Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 992

[Chapter 330 Margo’s new strategy and the choice of the Taunis]

This tone made Marco feel very harsh. His eyes were wide open, but then he remembered Pretakuba’s advice, and immediately lowered his eyes and asked as calmly as possible: “I heard that the Senate sent you to Dio. When the Nias mentioned the truce and the peace, I wonder how the king of Dionia responded?”

El Akela was startled by Marco’s sudden outburst of aura, and he quickly replied: “Dio The King of

Niea

is very willing to negotiate a truce with Carthage!” “This does not just show that the Dionysians know that their strength is not as good as us, and they are afraid of continuing to fight and fail, so they want to keep what they have now through the truce negotiation.

Victory, are we willing to stop fighting the Dionians under such a situation?!” Margo asked loudly.

El Accra was stunned for a moment, and then murmured, “Now… from the current situation, we, Carthage, are at a disadvantage!”

Marco looked at him coldly for a while, then suddenly stepped forward and grabbed his arm , said in a commanding tone, “Come with me!”

El Akela was dragged out of the tent by Maggo with a staggering footstep, feeling both doubts and panic in his heart.

Marco took him to a relatively empty place in front of the tent, pointed to the back and said, “What did you see?”

El Accra calmed down and said in a dazed way, “A city wall under construction… Look at it. It seems to be very long…”

“It’s not like, but it’s really long!” Margo said with certainty: “It will extend from the sea in the east of Serinus to the sea in the west, and it will extend from the sea in the east of Serinus to the sea in the west. The city and our camp of Dionia are included!”

“When I came, I wondered, why did you build the city wall behind the camp?” El Accra asked his own question.

“Since the Dionians dare not fight with us, then we can only take the initiative to attack!” Margo looked forward and said in a deep voice: “Our attack target is Serinus! Serinus! It is the station of the Dionysian Fleet. The Dionysian fleet can cruise the western seas every day and block our route. The port of Serinus has played a great role. As long as we can capture it, let the Dionysian Navy. Losing a foothold in western Sicily will inevitably reduce their naval superiority and reduce their threat to the western seas and the coast of Africa. But precisely because of the importance of Serinus, the Dionians will definitely not give up, they will definitely We will defend stubbornly, and I am afraid that in the future, the main force of Dionia’s army will enter Serinus by sea to fight against us…”

Hearing the previous words, El Accra was also happy, but after listening to the latter words, he I was a little worried again: “Isn’t this our attack and the defense of the Dionysian army?! Didn’t you say that such an attack would cause a lot of casualties to our soldiers?!”

“The Dionysians are on defense. There is indeed some experience in the city,

but it is much easier to attack Serinus City than to attack Minoa Mountain!” Margo said confidently: “After a few days of analysis and discussion with Admika, I decided to build it first. The outer wall, protect our entire camp, so that the army can attack the city with all its strength, to prevent the Dionian army from attacking from the east when we are sieging the city, or land on the nearby beach and attack us.”

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At this point, Marco pointed forward again: “What do you think that is?”

El Akela’s eyes passed through the gaps in many tents, and when he saw something in front of Serinus City, he couldn’t help saying in surprise: “You still Do you want to build an inner wall?!”

Marco looked at the earthen wall that had been left unfinished for a long time, and couldn’t help thinking of the night he was attacked by Dionysian troops, he breathed lightly, and said, “I Not only must an inner wall be built to surround the city of Serinus, but also a number of earth mountains should be built on the basis of the inner wall, and then a vertical city wall should be built on the basis of the earth mountain, extending forward to be similar to the city wall of Serinus. Take… By then, the Dionians will have no defensive advantage, and if we fight under the same conditions, we will definitely be able to defeat the Diorians! …”

Hearing this, El Accra felt inexplicably more confident, but he was a little puzzled: “Listen to your plan, Mr. Marco, it will be a big project! To build these city walls and earth hills… I’m afraid that Will it take a long time?!”

“Don’t forget that I have more than 100,000 soldiers under my command!” Margo said proudly: “After getting the rations sent by Carthage, they started to build the outer wall, and until now That is two days, you have already seen the progress of the outer wall when you entered

the

camp, do you think it will take a long time to complete my plan?

