Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Just as the Dionysian army arrived in the city of Crimea, the news that "the Crotone army failed and the whole army suffered heavy casualties, leaving only more than 5,000 people to flee to Crimea" reached Crotone. The city immediately shocked the whole city.

To say that the failure of the first battle was caused by the carelessness of Melancius and the shameless attack of the Amendolalars. This time Crotone formed a much stronger army than the last time and had the same operations they trusted. Milon, the experienced and reliable chief general, was in charge of the coach. He thought he could be ashamed, and the news returned was even more frustrating.Crotone's army failed again, and more than 20,000 people did not escape. Did they die?Still captured?No news so far.

This time, every citizen family in Crotone was worried and tearful about the life and death of their loved ones. At the same time, the backlog of anger broke out under the guidance of the Dionysian spy. The people gathered to protest at the city hall. Strongly demand that an civic conference be held immediately.

Faced with the anger of the people who broke into the venue, the council was forced to respond to the people's requests, and the civic conference was held in a hurry.

At the General Assembly, the public angrily attacked the incompetence of the generals and parliamentarians of the Council, which led to the obvious defeat of Crotone’s army, which put the city-state in danger.They proposed that they should forgive Milon's position as chief general and take him back to the city for trial.At the same time, he immediately started peace talks with Dionia to redeem the captured civilian soldiers.

The proposal was successfully passed with the support of the majority of citizens.

At this moment, the messenger sent by Milon rushed back to Crotone, bringing the request that “the Dionysian army surrounded Crimea, and Milon asked for reinforcements”.

The news immediately put the Citizen Assembly into a panic. As long as it was not a fool, everyone understood that once Dionysia had captured Crimea, they could enter the Croton Plains, destroy their farmland, and burn their villages. , Approaching Crotone.If the war situation really evolves into this, it is that after the invasion by Sybaris a hundred years ago, the Croton Plain was once again invaded by enemies from the north, and the peaceful life of the Crotonian people in this plain will be broken in a century. It is unacceptable to the people.

"Reinforcement of Crimea, uphold the city of Crimea" has become the consensus of Crotone citizens, but the young and middle-aged citizens of the city are basically evacuated. To increase the number of soldiers, only 18 to 50 years old can be relaxed. The length of military service, while recruiting freemen.Fortunately, it is just a city defense, as long as you can shoot arrows and throw javelins, which is what freemen and sailors are good at, so it is not a problem to piece together a considerable number of reinforcements.But generals have become a problem, because the citizens who can fight and can fight are in the army of Milon, including Milon himself.

Citizens have been arguing for a long time, and finally reached an agreement. A few candidates were elected, but the chosen person refused to take office.When the people accused them, they were eloquent: "Even militants like Milon and Philadefoss have been defeated. How can people like us who rarely go to the battlefield command troops lacking civic soldiers to resist Daio? Niah’s offense? We are not trying not to take responsibility to fulfill our citizens’ obligations, but we are worried that we will not be able to fill this vital position and let our city-state suffer another disaster!"

After they had finished speaking, the civic assembly of thousands of people suddenly fell into deathly silence, and the warrior Crotone came to a dilemma where no general was available.

At this time, Lucias stood up and said in a deep voice: "Citizens, you all know that Milon and I often have disputes over some problems and the relationship is not good. But I also have to respect what Milon has done to the city-state He contributed many times to repel the Bruty’s invasion of the Confederate city-states, and twice forced Lockley to withdraw from the territory of Kaurenia, which is why you have repeatedly elected him as the chief general! To be honest, his military talent has always made me jealous. But now he has failed. Milon, who has always won many defeats and has done a solid job, was actually defeated in a battle that determined the fate of the city-state. You believe that he was negligent. Is this important battle a game?!"

Nicias' words caused the impatient citizens to ponder.

"Of course not, this only shows that the military power of Dionysian Davos is stronger! Yeah, now, this is what any Crotonene has to admit and must face bravely. Fact!" Nisias sighed and said loudly again: "After the failure half a year ago, I think you should all know the man of Daphes. Since he led the mercenaries to Turui, he personally commanded He won all the battles in the battles, and several times with fewer wins than many, so there will be the Dionysian League today! Now, among the citizens of Crotone, more powerful than Milon and more able to fight against Dai Citizen of Onya Daveus?!"

