Chapter 114: Weakness
1080 Universe, the city-state of Elia.
【Ding! The city of Elia is the gate of the west city, occupied by the civilian rebel army! 】
【Ding! The residential area of the city-state of Elia is occupied by the civilian rebel army! 】
【Ding! The city-state of Elia is a trade bazaar, occupied by a civilian rebel army! 】
【Ding! The central oratory square of the city-state of Elia is occupied by the civilian rebel army! 】
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The civilian rebels spread like a prairie fire......
Zeno led some of his soldiers to retreat to the southern fortress and firmly guarded the city gate.
On the southern side of the city-state of Elia, a fortress was built to protect against foreign invasions, and the top of the hill was surrounded by a wall, mainly between the Spartans and their Peloponnesian alliance.
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This is the most important comprehensive military building in the city-state of Elia.
The southern fortress is located on a small isolated hill, with bare limestone at the top, low in the west and high in the east, more than 70 meters higher than the surrounding flat land.
The hill is steep on all sides, with only the western side being gentle. Thus the west side became the access to the fortress. From the western slope, climb the stairs to the fortress gate.
【Ding! The fortress on the south side of Elia City, occupied by the Archon defenders! 】
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In the aristocratic district on the north side of the city-state of Elia, mercenaries from various families have assembled and guarded the courtyard houses of each family.
One of the largest in the courtyard of the Fakaron family.
This kind of aristocratic courtyard design in the city was first designed to protect against thieves, robbers, and foreigners.
By the time the city-state's fortifications were perfected, the main defensive targets of the defenses of these noble courtyards became debt slaves and civilian riots......
The idea was to connect the original houses with stone barriers, fences, fences, and earthen walls to form a family settlement-style defense system, and finally form a small fortified area independent in the city.
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Fakaron had his sons command the newly recruited mercenaries and fortify the courtyard and walls.
After Aubres was scalped by the "Skinning Devil", these mercenaries scattered, some chose to stay, some chose to join other mercenary groups, and some became pirates......
Now this mercenary group is greatly weakened compared to the period managed by Obres.
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"These damn pariahs really don't keep their promises. Where do we attack first? ”
The eldest son, Staron, asked his father, Fakaron.
"Attack? Are you going to help the archon who betrayed the glory of the bloodline! ”
Fakaron's youngest son, Dulon, struggled to straighten the armor on his body and shouted excitedly.
"Do you want to let those civilians be tyrants! We can kill them all together! ”
Staron said he saw this as a good opportunity to get Zeno and the civilians out of the pot.
"Lord Archon has his army of barbarian mercenaries. We just have to wait. ”
"Staron, you go and unite the mercenaries of the other families, reorganize the team, and wait for the opportunity."
Fakaron sipped wine, cut the roast lamb on the table with silver cutlery, and said calmly.
"Yes, father."
The eldest son, Starron, dressed in armor and armed with a large sword, pushed the door open with a few retinues.
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"Father, let's wait for them to lose both, and then win the greatest victory." The youngest son, Duron, tidied up the silk lining in the armor and said with a pant.
The madness of these days has made his body very empty.
"Clever boy. By the way, have all your slaves been disposed of? ”
Fakaron was very appreciative of the ingenuity of this young son.
"Rest assured, I sold those slaves to Sparta before the decree abolishing debt slavery was issued. The Himein over there is just short of manpower. ”
"Father, you really should attend my virgin carnival night."
Dulong put on his armor, picked up his slender narrow sword, and smiled and persuaded him.
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Zeno's new law "Abolishing Debt Slavery" caused Dulon, the youngest son of the Fakaron family, to suffer heavy losses.
All along, he has targeted "targeted lending" to urban freedmen and homesteaders in the city-state, where there are young women growing up in the neighborhood.
The so-called "targeted lending" is the kind of loan that creates demand without demand......
Residents in border areas, who live by grazing, will encounter "wolves" and "bandits" in winter, and suffer heavy losses;
homesteaders, self-sufficient, warehouses for storing grain, sudden "fires";
The freedmen of the city, when they encountered the "opportunity to make a fortune", borrowed money to invest in cargo ships, failed and went bankrupt;
Find the weakness of the other party and set up a game.
There's something for everyone.
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In the end, these civilian families can only mortgage their daughters as debt slaves.
Duron would raise these debt slaves to be fifteen or sixteen years old, and finish the first night of the day. Then sell it to the Himein of various city-states to make a huge profit.
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Dulon, the youngest son of the Fakaron family, in response to Zeno's abolition of debt slavery (forbidding the people of the state to become debt slaves).
Three days before the new law was enacted, Duron held a first night carnival with a ticket of 300 wheat buckets.
This is equivalent to the income of a citizen of the second class (knightly) of Athens for one year. A knightly citizen of Athens, who could hold a high-ranking official position other than the treasurer (i.e., treasurer, a kind of consul).
Duron turned forty-three debt slaves into women in one night.
Then, all these debt slaves, who had been tortured to death, were transported to the docks, loaded into iron cages, loaded onto cargo ships, and transported to the slave market in Sparta to be sold.
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Bang!
A large amount of wall ash and rubble fell from the roof, and smashed on Fakaron, who was eating the lamb.
Fakaron looked up in horror, the mutton in his mouth before he had time to swallow......
Colorful strange birds descended from the sky, broke through the top, and a spear made of cypress wood pierced Fakaron from head to buttocks and nailed to the seat.
【Ding! Death to Fakaron! 】
[The morale of the aristocratic mercenaries has decreased! ] 】
[Noble mercenary の military heart shakes! ] 】
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The third generation of Tekumse, shaking off the dust from his body, tried to pull the spear out of Fakaron's mouth.
It was so deep that the tip of the spear penetrated through its thighs and sank into the ground.
"Strip ...... Skinner......"
Looking at the devil who killed his father in front of him, the skinner, who was covered in black with a colorful feather crown, and the youngest son, Dulon, drew his sword.
The third generation of Tekumse did not take care of Dulong, but looked around.
"You dare to kill my father! Chop Pieces! ”
Finding that the other party had no weapons, Dulong plucked up his courage and slashed with his sword in both hands.
The pace is unsteady, one stumbles.
Bang dang......
knocked over the ceramic shelf on the side, and the clay pot and porcelain fell to pieces.
The carnival of the first night of these days has made Dulong's legs very weak.
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The third generation of Tekumse, looking around, picked up the whole roasted lamb that had been partially gnawed on the table, he picked up the leg of lamb and lifted the whole lamb.
Duron was about to get up when the third generation of Tecumseh slammed the roast lamb on Dulong's head.
Bang!
This knocked Duron dry, and he lay on the ground, shaking his head, trying to get up......
Bang! Bang!
Miyo Tecumseh used roast lamb again and smashed it on Duron's head.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The third generation of Tekum is like striking iron, and the roast lamb in his hand is like a hammer, constantly knocking on Dulong's head on the ground.
A whole roast lamb was smashed to pieces, and broken bones and pieces of meat were splashed everywhere.
The heads on the ground, the eyelids cracked, the black beads in and out, as if a silk shop had been opened, and the red and black silk were all rolling out......
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Bang dang!
The door was burst open......