After receiving praise from his father, Crotokatax showed a happy smile.

"But-" Davers paused and said gently: "I used to say that you were too gentle to do things, but this time it was a little more intense. The great leader of Cauteni Segovani has been captured by us, and has cut off his head to appease the Naconians and the Campanians, but punishing the great leader of Penteni and the leaders of the tribes of the two tribes can certainly make the people happy, but in fact it may lead to dissatisfaction among the people of the two tribes and make the war of Samone not end soon, which is not what we hope.

You should know that the tradition of the Samones is that the strong are respected. If the great leader of the Pentey and these tribe leaders lose their battles and loses their land, they will lose their prestige and appeal among their people. We forgive them and support them to continue to serve as tribe leaders. This will not only gain their gratitude, but also benefit our control over the Samones. We can add a covenant, "The great leader of the Samone tribes must be confirmed by the kingdom before they can formally exercise power in the tribes," so that the authority of the kingdom can be established among the Samone tribes.

Of course, you suggest that the new big leader of Kautini be selected from the Naconia tribe, which is very good! I think the young leader of Naconia who can first rise up to resist the Kautini people in the Battle of Lora is called..."

"Your Majesty, his name is Vasonk. He belongs to Avangum, the second largest tribe in the Naconia region. He was elected as the leader of the tribe because his father was killed by Segovani. However, he seemed to be too young and only 20 years old." While briefly introducing the situation of this person, Tolmeed also reminded.

"It doesn't matter if you are young. As long as he trusts Dionia, Dionia will support him and he can become the leader!" Davers said proudly.

"Your Majesty is right! The Samone tribe in the future cannot survive in the mountains without the support of the kingdom!" Henipolis loudly expressed his support.

Crotokataks and Tolmeed thoughtfully.

"In addition, there is another very important thing. I forgot to say last time, Croto, you didn't notice that this time the Samones were able to provoke war, except for the four major leaders who reached an agreement, who still played a big role in it?" Davers asked again.

"High Priest Samonet!" Crotokatax blurted out.

"Yes, the High Priest Samonet and his priests, who were above the tribes and had great appeal to the people of Samonet. I even suspected that they were the primary initiators of this war, because the priests of the Kingdom Hades entered the mountains, spread their faith, and violated their fundamental interests.

Therefore, we must ask them to disband the priesthood, and each tribe will elect their own high priests. We must also confirm the kingdom. The Savoni priests in Samonet must be coordinated by the kingdom, and the four high priests take turns to preside over the presidency."

Crotokatax pondered what Davers said, felt the use of political wisdom, and nodded frequently, but he was also a little confused: "Father, this involves the faith of the Samones and the traditions that have been over the years, I'm afraid they won't agree easily."

"Gelny will definitely agree that their Abelum people have been bullied by the priests, and they probably want to have their own high priest Savoni long ago.

The Kauteni must agree, because the tribe suffered heavy losses and was almost destroyed.

The Penteneys had to agree, because their central town was besieged for so long and was about to be captured. Just change the tradition and the survival of the tribe, I think they will agree in the end. As for Caracheni-" Davers sneered: "The other tribes have their own high priests, and the Samone priests they owned may only be used by themselves (the birthplace of the Samone race is in the territory of Caracheni, where there is a holy mountain recognized by the Samone people, so it is also the place where the Samone priests are occupied). If we do not solve this problem while the Samone is weakest, the Samone may bring a lot of trouble to the kingdom in the future!"

"I understand." Crotokatax answered with conscientiousness.

"Herni, based on what I talked to Croto, I wrote to Alexis and asked him to talk to Penteny and the Kauteni according to the opinions in the letter." After Davers finished speaking, he could not hear a response.

"Father, Uncle Heni just went out." Crotokatakus pointed out outside the tent and reminded Davers.

The tabernacle was opened, and Henipolis walked in again: "Your Majesty, two more battle reports are here. One comes from the Third Fleet and the other comes from Sicily."

"Oh..." Davers reached out to take the letter and opened it. The happy expression of the previous moment disappeared without a trace.

"Your Majesty, is it bad news?" Seeing this, Heniporis asked curiously.

