Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 951

[Chapter 289 The Panic of the Syracuses]

But can the Carthaginians desecrate the souls of our warriors by doing this?

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No, their sins show the glory of the warriors!

The holy souls of the warriors will go to the holy Elysee, and will accompany the great Hades to swim in the beautiful paradise that is like spring in all seasons!

And here,” Davos said forcefully and word by word with his fingers and feet: “Everything here will be preserved forever, for the people of the kingdom to come and pay their respects, let them know how heroic our soldiers are, and let them know How cruel is our enemy!

And this tower will be demolished, and then a statue will be built, and the name of every warrior who died here will be engraved on it, and then engraved in the history of the kingdom, so that future generations will pass it on forever!

There was another clamor all around under the

tower, but this time it was the envy of the soldiers.

“Citizens of Dionia!”

Soldiers of Dionia!

Davos raised his voice again, raised his arms and shouted: “You have been fighting for a year, victorious in Campania, victorious in Downey, victorious in Latium, victorious in the mountains of Samona, victorious in Sicily The West is victorious, and now it’s finally time to fight the mightiest and most murderous of the Carthaginians!

I hope you can take revenge for the warriors who died here, attack the Carthaginians bravely and fearlessly, and once again create brilliant victories one after another, become heroes in the mouths of the people, and be honored in the Hall of Valor after death, so that Your name can also be praised by future generations!

Only in this way, we Dionia can win the final victory in the contest with Carthage!

We Dionia will also win!

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“Wan Sheng!”

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Wansheng!

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Wansheng!

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“…” Hearing Davos’s words, the soldiers were in high spirits. They couldn’t help but beat the long shield with their daggers, and shouted with passion.

The roars of these tens of thousands of people were like rolling thunder, resounding through the desolate crowd. The valley, even spread as far as Syracuse

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Dark night, the city of Syracuse was quiet, but a house was still flickering with candlelight, the chief general Theagennis sat alone in the study, and did not sleep, in fact he could not sleep either.

Some time ago, he defied all opinions and insisted that the council pass a resolution to send troops to capture Camarina, and then forced Pachinus to surrender, making Syracuse expand his sphere of influence for the first time since the South Italian War. , for a time his prestige in Syracuse soared.

Afterwards, he also personally went out to talk with Marco, the commander of Carthage. Although the Syracuses were at a disadvantage in the talks and suffered some losses in the signed covenant, the democrats still portrayed him as a tin man. Rakuza’s image as a political leader who is not afraid of any threat, and dares to fight with powerful countries, was warmly welcomed by the people after the negotiation and returned to the city.

According to the newly signed covenant with Carthage, Syracuse had to send troops to attack Taunis, but under the instructions of Teagenes, the Syracuse army played tricks, they just assumed an offensive posture, and The covenant was not taken seriously.

However, the next battle was beyond the expectations of Theagenis. He originally thought that with such a large army of Carthage, and the combat effectiveness was not weak (the ability to defeat the Dionysian army in the Battle of Gera), he should be able to It swept through Dionysian’s territory in Sicily.

However, although the Carthaginian cavalry ravaged the Catania plain, and the Carthaginian infantry broke through Agilion, its main force even failed to storm a small village in Dionia many times, and was blocked for more than 20 days. Let him begin to doubt the combat effectiveness of the Carthaginian army, but fortunately in the end Palagonia was finally captured.

After receiving the news, Tai Argenis was

relieved and prepared to continue playing soy sauce to watch the development of the battle, but suddenly got the news: The Carthaginian army began to retreat south!

Theagenis was startled, hurriedly climbed out of the messenger and rushed to inquire, only to be told that the Carthaginians had received the exact news that the main force of Dionia had conquered Rome, the enemy in the north, and was coming to reinforce Sicily. On the way, the Carthaginian army must return to western Sicily and prepare for a full-scale battle.

When the messenger brought the news back to the city of Syracuse, the entire council was instantly blown up.

During the reign of Dionysius, Syracuse was closely related to the Campania alliance in Italy, so he still knew a little about the situation in north-central Italy. The Dionysian alliance with Syracuse drastically reduced, and the Syracuses had even less commerce with north-central Italy.

Especially after Dionia launched the war against Rome, the Third Fleet deliberately blocked the southern coast route of Italy. Syracuse did not have Sardinia and Corsica like the Carthaginians, they obtained The news of “The Dionysian army landed in Ladrum” was also learned from the mouth of the Carthaginian messenger.

