"When has we Brutis been so kind to the Greeks! Are they afraid of them just because they are Ionians? Kanaru yelled angrily. For more than a year, although the Bruti people are relatively closed, they still have some understanding of the major events that have happened in the outside world, and a powerful city-state alliance has suddenly risen around Bruti, which really makes the leaders of various tribes feel the pressure, only young people like Canham are not convinced: "We are wolves, the Greeks are just sheep, even if there are more sheep and no matter how fat, they can't fight wolves!" ”

"Well, Kalam, don't forget what your father said to you when he left, you don't want him to get angry again when he hears you don't listen to us, and then strip you of your newfound rights and pass them on to your brother." Another older man also stepped forward to persuade him.

Kanaru seemed to remember something, his face changed slightly, he turned out angrily, and glared at Antaoris viciously as he left.

Antaoris was listening to the whispering of their conversation, when the old man came over and said in a gentle voice: "The messenger of Dionia, my name is Bachilipi, and I am a chief of Bessinia. His name was Brim, and he was also the chief of Bessinia. ”

Antaoris smiled and saluted, giving his name.

"We will immediately send someone to inform Cosenza of your arrival, and you will remain in the city of Bissinia for the time being. As soon as the news of access arrives, we will send someone to escort you to Cosenza. ”

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The Bruti people sleep very simply, covered with animal fur and sleeping directly on the wooden floor around the fire pit.

After an afternoon of trekking and fright, Antaoris and his party were already physically and mentally exhausted, and after eating dinner, they fell asleep and fell asleep.

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

One of the three retinues of Antaolis was his most trusted slave, taking care of his food, clothing, and shelter along the way; and the other is the senate because Antaoris does not know the Bruti language, the translator Adpeggis specially found for him, he is a free man registered in Dionia, his mother is a Greek, was plundered by the Brutis, was humiliated and conceived and gave birth to him, since he was a child of the Brutis he was a slave of the Brutis, tasted the hardships of life, and finally seized an opportunity to escape from the Bruti mountains, and finally came to Turii, he has a deep hatred for the Brutis, but he is very able to bear it; The last retinue, who had not yet fallen asleep, was recommended to Antaoris by Marigi, saying that he was from the Ministry of War, and considering that in the event of a war with the Brutis in the future, he needed to know the situation inside the Bruti region, and in fact he was a reserve citizen of Dionia, named Antrapolis, the younger brother of Aristiras, the personal intelligence officer of Davers.

As Izzam's reconnaissance party had followed Davers to Tarantum, and Antrapolis was indeed doing his duty of reconnaissance in this regard, he was now trying to recall in his mind what he had seen during the day: the approximate time it had taken to get from Turiyi to Bissinia, and the difficulty of the road, the location and fortification of the city of Bissinia, the approximate number of its population and soldiers, and the character of the several Bissinian chieftains by their conversations...... Wait a minute. Antrapolis recalled them over and over again until they were clearly engraved in his mind, and there were some vague places to be confirmed the next day.

When that was done, Antrapolis set his sights on Antaorris, who was sleeping opposite, another of his missions. He will closely monitor and observe the performance of the new Crimesa from the Senate on his next mission, Cosenza.

It was not the first time that Anterapolis had done such a thing, and at first he was a little resistant, telling his brother Aristilas: The former tyrant of Syracuse, Sieron, had a bad reputation for creating a system of spies to spy on the private lives of the citizens of the city-state, and he did not want Davers, to whom they depended, to become like that.

However, Aristilas persuaded him: Chieron had a bad reputation, mainly because he was too authoritarian, too suspicious and oppressive of the citizens, so the popular resentment boiled. And Davers, as an open-minded and level-headed consul for life, knows how to defend the freedom of the people, should not make such a mistake, and he is very capable, and the rapid rise of the Dionian League has said it all, and the brothers are optimistic about the best commander against Syracuse and rebuilding Katanai. Therefore, consolidating his leadership position and preventing people with ulterior motives from causing chaos became one of the important responsibilities of Aristiras.

After being persuaded by his brother, Antrapolis followed and investigated the movements of many senators. It should be said that the vast majority of the senators supported and recognized Davers's status as a lifelong consul, and a very small number of people such as Polyxis, although they were dissatisfied with Davos, only stayed in words and did not take concrete actions. As for Antaolis, he was the leader of the three members of the Senate who entered the Senate, and after arriving in Turiyi, except for attending the meetings of the Senate, he lived in seclusion on weekdays and had little contact with other senators, which made Aristias very curious, and this mission was a good opportunity to get to know this Crimesa, and at the same time to provide a reference for Davers to use and appoint high-ranking officials in the future. At least judging from his current performance, although Antaoris is a nobleman of Crimesa, he can endure hardships and has courage, and Antrapolis is looking forward to his next performance.

