Chapter 284 Disappointment

When Pulikas heard this, he understood that the other party wanted to be the "second one in Kabdus", and he suddenly felt angry: I thought that I had been so compromised, and yet I was still being teased by this guy who was called a softie!

Therefore, he angrily broke off the negotiations and continued to imprison him.

Fortunately, it was getting late, and the people who besieged the house had dispersed. The soldiers did not dare to break in because they were afraid of using rat weapons.

Pulikas lay on the bed, tossing and turning, unable to sleep: for a while he felt that he had been too reckless, which led to the situation being difficult to deal with; at the same time he hated Cassix for being cunning and greedy, and the people were ignorant and did not work together to resist the enemy. He came to create trouble for them and saved their lives; but then he thought about the Knicks' army reaching the north bank. If the village was still so scattered, it would be difficult to resist the enemy's attack...

When Pulikas woke up in the morning, he found that the sheets were soaked with sweat.

After a night of suffering, he finally made a painful decision. He found Kasiks again and agreed to his request last night, but hoped that he would settle the people who fled into the village as soon as possible, gather people for defense, and send troops to nearby areas. The tribe asks for help...

Cassix agreed wholeheartedly, but when he was released and was taken back to the mansion by his own warriors, what he was thinking about was how to send someone to catch Pulikas, humiliate him, and vent his anger.

At this moment, the soldiers guarding the stronghold reported in panic: there were many Knick soldiers outside the south gate!

Cassix was shocked and hurried to the south wooden wall to check and found that Pricas was there.

At this moment, the two of them had no intention of scheming. They both looked at the countless fully armed Knick soldiers forming a formation not far away from the village and felt their scalps numb. They did not expect that the Knicks would cross the river and attack so quickly. I also regretted that I was busy with internal fighting and wasted one night.

Faced with the disaster, Cassix panicked, but Pulikas was still calm. After all, as Andres's capable subordinate, he had experienced quite a lot of battles.

Therefore, he asked Kasiks to lead all the warriors in the stronghold to resist the enemy's attack. He asked Kasiks to return to the stronghold to summon more people to help defend the stronghold, and at the same time organize the people who owned ships. Arise, patrol the river bank, and intercept the subsequent support fleet of the Knicks.

All the soldiers in the stronghold, including some nobles, went up to the stronghold wall. There were only more than 300 people in total. Although Pulikas boosted their morale, they heard the high-pitched trumpets and watched the heavily armed enemies approaching the stronghold aggressively. , many people’s legs became weak and their whole bodies trembled.

The Dongzhai is either the residence of the chiefs and nobles, who usually manage the tribesmen in their own tribes, and only come to live in the Dongzhai during tribal meetings or tribal sacrifices and celebrations; or it is the residence of some tribesmen from the big leader's clan. Ordinary house. Originally, the population in the stronghold was not very large, but in the past few battles, these tribesmen were either captured or died. There were not many tribesmen left who could fight with spears, so Kasix could only He personally ran to mobilize the people who had fled into the village to join the war.

But as soon as he arrived at the place where the people gathered, before he had time to move his lips, he was surrounded by some people and asked him for food.

It turned out that because he was imprisoned and Pulikas was trapped in his own house last night, the two people in charge were not there, and there was no one to take charge of the resettlement of the large number of fleeing people. The residents and nobles in the village were worried about being harassed, so they closed their rooms tightly. Except for some brave fleeing people who broke into uninhabited houses to find some food, the others slept starvingly on the pontoon and beside the road for a night. When they woke up the next day, they were naturally hungry. Even more powerful.

Kasiks never expected that such a situation would be in the stronghold, so he had to persuade them to help defend the stronghold first, and then he would ask the servants to make food for them.

The people refused to comply and insisted on having a full stomach before doing anything.

While the two sides were arguing, fires suddenly broke out in many places in the village, and then someone shouted loudly among the people: "The enemy is coming in! Run! Escape from the village quickly! Otherwise, you will be captured by the enemy!..."

The fleeing people who had been frightened when they heard the sound of fighting coming from outside the south wall were suddenly in panic. Instigated by thoughtful people, they rushed desperately towards the north gate and east gate where the sound of fighting had not yet been heard. Kasix and his men who wanted to dissuade them were pushed down, and they were trampled on silently by everyone...

The commotion of the fleeing people immediately affected the residents of the original village. They did not know the situation and ran away in panic.

The entire Dongzhai was in complete chaos...

The Segostika soldiers, whose morale was already low, saw the chaos in the stronghold and had no intention of fighting. Pulikas shouted loudly, but it was difficult to stop the soldiers from escaping.

