Chapter 20 Setting foot on the land of the Lucanians
"Of course it is, otherwise we wouldn't have found him so easily. Pen %Fun %Cabinet www.biquge.info," Antrapolis replied preemptively.
Aristias pondered what Davers meant by this.
Davers glanced at him and said seriously, "This Crotone is just not good enough. A good spy can not only collect information accurately and timely and distinguish the authenticity of information. In the event of war, they can create chaos within the enemy, divide the enemy, destroy unity, destroy the enemy's city walls, shipyards, arsenals and other valuable facilities, and provide the greatest help for the city-state to win the battle head-on, they will be the secret soldiers of our Tua Alliance! ”
Seeing that they were deep in thought, Davers said in a deep voice, "Aristiras, are you willing to put me in charge of such an organization, collect intelligence, and cultivate such an excellent secret team to help the Alliance?" ”
The sudden invitation surprised the two of them.
Antrapolis excitedly touched his brother with his elbow, and Aristilas was also a little excited, but he could still keep calm, he said hesitantly: "But Assistes ......"
Davers nodded secretly: "Assistes has another important task to complete, and he is no longer the head of this organization. ”
"I'm willing to work for you, sir!" Aristiras replied dryly.
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Half a day later, Millon, the chief general of Crotone, received information from the spies: early in the morning, the Tua alliance of about 4,000 troops left the city of Turiyi and marched west. ”
Milon pondered: in terms of the position of the Turiyi, there was only one force to the west - the Lucanians, could it be that the Turiyi was going to war with the Lucanians again? Is it Laos or Niutum?
Milon was suddenly a little excited: although because the Lucania region was far away from Crotone, there were several forces in between, so he didn't know much about it, and he had little contact. But you must know that the Lucanians are a powerful indigenous force that even the rich and powerful alliance of Greek city-states in the north, the Campanian League, would not dare to provoke! The Tua coalition had defeated the Lucanian coalition once before, so did they want to use 4,000 men to create another miracle of winning more with less? Even if they succeed, aren't they afraid of another big war with the entire Lucanians? Can the Tu-Afa coalition, which is still being rebuilt, sustain such continuous attrition? Maybe the young consul was carried away by the previous victory?! ……
Several thoughts flashed through Millon's mind, and he suddenly had a playful mentality: perhaps without waiting for the peace treaty to expire and Crotone declared war again, the Lucalians would set foot on the land of Turiyi again, and Crotone should make plans for this......
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At the same time that Milon received the information, the Tua forces had reached the entrance to the Lucania Pass, where the Coalition had set up a makeshift post with three sentries stationed in turn each day.
The forest reconnaissance team led by Izzam went out early to detect whether there was any abnormality in the pass.
Large forces began to enter the mountain passes.
The narrow mountain path can accommodate up to four people at the widest point, and is flanked by steep mountains and towering trees......
There was once a soldier's joke that if the enemy pushed a large round rock down in front, it would run it along the mountain road until the entire Tua coalition had been wiped out......
Autumn in October in Greater Greece is still hotter, snakes and insects are still active in the mountains, and wolves can be seen in the mountains from time to time. The soldiers carried nearly 50 pounds of food rations, weapons and equipment and other weights on their backs and trekked through the mountain roads, all sweating and quite tired, but none of them dared to fall behind, because once they fell behind, they were likely to fall and be injured or attacked by wild beasts because there was no one to help.
At night, it is impossible to build a camp according to military regulations, so you can only sleep in the mountain roads, but it is necessary to stand guard and keep watch. Listening to the howls of the various beasts in the mountains, and looking at the green and faint fierce light that flickered in the darkness, even though the sentinels were lying next to countless teammates, they couldn't help but shudder.
And for the resting soldiers, the biggest difficulty in staying overnight in the mountains is the weather. The temperature in the mountains suddenly cooled at the end of autumn, and although the soldiers were prepared, they all brought sheepskins, wrapped them to sleep, and lit bonfires in the middle of the soldiers every ten meters, which was still a little cold...... When they wake up in the morning, there will be soldiers screaming because there is something else around them: a bobcat, a hedgehog, a badger, and most terrifyingly, a poisonous snake...... Several soldiers were bitten as a result.
Most of the soldiers had only one thought in their hearts: hurry out of the pass and capture Niutum!
After two nights, the team began to go downhill. Reminded by Bagul, Pherisius knew that he had already walked more than half of the mountain road, so he ordered his troops to start slowing down.