"It's not too bad." Davers quickly calmed down and said lightly: "The Third Fleet's fleet infantry went ashore to attack a Phoenician village in Sardinia. As a result, they encountered the Phoenician army that was already prepared. Fighting between the two sides broke out. The Third Fleet lost more than 400 people. Fortunately, they finally successfully retreated."

"More than 400 people?! This is a considerable loss!" Henipolis was a little surprised.

Davers knew that Sardinia was different from Corsica. It was a large island with a large area of ​​land, a large river, a relatively fertile hills and plains, which could be grazed and planted. Therefore, the Phoenicians had a large number of people on this island and established San Ibinia, Olbia, Saros, Cararis, Nora, Surchi... These larger city-states had enough young and middle-aged citizens and established a coalition of no less than 10,000 people. The news that the Third Fleet captured Alenia could not be hidden from the Sardinian Phoenicians not far from Corsica. It was normal for them to be prepared, but Midolades underestimated them because of their previous victory. Such a setback could also make him more awake in his future actions.

"Your Majesty, how should I reply?" Heniporis asked.

"Just say I already know, I hope they can learn from the lessons, and their future military operations should be more flexible and cautious, and they should use the advantages of the navy to expand the scope of the harassment to the entire island, so that the Phoenicians could not judge the movements of the Third Fleet..."

"Father, will you no longer send reinforcements to support the Third Fleet?" Crotokatakus interjected.

"The Phoenicians in Sardinia have been blessed by Carthage for many years, and are greedy for peace and seeking peace. They only seek to defend their own territory. They have no ambitions and will not pose any threat to us. It is not a problem that we urgently need to solve now. Just have the third fleet dragged it down." Davers raised another letter in his hand and sighed softly: "Our greatest threat is still from Sicily. Although the news that Seclian is still alive gave me joy, Mir

Tias was killed in battle, the 4th Fleet was crippled, the friendly city-states on the south coast of Sicily fell one after another, Syracuse suddenly sent troops to declare war... These bad news made me feel uneasy! The Carthage army led by Mago was very powerful, and our Sicily territory would be attacked violently by them..." Davers said with some concern, and after putting the letter on the table with a serious expression, he did not speak anymore, but took his hands and paced back and forth in the tent.

Henipolis curiously picked up the letter and looked carefully. Crotokataks was not as bold as him. After all, he had military training, understood military law, and knew that if he had secretly peeked at military intelligence without permission, he would be severely punished. So despite his curiosity, he just looked at Henipolis with his eyes.

"The Carthaginian army and the Syracuse people launched an attack on our Sicilian territory! Hena, Paragonia, and Taunis were attacked at the same time!" After seeing it, Henipolis said in a low voice to Crotokatax.

"How many enemies are there?"

"What the letter said is that at least 100,000 people participated in the attack! Our army in Sicily only has more than 20,000 people, right?!"

"To be precise... there are about 30,000 people, the seventh and eighth legions, plus the Sicily legion reserve team..."

The two were talking in a low voice

Davers stopped and said, "Croto, go call Thormead, it seems that it's time to take down Satneycomb."

"Yes!" Crotokatax walked out of the tent excitedly.

"Your Majesty, is it a little too early to attack Satneycomm at this time? Last time, he attacked Antium, although there were only 3,000 defenders from the Romans, it also cost us a considerable price. There are much more Roman soldiers in Satneycomm than Antium!" Henipolis couldn't help but remind him.

"According to the observation of the mountain reconnaissance team, the number of patrols on the city's defenders has been significantly reduced in the past two days. And when the Romans' families persuaded to surrender under the city, they lay on the battlements and listened, and their team officials did not stop them... These are phenomena that have never happened before, indicating that the morale of the Roman defenders has dropped significantly. I originally wanted to wait for a while, and maybe the Roman defenders would surrender automatically, but now I can't wait. The sooner the war here ends, the sooner the rescue of Sicily can be rescued!"

Davers spoke firmly, and Henipolis did not persuade him anymore, but began to write a reply to Alexis as Davers had previously directed.

At this time, the palace guard captain Martius walked into the tent: "Your Majesty, the commander of the Martonis legion has important things to ask for.

"Let him in."

Matonis strode into the tent with joy and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the city of Satneycomb has sent Roman envoys, and they are asking for surrender!"
Chapter completed!