Chapter 161 The Decision of Henepolis

The adults, with the anxiety of losing their homeland on their faces, talked with each other about their resentment against the Syracuses, the progress of the war, and their hopes and dissatisfaction with their own troops; the children regarded the refuge as a play. A place to play and play together...

When the street is too noisy, the people in the houses on both sides will come out to express their dissatisfaction. In most cases, the refugees on the streets will follow the advice and temporarily restore peace.

At this time, someone will sigh: "It would be great to have a house of your own in the city, so you don't have to be afraid of the enemy's invasion!"

His words naturally stirred up another debate.

Although the street was messy, it was still relatively clean. It was just a breeze blowing, and the smell of urine wafted into the nostrils. Daverston covered his mouth and nose and looked at Protesilaus.

Protesilaus said helplessly: "Your Majesty, we have arranged for people to clean the streets every day according to the doctor's advice, and warned them that they must go to the river to urinate and defecate to prevent the disease from happening, but those children..."

Now that Protesilus has taken effective measures, Davos naturally won't say anything more. As they approached, the bored refugees found Davos and shouted excitedly, "It's Lord Davos!"

"Lord Davos is here!"

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The news that "Davos became King Dionia" has been officially conveyed by the Senate to the subordinate cities, but the refugees in Crimesa are worried about their homes being trampled on by the enemy all day long, and they don't care too much about it. So they still call their familiar names.

At this moment, they stopped complaining and arguing, and rushed towards Davos, and the guards immediately protected him.

"Lord Davos, you are finally here. The Syracuses burned our village and our homes are gone!"

"Lord Davos, when can you lead your troops to drive away those vicious aliens?! When can we return to our land?!"

"Lord Davos, my father died at the hands of those damn aliens, you must kill them all to avenge us!"

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The people, like wandering children who finally saw their parents, confided to Davos the suffering and anger of this period of time.

The guards and Olivers saw that the crowd gathered more and more, and they wanted to expel them for fear of danger, but Davos stopped them.

Then he listened to their pain with a heavy expression, comforted them patiently, and made a solemn promise to "defeat the Syracuses and help them rebuild their homes"...

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Henepolis led a thousand soldiers of Doraus loyal to him out of the mountain road to the fortress of the La River. After meeting with the 3,000 Lucanian reserve soldiers led by Bagule, they went down the La River. Soon we arrived outside the city of Laos.

Here, Hiros, the military commander of the Bruti region temporarily appointed by Davos, has replaced Saru, the administrator of Vig City, and led more than 3,000 Bruti reserve soldiers to arrive one day ahead of schedule and set up camp.

The meeting of the three forces brought the total strength of Dionia's side to nearly 8,000 men.

When Arobmas in the city got this news, he frowned all day long. He regretted that he didn't lead his troops out of the city decisively yesterday to defeat the enemy from Bruti first. At that time, he had concerns. Although he had assembled 5,000 soldiers in the city of Laos, he had dealt with Dionia all the year round. He knew the combat effectiveness of Dionia's soldiers. Unless he led most of the troops to attack, he would No confidence to beat the opponent. And if he did, he was worried that there would be trouble in the city.

In the past few days, rumors have spread in the city of Laos. Civilians and slaves are very angry with officials and tribal leaders, and there have even been several major conflicts. And because the news of the "fiasco at the Battle of Syracuse" that was originally blocked was also spread, which further fueled their arrogance. Under such circumstances, how dare Arobmas move the main force of the army away from the city. Therefore, for now, he can only change the bad situation of Laos by holding on to the city of Laos and hoping that Syracuse can defeat Dionia on land.

To this day, he still can't figure out how the powerful navy of Syracuse could be defeated by the Dionysian fleet, which was assembled in pieces. Could it be that the Dionysian Archon Davos was really blessed by the gods? !

At the meeting of the three troops, due to Bagule's humility, the command of the entire unit after the integration was handed over to the former Fourth Legion commander and the elder of the Senate, Hiros, who was more senior in military experience and more trusted by Davos. .

At this moment, Hiros, Bagul, and Henepolis are in the tent that has just been built, as well as the most trusted general of Henepolis, Ariandos, who are negotiating.

