Chapter 254: Caution of Kabudes
Just then, the captain of the guards came in hurriedly: "Chief, our spies urgently reported that the Nix army has entered our territory and is approaching here!"
"What did you say?!" Anlotas was shocked and asked anxiously: "How many people have they come?!"
"The spies said there are many, and there is no end to them at a glance, but the Nix people are chasing them very fast, so they have to retreat, so they can't investigate carefully."
"Damn it! Why did this group of Nix people launch an attack today?!" Anlotas was shocked and angry. He looked at his men and said in a trembling voice: "Hurry up... hurry up to sound the alarm and issue a war warning ! Immediately notify... the elders to gather their tribesmen to take up arms to prepare to defend against the enemy's attack and defend our village! And... and——"
Anlotas looked at Acalus, the captain of the personal guard and also his son, and said in a deep voice: "You immediately ride to the main village and find Kabudes, and tell him that our village has been fiercely attacked by the Nix army, and let him lead the army to rescue as soon as possible!"
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The Pannonian tribal alliance did attack Nix in two directions. The northern coalition was composed of the armies of Desitiatae and Segestica.
Segestica's chief Kabudes took great effort to recruit nearly 7,000 warriors, some of whom were captives that the tribe exchanged for food from Nix.
The chief of Desitiatae, Temagis, mobilized 8,000 warriors, including 500 cavalrymen, which actually only accounted for half of Desitiatae's strength.
The reason why Temagis did not go out in full force was that, although the Boii suddenly formed an alliance with the Pannoni, the Desitiatai had been fighting with the Boii for many years, and everyone was still a little worried, so they had to leave enough troops to defend the territory to avoid repeating Brochi's mistakes.
On the other hand, although the seven great leaders reached an agreement at the Pannoni tribal alliance meeting, Desitiatai did not border Nix, and was far less threatened by Nix than Segestica and Brochi. In addition, Temagis's friend Andres had died, and his motivation to help Segestica was greatly reduced. This time it was just to implement the alliance resolution.
The combined strength of the two large tribes totaled 15,000 people. When they set out from the main camp of Segestica, Kabudes led the troops in front and Temagis led the troops in the back. The marching speed was relatively slow, and they arrived at the forest entrance camp outside the dense forest passage at dusk.
In the evening, Kabudes, who had already had dinner, was about to go to bed when he suddenly received news: Anlotas' son came to ask for help, saying that their village was under siege by Nix's army.
Kabudes was shocked. After calming down, he immediately told Acalus that he would definitely lead his army to rescue, but it was late now and he could only speed up the journey tomorrow!
After Acalus got the accurate information, he rode back early the next morning to tell his father in time that "reinforcements are coming" and strengthen the confidence of the tribesmen to hold on.
However, Kabudes not only did not speed up the journey, but let the army continue to rest in the camp, but only sent a lot of scouts to let them rush to the banks of the Kupa River to carefully investigate the enemy situation.
The strange behavior of Kabudes leading the army to stop not only caused criticism from the soldiers, but also attracted the questioning of Temagis. Last night, when Acalus came, he not only asked Kabudes for help, but also told Temagis the news.
"Kabudes, your territory is being invaded by the Nix people, and your tribe is being attacked by them. Instead of rushing to rescue, you stopped marching. Do you want to watch your tribe being destroyed by the enemy?!"
Faced with Temajis's accusation, Kabudes was not angry, but humbly asked: "Great Chief Temajis, of course I have a reason for doing this. Don't be anxious. Can you listen to my explanation first?"
Kabudes' attitude made Temajis unable to get angry again. He snorted and said unhappily: "Tell me, what bullshit reason can make you ignore the safety of your people!"
As both great chiefs, they should follow traditional etiquette. The reason why Temajis was so rude to Kabudes was that he believed that Kabudes had used despicable means to seize the power of his friend's son. Although this was recognized by the tribal alliance, it made him feel unhappy.
"Captain Temagis, according to our plan, the main force attacking the Nix tribe is the army of Chief Brix. We will not attack from the Kupa River until their army fights with the Nix people, so that the Nix people cannot take care of both ends and finally surround and annihilate them... So our march speed cannot be fast. This is all agreed in advance, right?"
"Of course I remember, you don't need to say it anymore." Temagis said impatiently: "But the problem now is that the Nix people launched the attack first, and your subordinate tribes are under siege. Are you going to watch them die?!"
