Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

"We'll wait to see it." Daveus smiled lightly without taking the threat of Lucias at all: "But I also remind you that the next time you come again, the conditions I mentioned will not be It is such a good condition now! In addition, I would like to remind you that the enemies of Crotone are more than one of us in Dionysia... The war continues, who knows what will happen?"

Lucias was shocked.

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From noon to noon, the first batch of grain packs arrived at the barracks.

Daveus breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time brought a letter written by Kunogolata. The letter mentioned: The envoy of Lockley arrived in Turri and proposed to the Senate that "Lockley and Dai Onia’s alliance to jointly fight Crotone’s proposal, the Senate has not responded for the time being on the grounds that the governor is absent.The messenger was tired from the road and fell ill with high fever. He was being treated in the hospital and could not go directly to Davos in a short time.

Kunogolata put forward his opinion at the end of the letter: "Regardless of whether the Archon Lord has the confidence to resolve Crotone independently, please be sure to consider that the city-state strength of Lockley is second only to Crotone, its Behind the strong support of Syracuse, the elimination or severe weakening of Crotone and the fact that Lockley took the opportunity to annex Crotone’s allies will build a stronger enemy for Dionia..."

Daveus read it several times, and then picked up another letter. This was a secret letter from Aristilas, which was handed over to Daveus through special channels. The letter mainly mentioned this What happened in the city of Turi in a few days, of course, also includes the arrival of Locke Lee.In addition, it also mentions what happened around Dionia, for example: after Tarantum's consul Diomeras led the army to capture Manduria, Aqita led the army to attack the city of Brinde West , And continued fierce battles with the Mesapi people; Potentia is convening the surrounding tribes, and seems to be preparing to go south to attack Grummentum...

The last piece of news drew great attention from Davos: Diracius, the plenipotent general of Syracuse, led 80,000 infantry, 4,000 cavalry and 400 warships to fight at Carthage... The war between Niya and Crotone, the beginning of this year, the whole Greek world in the Western Mediterranean was full of war.

80,000 infantry, 4000 cavalry, 400 warships?!!!Daphes' eyes widened and he carefully confirmed the number on the letter.Although he knew that Syracuse was the leading Greek power in the Western Mediterranean, Davies was still shocked by the strength it showed at this moment. After all, Syracuse is located on Sicily, but it is far from Turiri It's not far, just two or three days by boat.When Sielon, the brother of Diron, who created the splendid dictator of Syracuse decades ago, succeeded as an arrogant, there was a precedent of interfering in the internal affairs of other city-states in Greater Greece, and Daveus could not help being vigilant.

He took the letter from Kunogolata again, read it again, and thought for a long time...

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After Lucias returned to Crimea, he naturally talked to Milon about the process of his talks with Dionysian ruler Daphes.Milon was angry that the Dionysians dared to put such harsh conditions on Crotone, and also felt extremely guilty.

Throughout the morning, Milon observed the conditions of Dionysian Barracks on the city wall, thinking of ways to break the enemy.Regardless of the south or north shore, the Dionysian soldiers continue to build camps and continue to move the defensive line forward, trenches, deer villages, traps...etc. are laid apart from each other, making people feel like they are not Attacking Crimea, but the Crotonenes are going to attack them.

Milon sometimes sighed: What method did the commander of the Dionysian Army use to let such a brave and opinionated citizen soldier willingly continue to do this kind of hard work and dirty work, if Croto The soldiers inside had long shaken their hands and made trouble.

At noon, Crotone’s fleet commander Ascamas rushed to the Crimea port, and Milon was finally excited because Ascamas, one of Crotone’s ten generals, was also a friend of Miron , A representative of the radicals, Milon believes that he can agree with his plan and help himself.

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After sending off Askamas and receiving his affirmative answer, Milon was finally relieved.

He just wanted to lie down and rest for a while, and the guards came in to report: The enemy outside the north gate has moved.

Before, the Dionysian soldiers had been working a few hundred meters away from the north gate, but at this time they all advanced to within a hundred meters. They just started to level the ground and tamped just outside the range of the Crotone light infantry on the city wall. The land is sorted out a large piece of flat land.At the same time, there are heavily armed light and heavy infantry guards on both sides of them to prevent the defenders from attacking the city.

No trebuchet has appeared in this era, and the moat and wall are blocked at such a long distance. It is impossible to harm the Crimean city. Therefore, the Crotone soldiers watched curiously on the wall without much nervousness. .

