Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 572

[Chapter 239 Heroes’ Advice]

Phoebe Das’s threatening words immediately made everyone nervous.

Staceikos asked cautiously: “What is your suggestion?”

“Give up the confrontation with Dionysius, and the two sides sit together and negotiate well! Of course, Dionysius has been too dictatorial these years, and let Thera The people of Cuza were dissatisfied, so I suggested that Dionysius get rid of the post of plenipotentiary general and re-introduce the ’20 generals’ (since there are many people in Syracuse, more generals are needed to take charge of the city-state affairs, in When the democratic system was in power, they practiced this system half the time). During the current war, he is temporarily the chief general to avoid greater war losses due to changing generals in the middle.”

Phoebe Das’s suggestion Silence the generals.

But Hololis asked loudly: “Is this your suggestion, or Dionysius’ suggestion?!”

“It was the result of my consultation with him.” Phoebe Das lied without blinking his eyes.

Herolis warned others loudly: “As a friend of more than ten years, based on what I know about him, even if he is forced by the situation at this time, he agrees to these suggestions from the Spartan messenger, who knows what he will do in the future. Will we wait for the crisis to pass and re-implement the tyrannical rule, and kill us who resisted him today! We must not forget the painful lesson five years ago!”

Harolis’s words reminded everyone, and everyone’s expressions changed suddenly: Four years ago, after Dionysius defeated the Carthaginian army, he immediately arrested all the leaders of the people’s riots on the charge of “traitors”, executed them without trial, and confiscated their property and family members. Relegated to slavery… This atrocity frightened the Syracuses, and no one dared to object to Dionysius’ approach, and for the next few years, everyone was obedient.

If it wasn’t for Dionysius leading the army to suffer a crushing defeat outside, the defenses in the city were empty, and the leadership of Herolis and others, how could the people dare to rise up against Dionysius again.

The words of Herolis once again revealed this painful memory, causing fear and anger on the faces of the generals.

Phoebe Das didn’t know this, and he pretended to say solemnly: “I can make an oath in the name of Hercules and promise you—”

“Go to your Hercules! Go to your promise. Someone in the crowd yelled angrily, then rushed in front of Phoebe Das, pointed at him, and roared with gritted teeth: “It turned out to be you! It’s you! If it wasn’t for your promise, my brother and the others wouldn’t choose either. Leaving Dionysius, my brother got his head beheaded, my sister-in-law became a slave and was sent somewhere, his two children were stabbed to death by wicked mercenaries, and my parents— ”

Kuzias got more and more angry, stretched out his hands, trying to grab Phoebe Das’s clothes, but Phoebe Das pushed and pushed him, and

Kuzias fell to the ground.

He wanted to pounce again, but was stopped by Stacycus, Tecitis and others, he could only scolded: “Damn Spartans! You killed my family, the goddess of nemesis is on top, one day She will bring punishment to Sparta! I hope I can live to see the day when the country of Sparta is destroyed and all the Spartans become slaves!”

Originally, Phoebe Das didn’t care about Kuzias at all. He has killed too many people in his life. If he cared about these, he would have collapsed, but Kuzias’s last curse was so vicious that his anger rose: “This is what you do to Sparta. Your

attitude?!”

“The messenger of Phoebe Das.” Herolis persuaded with a gentle expression: “Kuzias’s family was the earliest immigrant in Syracuse and enjoyed a high reputation among the people, but Dionysius killed his entire family and imprisoned him in the stone prison. If it wasn’t for the success of this resistance, he might have died silently in the stone prison… So I hope you can forgive him. Angry! And you have also seen the fact that Dionysius made the oath in front of everyone four years ago, and finally how easily he tore up the promise and mutilated the people of the city-state. Today, let him speak his words again. Sweet as honey, the people of Syracuse, whose eyes have been brightened by the blood of their dead relatives, will no longer trust any of his promises! Dionysius is either imprisoned and tried by us, or he escapes from Syracuse, Never come back, he has no other choice!”

“As long as we catch him, we will try him for treason, including his family, just like he did to us!” Kuzias said through gritted teeth.

“That’s right, we do not accept peace, and Dionysius and his men must be punished!” Pherothanus also spoke out his opinion, and other generals agreed.

