Chapter 1 Establishment of the Tuafa Union
In the afternoon, Davos urgently convened a meeting of the Senate of Amendolara and invited Cuno Gorata, as well as more than a dozen citizens of Turi's fame and status, such as Ansitanos and Burkos, and even Plesinas and Polyxis on the list. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Puzzled, Assistes asked, "My lord, why did you let Plesinus, a credibility-less and cheeky villain, participate?" ”
Davers said seriously: "To us, Plesinus is a wicked man. As far as Turiyi is concerned, he is a patriot who does not hesitate to destroy his honor for the benefit of the city-state. For such people, we should be respectful! ”
"And what about this Polyxis? He's a deserter! ”
Davers didn't answer. He asked Kunogerata, and despite the betrayal of Kunograta by Nyonsis and Polyxis, he suggested that Davers invite Polyxis to the meeting, as the Polyxis family had always been very popular among the Piosian immigrants in Turiil.
Ever since the Amendolars came to the aid of the people of Turiyi, Plesinas had been so nervous that he had even wanted to leave Turiyi and emigrate to other city-states. When Amendolara's heralds approached him and extended him an invitation, he was still suspicious. When the herald relayed what Davos had said to him, Plesinas shed tears: Turii, who had been carefully cared for by the Amendolars for the past two days, felt guilty and blamed that it was Turinas who had first destroyed the friendship between Turriy and Amendolara, and that even his relatives were alienating him. Davers was grateful for his affirmation.
At the same time, the invitation to Plesinas also made the Turians see Amendolara's past attitude of innocence, and relieved many of the Turi's who had contributed to the opposition to Amendolara.
At that time, because of the poor conditions, the meeting was held on the grass, and everyone sat cross-legged on the ground, in a circle, surrounded by guards.
At the meeting, Davers proposed the formation of a Turii-Amendora Alliance, with the citizens of the two cities sharing a consul and a senate, and invited the Turii present to join the Senate and become members of the Senate.
This proposal had been negotiated in advance by Davers with the senators of Amendolara, who were themselves vulnerable and heavily dependent on Amendolala's assistance and protection, and who could become senators of the Senate.
The news soon reached the people of Turii, who were cheering. Mainly because if this alliance is formed, they can accept the assistance of Amendolara with peace of mind and accept the protection of the powerful Amendolara soldiers! Don't worry about betrayal, don't worry about being abandoned, because we're all a family!
The cheers reached the ears of the new Turry Patriarch who was in the middle of the meeting, and their last worries disappeared.
Then Davers went on to say that since Turii and Amendora became one family, the laws of Amendorala also applied to Turiyi, and the rights and obligations of the Amendorals also applied to the citizens of Turiyi.
With the exception of a handful of Turrey senators who disagreed slightly with the bill that "landowners should pay one percent of the land tax per year," Davers's proposal passed by a large margin.
Davers then offered to fulfill his promise to give freedom to slaves who fought against the Lucanian coalition. Free people who participated in the battle against the Lucanian coalition and did not betray Turriyi and defected to the Crotone army made them reserve citizens of the new alliance. The leader of the Free People, who caused the rebellion and led to the fall of Turii, was sentenced to death by the people of Turii!
The proposal was adopted without controversy. Because through the burning of the city of Turiyi, the people of Turiyi also carried out deep introspection, and they realized that it was because of the bad treatment of the freemen and slaves that it was because of the bad treatment of the freemen and slaves that it was one of the main causes of this disaster.
Plesinas listened to Davers's proposal, slightly embarrassed. Unexpectedly, Davers proposed: Let Plesinas be in charge of execution. It was a good chance to give Plecinas a chance to wash his own stain, and he was once again grateful to Davers.
In fact, most of the freedmen who participated in the Battle of Lucaria participated in the rebellion, and accompanied Crotone's troops to transport the spoils of war to Crotone, only to be captured by the Amendolara legion. The slaves lost control because of the fall of Turi, most of the miner slaves fled into the mountains, and most of the slaves in the rest of the city chose to stay, because instead of fleeing elsewhere, in most cases they still became slaves, and if they were captured by the natives, the situation would be even worse, it was better to follow the familiar masters, except that there was no freedom, and life was still passable. There are very few freedmen and slaves who actually meet the conditions of the bill, but it is undoubtedly great news for the freedmen and slaves who still linger by the ruins of Turii and have not left. Because they believed that the rumored archon did have a good opinion of the freemen and slaves, and that he was a consul for life, which meant that they had more opportunities to be free and become full citizens in the future.
