Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Of course, Dionysius would not dampen the morale of his men for a Spartan. As long as he knew how to deal with the infantry of the Dionysian Legion next time, he smiled and said, "Of course after this time It’s hard to say if the Dionysians have another chance to fight with us in the fiasco of the battle."

This was Phoebe’s turn to be puzzled, and he asked directly: “Why do you say that? The Dionysians did not have a lot of casualties, and with the strength of its city-state alliance, it is possible to organize another strength. Not weaker than Syracuse’s army."

Dionysius smiled: "Pididas, you are indeed very talented in the military, but to defeat and destroy a country, you can't do it by fighting alone."

He raised his head, and his sharp eyes seemed to penetrate the tent, seeing the Dionysian consul who was trekking in the Lucania region... With a mocking sneer on his face, he proudly said: "Samonet The invasion of man is enough to give Dionia a headache, but today’s victory in this battle must have a great impact on Great Greece! And Dionysia’s troubles have just begun, and in Dionysia Before getting out of trouble and unable to concentrate all our forces to stop us, all we need to do now is to quickly conquer the other city-states of the Confederation of Southern Italians and invade Dionysian territory, causing its people to panic and its attached cities due to Uneasy and shaken..." Dionysius said decisively: "The last easy sign-to conquer-it!"

"Adult is right! Conquer Great Greece soon, and we can go home as soon as possible!" Fasi Pesas echoed loudly.

"Let's have a toast to conquer the Great Greece as soon as possible!" The usually low-key Leptinius was a little excited because of Dionysius's inspiration.

"We should kill more big Greeks and snatch more loot!" Axi Rita said with a gruff expression in his grin.He did not have much interest in conquering Great Greece. After all, no more land would be allocated to his tribe. What he needed was more food, money, and even slaves to grow his tribe.

Celtic leader Gaba has the same thoughts.

When everyone else picked up the glass, Pididas also barely stood up, he was not sure: if Syracuse easily defeated Dionia, is it good or bad for Spartan?

The celebration in the big tent did not last long because the messenger of Siletine came.

During the battle, the civilian soldiers of the Silitium suffered heavy losses, and now the messengers are sent late at night, the purpose of which can be imagined.

Dionysius deliberately did not show up for a long time, making the dismissed messenger restless.As soon as Dionysius appeared, he immediately made a request to the Sicilian tyrant to surrender to the Syracuse.

Dionysius had planned this for a long time, and he deliberately dismissed it, and said angrily to the messenger: Siriting has always been actively fighting against Syracuse and its allies, Locle, and now has suffered a disastrous defeat. Chengchi was conquered before thinking of surrendering. It was not sincerity. Xiliting had to pay the price for the previous wrong practices before he could feel the sincerity of the Xilitings.

The messenger was obviously not as young and arrogant as the messenger who had come to the war book. He immediately whispered and begged.

Dionysius just said that if Siracusa was to accept the surrender of Silitine, one thousand sheep, fifty cattle and 30,000 kilograms of grain must be sent to Syracuse tomorrow morning In the big camp, Syracuse will only accept the request of the Silitian truce.

When the Silentine messenger heard it, he immediately wailed: The amount of materials Dionysius requested was huge. Silentine couldn't put the materials together in half a day, hoping to reduce the number by half.

Dionysius said with a cold expression: This is the time to show the sincerity of Siliting. These materials cannot be sent to the barracks tomorrow morning. In the afternoon, Syracuse launched an attack on Siliting!

The celestial messenger hurried back to the city and informed Dionisius of the tough demands of the council.

The form is stronger than people!Faced with the pressure of the army, the high-ranking Siridin decided to agree with Dionysius’ conditions after fierce disputes, and once again sent several generals led by Pretinius to the Siracusa camp to negotiate to determine the post-Sirici surrender. Treatment issues.

Dionysius made some concessions, and soon the two sides signed an agreement, and each swear to the deity.

Pretinis and others were temporarily relieved and quickly returned to the city to prepare supplies.Siriting is not unable to provide these materials, but after handing over these things, the people of Xiliting will have a harder time in the second half of the year, but the difficulty is better than being destroyed by the Syracuse people, not to mention Xili The court surrendered and joined the army of Syracuse and fought against allies in the past. Dionysius also gave Siritin some conditions to attract, so that Pretinis were very moved, such as the original Trina Ofer The eastern part of the Mia Plain is allocated to Silitin...

