Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 448

[Chapter 115 The Sublime and the Despicable]

Although Epithenis was unwilling, he had to obey the order. Even though the soldiers of the Fourth and Fifth Legion were reluctant, they had to obey the military order. Continuing to be kneeled and tied to the ground…

Time passed by every minute and a second…

Some of the captive soldiers were lying on the ground because of lack of strength…

Drakes felt that his body was very dry, but he restrained himself with the greatest perseverance. , without saying a word.

As the commander of the legion, he understood the sinister intention of the Syracuses to tie them here, and also understood the reason why the city of Aspurustum was silent.

In such a sinister environment, the only thing he can do is to keep quiet, not to stimulate the fragile nerves of the brothers in the city, so as not to put them in a dangerous situation.

Perhaps in the end, the people of Syracuse saw that their strategy could not succeed, so they could only withdraw obediently…

But Drakes thought of the people of Syracuse too well, and Astagras saw that there was no movement in the city. , a little impatient, glanced at the Campania mercenary leader Endimenas, and said: “Send someone to cut off the head of a prisoner and see if these Dionians can sink. Hold

on.”

Endimenas hesitated, but finally agreed.

In the historical tradition of war in Greece, it is not allowed to kill Greek prisoners in front of the battle. Astagras did not want to be convicted of this crime, so he let the mercenaries do it

. The chosen target is Taturu next to Drakes, just to stimulate the Dionians even more.

When the mercenary raised the gleaming saber high and slashed down from the neck of Tatulu who was unable to resist, and the blood from the neck splattered on Drakes’ body, anger burned again in his weak body.

He understood that the Syracuses had no intention of letting them go.

Hearing the uncontrollable screams and noises from the city wall in front of him, the cries of the captive soldiers next to him, and the sharp pain in his lungs, he finally made up his mind.

He struggled to straighten his body, used all his strength, and shouted in a hoarse voice: “The Dionysian Legion is victorious! Avenge me and my brothers in the future! Avenge!!” After saying that, he tried his last strength and smashed his head hard against a sharp stone that emerged from the ground in front of his knees.

At that moment, he remembered the picture of Davos smilingly conferring the flag to him, who was covered in bandages, in the Plaza Amendolara: “Lord Davos…” A smile appeared on his face… …

“Bang! …”

Immediately afterwards,

many of Dionia’s captive soldiers also imitated Drakes and crashed to death on the ground …

Astagras and Endimenas saw this tragic scene, they were shocked. Like clay puppets, they came back to their senses after a while. They didn’t expect the Dionysians to be so stubborn!

In particular, Drax, as an important figure in Dionia, did not spare his life, unwilling to be humiliated, and died like this…

“Quick! Go and cure them!…” The brave warrior who has always fought Astagras shouted in panic, and he was inexplicably fearful in his heart.

“Lord Commander!” Epithenis, a man who rarely sheds tears, stood in front of Felixus with grief and indignation: “Because of our fragility, Drax… Drax is brave. The battle is dead…”

Felixius gritted his teeth guiltily, clenched his fists tightly, his gums burst open and blood flowed, he didn’t realize it, the voice squeezed out from his mouth, it was so painful, and at the same time it contained With endless resentment: “Dracos…Dracos was afraid that we would be fooled by the Syracuses, so he chose…chosen to go to the Valhalla! Hades is above, I swear! I am Feili Hughes swears that he will defeat Syracuse and bring the tyrant and the corpses of his subordinates to worship the heroic spirit of Drakes!!” Epithenes

snorted, also with infinite resentment in his eyes, looked at To the Syracuse under the city, then to the soldiers.

Soon, the whole city resounded the Hades hymn: “King of Hell, Lord of Justice,

Black-haired, black-eyed Hades,

I, a heroic warrior,

came to your solemn temple

to ask me what I had done before me?

I love wielding a shield and spear and drinking the blood of my enemies!

Ask me if I ever tremble and fear?

Never!

Because I want to brag about my achievements in front of you!

…” The

solemn and majestic chants echoed over the city of Asporustum, and finally turned into a deafening sentence: “Lord Drakes is victorious!

Long live the Dionian Legion!

!

Kill all the Syracuses!

!

!

…” When

the Syracuse soldiers under the city heard this, their expressions changed.

Astagras became sluggish, and waved his hands weakly and said, “Go back and report to your lord…”

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When Astagras briefly told Dionysius what had happened under Asproustum, the tent was silent.