With a gloomy face, Phoebedas looked at the excited generals in front of him, and said coldly: “Since that’s the case, you will be with Sparta—”

“The messenger of Phoebedas!” Haroris interrupted in time The threatening words he prepared to say: “You have been fighting with Dionysius in Greater Greece, and you still don’t know the recent battle of Sparta on the Peloponnesian Peninsula. The Athenians and Corinthians fought together, let the Your Spartan allies suffered heavy losses, the Athenians even invaded Arcadia, and it is said that your King Agesilaus has just returned to Sparta and is about to raise a new army to defend against the anti-Spartans The alliance’s attack…”

Sparta and Syracuse not only had close military contacts, but also relied on Syracuse for trade, such as food.

Moreover, Sparta often relied on Syracuse’s merchant ships throughout the Mediterranean to collect information for them. For example, the news that the Persians handed over the fleet to the Athenian general Kelon and attacked the Spartan fleet was done by businessmen in Asia Minor. Syracuse merchants told Sparta in advance.

Likewise, what happened in Sparta was often communicated back to Syracuse by these merchants in time, so that Herolis had a better understanding of the Peloponnesian wars.

Phoebe Das was shocked, and it was difficult to keep the cold arrogance on his face: “I hope what you said is true?!”

“Siracusa is not far from Sparta, it can be reached by boat in two days, you go back We can provide you with a boat.” Philothanus’s words sounded a little gloating.

Herolis hurriedly said: “The messenger of Phoebe, Syracuse and Sparta have always been allies and should have helped each other. But since Dionysius became a tyrant, because of his selfish desires, he Often it is Sparta who provides more help and Syracuse less for you… Now we have the advantage and Dionysius has the disadvantage, if Sparta continues to support Dionysius, to Now the situation in Syracuse city will take a long time to stabilize. But if you support us, Syracuse will soon be able to restore stability and prosperity, and we will continue to maintain a covenant with Sparta, and we will always Provide assistance to Sparta!”

The last few words of Haroris were sincere and powerful, which moved Phoebe Das, he looked directly at Haroris for a while, and asked in a hesitant tone: ” What you said… are all true?”

Herolis and the other generals around looked at each other, then faced him, and said solemnly: “This is a decision we made after consultation together, and we can work with Sri Lanka. Bada renews the covenant again!”

Phoebe Das looked around at everyone, the coldness in his eyes quickly disappeared…

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Dionysius was in Ortigia The island finally looked forward to the return of Phoebedas, only to get the bad news that “the rebels refused peace talks and must expel him from Syracuse”, although this was the worst that Dionysius had imagined. As a result, he still couldn’t help but let out a fire.

Then, he wanted to continue to learn about the current situation in Syracuse and the situation of the rebel masters from Phoebedas, but Phoebedas obviously did not have this mood, and he directly asked Dionysius to send a clipper immediately Send him back to Sparta.

Dionysius, who is now more dependent on Sparta as an ally, can’t refuse, but he feels the crisis from Phoebe Das’s sudden attitude. He is good at getting power. Of course, he knows that the situation in Syracuse at this time is very unfavorable. He was on his side, so one wondered if the reality-snobby Spartans would abandon themselves and choose the rebels?

Thinking of this, UU reading www.sonicmtl.com he couldn’t sit still: the Spartans are now deeply involved in the war, and they may not be able to send troops to support him, but the prestige of Sparta can help him to deter Xiao Xiao, even more Quickly stabilize the situation in the city, and get rid of other city-states’ other concerns. If Sparta abandons him, it will push him, who was already isolated and helpless, into the abyss…

Therefore, Dionysius, who was forced into a desperate situation, did not He talked about the parting with the two ladies and the children, but locked himself in the palace alone, trying to figure out how to get out of the predicament.

Soon, he called the mercenary leader Megicollis and the intelligence chief Hiparinus to discuss together.

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In the middle of the night, the people in the main city of Syracuse fell asleep, and the sentries on the new city walls of the Isthmus were also calm because Ortigia Island had remained calm for many days. After relaxing their vigilance, most of the Sentinels couldn’t resist the drowsiness and fell into a deep sleep.

Dionysius himself led all the mercenaries and quietly left Ortigia.

Due to the lack of time, after Harolis called the people to build the city wall, there was no time to dig trenches, set up roadblocks and traps, so the mercenaries quietly touched the city. Going to the head of the city, he quickly killed a few sentries and occupied the city wall.