Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 556

[Chapter 223 Dionysius’ Painful Choice]

Although Faxi Pesas was secretly relieved, he was still a little uneasy, but he did not show it either. On the contrary, he remembered his gaffe, and said hurriedly: “The Dionysians think of the cross-sea expedition too simply. , unless they can send tens of thousands of soldiers and supply sufficient rations, they may cause some trouble to our homeland, but it is obviously impossible to do so with Dionysian strength.”

“You are right!” Dionysus Hughes agreed loudly, and then showed a trace of worry: “However… Philistos said in the letter that Gera, Camerina, Agrigento… these city-states on the south coast of Sicily are interested in him. He refused to provide soldiers and warships, and he also complained that during this period of time, Herolis had repeatedly opposed him, affecting his management of the city-state. He was unable to provide us with reinforcements and fleets in time, so— —”

Dionysius said in a deep voice: “After repeated thinking, I decided to take a boat back to Syracuse in person and bring reinforcements to Great Greece as soon as possible!”

“Sir, are you going to leave here?!” Facipesa Si changed color again: “Then what about the soldiers here?!”

“Apollo is above, bless me to bring reinforcements back to save you within ten days!” Dionysius said solemnly: “And in these ten days It’s up to you to take charge of this army in the sky! The attention of the Dionysians is on Medmar and Locri, who don’t have enough troops and won’t risk huge casualties to take the initiative to attack by us Tens of thousands of people are defending Sirius, and our rations are enough to last for such a long time…Faxi Pesas, you are my most trusted general! And the soldiers most trusted general! Only you can take on this burden We will return to Syracuse smoothly when I arrive with reinforcements!”

“My lord…” Facipesas, who was accustomed to obeying Dionysius’ orders, had a lot of heart in his heart despite the pressure. Thoughts, but the word “rejection” just doesn’t come out.

“I will make other generals obey your orders, including my younger brother. If anyone disobeys your orders during the period when I haven’t come back, you can deal with them in accordance with military law!” Dionysius did not allow him to divide Said, forcibly handing over the right to command this force to him.

Fasipes reluctantly accepted the appointment and wished Dionysius a safe return to Syracuse.

Next, Dionysius asked several generals to talk to them, asking them to actively cooperate with Facipesas, control the troops, and guard the Celestial Court.

In the secret conversation with the intelligence leader Androstini, Dionysius gave him a secret letter, asking him to monitor Faxipes and other generals. Once he found that Faxipes was behaving abnormally, he would immediately Contact Leputines in the port, read this letter in front of the generals, and take Fasipes.

Finally he called Phoebe Das.

“I heard that Syracuse suffered heavy casualties in this attack.

It seems that even without my intervention, you have not defeated the Dionysians!” Phoebe Das sneered as soon as he entered the room.

Now he is really an idler. Not only does he no longer have the opportunity to lead troops, but even Dionysius did not discuss with him this time to attack the Dionysian camp. Phoebe Das completely became a bystander, so He expresses his dissatisfaction without hesitation.

Dionysius understood the character of this Spartan, although he was a little displeased, he said bluntly: “Davos sent thousands of soldiers to land in Sicily and captured a town, I must take a boat back to Tin immediately. Rakuza, I hope you can come with me!”

“Davos dares to divide his troops to attack Syracuse at this time?!” Phoebe Das and Dionysius were as shocked as before, but It quickly turned into an expression of admiration: “He’s too bold!…”

After sending a sigh, Phoebe Das glanced at Dionysius: “You’re going to throw your soldiers, Escape from Great Greece alone?”

Dionysius did not answer him directly, but said with a little worry: “I am afraid that Davos will not just send a few thousand people to attack Sicily, it will only be sent to death, Syracuse. I am afraid that Zha and allies will be unstable, and I need your support!” As a tyrant who can regard power as the sword of Damocles, he has political intuition and hopes to plan ahead.

Phoebe Das’s expression became serious, and he understood that what Dionysius said “your support” was actually the support of Sparta.

A few years ago, when the Carthaginians approached the city, the people of Syracuse tried to force Dionysius to step down, and Phoebe Das, as a messenger of Sparta, made the people of Syracuse make concessions. Put Dionysius back in power.

Is there another riot in Syracuse?

