Chapter 16 Joining Hands
Davers urgently recruited senior team officials such as Phelisius, Capps, Delacos, Hironimus, and Epitensis to discuss countermeasures to the alliance proposed by Rauss.
Later, he asked for an urgent convening of the Senate meeting. After discussion, Davers's proposal was approved.
That night, Arbomas was taken to Davers' Mansion again.
"How is the guest from Laus resting?" Davers said jokingly.
Arbomas's eyes wandered, and saw a few more people around Davers, and asked anxiously: "Sir, have you made the decision?"
"Yes, our Senate decided to accept the alliance of Rauss as the Tuah Alliance after consultation!" Davers said with a smile.
"That's great!" Arbomas couldn't hide his excited expression. Before coming, he heard Avinogis carefully introduce how to negotiate with the Greeks and the procedures for signing the alliance. For such a major matter, the Greeks would definitely hold a meeting. Without two or three days of repeated discussions, there would be no result. Therefore, he urged Davers before. Unexpectedly, after only half a day, the Tua Alliance made a decision. This new force was indeed a bit unique.
"It's just that I heard that Niutum sent seven or eight hundred soldiers to Laus. Can you and your brother easily take Laus?" Davers asked with concern.
After the previous conversation, Arobumas was no longer surprised why Davers knew Laus so well. He said confidently: "It is no problem for us to take Laus. Not only do we have more than a thousand soldiers, but the slaves in the port are also descendants of our Sobaris. They are also willing to obey our commands! We have lived in Laus for generations. The new Lucania do not even know how many lanes there are in Laus. How can they be our opponents? Only after taking Laus, they will definitely be attacked by Niutum and even Grummentum, so you need your support!"
"In other words, the risk in the process of seizing the city is not high. After seizing Laus, it may attract crazy revenge from the Lucanians, right?" Davers asked patiently.
Arbomas nodded involuntarily.
"Then I have a better way to get Laus smoothly without taking the risks in the future!" Davers's speech was full of temptation.
"What's the solution?" Arobumas asked hurriedly.
"First help us take down Niutum and cut off the passage of Lukari to the south to rescue Laus. You won't even need to attack Laus. The Lukari in the city loses its support and may have to surrender."
What Davers said was indeed very reasonable, which made Arbomas very moved, but he said worriedly: "Although Niutum is not a stone city, it is not easy to conquer it. If it cannot be taken down quickly, if Grummentuum comes to rescue, our plan will be exposed..."
"We won't attack Niutum." Davers smiled.
Arbomas was confused.
"How many warriors are there in Niutum?" Davers asked.
"Originally there were nearly 6,000 soldiers, but after you defeated them, there were more than 2,000 people left. Now there are another 800 people coming to Laus, and there are only more than 1,000 soldiers in the city." Arobumas answered truthfully.
"Can anyone else fight besides these warriors?" Davers asked again.
"The others are old people, women, children. Niutum does not occupy a large area, has barren land, and cannot afford to raise too many tribes. The reason why we have so many warriors is because we, Laos, input a large amount of food to it every year!" Arobumas remembered Niutum's oppression and exploitation of Laos for so many years, and hatred rose.
Davers smiled: "My request is very simple. You just need to help us open the gate of Niutum, and leave the rest to us."
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Arbomas set out back to Laus, and accompanied him were Yassitus, the clerk of the consul of the Tua League, and Izam, captain of the Mountain Reconnaissance Team. They brought the alliance to sign with Avinogis, and at the same time confirmed that the signer was Avinogis himself, and then further discussed the capture of Niutum and Laus.
At the same time, the senior team officials of the Tua League discussed how to attack the Niutumu city area left by Arbomas, while starting to mobilize the war secretly. Although as Arbomas said, there were only more than one thousand soldiers in Niutumu city, Davers decided to adopt the tactic of fighting against rabbits in order to be on the safe side. Except for the First Battalion, the Second, Third and Seventh Battalions had 3,000 people, carrying five days of dry food, preparing to attack Niutumu.
In addition, Davers is preparing to host two people.
"Captain Weisba, please take your seat!"
"Sir, you are so polite. I am no longer a tribal leader, but just a captive from the Tua Alliance." Weispa said in a plain tone.
"That's only temporary. When you become a citizen of the Tua Alliance, you will still be the leader of this tribe!" Davers said as if he was comforting him and making a promise.
Weisba's heart moved.
