Chapter 43: Cornerus
When Cornerus was led into the Senate by the soldiers, he was both excited and apprehensive. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Since the occupation of Amendolara by the Lucanians, Cornerus has lived in hell for nearly half a year: during the day, under the Lucalian watch, he grazes cattle and sheep, cuts down trees, carries supplies, slacks off, is insulted at least, beaten, and even denied food; At night, he was imprisoned with others in the temple of Zeus, although the temple was large, thousands of people were crowded together, eating, drinking, and lazar, all in it, the air was filthy, the space was so small, and often children made noise, adults cried, and they could not sleep peacefully all night, and the harshness of the environment can be imagined; At the same time, the Lucanians only gave them half a full day, which made them weak, and some people kept falling ill and dying.
During his long imprisonment, Cornerus, like the others, was exhausted by both physical and mental resistance, and he resigned himself to his fate, feeling that he would live so numbly until he died quietly in hell......
But yesterday they were urgently gathered to prepare the pack carts and load their belongings, and they were busy until the evening, and even the vicious Lucalians took matters into their own hands, and from their panicked expressions, Cornerus sensed something.
Sure enough, the Lucanian-speaking populace whispered to them that he had overheard what the Lucanians were talking about and what they were saying...... Grummentum's army was wiped out by some Greek mercenary", "Those Greeks are murderous beasts, terrible...... and so on.
The news lifted the people of Amendolara and they saw hope of getting out of their predicament, so much so that in the middle of the night, many people tossed and turned, unable to sleep, and then heard the faint sound of fighting......
What happened?!! The sensitive people of Amendolara got up one after another, came to the door of the temple, and looked out through the crack in the door: Lucania's guards were panicked and shouted to each other in alarm, so that the people in the temple could hear clearly: "The Greeks have entered the city!" ”
The people were excited, and the Archon Gratbabflo, who had always acted decisively, saw the guards leaving one after another, as if to reinforce the enemy forces fighting at the foot of the mountain, and immediately organized the citizens to fight back. The people of Amendolara, who hated the Lucarians, slammed open the gate and rushed forward, knocking down the few remaining and combative Lucanian guards with stones and fists.
The people had just left the temple, but they ran into the Lucarians who had returned (in fact, the Lucanian warriors were completely unable to resist the attack of the mercenaries, and Vespa was anxious to think of the more than 1,000 Greek people imprisoned in the temple, perhaps as hostages, in exchange for the survival of his own tribe), the unarmed and weak people of Amendora were certainly no match for the Lucarian warriors, but at that time, they had just broken through the cage and reinforcements were coming, and the angry and hopeful Amendolars were unwilling to surrender again. As a result, the consul Gratbaflo was the first to be killed, and the able-bodied, charging citizens were almost completely lost, and just as the Lucarians could not control their bloodthirsty impulses and were ready to kill the remaining trembling Amendolara people, the Greek mercenaries arrived.
In front of the people of Amendolara, these strong and burly soldiers showed their might, and in an instant, they killed the enemy who was still extremely vicious just now, and surrendered on their knees.
When these murderous soldiers walked towards the people of Amendolar, the people of Amendolara could not help but tremble. Unexpectedly, these soldiers supported the weak with concern, prepared clean beds, sent steaming wheat porridge, and the doctor carefully examined their bodies and treated their wounds, and they simply entered the Elysée Paradise from hell!
Cornelous wept tears of gratitude more than once, and he, like the others, began to inquire about the origins of this brave and loving team. And the soldiers, the doctors, the women who bandaged their wounds, whom the soldiers called "nurses", and the slaves did not shy away from telling the people of Amendolara everything about themselves, so Cornerus knew: this Greek army came from Asia Minor, and under the leadership of the Persian prince Cyrus the Younger, it went deep into the heart of Persia against the army of the Persian king, and then it fought thousands of miles, returned safely to Byzantium, accepted the employment of the Turiyi, and came to Great Greece, after the defeat of the battle led by the Turiyi, The mercenaries and Tarantum reinforcements took the lead and wiped out the Lucanian tribal alliance, and then without repairing, they attacked Amendora that night and saved them......
The story of the mercenaries is simply as legendary and fascinating as the epic Odyssey. And what made Cornerus feel even more amazing was the leader of the mercenary army, Davers, according to the soldiers, the young leader was originally just an ordinary soldier, and there was nothing special, but when he was fighting with the army of the Persian king, he woke up after falling unconscious, not only his personality changed greatly, but also he was smart and intelligent, and solved a lot of problems, and the soldiers thought that he was favored by Hades, the king of Hades, and got the revelation, so he became different, so he was elected as the leader, and Davers also lived up to expectations, performed one miracle after another: led the soldiers to break out of the siege and return to Greece; and went it alone and accepted Turiyi's invitation; When the battle failed and everyone was pessimistic and lost, he resolutely launched an attack on the powerful Lucanian coalition army, annihilating the enemy with a huge disparity in strength, creating an almost impossible miracle; Then, when others thought that the mercenaries were in dire need of recuperation after the war, he launched another attack on Amendolara within a day......
So, when the mercenary told Cornerus that the chief of Davers wanted to see him, he was so eager to meet the young leader who led such a unique army, and was respected and admired by the soldiers, and called him "the Divine Favor", "The Miracle Child", and "Our Davers".
As soon as he entered the hall, he was greeted by a young man with a smile on his face, and shouted affectionately: "Lord Cornerus! ”
Cornerus was stunned: "Are you?" ”
The guard who led the way said proudly, "This is our Davers leader!" ”
Although he knew from the mercenary that Davers was a young man, when he stood in front of him, Cornerus was still surprised that he was too young and so easy-going, not at all like the battle-hardened mercenary leader he imagined, and he was a little out of shape for a while.
And Davers is also looking at the patriarch of the Senate of Amendolara: it is reported that his family is one of the founders of Amendolara more than 200 years ago, and it has continued to this day, with countless consuls and senators, which can be described as the famous family of Amendolara, and although Cornerus himself is only a senator, he is kind, helpful, and has a high reputation among the people, which is why Davers chose him in the first place. Looking at this middle-aged man who had been detained for a long time, Davers asked with concern, "I heard that you were injured last night, don't you know if you are better?" ”
Colperus stroked the bandage on his abdomen and said gratefully, "Much better!" Much better! Your doctors are very skilled! Chief Davers, thanks to your timely arrival last night, otherwise we would all be finished! ”
Davers's heart jumped, and he looked at Cornerus carefully, and his sincere expression did not seem to be fake. Last night, when he learned that the Lucanians had a fierce battle at the temple with the people of Amendolara who had broken through, he deliberately slowed down the pace of his attack, resulting in the death of most of the young citizens of Amendolara, he couldn't help but feel a little guilty in his heart, and quickly said, "Hmm...... Lord Cornerus, I invite you to come here today because I have news for you, we will be leaving soon. ”
Cornerus was taken aback: "Why? ”
"Although the Lucalian have suffered a heavy blow this time, they are large and numerous, and they have heard that Poittia is preparing to aid Grummentum, so Turriy is anxious to find us to return and help defend their city." Davers looked serious as if it were true.