Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

"But Siliting is outside the protection of Hades..." Caldias looked slightly dark.

"This is your mission in the future!" The reason why Pleacinas looked at Caldias from a foreign country is because he is a key figure in the development of the unique Temple of Hades in Dionysia to the outside world. : "But let us pray together now, let Hades protect Lord Daphes as soon as possible, defeat the Samones, return to Turui, then go to Kaurenia, repel the Syracuse, and guarantee the great The tranquility of Greece!"

"You're right!" Caldias looked up at the statue of Hades, and his faith was more firm: I must let Hades's dignity and kindness shine in the city.

When Caldias came out of the temple, Pleacinus swept the previous solemnity and turned around quickly to close the temple door.

He was the only one left in the temple, and he kneeled respectfully in front of the idol and piously confessed: "Hadis is on, forgive me for what I did! This is for your descendants! It is also for giving you greater glory! ..."

After silently saying this, Plycinus looked up, feeling that the face of the idol did not seem so terrible, so he began to arrange...

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Although the Dionysians were not as afraid of war as the other big Greeks, the two battlefields of one south and one north were not only large in scale, but also far away from them. Of course, they were also worried about the safety of their loved ones.The number of people who go to the Temple of Hades for prayers every day has more than tripled than usual.

But from this day, some people claimed that when he put the oil lamp on the supply table, he saw the words "Bless my blood as king and keep the union safe" on the table, but it soon disappeared!

Some people also said: He also saw this line of writing, but not on the table, but on the pillar in the hall!

There are also people who say: She heard the gods growl when she prayed, and she seemed to be shouting'Daveus'...

At the beginning, this was only sporadic rumors. The Dionysians only regarded it as a joke, but as time passed, more and more people expressed that they witnessed this magical vision with their own eyes, and things went in one direction. Rapid development...

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Also on the morning of the same day, Dionysius received the messengers from the Confederacy of Southern Italy in the large account.

When he saw the war book submitted by the messenger, he felt a rush of joy in his heart.

It turned out that Dionysius did not have the attempt to win Colenia first, as Pretinis and Askamas speculated.

Dionysius was far less arrogant than the big Greeks thought in commanding the battle, but he was quite shrewd.Although he had not fought in the land of Great Greece before, but what he learned from the population of Lockley and observed with his own eyes, he believes that the wall of Kaurnia, a city that was repeatedly besieged by Lockley, was ten meters high. It is not so easy to capture.

He is experienced in siege. He knows that once he puts his troops into the siege, it will consume a lot of time, and the time is very precious for himself and the army of Syracuse. He must break the battlefield as soon as possible. Stalemate, seize the victory of the entire Greek battlefield.

Therefore, after careful consideration and consultation with Fibidas, he once again used the trick of "hidden from the sky and the sea" that he used when he defeated Simirko under the city of Syracuse.

Send a messenger to quickly return to Lockley, order: mobilize 20,000 freemen who landed with the army, responsible for transporting weights, equipment, and food. Then disguised as soldiers, they quietly rushed to Thira, which was besieging Kaorunia last night. Kuza-Lokri coalition camp, replacing more than 20,000 Syracuse soldiers.

The Coronians were besieged in the city, the Southern Italian League’s reconnaissance ride could not play a role in the night, and the Dionysian Fourth and Fifth Legion had just arrived at the Siri Court, the generals were busy meeting to discuss, and the soldiers were eager to build The camp has not yet dispatched a reconnaissance team to investigate the surrounding situation.

On the second day, the number of the Xiluo Allied Forces remained the same, and they continued to use the ballistas to attack the city of Kolenia, and then began to fell trees with great fanfare, making siege towers, etc., but actually concealed the Southern Italian Allied Forces and found no This one is abnormal.

At this time, the Siracusa army, who had returned to Lokri, led by General Fasi Pesas, crossed the ancient mountain pass, quietly reached the west coast, and quickly marched north...

Only Lidim General General Feidun stationed in Taurina discovered the enemy's movements, but at this time Ligim and Taurina's sea and land roads were under the control of Syracuse and had been cut off. They are in contact with the information of the South Italian League.

Feidun didn't know that the 4th and 5th Legion of Dionysian had withdrawn at this time, so he had to take risks and pick out a dozen deadly squads, hoping that they would cross the blockade of the mountain road to reach Cologne, Report this important information to the coalition forces to prevent the Siracusa from suddenly increasing its strength to break through the defense of the Ramato River (Fidun thought that the Siracusa people are still blocked south of the Ramato River, so only Increase troops).