Phoebe Das looked at Dionysius and thought for a moment: The navy of Syracuse was defeated, the Battle of Crotone was defeated, and the attack on the Dionysian camp was defeated. Dionysius was defeated more than the last time. Much

worse, the people of Syracuse are indeed very likely to express their anger towards Dionysius…

Although Phoebe Das gloated a little, he knew that once Dionysius was overthrown, not only Spartans would Years of efforts to support Syracuse have been in vain, and the riots of Syracuse will inevitably lead to its power being greatly weakened, thereby creating a vacuum in Sicily’s hegemony, whether it is the expansion of Dionia or Carthage. What Sparta wanted to see, so Sparta could only support Dionysius.

Phoebe Das gave Dionysius another look dissatisfied: I am afraid that this cunning guy saw this and asked him unscrupulously!

Thinking of this, Phoebe Das stopped talking and asked directly: “Is it safe to go back by boat? There is a Dionysian warship blocking the port.”

“Philistos sent me to my caravan. The best helmsman and sailor, they have easily driven the clipper into the port before.” Dionysius replied.

“When are you going?”

“Tonight.”

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When not long after the last siege tower collapsed in front of the walls of Medmar, the Dionians blew the call to retreat. trumpet.

Watching the enemy receding like the tide, the Medema people who fought hard for most of the day cheered that they could survive.

Hiros, who was commanding the battle from a distance, was not too frustrated. He said seriously: “Go back and tell the engineers that the wheels of the siege tower are too inflexible, it is very difficult to push, and the tower body is not too good. Strong… I hope they will improve as soon as possible!”

“Yes, General.”

“Also… our soldiers are not familiar with these new siege weapons, and the cooperation between them is a little strange, and we hope to strengthen this aspect in the future. Training!” Hieronymus also expressed his opinion.

“You’re right, just do it like this.” Hiros listened to his opinion seriously, and then said expectantly: “I hope that after improvement, the Medema people will not be able to laugh when they attack the city next time. .”

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After the offensive and defensive battle of the Siriting camp, although Dionia won a great victory, more than 500 people were killed and 2,700 people were injured, so Davos gave various After the legion commander had arranged the perfect task, he cremated the deceased together with the soldiers, and then went to condolences to the wounded. He was busy until the evening before returning to the tent, but saw Tormid standing in front of the tent.

“Is there any urgent news?” Davos asked hurriedly.

Just as Thormid was about to speak, a strong southerly wind suddenly blew, and the sky flew ashes straight into people’s mouths and noses, and a few people rushed into the tent in embarrassment.

“Bah! Bah!…” Henepolis slapped his body while spitting out the black ashes in his mouth, and then scolded: “The goddamn Syracuses will only burn us if they can’t beat us. Let’s get out of the

camp!”

Zuoying, which was only separated from the ditch and Luzhai, was burnt to ashes, and black smoke can still be seen in some places. , which is why Henepolis complained.

“In exchange for an empty camp for the casualties of tens of thousands of soldiers in Syracuse, I think we made a profit.” Tormead laughed.

“It’s just a pity that the soldiers are going to sleep together tonight.” Henepolis also laughed.

“The right battalion has enough space, but there is a lack of tents.”

“There will be no shortage of tents, don’t forget that we also occupied the large camp of Syracuse in Crotone, and seized enough tents, We

just need to ship them tomorrow.” When the two chatted with you and me, Davos had cleaned the dust off his body and asked again: ”

Tormide

, what happened? What happened?”

“Midorades sent someone to report that a clipper from the south broke into the port of Sirius in the afternoon.”

“So many warships can’t stop a clipper?!” Heney Polis said angrily.

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Davers nor Thormed answered the call.

Davos is very clear: Clippers are small and flexible. If there is wind, experienced helmsmen and sailors can play the three-tier oar warships with applause, so Clippers are generally used in the fleet. Scouting and messaging.

Henepolis didn’t know about the navy, but Davos didn’t explain it to him. Instead, he hoped that after the word of Henepolis spread, he would be able to beat and beat the navy officers who had recently become complacent because of their repeated victories.

After a while of silence, he asked: “Why do you think this fast ship broke into the port of Siletin?”

“It must have come to tell Dionysius that our First Army has landed in Sicily.” Henepolis Sis answered first.

The news of “The First Corps occupied Mayaro” had been sent back to the camp a day earlier, and Davers deliberately conveyed the good news to the commanders and senior officers of the regiments, which greatly increased their confidence. There was no complaint about the continued siege of Sirius, so Davos was not surprised that Henepolis could answer so quickly.

Looking at Thormid’s expression, it was obvious that he thought so too.