"Oh, slowly, slowly, I remember you just said that Dionia was created only a year ago, and in less than two years it became the overlord of Great Greece?! It's simply ...... It's ......"

"You want to say 'miracles,' don't you? It is said that the consul of Dionya is the 'divine favorite' of Hades, very young, but the battle he commands has never been lost, the Lucanians, the Crotone, the Lokry...... They have all been defeated by his men, maybe there is really a miracle! ”

"As you say, Dioonia is so powerful in Great Greece, and Corinth had better not have a bad relationship with it because of this little thing in the arena......"

"That's your Corinthian business, Iavones."

"Well, Hippachus, tell me about you Lijim, but you are in the land of Great Greece, why didn't you make an alliance with the mighty Dionia?"

"We Ligems have no intention of fighting for the hegemony of Great Greece, we just want to live our own lives."

"That's what everybody thinks. But Hipacus, the god is moody, and one day Ligem will be involved in the conflict of the great Greek city-states, and it is better to actively seek out strong allies than passive......"

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Ever since this farce, everyone has been talking about the alien and the strange alliance of city-states Dionia, whose name has only begun to be known to more Greeks in Greece itself, for a later date.

At this time, in the audience of this arena, many people inquired about the origin of Dionia.

There were two young people in the audience, from Thebes, and after listening to the conversation between Hippachus and Iavonez, one of them excitedly said: "Dionia, what a strange union of city-states!" What do you think, Ipaminonda? ”

Another young man lamented: "To be able to dominate Great Greece in such a short period of time is not only the ability of the consuls, but the government of the Dionian Union must have its own unique features!" ”

"You're the same as I thought, I've decided!" The young man said loudly, "Next year, when I finish my studies, I will go to Dionya to have a look, so you can come with me." ”

Ipaminonda shook her head: "I'm sorry, Pelopidas! You also know that my teacher Lucis has been preaching the teachings of the Pythagoreans in Corinth for the past few years, and I don't have to go to Tarantum anymore, I can learn from him nearby, and at the same time help him with some affairs, so I can't go so far so as not to lose time. ”

The young man named Pelopidas pressed Ipamironda's arm: "Didn't the man say just now, the central city of Dioonia is in Turiyi, it is on the opposite side of the bay of Taranto, and it can be reached by boat from the Gulf of Corinth in less than two or three days, not far at all. Besides, you're my best friend, how can you bear to let me go out alone. ”

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Corinth imprisoned Adrianks and Lizaru, and the rest of the Dionian athletes' delegation had no intention of competing, so they hurriedly sent someone back to Turiyi to report the news.

The Senate convened a meeting to discuss the matter, and a handful of senators, led by Polyxis, believed that Lizarus's reckless behavior had tarnished the image of Dionia, and that Adrianks, as the head of the delegation, had not managed the team so well that Dionya had become the laughing stock of all Greece, and they should all be punished by the Alliance!

Davers was adamantly opposed, arguing that Adriankos and Lizaru were not wrong in their actions, but that it was the conservative Corinthians who were wrong with their narrow national concept to the exclusion of the multi-ethnic Dionians! Since the self-proclaimed Orthodox Greeks refused to allow Ionian citizens of Lucanian, Thracian, and other races to participate, there was no need for the Dioonians to participate in the Four Tournaments! Dioonia has the ability and the ability to organize its own games! ……

Davers's speech was supported by most of the veterans, especially Wiesba, Hermon, Butler, Marigi, Epitenis and others.

However, the Senate had no more way to get Corinth to release Lizaru and Adrianx, after all, Corinth was an old Greek powerhouse and would not take the newly rising Dionian Alliance in his eyes, and the current power of Dionya could not affect Corinth, so the only way was to send an envoy to apologize to Corinth and donate a certain amount of gold and silver to the Temple of Poseidon in Corinth in order to allow the members of the delegation to return safely.

Except for Merses, everyone else agreed. For Davers, the most important thing for Dionia now is to concentrate all his efforts on dealing with Bruti and not to make any extraneous complications, so although he is reluctant to do so, he can only endure this time temporarily.

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During this time of the autumn harvest, citizens are busy harvesting.

