'General, there are tracks of horses, only a hand full it seems that thy are passed here not to long ago, leading south-west into our county'
'good work men, it seems that the traveler is heading towards the river in the hope to find a crossing... well I know this land and I know where the nearest crossing is. and we shall be waiting for him there... we got him.... quickly now gather all man, we're leaving!'
an hour later Briareus reached the crossing.
'make a screen of riders before the crossing. no one may pass it without my authorization'
the cavalry deployed in silence. and thy waited.... when suddenly after twenty minuets of waiting, an horseman came towards the crossing, he seemed to have traveled from far. when he saw the riders blocking his path he halted, but he did not turned around....
the standoff Lasted a few seconds, Briareus was wondering who it could be, it was probably just an lone traveler, not worth his attention, but still the unknown man had a certain look in his eyes, and his clothing where no clothing of normal peasants, but more for messengers...
'Halt!'shouted Briareus 'you have entered the Kingdom of Heodai. what is your buisness here?
meanwhile in the capital city.
Cyrene was worried, Briareus was gone scouting the borders, one moment the general was here the next he was off with the entire cavalry....
'he knows what he is doing' she muttered... 'but do I know what I am doing?'
Cyrene walked to her window, outside she could see the harbor and parts of the city. she loved the city, but she feared for her. scouts came in yesterday with news about massive armies being gathered in other nations, rumors about the lizards who where increasing there numbers.... we should not stay behind Cyrene thought, the new taxes where gathered at the moment. and we could start increasing the army size...
Cyrene took up an small bell and signaled for an servant.
quickly a man came out of no where... 'yes m'lady?'
'send word to Epheus that thy have to increase there medium infantry with 5000 man as soon as possible. Epheus is our border town, if an enemy want's to strike against our capital then thy first have to take Epheus...'
'ofcourse m'lady' I'll send word right away, is there anything else?'
yes, also send someone to the docks, tell our shipbuilders that thy have t build 30 new warships, and 20 transport vessels right away.'
'30 new triremes and 20 small transport ships m'lady?'
'yes, I want to prepare an expedition... leave now and do as ur told..'
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new page: gold and population increase: (right?)
3798 extra gold due to taxes over 37.980 people in 3 cities.
3798 + 166 rest gold = 3964 gold.
reached page 3. so population increase 10.000 per city(right? if I'm messing things up, sorry I also did not entirely got this part
)
Astra 18.980 + 10.000 people = 28.980 people
Epheus 08.000 + 10.000 people = 18.000 people
Meteora 11.000 + 10.000 people = 21.000 people
total army size:
2700 med. infantry
500 archers
500 sailors
200 Livana Amazon guards.
120 light horseman.
total navy size:
5 heavy Trireme warships
(new Units Training)
5000 medium infantry at Epheus, total population remaining in that city: 13.000
-1000$
(shipbuilders)
30 triremes. 1/3 ready (60 gold for 1 ship) -1800$
20 transport vessels 1/3 ready (20 gold for 1 ship)-0400$
gold: 3964 -3200 = 764 gold remaining