Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

"Yes, they are besieging them! Then take the remaining troops across the Neto River, straight poker Rimisa!" Fibidas looked at Dionysius and said his suggestion: "Now Dionia The main force is still in the Lucania region, and Tarantum has just regained Metapuntum, and the Dionysians will definitely strengthen the defense against the north. In the city of Asprostum here, There are two of Dionysia...uh...what are the remnants of the Legion, I think Dionysia’s territory is already very empty! I heard that Crimea is just a small town, and I want to come and take it. As far as Kuzza is concerned, there are not many difficulties.

After winning Crimea, the army has been going north, taking another small city of Castellon, you can approach the city of Turriy, and join Tarantum to surround Turiy!At that time, Dionysia surrendered, and the Crotones were useless in holding on to this city, and the whole of Greece must be conquered by your Syracuse!"Speaking of this, even Fibidas was taken aback by the prospects he described and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: In this way, the entire Western Mediterranean is really up to Siracusa , Which city-state can cure it?

Everyone else was brightened by Fibidas, and Dionysius also moved, but he knew two things that other people didn’t know: First, the army of Davos won a big battle in Lucania Victory, it is said that more than 20,000 Samonians have been eliminated. Although according to his knowledge, the Samonians will not easily concede defeat, but the time for Dionysia’s main return to Turui is greatly advanced (he has not received The news of the defeat of Samone’s army); Second, the city of Crimea entered a new Dionysian corps. Dionysius has seen the power of the Dionysian corps on the battlefield, although I don’t know It is not too bad to think about its ability to defend the city.In this way, Crimea’s number of defenders will not be less than 10,000, which is not so easy to be captured.

More importantly, the city of Crimea was originally the target of the key operations of the Syracuse's intelligence department. In the past, this area was the most unstable place in Dionia except for the Bruti area.Prior to the war, Syracuse’s intelligence director, Hiparinus, sent many men to the city for activities. A few months ago, the Crimea people protested, calling for a civic conference and subsequent assassination. The "Daveus Incident" all originated from their handwriting.After the incident was exposed, some were arrested and some were hidden after the Dionysian's extensive investigation.After the outbreak of the war, especially after the victory of the Battle of the Ramato River, Crimea's espionage began to become active again.

Dionysius also keeps getting the latest information on Dionysia from Crimea. For example, Turiri has built two newest legions, and Dionysia’s fleet is secretly training on the Krati River... and They also sent a message: as long as the Syracuse army arrived in Crimea, they could open the door for the army.

It really surprised Dionysius.However, since the new Legion of Dionynia was stationed in Crimea, the news from the north suddenly cut off yesterday afternoon.Not only the martial law of the entire city of Crimea, but also the port was closed.

Dionysius knew clearly that such a decisive approach by Crimea would inevitably fail the efforts of the intelligence services, and he was also quite a little worried.He is a person who likes careful planning and careful preparation before acting, whether it is to attack west along the southern coastline in Sicily until Motia, or to the north and then attack west along the eastern coastline until Thorus, The strategy has always been step-by-step, with few bold and rash actions.

The series of rapid maneuvers carried out after landing in Greater Greece this time was also due to the powerful sea-making power and a larger army than the other party.Even so, when he and the South Italian coalition battle, the news that the Lijimen suddenly sent troops to siege Madma really scared him. Fortunately, for the battle, he had basically won the ticket, and not far from Medema. With only tens of thousands of troops in Lockey, he took it easy.

Now, in order to attack Dionia, in addition to the thousands of soldiers stationed in Medema, Trina, and Siriting, he has concentrated most of his troops here.If you follow the method of Fibidas, you must first trap two cities with many enemy forces, Crotone and Asprostum, and the remaining troops may account for more than half of the total strength. Even after winning Crimea and Castellon, the city of Turri is not so good.According to what he knows: after the arrest of Pollux and others, the city of Turriy is already a piece of iron, which was not comparable when Crotone first attacked Turrii, and Dionysia’s The main force may return at any time.

As a result, once Syracuse's attack was blocked, the soldiers were punished, resulting in scattered forces and empty rear.For a long time, any problems in Medema, Trina, Asprostum, Crotone, Turiri will be a disaster for him, so he is the only one Bidas's seemingly beautiful proposal was somewhat resistant.

