"So what?!" Melansius glanced at him obliquely, with an unconvinced look on his face slightly red from drunkenness: "Where I came from with him is the arrangement of fate, of course, it is doomed to his failure!" ”

He asked again in a loud voice, "Turii and Amendolara are allies, and I heard that Amendolara promised to send reinforcements when my army approached Turii, right?" ”

"It is true that the messenger of Amendoral said, 'Give them a few days to gather their troops, and when their reinforcements arrive, Turii will be able to hold it!' Ansitanos replied, adding a slight accent to Amendolara's words, and saw that Melanthius's face was even redder. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Melansius turned to Timaras beside him: "Tomorrow, you send someone to question Amendolara, 'Why are you making enemies of Crotone?' Ask them to break the alliance with Turii at once and form an alliance with us! ’”

Timaras hesitated: "Amendolara and Tarantum are allies!" ”

"That's right, it's an alliance with Tarantum, and it can also form an alliance with Turii, so why can't it form an alliance with us?!" Melansius said forcefully.

"Okay." Timaras reluctantly agreed.

Melanthius turned his glass, his eyes shining: Davers, what would you do?

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News of Crotone's capture of Turiy quickly spread throughout Greater Greece, and Turiyi became the center of attention.

The city-states of Tarantum, Lockry, and Lijim are paying close attention to the development of the situation, and even the Sicilian people who are preparing troops and materials and preparing to attack Carthage have also turned their attention to it, after all, Lockry is an ally of Syracuse, and Dionysius even married Doris, the sister of Demodocus, the current chief general, and Lockry and Crotone are mortal enemies, and Crotone is by no means a strong force that Lockry and Syracuse want to see, And it was about a longer-term strategic plan in Dionysius' mind.

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Crotone's emissary arrives in Amendolara with an order from Melanthius to bring Amendolara to submission, which makes the political atmosphere in Amendolara tense.

At the Senate meeting, there was a lot of debate.

Cornerus, Rafias, and Strompori believed that Crotone had come with a great victory, and that Amendolala, who had just experienced the war, could not stop it, and in order not to let the territory be destroyed again, he could temporarily compromise and agree to Crotone's demands.

The more hardened Scombras, Trito Demos, and Prottsilaus suggested that they could delay the time and ask Tarantum to test the pressure on Crotone, depending on the situation.

The new citizen senators, almost all of whom were hardliners, had long been annoyed by the arrogant behavior of the Crotone's envoys after entering the city, and resolutely stated: Amendolara must not succumb to Crotone's threat, and if Crotone sends troops to invade, he must let him know how powerful Amendolara is!

Davers had anticipated this after Crotone's army had captured Turiy, and as a convincing mercenary leader by virtue of his military prestige, and a consul of Amendora for life by military prowess, he could not afford to be weak and retreat, for that would shake his power. So he resolutely said: "Since Amendolara has made a decision before, then you must stick to it!" Don't shake the trust that Tarantum has placed in us! Let the Great Greeks not think that Amendolara is a city-state that will succumb to power and forget what is right! ”

Davers's powerful words brought the Senate meeting to a close.

When the messenger of Crotone received Amendolara's reply, he was stunned for a moment, and then threatened viciously: "You are not afraid of what happened to Turiyi?!" ”

"You can give it a try." Davers replied coldly.

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The messenger returned with a reply from Davers: "Honorable Commander Crotone, the people of Amendora are in awe of your victory. However, keeping the covenant signed in the name of God is a centuries-old tradition of Amendolar, and I hope you will understand! ……”

After reading it, Melanthius laughed angrily and tore the letter to shreds: "This archon of Amendolara is quite courageous...... Hehe...... A mercenary-turned-man actually knows how to keep his promise?! ”

He paced back and forth in the hall and made up his mind: "It seems necessary for us to teach this disobedient little state a lesson!" Timaras, gather eight thousand men, and we will go to Amendola! ”

Timaras hurried, "But Tarantum—"

Melanthius waved his hand: "Don't worry, I won't mess around." ”

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After leaving the city, Crotone's army marched quickly north.

Amendolara's scouts immediately returned, and the people of Amendolara immediately became nervous when they got the news.

Cornerus, Rafias, and others once again suggested to Davers that he temporarily give in to Crotone and join his alliance.

Davers said: "I have never been in the habit of being forced to make peace with a knife and gun!" "I pushed it back.

