Vol 4 Chapter 29: Daves's visit (2)

Scombrus, the elders of Amendola Lara, suffered a six-month imprisonment disaster. Compared with that, this bitterness is nothing.
Only the veterans of Turui listened to the beasts of the various beasts in the night forest, thinking about the insects that were drilled into the soil, and they could not help but scream. The consuls of the consuls took the lead and wrapped them in wool blankets to sleep on the ground. They could only barely learn the same thing. They were turning to the opposite side and could not sleep. They heard the voice of the Lukaria veteran Wesbah: "The Archon, I I would like to ask... After I took Niutum, did our alliance have plans to continue to attack north?"
His voice is small, but it is very clear in the dark.
The old Turui, who couldn't sleep, couldn't help but say: "Get Niutum, and prevent the Lukarias from attacking Turui. It is impossible to attack North. You can see this mountain road. It’s so hard to transport food, it’s very difficult to transport food, and we’re unfamiliar with the terrain on the north. The mountains are rugged and uneven. Our heavy infantry can’t be deployed. It’s easy to be ambushed by the Lucalias. I don’t want to see it again. To... the army of Turui was repeated by the Lucanias... the tragedy of annihilation..."
Listening to the voice of the veteran, Davers recognizes that it is the Turin veteran En Anilus. His family is famous for its shipbuilding in Turui. He once owned two shipyards in the port of Turui and was able to build it skillfully. The three-layer paddle warship, unfortunately, was completely destroyed when the Crotones burned the city. Now the shipyard is being rebuilt. One of his younger brothers died when the army of Turui attacked Raos.
"En Anilus is right. We are not ready to attack north again. We need to stand firm in Niutum. We need to let the Ukrainians of Niutum slowly integrate into the league. We need to let More Lukaria tribes in the north agree with our alliance, which takes time."
What Daves said made Weisba breathe a sigh of relief. He was afraid that Devers would have a hot head. After taking Niutum and continuing to attack north, his family must be in the first place, and his losses must be heavy.
However, En Anilus heard the meaning of Davis's words: "The Archon is an adult, listen to what you mean, will you be ready to attack the Lukaria area to the north of Niutum?"
"Of course. When the news of the victory was sent back to Turui, did you not clamor to defeat all the Lucanias? I remember who else said to capture Poseidonia!" Daves laughed Said.
"That's what I said." Another voice came, and through the bonfire, Davers recognized that the speaker was Marion Sakus, the veteran of Turui.
Massi Sakus sat up beside Enanilus and said with embarrassment: "It was a momentary impulse. Today I walked this section and I knew that the former Turiya army was annihilated... except for the command. The official negligence is also related to the harsh environment here..." Maxi Sakus’s home is rich by mining. Before Crotone attacked Turui, he had more than a thousand miners in his family and contracted a stone mine in the city. After the end of the war, there were no more than fifty slaves left in the family. Now they mainly undertake the grinding and carving work of some stone materials in the temple, the Senate House, and the Grand Place.
Davers noticed that most of the members were woken up and surrounded, so he said seriously: "What is impulsive, why can't we attack north and win Poseidonia and Picosis?! After all, it is only our alliance. We need to have our own port city on the West Coast, so that our maritime trade will be more convenient, and our treasury income will increase substantially. Picosis and Poseidon have more A good port, because of the ethnic relationship, the Lukarias did not play their role well, and our alliance can be easily done. Are you right, Enanilus?"
"Yes, Master Davers. But..." En Anilus is still hesitant to say if this is too risky.
Davers has turned to look at Weisba: "I heard that there are several small iron mines in the Luccalia area?"

