Vol 5 Chapter 15: The attack of the Crotone Navy

As a result, in this new village composed of dozens of households with a majority of citizens, Aguilas was undisputedly elected. Because he is a member of the mercenary who followed Davis to Turui, he was seriously injured in his left leg during the siege of the Lukania coalition. He became a blind man after he recovered. After the establishment of the Tua League, when Davis came to condolence to these wounded soldiers, he made a request: I hope to transfer the "parts" originally assigned to him in Amendola to the south bank of the Krati River, the original The purpose is just to be farther away from the comrades who are alive and kicking, so as not to touch the scene.
With the influx of people, the farmland on the plains of Sobari has developed, and new villages have sprung up on this flat and fertile plain. Originally, in the eyes of dozens of newcomers, Aguilas was a person who was unspeakable and difficult to get close to, but under the supervision of a notary sent by the Senate, Aguilas was easily elected as the village head, and everyone knew This is a mercenary veteran who followed the Hades oracle, the benevolent governor, the undefeated star Daves, and immediately saw his eyes become awe.
Aguilas is a serious person. Since he has become the head of a village, he must fulfill his duties: to maintain order in the village, to resolve disputes between villagers, to educate the villagers on moral customs, to view the farmland planting in the village, to remind The villagers participate in military training on time, supervise their military service, pay taxes, record population growth, and beware of epidemics...nothing is fine.
Early in the morning, he got up, took a cane, walked through every corner of the village, and sometimes even dragged his leg, jumping into the mud and repairing the canal with the villagers...
In the past few months, people in the entire village praised his performance. When he met him, his face was respected by his heart, which made him find his own meaning of survival and struggle.
After Crotone and Dionya fought, the adult men in the village went to war, and the spring was at the time of planting, and the labor was obviously insufficient. Although every household has slaves, after all, agriculture is different from industry and commerce. There are not too many fields, and the output is not too big. If there are more slaves, it will only cost money. It is really a matter of labor and can rent slaves. During the busy period, there are one or two household slaves per household. Ajilaste rushed to the Tuilei Senate, and after registering, he took 30 city-state slaves back to help the village to do farm work.
The entire village except Aguilas, a disabled man, not a woman, an old man and a child, the rest are all slaves, mostly male slaves, but Aguilas is not worried that these slaves will make trouble because the law of the Union stipulates Every year, on the celebration day of the establishment of the Union of the City of Dionia (ie October 30th), a group of hard-working, well-performing city-state slaves will be given freedom in front of the Temple of Hades. This is for them. The reward of keeping the duty also shows the kindness of Hades. Since the promulgation of this law, the enthusiasm of the city-state slaves has become high and the efficiency has doubled. For rural slaves, it is not easy for farmers to have a slave, and their dependence is also great. I cherish very much. Treating slaves is often like a family. The longer the time, the closer the emotional connection between the two sides, and the greater the freedom of the slaves. As long as the owner is wealthy, the redemption money required by the alliance can be afforded. The slaves can be free before the master's death, and these slaves will often return to the host family after they are free, and continue to help the housework in the form of helpers.
With the help of slaves, the spring plowing of the entire village was completed. Of course, when I am idle, Aguilas will also comfort the women and the elderly in the village who are worried about the expiring relatives.
On this day, because the waterwheel in the village was drowning on the river bank, Aguilas rushed to Turui early in the morning to find someone to repair, and finally made an appointment with a highly skilled carpenter, and rushed. Go home.
As soon as she opened the door, the female slave at home immediately greeted him and told him: "The lady is sleeping now, she is not vomiting today."
Aguilas was relieved. He had been in the battlefield for most of his life. He thought he would die in the wilderness or live a lonely life. He did not expect to follow Daves to the Great Greece. He could become a city-state citizen, get the land, married his wife, set up a family, and now he will With children, this is really the grace of Hades!
At that time, he was glad to hear the news in the doctor's mouth, and even immediately used savings to buy a female slave to take care of the pregnant wife.
"Master, please drink water." The slave girl cleverly holds the wooden cup of water.
