Aristocrates understood that the "Turiy tragedy" that Daphs mentioned refers to the incident where Turiy counterattacked the Lukari people two years ago and rashly entered the mountains and eventually died on the banks of the La River.

He thought about it, but he was still a little unwilling to accept it: "But... it's a pity to miss such a good opportunity!"

"Aristo." Davers smiled slightly, "I ask you, is it now Dionysian, Picossis, Potendiachi?"

"Of course it's our Dionias! Picossis and Potendia are not our opponents together!" Aristocrates answered without hesitation.

"In that case, what we need to do is to take a bite like bread, chew it slowly, eat it into our stomach, and become our own strength until we are full, instead of eating one bite after another without swallowing it, you may choke in the end." Davers explained patiently.

"I understand, sir!" Aristocrates said convincedly, as smart as he understood Daphs's meaning, he had to spend time and energy to gain a foothold in the center of Lucania, and then slowly crush Picossis and Potendia from the front with the strength of Dionia.

"So now we have to negotiate with Pikosis and Potendia's messengers and sign peace agreements with them such as non-aggression, to appease them and prevent them from blatantly making trouble in the surrounding areas of Grummentum, but the agreement cannot be too long." A trace of murderous intent appeared in Davers' gentle tone.

"As for Galaguso... it is said that it is located in the deep mountains and has little contact with the outside world. The living environment is relatively harsh. You can consider forming an alliance with it and strengthening trade exchanges..." Davers said this and heard the voices outside the living room. He immediately stopped talking and said with a smile: "A interesting guest is here."

"Interesting guest?" Aristocrates rarely heard Daphs's comments. He looked out the door curiously. When the slave steward Ribazo led a man in, he suddenly realized: It was him!

Sipoos, the Trina people, was quite eye-catching when several city-state envoys from the south asked Dionia for help. His thin figure as long as a spear was quite eye-catching. What was also eye-catching was his behavior. Not only did Dionia raise the issue of creating the Southern Italian League, he was the first to fully support the Crotone Allied; secondly, Cappus, the commander of the First Legion who went to reinforce, later mentioned in his report to Davers: On the way to reinforce, Trina's envoy Sipoos strongly demanded to follow the Dionia army and eat and live with the soldiers. It is reported that at Trina's citizen meeting, he also praised the combat effectiveness of the Dionia army and proposed that Trina should strengthen cooperation with Dionia...

Aristocrates remembered that after hearing about this person's performance, Davers once commented: Cyporus is a smart person who is flexible, good at observing, and knows flexibility!

So this time, the Hades Temple was one of the VIPs proposed by Davester and invited them.

At this moment, Davers looked at Siphorus, and what he thought of was the conversation between him and Elia's messenger who had reported secretly last night at the Cristoya Restaurant.

Davers knew in his heart that after Dionia defeated Crotone and gradually became the most important and powerful force in southern Italy, it would naturally attract a lot of attention. Dionia's unique political system naturally could not escape the eyes of those who were interested, but there were not many such incisive analysis as Cipros...

"Cyporus, Dionia's best friend, welcome you very much!" Davers said happily: "I have been busy with celebrations these days. I originally thought of treating you to the banquet after the celebration to express my gratitude, but I didn't expect..."

Cyporus saluted respectfully: "Sir, I insist on coming to visit. I am helpless. The city-state urgently requested me to convey a proposal to you."

"Oh...what's the offer?" Davers motioned to Siphorus to sit down and speak.

Cyporus glanced at Aristocrates, but he stopped talking.

"I'll tell you about Aristocrates, a very talented young man, my exclusive clerk (actually, just a clerk, because he has not yet obtained the qualification of a preparatory citizen), you can rest assured." Daphs's words touched Aristocrates when he heard it.

Siphorus nodded to him, sat on the wooden chair, and asked, "Does the lord know about Bruti?"

As soon as he said this, Davers roughly understood the purpose of Cyporus: "I know a little about this neighbor west of the Dionysian League. The Brutis are natives of Italy and live in tribal form. However, compared with the Lukari, they have fewer people and are much less dangerous to Dionia. I heard that they often attack you Trina." Davers looked at Cyporus with a smile and said.

