Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 474

[Chapter 141 Syracuse’s Response]

At this time, Dionysius glanced at the people in the tent, and his eyes fell on a person in the corner: “Androsthenes, what’s the matter with you?! The Dionysian fleet used such a strange device, You didn’t realize that our fleet suffered such a huge loss, do you think you should be punished?!”

Androstini’s face turned pale.

In fact, the intelligence chief of the entire Syracuse is Hiparinus, and he is just one of the leaders, just following the army.

The Dionysian Fleet was already training new tactics before the war, and Androstini remembered the information from Turii that it was said that the Dionysian Fleet was conducting closed training in the Krati River.

It’s just that neither Dionysius nor Hiparinus nor him took it to heart. At most, pay attention to the number of Dionysian three-tier oars, who the generals are, and so on. After all, Thira Kuza’s naval advantage was too great, and no one cared about Dionia’s humble fleet.

Who knew that Dionysius seemed to lay all the blame for this failure on Androsthenes, but he did not dare to refute, who said that he was neither the tyrant’s brother nor his father-in-law?

Androstini cursed inwardly, but said with sincerity and fear on his face: “Sir, I…I…”

Dionysius waved his hand: “Your guilt will be investigated carefully after the war is over! From now on, you must collect Dionysian intelligence more carefully, and you can’t miss any more, you know!”

Although Dionysius hated his brother’s incompetence, he had to defend him, because defending him was defending him own dignity.

Therefore, he subtly shared the blame for the failure of the naval battle.

Although Androstini was not punished for the time being, he was secretly complaining in his heart: Now that Turii and Crimisa have carried out a strict military blockade, it is very difficult to transmit information.

“Leptiris, do you think it would be feasible to install this kind of wooden bridge from the Dionysian warship on our warship?” Dionysius turned his gaze to the Admiral who was still kneeling on the ground.

All the generals were a little surprised: this was tantamount to abandoning the naval experience and traditions that Syracuse, and even the Greek city-states had proven to be effective for hundreds of years, to learn from a new city-state alliance that had only won one naval battle. Is it possible?

!

But Dionysius was not a conventionalist. On the contrary, he was a reformer and a pragmatist, as evidenced by the reorganization and reform of the army and the advancement of siege technology.

“I… I don’t know, because I have never been trained in this area…” Leptines was obviously a conservative, and he reluctantly said: “And on the Dionysian warship The wooden bridge turns so flexibly, I am afraid there are some special devices, I think… it can’t be done in a short time,

and… it is also necessary to equip it on a warship to fight against the Dionysians, this… this is all It

takes time to train…”

“Then do a good study with the engineers and craftsmen!” Leputines’ dullness made Dionysius’ anger come out again: “It’s too late, the Dionysian fleet is attacking. We also have enough soldiers on our warships! Don’t the Dionians want to turn naval battles into land battles? Then let’s have a good fight at sea!”

“But my lord…” Leptines reminded cautiously: “We don’t have enough three-tier oars…”

“Idiot!” Dionysius cursed: “Call me back the fleet in Messina. , and also from the port of Syracuse! In addition, send someone to inform Philistos and let him speed up the construction of new warships, understand?!

” Nonstop.

“Get out of here, and hurry up and execute it!” Dionysius just finished speaking, and Leptinius’s account was much faster than when he came in.

Dionysius had no intention of paying attention to this, and he knew very well that despite these measures, in a short period of time, the strength of Dionysian’s fleet had prevailed.

For Syracuse, who fought across the sea, sea control was crucial, and once it was lost, it meant that the expedition army would be cut off from its mother state.

It is a trivial matter for the Syracuse army to fluctuate. The lack of local resources and the inability to control the politics of Syracuse is what scares Dionysius the most.

Moreover, Davos has led the main force back. Now that there is no intrusion and restraint from the Syracuse fleet, he can lead the army south at any time, which makes Dionysius to “whether to attack Crotone with all his strength”. shaken.

At this moment, Dionysius said calmly: “Now our fleet has suffered a defeat, you all talk about it, what should we do next?