Izzam's team had already crossed the mountains and reached the exit of the mountain road, and he asked most of his men to continue to monitor the movements on the periphery and guard the outgoing troops, while he took advantage of the darkness to avoid the reconnaissance of the pass checkpoints, and rushed to Laos in the starry night to inform Avinoguis.
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Tula, the great chief of the city of Laos, has been in a good mood these days, because Avinokis has finally agreed to move his clan to Niutum, and has been preparing for the relocation for the past few days.
Early the next morning, he received a report from his men that Avinogis was preparing to move his people to Niutum in batches, and that the first caravan had now left the city and was heading for Niutum.
Tulaha laughed: "O Avinogis, Avinogis! Aren't you usually a shrewd person?! At this time, I was stupid! If you go with the whole clan, there will be many people, and they will not dare to divide and annex your people too forcedly. You leave in batches, don't you just let them devour it cleanly! But that's just right, and we don't have to worry about the Laos mongrel anymore! ”
Remembering the days before when he had endured his grievances for fear of a riot caused by Avinokis, Tula let out a sigh: The days of fear are finally over!
Much more relaxed, he immediately asked the servant to bring a beautiful Greek slave girl who had been sacrificed by his subordinates a few days ago, and have a good time.
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Alobus Math had led the pack to the exit of the pass, which had no checkpoints, but last year the Turiyi army invaded Laos, and although Lucanians were victorious, they also made the Lucanians feel the need to set up a checkpoint.
This exit is located right between Laos and Niutum, and since Laos is attached to Nisutum, the outpost is under the control of Nisutum, and as a result it became a place for the Neutum warriors to extort Laios as merchants who went to Niutum to trade.
In the morning, when the sentinels saw the huge caravan coming south, their first thought was that they would get more money, even if it belonged to Avinogis, the famous leader of Laos.
Arrobmas, who led the team, agreed to the sentinel's unreasonable demand for money, and after leading the pack team into the outpost, he suddenly broke out and easily dealt with the ten greedy Niutum warriors.
Then Izzam, who had been hiding in the packs, immediately ran into the pass, and an hour later the Tua coalition troops rushed out to join Arrobmas, and the fourth brigade (Lucania's) took off its armor and weapons, stuffed it into the pack carts, and then changed into the tattered leather robes that had been equipped earlier, and scattered into the caravans, while the other three brigades stayed far behind.
When Arobumas saw Bagul coming up, his expression was still a little stunned: "I heard that Izzam said that the Tua Alliance has an army of Lucanians, but I didn't expect there to be so many people!" ”
He spoke Lucanian, and Bagul smiled and said in Greek: "Asinu bless us with a smooth cooperation!" ”
"Oh...... Smooth ......" When Arobumas was warmly embraced by Bagul, he had not yet fully recovered his senses.
Sent by Tula to follow the pack team to see if Arobumas had successfully entered Neutum's men, he was puzzled when he saw the pack team staying at the outpost for a long time, and when he saw countless Greeks in armor appear, he was immediately stunned: "Avinokis has rebelled, he has colluded with the Greeks!" ”
Like a frightened rabbit, he immediately returned to Laos.
However, Avinogis, who knew Tula very well, had already prepared, and before Tula's men could return to Laos, Avinogis himself, who were hiding on both sides of the road and monitoring the anomaly, swarmed up and captured him.
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Monet heard a report from his subordinates: the south is dusty, I am afraid that a large army is coming!
"Then it must be Avinokis who brought the people!" He immediately made a judgment.
In the past few days, Avinokis has sent people to say that they are ready to move here, and he has sent his younger brother Arobu Marsleni Niutum many times to confirm the place where their people are going to live, the land where they will graze and work, and make many demands. Not only did it make the whole city known, but it also gave Ram and other leaders a big headache. However, since Avinogis is so serious, it is obvious that he can't withstand the persecution of the two cities, and he is finally going to move.
In the end, after discussing with the leaders of Niutum, they decided to agree to Avinogis' request first, and when they entered the city of Niutum, it was up to him to decide. Now everyone is in dire need of warriors and strong labor, and they are all looking at the big fat meat of the tribe where Avinokis belongs.
Monet climbed up the wooden wall and soon saw a pack caravan in sight: there were probably dozens of trailers, and there were not many warriors, but there were many slaves, who were threatened by the warriors' leather whips and spears, some carrying heavy loads, others assisting in carts...... At the back of the convoy were many elderly and women, some with children. On both sides of the convoy there were flocks of sheep and cattle, and the whole team was large and bloated, and people shouted sheep and cries in the dust and fog that was raised, and it was extremely noisy.