Rome Must Fall

Immediately afterwards, Budokarybas and Cicelitses also supported what Kalsipempas said, and both said: They will definitely resist the enemy's attack!

Seeing this, Pheasalus later stated his position: He would definitely command the Nyx army to defeat the enemy in front of them as soon as possible, thereby alleviating the pressure on the left wing.

Seeing this, Aristarchus said nothing more, and the military meeting ended.

Fesalus let out a sigh of relief. No matter how dull he was, he still felt the hidden waves between the Ardei leaders at the military meeting, and this time he was almost pulled into the vortex of their fight.

Returning to the camp, he mentioned to Pygris what had happened at the war council.

After hearing this, Pygris comforted him a few words, and then limped towards the camp of Kalsipempas and Budokaribas.

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When the soldiers of the First Legion were all lying down and resting in the tents of the camp, the bonfire of the Nyx tribe had just been extinguished. The crowd dispersed, the noise was gone, and Maximus returned to the main house.

There is a bright moon hanging in the night sky, the moonlight is bright and gentle as water.

Maximus felt a little uneasy and a little excited because Flores Lucia moved into the main house today.

Maximus did not hold any grand wedding this time to marry Flores Lucia, because his previous marriage to Nesia was very simple. Taking Nesia's feelings into consideration, he just held a wedding ceremony at the political hall meeting. This was mentioned.

None of the chief officials objected to this, so the etiquette instructor Kephisophon followed Maximus's instructions and held a simple ceremony to welcome Flores Lucia into the main room in order to let the people know (especially the The daughter of the former chief of the Skordisqi Preparatory Nation) became the wife of the leader of the Nyx tribe.

"Chief, you're back!" Arconis, the housekeeper, came up to greet her and asked with concern: "Have you had dinner?"

"I ate a lot at the bonfire party, and I'm full now." Maximus coughed dryly: "Buddha...how is Flores Lucia doing now?"

"Fleslyusia is waiting for you, the leader, in the new house. Nesia is talking to her in the house. Do you want to go over now?"

Maximus was about to nod, but then thought again and said, "Let me wash up first."

"Yes." Arconis immediately ordered her men to boil hot water, prepare wooden buckets, cloth towels, clean clothes... and then sent someone to the new house to inform Flores Lucia.

After Maximus finished washing, Arconis personally led him to the new house.

Although there is moonlight tonight, there are still many torches in the main house, illuminating the entire house.

The new house where Flores Lucia lives is very close to Maximus's residence. It was once the house of the most trusted bodyguard of Volris, the leader of the Segestika tribe. After confirming his marriage to her, Akoni Si had people renovate it.

Maximus pushed open the ajar door, and there was only one person in the room under the candlelight. Nesia had left, and only Flores Lucia was sitting alone by the bed, her delicate body trembling slightly.

Maximus walked in gently, and Aconis closed the door gently.

Aconis left the new house and subconsciously walked towards Nesia's residence. Halfway there, she saw Nesia standing under the eaves from a distance, looking up at the night sky quietly, her figure looking rather desolate.

Akonis walked over gently and stood beside her. Like her, she silently stared at the bright full moon in the night sky.

After a long time, Nesia said quietly: "Don't worry about me, I'm fine."

"I'm not worried about you, I'm just..." Aknis pretended to be relaxed and said: "I used to be busy trying to survive, but now that we've settled down, it's rare to calm down and take a good look at the moon, and I found that it's really beautiful. !”

"Okay, don't you just want to say that it is not easy for us to live the life we ​​have today, so we must try our best to maintain it..." Nesia turned to look at Aconis and said in a deep voice: "I am more concerned about this matter. You understand, don’t say that today the leader just married my sister, Flores Lucia, if in the future, for the sake of the tribe, the leader has to marry a woman who is a complete stranger to me, I will accept it!”

Arconis had no idea what to say.

Nesia stared at her for a moment, then suddenly smiled: "Akonis, no matter what, thank you for coming to accompany me at this moment! I owe you another favor!"

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On the morning of the second day, Maximus went to the Political Hall after having breakfast with Nesia and Phleslyusia. Since the establishment of the tribe, this was the rare time he was late for work. He overworked last night and got up late this morning. Phraslyusia is different from Nesia. She is more lovable because of her tenderness. Maximus always takes the initiative and shows his strength in gentleness.

