Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 541

[Chapter 208 Heroes]

After sending Hiparinus away, Philistos sat on the wooden chair for a while…

When the messenger of Dionysus came to Syracuse to protest, Dionysius, Phil. Although Listos paid more attention to Dionia, they did not really regard it as a close opponent.

And now he never imagined that 80,000 troops and more than 400 warships – such a powerful force that was enough to swept across Sicily was actually defeated by the independently supported Dionysians in Great Greece!

If Dionysius and he had known such a bad result, they would have preferred to delay the attack for a few more months and have to make more preparations, but now it is too late to regret it!

Only by doing all he can to win this war, otherwise the fate of Syracuse –

the ruined Catane, Naxos, and Carthia who were forced to make peace appear in the mind of Philistos Ji, couldn’t help shivering: The situation in Sicily is very calm now, but who knows if this calm will breed a bigger storm?

He picked up his worries and prepared to invite the Minister of Finance to discuss the issue of the money and food needed for the second expedition, but saw Hiparinus, who had already left, rush in in a hurry, with a panic that could not be concealed on his face.

Philistos’ heart suddenly “squeaked”, and he saw Hiparinus hurriedly said: “I just received urgent news from my subordinates that the Dionysians have landed in Sicily, and they have captured them. Mayaro!” The

bad news came one after another, like a giant hammer hitting Philistos, making him dizzy, he propped up the wooden table with his hands, and asked astringently, “Is this news true?!”

“I I think you will soon welcome Sikuli’s messenger for help.” Hyparinus said anxiously.

Philistos was stunned for a moment, and suddenly shouted to his subordinates: “Quick! Quickly go and call me Haroris, Marcias, Callides and other adults and call them back!”

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The meeting room was still the same as before, but the atmosphere was even more solemn.

The news that “the army of Syracuse was defeated in the battle” shocked everyone, but it happened in Greater Greece after all.

But now that the war has reached Sicily, the sense of urgency is even stronger.

What worried them even more was that Dionysus dared to send troops to land in Sicily, indicating that they had the confidence to completely defeat the Syracuse army in Great Greece. Dionysius was in a very bad situation in Great Greece.

“How many Dionians landed on Naxos?” Macias asked the most crucial question.

“According to my subordinate’s report, there are about six or seven thousand people, and most of the soldiers wear all-black armor. Information about the Dionysian army shows that this is only worn by the soldiers of their so-called ‘official legion’. And they attacked quickly. It took only more than an hour for Meyaro to find the enemy and be occupied.

Although there were riots among those Naxos slaves, it can be seen that this is by no means an ordinary wearer. Onian army!” Hyparinus reminded extremely solemnly.

The other people’s brows furrowed even tighter.

“Regardless of the strength of this Dionian army, we must destroy it as soon as possible!” Philistos looked at the crowd with a serious expression, banged on the wooden table with his left hand, and reminded loudly: “Our army The defeat in the Great Greece Battle may have made some Sicilian city-states have other ideas. Now, the news of the ‘Dionians landing in Sicily’ will only make the seemingly peaceful situation in Sicily turbulent, Nake The riot of the slaves of Soth is a proof! We must destroy this army as quickly as possible, and use a victory to tell the other city-states in Sicily, ‘We Syracuse are still strong!’. Only in this way can we maintain The current situation, otherwise once this panic spreads, it will bring us endless trouble!”

“I will immediately go outside the city to mobilize for war, and at least 6,000 soldiers can be recruited immediately. In addition, Ortigia A thousand mercenaries on the island—”

Before Marcias could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Hiparinus: “The mercenaries on Ortigia cannot be mobilized, that is to protect Dionysius. The adults, their families, and the adults are safe!”

Haroris rolled his eyes slightly.

“Can the civic soldiers in the city be assembled tomorrow?” Philistos turned his head and asked.

Haroris shook his head: “It’s very difficult. The rioting outside the city hall has not yet subsided. I estimate that it will take at least three days to gather them in the square…”

“Do your best!” Listos didn’t have much hope for this at first, and he said to Marcias: “I will send someone urgently to inform these allies in the north, and let Taunis, Leotine, Catane, Sikuli assembles the army, and you will lead the army north tomorrow, bringing the armies of these allies under your command along the way. The Dionysians invaded Sicily, took Mayaro, and the next threat will be these city-states They should go all out. We will recruit troops to reinforce you later…”

“With the troops of these allies joining in, especially Catane, I think it’s enough to deal with the Dionysians!” Mathias said confidently: “I’ll rush back to gather the soldiers now.” After speaking, he simply got up and walked out.

