Vol 2 Chapter 14: Survey (on)

"The reason why Axiculodo Yax failed because he led the army to attack Ratos because of the unfamiliar terrain and the fiasco of the enemy's ambush on the mountain. If it is in the plains of our Turui On the face of face-to-face confrontation, the rudimentary and loosely organized Lukania mountain people, how can it be the opponent of the Greek heavy infantry, the number is even less is not a problem." Kunogolata retorted.
"Firis, we can't afford this war. If we hide in the city, let the enemy trample on our farmland again, burn our villages, fisheries and mines, and every month we pay the mercenary's salary and food. I also had to hold a citizen meeting to discuss whether to impose a war tax. I think citizens will not agree!
Neonsis also said.
"Citizens will certainly not agree! Filips, citizens elected you as the chief general, think that you have the ability to quickly reverse the situation, drive away the Lucanias, and protect the safety of Turui, just like when you first came to power As soon as he did, he immediately sent Burkes to recruit soldiers and sent messengers to Tarantum for help. Now that the powerful reinforcements have arrived, you can’t hesitate to sit and watch the citizens’ property destroyed. Iraq’s treasury collapses, you must make a decision as soon as possible, and don’t let down the expectations of the people!
Polluxs, who had been silent until now, also spoke.
Burkes did not expect that Polixis also joined the ranks of the tempting Faures. When he was in a hurry, he was seen by Kuno Gorata who had retired to the corner and remembered something, "an important military conference involving city-state secrets." The irrelevant people should take the initiative to evade. On the grounds, let the guards take Burkes out of the city hall.
Burkes stood on the steps of the town hall and stayed for a while: From a rational point of view, he felt that he should believe in the judgment of Fei Ruisi. After all, compared to other generals who had long experience and no war experience, the year After 60 years of age, Fei Ruisi participated in the war with Tarantum at a young age. He successively served as a military officer in the heavy infantry squadron commander and captain. He had rich experience in combat; but emotionally, he also I hope to quickly defeat the terrible Lucanias, because every Turui people want this bandit to stay away from their homeland, and Daves’s troops also give him confidence.
Under the influence of this contradictory mentality, he subconsciously went to the port. After walking for a while, he stopped. Although the generals of the city hall accepted the agreement he signed, they also frequently traveled with the team of Davis. I am afraid that people will be criticized. He sighed and turned to go home...
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Daves certainly wouldn’t know about the dispute against them in the Turai City Hall, even though it was strange that Burkes, who had promised him to report to the generals of Turui, had never appeared. But his main mind is betting on the construction of the camp.
In the past few days, all the soldiers worked together and the camp of Turui began to take shape. At this time, Burkes sent four horses to him, saying that he was using him.
Daves has been aware of the intentional alienation of the high-levels of Burkes and Turui, but did not pay attention to it. After all, when the team passed through many Greek city-states along the coast of the Xingkehai Sea, the attitude of those city-states to mercenaries was the same. This is the helplessness of the mercenaries.
He asked Burkes's men to convey his thanks to Burkes, and then let Felicius stay in the camp, handle the military affairs, and take the guides of Assisi, Ledes and a slave of Burkes. Go on a horseback ride around Turui to get to know the terrain.
The flat and fertile plain of Sobari (some Turais call it the Tori Plain) is a long grass in the spring of April, and the scenery is pleasant.
The Dafoss and his party are in a good mood, and they are eager to see the green fields and rivers, as well as the hardworking slaves and farmers. The wide dirt road is muddy because of the frequent spring rain. The slaves of the caravans struggled to push the trucks that fell into the mud...
There is a thought in Daves’s mind: this is also the case in the Greek city-states of the Xingkehai. The Greeks who are good at doing business are not very interested in the road construction that can promote trade circulation. Their energy seems to be They were all bet on maritime trade and ships, but the Romans who followed them created the most complex and advanced Mediterranean road network of the era.
Along the Cladi River, about 20 miles west, I saw a big city standing on the north bank of the river.
At this time, the guide said: "That is Turri! When the address of the city was chosen, the Athenians found that the intersection of the Krati River and the Cossene River was a good place to build a city. Because the river is wide and the water flow is gentle. You can build a dock to accommodate enough merchant ships. When they are going to build a city here, they find that there is a big natural fountain here. The locals call it the map, so they call this new town Turui..."
"A very interesting story." Davers replied with a word, looking up: the Krati River, because there are too many boats in the river, can not even see the other side.

It’s better to rebuild in the old city of Sobaris. It’s better to build a port directly at the beach!
said Asistus.
Davers has already understood this from the mouth of Burkes, so he does not want to say more, reaching out and pointing forward, "We are going around the city."
Because it was built at the junction of the two rivers, Turui was divided into three parts by the river: the delta of the Nancheng, the North City, and the intersection of the two rivers. The main body of the city is in the North City.
Daves and his entourage walked about a mile along the moat outside the walls of the northern city of Turai, and finally reached the shore of the Cosseney River. In their eyes: the walls of Turui are made of large strips of rock, and the gaps between the stones are tightly connected. The height of the wall is at least ten meters high. There is a five-meter wide moat 20 meters away from the wall. It is connected to the Krati River and it is not too shallow to think of it. All this is enough to make every siege suffer a headache. The sentinels patrolling the three or four teams in the city made them feel the approximation of the war.
The young Assisi even joked to the sentinels.
Along the northern shore of the Cosene River, ~EbookFREE.me~ soon saw the pontoon on the river. Davers noticed that the delta between the two rivers was not flat, but a hilly landform. Listening to the guide said: These uneven and undulating hills have become the heroes who prevent the spring water from soaring and turn the land between the two rivers into swamps.
After about twenty miles, the terrain began to rise gradually, and the ground began to change from pure soil to sand, but the riverbank was flat.
The Dafus and his entourage walked a few miles further. The upper reaches of the Cosseney River turned from the west to the southwest, while a river rushed down from the west and merged into the Cosseney River.
"This is the Trino River, a tributary of the Cosserine River, a river that the Turais hate," the guide said.

Why?
asked Asistics curiously.
"Because there are a lot of hot springs upstream of it."
"Spa?!" Daves heard, but instead came to interest.
They speed up, but they can go to the place, all dumbfounded: the Tino River has become a small river a few meters wide. The south bank of the river does have a small pool of hot air, but countless small streams The rock in the cracks of the foot of the mountain flows out, turning the area where the rock and the grass are intertwined into a swamp.
"Spring has become a stream of small streams and hot springs because of the snow on the mountains. In the end, it has merged into the Tino River. If it hits the rainy season, the waters of the Tino River will skyrocket, but will flow over the river bank and pour back to the south bank. The hot spring swamp, as well as the North Shore there - "The guide points to the front: "Great River Beach."
Davers looked forward and saw that the river bank in front seemed to be bitten off a large piece, and it was sunken down to form a half-shaped bowl. Below the river beach, surrounded by a gentle slope.