After urgent consultations with the Council, the frightened generals decided to send an envoy to apologize to Crotone and were willing to make all compensation.

When the news reached Amendorala, Davers and the elders were shocked: after all, the city-state envoy represents the city-state itself, and killing the envoy is a taboo, because it may mean war.

Amendorala immediately canceled her plan to participate in the isthmus race and began to closely monitor the development of the situation.

"Father, now it's time! Turiyiren is going to be punished by the gods!" Sostatus ran into the backyard excitedly.

Kunogorata, who was lying on the couch and recovering from the sun, was not as excited as his eldest son. The former chief general of Turiyi lamented with a sad face, "I have said it long ago! I have said that Neonsis would harm Turiyi!"

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When the Turiyi envoy rushed to Crotone, in fact, the generals of Crotone had already received news through the merchant ship. After listening to the envoy indifferently, they looked down on Turiyi's words of "willing to make any compensation" and said only one sentence: "We can go to Turiyi ourselves and take as much as we want!"

Crotone has tolerated Turiyi for a long time. Since defeating Syrian Baris a hundred years ago, Crotone's strength has flourished and has become an important country for Greece. However, due to Athens' strong strength, Turiyi had to be allowed to build a city, which is undoubtedly a great shame for Crotone, who is used to being domineering in Southern Italy's "foot". After this incident, it happened that the new and old accounts were settled together, which could make up for the emptiness of the national treasury and kill two birds with one stone.

On the same day, the Crotone National Assembly successfully passed the resolution to declare war on Turii and launched a war mobilization against the citizens. On the morning of the third day, seven thousand strong civilians were summoned. Asprestum and Silitun also sent three thousand civilians to meet. Trina had just experienced the war and faced the Brutes directly, so she only sent thirty cavalrymen. Colenya also expressed her desire to join the war, but was politely rejected by Crotone because there was the Locre Alliance in the south of Colenya, and Locre and Crotone had a long-term feud. Colenya was an important barrier to the south of Crotone and there could be no mistakes.

Four days later, sacrifices were made at the Apollo Temple in Crotone. After the fortune-telling was auspicious, Melancius, one of the ten generals, led an army of 10,000 to march towards the beard.

The war finally broke out between Crotone and Turiyi.

After receiving the news that Crotone's army was advancing towards Turi, Neonsis was extremely anxious. At the reminder of his colleagues, he proposed to the Council and urgently convened a citizen meeting.

At the conference, he made a generous speech, first of all, the peace attempt made by the Turiyi Council failed, and he explained the reply from Crotone, which immediately aroused the anger of many citizens. But when they heard that Crotone had an attack of 10,000 troops, a long silence appeared in the venue. You should know that although Crotone's attack this time was less than that of the Lucanian tribal coalition, this was a real Greek heavy infantry unit, and Crotone's civilians were always known for their strong combat effectiveness in Greater Greece.

At this time, the vineyard owner Orifis shouted: "We should send an envoy again to ask for peace from Crotone, and promise them any request."

"Their demand is nothing more than asking for more money and supplies, but the key is that our treasury has bottomed out!" General Polyxis stood up and said, "We cannot afford to pay more unless the additional special war tax is imposed on the citizens."

As soon as he heard that he wanted to collect taxes, the venue fell silent again.

Finally, the citizens who were already afraid of the war made a compromise. They reluctantly stated: In order to avoid the war again, they agreed to the tax collection requirements of the city hall, but were afraid that even this would not satisfy the Crotones' appetite.

"We always have to try first." Presinas raised his arms and shouted: "You can earn it back if you lose money, but it's too late to regret losing your loved ones!"

Neonsis was temporarily relieved when the proposal was passed.

"Why don't you go to Tarantum and ask it to help us talk to Crotone? Since Tarantum advocated the establishment of a Great Greek Defensive Alliance, it must not want a war between the city-states!" Someone stood up and said: "And with Tarantum's strong strength, Crotone will definitely be concerned, and the truce is more likely!"

"This is a good idea, N'anilus!" Neonsis praised. As the owner of the largest shipyard in Turiyi, N'anilus is a person who cannot be offended easily, so Neonsis nodded repeatedly: "Thank you for reminding me, we will send someone to Tarantum for help!"

"Even if there is a possibility of a truce, we must have plans to fail! What if Crotone insists on fighting, what should we do?!" Another person stood up and said.

