Rome Must Fall

But now, the people here are beginning to feel restless again... Pulikas's heart surged, and his uncontrollable anger was once again ignited, and he blurted out: "It seems you really want to be a traitor!"

"If being a traitor can keep the people here alive, it's not impossible." Iberus responded calmly.

Pulikas stood up angrily, kicked over the wooden chair next to him, and strode out of the living room.

Iberus watched him leave with a complicated expression.

Although Pricas wanted to leave the village in anger, considering that it was getting late and Ancasus still needed to rest, he could only endure it for the time being, but he never met Iberus again.

Early the next morning, the young man who led Pricas yesterday quickly walked into the main house and found Iberus: "Father, Chief Pricas and the others have already taken a boat to go south."

"Finally we're leaving!" Iberus breathed a sigh of relief. Although Pricas only stayed here for one night, he still felt some pressure.

This young man was Adatis, the eldest son of Iberus. He said with some worry: "Father, we have offended Pulikas this time. Will we be in trouble in the Segostika tribe in the future?" Being attacked by other tribes——"

Iberus glared at his son: "Don't worry, it's hard to say whether they can drive away the Nyx people in the future. How can they have the energy to deal with us! Besides, if I continue to get close to those tribes in the north, I'm afraid Lake Gonam These tribes will exclude us!

Son, now that Segestika is finished, we no longer have the support of the main village. If we want to continue to hold the position of the leader of Lake Gonami, we have to do what the people in the lake think, do you understand! "

"But..." Adatis was still worried: "What will happen if those Knicks come and kill us?"

Iberus had thought about this issue repeatedly in the past two days. He said confidently: "I heard that the number of people in the Nyx tribe is not large. They can capture the main stronghold in one or two days. That's because the main stronghold is We are close to them, but we are far away from them.

If they just want to plunder, our poor place is not worth their trouble to come here. If they want to occupy the territory of Segestika, it is hard to say whether they can stabilize the entire main stronghold with their small number of people, let alone the numerous tribes around the main stronghold. It is still early for them to want the land of Lake Gonami. !

If the Knicks come here desperately, we will bring food and take a boat to hide in the reeds. If there is no food, they can stay here for a few days! "

After hearing this, Adatis was still a little worried: "Pulikas must have gone to the Tribal Alliance to ask for help. If the Tribal Alliance really sends reinforcements to help Pulikas drive away the Nix people, Pulikas will What if Cass wants to take revenge from us today?”

Iberus laughed: "It's a good thing that the tribal alliance is willing to send reinforcements. We don't have to worry about the Knicks attacking Lake Gonami. If it turns out to be what you said, then we will announce that we will join Broch , this was originally Broch's territory, and the leader of Brix would definitely be happy to accept it, and Segostika had just received strong assistance from Broch, so he would definitely be embarrassed to object, right? "

"Huh?" Adatis didn't expect his father to give such an answer, and he didn't know what to say.

"However, these are just our beautiful ideas." Iberus's face became gloomy: "The more likely situation is that other large tribes that have just suffered a tragic defeat are unable to send reinforcements, or even if they can send reinforcements, Can't beat the Knicks...

So in the current complicated situation, we should not be stupidly driven by others and throw away the lives of our tribesmen in vain. Instead, we should wait and see the development of the situation and finally make a decision that is beneficial to the tribe. Do you understand? ! "

Adatis nodded thoughtfully.

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Pulikas and his party left the tribe of Iberus by boat and continued sailing south. Because they were going down the river, the speed was quite fast. They arrived at the end of Lake Gonami before noon, which is also the Sava River. Confluence with the Kupa River.

Not far from the confluence of the two rivers is the military camp built by Bricks, the leader of Broch, for the main force of the coalition forces.

A few days ago, this place was a bustling place with people shouting and horses neighing. Now most of the place has been vacated and it has become very deserted. However, there are still many tents and some soldiers wandering among them, but their expressions and The attire didn't even look as good as the refugees from Segestica that Pulikas met along the way.

Pulikas originally planned to take a boat directly to Brochi's main stronghold. Seeing the scene in front of him, he decided to go ashore to ask first.

After asking, he learned that not only Brix was in the camp, but also the great leader of Maziei, Metiris, and the great leader of Desitiatai, Temagis.

Pulikas and his party immediately rushed to the camp and asked to see Brix.