Davers said to Bagule, who was a little restrained, and said, "Haha, the most famous rugby running back in the barracks, has the road construction made you stronger, right? Andrea?"
Andrea, who was following Cristoya, blushed and lowered her head and did not speak.
"Sir, the Consul!" Bagule touched his head, smiled and said with a silly smile.
"Sit down! Sit down!" Davers greeted the guests and said loudly: "There are no outsiders here today, Chief Vesba, Bagule, you are all my old friends! My wife Cristoya, you all know you."
Cristoya nodded and smiled at the two of them.
"I don't need to introduce this person." Davers pointed at Andrea and smiled, "I'm still waiting to attend your wedding!"
Andrea and Bagule both blushed, and Vesba looked a little helpless. Although he didn't like Bagule to marry a Greek woman, under the current situation, marrying a Greek woman would be of great help to the tribe.
"So today we don't pay attention to any etiquette. We can sit and eat whatever we want! I have prepared some novel food here, which has not been launched in the restaurant yet. You are the first to taste it. I hope you like it!" Davers's words aroused everyone's curiosity. Even Weisba, who doesn't go out, knows that Cristoya's restaurant is very famous in the league.
Davers took the lead in setting an example, bringing a wooden chair to sit at the dining table instead of lying on the lounge chair. Davers had long been dissatisfied with the sitting posture of the Greek banquet, which was completely unfavorable to digestion and health. Davers asked Cristoya and Andrea to attend the banquet, which was originally contrary to Greek tradition, but in Vespa and Bagule Gardens, he felt that Davers was generous and generous, and he really did not treat them as outsiders.
The slaves first served some fruits and snacks to each person's table, and then placed a can of wine and a can of golden liquid.
Bagule took a sip curiously, and a cold air suddenly penetrated his heart, making him unable to help but ask: "What is this? It's so delicious!"
"The beer that the Egyptians drank." Andrea learned to sell it now and explained to her lover: "According to the adults' request, the wine was even better after the slaves were carefully brewed."
"Well, it's better than soft wine, this is the wine that men drink!" Bagule took another big sip, and then made a loud comment.
Vesba took a sip under his son's infection, and then took a few sips silently.
Seeing this situation, Davers looked at each other with Cristoya and said, "How can you not have good food when you drink beer!"
Cristoya immediately signaled to Asuna.
Asuna directed the servants to bring an iron thing as high as the wooden table next to each table. On top of it was a crock pot containing clear water and some spices. The servants began to light the wood and put it in the iron cavity under the crock pot.
Vesba and the others looked at all this curiously, and the slaves brought two dishes to each of them.
"Is this mutton?" Weisba looked at the plate with red and white pieces, thin rolled meat, and said uncertainly.
"This is mutton. This is beef." Davers pointed at them and said, "I call this kind of food shabu beef and mutton slices." As he was speaking, the water in the clay pot was boiling. Davers took a piece of beef with his hand and put it in the clay pot. He saw the beef rolling in the boiling water, and soon turned white. Davers scooped it up with a wooden spoon with leaks, put it on a wooden plate with dipping sauce, dipped it a few times, grabbed it with his hands, put it in his mouth, and looked intoxicated.
Vesba and the others followed suit. After eating, they all looked surprised. Bagule even said, "I have never eaten such delicious beef. How did I make it?"
"Skin the slaughtered sheep, remove the bones, remove the blood, and then put them in the cellar. Then send someone to the mountains to collect a large amount of ice cubes and put them in the cellar, seal them, and make an ice cube. After a day, take out the frozen beef and mutton, and you can cut out thin and crispy slices of meat with a knife, put them in boiling water, and cook them as soon as they are scalded..." Davers explained patiently.
"So what is this thing?" Bagule continued to ask, pointing to the small plate in front of his case.
"That's a dipping sauce, which is used to adjust the taste of beef and mutton. This dipping sauce should be made of shrimp, shellfish... well... and seaweed, etc., and then fermented, and then add a little spice from India. How to make it, I have to ask my chef."
"This kind of food looks simple, but I didn't expect it to be so troublesome!" Bagule sighed, and had given up his plan to try it at home in the future.
Davers smiled slightly and turned his head to ask Andrea: "Our big businessman, can my beef and mutton slices beef and mutton beef and sliced food beef and mutton beef and sliced food beef and mutton beef and mutton beef and sliced food beef and mutton in our restaurant?"
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