In the afternoon of the next day, a messenger arrived from Cosenza that Antaollis and his party were allowed to enter Cosenza.

Bachilipi also sent ten warriors, who called it "escorting" the Dionian envoys to Cosenza.

The group left the city and began to march west along the mountain road, but they were stopped by someone after they had not gone far.

Kanaru appeared in front of them on horseback and said triumphantly, "Greeks, do you want to leave like this before I have entertained you?" ”

Antaorris: They suddenly felt nervous.

At this time, the Bruti warrior in charge of the escort stepped forward to persuade Kanaru, but was stopped by his subordinates: "Don't worry, I won't let you go back and can't explain." ”

After he made his promise, his face immediately sank, and his eyes showed a fierce light: "Give them five lashes to me!" Let them know that the Greeks will not pass through my city of Bissinia without paying a price! ”

After he finished speaking, before Antaoris and the others could react, they were hugged by the Bruti warriors and pressed to the ground.

Each person was whipped five times, and each of them had their skin and flesh open. Adepigis was beaten out of his rage and scolded in Bruti.

When Kanaru heard this, he laughed and shouted, "Give him three more lashes!" ”

Adepigis was still about to scold, but Anta Oris shouted in a low voice: "Adepigis, don't forget what we're here for!" ”

Adepigis was shocked when he heard this, and slowly lowered his head.

Seeing that the Greeks were unresponsive, Kanaru was quite bored, and he did not dare to go too far, lest he seek the wrath of his father, and shouted: "Cowardly Greek, go." With a shake of the reins of his horse, he galloped east along the road.

The four of Antaoris supported each other and struggled forward.

Although the terrain is getting higher and higher, the road is no longer rugged and difficult, and the continuous peaks gradually retreat to the sides, and in front of them is a gently undulating meadow, densely layered with flexible grasses dotted with colorful wildflowers, like a vast and colorful carpet, stretching into the distance...... Flocks of cows, sheep, and horses are grazing quietly on the slopes, or raising their hooves and running and playing, and the dotted grass huts are located in the middle, and some have already risen from the smoke.

The number of people seen on the road gradually increased, and they appeared in various places on the slope with cattle and sheep and goods on their backs, heading in the same direction.

In the evening, by the moonlight, Antaoris saw a huge black shadow standing in front of him, and he knew that Corson had arrived.

Since it was already past the time to enter the city, Antaoris and his party could only set up tents outside the city for the night.

Early the next morning, the escorting Buranti warriors immediately reported to the city.

Soon, Antaoris and his party were welcomed by a procession of guards sent by the Tribal Alliance, and were invited into the city of Cosenza.

After breakfast, Antaoris was taken to the council hall of Cosenza, which was much more magnificent than the thatched hut in Bisinya.

There was one person sitting in the center, three people on each side, and the seat in the center was obviously higher, and it seemed that the priority had been divided.

Thinking in his heart about the formation of a tribal alliance among the tribes of Bruti under the leadership of the Great Chief of Cosenza, Antaoris bowed respectfully and saluted: "Honorable Great Chiefs, I am Antaouris, the messenger of Dionia, and I have brought greetings from the Senate of Dionia!" ”

Before Adpigis could translate, one of them said in Greek: "Messenger of Dionia, welcome to Cosenza, the center of the Bruti tribal confederation, I am Pianlun, the great leader of the entire tribal confederation. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the person closest to his left stood up and asked in Greek, "Bruti has no contact with Dionia, and I wonder what the messenger is here for?" ”

As soon as these words were spoken, the eyes of everyone else in the chamber were focused on Antaorris.

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

"Sedorum, the Grand Leader of Vig City, is also the Elder of the Tribal Alliance." Sedorum was the only one of the Grand Bosses who had crossed paths with Dionia. A year ago, when the Lucanian League attacked Turiyi, he led his people to attack the camp of the mercenary leader of the year, the current Dionian consul Davers, and later Davers designed to besiege and annihilate the Lucanian coalition army, so that Sedorum seized the opportunity to defect from the Lucanian Alliance, and then due to the proximity of Vig City to Laos, the turmoil in Laos City, the power of Avinogis, and Laos joined the Dionian League...... A series of events happened one after another like a marquee, and he knew about it. Therefore, although he had not met Davers and had not dealt directly with Dionia, he was wary of Davers and Dionia. So when he learned of the arrival of an emissary from Dionia, Sedorum warned the others to be cautious, for Dionya was now clearly superior to Bruti in strength.