Chapter 93
"How can we do that? That's fine! You've sworn to the gods! "Burcos pleaded anxiously," Chief Devers, please! Let your soldiers stay and help Turín! Pay … I'll double your pay! You lack weapons … Turín has a lot of them, I'll bring them to you right now! You've seen the battle today. Turín lost more than two thousand men. We really don't have anyone left! "Burcos cried and almost knelt down.
However, the Devers' expression turned cold.
Burcos hurriedly said, "Let me think again … Let me think again … Oh … Although there are no people in Tuliyi, there are enough slaves to mine copper and stone. They are all young and strong men, and they are relatively strong. You can have as much as you want!"
The Devers rubbed his chin and thought for a while before saying reluctantly, "Alright … But I don't have food to feed these slaves."
"Turín has enough food. I'll give you as much as you want!" As long as the Devers agreed to stay, Burcos would try his best to fulfill any request …
That night, all of Turín was busy. In order to survive, the people endured their grief and drove hundreds of cargo ships filled with weapons, food, slaves, and tents (because the reinforcements from Tarantum refused to enter the city and were willing to stay in the mercenary camp, they had to prepare tents for them) to the simple dock at the mouth of the river …
The Devers ordered Merces to lead his men in the supply camp to receive the goods and let the soldiers rest early to recover their energy …
… …
At dawn, the mercenaries in front of the Devers' camp were already in formation. The Devers patrolled in front of them, and their high spirits made the Devers nod continuously.
"Matonis, are you ready?" The Devers could not help but ask as they looked at their old comrade who was eager to fight.
"I can't wait!" Matonis shouted.
"Later, there will be enemies for you to fight. On average, each of us has to kill three people from the other side to ensure victory. Are you confident?! "The Devers asked with a smile.
"Yes! The shouts of the soldiers around him were mixed with Matonis' unwillingness. "Three of you aren't enough for me to kill!"
Devers laughed and jumped onto the War Horse pulled by Asistes. He came to the front of the army and faced countless excited and hopeful eyes. He shouted, "Brothers, I see hope in your eyes. After today's battle, I hope you can turn this hope into reality! Hades will protect you! "
"Victory!"
"Victory!!"
"Victory!!!"
…
Amidst the endless cheers, the Devers solemnly said to Felicius, "I await your good news!"
"Don't worry, leader. With Hades' protection, we will succeed!" Felicius said excitedly.
… …
Devers took a deep breath as he watched the mercenaries disappear into the morning mist. He knew that the War Horse that would decide his fate was about to begin …
"Ya Xi, return to the camp! Begin our preparations! "he shouted in a loud, forceful and excited voice.
"Yes!!" The Asistes' reply was equally powerful.
… …
"Hey, did you hear that? I think there's an army marching, "a sentry on the Turií wall reminded his comrade.
"Could it be that the Lucanians are here to attack us?!" the other sentinel exclaimed in panic when he heard the commotion.
"Quick, sound the alarm and inform the citizens!" The sentry ran to the tower.
However, when the Turií's militia reached the wall, it was dead silent outside.
Faced with the fog, the cavalrymen refused to go out to investigate, so they could only wait for the fog to disperse …
… …
In the morning, the sun had risen to the sky, and the fog had dissipated.
The sound of the horn echoed throughout the Lucanians' camp, and the soldiers began to prepare to march to the Xubari Plain.
At that moment, a sentry rushed into the camp. "Enemies are coming! Enemies are coming! "
Enemies dare to attack our camp? The Lucanian soldiers looked curiously out of the camp.
Two hundred heavily armed Greek heavy infantry appeared outside the camp. Under the watchful eyes of tens of thousands of people, they calmly stopped a hundred meters away from the camp and began to throw some round objects into the camp.
When the objects fell to the ground, the soldiers realized that they were the heads of the Lucanian soldiers who had died in the mercenary camp. (Due to fear of increasing casualties, the Lucanian soldiers did not dare to take away the bodies of their comrades from the trap outside the Devers' camp yesterday). Their ears were cut and their eyes gouged out. They died a miserable death …
When the soldiers' anger was ignited, the Greek soldiers outside the camp lifted their battle skirts and cursed while peeing.
