Chapter 43 Cornerus
When Cornerus was led into the Senate by soldiers, he was both excited and nervous.
Since Amendorara was occupied by the Lucans, Cornerus's life in the past six months has been like hell: during the day, under the Lucans' care, sheep, cut down trees, and transport supplies, and a little slack, at the least, they were insulted, and at the worst, they were beaten and beaten with sticks, and even food was not given; at night, they were imprisoned with others in the Temple of Zeus. Although the temple was large, thousands of people were crowded together, eating, drinking, and urinating, all inside. The air was dirty, the space was small, and children were often fussed, and adults cried, and they were not allowed to sleep peacefully all night. The harsh environment was imagined. At the same time, the Lucans only gave them half full every day, which made them weak and people continued to die of illness.
During the long period of detention, Cornerus, like others, was exhausted both physical and mental resistance. He accepted his fate and felt that he would live so numbly until he quietly returned to the underworld...
But yesterday, they were gathered up urgently, ready to carry carts and load items, and were busy until evening, and even the vicious Lucarians took action, and from their panicked expressions, Cornerus felt something.
Sure enough, the Lucanian people quietly told them: he overheard what the Lucanians were talking about, saying "... Grummentum's army was destroyed by some Greek mercenaries", "Those Greeks are all murderous beasts, which are terrible..." and so on.
This news excited the people of Amendorala. They saw hope of getting out of trouble, so late at night, many people tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep, and then they heard the faint sound of fighting...
What happened?! The sensitive people of Amendorala stood up one after another, came to the entrance of the temple, and looked out through the crack of the door: Lucania's guards were panicked and shouted in panic, so that the people in the temple could hear clearly: "The Greeks attacked the city!"
The people were extremely excited. The consul Glatbaflo, who had always been decisive, saw the guards leaving one after another, as if they were going to reinforce the enemy fighting at the foot of the mountain, and immediately organized citizens to fight back. The people of Amendolar, who hated the Lukari people, worked together to break open the door, rushed up, and knocked down the few remaining Lukani guards with stones and fists.
The people had just left the temple, but they met the Lukari people who returned to the rescue (actually the Lukani soldiers were completely unable to resist the attack of the mercenaries. Vesba was in a hurry to think of the more than a thousand Greek people imprisoned in the temple, which might be hostages in exchange for the survival of their own tribes). The unarmed and weak people of Amendorala were certainly not the opponent of the Lukari soldiers, but they had just broken through the cage and reinforcements were about to arrive. The Amendorala people, full of anger and hope, were unwilling to surrender again. As a result, the consul Glatbaflo was the first to die in battle, and the strong and charged forward citizens were almost completely lost. Just when the Lukari people could not control their bloodthirsty impulse and were about to kill the remaining trembling Amendorala people, the Greek mercenaries arrived.
Just in front of the people of Amendora, these strong and burly soldiers showed their might and instantly killed the vicious enemy who had just been killed and surrendered.
When these murderous soldiers walked towards the people of Amendolar, the Amendolar people couldn't help but tremble. Unexpectedly, these soldiers helped the weak with concern, prepared clean beds, delivered steaming porridge, and doctors carefully checked their bodies and treated the trauma, and entered the Paradise of Elysees from hell!
Cornerus shed tears of gratitude more than once, so he, like others, began to inquire about the origin of this team that was brave in fighting but full of love for his compatriots. The soldiers, doctors, and women who bandaged their wounds and called "nurses" by the soldiers, and slaves told the people of Amendorala about everything about themselves. Therefore, Cornerus learned that this Greek army came from Asia Minor. Under the leadership of the Persian prince Cyrus, he went deep into the Persian hinterland to fight against the Persian king's army, and then fought thousands of miles to safely return to Byzantium, accepted Turiyi's employment, and came to Great Greece. After the defeat of the battle led by Turiyi, the mercenaries joined forces with Tarantum reinforcements to take the lead and wiped out the Lucanian tribal coalition. Then, without any repair, they attacked Amendorala that night and saved them...
The story of the mercenary is as legendary as the epic "Odyssey", which is fascinating. What makes Cornerus even more magical is the leader of the mercenary. According to the soldiers, this young leader was just an ordinary soldier at first, and there was nothing special about it. However, when he was fighting with the Persian army, he woke up after fainting. Not only did his personality change drastically, but he was also smart and wise, and solved many problems. The soldiers all believed that he was favored by the Pluto Hadith and was inspired by God, so he became unique.
So he was elected as the leader, and Davers did not disappoint everyone and created one miracle after another: he led the soldiers out of the siege and returned to Greece; he dismissed the opposition alone and accepted Turiyi's invitation; when the battle failed and everyone was pessimistic, he resolutely launched an attack on the powerful Lucanian coalition, annihilated the enemy with a huge gap in force, creating an almost impossible miracle; then, when others believed that the mercenary war was urgently needed to rest, he launched an attack on Amendorala again within a day...
Therefore, when the mercenaries told Cornerus that the leader of Davers wanted to see him, he was so impatient and eager to see the young leader who led such a unique army, and was respected and admired by the soldiers, and called him "the favored man of God", "the son of miracle", and "our Davers".
As soon as he entered the hall, he quickly welcomed a young man with a smile on his face and shouted affectionately: "Mr. Cornerus!"
Cornerus was stunned: "Who are you?"
The guards leading the way said proudly: "This is our leader Davers!"
Although he learned from the mercenaries that Davers was a young man, when he stood in front of him, Cornerus was still surprised that he was too young and easy-going, and he was completely different from the mercenary leader he had imagined, and he was a little disobedient for a moment.
Davers was also looking at the elder of the Amendolar Senate: It is reported that his family was one of the founders of Amendolar more than two hundred years ago. It has continued to this day. It has produced countless consuls and veterans. It can be said to be a famous family of Amendolar. Although Cornerus himself is just a veteran, he is kind and helpful, and has a high reputation among the people. This is why Davers chose him first. Looking at the middle-aged man who was in a state of disgrace due to long-term detention, Davers asked with concern: "I heard that you were injured last night. Don't you know better?"
Colperus stroked the bandage on his abdomen and said gratefully: "It's much better! It's much better! Your doctors have a very high medical skills! Leader Davers, thanks to you who arrived in time last night, otherwise we would be all over!"
Davers' heart skipped, and looked at Cornerus carefully. His sincere expression was not like a false alarm. Last night, when he learned that the Lucanians had a fierce battle with the people of Amendolar who broke through the temple, he deliberately slowed down his attack, causing most of the young citizens of Amendolar to die in battle. He felt a little guilty and said quickly: "Well... Lord Cornerus, I invite you here today, because there is news to tell you that we will leave soon."
Cornerus was shocked: "Why?"
"Although the Lukari people suffered a heavy blow this time, they were vast and numerous. I heard that Potendia was preparing to assist Grummentum, so Turiyi urgently asked us to go back to help defend their city." Davers' expression seriously seemed to be true.
Chapter completed!