Although Maximus was still a little tired, he was in a good mood. He was humming an unknown tune in his mouth, but he bumped into Cassius who was rushing towards him.

"Cassius, why are you so alarmed? You are no longer a child, but an official of our Nyx tribe. You must learn to deal with everything calmly when you encounter anything." Maximus's smile did not diminish, and his tone was calm. reminded.

"Yes, leader." Cassius composed himself, saluted and said, "I just received the news from Segostika. Their new chief, Kabdus, issued an order the day before yesterday, asking everyone to The tribes handed over 30% of the harvest, and also required each tribe to step up military training during the next slack period. "

Maximus' eyes narrowed: "Did Kabdus say why he did this?"

"No. However, our spies reported that the leader of his tribe and the leaders of neighboring tribes immediately began to implement the order after receiving the order, unlike in the past where they delayed or sent people to the main camp to ask for the reason first."

"That is to say, they have already passed the agreement beforehand and reached an agreement."

"yes."

Maximus pondered and said: "Raise food, strengthen training... The Segestica people are preparing for war! They have only one enemy around the Segestica territory -"

Maximus tapped his chest with his hand and uttered one word: "We!"

"Chief, the armistice agreement we signed with the Segestica people will expire in more than a month!" Cassius reminded.

"The Segestica people have been defeated by us many times. They are very afraid of us, otherwise they would not take the initiative to sign an armistice agreement with us unless..." Maximus' thoughts changed quickly and asked: "Bro Is there any news from Qi Ren?”

"not yet."

"You have to urge them to find out as soon as possible whether the Broch people have any abnormal behavior!" Maximus said in a serious tone.

"Chief, you mean... the Pannoni are uniting to attack us again this time?" Cassius reacted and asked nervously.

"It's very possible, otherwise the Segostika people wouldn't be so bold." Maximus comforted: "But you don't have to worry. Originally, we were planning to find reasons to ask Segstika after the agreement expired. The Stikas declared war, and now they take the initiative to attack, which saves us a lot of trouble... By the way, how is the situation over there with the First Army? "

"Yesterday we received news that the First Army has almost reached the upper reaches of the Mreznica River. It is estimated that it has reached the battlefield by now." Cassius said uncertainly.

"Send your capable men and rush there with my warrant, so that Pheasalus can lead his army back as soon as possible after the battle is over!" Maximus ordered decisively.

"yes!"

Maximus ended his conversation with Cassius and walked towards the political hall again at a faster pace.

In the afternoon, the ironworks workshop received an order from Capito: They were required to do their best to manufacture enough crossbows and crossbow bolts within two months.

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Otariat is a powerful Illyrian tribe. It originally lived only in the mountains, but the barren land could not support the excessive population and had to expand outwards. After conquering Tribali and some Illyria After becoming a small tribe, its territory expanded several times, and it was therefore adjacent to the Ardei tribe in the north.

Due to the strong strength of Ardi at that time, Otariat did not dare to offend easily, and the Ardi people looked down on the poorer land in the south, so the two sides lived in peace for many years until the emergence of the salt farm changed this peaceful situation. .

There are many streams flowing in the valley at the junction of the two tribes. Someone discovered that taking stream water and letting it dry in the sun can precipitate salt, so this area was developed into a salt field.

The two tribes once reached an agreement to share the profits of the salt field, but the treasure is so attractive that the two tribes inevitably clashed, and the conflict turned into a war.

At first the Ardeans had the upper hand, and thus gained more of the salt pans, until the invasion of Segestica changed this situation. The Otariat seized the opportunity, severely defeated the Ardei people, and completely occupied the salt field.

But they didn't expect that the Aldi people, who had been greatly weakened, would actually issue another challenge. Baka, the leader of Otariat, persuaded the leaders of the tribes and summoned most of the warriors in the tribe to come to challenge, not just to defeat the Aldi people. Yi Ren's plan for the salt farm actually has greater ambitions.

Baka coveted the fertile land along the river occupied by Ardei, and wanted to use the victory of this battle to sound the clarion call to invade Ardei's territory.

This morning, the weather was cool and windless.

The Allied forces of Ardei and Otariat took up positions on the flat wasteland on the north bank of the Korana River.