Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Plesinas did enter the large port of Tarantum, and did not see the several Tarantum warships that patrolled offshore.Despite this, he continued to ask the Tarantum Senior Court with a cheeky face: even if only a few warships were sent to Turui.

He had a small abacus in mind: Crotone was never afraid to provoke Tarantum in the battle with Dionia, so even if only a few Tarantum warships patrolled the east coast of Dionynia Being a facade can also act as a deterrent, thus ensuring the basic safety of Dionysia’s coastline.

But the old hospital of Tarantum still tried to persuade Placinas, but he refused firmly, and let the cheeky person return without success.

As soon as Plesinas returned to the port of Turiri, Crotone’s fleet arrived, and Turiri’s sea trade route was immediately cut off, and the port was in panic.

Oliver arrived with a large number of patrols to help Mariji maintain order.

After learning of Tarantum's decision, Daphes pondered for a moment, and said to the clerk Aristotle, who was beside him, "I seem to remember that Spartan messenger had been to Tarantum?"

"Yes, Aristilas reported at the time,'The Spartans hoped that Tarantum would abolish the alliance with us and come forward to take the lead against us, but it was rejected by the Tarantum Senate.'"

"But it still works." Daveus sighed and sneered immediately: Tarantum, this is to sit on the hill and watch the tiger fight!Fortunately, after all, this war depends on ourselves!

"You go and tell Aristilas that for the Crotone spies, you can close the net."

"Yes!"

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The Dionysian closed the port. To Tratus's expectation, he had already negotiated with the Croton Express Clipper in advance: every night on the specific beach at the mouth of the Krati River. His intelligence.

Just as he began to write secret letters again, the door was suddenly opened and four or five people poured in.

In a panic, he subconsciously grabbed the scroll of paper and just shouted, "Who are you--" The person who was rushed in was pressed to the ground, and his clenched hands were also broken apart. The unshredded papyrus was also taken away, and his face changed suddenly.

"This afternoon, around 10,000 fully armed troops were stationed in the military barracks in Turiri, and a thousand heavy infantry were stationed in the port. It is said that the civic soldiers of Amendolara were already on their way to Turiri, Niutum-- "A clear voice rang above his head: "Tratus, I have to admit that your observation and arithmetic skills are really good. The information written to Crotone is very consistent with the facts. No wonder Crotone People will send you to Turri and stay here for half a year. I don’t know how you feel about it?"

Hearing this, Tratus sank his heart, and he knew that his whereabouts were in the hands of the Dionysians.

When he was erected, he saw a handsome, thin, middle-aged man standing in front of him, looking at him with interest.

"How do you want to treat me?" Terratus asked in a dry whisper.

The thin, tall man didn't speak, took something from someone else's hand, and took it in front of Tratus: it was a rough wooden knife.

Tratus suddenly widened his eyes, his expression was striking, he struggled and shouted: "What are you doing to my child?! You caught my child, aren't you?!!! He is only seven years old! Hera is in Go on, please forgive him!!! Forgive him!!! Let me do whatever I want!!!" He begged bitterly and finally wept.

The tall, thin man said coldly: "Your wife and children are still in Crotone City, but under the supervision of our people, I will introduce myself. My name is Aristilas, and the governor, Master Davers. Intelligence officer (although Daveus promised to give him this position, he is still a freeman, not an official), giving you a choice to do things for Dionia. If you refuse, not only will you die, you will suffer The sick wife will die because of lack of money, and the son will become a slave; and if you agree, you will become a Dionysia reserve citizen, we will try our best to rescue your wife and children, and let the union doctor treat your wife Sick, you know that the medicine of our alliance is better than Crotone!" Aristilas paused, seeing Tratus lowering his head, his face cloudy and erratic, so Shen Sheng said: "It is health It’s death, you choose."

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At dusk, the chief general of Crotone, Milon, received a secret report from Turiy: This afternoon, Turiy began to gather civilian soldiers. It is reported that about 4,000 citizens in the city gathered at Victory Square, and villages outside the city are still mobilizing. In China, no large number of citizens have yet to enter the city of Turi.Turiri has sent about a thousand soldiers to the port and sent many cavalry to patrol the coast. Amendolara and Nyutum have not yet seen the army arrive.

