After some discussion, both men agreed that for the negotiations to be successful, they should first have the support of Dionia.

So, they rushed to the Dionian barracks, just in time to hear the cheers of a landslide and tsunami inside the camp.

While the two were confused, the Dionian herald Tolmid arrived and brought Davers' order to allow them into the camp.

"Are you training?" Yumakus asked curiously.

Tolmid said respectfully, "Do you mean the cheers?" That's our commander, Lord Davers, being beaten with a baton! ”

"What did you say?!" Eumarcus thought he had misheard.

Tormide solemnly recounted the previous incident, and Eumacus and Disitimas were dumbfounded: the consul of Dionya punished not only the soldier who committed the crime, but also himself because his soldiers fought a Tarantum citizen?!

Far from feeling a trace of gratitude, they grew in their hearts with fear, growing fear: that the consuls of the League should be punished for such a trivial matter, which they had never heard of in the history of Greece! The two of them also served as consuls several times, and also commanded the city-state army many times, of course, they knew that in war, discipline is important to the army, and the requirements of the Dionian army for military discipline are so strict, no wonder they can defeat the fierce Puchetti!

"Terrible Davers! ......," Desitimas sighed in a low voice.

When Eumacus happened to hear it, he was stunned for a moment, and then he understood the meaning of Dexitimas's words: Davers can be so cruel to himself in order to achieve his own goals! And through contact with Davers during this time, Eumacus deeply felt that it was probably not a good thing for Tarantum to have such a lifelong consul in Dionia...... The only good thing is that the citizens of Tarantum have finally reached an agreement on peace talks. Otherwise, with the current state of mind of the Dionian soldiers, let them attack Mesapi again, who knows what will happen! Damn Timiath! Can't these free-spirited Tarantumites think more about the city-state before they make trouble?!

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When the two consuls met Davers, he was lying in a tent under the treatment of the doctor, and although he was surprised to learn of their intentions, Davers immediately expressed his support.

After much deliberation, in the early morning of the next day, the Tarantum coalition marched eastward.

Halfway to Brindisi, the Meppu coalition blocked the way, and the two sides faced each other.

After an hour of confrontation, the Tarantum coalition never sounded the horn of attack, and the face-sensitive Tarantum expressed their will in this way, and the shrewd Pasimyrus quickly understood the Greeks' intentions, and after witnessing the tight array and high morale of the Dionian soldiers, the words of Tremoni deepened in his heart.

He didn't pretend anymore and sent Timogolas again.

Negotiations between the two sides began.

At dusk, a tripartite peace agreement was reached between Tarantum, Mesapi and Puchetti: an immediate truce between the two sides, Tarantum returned Manduriya to Mesapi, and the three sides returned the prisoners and the corpses of the soldiers, and Tarantum did not invade each other with Mesapi and Puchetti for a period of ten years......

In addition, Tarantum has also signed a trade deal with Puchetti.

The return of Tarantum to Manduriya was actually a last resort. The Tarantum Senate deliberated in advance and finally agreed that after the union of Mesapi and Puchetti, a single Manduriya could no longer stop the Mesapi invasion, because they could join forces with the Puchetti to invade from the wider east of Tarantum. The successive defeats have drastically reduced the number of existing citizens in Tarantum, and if the citizens are sent to Manduriya, not only will Tarantum's power be diluted, but it will also be easy to be besieged and dare not rescue.

Before the negotiations, the two consuls had made it clear to Davers that in gratitude for Dionia's selfless help, they were willing to hand over Manduria to Dionia free of charge.

Davos is not a man of few eyes, he has a clear mind: this is Tarantum who wants to pull Deonia into the water, drive Dionia to fight against Mesapi and Puchetti for a long time, and shelter Tarantum from the wind and rain.

Of course, Davers didn't want to be the boss of this wrong, and with Dionia's current strength, he didn't have the ability to fight on both sides, so he politely refused.

It was only then that Jumacus and Disitimas used Manduria as a bargaining weight, and used the trade agreement to impress Teremoni, and finally forced Pasimirus to back down and sign a ten-year peace agreement.

At the time of the signing of the agreement, Tremani made a small request to see Davers, the consul of Dionia, but Davers politely refused on the grounds that his injuries were not healed and it was inconvenient to see people.

