"So we don't have to worry about Crotone, but the most important thing to worry about is whether Dionynia will accept our occupation of Crimea and become their allies?" This is what Kriano is most concerned about.
"I don't know..." Tima Song thought for a while, but he was still not sure: "If it is another city-state, I'm afraid I won't accept such an occupation of the city. After all, they are big Greeks, and they hired us outside. The army is full of vigilance. However, Dionysia is different after all. It is in this way that Davis has their current status. If we want to succeed, we can only risk betting! To be safe, it is better to wait In the Dionysian Union!"
At the moment, Tima Song was uplifted by himself. Instead, Kriano saw success in sight, and suffered a little: "I hope Agassia can persuade Daveus!"
"If Crotone really sends reinforcements, tomorrow we can pretend to be Dionysia's army and delay the time!" Timathon gritted his teeth fiercely, and had deceived Dionysia once anyway, so he didn't care The second time.He pointed to the scene of the mess in front of the street and said anxiously: "No matter what decision Dionysia made, whether Crotone sent troops, we must first do our own thing well, capture the city as soon as possible, and imprison The people of Rimisa sent out sentinels to detect the southward movement, so that the brothers were prepared for defense! A scene like this must end as soon as possible, otherwise it will always cause people to worry!
"Forcibly give orders to prohibit robbery and killing, otherwise military disposal..." Kriano said with a helpless wry smile: "That's what Davos did, he did it in Persia, we can't learn... and siege When the brothers died more than 200 people and suffered many injuries, they had to let them vent. Tima Song, don’t irritate them, we have to take it slowly..."
"To be honest, in Persia, we still laughed at Davis's approach, saying that he is a fool...to this day, I only know that we are really stupid!...I...have to admire Davers and think about things. It is relatively long-term... When we settle down, we must clear up the military discipline!!" Tima Song sighed and made up his mind.
He immediately dispatched herald officers to look for the officers of each team and let them do their best to gather the troops.He and Kriano rushed to the Acropolis of Crimea with their guards and sent someone to surrender in front of the city.
The Crimean's reply was: "Never!!!"
So, the two sides confronted until the afternoon.
Seeing more and more enemies in the surrounding siege, and beginning to prepare for siege equipment, the Crimea people trapped in the city were increasingly desperate in their eyes. They realized that the enemy's attack was imminent, and many people began to cry.Anta Oris they look tragic, ready to coexist with the Acropolis and die.
At this time, there was a commotion in the quiet enemy camp.
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"Krotone's army has approached the north gate?! How is this possible?!" Kriano was like a thunderbolt, panicked and unwilling to believe that the news was true.
Torikos was both panicked and puzzled: "Our spies are on the south... indeed, there are no traces of Crotone inside the south?!"
"Chief, it's... it's true! The Crotones are teaming up outside the city, and soon...the city will be attacked soon!!" shouted anxiously the captain of Tima Song's guard who was in charge of the North City.
Tima Song was still reluctant to keep his composure, how could he not believe it if he trusted him, he thought a little, and then changed his color: "Oops! It was our negligence, they may have come by boat just like us!"
"How many are there?" Kriano asked nervously, hoping to spit out a light figure from the captain's mouth.
"I'm afraid there are four or five thousand people..." The captain's words smashed everyone's fluke, and everyone's eyes were focused on Tima Song.
At this critical moment, Timmasong asked back, "Brothers, are we going to withdraw?"
"I...I..." Kriano looked at the Acropolis in front, struggling for a moment, then shouted unwillingly: "We are not Crimeans! We can block them with the wall! Just Hold on to tomorrow! Just hold on to tomorrow...Tima Song, you said that if you want to become the owner of Crimea, we can only risk betting! Risking our lives to bet! Even if I die in battle, I don’t want to be Go back to the Dionysian Union and make them laugh!"
"Me too, it's a big death, what's so scary! We can block the Crotonenes through the walls!" Torricos said with a grimace, and he said the voice of most team officers and soldiers.
"Yes, we fight with Crotone!" Everyone immediately echoed loudly.
Tima Song no longer hesitated, staring at the soldiers present, and issued a powerful command: "Kriano! Toricos! And you quickly gather the soldiers scattered in the city, and quickly take them to the wall!" "
"Yes!"
"Pasax! You lead two hundred people and watch the Acropolis! As long as the Crimea dare to come out, kill them all!"
