"You're saying there's a chance that there will be another riot in Cosenza?" Davers asked immediately.

"This ...... It's hard to say. After thinking about it, Hegesitus said cautiously: "I heard that in order to prevent these tribal leaders from staying in the city and disadvantageous to the alliance, Pialen specially asked them to lead their former clansmen on the expedition. When I came here today with the rebel tribes, I hadn't heard anything unusual about the city of Cosenza. ”

Davers pondered for a moment and said, "Hegesitus, thank you very much for all that you have done to Dionia! Next time I will ask you about the situation in the Bruti region. Don't let the leaders of these tribes wait outside the camp gates, bring them all in. ”

Hegesitus said emotionally: "Your Excellency, without the protection of you and Dionia, my people and I would not only be unable to take revenge, but would have starved to death in the mountains long ago, and we are willing to do anything for Dionia!" ”

Davers nodded movingly, turned around and said, "Maltius, you go with him to pick up those tribal leaders." And—" Davers whispered to him, "be sure to take these men past where the great leader of Vig City could see." ”

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Sedorum was shocked to see the tribal leader who was supposed to be in Cosenza appear in the Dionian military camp.

Davers, on the other hand, warmly received the restless Buranti chieftains, and made a solemn promise to them that if they joined Dionia, Dionya would not interfere with their management of their tribe, but would give priority to them in choosing good settlements and pastures.

Even, Davers opened the map of Dionya and told them that they could not only choose between the Bruti region, but also choose other vacant lands of the Dionian Alliance.

The leaders were reassured and happily set up tents next to the Dionian barracks, ready to help Dionya overthrow the Bruti tribal alliance that oppressed them, so that they could get the land promised by Dionia as soon as possible.

Davos sent them away, and had a new idea, he called Cappus and asked him to divide the more than 5,000 captives into companies of 200 people according to their respective tribes, and some of the captives elected their own company leaders and adjutants...... and so on, and instructed Cappuz to give these newly elected company commanders as much prestige as possible among the prisoners under his jurisdiction, such as the right to distribute food, the right to distribute labor, and the right to punish his subordinates, while ensuring that the captives did not flee or resist......

In Davers's plan: Turriy would be the center of the future union of Dioonian city-states, and the Bruti region, which was very close to Turii, should become a core area of Dionia. However, Davers is very clear that the biggest difference between the current Bruti and the Lucanians is that there are no big tribes in the Lucanian area within the territory of Dionia, and according to the current situation, it is likely that there will be several large tribes of Bruti when they conquer Bruti, and they will be an unstable factor for Dionya to rule Bruti in the future, and it will also increase the difficulty of governing the Bruti region.

Davers's main strategy for it was to dismember it, making it big and making it small. The practice of these more than 5,000 captives is to prepare in advance......

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While Davers was already preparing for the conquest of the Bruti region, the city of Cosenza was not unusual, as Hegesitus said, but treacherous......

Kadulk, the leader of Cosenza, was originally the same tribe as the tribe of Petaru. But things have changed since Petaru became Pianlun's son-in-law. In the process of co-opting and annexing small tribes, the Petaru tribe, supported by Piallen, gained many benefits, and its tribal strength quickly expanded, not only quickly becoming the second largest tribe in Cosenza and even in the whole of the Bruti region, but also Petaru also entered the newly established Bruti Tribal Alliance's highest authority, the Council of Seven Elders, under Pianren's support.

In this regard, Kadurk was angry and dissatisfied with Piarun for his injustice, but the strength of Pialen and the Petaru tribe forced him to force a smile and obediently. This time, for example, Pianren led the largest army in the history of Bruti to fight the Dionians, but left him to defend the city of Cosenza, which he had no choice but to accept.

Even if he became the temporary master of Cosenza, Kadurk would not have absolute power, because he knew that the high priest Firotaru, whom he secretly mocked as the 'Dog of Piaaren', was watching him closely. As soon as he made a move, a single order from Firotaru could make half of his two thousand warriors disobey his command, and the other half would of course be his people.

The army was dispatched, the city of Cosenza was mostly empty, and the affairs were naturally greatly reduced, and Kadurk was bored in the council hall of the alliance in the inner city for most of the day, until the guards came to report: the Bruti alliance had been defeated, and the rout army was entering the city one after another.

Although the possibility of defeat had been discussed before the expedition, Kadurk was shocked when he heard the news.