“Lord Callidmus, you are dispatching these allies to the south, urge them to provide troops as soon as possible, and immediately lead them to Mayaro after gathering the troops!” Philistos continued.

Knowing that the situation was urgent, Kali Demus did not argue with Philistos, and immediately agreed.

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Herolis finally persuaded the people gathered outside the city hall to retreat, and returned to his mansion exhausted. It was already dusk.

When the door closed, his seemingly exhausted energy immediately recovered, and he hurried to his study, followed by his most trusted slave, Teasta.

As soon as he sat down, Haroris hurriedly asked, “Is there any news over there?!”

“Yes, Master.” Tista hurriedly handed over a papyrus folded into small squares.

Haroris hurriedly opened it and saw that to outsiders, there were dense and strange symbols on it, but he knew very well that it was the mysterious “Davos Number” popular in Dionia.

He suppressed the excitement in his heart and said to Teasta, “You go outside and wait for a while.”

After Teasta exited the study and closed the door, Haroris took out the book “History” from the bookcase, according to For the numbers provided on the note, find the corresponding page number, line number, and word one by one, but this is not the end. The few small ink dots at the front of the note indicate that the words found are going to be later. Counting a few is the real goal. Connecting these words is the message to be conveyed by Dionia’s intelligence chief in Sicily. The reason for such a complicated secret document is that even if Herolis’ confidant slave is captured, the note If it was taken away, Hyparinus might not understand the secrets contained in the note at all. If he was careless, Hyparinus’ subordinates might even throw it away as something the slaves doodled.

In fact, it took Hololis to study hard for several days before he mastered it, so he had to sigh: The Dionysians are so thoughtful and orderly in this regard, far better than a few Syracuse, who has been a spy for ten years, gave him some confidence in Dionia.

And now the performance of the Dionians on the battlefield made him more confident about it.

After reading the secret letter, he wrote a reply in this way, called Tista in again, and ordered: “Tomorrow morning, you will bring two jars of wine to Philothanus, and tell it yourself. He, ‘The weather is warm, let him go out more.'”

Tituta immediately recounted what Haroris said, and Haroris nodded with satisfaction, and carefully handed the folded papyrus to him. He: “After the wine is delivered, you rush to the wine shop to sit in town, and once someone matches the code, you hand this over to him.”

“Understood, master.” Tista is already familiar with this, but today he After receiving the order, he did not leave immediately, but asked hesitantly: “Master, I heard that Dionysius has been defeated in Great Greece. Will Dionysius’ rule here be overthrown?!”

Looking at the longing in Tista’s eyes, Herolis knew in his heart: he, a slave, was originally a citizen of Katanai, but because of Dionysius’ large-scale invasion, his home was destroyed, his family was killed, and he himself became Slave, his hatred of Dionysius was deep.

It is precisely because of this that Hololis will trust him and let him do these things.

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“Yes!”

“Herolis said without hesitation, UU reading www.sonicmtl.com saw Teasta go out happily.

At this time, a picture from a few months ago appeared in Harolis’ mind: At that time, a merchant who was said to be from Cyrenaica wanted to buy wine. Because the quantity was too large, Herolis decided to discuss with the merchant in person.

Unexpectedly, on the day of the meeting, the young merchant turned his back. Then he said solemnly: “Respected Lord Herolis, I am a citizen of Dionia, my name is Antrapolis, and I have brought the sincere greetings from Lord Davos, the consul of Dionia, to you. …”

Using Haroris to spread the word in the wine shop outside the city, and then have the slaves often hang out in the port to divert the attention of the intelligence services… It was his idea.

It will be divided in a few days. Victory or defeat! Horolis was both nervous and excited, and he clenched his

fists

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Firth also sent some engineers headed by Orops. They had already gained some experience in studying the siege towers of Syracuse, and they just used Medema as an experiment.