I am the son of the traveler

Chapter 50 Surrender and Recalcitrance

In the hall of chiefs, Antigonus had a close conversation with Albogan and others. They exchanged opinions on several issues such as the way out and treatment of the Sarata tribe after the surrender, because Albogan was afraid of the Macedonian kingdom. Fortunately, Antigonus was not an aggressive character, nor did he embarrass the chiefs, so he gave a few generous treatment in the eyes of the chiefs.

It is said to be a generous treatment, but that is actually the case. Antigonus promised that the Salata people can continue to live in their original land and conduct regular trade with the customs. The Kingdom of Macedonia will also guarantee the safety of their tribe, and they only need to A tribute was paid every quarter, the sons of the chiefs were sent to Pella as hostages, and auxiliary troops were provided to join the war when the suzerain country went to war.

These ordinary treatment in the eyes of Antigonus are not so serious in the eyes of the chiefs. They thought that Antigonus would take the opportunity to propose very harsh conditions, just like the conditions proposed by the big tribes in the past when they conquered the small tribes. , pay a very high amount of supplies, give half of the tribe’s slaves and half of the soldiers to join the army of the suzerain tribe to assist in the battle, but this kind of assistance in combat is actually used as cannon fodder. Usually after the war is over, the soldiers who can return home safely Ten does not save one.

In order to express his loyalty and improve his status in front of the new master, Albogan then sent several envoys to persuade several friendly tribes to surrender, boasting vividly how good and generous the Macedonians are, hoping to draw them together Into the thief ship... ah bah, into the path of light.

When Antigon saw Alboghan being so active, his favor with him increased a lot, so he rewarded him with a generous drachma as an incentive, and promised that as long as he could win over the five tribes If he surrendered, Antigonus would give him the status of a Macedonian citizen, and if he could get more than ten tribes to surrender, he would be given the status of a Greek nobleman.

For a person who has just surrendered, being able to have the status of a citizen or aristocrat of the Kingdom of Macedonia means that he has finally integrated into the social class of the suzerain country, and the sense of security in his heart will be much more at ease. He will work harder for the suzerain country and be loyal. The speed will also be greatly improved.It's like Caesar's conquest of Gaul at the end of the Roman Republic, allowing barbarian chiefs to enter the Roman Senate, which won people's hearts and made them more loyal.

After obtaining the surrender of the Salata tribe, Antigonus had other ideas. He wanted to transform a territory that did not originally belong to him into his actual ruling territory. There was a very easy way, and that was to transfer from the native Move some of the residents of the country to settle here and establish settlements. With the settlements, he can further dispatch troops to rule.

Now that the Salata tribe has surrendered and the threat to the settlement has been eliminated, this means that Antigonus can directly transfer civilians from within the pass to settle.Antigonus' idea was simple. He decided to use the land outside the customs as a bargaining chip to organize poor citizens or free people in Pella to settle down. He would first build several settlements, which could also serve as a transfer point for supplies for the army's expedition. , and then consider whether to further organize population immigration based on the actual situation.

After Antigonus shared his thoughts with his two confidants, he immediately got the support of Cronos and Agnes. They all believed that the land outside the pass was equally fertile, and if it could be cultivated, the agricultural production of the kingdom would be able to It has been greatly improved, and as June is coming soon, the port of Pella City will soon welcome the annual refugee wave.

The so-called refugee wave means that every June, there will be a number of refugees crossing the Aegean Sea and landing at the port of Pera. They all come from another world, the Europa continent, and they drifted here only because they encountered shipwreck while sailing. In this strange world, there seems to be a god guiding them to Pella.

This statement was asked from the mouths of those refugees, and it is also a generally accepted statement within the kingdom. However, Antico, who inherited the system of a generation of previous travelers, knew that these so-called refugees were given to them by the system in another way. It is precisely because of the annual refugee flow that the population of the Kingdom of Macedonia has grown from two thousand at the beginning to thirty-five thousand now in more than 30 years.

The population brought by the refugee wave is also random. It can bring a maximum of 200 to [-] people in a year, and the minimum is only [-]. Moreover, the races of these people are also different, sometimes they are from Macedonia in Europe. The citizens of the Kingdom are sometimes Greeks from the Peloponnese, sometimes natives from Crete or even the islands around the Aegean Sea, etc., but they have one common feature, they are all Pan-Hellenic people in the world.

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After Albogan's persuasion to surrender and the threat of the approaching Macedonian army, several weaker tribes directly expressed their surrender to the Macedonians. Their envoys held a piece of earth and a jug of water in their hands, representing that they were surrendering their land and water sources. Submit, surrender.For these people, Antigonus maintained his usual generosity, only allowing them to accept the same conditions as the Salata tribe, and sent the chiefs' descendants to the Macedonian army to serve as hostages.

In order to protect the tribe, those chiefs who surrendered naturally did not dare to go against Antigon's will. While sending their sons as hostages, they searched for food and supplies in the tribe and voluntarily handed them over to the Macedonian army. Seeing that they were so sensible, Antigon Ke is also happy to see the success.

However, while Antigonus's army was advancing like a broken bamboo, those tribal envoys who were discussing how to resist finally escaped from the day-long quarrel. People turned to their neighbors to the north for help, and at the same time desperately gathered the last mobilized men and strong women in each tribe, relying on the complex woods to fight back.

It is a barbarian tradition that all the people are soldiers and must be tried.

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On May 5, the vanguard of the Macedonian army fought against the united barbarian tribes.

In the dense woods, there are swords and swords and the sound of human beings shouting and killing everywhere.

"Catch up!"

Seeing the throwing ax flying from not far away and hitting the tree trunk beside him, the Agirian axeman shouted angrily. As soon as he finished speaking, several light infantrymen without armor rushed out behind them. tree, while chasing the barbarian warrior not far away who was still drawing a bow and arrow and preparing to shoot.

This is the territory of the Tantonon tribe. Under the threat of the Macedonian soldiers, the tribe directly chose to migrate with the whole family, and left their hometown to the tribal coalition forces as the first battlefield to resist the Macedonians.Their move is correct, because this is about to become the flashpoint of the war.

(End of this chapter)