Chapter 319 New Territory Expansion Plan

Emmerich reminded carefully: "High Priest, isn't this a little too anxious?"

"It is not something that can be done in a short time to complete the divine canon. It is even more difficult to write it well. But now the people's confusing understanding of gods urgently needs to be unified. It is better to write and teach at the same time. People, it is better to find problems in the teachings and then improve the sacred scriptures behind closed doors than to write them behind closed doors. After writing, you find many problems and have to revise them again... resulting in the sacred scriptures being unusable for a long time. Which one do you think? Is the method good?”

As Emmerich was deep in thought, Hermigas answered first: "High Priest, this is the method you said is better. We will do as you say."

Maximus nodded approvingly: "Very good!"

"High Priest, regarding the seminary... I wonder when we can implement it?" Emmerich asked again.

"After the preparations for this time, the people of the tribe have finished worshiping and swearing, you can start preparations. The seminary will be built in the open space below. As for the students... you can go to various villages to recruit them, but you have to obtain the consent of the villagers. Just agree...

But you should pay attention! The number of seminary students is limited and must not be exceeded! The knowledge to be imparted to students must be reviewed and must not be taught indiscriminately! …

Well, Valles, you are the head of the religious department, and you should be responsible for preparing the seminary. After discussing with the two chief priests, Emmerich and Hermicas, you drafted a plan and submitted it to me for review and approval. "

"Yes, Chief (High Priest)." The three bowed in response.

"Let's go." Maximus waved his hand, and dozens of men in robes standing outside the temple immediately gathered around him. They were all members of the escort team. Maximus had to take a certain risk when he came to the temple to preside over the worship and oath ceremony. Of course, the escort had to strengthen protection, but because they could not enter the temple fully armed, they were dressed like this.

Seeing Valles accompanying Maximus out of the temple, Emmerich turned back to look at Hermigas carefully, and said jokingly: "I really didn't see it. When I begged you to join the Knicks, you behaved like this. So reluctant, but when I faced Leader Maximus just now, you were more courteous than me."

"Now that I have joined the Knicks, of course I have to do my duty well. Do I still have to act arrogant when facing Maximus, the leader of the tribe and the high priest?" Hermigas said with a serious expression. : "Do you know how I lived when I was a priest under Andres?"

"I don't know." Emmerich shook his head.

"It's like facing a ferocious beast, trembling all day long. He has no respect for us druids..." Hermigas looked like he was in pain from the past.

Emmerich was a little surprised. He knew that the leaders and nobles of Segestika did not have the slightest fondness for the druids of Skodisci, so he almost killed them all after independence, but he did not expect that Segestika Life is not easy for the druids who are stuck.

"So I'm used to trying to please, isn't it a matter of course?" Hermigas said very frankly: "However, I am not just trying to please High Priest Maximus, his knowledge and magnanimity are really like Bisege's." The great leaders of Stika are too powerful! And—"

Hermigas turned to face the statue, his face full of admiration: "You said this was a statue carved by the high priest himself. If he was not the heir of the god, how could he carve the goddess Danu so vividly! Can you face the statue of Danu? Son of Goddess Nu, how can I not be excited!"

Emmerich looked up at the statue of the god illuminated by the afterglow of the setting sun. His eyes were deep and warm, seeming to draw his whole heart in. He murmured: "You are right..."

When Emmerich and Hermigas were discussing Maximus privately, Maximus, who was escorted by soldiers and walked out of the temple, was also thinking a lot...

He originally built a temple and allowed his people to offer sacrifices, but he was forced to resort to the weapon of religion to resolve the conflicts between the two tribes because of the fierce conflicts between the Skodisci and the Pannoni. conflict……

It happened that the tribe captured the Segostika territory, so they tried to make a fuss about religion to see if they could add a safety lock to the new tribesmen who surrendered. As a result, today he saw almost all the people who came to the temple to participate in the ceremony. The whole body and mind of the preparatory people showed infinite respect for the goddess Danu, and they even showed respect to him, the enemy who destroyed Segostika. This made him suddenly realize that he had pushed and established Danu with his own hands. The Temple of the Goddess may be a great weapon to solve the conflicts between ourselves and the enemy caused by Nyx's annexation of other tribes and promote racial integration. That's why he urged Valles to speed up the construction of the temple and let Emmerich start spreading the divine scriptures as soon as possible. Even before I have been hesitating whether to build a seminary, but now I have accelerated the process.

