Despite the absence of Davers and Acheta, the celebration of Turriyi's victory was still held, and the whole city temporarily suppressed their grief and celebrated this hard-won victory. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In particular, the banquet held by the generals lasted until late at night, and Ansitanos, who had drunk an unknown number of jugs of wine, slept until three o'clock in the morning, and when he left the city, it was almost noon, and when he came to the empty camp of Davers, he was dumbfounded. Fortunately, the Tarantum reinforcements they saw in the mercenary camp were still stationed, and they learned that all the mercenaries had gone to Amendolara.

The mercenaries have taken the city of Amendolara! The astonishing news shocked Ansitanos and Burkos again.

The group immediately accelerated to the north, eager to see Davos, and halfway through, Ansitanos suddenly stopped the group: "Let's go back at once." ”

"Why is that, General?" Burcos asked, puzzled.

Ansitanos, who had calmed down, sighed: "The mercenaries were so anxious to capture Amendora last night, and today even their slaves and baggage have moved into Amendora City, what does this mean?" ”

Burkos let out an "ah" and shouted in surprise: "Is it ...... Do they want to occupy Amendolar?! ”

Ansitanos nodded and said with some melancholy: "What's more, Acheta also went to Amendolara, what does this mean?" ”

Burgos was reminded by Ansitanos, and immediately came to his senses, and shouted again in surprise: "Could it be that Tarantum supports the mercenaries to occupy Amendolara?!" ”

"Maybe it's just Acheta's personal wishes......" Ansitanos was comforting Burkos as well as himself, and he smiled wryly: "If Tarantum really supports the mercenaries, can we Turii refuse?" Tarantum and the mercenaries are both heroes who saved Turii......" Ansitanos sighed again, his face worried: "Alas...... From then on, Tarantum's forces will cross Heraclea and approach the plains of Xubari! ”

"That'...... So what do we do now?! Burkes asked anxiously.

"Of course, I'll go back and discuss the countermeasures, and then I'll ......," Ansitanos said, and judging from his helpless expression, it was clear that Turiyi didn't think that Turii had any good idea of the mercenaries taking Amendolara.

On the way back to the city, he kept muttering to himself in loneliness: "Alas...... It was only half a year before Turriyi became like this...... Again, the teacher was right, 'war is the fastest way to change the rise and fall of a city-state', and what Turii lacks now is military talent like Davers and Acheta! ……”

Hearing this, Bulks remembered that he had not had time to invite Davers to join Turriyi, and now it seemed that even if he said it, Davers would not agree. He also remembered the scene when his henchman Medus led Davers to venture out to explore Amendolara, and I am afraid that at that time, Davers had the idea of this mountain city! Was it luck that he actually started plotting Amendolara before the situation was clear, and it finally came true? No! The victory in these two battles was won by the mercenaries led by him, and it was finally achieved by his own step-by-step efforts!

Although the mercenaries' forcible occupation of Amendorala infringed on the interests of Turiyi, it was not clear in Burkos's heart whether he was more resentful or more in awe......

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Davers is accompanying Achetta on a tour of Amendolara.

While listening to Davers's account of the capture of the mountain city last night, Acheta examines the mercenaries' attack routes and tries out how to use the rope hook with great interest.

From the moment he entered the city gate, Acheta saw nothing but blood stains along the way, which were these mercenary soldiers with three steps and one post, five steps and one sentry, their faces were filled with the same excitement and pride as Davers, and he hesitated again and again, but decided to make a suggestion to Davers: "Davers...... I think that if you mercenaries want to succeed in Amendolala, it is better to get the consent of the citizens of Amendolala. ”

"Good! Good! Davers answered.

Seeing his perfunctory, Acheta thought about it, but was still ready to persuade: "If a city-state wants to have a good order, it must not only have strict laws, but also abide by them all the time, and over time, the laws will form the good traditions of the city-state, become the natural cornerstone of the city-state order, bring stability to the people, and bring development to the city-state." If you destroy it in the first place...... "Acheta stopped, pointed to the strange shape of the pine trees that grew diagonally on the hillside, and said meaningfully: "It's like this tree, at the beginning, it grows crookedly, and later, even if it tries its best, it can't become a towering tree." ”

Davers, of course, understood the metaphor in Acheta's words, which made him ponder: the Chinese historical tradition emphasizes the result, no matter what means are used to succeed in the end, then everything done before will be forgiven and finally recognized, so there are deep-rooted sayings such as "the winner is the king and the loser is the loser", "the matter is in a hurry" and other deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. But in his previous life, Davers, who graduated from the University of Political Science and Law, knew that in the Roman Republic, which was known as the "son of law", hundreds of years of inheritance made its laws and traditions constrain the excesses of later authorities, even if there were repeated turmoil, it would not cause great turmoil in the country, for example: Caesar who crossed the Rubicon did not let the army enter the city of Rome, because this is tradition; Antony, who favored Cleopatra, did not agree to her request to annex the Kingdom of Judea to Egypt, because it was the duty of every Roman citizen not to harm the interests of Rome, which was tradition; Octavian, who was in power, did not turn the Roman Republic into an empire all at once, because it was a deep-rooted tradition that the Senate and the Citizens' Assembly were the center of power in Rome, and he could only slowly change the power structure of Rome for decades, day by day...... But when he became the commander of the Guard, he assassinated the Roman Emperor Caligula, whom he had been guarding since he was a child, and his behavior was extreme, but since then the bad tradition of the Guards frequently assassinating the Roman Emperor has been established......

If Davers were just a leader who only cares about his immediate interests and wants to be happy for the moment, but his ambition is not limited to a small Amendora, and Acheta's counsel wakes him up like a blow in the head: mercenaries should not only take into account the feelings of the people of Amendolar, but also be conducive to future rule; Considering also the mercenary as an outsider to his roots in Greater Greece and the feelings of the surrounding city-states, it is clear that forcible seizure is unwelcome and prone to isolation.

Davers decided to change his previous practice of quick success, and this reflection also led to a change in his later behavior and behavior, and he began to think from the perspective of a true Greek.

"Akita, thank you for the reminder!" Thanks to Acheta, Davos decided to put one of his ideas into action at once: "I have heard that the Pythagoreans are not in a good position in Greater Greece. ”

Hearing this, Acheta's face darkened slightly, and he said with a complicated expression: "Yes." The people of many city-states in Greater Greece did not agree with the ideas of our school, and used various means to suppress the members of the school, so that most of the disciples had to leave Greater Greece and settle in Frios in Greece itself. ”

"I agree with your school's philosophy of 'everything is numbered', and I think that if you use 'numbers' to manage the city-state, it will definitely be more refined and efficient. And your school encourages self-control, abstinence, purity, and obedience, and I agree with that. At the same time, you also dare to break the world and involve women in learning, which is even more innovative! "If the mercenaries become the masters of Amendolara, I will definitely invite the members of the Pythagorean school to come here to train students, establish academies, and be financed by the city-state." ”

The reason why Achetta is so frank about the current situation of the Pythagorean school is because the Pythagorean school is well known to everyone in Great Greece, and Davers also expressed his good opinion of the school before, but he didn't expect Davers's good opinion of the school to reach such a level, and he couldn't believe it for a while: "Are you telling the truth?" ”

"Do you want me to swear to the gods?"

"On behalf of the school, I would like to thank you for your support! I'll tell the members of the school about your proposal as soon as possible! Acheta said excitedly.