The Lucanian soldiers were furious. They broke through their leader's obstruction, and thousands of them rushed out of the camp and pounced on the Greek soldiers fiercely.
The Greek soldiers immediately turned around and fled. After the Lucanian soldiers circled around the ridge, they were shocked to find nearly two thousand Greek soldiers waiting in formation in front of them. It was too late to dodge. A round of javelins immediately caused the Lucanian soldiers to fall, and then a powerful charge completely extinguished the fighting spirit of the soldiers.
Then, the Greek soldiers began to chase them. Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, the Greek soldiers quickly knocked down the fleeing Lucanian soldiers one by one, and then stabbed the fallen soldiers a few more times to ensure their death.
This cruel way of killing and the screams of their people made the Lucanian soldiers and leaders who witnessed all this in the camp unable to hold back their anger. However, they were intimidated by the number and ferocity of the other party, so they began to look for the great leader of the Grumentum to fight.
Before Akepiru could reply, Gneinath shouted, "I know them! They are the damned mercenaries who fought with us yesterday! "
Akepiru's eyes widened. "Child, are you sure?!"
"I won't make a mistake even if you beat me to death!" Gneinath looked like he had suffered a great deal.
"Great leader, let me lead three thousand soldiers to repel them and avenge the warriors of Picossis!" Seville stepped forward and asked for battle.
Gneinath glared at him and also stepped forward to ask for battle.
Akepiru said loudly, "These Greek mercenaries dare to leave the camp and harass us! That's just right, let's destroy them all here again so that we don't have to attack their camp again! " The more Akepiru spoke, the more excited he became. "Immediately blow the horn to attack, and all troops line up outside the camp. After defeating them, take advantage of the situation and march into the Xubari Plain!"
The leaders were equally excited and agreed in unison. Only the great leader of Vigo City, Sedorum, remained silent.
Akepiru glanced at him and said in a deep voice, "Sedorum, do you have any doubts about my decision?"
Sedorum smiled bitterly. "Great leader, I absolutely obey orders! It's just that … after last night, the soldiers of Vigo City were unwilling … refused to go to the battlefield again … "
"There's such a thing?!" Akepiru's eyes widened.
"The soldiers said, 'If you go to the battlefield and get killed by the enemy, when you come back, you'll be killed by your own people. Since you're going to be killed anyway, it's better to lie in the camp and let your own people kill you. At least it won't be so tiring.' No matter how I tried to persuade them, they didn't listen!" Sedorum lowered his head, but he spoke very fluently.
"Akepiru, the people of Vigo are not listening to orders. They must be up to no good. We must capture them immediately!" Sinsinag jumped out and shouted, pointing at Sedorum.
Sedorum's expression changed slightly.
Akepiru interrupted Sinsinag. "Well, since the warriors of Vigo are unwilling to fight, then stay and guard the camp."
Sedorum breathed a sigh of relief. Before Sinsinag could say anything, Akepiru waved his hand and said impatiently, "The warriors of Picossis also suffered heavy casualties yesterday, so they will also stay and guard the camp with the warriors of Vigo City. After we defeat the Greeks, you will then transport cattle, sheep, tents, equipment and all camp supplies to the Xubari Plain. "
Sinsinag stopped making a fuss. He gladly accepted the order and even stopped his son Gneinath's opposition. But this did not reduce Akepiru's resentment towards him. Originally, after returning to the camp yesterday, Akepiru intended to let Sedorum kill a few dozen seriously injured Vigo people. But Sinsinag insisted on killing 150 Vigo warriors as a sacrifice. This obviously made the people of Vigo unhappy.
Looking at the expressionless Sedorum, Akepiru knew that he should seriously consider the problem of Vigo City next. But now the Xubari Plain was his primary goal, so he could only let Picossis monitor these foreigners for the time being.
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