Despite a tiring day, Maximus was in a good mood.

In the evening, Maximus rode back to the main house of Ophidelia. As soon as he finished dinner, Quintus came after hearing the news.

Maximus felt nervous and asked quickly: "Did anything happen today?"

"Everything is calm, nothing unusual." Quintus' words made him sigh in relief.

"I just have a few suggestions for your reference, leader."

"you say.

"Tomorrow, the soldiers of the First Legion will escort the new foreign auxiliaries back, and then arrange for them to enter new villages... I suggest that each village add a hundred-man team."

"Two centurions stationed in a village...why?"

"Chief, the villages of Segostika to the west and southwest of Ofidilia's West Village have almost been stationed. Next, the centurions of the First Army will head to the south, which is far away from the West Village. , but closer to Gonami Lake.”

Quintus reminded cautiously: "According to the information introduced by Cassinos, there are nearly ten Segostika tribes in the Gonami Lake area. Although their numbers are not large, this time Kabudez formed an army to come. To attack us, these tribes in Gonami Lake did not recruit warriors to join the Segestica army, so they may still have some strength.

Although the tribes in Gonami Lake have been relatively calm so far, when the centurions of the First Legion enter the villages very close to them, there is no guarantee that they will not be disturbed.

In addition, according to the information detected by the Hagux cavalry, many Segestika people fled south after we entered here, some of them fled to Broch's territory, and some of them stayed in the Lake Gonami area. , although most of them are old and young and have little fighting ability, they are likely to attack the villages where we are stationed due to hunger..."

"What you said...I have also considered it, but at that time I wanted to take advantage of the favorable opportunity when the Segostika tribes were still in chaos and the large Pannoni tribes such as Brochi and Mazii had just suffered heavy losses to complete it as soon as possible. Garrison the Segostika tribes west of the Sava River, and then remove half of the first army to the other side of the river...

As long as large areas on both sides of the Sava are under our control, we will have a firm foothold here..."

Maximus pondered and said: "But now the situation has indeed changed. We did not expect that the strength of the Segostika tribes on the east bank of the Sava River was weaker than that on the west bank. Kalminus led the Third Army to There was no obvious resistance in the process of cleaning up the leaders and nobles of each tribe. The situation on the east coast has been very stable so far. Carminus even dispatched some troops to start garrisoning various tribes near the East Village...

I asked Cassinos, and he said that the possible reason is that this time the Pannoni tribal alliance formed a large army to attack our Nix, and his father (referring to Kabdus) used the reason that our Nix was bound to lose, and encouraged support for him to take office. These tribal leaders and nobles from the east coast of the big leader join the team in order to share the benefits after victory.

You must know that Andres has been suppressing blood-related tribes like him intentionally or unintentionally during his tenure, so the leaders and nobles of these tribes on the east coast recruited all the strongest people in the tribe to join Kabdus' team, and the result..."

Maximus shrugged, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and continued: "Since the situation on the east coast is not bad, we don't need to take too many risks. We can be more secure. As you said, starting from tomorrow, two The Centurion was stationed in a village..."

Maximus touched his chin and said: "Quintus, since we have chosen a more secure way to occupy this land, do you think we need to build a military camp in the south?"

"Chief, this is exactly what I want to propose next." Quintus looked at Maximus's attendant: "Can you get me a map of the Segostica territory?"

Maximus nodded, and several attendants hurriedly carried a relatively large wooden map.

This is a map of the Segestica territory that Maximus personally drew in the past few days based on the information provided by Cassinos and other Segestica people and the information obtained by various ministries. Although it is not accurate, it is It is by no means simple, because the map marks the location of each tribe in Segestica and the population of the tribe. It is drawn with special limestone and can be wiped off with water and revised.

Quintus looked down at the map placed on the wooden table and said: "Chief, we not only have to guard against the possibility that the Segestica tribe in the Gonami Lake area and the Segestika people who fled there may attack The villages we have already occupied are harassed, and we need to guard against Broch and Maziyi's troops moving north, so I think it is necessary to build a military camp in the south. "

Quintus said, pointing to a place on the map: "Military camps can be built here!"