Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 496

[Chapter 163 The Voyage of Sekelian]

“Your Majesty, are you not going to fight with Syracuse?!” Amyntas asked in surprise.

Davos looked at Amyntas, then looked around at the others, and then calmly analyzed: “Amyntas, you have to understand that our fleet has twice defeated the navy of Syracuse, the navy of Great Greece. The coastline is now under our control, and now we have the initiative in the war! We can make full use of the fleet to land at any point on the coast behind the main camp of Syracuse, attack their weakly defended cities, and cut off their The grain transportation line, returning the tricks that the Syracuses had used on us before, so that even if Dionysius had an army larger than ours, we would be mobilized and exhausted. It is precisely because Dionysius is worried about this that the people of Syracuse are eager to fight us, and they want to use this to turn the tide, and even deliberately send messengers to provoke us. Don’t take the enemy lightly Dang!”

Although Davos said these words to Amintas, he was actually telling other legion commanders the strategy he would take next.

The tent was quiet again, and everyone was thinking about Davos’s words.

Amintas scratched his head, and still asked unwillingly: “Are we not going to have a decisive battle with the Syracuses?”

This question made Davos think for a while before saying: “It depends on the next The development of the situation, and we must be patient and do our own thing first. The troops of Hironimus are still on their way, the troops led by Hiros are still encircling and suppressing Laos, and the spear brigade still needs to strengthen training… …as long as our plans are in place, we will weave a great net, and the Syracuses will be the fish in this great net, and we can control their fate at any time. At that time, I will use Dio The head of Nisius pays homage to the dead Drakes and the warriors!”

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Dionysius heard the report of the messenger in Crotone, and to Davos The last sentence of “let him wait” is equally puzzling: Does Davos want to discuss with his subordinates before sending a messenger to inform me of the date of the battle?

Dionysius subconsciously tried to think in a good direction, so he decided to wait and see.

At this moment, the port’s sentry came to report, saying: “We found dozens of Dionysian warships passing through Crotone and heading south.” When

Dionysius heard this, his face suddenly changed.

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According to Davos’s instructions, Sekelian formed a fleet of 60 ordinary three-layer oars, which he personally led, to circumnavigate the southern coast of Great Greece.

And Midorades led the main fleet of crow warships and began to block the sea between Crotone and Sirius,

monitoring the whereabouts of the Crotone army.

This was the first time the Dionian Alliance had completed a voyage around the coast of Great Greece with its own fleet since its establishment, so both Cykrian and every sailor were extremely excited.

Before setting off, they brought all the sails on, even if it was only a weak south wind, the sails were all raised to the mainmast, and the alliance icon of “black hair twined with two forks” fluttered in the wind.

The Cykrian fleet sailed faster, and after circumventing the cape of Crotone, it took just over an hour to reach the sea near Sirius.

“Come closer!” Sekelian commanded the fleet to approach the port of Sirius.

At this time, Sirius had long since lost its busy port city as the headquarters of the South-Italian Alliance. There were no Sirius in the huge city, only Syracuse soldiers, freemen and slaves. The arrival of the Dionysian fleet made them seem Extremely nervous, he immediately deployed all the troops and sent cavalry to inform the main camp in Crotone.

Because there were only more than 3,000 defenders in the city at this time, but the food and other supplies for the entire Syracuse army were mainly concentrated here. There were still hundreds of ships in the port that had just delivered goods from Sicily and had not returned. There is also a fleet of cargo ships that are specially responsible for delivering supplies from the Siriting to Syracuse, but after that, I am afraid that these materials will no longer be able to travel by sea and can only be transported by land.

There are so many ships, but there are no warships. If the Dionysians forcibly break into the port, it may cause a certain degree of damage to the port.

However, the Cykrian fleet had no plans to act in Sirius for the time being. After it made the defenders break out in a cold sweat, it continued to sail south, and then arrived at Corenia.

This time, instead of feinting a shot, Sekelian dispatched a clipper to ask for entry into the port.

The Collenians have heard the news of “The Dionysian Fleet defeated the Syracuse Navy”.

But when the Dionysian fleet really arrived, they were a little overwhelmed. In the end, it was Chief General Phryniris who made the decision: “See you! We must see you!”

