When the news of the defeat of the Crotone army reached the city of Crotone, the whole city was shocked. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

There was a heated debate in the emergency meeting of the city hall.

The chief general, Millon, scolded Amentola for his vileness and Meranthius's incompetence, and proposed to organize another army to crusade against Amendolara and restore Crotone's prestige.

Lycias attacked Milon, arguing that it was his order to burn the city that caused unease among the surrounding city-states, who turned hostile to Crotone, and now that Crotone had suffered a great defeat, he should not use his sword again, lest he be besieged by the city-states of Lokrie, Tarantum, and Amendolara.

Both sides have their own supporters and disputes.

Half a day later, the news deliberately spread by the Amendolara-Turriy Alliance (henceforth referred to as the Tua Alliance) came again: the Tua Alliance had captured more than 5,000 Crotone, about 1,000 Asprustum and Siritin, 1,200 Crimesa and Castron, and more than 1,000 freemen and slaves......

The grieving population of Crotone heard the news and saw hope. They rallied and went to the town hall to put pressure on the council to redeem their loved ones.

At this time, news came: the Tua alliance and Tarantum had become an offensive and defensive alliance.

Milon finally stopped holding his opinion, and after discussion, the council finally decided to send Lucias as an envoy to Turiy to redeem the prisoners of Crotone in the hands of the Tua alliance, and if necessary, to sign an armistice.

Lycias led the envoys on a boat to the north, just in time for a tailwind, and in less than half a day came to the mouth of the Klatty River, where he saw a surprising scene: countless merchant ships were densely arranged at the mouth of the river, like a wooden wall, between which ships sailed out from time to time, and ships continued to gather from all directions......

Wasn't the city of Turiyi burned down? How can there be so many merchant ships to trade? Lycias wondered.

Soon, his doubts were answered, and a simple fishing boat came up to greet him: "Hey, are you here to buy and sell things, or are you here to talk about things?" A man at the bow of the boat said loudly.

After receiving instructions from Lycias, the attendant asked rhetorically, "What are you doing?" ”

"See the pattern drawn on the sails?" The man's smug hand pointed upward, and the black hair on the sail was like a flame wrapped around a cold and shining weapon in the center - it was the symbol of the Hades: "You know, our Archon Davers is a descendant of Hades!" My name is Sekerian, and I am now the navigator appointed by the Commercial Officer, Lord Marigi, to keep the passage open, and you must tell me what you are here for, or I will ask you to leave, lest you block the path of the ships behind. ”

Lysias hesitated for a moment, resolutely made a decision, and shouted to the other party: "We are envoys from Crotone, and we have come to negotiate with the Tua Alliance!" ”

There was no anger, no insults and other abnormal emotions, Sekrian looked calm, nodded and said, "You Crotone are really calm, only come now." The emissaries of Castron, Crimesa, and Siriting have already arrived! ”

Lycias's heart moved, and the attendant asked curiously, "Why aren't you angry?!" ”

"Why am I angry because you are from Crotone." Sekrian shrugged: "You burned Turiyi, but I'm not a citizen of Turiyi, I'm just a free people." On the contrary, I am grateful to you Crotone. ”

Sekrian smiled mysteriously, and then said, "I won't tell you more, go in with my boat, and don't get in the way." ”

Sekrian's fishing boat led Lycias's boat into the Klatty River and sailed upstream.

Looking out at the mouth of the river on the north bank, Lycias could see several simple wooden docks set up on the shore, where goods were constantly unloaded from merchant ships and transported by pack carts to earthen enclosures not far from the docks, which seemed to be located on the site of the old city of Barris.

Lucias frowned. At the beginning, Crotone sent an envoy to question why Turii violated the agreement, which was agreed by all members of the council, but Lycias was opposed to sending troops to attack Turriyi and avenge the envoy, he believed that accepting Turi's apology and getting more compensation had achieved Crotone's goal, and there was no need to send troops to fight again, which would not only cost the people and money, but also feared that there would be an accident. As a result, after the crushing defeat of Crotone, now Turiyi finally does not care about Crotone's attitude and starts to use the old town of Turn-Barris again.

"You haven't said why you want to thank us Crotone?" Someone in the emissary group asked curiously and loudly at the bow of the ship.