In this battle, Syracuse won by an absolute advantage, so that the frightened Siriting Council felt that the prospect of the South Italian League led by Dionia was slim, and as the first South to invest in Syracuse For Italian city-states, Silitian will also receive many benefits.

So this afternoon to night, the entire city of Xili Ting is busy...

Early the next morning, the Silitians drove herds of cattle and sheep, packed with grains, and drove out of the city endlessly. Of course, there were several generals and entourages such as Pretinis, and they went to Di Onusius discussed matters such as sending troops to the war.

When the long team was only halfway out of the city, a large number of cavalrymen appeared on the empty field outside the city. They slayed viciously towards this unarmed team.

This sudden blow made the Silitians panicked and ran desperately. Numerous cattle, sheep, and pack cars were jammed at the gate of the city, which caused the city gate to fail to close and the suspension bridge to pull up.

"Dionysius fooled us! He wants to seize our city!" Pretinis only realized at this moment that it was too late.

The dust in front was swelled, the footsteps rumbled, and the large force of Syracuse was approaching the city quickly...

"Dionysius, you disobeyed the oath and deceived the gods, I cursed you for digging your eyes and severing your blood!..." Pretinis was stabbed in the chest with the javelin by the Numisbian cavalry, and fell under the horse, Before he died he turned his full hatred into this vicious curse.

The army of Syracuse easily broke through the unprepared Siritine city, and this army of citizens of the Sicilian Greek city-state, mercenaries, and aliens did not stop there...

The Silitians panicked and wanted to escape from this occupied city, but the port is full of Siracusa's fleet, and there are countless cruising alien cavalry outside the city, they have nowhere to escape...

As a result, the atrocities committed by the Syracuses in the Sicilian city-states such as Katana, Naxos, and so on, are now staged in the Sicily of Great Greece-the Slaughter City.

Dionysius did not stop his soldiers or even indulge them.This army, which has been plundered because of his long-term deliberate indulgence, was severely controlled by him a while ago, and after a series of rapid march and general battle battles, a release is required... of course, this is only one of the secondary ones. the reason.

More importantly, he is short of money!Serious lack of money!Even paying the salaries of mercenaries three months later is difficult, and looting is the quickest way to get money.

In addition, he needs to amplify the impact of this battle and tell the big Greeks in a shocking way: Opposing him would be such a tragic ending!

The army of Syracuse ransacked the city, and of course, most of the wealth stolen belonged to Dionysius.

In addition to the numerous Silitians killed during the looting, he also decided to capture the nearly 70,000 Silitians, including the free people in the port, who were all converted into slaves and transported to the slave market in Syracuse , Sell for money.

Except for a few of them, neither were killed in looting nor sold as slaves.Dionysius asked the guard to find them and protect them.They were the Siricius messenger and his family who had threatened him before.

Dionysius took them to Silitine Square, and in the face of tens of thousands of Silitin captives, brutally cut Sarticus and his family with sharp sabers and bruises.

In the dying swearing of Sarice, he announced loudly: "Any big Greek who insults me and insults the Syracuse will be like this!"

He raised his sword and cut off Sarice's head.

The audience of tens of thousands of Xiliting was silent.

The reason why he did not destroy the Siliting City as much as he destroyed Katane because the position of Siliting is more important than Trina.Not only because of the large area of ​​the city, he can accommodate more than 70,000 troops (more than 3,000 people were killed and injured on the side of Syracuse in the battle), but also the east coast of Great Greece is his main direction of attack.He will use Silitinium as an important forward base for Syracuse to attack Dionia and Crotone. Syracuse’s army, navy, and especially food load can be concentrated here, and the next step is to march north. Springboard.

Of course, Dionysius has his own considerations for the high terrain, rugged roads, which is not conducive to the advance of the army and is full of aliens (referred to as the Bruti region), although he has no desire to attack for the time being.

Among the captives, he found dozens of soldiers from different Bruti tribes, as well as Lukanians, and Yan Yuese met them and told them through an interpreter: The Syracuse came to Great Greece, not to enslave them. On the contrary, they liberated them from the harsh rule of Dionysia and gave them the freedom they once enjoyed!And, as long as they are willing to fight against Dionia, fight for themselves, and when the war is over, Syracuse will allow them to have more fertile land, such as the Ophelia Plain, the Subari Plain...