He hurried to the east gate of the outer city, and the sight before him was unbelievable: outside the gate was crowded with disheveled and exhausted defeated soldiers, who had no helmets, and who had lost their leather shields and spears, and some were even naked, covered in mud, and rushed to enter the city while looking back in a hurry, and as soon as the wind and grass were blowing, they panicked, and there were crazy pushes and squeezes, and even some people were squeezed out of the moats, and screamed again and again; And as soon as they entered the city, they lay down on the ground, and soon fell asleep......

Kadurk can be regarded as having been on the battlefield for a long time and has suffered some defeats, but he has never seen such a tragic scene, so he can't help but be secretly frightened, and immediately mobilize his team to maintain order at the city gate and rescue the wounded soldiers......

It didn't take long for him to see Pianlun. The great leader of Cosenza was in high spirits when he did not return to the campaign, his eyes were blank, his expression was dull, and his hands were clasped around the horse's neck. The horse was evidently exhausted to the extreme, moving forward little by little, with great difficulty with every step, and suddenly fell to its knees on all fours, and threw Pianlun, who was caught off guard, to the ground......

The accompanying guards hurriedly went up to help. Piallen, who had been bustling on horseback for more than an hour, was also physically and mentally exhausted, weak in his hands and feet, and barely stood with the support of the guards....... Be careful...... Beware of the enemy...... The enemy's surprise attack ...... and was carried into the city by the guards.

Seeing Piallen's embarrassed appearance inexplicably increased a little more schadenfreude in Kaduk's nervous and restless heart, and this mood reached its peak after seeing Petaru.

Petaru, who was 20 years younger than Pianren, was much better physically than his father-in-law, but mentally, apparently the ferocious pursuit of the Dionian cavalry frightened him so much that he went insane when he entered the city, shouting uncontrollably in front of the numerous routs: "The enemy will come after you!" The enemy will chase you! Close the gates! Close the gates! ......" almost caused a big mess.

Kadurk took a lot of effort to restore order to the scene, and while he scolded Petarou for being a fool, he was also afraid of the Dionians, whom he had not yet met.

On this night, Kadurk was always on high alert.

The defeated soldiers fled back to the city one after another, and the people of Cosenza, who learned the bad news, wept all night, and the whole city of Cosenza was restless all night......

By the early morning of the next day, many of the routs had fled back to the city.

In the council hall of the inner city, Pianlun, who had regained his energy and temporarily emerged from the shadow of yesterday's fiasco, looked solemn at the moment.

So far, there are only more than 2,000 warriors belonging to him and the Petaru tribe who have fled, more than 700 Ambalian warriors, about 1,000 Vig warriors, and the most returned are warriors from other small tribes, more than 4,000 in total. What does this mean? This means that about 8,000 of the first and second largest tribes of Bruti were either killed or captured by Dionia! Not only did this number devastate him and Petaru, but it also gave his people a reason to attack them, threatening their rule over the tribe.

What's more, the Bruti tribal alliance is likely to face disintegration, because Pianlun, who has lost his power, will also lose his influence and appeal in the alliance. Just now, the Grand Leader of Ambalia, Bergam, had rejected Pianlun's repeated attempts to keep him, and led the rest of his people out of Cosenza.

Although Pianlen was right: "Ambalian city is too rudimentary to resist the attack of the Dionians, so it is better to temporarily move all Ambalians to Cosenza and fight side by side......"

However, Bergarm replied tragically: "The Ambalians have lived in Ambalya for generations, and they will not abandon their land, even if they die, they will spill their blood there!" ”

The departure of the Ambarians affected the Vig warriors, who had lost their Great Chieftain and clamoured to return home, but Pianren managed to convince them to stay, promising to do everything in his power to save Sedorum.

The problem of the Vig warriors is only a small problem, the biggest problem is that after Pianlen returned to Cosenza last night, due to the double blow of mental and physical strength, he quickly fell asleep, so that he actually forgot to make special arrangements and arrangements for those other tribal leaders who went out on the expedition.

As a result, the tribal leaders fled back to Cosenza and did not return to their dwellings in the inner city, but hid in the settlements of the original tribes in the outer city.

One night passed, and Pianren realized that he had made a big mistake, and hurriedly sent his men with a team of warriors to urge them to return.

But what he feared most came true. The warriors were driven out, and they reported to him with a swollen nose and a swollen face: "The Great Chief, the Targli Chief, they refuse to return to the inner city, and threaten to lead their tribe out of Cosenza!" ”