Knowing that his defeat was certain, he sighed and hurriedly ran down the wooden wall with the defeated soldiers, but instead of escaping back to his own house, he ran towards the place where Andres' son Ancasus lived.

As soon as he opened the courtyard door, he saw Ancasus and his men standing in the courtyard in a panic. As soon as he saw him, he asked anxiously: "Uncle Pulikas, many people outside were shouting that the enemy is attacking." Come in, is this true?”

Pulikas said in a solemn voice: "That's right, we are defeated and we must escape quickly!"

Ancasusus suddenly panicked: "Escape... where are you running to?"

When Pulikas was on the wooden wall, he carefully checked the situation in the village. He said: "There are too many people in the village and it is too chaotic. The roads leading to several village gates are blocked. We can't escape. We can only go to the south by boat and waterway!”

"Ah, go to the south? Not back to the tribe?!" Ancasus was a little reluctant, after all, he had never been to the south and was not familiar with it.

Why go to the south? This is not something that can be explained in a few words, so Pricas just said in a hurry: "The enemy has already attacked, we have to leave quickly, otherwise we can't leave!..."

Pricas's constant urging made the men beside him panic, not to mention Ancasus, who was still a teenager, so he followed Pricas in a daze and hurriedly left the house, desperately running to the river port pier.

At the river port, there was also a chaotic scene. People fought each other for the boats, and screams and sounds of falling into the water were endless...

Pricas took them to a small pier at the innermost part of the river port with some effort. There were three ships moored here. Because there were four heavily armored warriors with long swords guarding, no one dared to make trouble.

When Pricas learned that the Nixen had crossed the Sava River and were preparing to attack the village, he was not very confident that he could defend the eastern village, so he asked his men to quietly prepare for retreat in advance.

The group boarded the boat, which left the dock and drifted down the river.

Pricas looked back at the village reluctantly, his eyes full of regret: more than a decade ago, he followed Andres to break through the village guarded by the Skodischi through a bloody battle. More than a decade later, he repeated the same mistake and let the Nixen take over here, as if he had a dream...

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Seeing the Nixen soldiers pouring into the village on the other side of the river, Maximus breathed a sigh of relief and finally relaxed his whole body. Only then did he realize that his legs were a little numb because he had been standing for too long.

"Congratulations to the leader for capturing the main village of Segestica and becoming the new owner of this land!" Congratulations came from the side.

Maximus turned his head to look at Casinos who was speaking, and while moving his legs and feet, he just said a faint "hmm".

Maximus's calmness made Casinos a little nervous. He mustered up his courage and whispered, "Chief, most of the leaders and patriarchs of the Segestica tribe around the East Village are my direct relatives. I am willing to persuade them to join Nix and become your people!"

Maximus got serious now: "Do you mean that all the Segestica tribes on the east coast are blood relatives of your great chief?"

"Not all of them." Casinos' words were boastful. He stretched out his hand, pointed to a place on the opposite bank, and gestured: "The tribes further south from there are not counted. Their blood relationship is too far away from us!"

Maximus closed his eyes, looked in the direction of his finger, and then said calmly: "I will consider what you said."

Cassinos saw that Maximus did not agree immediately. Although he was disappointed, he did not dare to speak again.

Maximus ignored him and looked around. In addition to his attendants, guards, crossbowmen, and some soldiers of the Third Legion, there were also some people from Segestica who stayed last night.

These people witnessed the fall of the East Village and were a little distraught at the moment. After all, since Segestica became independent, this village has been the power center of Segestica. In the hearts of the people, it is the symbol of the Segestica tribe. Now that it has completely fallen, for some Segestica people, it is as if the sky has fallen, and their hearts have suddenly lost their backbone.

Maximus had been paying attention to the war on the other side of the river just now, and had no time to worry about other things. Now that the battle in the East Village has settled, he called Valerius and asked, "How many Segestica people have joined us Nix since last night?"

"103 people."

"Only 103 people?!" Maximus was a little surprised. There were at least 5,000 Segestica people surrounded by the pontoon last night. When he asked "Is there anyone willing to join Nix", he clearly remembered that at least half of them shouted that they were willing to join. Unexpectedly, there were only so many people. Did the old man make a mistake?

Valerius understood what he was thinking and explained, "Last night, the Segestica people were surrounded by us. Because they were afraid, they shouted "willing to join" together, but when they were asked to register, they all hesitated. These more than 100 people joined because they were familiar with the Segestica recruits of Setonus, and they strongly persuaded them... But now the whole village is occupied by us. If we persuade them again, there should be more people joining."