Stabilizing the mood of the freedmen and slaves, and arousing their enthusiasm for the new alliance, the safety of the Turriy was ensured, as they were far outnumbered by the Turriy populace.
The first Senate meeting of the Tourii-Amendora Alliance was efficient, with the adoption of proposals that would help the reconstruction of Turii, and the election of Kunogorata as the mayor of the city of Turi, proposed by Davers, was elected by a large majority, with the unanimous vote of the Touriyi senators. The main reason is that Kunogorata does his best to help the people of Turiyi regardless of their previous suspicions, which makes the Turiyi people feel guilty, and the shrewd Turiyi senators also know that the future political situation will be dominated by the Amendolars for a long time, so Kunogorata can be valued by Davers, and they must make efforts to make Kunogorata speak for the Turiyi.
Since the two cities were not far from each other, except for the city administrator, who was the chief executive of the city, which was held by each of the two cities, the rest of the public offices were shared, and according to the need, there were deputies or assistants assigned to each city to perform their duties.
At the same time, the Turriy Reconstruction Committee was formed, headed by Davers and supplemented by the two city administrators, Cornerus and Cuno Gorata, to lead the reconstruction of the entire Turii.
Finally, Burcos asks the question that the Turiyi are worried about: "What if the Crotone invades again?" ”
Davers's expression remained unchanged, and he smiled: "I think this question can be answered by the military officer." ”
Phellisius stood up in response and said, "Elders, let me first briefly introduce the results of our army this time. We dispatched 4,895 soldiers, killed about 6,000 men, and captured 9,000 (a very high casualty ratio, with an average Amendolara soldier destroying more than one enemy). According to the normal battle, even if the Amendolara soldiers were strong in combat, this situation would not have been possible at all, only because it was a sneak attack at that time, and the Crotone people had such high casualties under special circumstances such as drunkenness, deep sleep, no armor, no weapons, etc.), while only seventy-two citizens of our side were killed and two hundred wounded. ”
As soon as these words came out, the Turii elders were dumbfounded.
Phellisius continued: "Of the nine thousand captives, about 5,000 were from Crotone (mainly because when Crotone set up his camp, he placed soldiers from other city-states on the periphery). Felicius glanced at Davers: "We can use these captives to force Crotone to make peace with us." If peace fails, I think that although the walls were destroyed by fire, the walls are made of stone and are mostly intact, and we can organize a large number of men to quickly repair the walls to defend against the attack of Crotone, and at the same time we can ask for assistance from Tarantum. ”
"Will Tarantum come to our aid?" Bulkos was puzzled, knowing that Turii had also tried before, and Tarantum had symbolically sent a messenger, and after the failure of persuasion, there was no movement.
"With Crotone's strength greatly damaged, not only will Tarantum help us, but Lokry will also be able to act!" Kunogorata, who was familiar with the situation of the Greek city-states, said: "Your Excellency, we should organize our men now, build the walls first, and then try to form an alliance with Tarantum immediately!" ”
"We are allies with Tarantum!" Amintas said abruptly.
"That's different, it was Amendolara who signed with Tarantum, and now Amendolara has become the Turiyi-Amendolara Alliance." Antonios explained to him in a low voice.
Amintas scratched his head in embarrassment.
"Master Kunogorata, you have reminded me that we do need Tarantum's assistance now!" Davers said so, in his heart he didn't think that Tarantum's assistance was necessary, but it was important to understand Tarantum's attitude. Because Amendolara was originally just an inconspicuous ally of Tarantum, and suddenly it became an alliance of two cities, and its strength increased dramatically, what would Tarantum think? Kunogorata is a reminder to yourself! Therefore, Davers cast him a grateful look.
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Marigi and Ansitanos were ordered to come to the Senate in Tarantum.
When the consuls and senators of Tarantum learned that Amendolara had defeated Crotone's army, they couldn't believe their ears. Tens of thousands of Crotone's soldiers were wiped out and captured in one morning, not fanatical but undisciplined, fierce and unsustainable Lucanians, but real Greek citizen soldiers, and Crotone citizen soldiers who were known for their movement and strength, how could not the Tarantum people be shocked!