At this time, seeing Dionysius's silent Fasi Pesas said: "Adult, I don't agree with General Fibidas! Motia-Carthage is the most important on Sicily We are able to capture the important military towns, and we are able to capture them across the bay, not to mention the other cities on Sicily that were captured by us. Although the city of Crotone is larger, it is actually far less difficult to attack in Motia, and the city Too big is not conducive to their defense. It is located in the plain, which is more convenient for us to siege. Master, you see—"

Facie Pesas drove a horse closer to the city wall, and saw Dionysius followed, pointing at the city wall 100 meters away, and continued: "Its city wall is still the old city wall, and the gap between the stones should be compared. Large, the mortar is not tightly packed, and the stone looks old and does not seem to be repaired frequently. Some places may still be loose, which is not comparable to the cities we captured in Sicily (because Sicily Carthage and There are frequent wars in Syracuse, and these two big states have strong siege capabilities, so other city states are very diligent in repairing the city walls in order to save their lives. Unlike in Great Greece, siege wars rarely occur. The way to defend the siege decades ago was to maintain the wall), as long as our ballistas continue to bombard it, it will surely cause it to collapse! And now we have enough manpower to build earth barriers, approach the city wall, and build siege towers and Siege hammers, to destroy their walls, to occupy their foreheads... When used together, a variety of methods will inevitably be able to break through the city of Crotone and open the way into Dionysian territory!"

After listening to the big movements in his heart, Dionysius carefully observed the wall in front of him, and his expression became more relaxed, and then he turned his head and asked, "Febidas, what do you think of this siege plan?"

Fibidas's expression remained unchanged, and he said stubbornly: "I still insist on my opinion. We don't need to waste time under Crotone City. Dionysia was conquered and Crotone naturally surrendered. "

"Sir, you don't need to discuss how to attack the city with the Spartans. They have to defend the Platia with only a few hundred people. They have to be under siege for more than two years before they can win. What good advice can I have!" Astagra Si mocked.

Phoebe's face changed.

In the fifth year after the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War, Sparta led the Allied Forces to break through the long wall and burst into Athens. They had to attack the Allies of Athens and Pradia in the Piosia region.The people of Platia saw bad things and evacuated a large number of people, leaving only a few hundred people to guard the city.

As a result, the Spartan coalition, which was dozens of times as large as the soldiers of the city of Platia, took more than two years to capture the city. In the end, the Spartans killed the soldiers of the city and handed over the city of Platia. It was then the confederate of Thebes.The key lies in the battle of Platia, the most important battle of the Hippo war decades ago, and the Greek coalition, which was fully supported by the people of Platia, finally defeated the invading Persian army, King Sparta Paul Sonia After the victory, Sri Lanka once led the Greek coalition to make an oath: to safeguard Platia's independence and freedom forever!

Therefore, when Platia was destroyed, the Spartans personally violated their vows, immediately triggering an uproar in the entire Greek world, forcing the Spartans to discuss the matter, and the council of elders had to send an ombudsman to challenge the expedition. The King of Sparta outside... So, Fididas, who was a child, was very impressed by this. Astarages can be said to be exposing Spartan scars.

"Don't talk nonsense!" Dionysius glared at Astagras, and then said to Fibidas, who seemed a little angry, "No city-state dared to fight Sparta. But in the siege In terms of things, I do have more experience in Syracuse, I decided to win the city of Crotone first!"

Phibidas snorted and stopped talking.

After Dionysius said the polite words, he was too lazy to care about the mood of the Spartans. He said to the crowd in a deep voice: "Fasi Pesas, Astarages, you organized all the siege technicians, Craftsmen and soldiers began to manufacture siege equipment and build earth embankments, trying to measure the thickness of their walls... and be prepared for siege!"

"Yes, Master!" the two generals responded in unison.

Dionysius looked at the two alien leaders again, his eyes full of sternness: "Axirita and Gaba, you can’t help but you can’t be idle, you can lead you People crossed the Neto River, rushed into Dionysian territory, burned their villages, looted their people, and robbed them of their wealth. "" Dionysius said cruelly.