"Crotone, please tell me quickly. Let's hear how much Crotone has, and want to take advantage of our Dionia!" Amintas, Scomblas and other veterans began to shout, and the feeling of guilt just now suddenly became a common hatred for the enemy.

Lucias glanced at Davers: This young man should not be underestimated!

He cleared his throat and said loudly with a normal expression: "The Crotone League and Crimesa demanded that Dionia compensate Crimesa for 500 tarantes in order to compensate Crimesa for the huge losses suffered in this battle-"

"What! Five Hundred Talents!! You're crazy about money!!!" Melsis shouted.

Lycius ignored it, looked around everyone and continued: "Secondly, in order to prevent the aggressive Dionia from invading the neighboring city-state again, we ask Dionia to dissolve the alliance, allow Amendolar and Niutum to be independent, and abolish the alliance!"

"What?! Did I hear it wrong?! What right does Crotone have to point fingers at us!"

"We will never agree, this is a humiliation to Dionia!"

"Get out! Are you crazy to say such things in the Senate of Dionia?"

"Only fools will agree to such a request! Only fools will make such a request!"

...

The venue was in full swing, and the veterans cursed, with irritable tempers like Amintas and Scomblas even wanted to go up and beat Lycias, but were stopped by Kunogorata, Cornerus and others, and were in chaos.

Lucias and Anta Oris looked at all this indifferently like an outsider, as if the chaos was not caused by them, until Davers stepped forward and said, "Did you hear it? This is our answer!"

He said loudly, "No—answer—answer!"

"That means war, because you violated the agreement first." Lucias said seriously.

"Then let's fight. Isn't this your true intention to come here?" Davers had seen through their actions and was too lazy to argue with him anymore. If he wanted to inflict a crime, he would have no choice.

His understatement made Lycius not see the expected reaction, as if he had a fist and subconsciously said: "War! I'm talking about the war between Crotone and Dionia!"

Davers smiled slightly and turned around and said, "Are we afraid of going to war with Crotone?"

"Great! Finally, we can fight again!"

"I can't wait to beat Crotone!"

"We will defeat Crotone once, and we will defeat it again! This time we will burn down Crotone's city!"

...

Faced with the high-spirited veterans, Lucias was unexpectedly a little uneasy.

"Kunogorata, please note down Clotone's request just now, and it will be used in the next negotiation." Daves said suddenly.

"Next negotiation?" Lucias was puzzled.

"Yes, wait until the war is over!"

Lucias felt a stern in his heart, and he saw the fighting spirit burning in Davers' eyes...

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After seeing off the messenger, the atmosphere in the venue was still warm. Compared with the veterans of former mercenary soldiers who were in high spirits, Amendorala and Turiyi, who expressed more concerns about the upcoming war.

Kunogorata's words are very representative: "Sir, are we sure to fight with Crotone? Crotone has been a powerful state of Greece for decades, and has a powerful alliance that can organize an army of 30,000 to 40,000 people! And it also has twenty-five three-layer oar warships, and we don't even have a warship. Once the war begins, Crotone can easily block our port. This time, I'm afraid it will not make the last mistake of underestimating the enemy..."

After listening carefully, Davers looked around at the people in front of him. He could feel their fear of Crotone, especially the Turiel, which was the power accumulated in their hearts by Crotone's three destruction of the city. He thought for a while and was about to answer, a voice suddenly inserted: "I had said that I would drive away those damn mercenaries. If you don't listen, now Crotone's revenge is coming! We should first hold some people accountable for their indulgence!" Polyxis was speaking.

Agarcia and the others glared at him.

"Am I wrong?" Polyxis glared back without wishing to be outdone.

"Now that the war has broken out, it is meaningless to argue about this matter again. We should all unite and overcome difficulties together, not create differences and weaken our strength!" Bulcos persuaded his friends.

"It is precisely because of this incident that caused the war that we must find out the problem so as not to happen similar things in the future!" Polyxis retorted stubbornly.

At this time, Antonios stood up and said, "As the inspector, many people have recently reported to me that when rebuilding the city of Turi, veterans such as Burcos and Presinas often went to the people's homes to express their apology. However, some people, as the main assistants of Neonsis, were quite responsible for the burning of Turi, but they were swaggering in and out of the Senate every day, and did not express any regrets to the people of Turi. They asked us to conduct a thorough investigation to avoid similar things happening again..."

Polyxis's face changed drastically.

But Davers asked, "Polyxis, do you think this question should be found out?"

"I...I..." Polyxis shook slightly under Davers' sharp eyes.

"Antonios, just as Bulcos said, now we should unite in dealing with this life-and-death war, and let the rest be put on hold for the time being." Davers' calm voice penetrated into Polyxis's ears. He suddenly relaxed as if he had been granted a general amnesty and lay softly on the stone bench.

Antonios glanced at Polyxis with contempt, turned around and said, "Okay, Lord Consul."

Davers said with a relaxed expression: "Sorry, I was interrupted just now. What I want to say is, sir, you have been busy with your own affairs during this period. I am afraid you don't know much about the military strength the alliance has now. Scomblas, do you think the number of civilians in our alliance is still more than 5,000?"

The stubborn old man Scomblas touched his beard and laughed: "It must be more than just! Now, the citizens of Amendolar alone are more than 6,000 citizens. I don't know much about the others, but there must be many."

"If there are specific numbers of civilians, let the military officer Philicius tell us." After Davers said that, Philicius stood up: "My dear masters, the number I announced below is the number of people who participated in military training and were incorporated into the army. This number is lower than the total number of people who were registered by Lord Raphayas. This is because citizens over 45 years old and citizens of some special industries who are protected by city-states, such as doctors, engineers, scholars, etc., have not been added to the civilian military training system."

The elders nodded and turned their attention to Phelisius.

"There are about 5,500 citizens of Amendorala for more than three months, about 4,300 citizens of Niutum, and the largest number of Turiyi, up to 14,800." Looking at the elders' surprise expressions, Phelis continued to explain in detail: "There are 7,000 formal citizens, and the rest are all preparatory citizens. At the end of December last year, the consul ordered me to carry out a preliminary reorganization of them and form three legions in total.

The First Legion is mainly composed of veterans and reserve citizens of Amendora, and is the most combat-capable unit. The commander of the legion is Cappus.

The Second Legion consisted mainly of Turi's citizens and preparatory citizens, and the Legion Commander Drax.

The Third Legion is mainly composed of citizens and preparatory citizens of Niutum. The legion commander is Hironimus and the first captain is Bagule.

The number of regular combat soldiers of each legion is now divided into seven thousand people, and the three legions is a total of twenty-one thousand people. In addition, there is a reserve team of 3,600 people, with a total of about twenty-four and six hundred people. In addition, there is a cavalry team of 300 people, led by Rides…”

"Felicus did not mention free people with household registration. In fact, we can also organize free people who have been trained to fight as light infantrymen. In addition, Laus can provide us with two to three thousand reinforcements. Castron can provide not many troops, but at least fifty cavalry..." Davers looked at everyone and said in an excited voice: "If the whole army presses on, we can capture at least nearly fifty troops! Considering Niutum, the port of Turiyi needs to be guarded.

Guard, the actual number of troops sent is definitely far less than this number, but it is not much different from Crotone's troops! Dear lords, please rest assured that since the establishment of the alliance, the situation of fighting with less and more will not happen again. We have the ability to compete with Crotone on land!" Davers's words made the elders excited, and Amintas and the others shouted confidently: "When there were fewer people in the past, we were not afraid of Crotone, and now Crotone is no longer our opponent!"
Chapter completed!