Chapter 277: Setonus's Persuasion (Continued)

"The food that was handed over was not for me to enjoy privately. It was to be handed over to the chief, who then handed it over to the great chief to supply the army and go out to fight the enemy..." Alpas realized something and quickly explained: "Our Segestica tribe is in a dangerous situation. Since we started to resist the Skodischi people, we have been fighting almost every year. Without enough food to summon the tribesmen to fight, how can we ensure the safety of the tribe!——"

"But we have suffered a series of disastrous defeats. Not only is the tribe unsafe, but it is even more dangerous!" Someone suddenly said a few words, choking Alpas speechless.

Sethronus took the opportunity to take over the conversation and continued to scold Alpas loudly: "From what you said, it is reasonable for us ordinary people to live a hard life, but what about you! You tribal leaders, elders, and clan leaders have much more land and slaves than us ordinary people, and you have brave warriors guarding your houses and property. You have to take a part of the grain we hand over for your own use, and you can also increase your own land by confiscating the land of the tribesmen-"

"Nonsense! You are talking nonsense!" Alpas shouted angrily: "You traitor, you are slandering the leaders and elders of noble blood! Slandering the sacred traditions of our Pannoni!-"

"I slander?!" Sethronus sneered, turned to the crowd, and said loudly: "There are his tribesmen among you, tell me, has he worked as hard as us to farm and herd sheep?!"

"No... No, never..." A captive said with courage.

"Have you ever seen him charging in front of every battle like us, with many scars on his body?!" Setonus asked again. In fact, most of the tribal leaders and nobles of Segestica are good at fighting, but there are a few who are not very active in the battlefield like Alpas. Setonus knew it by looking at his body shape, so he asked this question.

"No!" This time the captive answered louder.

"When the harvest was bad and we didn't have enough food, did he give us enough food to help us get through the difficulties?" Setonus asked again.

"No!!" This time the captives answered even louder.

"Brothers, see, these are the leaders and chieftains of our tribe! They have long forgotten the tradition of our tribe - they should treat the tribe members like family members, but they only care about enriching themselves and let us suffer!"

Cytonus was not only assigned to work in the Nix tribe, Maximus also specially arranged for the eloquent veterans to chat with these reserve tribe members in their free time and listen to their complaints. Most of the words Cytonus said today came from the guidance of the veterans.

At this moment, Setonus became more and more excited. The words that the veterans usually said flowed out of his own mouth, and his mind became clearer, as if he had suddenly realized something: "We charge at the front in battle, and we hand in the most food during harvest, but we get the least. We are even severely punished for making a small mistake...

How can we be the tribesmen! We are actually the slaves of the leaders and clan leaders! We are just a little higher than the slaves of Scodischi!——"

"You are a fool——" Alpas was about to curse angrily, but a cold and sharp object immediately stuck to his soft neck. It was the dagger of the Nix soldier. He shut up tactfully.

"I didn't know what fairness meant until I joined the Nix tribe!" Saitonus said excitedly, "Your efforts should be rewarded accordingly! I have been farming for the Nix tribe for half a year. The day before yesterday, I participated in a very large and fierce battle with the army and won. Then I rushed here desperately and captured you... Because of my efforts, I became a formal member of the Nix tribe and obtained at least 60 acres of land! In the future, if I continue to make contributions in battle, I will also be rewarded by the tribe, get more land, and even become a noble of the Nix tribe! Instead of being like in the Segestica tribe, Same, always an ordinary tribesman who is bullied!"

After Saitonus said this, the surrounding captives immediately burst into an uproar. Even the steady Onosis couldn't help asking: "Saitonus, can you really get more than 60 acres of land in Nix? ! And get a noble status like Alpas? ! "

"Of course it's true!" Saitonus said firmly: "The Nix tribe has a special decree for this, and all the tribesmen know it! And some Nix tribesmen have already obtained up to 100 acres of land through their outstanding performance!"

"100 acres? ! "The commotion in the crowd was even greater, and some people even exclaimed.