There is indeed, they are mainly distributed in the mountains between Potentia and Grumendum.
Wesbard proudly said:
This is why Lucanias are not like Brutus. In the same way, you can only use simple spears and the reasons for armor and daggers."
"There are iron ore, maybe there are some other minerals, such as copper, tin, lead...waiting for us to discover in the future, plus wood, fur, livestock, etc., there is also a huge amount in the mountains of Lucania. Wealth, you said, right? Marcy Sakus." The night covered the meaningful smile on Dave's face.
"Yes...yes!" The voice of Mathisus became a little excited.
"The most important point is that our big Greeks love the sea too much. As a result, all the cities are built along the coastline. Although they are good at acquiring the wealth of the sea, they are also vulnerable to attack and not good for defense. The alliance should vigorously Advance inland, expand our living space, and integrate with Lucania. This way, even in the case of a very powerful enemy invasion, unable to stick to the coastal city, you can also retreat to the mountains. Backed by Lukaria citizens, The mountains are our home, we can attack any enemy who dares to rashly attack the mountains and eventually defeat the powerful enemy!"
Daves said this with warning words. No one answered in the dark, only heard a rapid breathing. After a while, someone asked: "The Archon, you think there will be a powerful enemy. To deal with our alliance?"
"For now, is Crotone not a powerful enemy? A hundred years ago, Sobaris was strong enough in the big Greece. Doesn't it also attract the enemy's attack? Greece's former strong state, Athens, was also not affected. The attack of the Peloponnesian League! A city-state is strong, and other city-states are either because of fear, or because they have challenged their status, they will inevitably try to hinder their development and even defeat it! This is a troubled world. You must try your best to grow yourself, otherwise it will be like the previous Turui, the failure of a battle will make it decline..."
The people around them, especially the Turai elders, are lost in thought...
"Why don't we attack Grummantum now?! We all know that Grummantum and Pixsis have just had a battle, both sides have suffered heavy losses, and now is a great opportunity to attack it!" After accepting Davers's point of view, Combras immediately became a bit radical.
"If the family and the two brothers are fighting, then there are outsiders coming in to steal things. Do you say that the two brothers continue to fight, or do you want to fight outsiders first?" Daves asked.
"You mean that our offense will let the Lucanias unite against us?!" Scombrus immediately reacted.
"Yes, very likely!"
"But we have entered the Lukarias' home!" Prote Silos borrowed this metaphor and continued.
Daves responded unhurriedly: "Yes, but we can tell them, 'We are retaliating against the things they used to steal us last time, and we only take this and will not take it again. We can also follow They signed an agreement and stopped stealing for a certain period of time. As long as Niutum is enough, they will choose to believe even if they have doubts, because they are more interested in the Greeks who are less interested in the harsh mountain areas. Their hostile families are even more threatened. Once defeated, the entire tribe will be annexed and the family will become slaves. In order to beat the opponents early and concentrate on driving us away, what will they do?"
Prote Silos’s eyes lit up and said loudly:
The battle between them will become more intense!

"In this way, there will be more tribes in the land of Lucania because of war and chaos..." Daves said here, thinking of something, apologetically said: "Wesbach, I say this ,I hope you understand!"
Wesbach shook his head bitterly ~EbookFREE.me~ whispered: "It is common to have war between tribes here."
"Yeah, these small tribes had no choice before. Now they have it. On the one hand, for the victory of the war, the fierce exploitation of their big tribes; on the other side is the life of Niutum and Ping Ning, they will choose where is obvious. "Daves sincerely asked Vesba: "In order to unify Lukaria as soon as possible, let this mountain area no longer kill each other. I hope that you can go to those who are after you arrive in Niutum. The tribes walked around and told them that our alliance is friendly to the Lucanias, making them understand us and prefer to join us..."
Wesba was silent for a while and squeezed out: "I try my best!"
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At noon the next day, the group finally walked out of the road and arrived at the river fortress.
After carefully checking the situation of the Lahe Fortress, Davers was able to defend the Lahe Fortress with the due diligence of the first team of the second brigade, complete the final defensive mission, praised, and announced that he would wait for him to visit Nieuw. When Tum finishes and returns to the fortress, they can return to Turui with him and appear in the first round of the triumph.
The soldiers cheered in unison.
The soldiers of the first brigade heard a little embarrassed after hearing: "A bunch of new recruits, but luck is good, if we are not guarding Turui..."
Although the first brigade soldiers complained, it did not affect their continued north march.
The area that can pass now is much more spacious, about one to two miles wide, the east is the mountain, the west is the La River, and the river is not wide, but the two sides are mostly cliffs, the water flow is large, the ditch is deep, and the troops are large. It is difficult to walk to the other side.
Little Heraclitus looked at the terrain all the way and shook his head and sighed: "It is very difficult to build a bridge on the upper reaches of the La River!"