Fan Long is also watching this, and already tired, he also wants to understand clearly: What do the Dionyans want to do?

The Dionysian soldiers began to carry a four or five meter long trunk and placed it on the edge of the flat ground. The trunk was driven into the soil one by one, and then connected and fixed with a rope, which was soon completed. A wooden frame about 30 meters long and 5 meters wide.

"Don't the Dionysians want to build houses here, and we are not afraid that we will burn them!" a Crotone soldier said jokingly, causing a burst of laughter immediately.

But I saw the Dionyan soldiers carrying heavy sacks one by one, putting them one by one into the edge of the wooden frame, and the bags were stacked neatly...

"Hahaha... I think the Dionysians not only wanted to build a house, they also wanted to make bread (because it was a sack used to hold cereal flour)!" Another playful remark by the Crotone soldiers caused another burst Laugh.

Because there were thousands of Dionysian soldiers involved in the work, a wall was built with sacks in a flash, and the height of the wall was quickly flush with the walls of Crimea, and it continues to increase...

Seeing this, Milon's face changed greatly, and the adjutant beside him shouted: "No, the enemy will build a high wall to attack us!"

Seeing the scene in front of me, the Crotone soldiers who were still watching lively had come to understand, and they began to panic: there are many powerful slingers in the Dionysian light infantry, which had a relatively long range, and now Diao The Niahs used a clever method to quickly build a platform that was nearly two meters higher than the four-meter-high Crimea city wall, which meant that their light infantrymen boarded the high wall and could use their height to make their Arrows and stones attacked the soldiers on the walls of Crimea.

Once the enemy has attacked the city, their slingers and archers can stand on a high platform and attack the soldiers defending the city wall, which will keep the defenders at the head of the city busy evading the attack, and have no intention of defending the city wall... It was cold sweat: you must destroy this platform!

But he also knew that the enemy would strictly guard against death, so he decided to set the raid time in the evening.

Soon, he saw that the Dionysians began to dig trenches around the platform, and filled the gap between the platform with the excavated soil...

Milon was a little crazy: The Dionysians were simply mice, thinking of punching holes to save lives all the time!

At dusk, the Dionysians built another small camp around the high wall.

Milon finally gave up the decision to make a sneak attack. He didn't want to waste the soldier's life in this hopeless action, and he already had a trace of disinterest in his heart.

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In the early morning of the second day, the Diaonian Northern Battalion trumpet sounded loudly, and the soldiers of the companies of the Second Corps carried the ladders to form a small square array, which was lined up in a fish scale array 100 meters away from the city wall.

Davers stepped on a dirt slope and stood on the high platform for the first time. He subconsciously stomped twice with his feet, feeling relatively stable.

When he first saw the city of Crimea, he had the idea of ​​building a high platform.The city walls over three meters high are indeed too short.However, it is actually not easy to build earth barriers higher than the city walls with mud, because it is easy to collapse, but fortunately engineers have come up with a good way, using tree trunks and ropes as frames, using sacks as soil for support, and then filling with mud... It is fast and firm.

Daveus was at a high level, and the situation on the northern wall of Crimea was unobstructed.Seeing that the opposite city was full of soldiers, Daves said to Epitenius beside him: "Can our archers shoot at the enemy?"

"Sir Commander, this is no problem at all!" Epitanius said confidently.

Daveus nodded: "Then attack."

"Arrow!" At the order of Epitanes, the archers on the high platform began to shoot the first round of arrows.The slingman, who was in the rear and next to the archer, also began to wave the slingshot in his hand.

Finally began to siege!Milon, standing on the head of the North Gate City, is now fighting with energy, facing the arrows and flying stones coming from the sky, he shouted: "Defense!"

In this section of the city wall facing the high platform, he specially arranged for heavy infantry to guard the city. They all raised their round shields to protect their heads...

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There is a new village on the southern bank of the Krati River in the Subari Plain. Aguilas is the village chief. This is the lowest-level official in the Dionysian administrative system, in accordance with the newly enacted laws. Regulations: The village chief is elected by the citizens of the village for a term of one year.

However, being the head of the village is not an easy task. Candidates must meet several necessary conditions: first, they must be formal Dionysian citizens; second, they must pay taxes on time, without major violations of the law. Records; In addition, those who have served in military service, have merit and have special contributions to the Dionysian Union are preferred.