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At the same time as the peace talks were taking place in Tarantum, the senators of the Dionian Senate, after reading Davers's reply, finally passed a resolution in favor of the Siru tribe.

While deliberating on the choice of an envoy to Cosenza, Marigi immediately stood up, recommended Polyxis, and praised him for his eloquence and ability to convince the Bruti tribal alliance in Cosenza to spare Siru.

Immediately afterwards, Mersis and Pherisius vied with each other to praise Polyxis, believing him to be the best candidate for emissary.

The formation of the former mercenary elders scared Polyxis enough, and he immediately felt that this was Davers's henchman deliberately targeting him, and if he really went to Cosenza, Marigi and them would make another trouble, he might not be able to come back!

He was originally a person who would not take risks easily, so he hurriedly got up and refused. Under the siege of Marigi's words, Polyxis did not hesitate to belittle himself, and almost begged for mercy.

Marigi and the others gave up their jokes about him, and finally it was Antaoris, who had just joined the Senate and had no specific business, who offered to go.

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The Tarantum coalition returned to Tarantum with the bodies of the freed Tarantum people and soldiers, including, of course, the bodies of Acheta.

The Tarantum Senate, after being reminded by the consul Eumacus, even forbade the people to leave the city, allowing the Dionian army to return to the camp without any problems.

After attending Acheta's funeral, Davers and some of the remaining soldiers sailed back to Turiyi.

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After accepting the mission, Antaoris set out for Cosenza with three of his entourage in the afternoon.

He didn't take the road west from Turiyi, through the mountain road to Laos, and then to Vig, which was safe, but it was too time-consuming for most of the way. Instead, take the trail on the south bank of the Klatti River, up the river to Bissinia, and then turn south to Cosenza.

After crossing the wooden bridge over the Klatti River, Antaoris and his party walked west along the south bank of the Klatti River, the terrain getting higher and narrower, and after passing the last checkpoint in Turiyi, there was a dirt road for three people to pass side by side: a steep mountain wall on the left, a steep slope more than ten meters high on the right, and the choppy Klatty River below.

Antaoris looked down and saw the dark blue water roaring, constantly hitting the black and yellow rocks, making a shocking loud noise, and one after another whirlpools of millstones appeared and disappeared, I don't know how deep the bottom was......

Antaoris felt his legs go a little limp, and the four of them carefully helped them forward.

Some sections of the road are soaked in rainwater, the soil is soft and collapsed, and even only one person can pass through.

The group walked for four hours, but it seemed to have walked for a day, and the physical strength and energy were consumed very quickly, but fortunately, the trail began to gradually descend, and the road became wider and wider. And on this flatter piece of land stands a small city - Bissinia.

Antaoris was stopped by the Bruti sentinels at the exit of the road, and long after they had made their intentions, they were escorted through the fortified camp that had blocked the junction and into the city of Bissinia, where they were finally taken to the humble council hall of Bissinia.

It is said to be a hall, but it is actually nothing more than a large thatched wooden house, and firewood is burning in the earthen pit in the center of the wooden house. In the city of Turiyi, the weather was still warm at the beginning of September, and most of the population was still dressed in the thin, shirtless summer Boton, but it was already a little cold in the Bissinia hills, not too far from Turiyi. The fire pit not only illuminates but also drives away the cold.

The three people sitting around the fire pit were all wearing leather jackets, and the youngest one in the middle stood up and walked in front of Antaoris, with a fierce look in his eyes mixed with a little curiosity: "Greeks, what are you doing in the mountains?!" Don't you know that we Brutis don't welcome you! ”

After listening to the entourage's translation, Antaoris said calmly: "I am an envoy of Dionia, and I have sent an envoy to Cosenza on the orders of the Senate, and I have important matters to discuss with the great chiefs of Bruti. ”

"Something important?! What's important?! He asked with interest.

Antaoris said seriously: "I'm sorry, I can only say it when I see the big leaders of Bruti. ”

The young man's face immediately changed, and he shouted angrily, "If you don't say it, you don't want to pass through Bissinia!" I now suspect that you are Greek spies! Come on, catch me, give each of them ten lashes, and put them in the sheepfold! ”

Anta Oris and his entourage changed their faces.

"Wait, Kanaru!" At this time, the man next to him stood up and stopped: "They are Dionians. Great Leader Nikuru didn't reply to them until they wrote back, so it was best not to hurt these people! ”