In addition, there is a special person in the account. He is the head of the intelligence department of Davos, Tratus. He was previously appointed by the director Aristillas. During this time, he has been in charge of the espionage activities of Laos on the west coast.

After Tratus introduced the actual situation of the current turmoil in the city of Laos, it greatly inspired the confidence of Hiros and Bagule to take Laos. A stone city guarded by 5,000 people is simply impossible. As a hastily assembled mixed army, they don't even have an engineering battalion, let alone a ballista.

At this moment, Henepolis said a word, which shocked everyone in the tent.

"Lord Henepolis." Hiros calmed down and asked, "Are you really going to do this?"

"Of course!" Henepolis raised his head, with hatred in his eyes: "I wanted to do this when I became the consul of Laos, but that group of greedy wolves would not give My chance! But now—" Henepolis sneered twice: "Since they betrayed me, then I will let them taste what it's like to be betrayed by the people!"

During the rest of the day, Dionia's army began to build siege equipment, and Tratus also contacted his men in the city in a special way.

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The next day, while Davos led the army from Crimesa to the Neto River, Hiros also led the army to form an array outside the city of Laos.

Watching the waves of enemies under the city and the hunting of battle flags, the Laos people in the city, whether soldiers or generals, are inevitably a little nervous. After all, they have been under Dionysian's wings for many years, and they are used to seeing and listening to Dionysus. The bravery and constant victories of Asian soldiers.

Seeing this scene, Arobmas laughed and said, "The Dionysians are just frightening us, they dare not attack the city! The lives of more than a thousand soldiers and families under Henepolis are in our hands. There is no fighting spirit at all. And without them, the Dionians are not much more than our warriors, and we still have tall walls, moats, deer forts, and traps. Unless the Dionians are crazy, With their strength, they dare not come to die!"

"Your Excellency the Archon is so right! Our warriors of Laos are not afraid of any intimidation! I hope the Dionians will come to attack the city, so that we can take the opportunity to defeat them!"

"Asinu is on top, it's time for the Dionysians to see the power of our Laos warriors!"

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The men showed their courage to Arobmas.

At this time, more than 20 horses ran out of the army formation of Dionia under the city, and stood less than 100 meters away from the city. Son of Si, your consul Henepolis!"

As soon as his voice fell, more than 20 voice transmitters repeated his words at the same time, so that the people in the city could hear clearly.

"My lord, it's that kid! Let's shoot him with arrows!" The subordinate's expression changed, and he suggested to Arobmas.

Arobmas waved his hand. For this nephew, his feelings are complicated, he has the guilt for taking his power, the pain of breaking his brother's promise, the pain of his hatred of iron and the fear that he will act recklessly.

Arobmas knew that he had to face this young man bravely and cut off these negative emotions in his heart before he could truly become a qualified ruler of Laos! So he wanted to hear what the nephew had to say before refuting him.

"Laos warriors, we are descendants of the noble Sybaris, but for decades have been slaves of aliens. Under the leadership of my father, you who did not want to be slaves rose up bravely and drove away I became a foreigner and became the master of Laos!"

Henepolis waited for his subordinates to complete the sound transmission, and shouted again: "But have you really become the masters of this city?! Most of you have no land, can't hold city-state official positions, and can't participate in the formulation of various city-state plans. , without any political power, but because of poverty, in order to survive, they had to belong to various clans and tribes, desperately grazing and planting farmland for those officials and leaders, in exchange for a poor little food to satisfy their hunger.

And those officials and chiefs who do not have to do any work enjoy good food, occupy the positions of the city-states of Laos, occupy all the lands of Laos, and promulgate all kinds of laws that are beneficial to them to rule you. Look at the fat generals and leaders around you, do you really think you are the masters of this city? ! Are you really free? ! …”

"Release the arrows! Release the arrows!" Arobmas ordered angrily. He didn't expect this daring nephew to reveal the secret of their rule over Laos to the public: Damn it! Damn Henepolis! Did he not want our family to rule the city again? !

Arobmas' order was passed on, but not many soldiers responded to the order. More people really followed what Henepolis said, sizing up and scolding their leader, murmuring in a low voice. : "He's right, these people are indeed much fatter than us..."