"Not only Trina, they invaded Asprestum and southern Turiyi from time to time." Siprous reminded.

"But there are few times after all, and since the establishment of the Dionian League, the Brutis' harassment against us has been completely invisible." Davers said with a relaxed expression.

"In fact, since last year, the Brutis suddenly stopped attacking all Greek city-state territories. This was not only because Crotone, Cialitin and our Trina coalition gave the Brutis severe damage-" Siprous paused for a moment, and felt Davers' eyes focus, he deliberately increased the volume and said, "It was also because there had been a major change within the Brutis."

"What changes?" Davers's heart moved and his expression was still calm.

"Trina borders Knapetia, the Bruti town, and fights the Brutis for many years. They are relatively familiar with them and have some sources of information." Siphorus' expression became solemn: "Last year we got news that the leaders of the Bruti tribes gathered in the city of Kosenza and have been discussing the formation of a tribal alliance."

"Is this true?!" Davers was shocked and couldn't help but lean forward. No wonder he couldn't help but feel a little angry. The reason why he pretended to be indifferent before was because when he learned that Cyporus' visit was related to the Brutis, he did not want to be too enthusiastic and lost too many bargaining chips in discussing the future attack on the Brutis. After all, the Brutis could not pose a huge threat to Dionia like the Lucanians.

As far as he knew, their tribes were always divided in the not-so-large mountain occupied by the Brutis: the tribes in the north were centered on Vigge, and because they were bordered by Laus, they were closely related to the Lucanians. Before the Lucanian tribe coalition invaded Turiyi, they were seen; the central part was centered on the great city of Kosenza, and they were the most powerful; to the east, they lived in the upper reaches of the Krati River.

Some Bruti tribes built the small town of Bissinia, which used to cross mountains and plunder the southern part of the Sobari Plain, which was their masterpiece; in the southeast of Kosenza, there is another small town, Ambania, which is said to have been built by tribes that escaped when the city of Asprestum fell from Crotone; in the south of Kosenza, the city of Knapetia borders Trina, which is also the culprit of invasion of Trina.

The Bruti Mountains are high and densely forested, with rugged roads. They have the only plateau in southern Italy. The city of Vigge and Knapetia guard the narrow paths on the north and south sides of the west coast, and Bissinia and Ambania blocked the only two mountain roads that communicate with the east coast, making this area a four-blocked area. Since the Brutis’ habitat, the Brutis have always rushed out of the mountainous areas and invaded others. Almost never was invaded, but there were more internal tribal wars there. Most of the wars were chosen by Cosenza.

The most powerful ones, it wanted to annex other tribes, except that Clapetia and Kosenza were closely related to Kosenza and remained neutral. Vig, Bissinia and Ambalia often united to fight Kosenza. It was precisely because the frequent inter-tribal wars consumed the strength of the Brutis, which made them not very threatening to the Great Greek city-state. Now, the Brutis, who have always been in constant conflict, actually wanted to establish a tribal alliance, which greatly increased its threat to the Greeks, especially the Dionia, whose territory is bordered by the Bruti Mountains.

"This is of course true." Siphorus said affirmatively: "Because in May this year, the Bruti tribes have been established! It is reported that the Bruti tribes elected Pi'anlun, the chief of Kosenza, as the newly established alliance leader, Sedorum, the chief of Vig City, Likum, the chief of Bissinia, Bergam, the chief of Ambania, and Pangam, the chief of Klapetia, as the elders of the alliance. With Cosenza as the center of the tribe alliance, all the Bruti tribes are under their jurisdiction..."

After hearing Cypoulos's words, Davers couldn't sit still. He couldn't help but stand up, and while pacing slowly, he asked in a deep voice: "Where did you get the news you said?"

Seeing Davers' performance, Cyporus knew that this incident had attracted great attention from the Supreme Power of Dionia, and he was immediately calm.

But he didn't know that the reason why Davers cared about this matter was not only because the formation of a tribal alliance of the Brutis might pose a danger to the territory of the Dionian alliance, but more importantly, Davers had been considering the Brutis' issue for a long time.

With Crotone also defeated by Dionia, the establishment of the Southern Italian League left the Dionian League with little power to compete with it in southern Italy.

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Chapter completed!