In fact, Dionysius quietly exchanged these 20,000 people and rushed to the Overmia Plain, which not only increased his strength in this area to nearly 80,000, occupying the absolute advantage in number, but also these are his The troops led by the peacetime command is quite convenient.

His original priority target was-Trina, although this not-so-large city is located in the Plain of Overmia, but due to the continuous invasion of the Bruti people in the north, it has never been able to grow and develop. The big river is a barrier, and it is far away from Lockley, so that when the Lockley alliance invaded, most of them attacked from the side of Kaurnia.However, the invasion of the Bruti people is mainly based on looting, and they rarely attack the city of Trina without the siege technology. Therefore, the Trina people do not add the city walls like the Korennia. Thick and high, and the moat are widened, so Trina, with few people and low walls, is located in the plains and became the fat of Dionysius.

The plan she initially discussed with Fibidas and others was: After Fasipesas led his army to Hibernian, he would draw 20,000 from the camp to attack Trina, and the South Italian coalition forces saw him Divide the troops, if you lead the army to rescue, Dionysius secretly let the army of Fassipesas reach Trina by sea, so as to use the strength of the force to defeat the reinforcements, the Siracusa army will completely control this piece Area, and continue to pursue north; if the South Italian reinforcements are not saved (this option is less likely, because it will cause the coalition to centrifuge), the Syracuse army will take advantage of the city of Trina and weaken the enemy’s power. Continue to force the southern Italian coalition...

After reading the book of war sent by the Silentian messenger, Dionysius laughed in his heart: Now, these arrogant big Greeks are actually going to fight with themselves, they really think that they can be defeated by their own person Me, just let me kill them all!

Dionysius was proud in his heart, but there was a hesitant look on his face, and he did not reply for a while.

The envoy of the coalition said impatiently: "The tyrant of Syracuse, I heard that every time you executed the citizens of your city-state, you were very decisive. Even a tear did not fall! How do you face the great Greece that you are going to enslave today? The army of people is afraid! If you only have such a guts, you should go back to the small island on the other side of the strait as soon as possible to dominate, otherwise the anger of the big Greeks will swallow you and your army! "

Faced with the messenger's ridicule, Dionysius glared, his face flushed. He took the pen angrily and wrote tactically: Decide tomorrow morning!

Then he threw at the messenger and shouted angrily: "Since you big Greeks want to die earlier, pray more to Hades today! You will have less pain when you go to Hell tomorrow!"

"Who wins or loses is not yet known. Besides, Hades, who likes death, is the patron saint of Dionysia, the most important confederacy in the Southern Italian League!" The messenger picked up the war book and did not forget to refute it.

"What's your name?" Dionysius looked at him contemptuously.

"Sarcyus, the son of Silath, a Silitian." The messenger answered with his head raised.

"Sarcius, I remember it!" Dionysius spit out his name eeriely, with a threat.

Sarice was not afraid at all, but instead gave a contemptuous smile: "It is my honor to be remembered by the tyrannical dictator of Sicily!"

After the messenger left, the anger on Dionysius' face disappeared immediately, and he paced back and forth in the big tent excitedly, and then beckoned to the guard, "Go, call me the Spartan!"

Seeing Piddas quickly walk into the big tent, Dionysius said at once: "Just as the Silitian sent a messenger to give me a book of war."

Seeing him with a beam of joy, Phoebe asked directly: "So you agreed?"

"I didn't agree immediately. I want to make the messenger feel that I am hesitating and afraid..." Dionysius was obviously quite satisfied with his performance just now, and said complacently.

"In fact, there is no need to fight with the South Italian coalition." Pididas immediately splashed him with cold water: "When we attack Trina, we can mobilize the South Italian coalition and let them be caught without understanding the military situation and without adequate preparation. We use superior strength to defeat. If it is a battle, face-to-face battle will increase your soldier casualties!"

"Pididas, you are an excellent general, but sometimes the leader can't just think of winning." Since this Spartan likes to go straight, Dionysius is too lazy to give him a courtesy: "We Thira Kuza spent a lot of money to prepare the army, not just to come here to win a few victories, to show off the force for Lockley. I need a huge battle! An upright glorious victory! To deter the big Greeks Let them know who is the real master of this land in the future!" Dionysius said with pride, he unabashedly revealed his ambition.