Davers was not idle, he quietly went to the city of Aspraustum to try out the valley leading to Ambania several times, and then went to the north bank of the upper reaches of the Klatty River to carefully observe the river situation and the location and environment of Bissinia on the other side of the river, and also went to Laos to survey the mountain road leading to the area of Vig City, accompanied by Heracrid, Mentotik Els, Mersis and others. Everywhere they went, they had to calculate the speed and depth of the river, consider the possibility of building roads, building bridges, and transporting grain.

After returning, Davers also repeatedly discussed offensive plans with Philippius, Culps, Dracos and other military leaders.

At the end of September, before the autumn harvest was completely over, news came from Trina: some Buritians had broken into Trina's territory and been captured!

In fact, the real situation is that after Antaoris sent to Cosenza, the Bruti tribal alliance accelerated its attack and annexation of the tribes that refused to be co-opted, forcing some of the Brutis who did not want to join the alliance to flee the mountains.

Davos took advantage of the problem and asked Aristilas to send his agents to spread rumors in the cities of Turiyi, Amendolara, and Crimesa: the Brutis were unifying the tribes, and when a strong tribal alliance was established, they would launch an attack on Dionia, and now it was only a tentative attack by the Brutis......

At the same time, they also reminded the people: don't forget the blood debt committed by the Brutis in the past and repeatedly raiding the city-states of Great Greece!

The cities of Dioonia were soon enveloped in an atmosphere of tension, and the citizens were even more indignant, demanding that war be waged against the Brutis, that the blood debt be paid, and that the hidden dangers be eliminated!

At the beginning of October, the autumn harvest was over, and there was a cry for war in Dionia, and the time was ripe for the use of force against Bruti.

After several rounds of discussion, the Senate declared to the citizens: the Brutis ignored Dionia's peace proposals and warnings, wantonly destroyed Dionia's allies, the Siru tribe, and based on covenant and morality, Dionya declared war on the Brutis!

Thus, the Bruti War officially began!

In the square of the city of Asphorustum, soldiers of the Fourth Army from Crimea and Asphorustum are assembling......

In Turi's Victory Square, soldiers from the 1st and 2nd Regiments of Turiyi and Amendorara are gathering......

In the square of Niutum, part of the soldiers of the 3rd Army is being assembled......

Because of the extremely important location of Grummentum, in order to stabilize the situation in the Lucania area, the citizens of the city belonging to the Third Army cannot be moved lightly.

Just as the pre-battle preparations were in full swing, Davos met again at the mansion with Hegesitus, the leader of the survivors of the Siru tribe.

"Dionya has declared war on the Brutis, and it is believed that it will not be long before you hear the news of victory. The Brutis continue to massacre our fellow Greeks despite our warnings, and they will be punished! Davos made a solemn promise.

With tears in his eyes, Hegesitus said gratefully, "Thank you, Lord Davers! Thank you so much for helping our little tribe selflessly! You deserve to be the god of Hades! Guardian of fairness and justice in Great Greece! All of us surviving Silu people will pray to Hades all the time, wishing you health and safety! I also wish the citizens of Dionya a speedy and victorious return! At the same time, I have a small request that I would like to ask for your consent. ”

"Oh, what request?"

"My people and I hope to join your army, fight alongside you, and seek revenge on the Brutis!" Hegesitus said excitedly.

"I can understand your feelings, but the Dionian army is all hard trained and has strict discipline, violating military regulations, and even beheading! I'm afraid that your joining will not only not increase our strength, but will affect our battles, because once you violate military law, do you say I will punish or not? So I can't agree to your request. Davers politely but firmly declined.

Hegesitus looked disappointed, and he said unwillingly: "That...... Then we can ...... Be a guide! ”

"The guide only needs two or three people." Seeing that he was very disappointed, Davers felt that the time was ripe, so he said: "But there is one thing you can do, and if you do it well, you can deal the biggest blow to the Bruti Tribal Alliance!" ”

"What's the matter?!" Hegesitus asked urgently.

"Last time, I heard you say that there are some tribes in the Bruti region that are not willing to merge, and only because of the strength of the Bruti tribal alliance that they have to submit...... I hope that you will sneak back to Bruti and wait for news that the Dionian army has entered the mountains of Bruti before you can persuade the tribes to rise up against the alliance. At that point, it will be easy to defeat the Bruti tribal alliance! Davos said this, looking at him apologetically, "However, for you, it is more dangerous to just escape from Bruti and have to go back—"