Chapter 40 The Establishment of the South-Italian Alliance

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Fortunately, Crotone burned the city shortly after, and Davos led the army to recover Turii, and Diona returned home, but she was unhappy all day. She is now 23 years old. As a father, Kunogolata was determined to make his children happy, so he wanted to find another good husband for her, which also became a problem for him.

"Sostatus, what do you think of Hiros?" Kunogorata asked abruptly.

"How about what?" Sostatus wondered why his father suddenly mentioned him.

"If you let him be your brother-in-law."

"You want to choose Hiros to be Diona's husband!" Sostatus' eyes widened in surprise, seeing his father nodding seriously, he quickly thought about it as a joke, thought about it carefully, and said, "Although I He is a soldier under his command, but he is the captain of the corps. He doesn't usually have much contact with him. I only know that although he has strict training, he does things fairly and loves us more... I heard that he is still single and has no bad hobbies. If my sister marries him, she should be well taken care of! But, father, why did you choose him? None of the elders in Turii seem willing to marry their daughters to these former mercenary elders!"

"These people are still immersed in the honor of the past family, and they are hesitant to accept the change of Turui!" Kunogolata sneered and said solemnly: "Why should I let you tell the consul? The lord expresses his respect! Because he is indeed favored by the gods. He is so young but has extremely strong abilities and means. The people love him, the army supports him, and the Senate is completely under his control! If you don't want my family's tragedy to repeat itself , it is undoubtedly the best way to be the relatives of the former mercenary elders who followed him on his expedition to Persia! Hiros, I heard that he was the captain of the consul in Persia, and he took great care of him, although the elders Yuan Xilos has always been relatively low-key, but it can be seen that the consul has a lot of trust in him. Moreover, even though he was a mercenary before, according to Cornerus, he is humble, stable in work, and good at being humble to others. Study, ask for advice, I believe he will walk smoothly in Dionysian politics in the future!  …”

"Father, don't try to think of good things. Dai... Among these former mercenary veterans brought over by the consul, Hiros is one of the few who are not married. He is only in his 30s, and he is also a veteran. I believe whether it is in Amendolara, or in Turii, told him that there are not many people who are close to him, but he is still single now... It is conceivable that he may not necessarily agree to your request!" Sostatus reminded him excitedly Kuno Gorata.

"Of course I won't go to him directly, I will let the consul to come forward, I believe Davos will be very happy to do this!" Kunogolata stroked his beard and smiled proudly: "I once tried I asked the consul, he is also very concerned about Hiros's marriage. With him as a matchmaker and Diona's talent, how could Hiros not agree!"

"It seems that from now on, I want to please my sister more, lest she be unhappy and let my brother-in-law arrange me at the forefront of the phalanx..." Sostatus also joked,

This reminded Kunogolata, he said hurriedly: "Sostatus, don't go out and run around in the past two days, the first army you belong to will soon go south to fight."

"Has the agreement of the South Italian Alliance been signed? Didn't Crotone always object to it before?" Sostatus asked in surprise. He had a father who was an elder, and he naturally knew the alliance better than ordinary citizens. politics.

"Trina, Siritin, and Coreniaco have all expressed their approval. What effect can Crotone's opposition alone make? Besides, the current war situation is very unfavorable for them! Even Lycias has come to Turii. , you can see how anxious the people of Crotone are!" Speaking of which, Kunogolata was actually a little excited: "Waiting for the signing of the covenant and the establishment of the alliance, Dionia will truly become the leader of Great Greece!"

"I heard that all the allies in this new alliance treat each other equally, regardless of priority! What kind of leader is there!"

"It looks like this on the surface, but the strength of the city-state still determines the weight of the speech in this new alliance, especially when the interests of other allies are not involved." Kunogolata sincerely praised: "The Consul Your lord is really amazing! He proposed such a covenant method, which has continuously gained the support of other city-states, isolated Crotone and forced it to join. Once the new alliance is established, it will also disintegrate the past Crotone. Alliance, and let us Dionia successfully squeeze into Crotone's original sphere of influence and become the de facto leader!"

"Isn't this the fact that the consul took full advantage of the result of the victory over Crotone?!" Sostatus said, just as a reminder to Kunogolata's opposition to the war in advance.