Now, Syracuse People have the absolute advantage in the entire battle, but the solemn expressions on everyone’s faces in the tent, as if the people of Syracuse have lost the battle.

Dionysius coughed a few times, and said in a deep voice: ” Our siege preparations have to speed up!

I hope to be able to launch an attack on Crotone the day after tomorrow!

Asprostum…well, be on guard for now.

”

“Yes, my lord!”

“Faci Pesas stood up in response, and then immediately turned around to leave the tent, rushing to urge the engineers, craftsmen and soldiers to speed up the progress.

At this moment, everyone in the tent seemed to have a sense of urgency in their hearts: they must take advantage of wearing The Onia Alliance is still weak, quickly destroy it, otherwise it will likely be attacked by it!

Even the arrogant Phoebe Das was not moved, he couldn’t help remembering: Aristodemus, a Spartan a few decades ago, this brave Spartan citizen as King Leonidas 300 years ago. A member of the Guards, who was unable to participate in the Battle of Wenquan Pass because of his eye disease, took the initiative to rush to the front in the Battle of Pradia a year later, died heroically to restore his reputation, and was praised by the Chinese…

Dio Nia citizens’ respect for honor and their courage and will to fight seems to be no weaker than ours!

Phoebe Das thought in a complicated mood.

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This day is destined to be an unforgettable day for the people of the Dionysian Alliance!

Although the Syracuses have not yet begun to attack the inner city of Crotone, the mercenary cavalry has already crossed the Neto River and galloped on the Croton Plain on the side of Dionia. It was ignited, and the villages began to be destroyed…

In the northeast of Dionia, the Tarantum, with nearly 20,000 soldiers, was reluctant to join forces with Dionia-Heraklia. In the confrontation in front of the city of Heraclea, Diomilas sent some soldiers to cross the Agri River south and enter the territory of Amendolara in Dionia, where they started wanton destruction, in an attempt to force Dionia’s newly built second The Seventh Legion leaves the city of Heraclea.

The first waterwheel in the entire Greek world, the pride of the Amendolaras, was destroyed in the fire.

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In the Bruti region of the Dionian Alliance, although Petaru’s rebels were eliminated, Bergam learned his lesson and led the 2000 who followed him. Many troops did not fight Hieronymus who came to encircle and suppress them. They took advantage of the complex terrain of Ambania and the protection of Lake Cecita to deal with the counter-insurgency army.

In order to stabilize the situation in Bruti, Hiros had to postpone the plan to convene soldiers to form a new army and support Turii.

At sea, the commander of the Syracuse navy, Leputines, finally joined the warships scattered on the east and west coasts of Greater Greece in the Siridium, gathered a powerful fleet of more than 400 warships, and headed north along the east coast of Greater Greece. , ready to force Dionia’s fleet out to a decisive battle.

The Crimeans, Castrons, and Turians all saw the huge fleet that covered the entire sea, and they all began to tremble…

But what the people of Dionia did not know was that in the west, in the When Laos and the actual ruler of his city-state, Arobmas, learned that “Syracuse was defeated by the Allied Forces of South Italy, quickly occupied Trina, Siletin, and conquered Columbia”, he Heartbroken.

However, the news that “Davos completely defeated the Samonais” soon came, and he hesitated.

Until the news of “Tarantum’s rebellion against the alliance, the rebellion of the elders of Bruti, and the invasion of the city of Crotone by the army of Syracuse” came one after another, Dionia was surrounded by enemies on all sides and was in danger.

Arobmas believes that in such a situation, no matter how powerful Davos is, it is difficult to guarantee a defeat.

But he did not act immediately, and he had to wait for the army led by Davos to leave Lucania and return to Turii, because he did not want to suffer the wrath of the Dionians first.

And when the spies told him, ‘Henepolis led his troops to follow the main force of Dionia and went to Turii together’.

He was even more relieved. To tell the truth, he was reluctant to raise a knife and gun to his nephew and those Laos soldiers. Their departure removed his psychological barrier.

On this day, he imprisoned the family of his brother Avinogis, summoned the officials and leaders of Laos, and declared: Laos leaves the Dionysian League!

He also sent an army of 1,500 men to the fortress of the La River, claiming to be: to respond to the request of the Dionysian consul, to reinforce Turii.

Tagle, the team officer of the La River Fortress, had been reminded by Davos before, and he had already raised his vigilance and insisted that the Laos show the orders issued by the Dionysian Senate and the Ministry of Military Affairs, otherwise they would refuse to let Laos The people enter!