As soon as he arrived in front of the military tent, he heard Brix's roar coming from inside the tent: "We haven't found them yet, so what are you doing back here? Hurry up and keep looking. Even if they are dead, you have to give me their bodies." Bring them back! Bring all the soldiers in the camp, I want to know their news before tonight! If I can’t find you, don’t come back!”

The tent was opened, and a Broch warrior came out with a dark face. Without even looking at Pulikas and the others, he ran straight towards the tent not far away.

Pulikas winked at the guard who was leading them. The guard stood motionless. After waiting for a while, he shouted: "Big leader, Chief Pulikas of Segostika wants to see you!"

"Pulikas?!..." Brix's voice sounded from inside the tent: "Let him in."

Pricas led Ancasus into the military tent.

There were three people in the military tent: one was Blix, the chief leader of Brochi, one was Metiris, the chief leader of Maziyi, and the other was Temagis, the chief leader of Desitiatai.

Needless to say, Temakis was a good friend of Andres and Pulikas knew him well. Pulikas had followed Andres to attend tribal alliance meetings several times, and had also met the other two big leaders.

He first saluted and said hello to the three of them, and then asked Ancasus to salute and say hello to the three of them.

"Pulikas, I already know that your Segostica army suffered a disastrous defeat like ours. What's the matter with you coming here at this time?!" Brix tried hard to suppress the surge in his heart. He was irritated, and he knew very well: If an important Segostica leader like Pulikas did not stabilize the situation in the territory at this time, and brought Andres' son here, I'm afraid nothing good would happen. .

"The Knicks invaded our territory in large numbers and captured our main stronghold. We are here to ask for help!" Pulikas said in a heavy tone.

"Segostika's main stronghold was lost so quickly?!" The three leaders were very surprised.

Brix expected that the Nyx would invade Segestica, because a few days ago Temakis took dozens of remaining cavalry and fled along the banks of the Kupa River to Broch's territory, and finally Came to this military camp. It happened that Brix had just escaped, and after learning that the coalition forces of Desitiatai and Segestika had also suffered a disastrous defeat, he had a premonition that the situation was very bad: if the Nyx people took the opportunity to raise troops to retaliate, The first to be unlucky will be Segestica and Broch, because they are both very close to the Nyx tribe.

So Brix immediately removed more than half of the more than 2,000 Broch warriors he brought back, and sent them to the Broch tribe stationed on the banks of the Kupa River adjacent to the stockade abandoned by the Segestika people. To prevent the Nyx from moving down the river after capturing the two remaining strongholds of the Segostika tribe on the banks of the Kupa River.

After listening to Pulikas' words, Brix was actually relieved, because the Knicks chose to invade Segestica instead of Broch.

But he was also shocked, because when he discussed with Temagis and Metiris, they all believed that although the Nyx people won the victory in the two battles with the tribal alliance army, there should be a lot of casualties. , it takes time to rest, and it is not easy to seize the stronghold of Amlotas, the leader of Segestika.

Therefore, the three of them judged that it was impossible for the Knicks to launch a counterattack in a short time.

But I didn't expect that the Knicks army not only launched a counterattack after defeating the Pannoni coalition on the northern route, but also captured the main stronghold of Segestica, but it only took two days! In two days, the Knicks were not only great in field battles, but they were also so strong in attacking strongholds? !

Brix, Temmagis, and Maitilis looked at each other with astonishment in their hearts.

Pulikas quickly defended himself: "The Knicks arrived too quickly. Because we did not expect that the coalition forces would be defeated, and we did not receive the news in time, we were unprepared and were attacked by the Knicks. , just lost the main stronghold!”

He said it unintentionally, but Brix heard it intentionally: What's the matter, you have to blame us for losing your main stronghold!

He was unhappy in his heart, but his expression looked very solemn: "The Nyx invaded the territory of Segostika and captured the main stronghold. This is a big event for the tribal alliance. Our three big leaders need to deal with this." The matter needs to be discussed urgently. Chief Plikas, please go out and wait with Ancasus."

Pulikas immediately said tactfully: "Three big leaders, you need to discuss how to rescue Segestika. As the leader of Segestika, I know the situation of the tribe very well and can provide you with a rescue plan. help."

The implication of Pulikas was that he wanted to stay in the military tent and participate in the discussions between the three of them.