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After Otizides and Zantiparis led the army to capture the main city of Syracuse, the Sicilian governor Cypros arrived in Syracuse on the second day, and joined Leotidides and Zantiparis. As well as Hiktas, who had just returned to Dionia, and his nephew Zamoratis, they discussed how to deal with the captured Syracuse soldiers and the people of the city, and how to stabilize the order in the city as soon as possible…

Everyone quickly reached an agreement. Unanimous opinion: Except for a few people in the city who are directly related to the people in the port area, all the others have become slaves of the kingdom of Dionia.

The reason for making this decision is that Cypros, who has stayed in Catane for many years, believes that since Syracuse has always been the overlord of Sicily, even if it is now down, the people of Syracuse always think highly of themselves. There is always a dream of restoring the former glory in my heart, forcibly pulling such a group of restless people into the rule of Dionia, they may jump out and make trouble if there is an abnormal situation, especially now that Dionia is in At a critical juncture in the war, it was the safest course to demote them all to slavery and escort them out of Sicily.

For Hiktas and Zamoratis, their rebellion led to the final fall of Syracuse. People in the same city are already in the same situation, and of course they do not want to live in the same city with them, not to mention the port area. After the people became citizens of Dionia, of course they hoped that it would be best to live in Syracuse, and the land they deserved was also in Syracuse, and most of the land in Syracuse was in the hands of urban people. …

So for all parties, the people of Syracuse can only be sacrificed.

At the same time, officials of finance, household registration, agriculture, commerce, court and other ministries brought by Cypros have begun to take over the affairs of Syracuse city, count the property and spoils obtained, count the houses in the city, measure the tin The land of Lacuza, registering the people of the port area, and seriously preaching to them their rights and obligations as citizens of Dionia…

The long-cherished wish of the people of the port area of Syracuse for many years is about to come true, and they are glowing with great enthusiasm.

With great enthusiasm, under the leadership of Hiktas, he actively assisted Dionysian officials in their work, especially helping the soldiers of the seventh and eighth legions to build a tall city wall on the isthmus, which completely cut off the The connection between Ortigia Island and the main city is that every day there are warships (from the original Syracuse Fleet) cruising around Ortigia Island non-stop.

Syracuse is undergoing earth-shaking changes, and the people of Taunis and Leothin who are not far from it are watching, and they are jealous.

Taunis is on the seafront and owns very little land, Leotini is a little better, but also not able to meet the land needs of the growing population, now they see the port of Syracuse which was much worse than them The people of the area can now get fertile land and good houses, and they feel injustice: because they also participated in the battle against Syracuse, they sacrificed more than the people of the port area of Syracuse, but they did not. It’s so unfair to only get a little loot!

Under the strong demands of the people, the high-level officials of the two city-states rushed to Syracuse to plead with Cypros.

Cypros looked embarrassed, and reluctantly said to them: The distribution of spoils of war between Dionia and the allies after the victory of the war was strictly written into the covenant, the land was not included in it, and he had no right to go Make changes on your own.

And according to the “Dionysian Laws”, only Dionysian citizens can acquire land, and the Taunis and Leothinians have only one way to get the land of Syracuse – become Dionysian citizens !

The high-level officials of the two city-states returned without success, but what Cypnos said was driven by people with a heart.

sonicmtl.com spread quickly in both city-states.

Moreover, some remarks were quickly spread among the people of the two cities, such as: Even after the land of Syracuse was allocated to the people of the port area, there would still be a lot left, but the Dionysian Senate According to this situation, other landless citizens of Dionia will be allocated to Syracuse, and there will be no more land at that time.

Another example: being a citizen of Dionia is far better than being a citizen of Taunis (Leodini), not only do you not have to worry about having no land, nor do you have to worry about being invaded by a powerful enemy, you also have the ability to become a citizen of a powerful kingdom. Pride…

More than 10 years ago, when Taunis, Leotine, and Catanay all became independent from the rule of Syracuse at the same time, the people of these two cities witnessed with their own eyes those who were even more miserable than themselves, How the people of Catane, who were regarded as slaves by Dionysius, began to rebuild their homes, how they gradually became rich, and how they had a proud status, so that they had to show respect… Quietly for more than ten years In the past, the seed of wanting to become a citizen of Dionia had been buried in their hearts unknowingly, and the impact of the capture of Syracuse this time was only to eventually cause the seed in their hearts to blossom and bear fruit.

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