In fact, there was no Dionysian messenger on the clipper. , but handed over to the greeter an open letter from Davers to the Council of Colonia.

In the letter, Davos did not criticize the “Colonia surrender to Syracuse”, but instead apologized for the forced retreat of the Dionysian Legion and the tragic experience of the Siritin people. Deep condolences and anger at the brutality of the Syracuse people, while at the same time expressing understanding and gratitude for the choices Coulonia made under the critical circumstances of the time.

In the letter, Davos also said with confidence: Dionia has come out of the predicament and is gathering a large army for the final battle with the Syracuses. I believe that the final victory must belong to the Great Greeks!

The hostages that Colonia was forced to hand over to the Syracuse camp will be rescued safely, please rest assured!

Freeniris read the letter several times, and when he handed the letter to others, his heart was still agitated, and he couldn’t help asking the Dionysian sailor who sent the letter: “I heard that Davos Your lord becomes king of the Dionysian League?”

“Yes, all of us Dionian citizens think, ‘Only Lord Davos can fully have Hades’ blessing to defend our homeland, so we We unanimously elected him as king. On the second day after he became king, we miraculously defeated the Syracuse navy with far more warships than ours, which shows that Hades agreed with our choice!” Sailor exclaimed excitedly.

Affected by it, the surrounding people couldn’t help but exclaimed in amazement.

“A person as great as Lord Davos should be a king!” Phiniris said this not in perfunctory, but from the excitement in his heart, he said solemnly: “Please tell Lord Davos, We Coronians have not forgotten that we are the Great Greeks! If Lord Davos has any request, as long as it is reasonable, we will try our best to do it, and we will not yield to the Syracuses!

” Lord Liniris is right, we will not succumb to Syracuse! As soon as the Dionysian army comes to the plains of Euphemia again, we will immediately rise up and drive these evil Sicilians out of the land. Greece!” Others followed suit.

After discussing with the council again, Feniris immediately wrote a letter and wrote a reply to Davos.

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In the tent that the Dionian soldiers had temporarily built on the north bank of the Neto River, the rest of the legion commander had dispersed, and only Felixius remained in the tent.

“Your Majesty, I—” Felixius wanted to apologize to Davos guiltily.

Davos had guessed what he was going to say, and said first: “Felixius, I would like to express my sincere thanks to you! The plan I made in advance seems impossible now… Crotone , Trina, and Siriting are not city-states that joined our Dionysian League, so how could they easily obey our command! Besides, the quality of their soldiers and military training level are far less than ours, and it is impossible for them to do so in a short period of time. Nei completed the task of blocking the Syracuses in such a wide area to the south of Coulonia-Lamato River!

What’s more, we all underestimated the Syracuse army, which is also a team An army with strong command, strict training, and quick action! And their tyrant, Dionysius, is also very difficult! He carried out clever tactical deception before the battle, allowing more than 20,000 troops to be in your hands. Under his nose, he quietly moved from Corenia to Siberian without being noticed. UU read www.sonicmtl.com and… He decisively appointed the Spartans as the generals of the army before the battle, thus successfully succeeding Withstood the onslaught of your left flank. In the end, he seized the opportunity and threw in reinforcements… You don’t complain about your defeat in this battle!”

So long had passed since the battle of the Lamato, and its whole course of battle had already been spied on by the men of Aristillas.

Felixius also understood in his heart, but he continued to say guiltily: “Your Majesty, if I… I could hold on to my opinion, this battle could have been avoided! But I—”

“No, this A battle cannot be avoided at all!” Davos said affirmatively: “You think it can be avoided, that’s because you are thinking about this issue from the point of view of our Dionysians. For example, with the strength to possibly confront the Syracuses, would they allow the Syracuses to burn and loot in their homeland instead of attacking? Of course not!

Not only them, K. Rotone will also stand firmly on their side. As the de facto leader of the entire South Italian Alliance, can we refuse?! Can’t refuse… Because the big Greeks are watching our performance, and this is Dioni The responsibility that Asia must take to dominate Greater Greece! In fact, you helped me take this responsibility!”