At this time, Aguilas, who felt thirsty and unbearable, did not drink immediately. He asked: "Is it boiled?" The Greeks used to drink raw water, but the highly skilled Herps repeatedly. In public, citizens are urged to drink "heated boiling water" and insist that this will reduce the disease. In this regard, Aguilas is no stranger. When he was marching in Persia, Davers had been strict with his mercenaries. For the unborn child, he needs to care for his body.
The female slave nodded and he was relieved to drink.
"Hey!" The door was suddenly pushed open, making a loud noise, and smashing into a half-large boy.
Aguilas has a double eye and is about to reprimand.
The boy said with a sigh of relief: "Uncle Aguilas, I just picked up the shells at the beach... I saw... I saw a big ship parked on the beach, and many people came down, they all armed!"
enemy! ! Aguilas immediately alerted him and said to the slave girl: "You are going to the side of the field to call Bomis (the male slave in the house), then immediately help the lady to go north and go to the square in the city of Turi to wait for me!"
"Know, master!" The slave girl ran out of the yard.
"Child." Aguilas remembered that the boy was called Patroclus, usually mischievous, often yelling at his father, a strong Thassos: "When you see those people, there are others. Is it by the sea?"
"Only me."
Aguilas slightly thought and asked: "Would you ride a donkey?"
"I have sneaked many times on the cattle and scorpions of other people's homes." The clever boy apparently realized that the situation was urgent, and spoke out his secrets, not afraid of embarrassment.
"The village in the south that is very close to us, do you know?"
"I know, I also played with the children in that village."
"Uncle wants you to ride my nephew, and immediately rushed there to inform them, and said that I said to Aguilas, the enemy is coming, let them evacuate!" Can you do it?"
"I can!" The boy nodded hard.
"Good boy!" Aguilas praised the boy's head and suddenly remembered something. From the arms, the village chief from the city of Tuli, the chief of the village, was inserted into the boy's hand: "If they don't believe it, then Show this to them."
"Yeah." The boy nodded again.
Aguilas immediately took the green scorpion from the cattle and sheepfolds in the yard, and the boy jumped easily on the back.
"Children remember, after passing the message, you will be waiting for us at the Klate River Bridge!" Aguilas muttered.
"Know it, Uncle." The boy shook the reins and the scorpion ran out of the courtyard.
Seeing the boy's skilled movements, Aguilas put down half of his heart. As an old mercenary, he and most of his comrades have similar ideas. This alliance was created by blood and sweat. They have this responsibility. Defend this alliance, not just staring at your own village.
Aguilas looked at the house reluctantly, then strode out, limping to the square of the village, to ring the bronze bell, to call the villagers to evacuate immediately.
Aguilas led the slaves to help the young and the young, and it was not long before they left the village, and there was already a thick smoke behind them...
The women exclaimed and cried for the burning village...
Aguilas can still remain calm. According to his previous experience of looting, he judged that the enemy would not immediately go out to chase the village, so he urged the villagers to speed up, but his fists were very tight: in the league The first new home was destroyed like this!
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"This morning, three villages in Turui were destroyed, fifteen people were killed, but we did not seize an enemy! Felicius ~ EbookFREE.me~ You have to think of a way! Again, win The square will be filled by the people who lost their homes. At that time, the people of the whole league will fall into panic! Are the cadres in front of them still have a heart to fight?!" Kunogolata said with anxious voice as Turui. The chief executive, he couldn’t watch the trivial Turui, who was so hard to recover.
"Don't worry, Master Knogorata, sit down and discuss slowly." Cornelus comforted him and explained to Felicius: "To be honest, the Crotones are also very embarrassed." They used small warships to land on the coasts of Turui and Castellón. They were all dozens of sailors with bows and javelins. The young and middle-aged citizens of those villages went to war, otherwise how would they It’s easy for them to sneak attack! When these sailors found that our troops arrived, they immediately fled back to the boat. We couldn’t chase them. There are only three brigades in the city, to defend the port of Turui, and to take care of Amendo. Lara, there are not enough people!"
"But the problem must be solved as soon as possible!" Kunogolata snorted and said: "There are not enough people, you can consider using those free people!"
"It’s really a good idea to use free people, Kuno Gorata!" At this time, Filipius, who had been contemplating, said: "The tens of thousands of free people have nothing to do at the port. It is a long time and easy to live. There was a free man who ran to the military camp yesterday and said, 'There is no food to eat, I want the soldiers to give them food.'"