” Rotone!” Astagras said without hesitation: “Although we have no advantage at sea, on land, the Dionians cannot resist such a powerful army! As long as we capture Kro Tone, there will be no major obstacles to the north. We can go straight to the city of Turii. No matter how many warships Dionia has, it will be useless. When the time comes, it is war or peace, and it is up to you to decide. Now!”

“My lord, I also agree with General Astagras’ opinion.” Facipesas seemed to sense Dionysius’s thoughts, and said, “While the Tarantums are still north, Threatening Turii, we should hurry to take Crotone! If we retreat at this point and let the Dionians rendezvous with Crotones, the number of soldiers they must gather will give us Cause even more trouble!”

“Sir Dionysius.” En’Amenas, the leader of the Campania mercenary army, also stood up and said: “The soldiers are now very motivated, because they all know that Crotone is a very good man. A wealthy city-state, if we give up attacking it…”

The generals in the tent all focused on attacking Crotone, which made the balance in Dionysius’s heart tilted to the offensive side, but he did not immediately He made a decision, turned his eyes to the only one who didn’t speak, and asked, “Phoebe Das, what’s your opinion?”

Phoebe Das, who has always been outspoken, had a rare moment of hesitation.

From Sparta’s point of view, Syracuse and Dionia maintain a balance of power, which is more beneficial to Sparta, so peace talks are actually a better choice.

But Phoebe Das, who was in it, was aroused by Davos’ excellent performance, and he wished he could personally defeat the young consul, who was hailed as a “famous general” by the great Greeks, so he said: “They all said Makes sense, attacking Crotone would allow us to take the initiative. More importantly, it would force the Dionysians to come to Crotone’s rescue before the rest of the war was completely settled and fully prepared. Tone, so that we can ensure our advantage in the decisive battle with Dionia. If you are worried that the Dionysian army may come suddenly while we are sieging the city, don’t you have a lot of cavalry, why not Let them go further north to scout?!”

Dionysius glanced at Phoebe Das, then looked around at the generals, and laughed: “What have I to worry about! The Dionysians only won once Do you think that naval battles can make us Syracuses retreat! No! This will only make us focus more on the land attack!”

Dionysius suddenly stood up, drew out his saber, and with a “bang”, He slammed it into the table, and said sharply: “From now on, all the troops will give me time to seize the city and prepare for the siege, and in two days, I will take the city of Crotone with all my strength!”

” Take the Crotone!

!!” The crowd shouted in unison.

…………………………

“Mother, I’m back!”

“We’re back!” With a

“bang”, Cynthia pushed open the wooden door of the backyard.

“Mother, we won! We won those terrifying enemies! Don’t look at their many ships, they were all captured by us!” Adoris ran in front of Cristoia excitedly.

Before Cristoia could answer, a woman next to her smiled and said, “I’m right, Davos… With the blessing of Hades, Your Majesty will definitely win, you don’t have to worry about it. !”

Before she could finish her sentence, Agnes stood up with joy on her face: “I’m going to express my thanks to Artemis!”

With that, she shyly walked towards the statue of Artemis on the other side of the garden. .

“Slow down, be careful of the fetus!” Cristoia said with concern, while Agnes’ personal maid had already caught up to help.

“Isn’t Agnes a priest of Hera?” The woman was slightly surprised.

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“You must know that Agnes was the chief priest of the Temple of Artemis in Lijim before she came to Turii. During this period of time, she stayed at home because of her pregnancy and could only pray to the goddess of the hunt every day. , in order to bless Davos’s safety, it’s really hard for her!” Cristoia said with emotion.

“Aunt Andrea, hello!” At this time, Cynthia saluted the women.

“Cynthia, haven’t seen you for a few years, you’ve become a big girl!” Andrea looked at Cynthia happily, and then put her in her arms.

“Mother, let me tell you a secret. When we were celebrating our victory, there was a boy he hugged—”

“Shut up, Adoris! You dare to talk nonsense, be careful I beat you!” Cynthia blushed and threatened loudly road.

“What happened?” Cristoia asked with a smile.

Under the stare of Cynthia, Adoris did not dare to speak.