"Of course I want to rescue, but even if you and I lead the army to rush there, can we really repel the Nix people and save the Anlotas village?" Kabudes asked back.
Temagis changed his face: "What do you mean?"
"You and I have less than 15,000 troops, and last year Andres led a team of nearly 20,000 to attack these Knicks. I remember that the Knicks only had about 10,000 troops. As a result, we encountered A disastrous defeat...I believe you have heard about this battle."
Kabdus emphasized in a heavy tone: "These Nyx people are very powerful in fighting! And in the year since they settled here, many Skodisci slaves have escaped from us and joined us. They, oh, don't forget Brix complained about this at the league meeting!
So I am afraid that the strength of the Nix people has now exceeded that of your and my armies, and many of their soldiers are wearing armor. If we only rely on your and my armies to fight against them, I am afraid that it is difficult to have any hope of victory..."
Temagis snorted again, but said nothing.
He was friendly with Andres mainly because he admired his bravery, so he was curious about how Andres bullied others and fought with the Knicks, only to suffer a disastrous defeat in the end. He even went out of his way to learn about the battle from others. Details, I was shocked by the tenacity of the Knicks and the ingenuity of using tactics under such a disadvantage.
What's more, when he followed the tribal alliance to besiege the temporary camp of the Knicks, he personally experienced the bravery and difficulty of the Knicks. Because of this, he would support the resolution to eliminate the Knicks at the tribal alliance meeting. He must not Let such a terrible enemy grow up and threaten the survival of the Pannoni people in the future!
"And the Nyx people are quite cunning, you know? Half of the land they now occupy once belonged to my tribe!"
Kabdus said angrily and with some palpitations: "They pretended to be Ardei farmers, lured the leader of Volris to lead an attack, then surrounded and defeated him, and took the opportunity to break through his stronghold. I didn't understand it at the time. In this situation, I just received a messenger sent by Voorhees asking for help. Out of the desire to save my companions, I hurriedly led the soldiers to rescue. However, those Knicks were still pretending to attack Voorhees' camp to lure me to speed up. Marching, I was ambushed by them and was quickly defeated. In the end, I lost my tribe and people..."
Kabdus slapped his thigh sadly, and finally said in a deep voice: "This time the Knicks are attacking our village again. We rush there in a hurry. Who knows if we will be ambushed by them again! Even if they don't ambush, Can our warriors who are tired from traveling defeat the well-rested Nyx people! We Segestika people have experienced many wars, and our young people have been greatly reduced, and we can no longer withstand heavy casualties! "
This last sentence deeply touched Temagis. In order to help Andres, he led his team to join the coalition forces and attacked the temporary camp of the Nyx people. The result was a lot of casualties, and he had already been criticized by many elders and tribesmen. Complain, if there are more casualties this time, I'm afraid I will face the blame of all the tribesmen after I go back! "
Temagis was silent for a moment and said with some reluctance: "You...what you said makes sense. Facing an enemy like Nyx, we have to be more cautious, but what should we do with your...besieged tribe?"
After listening to Temagis's words, Kabdus understood that he had convinced him, and he felt relieved, and then said confidently: "Don't worry, Amrotas' tribe is close to the Nyx people. In order to For his own safety, during this year's truce, he led his tribe to build wooden walls to strengthen the defense of the entire village.
It would be impossible for the Knicks to capture the stronghold in a short time if they were prepared, and it would only take a few days for Bricks and his troops to invade the Knicks' territory, and then the Knicks would have to Don’t give up the attack on Amrotas’ stronghold, and turn to the west to face Brix’s army. Then we will advance quickly and form a pincer attack on the Nyx people…”
Temagis pondered for a while and said stiffly: "That's it, but I have to send a messenger immediately to tell Brix and the others about the situation here." After that, he turned and left.
Only then did Kabdus reveal a sneer. There was another reason why he was not in a hurry to rescue Amrotas.
Amlotas was also a confidant of Andres, otherwise he would not have become the first group of Segestica nobles to allocate land along the Kupa River. Both he and Pricas had strongly supported Andres. Les's son succeeded to the throne, but after the overall situation was decided, he was not as stubborn as Pulikas, but took the initiative to show his willingness to obey the new leader.