Neonsis saw that it was Ansitanos talking. Although the relationship between the two was in a terrible relationship because of the Kunogorata, they had to admit that his suggestions made sense. So Neonsis asked, "Dear Ansitanos, do you have any good suggestions?"

"First of all, let our citizens be armed. Crotone is crowded and powerful. We cannot fight it head-on outside the city. Then the tall walls will help us resist their attacks and destroy their morale..."

Ansitanos's words were recognized by many citizens: "Yes, the city of Turiyi is strong in defense. The Lucanians have been under the city twice and there is no way to deal with us, so is Crotone!"

Ansitanos continued: "Second...Amendorala is our alliance, and everyone knows the combat effectiveness of their soldiers, and we should ask them for assistance!"

When Amendorara was mentioned, Neoncis felt as uncomfortable as eating a fly, but the participants agreed: "Ansitanos is right! You should ask for help. Only with them can we feel at ease!"

"I have said that it is not worth it to have a stalemate with Amendorala for a few slaves. It may not be so easy to ask others now!"

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Neonsis heard this, and his face turned blue and white, and he was embarrassed. He forced himself to make a living and said, "This proposal is very good. Burques, you can go there."

Burques, who had always been gentle, immediately refused: "I am not capable, so let the capable Presinas go."

When Presinas heard this, he lowered his head and said nothing. He knew that if he went, he would not only fail to seek help, but he might also be beaten.

No wonder Burkos did not cooperate. He urged the city hall to fulfill his promise and give freedom to the slaves. The city hall ignored his proposal, which led to a slave riot in the end, and some of the slaves fled to Amendolara. At this time, as a general, Burkos, with his understanding of Davers, believed that Amendolara would definitely reject Turiyi's request, and it would be better to fulfill the promise and give freedom to the slaves, so as to achieve the goal of making friends with Amendolara.

Neoncis and other generals not only rejected his suggestions, but also believed that with his relationship with Davers, it was difficult to put down his face and ask Amendolara for slaves, so he sent the tough-minded Presinas Burkos. What he said just now was one of the original words Neoncis said when he refused him to go on a mission to Amendolara. Now, Burkos retorted it intact. You can imagine how wonderful the expression on Neoncis' face was.

At this moment, even though Neonsis secretly hated Burkos, he could not help but beg for politely: "Burquez, this is a major event that concerns Turiyi's life and death! No one can complete this task except you! I hope you can go to Amendolar and ask Davers to send troops to help!"

Bulcos exclaimed, and amid the citizens' request, he simply nodded in agreement.

"Amendorara is a small town, and there should not be too many reinforcements to send. The key is to rely on ourselves." Ansitanos continued: "I suggest mobilizing free people to join the war and promise to give them citizenship. Of course, we have made a promise before, but it has not been fulfilled. This time, in order to win the trust of them, as long as they agree to join the war, they will immediately give citizenship!"

Ansitanos's suggestions made Neonsis feel uncomfortable one by one. Don't say that this suggestion was him. The citizens attending the meeting had almost no agreement based on their personal interests. In the end, Ansitanos got the answer: "Add to discuss..."

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Just when Turiy convened a citizen meeting, Crotone's army arrived outside the city of Crimesa after most of the marching.

Crimesa, the town was originally a colonial city of Sobaris. After Subaris was destroyed, he then moved to the Crotone alliance. After the reconstruction of Turiyi at Athens, the agreement reached with Crotone specifically mentioned: Castron, Crimesa must remain neutral.

Now in front of Crotone's army, Crimesa opened the door without hesitation to greet him and took the initiative to send a thousand people to join Crotone's army.

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"Melanteus of Crotone, forty-five years old, won the Olympian wrestling twice when he was young and a wrestling champion in the isthmus. He participated in the battles with Locre and Bruti many times, and had two independent commands and victory... He fought bravely, often led the way and took the lead, but was not loved by soldiers, because after victory he always liked to attribute victory to himself... He heard that he was tall and handsome, and lived a luxurious life, which was very favored by the women of Crotone. For this reason, men were jealous of him and deliberately did not vote for him, which made him lose the election of generals many times. His friends often advised him not to pay too much attention to dressing up, but he said, "Apollo gave him a toned body and a wise brain. If no one was jealous, it would not highlight his excellence!'
Chapter completed!