Despite the pale citizens whispering and whispering, none of them stood up to recommend or recommend themselves.

"If not, why not let Milon continue to lead the army! I believe that Milon, who has suffered a failure, will definitely learn from it and desperately defend Crimisa for Crotone and himself! Citizens, Gram Rotone is facing the biggest crisis in a century! I hope you can put aside the likes and dislikes of others and choose the right person to defend our city-state out of publicity!!!" Lucias cried out loudly.

His words clearly played a role. In the new round of elections in the Civic Assembly, Milon became the coach with a weak vote. However, his position as chief general was deprived of his post and he had to be tried when the war ended.

With a satisfactory result, Lucias's expression was not relaxed, because he knew that he would soon meet Daveus again as a messenger.In just a few days, the whole situation has reversed.Lucias remembers what Daveus said when he left Turriy, and now it is fulfilled.

In the early morning of the second day, the Dionysian army also did not attack, but continued to improve the camp, not only set traps in front of the camp, and some soldier protection engineering battalions have begun to build wooden bridges on the Umbria River.

Miron witnessed all this on the city wall, and was surprised: Davis, who used the cunning soldiers before, could sink his heart and continue to build the camp. Is it really ready to besiege himself?

He hesitated again and again, but did not dare to send a small amount of troops to attack.

In the afternoon, Milon was relieved, and Crotone’s 5,000 reinforcements were transported to the city of Crimea through the fleet, making the city’s force more than 10,000.

At the port, he also saw Lucias, who was disembarking with the soldiers, and his expression could not help changing: "Is the council really sending you to talk?"

"No, Milon." Lucias' negative answer made Milon sigh of relief, and he immediately said: "It was the Civic Assembly who sent me to conduct peace talks."

Speaking of the Civic Conference, Milon’s look became even more ugly, and he solemnly said, "I don’t think... The dominant Dionysians will agree to a truce at this time. Even if they agree, the conditions they put forward It must also be very harsh!"

"You're right, but the Crotone people urgently need to know the safety of their loved ones. I can't think of it. But it is also necessary to try to understand the requirements of the Dionysians first." Lucia shrugged helplessly.

After hearing Lycias's words, Milon's face was twitching, he coughed a few times, and whispered: "I heard that at the Civic Assembly...it was your speech... that saved me from being escorted back to China now... …"

"In fact, like other people, I wish you could be tried and give a bad breath for the citizens who died in this battle! But Crotone needs you urgently now, for the city-state and also For your own sake, I hope you can win a few victories in the next battle and lay a good foundation for the future peace talks!" The words of Luciasi's long heart made Miron feel ashamed. He didn't speak but just pinched Fists clenched.

Then Lucias was accompanied by Milon to the head of the city, holding the battlements and looking forward: Not far below the city was Dionysia’s camp. From east to west, there were continuous camps, not only neatly arranged, One camp is next to the other, and trenches, earth walls, fences, sentry towers, etc. are readily available.

Even Lucias, who didn't know much about the military, stood on the wall and could feel the defense of Camp Dionysia.

Seeing Lucias' dignified expression, Milon said, "I think these Dionysians are really not like the Greeks. We Greeks like to fight, but we don't like to do these dirty and tiring tasks after the battle. But as soon as the Dionyans arrived here, they kept burrowing and building nests like mice, and it took more than a day to build the current big camp, which also led me to send hundreds of soldiers last night. They suffered a loss when they attacked them! Now they are still building bridges on the river, and they definitely want to build camps on the south bank to completely siege Crimea."

Milon paused and said aloud: "Now with this batch of reinforcements, I want to teach the arrogant Dionysians a lesson!"

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The troops instructed to cross the river to the south bank to protect the camp bridge were the second and third brigades of the First Army, and they were in charge of Matonis.This is what Mattonis actively requested from Davos. He was the commander of the reserve team in the last battle. He barely caught the battle and held his stomach. This time he had to perform well.

When he led the troops to the surveyed bridge repair site on the south bank, he immediately used a brigade of guards and a brigade to dig trenches and work in turns until the trenches were dug and the earth barrier was built, and no enemy was seen.