Kunogolata was silent for a moment, instead of responding directly to his son's question, he sighed: "I didn't expect that while I was alive, I would still see Turii being the center of Greater Greece! Son, just like you As I said before, Turiyi will usher in a big development!"

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On the last day of mid-February 498 BC, Dionia, Crotone, Cilitin, Coulonia, and Trina finally reached an agreement, signed a covenant, and established the South Italian Alliance.

Due to Crotone's insistence, the covenant specifically stipulates that when discussing resolutions, Dionia and Crotone each have two votes, while the other three allies have one vote each.

The alliance is headquartered in Siri Court. At first, Crotone demanded that the headquarters of the Alliance be located within its borders, but other city-states opposed it. Later, Davos suggested that it should be located in the Celestial Court. It has been approved by other city-states, because in addition to Dionia, Sirius is located in the center of other allies, and its strength is not too strong, so they are more at ease.

On weekdays, the headquarters of the South Italian Alliance is stationed by the allies to handle and negotiate the affairs between the allies.

The Crotone Alliance was officially disbanded, and the newly signed military defense alliance between Dionia and Crotone was also invalidated. Crotone originally had to pay Dionia's 500-talented war indemnity only to pay The original 80 talents were lost, and the rest were also voided. This was one of the reasons why Crotone finally agreed to join the South-Italian Alliance, but it made Mercis sighed and regretted.

So far, Dionia also has an effective alliance: the Dionysian Alliance, which is an alliance dominated by Dionia, because Dionia controls the diplomatic power of the alliance (that is, it does not allow other allies to any city-state to sign any treaties and agreements), and military dominance, so other allies actually become vassals of Dionia; secondly, the alliance agreement with Tarantum, because Dionia’s expansion is too rapid, the The treaty has been revised twice, from initially focusing on Tarantum to treating each other as equals and helping each other. So far, there have only been more exchanges in commerce and trade, and there has been no military alliance; finally, the newly established South Italy was allied; in addition, there was a non-aggression peace agreement with Picocis to the north. In addition to the League of Locles and the union of Ligium and one or two small city-states further south, Dionia and the other city-states of Greater Greece created a peaceful and stable surrounding environment for themselves in the form of covenants.

Of course, what Dionia urgently needs to do at this moment is to fulfill the covenant and repel Lokri.

This time the battle was different from the past. It would take three or four days to reach the battlefield. It would not work if the soldiers carried rations and solved the battle in just a few days. The last time he fought against Crotone, the harassment of the Crotone fleet had already caused Dionia to suffer a lot, but this time the battle with Lokrie was farther away and the food transportation route was longer. The Liren also control the coastline, which will be a big test for Dionia's logistics.

In this regard, the strategy adopted by Davos is: First of all, Mersis is in charge of quickly forming a huge cargo team, carrying at least 10,000 people with rations for one month, and the transport team will set off together with the reinforcements, so that It not only ensures the safety of the grain transport team, but also reduces labor, escorts and excess consumption of grain; the second is to end the war as soon as possible, for which Davos sent the most elite First Corps.

Preparing military rations, buying pack animals... These war preparations naturally cost a lot of gold and silver. This time, Mersis did not stingy, but bought them aggressively, because the cost was shared by all allies.

When the first crowing of the rooster sounded in the city of Amendolara, Giorgris had already rolled over and sat up, and his wife Tanya had opened her eyes.

"Sleep a little longer." Georgris said softly, "I'm leaving."

"I can't sleep! I'm going to take you to Turii!" Although Danya is older than Geogris, she likes to act like a spoiled child, because it can make her feel younger than Geogris, and she Augris also enjoyed the feeling.

But today Giorgris shook his head: "You've traveled so far with your pregnancy, and it's not good for your child to go back and forth."

"Who said that! Helps said that pregnant women should exercise more, so that they will have a smooth birth and their children will be healthy!" Dania retorted.

Georgris stopped talking. He trusted Helps quite a bit. He was the direct disciple of the God-Blessed One "Davos". He couldn't stand Danya's repeated requests, so he had to bring his wife. Another male slave left his home and went out of town with his weapons and equipment.

At this time, it was just dawn, and the hired carriages from the port of Turii had already run to Amendolara to grab the guests, because they all knew that Dionysian's First Army was going to the Victory Square in Turii this morning. Assemble, assemble, and go. .

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