However, the Syracuse people know that Rome is a strong state in central Italy with many allies, and its status there is similar to that of Syracuse in Sicily more than 10 years ago, and the Dionians are fighting far away from the mainland. It is impossible to conquer Rome easily, it must be a long war, and some people even expect the Dionysians to suffer a fiasco in the Latinum area, which is why they later agreed to form an alliance with Carthage and attack Dio. A major reason for nia.

However, now suddenly came the news that “the Dionysians have conquered Rome, and their main force is about to reinforce Sicily”, and the councilors of Syracuse, if they were hit hard, were very panicked, because if the Carthaginian army returned to the west, the Sirac Rakuza will bear the wrath of Dionia’s army alone!

Theagenis had to rush to persuade the Carthaginians himself, and when he caught up with the retreating army of Carthage, he was already at Gera.

No matter how he requested, Margo did not come out to see him in person, only Pomirka came out to tell him: Since the next battle with the main force of Dionia is related to the rise and fall of Carthage, the army must withdraw to the west and do a good job Fully prepared, this is not something that anyone can dissuade.

But at the same time he also comforted Theagenis: Even if the Dionysian reinforcements landed in Sicily, their main target of attack would still be our Carthage, while the city of Syracuse had thick walls, sufficient food, and a large number of soldiers, as long as they were fully defended , the Dionysians have nothing to do with you.

Wait until we have defeated the main Dionysian force and come to the east to join you in Syracuse.

At that time, not only can the Dionians be driven out of Sicily, but also further advance to Greater Greece, which has always been the territory of your Greeks, it is more appropriate to take the towns and let you control them… …

At this time, Theagenis was slightly attracted by the bright prospects drawn by the Carthaginians. At the same time, he also knew in his heart that the matter was irreversible. Now that the matter has come to this, he can only say: Syracuse will defend Dio with all his strength. The Nians were about to attack and expected the Carthaginian army to return to the east as soon as possible.

On the way back to Syracuse, Te Argenis has been living through the ambivalence of anticipation of the future and fear of reality.

When he rushed back to Syracuse, he got bad news: Dionysian reinforcements had begun to land at the port of Catania and the naval base of Catania.

Due to the sudden incident, the Syracuse army did not completely evacuate from the camp outside the city of Taunis. The Catania naval base was only a dozen miles away from them. The cargo ship that was transporting supplies from the camp to the port of Syracuse Sailors were amazed to see dozens of Dionysian warships in full force on the northern seas, and behind them, outside the Dionysian naval base, were many more ships, and many more ships from further north. The sea is coming… The

Syracuse fleet was so frightened that it quickly turned around and sailed back to the port. The Syracuse Navy hurriedly dispatched several fast ships to investigate, and found that those Dionia ships were not fully loaded with soldiers. The troop carrier was a cargo ship full of supplies. They kept entering and leaving the Dionysian Naval Base until the evening…

And on the next day, such military operations were still being carried out in the waters where the Dionysian Naval Base was located.

How many reinforcements did the Dionians send?

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The people of Syracuse were all panicked when they got the news, and of course Tai Argenis, who had just returned to the city, was no exception.

Especially after learning that the Carthaginian army was determined to return to the west, many people in the council were even more mourning.

Even the general Hiktas of the port civilian faction shouted: “Since the Carthaginians have abandoned us, then we don’t need to abide by the covenant anymore, just make peace with Dionia.”

Hiktas’ words really moved a small number of people, but no one dared to take the initiative to agree.

After all, the reason why Syracuse united with Carthage and declared war on Dionia was to restore its former hegemony. As a result, it took the initiative to seek peace before it actually fought against the Dionysians. Most of the deputies could not Accept it, and neither can the majority of the citizens of Syracuse.

Everyone argued in the evening, except for “quickly withdrawing all the troops besieging Taunis and making preparations for the defense of the city”, they could not think of any other specific and effective plan to solve the current predicament.

On the third day, the council continued to discuss yesterday’s issues, and by noon received an urgent report from the spies: some 50,000 well-equipped Dionian soldiers had left the city of Katanai and were marching south.

The deputies suddenly panicked and immediately demanded that the citizens of the whole city be urgently mobilized to prepare to meet the enemy.

But soon another spies came to report, saying: The Dionian army turned to the southwest and stopped before the ruins of Paragonia.