In the past six months, Crotone, through the intelligence of Tratus and the information learned from the soldiers released, Chief General Milon knew something about Dioria and was very vigilant towards Dionia, so Early preparations were made, and after helping Crimisa eliminate mercenaries, war mobilization was carried out immediately.This time, in order to completely defeat Dionia, Crotone and his affiliated Asprostum assembled all the forces they could gather: 20,000 people in Crotone, Asprostum Three thousand people; Crotone’s confederate Silitine was originally a big city, but in the last raid of the Dionysian Union, it suffered the most damage, but for revenge, it still squeezed out two thousand troops; close The Trio of the Bruti also sent a thousand people. This time Crotone did not refuse; only Coronia, Crotone refused its reinforcements, because the south of Cologne was Crowe. Tony’s enemy, Lockley League, although it has not changed much in recent years, Crotone knows that Lockley has been staring at the north. If he is fighting with Dionysia, Lockley suddenly strikes and is captured by it. In the words of Kaurnia, then it can successfully win the Siriting who is lacking a major general, and approach the empty Crotone inside... Therefore, the vigilance and defense against Lockley cannot be relaxed.

At the same time, the battle with Dionia must start as soon as possible, and you can't wait for Dionysia's army to arrive and then attack.Therefore, Crotone's pre-war preparations against the Greek city-state have been protracted. This time it was particularly efficient. Not only did the assembly be completed in a day, but the allied reinforcements also hurriedly hurried under his urging.

In fact, Lockley was overjoyed to learn that Crotone and Dionysian war broke out. After its deliberations, its council sent a messenger to Dionysia, who knew that Crotone was not only on the road The road to the north was blocked, and the east coast of Great Greece was always cruised by the Croto Civil War from the north of Cape Alice, forcing the Lockley messengers to change course, planning to divert the passenger ship to the southwest of Sicily. Tarantum turned northeast and disembarked, taking a large circle around the land.

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Daveus was analyzing Crotone's military intelligence with the generals of the legion and discussing countermeasures against the enemy. Aristotle came in and whispered something with him. Daveus nodded and said, "Let them come in ."

He turned and said to the generals: "Brothers, Zantiparis and Tolmed are here."

There was a sudden silence in the living room of the argument.

Zantiparis and Tolmed walked in with a worried face in a hurry. Unexpectedly, there were so many people in the living room, and they were stunned.

At this time, Davers said with a smile: "I'm going to call you both, but I didn't expect you to come first. We are just about to discuss how to deal with Crotonians. You go forward and talk about your views."

Zantiparis and Tolmed glanced at each other, then knelt on one knee and said apologetically: "Master Davies... and... fellow comrades, we are really... sorry you! Give Dai Onia brought war and brought you trouble! Timmasong and Kriano have been in frequent contact with mercenaries some time ago, and have repeatedly asked our opinion, we always thought they just wanted to leave Here, I didn't expect...we—"

"Tima Song their business has nothing to do with you!" Daveus interrupted them, and said with a serious and serious look: "Everyone has their own ideas and life they like, you and other mercenaries have chosen Staying without leaving means that you agree with Dioria’s system, like to live here, and willing to become a citizen of Dionysia. Then come and fight with us! Test you in front of Crotone’s army The time has come! Use your bravery to fight back the doubts of others, prove to the Dionysian people that we had not misunderstood people, and at the same time prove your determination to defend Dionysian death and let the Dionysian people volunteer Open your arms and welcome you!"

"Devers is right! Zandiparis, Tormid, let us fight together and defeat the Crotone! Revenge them for Timmasong!"

"Great, we can finally fight together again!"

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Amintas and Antonios expressed their warm welcomes to Zantiparis and Tolmed, and gave them relief.

Note: The fourth volume of the book has come to an end when the Crotonians are gathering forces to attack the Dionysian Union.Want to know if Dionia can survive the fierce attack of Crotone?Can you reverse the victory?Please see the next volume: Southern Italian Overlord

I remember that the last novel "From City-State to Empire" was stopped when I was about to start writing the volume of "Southern Overlord". After so many years, it has been a pity in my heart. This time it is rewritten here. But the long-cherished wish.