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"The soldiers have obeyed Lord Davers's orders and guarded the city, but they all hate to eat the flesh of the Crotone alive!" Amintas vented his grievances to Davers.

"Lord Archon, are we just going to watch the Crotone go wild on our land?!" Scombras yelled unwillingly.

"Of course not!" Davers replied resolutely aloud, with a strange glint in his eyes: "The fist is withdrawn to fight better." It is a fact that the army of Crotone is stronger than ours. So we have to wait, just like a clever fighter in boxing always defends first, waiting for the opponent to show a flaw, and then a fatal blow! ”

Everyone in the venue was shocked.

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By the time Acheta came ashore in Turiyi, Meranthius had already returned to the city.

Acheta's representative of Tarantum lodged a serious protest with him, and Melanthius said disapprerovingly: "Crotone has no ill will towards Amendorala, I just wanted to go out and say hello to this young consul who is said to be able to win more with less, but I didn't expect him to be so timid that he didn't dare to come out and meet me!" ”

Acheta breathed a sigh of relief for a moment, and then he threw down a cruel sentence: "If Crotone fights Amendolara, Tarantum will unite with Meta Pontum and Heraclia to fight Crotone!" ”

At the same time, he advised Melanthius: "Now that Crotone has taken Turriy, he has washed away his shame and won great glory." Then, it is time to return to Crotone with his troops and restore peace to the land. I'm sure Lokrie will be as happy as Tarantum! ”

The threat in Acheta's words, of course, was heard by Melanthius, who kept his face calm and did not respond.

After completing her mission, Acheta hurried to Amendolara.

At the foot of the mountain, he saw the ruins of the burnt and smoking warehouses and hotels, and his heart became nervous again.

When he entered the city, the anger on the faces of the people came into his eyes one by one. Therefore, as soon as he saw Davers, he expressed his condolences and concern for what Amendolara had suffered, and then said frankly: "Davers, Tarantum has no idea of going to war with Crotone for the time being, I hope you can understand. ”

"Don't worry, we're angry at what Crotone did, but we can still restrain it." Davers said calmly: "A person was bitten by a dog, can he bite it back?!" ”

Acheta didn't laugh, and the calmer Davers became, the more uneasy he felt: after the annihilation of Lucania's coalition, Tarantum's soldiers were celebrating their victory. But Davers and his men went back to sleep in the camp, saying that they wanted to regain their exerted strength, and the next day they told him, 'Take back Amendolara!' ’

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When the emissaries of Tarantum arrived in Crotone, there was a heated discussion in the council of the city hall of Crotone about the "aftermath of the capture of the city of Turii".

Conservatives such as the general Lycias suggested that after plundering the wealth of Turiy, they should prop up a pro-Crotone puppet government and then retreat to avoid provoking the discontent of the surrounding city-states.

Radicals such as Chief General Milon (the same name as the famous athlete Milon in Crotone a hundred years ago, because this athlete is so legendary that he is regarded as a hero of Crotone, so many of the later Crotone children were named Milon by their parents) believes that Turi has formed a deep enmity with Crotone, and it is difficult for the government to keep power, and it is too close to Tarantum, if the garrison is retained, it will not only disperse Crotone's own forces, After a long time, it will arouse the hatred of the local people and Tarantum even more, and the best way is to burn the city!

"Burning the City ?!!" The other generals and parliamentarians were taken aback.

"That's right, Burn the City!" Milon said emotionally: "Our ancestors defeated Sybaris and destroyed the city twice, the last time was by digging the Klatty River and washing away the city of Sybaris with great water, creating a great reputation and intimidating Great Greece, in exchange for the prosperity of Crotone and the hegemony of this region!" However, since we were defeated by the combined forces of Lockrie and Ligem decades ago, some of the city-states no longer respect us so much and are secretly working against us, we need to re-establish the majesty of Crotone! Now, a great opportunity is in front of us, and it is a gift from the gods! If we miss, we will be punished!

And after destroying the Turiyi, the plain of Cybari will temporarily become a terra nullius, and we can preemptively recruit immigrants from Greece or other places to make friends with the city-states, and after building a new city on the plain of Cybari, we can send some of our landless citizens in the city to become new immigrants to the new city, believing that the surrounding city-states will not find fault with us, and our power in Crotone will expand to the north, increasing our power......"