"Leader, leave it to me, you can rest assured!"
"The rest of them went to the North Gate with me and let the Crotonenes taste our strength! Never let them take our city!" Tima Song squeezed his fists and roared.
"Roar!!!" Howling mercenaries revived their morale.
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Timmasong is an excellent commander. When the raid operation suffered an early death, he was able to calmly command the army, skillfully mobilize the enemy, and break through the city of Crimea in the shortest possible time.But as a low-level warrior, his eyes blinded by jealousy and victory only saw that a weak and neutral city-state such as Crimea in Greater Greece could be captured by their power, and lacked the qualities of a politician. Consider the relationship between the major Greek city-states, especially Crotone's attitude towards neighbor Crimisa.
Before there was no Dionia, Crotone did not pay much attention to Crimea, on the one hand because of the agreement with Athens, and on the other hand, Turiri did not pose a threat to Crotone.But after they lost to the Dionysian Union, the situation changed dramatically. Dionysian captured Niutum, Laos joined the Dionysian Union, and Dionys opened up the east-west coast land business... …and many more.Dionysia is rapidly becoming strong and prosperous, making Crotone uneasy. They begin to feel the threat of the emerging force in the north. The strategic position of Crimea as a buffer has become extremely important, so in this half year In time, Crotone was stepping up to encircle Crimea.
This is the reason why Crimea heard of an enemy, the first thing he thought of was to ask Crotone for help.At the same time, when Crotone heard that Crimea was attacked by an enemy from the north, the first reaction was "The Dionysians finally started to attack!", so the Crotone meeting was almost immediate Passed the proposal to send reinforcements.At the same time, considering that it may be a Dionysian, even if the messenger said "only two thousand enemies", they also carefully dispatched 10,000 civilian soldiers.
When Timmasong thought that Crotone’s reinforcements were all to the north, because there were usually quite a few 5,000 people for sending reinforcements between city-states, he sent almost all his troops to defend the North City. Taking into account both the east and the west, I did not expect another fleet to enter the mouth of the Umbria River, broke into the almost empty port, and forcibly landed. Five thousand Crotone soldiers quickly occupied the south gate and easily defeated the Pasacs. Two hundred people, after meeting the Crimeans in the Acropolis, continued to attack north.
The mercenaries not only have a huge disparity in strength, but also fall into the dangerous situation of being hit by North and South. Failure is a foregone conclusion.After learning that "a large number of Crotone soldiers broke into the city from the south", the mercenaries lost their fighting spirit, and Timmasong and Kriano were helpless at the moment.
When the Crotonenes came from the south, the mercenaries only resisted and fled.
Tima Song was in the city and saw the mercenaries running under the city being driven and slaughtered by the Crotone like cattle and sheep, just like they did to the Crimeans before, the anger of the goddess of revenge came so quickly The mercenary's head filled his heart with desolation.
"Tima Song, let's go! Let's kill north!" Kriano shouted anxiously.
Tima Song shook his head, and he looked up to the north with a relaxed smile: Daphes, I ended up losing this contest...
He pulled out the saber without hesitation and cut his neck.
Kriano had no time for sorrow, and he took a few people out of the city with rope hooks, trying to escape.
But the Crimea hated that they burned and looted in the city, chasing after it.The Crotonians did a good job in the end and also pursued.The mercenaries were already surrounded, so apart from a few people who escaped, most people were either killed or arrested. Kriano, Torikos and others eventually raised their hands and surrendered because of the siege, but were angry Beheaded by the Crimea...
Through the interrogation of the descending troops, Crotone and Crimea talents knew that this group of fierce enemies were mercenaries, from Asia Minor and Ionia, who had fought with Dionys, the consul of Dionysia. Persia, who had previously lived in Dionysia for more than two months, this attack on Crimea was a separate operation of these mercenaries with a premeditated plan.
Despite seemingly nothing to do with Dionia, Crotone’s generals and members of the council felt that the best excuse was found: unless Crotone is willing to maintain peace with Dionya for a long time, let Diao leave The rapid development of Niah is undoubtedly a huge threat to Crotone. Only when Dionysian fledgling is the beginning of a war to destroy this emerging alliance!
The adoption of this resolution in the major-majority parliament was very smooth. Even the moderate Lucias did not firmly oppose it. Obviously he also realized the threat of Dionia.