The new citizen senators were in a state of war, clamoring to mobilize their troops and give the arrogant Crotone a head-on blow, but they were also forcibly pressed down by Davers.

He ordered: everyone retreat to the city and prepare for defense!

The officers of the team were obstructed by his authority and reluctantly took the order.

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The Tarantum Senate also kept a close eye on the movements of Crotone's army, and when they received the news a little later than Amendolara, the consuls immediately consulted with the senators urgently.

The patriarchs have said: Crotone ignores that Amendolara is an ally of Tarantum and brazenly attacks, which is a contempt for Tarantum! It must be seriously protested!

However, most people were cautious about whether Tarantum would join the war in the event of a war between Crotone's army and Amendolara, saying that it would depend on the development of events. After all, Tarantum and Crotone are both powerful states of Greater Greece, each with a group of allies, and in the event of a war, it will never be resolved by a few battles.

Acheta volunteered to meet with Crotone coach Melancius in the Senate, which was eventually approved. Tarantum sent another messenger to Krotone by boat, which took a short voyage and only took half a day to reach Krotone when the wind was downwind.

While the Senate of Tarantum was still discussing, Melanthius had already led his army, crossed the Savichello River, and two hours later came to the foot of the mountain, and he looked at Amendolara on the hill, and the walls were full of heavily armed soldiers, and in the direct light of the eastern sun, it was like a glowing wall, and people could not open their eyes, and could not help but say: "The soldiers of Amendolara are still in shape, and if I really attack them in the morning, this sunlight alone will make my soldiers suffer." ”

He ordered his troops to form a phalanx, an array more than a mile long, and as they slowly approached the city walls, they beat their round shields and let out a battle cry that was terrifying......

However, the soldiers of Amendolara stood quietly at the head of the city under the strict orders of the officers, and did not say a word.

Arcinis couldn't help but say: "Captain, the Crotone people are too arrogant, we should also roar twice and fight back." ”

Squad Leader Ktipps scolded in a low voice: "Shut up, this is an order from Lord Consul, do you want to violate military discipline?!" ”

As soon as Arcinis heard this, he immediately stopped complaining.

"Anyway, you remember, as long as the Crotone people don't attack, we'll watch them perform. As long as they dare to attack, hum ......," Ktipps reminded.

"Understood!" Alcinis clenched the bayonet in his hand, even though the ranks of the enemies under the city seemed unusually large, Arcinis was looking forward to their attack, so that he could put his skills to good use.

Seeing that the Amendorals were not responding, Melanthius immediately halted the advancing procession and sent people to the city to shout and ask to see the Armendora Archon Davers, but there was no response from the city either.

Meransius thought that Davers was too scared to talk to him head-on, so he simply sent some soldiers to curse under the city:

"Davers is a coward, he doesn't dare to face the army of Crotone!"

"When the Amendolars saw the army of Crotone, they didn't even dare to breathe!"

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When the recruits heard this, their faces swollen red, and they began to complain, and then they were reprimanded by the veterans: "If you are cowardly, you will only know after beating, what is the use of just talking." As for the Archon, when he led us to defeat the Persians repeatedly, these Crotonens were probably still enjoying the cheers of the spectators on the playing field. ”

In fact, these veterans are also holding their breath, but they are accustomed to following Davers's orders, and at the same time they are not willing to waste their energy on unnecessary things.

The Crotone soldiers' voices were hoarse, but the Amendolars still didn't react.

Melanthius was also bored, and he finally ordered: "Burn down all these houses as a warning to Amendolala!" ”

Humiliated and outraged by the Amendolars, who remained silent, Melanthius gave the order that all the warehouses and inns that were about to be completed at the foot of Mount Amendolara were burned in flames, and the efforts of the Amendolars for months were destroyed......

The flames of the sky were red by the angry faces of the countless soldiers on the city walls, their eyes wide, and they glared angrily at the swaggering departure of the Crotone......

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When the news reached the Senate, the entire venue was furious.

Only Davers looked calm, and he listened carefully to the detailed account of Crotone's army under the city by Athistes, who had rushed back, and thus inferred about the character and psychology of Melanthius, which corroborated what he had learned.

"Are the Crotoneites doing this to declare war on us?" Rafias said in surprise.

"The Crotone invaded our territory and burned down our houses, this is already a declaration of war!" Pherisius reminded.