wiped out.

Davers sat silently alone, and after a long time, let out a soft sigh.

The matter seemed to be over, but Davers realized that it was far from over.

Sure enough, in the afternoon, a passenger ship from Crotone sailed into the dock in the city of Turii, and two people disembarked from the passenger boat: Crotone's general Lucias and Crimesa's chief general, Antaorris.

What does this mean? The faces of the veterans who were in charge of greeting them all changed slightly.

Two bodies were also lifted down from the ship: Timasong and Criano.

This saddened Mercenary Veterans such as Felicius and Agacia.

So today's Senate meeting was unusually tense and dignified at the beginning.

The chief general of the Crimea, Anta Oris, spoke first, tearfully indicting the atrocities committed by the mercenaries in Crimesa yesterday and the suffering of the people of Crimea, and then he wept bitterly: "Why have the Crimeans been living peacefully for decades, but recently they have been sacked by wars one after another?!" Could it be that we inadvertently offended Ares and let him vent his anger on the people of Crimesa?! ……”

Lycias looked around the room and noticed that some of the Dionian elders looked unnatural, while Davers, the archon in the front row, listened intently, occasionally nodding his head with an empathetic look. He sneered in his heart, stood up, walked to the center of the venue, hugged Anta Oris, and then saluted to the Dionian senators and said: "Your Excellency the Archon and the Senate of the Dionian Alliance, as the messenger of Crotone, I want to say that yesterday Crotone sent reinforcements in time, so that Crimea was saved from being destroyed by a group of bandits!" During the interrogation of the captives after the war, we learned that this group of robbers were mercenaries from Asia Minor, who had fought together in Persia for more than a year, together with Lord Davers and some of the senators here, and that they had been invited by you to come to Great Greece and register in your alliance to become citizens of Dionia, is this true?! ”

"That's right." Davers nodded in acknowledgement without hesitation.

Lucias didn't expect him to answer so crisply, he was slightly stunned, and then he increased his voice and said loudly: "According to the captives' confessions, 'They were instructed by the Dionian League to raid Crimesa, preparing to turn Crimea into a Dionian Alliance-"

"Nonsense!"

"Fart!"

"It's a frame-up!"

……

Amintas, Dracos, Agacia and others all stood up and scolded.

"Whether you admit it or not, facts are facts! The bodies of the two bandit leaders are still sitting on the docks, and some of you are in tears. Lycias pointed his finger forward, looked serious, and shouted: "Dionians, you have broken the armistice with Crotone, and you still want to deny it!" ”

Antaoris was dumbfounded, and pointed at Davers and scolded them angrily: "Ever since you Gentiles came to Great Greece, there has not been a day of peace in Great Greece! No, it wasn't Crimea that angered Ares, it was your expansion and aggression that brought war to the city-states of Great Greece! The grievances of the thousands of dead people in Crimesa must be appealed, and Dionya must be punished! ”

There was an uproar in the venue.

Davers stood up, walked up to Anta Orris, sneered, and said: "I originally wanted to express Dionia's apologies to Crimesa, and even willing to make some compensation, although Dionia has nothing to do with this matter. ”

Antaoris opened his mouth to refute, but Davers looked at him and roared, "Shut up!" ”

He was stunned.

"But I can see now that the generals of your two city-states have come here not to find out the truth of the matter, but to join forces to suppress us Dionia! Say, say what you've been prepared for, and let's hear how harsh it is! Davers saw through their intentions, and the anti-guest words made Lucias stunned, and also reminded the elders who were still a little confused.