Milon's words were both inspiring and actionable, and were echoed by the majority of the council.

As a result, the messenger of Crotone soon arrived in Turii, and Melanthius, who was idle, received the order from the city hall of Crotone, and he became excited, and said with his hands dancing: "As the third general to destroy the city-state of the plains of Cybari, I will surely go down in history!" ”

He sprang into action, first demanding that the freemen who had taken refuge in him immediately build a pontoon bridge over the Klatty River by boat (the original pontoon bridge had already been burned by the Turiyi).

Then there were the fabricated charges, claiming to punish the instigators behind the murder of the messenger of Crotone, and as a result, the wealthy merchants of Turii were arrested, tortured, imprisoned, and even executed, and all their family wealth was confiscated.

Soon, the anxious Melanthius thought that this method was too slow, and he was really impatient, so he simply gave the order: loot all the food and property in the city!

Suddenly, the whole city of Turii shook the cry, and the people of Turii, who were lying on the ground and wailing, never imagined that an even more terrible disaster would befall them soon after......

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Amendolala, who was cruising outside the city of Turi, saw from a distance the soldiers of Crotone escorting the people of Turii out of the city.

Soon after, smoke rose from all over the city, and a fire soon broke out......

The Scout immediately reported back to Ryders.

Rydes was shocked when he heard this, and quickly rode across the Saraceno River to make sure.

By this time, Turii had become a city of fire, and the cries of the people outside the city shook the sky......

Soon, Davers received the news of this 100,000 urgent, and immediately froze: Crotone is destroying the city! They're going to retreat?!

Arcistes scolded Crotone for his cruelty, while Davers sat down, rubbing his chin and contemplating what this event meant to Amendolala.

Then Assistes saw Davers get up again, pacing up and down the hall with a strange expression.

When he saw that he was a little dazzled, Davers suddenly asked in a trembling voice, "If Crotone's army sets off now, where will they probably go by dusk?" ”

Arcises thought for a moment and said, "They should not be able to walk fast with so much baggage, and it is estimated that they will be able to reach Castelon at dusk." ”

"Will Castelon let the army into the city?" Davers asked eagerly again.

"How is that possible! These guys just looted and burned the city of Turiyi! ”

Davers nodded, and Asistes agreed with him, paced back and forth a few more steps, and finally made up his mind, and said, "You go and tell Ryders to keep an eye on whether the pontoon bridge over the Klatty River has been burned!" At the same time, Izzam's mountain reconnaissance team was sent to follow the march of Crotone's army, where was the camp? How to set it up? …… Everything in detail, but keep it hidden and don't let the Crotone people find out! I want him to send someone to report to me at any time! ”

"Yes!" Assistes replied excitedly, after following Davers for so long, he understood that Davers must be brewing a big move, and the young man still couldn't help but ask excitedly: "My lord, are you preparing to attack this army in Crotone?!" ”

"Whether to attack or not depends on whether the Crotone people give us a chance!" Davos sneered: "Crotone, the evil wolf, owes a lot of blood debts, so he wants to go back easily, it's not that easy, I believe that the impartial and selfless Hades will take care of us!" It's time for us to show our fangs!

Davos said it righteously, but there was actually another reason that made him make up his mind: the destruction of the city by Turiyi gave him a vague vision of a bigger opportunity than attacking Lucania, an opportunity to make Amendolara quickly strong! And this requires him to gamble once again!

The Senate was convened urgently, and when Davers announced the news of the burning of the city of Turiyi, the senators were not surprised, they had already digested the astonishing bad news before they came, but the old citizens had mixed feelings, they had hated Turiyi's selfishness for causing Amendora to be devastated, but when the worse retribution befell Turiyi, they found that their hearts did not feel very happy, but pity overrode hatred.

But then Davers said indignantly: "Crotone's crime must be punished!" As an ally of the Turii, we in Amendorala are obligated to avenge the people of Turi! Of course, it is even more important for us to tell Crotone that the plains of Sybari are not a place where they can come and go whenever they want! I declare Amendora mobilized for war, ready to attack the army of Crotone! ”

As soon as the words fell, there was an uproar in the venue.

"Great! It's long overdue to beat up these damn Crotonens! Amintas shouted excitedly.