Sekrian replied loudly from the fishing boat: "Isn't that obvious!" If it weren't for you, Crotone, who burned Turiyi, there would have been no Amendorara allied with Turiyi, and there would have been no Davers as our consul. He is a descendant of Hades, so noble, but he cares very much about the people, not only does he not discriminate against us freemen and slaves, but he is quite friendly, just like a citizen! Have you heard of the Amendolara Immigration Act, which was proposed and enacted by Lord Davers? Oh no, it should now be called the Tua Union Immigration Law. ”

The Crotone shook his head.

Sekrian said aloud the general content of the immigration law with a look of "you are lonely and unheard", and then said excitedly: "Lord Davers said that when the city of Turiyi is preliminarily built, this law will be implemented. All freedmen who want to become citizens of Turii and behave well can go to the Registrar to apply for registration, and if they become a reserve citizen, they will be able to join the army and fight and get a share of the land! Now my companions are working hard to build Turii tomorrow, and maybe the next time you come, I will be a full citizen! ”

Seeing Sekrian's intoxicated look, someone couldn't help but refute: "I've never heard of a city-state that would make outsiders citizens so easily, maybe this immigration law is a lie, and it was made up in order to make you work hard for them!" ”

"Shut your mouth and don't talk nonsense!" Sekrian was furious: "How can this bill, which Lord Davers proclaimed standing in front of all our freemen and slaves, be fake! Who is Master Davers?! At the beginning, in the face of the threat of Turii, he would rather break off diplomatic relations than pay for the promised freedom of the fugitive slaves! Faced with the forces of your Crotone pushing down the city, I would rather fight you than break off relations with the occupied Turiyi! Master Davers proved to be a man of promises, so I believe what he says, and we all believe it! If it weren't for the fact that you were the messenger who came to negotiate, I would have sent you to the river to feed the fish right now!! ”

Crotone's face was swollen and he couldn't help but want to shout insults, but Lucias stopped the urge of his entourage.

Sekrian watched coldly at the movement of the ship behind him, and seeing that the situation quickly quieted down, he was a little disappointed, and he deliberately spat loudly at the river behind him, and then ignored them.

Lucias fell into deep thought: as far as he knew, the number of citizens in Turii was probably not more than 3,000 now, while the citizens of Amendolara were estimated to be only 4,000 at most, and the number of citizens in Crotone alone was as high as more than 30,000, as well as the attached Aspraustum, the allied city-states of Siritin, Coronia, etc., and the strength was completely different. But if the Tuafan alliance can put the tens of thousands of freemen and slaves here at its disposal, it really needs to be noticed. Is it just that in such a hurry to make strangers from all over the world with different intentions become citizens of the city-state, can their loyalty to the city-state compare with the natives who have been citizens of the city-state for generations?

Lucias was deeply skeptical.

He gazed out at the river and saw a number of fishing boats with double-strand crosses painted on their sails coming and going......

A towering city wall appeared on the bank of the river in front, Lucias knew that the city of Turiyi was coming, his eyes looked at the riverside tower on the city wall, in the past, the two towers that stood apart from each other were connected to an iron chain, which was quite spectacular, and when the enemy ship attacked, the iron chain would be lowered, preventing the enemy from entering the city of Turiyi by water, but this time Melanthius used the traitor to directly attack the southern city, so that this iron chain did not play a role, and now it is gone, it should have been cut off by Melansius...... Thinking of Melanthius, although Lucias did not have a good relationship with Melanthius, and even had completely opposite governing philosophies, he couldn't help but feel sad after hearing about his tragic fate (when he was killed by the people of Turiyi, his flesh and blood were blurred and he couldn't see his human appearance at all).

Secolian's fishing boat docked at the dock in the city of Turiyi, and he disembarked first and ran to report the situation to a group of soldiers stationed at the pier.

The group of soldiers, led by the captain, quickly walked towards this side.

The Crotone noticed that even in the city, the group remained intact.

"General, it's time for us to get off the ship." The attendant reminded Lycias, who was thinking.

Lycias, who had come to his senses, looked around: he had been to Turriy several times, and at that time the port of Turriy had more than a dozen docks, stone and wooden, with hundreds of ships docking, and the port area was full of warehouses, hotels, and residences. Now there are only a few lonely stone piers left, and they are charred and black, but of course they are the work of the Crotonens!

Lucias disembarked with a calm expression, and after the group of soldiers checked them with the same calm expression, and confirmed that it was the emissary regiment of Crotone, one of the soldiers immediately rode to report to the Senate, and the emissary continued to wait in place.

Sekrian returned to the fishing boat and looked at the majestic patrol leader on the shore, and was in a daze for a moment. Until his companion came and reminded him: "Sekrian, it's time to leave the docks!" ”