The captives around were eager to join the tribe and asked loudly: "If I join the Nix tribe, will you give me 60 acres of land?!"

"You just joined the Nix tribe and haven't done anything for Nix. Nix doesn't know whether you really joined. How can they give you land immediately!——"

As soon as Setonus said a few words, he saw some captives showing disappointment. He immediately emphasized his tone and said: "Think about it, in our Segestica tribe, there are tribesmen from other tribes who want to join, but they have to work for the leader and the chief for a long time before they can be accepted by the tribe. As for obtaining land, there are only a few opportunities to obtain it...

But in the Nix tribe, as long as you honestly do farm work for the tribe for three years, you can become a formal tribesman and get 50 acres of land. If you participate in battles and make meritorious contributions during these three years, you can shorten the time it takes to become a formal tribesman, and you may also increase the land you deserve, just like me, do you understand? ! ”

“I understand, I understand, three years is not a long time, just work hard, this is what I am best at.” A captive nodded immediately.

“I am not good at work, but I like fighting. Can I join your Nix tribe and become a warrior, fight for Nix, and get land as soon as possible by making meritorious contributions?” A strong captive asked loudly.

“This... should also be possible.” Cythonus hesitated and replied: “But you have to pass the test of the Nix army first.”

“As strong as I am, will the Nix army not take a fancy to me!” The captive raised his thick arms and said confidently.

“Odetus is a famous warrior in our tribe! "Another captive boasted proudly next to him.

"You guys, do you still have any conscience!" An old captive cursed angrily: "The Nixes are our enemies! How many of our people have they killed? You actually want to join our enemies. You will definitely be punished by the gods and die a miserable death!"

"No! Not only will you not be punished by the gods if you join the Nixes, but you will be blessed!" Setonus said loudly and confidently: "Because the leader of the Nixes, Maximus, is a descendant of the goddess Danu, and is blessed by the goddess, so he brought his people here to defeat us who are much stronger than the Nixes many times with fewer people, and to make the Kupa River, which surged in the rainy season in previous years, return to calm this year... So the Nixes tribe just settled down and began to build the Temple of the Goddess Danu, and the fact that the leader of the Nixes is a descendant of the goddess Danu was also confirmed by the sage Emmerich.

"Is this true?! Chief Nix is ​​actually a descendant of the goddess Danu?!"

"It should be true. Didn't you hear him say that there is a temple of the goddess Danu in the Nix tribe, and this matter has been confirmed by the sage Emmerich! Sage Emmerich is the only Skodis Druid in our Segestica tribe. He is blessed by the gods. Any patient will be cured after being examined by him. He can't be lying!"

"No wonder our brave chief Andres and chief Kabudes are so inexplicably They died unexpectedly! They rashly attacked the Nix tribe blessed by the goddess Danu, which must have angered the goddess Danu and punished them! The goddess Danu is the mother of all things and the god of the earth! "

"Oh! What should we do? ! We fought with the Nix people and also angered the goddess. No wonder we were captured!"

"Hey, can I join the Nix now? ! "

"Me too! I want to join too!"

...

For a while, many captives around rushed to express their strong desire to "join the Nix" to Setonus.

Such similar scenes happened repeatedly in every small camp for captives.

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Late at night, Maximus was awakened from a deep sleep: "Captain, as you expected, the Segestica people in the village really wanted to escape at night!"

Maximus rubbed his sleepy eyes and asked casually: "What's the situation now?"

"The three battalions of the First Legion and the two battalions of the Fourth Legion all followed the previous deployment and went up to intercept in time. I believe none of them can escape!" The attendant replied excitedly.

"Okay, okay..." Maximus yawned and said weakly: "I'll sleep for a while. When everything is over, call the two legion commanders, Phesalus and Aulus."

"Yes, chief!"

About two hours later, Phesalus and Aulus stood in the military tent.

"Chief, we have captured all the Segestica people in the village. We have also occupied the entire village and obtained all the food and supplies stored in the village by the Pannonian army!..." Feisalus happily introduced the situation and added: "Chief, you are really amazing. You guessed that they would escape early!"