Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

After listening to Axirita and Gaba, they were very excited. This was what they were most good at and wanted to do.

Fibidas was silent, and he did not fully agree with Dionysius's plan in his heart, but he also suddenly realized that Sparta should really learn how to siege like Syracuse.

At this time, Dionysius said in a vague manner: "Before we attack Crotone, let's see how Asprostum responded to the next thing..."

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In the city of Asprostoum, Philius is comforting more than 500 legionnaires who were replaced by Dionysia with more than 500 Lockley captives.He had great regrets in his heart, because he failed to replace the commander of the Fifth Legion, Draco, the veteran of the Dionysian House, and even Dionysius, the captain of the first brigade of the Fifth Legion, Bissy Briem, an important leader of Niya and also a veteran of the Senate, did not release, but insisted on exchanging the captives one to one.

Felicius noticed that the soldiers he returned were all Brutus from the Fifth Legion. Since the Fifth Legion was at the end when retreating, the Fifth Legion was the most captured, but he did not think down.

In fact, Dionysius deliberately released these Brutus, and in the presence of other Greek soldiers and Lucania soldiers captured by Dionysian, he kindly released the Brutus, even he In the next few days, he is preparing to quietly release some soldiers of the Dionysian Army who have been observed by intelligence personnel and found to have resentment.

Felix reorganized these more than 500 soldiers into the Fifth Legion. Although he felt sorry, he was also a little relieved, because half of the soldiers returned were Bisinians and Bisinians were cloth. In the Ruti area, the most determined reliance on the union of the Bruti tribes of the Union. Since the Bruti merged into the Union, it has never had riots. There is no objection, and Philius has a good relationship with Basilipi, so he can come back more than the Sinians, and he feels good about it.

At this time, the herald hurriedly hurried: "Master Commander, the commander of Epitanes, please go to the head of the city immediately. What the Syracuse people are doing outside the city makes him unable to take charge, you can only do it. Decide."

After hearing this, Felix was shocked.

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Dracos woke up from a nightmare.

Since he led the first brigade to intercept the enemy's cavalry and was heavily surrounded, he led the team to fight desperately. Eventually, the enemy's javelin pierced his lungs and fell to the ground and was captured.Although after the treatment of Dr. Syracuse, the fever has been nonstop, sometimes coma and sometimes sober.

At this moment he tried hard to open his dry and heavy eyelids, and he heard a scream of sorrow, but someone beside him shouted mournfully: "Don't come here! You don't come! Asinu is on the top, beg you to bless them... …"

what happened?Dracos struggled to open his eyes. The blurry image in front of him gradually became clearer. He found himself lying on the ground mixed with stone and mud. A city stood a hundred meters in front of him. The city looks familiar to him- Asprostum.

Why are you here?His mind was groggy and he couldn't remember it at all.He wanted to stand up, but found that his hands and feet were tied behind his back with ropes, and he couldn't use force at all.

He struggled hard for a few times, to no avail, but the severe pain from the wound made him almost faint again.

Obviously, the person next to him saw his movements and said in surprise: "Head Drakos! Head Drakos, are you awake?!"

"Who...who are you? What...what's going on?..." Draco asked weakly with his dry lips.

"Report leader, I am the third brigade, the fourth detachment, and the first squad leader of the Fourth Army. Eturu. The Syracuse took the dozens of soldiers captured by our Fourth Army and you In front of the city of Asprostum, tie everyone's hands and feet, and lay down wooden stakes next to each person, tie the tied ropes on it, and send people to the city to shout and tell them, ' You and the captive soldiers of the Fourth Army are here.' Then, the Syracuse army retreated a hundred meters, but whenever the comrades in the city rushed out... when they rushed out to save us, these damn Syracuses If you hit people, they will... use javelins and bows and arrows to shoot them... shoot them..." At this point, Eturu was crying.

When he cried, the other soldiers who were abducted were also sad.

what?!Dracous felt anxious when he heard it, and he endured the severe pain, pushing his body hard with his shoulders.Too much force made his eyes black, his head dizzy, he gasped, trying to control his crumbling body... After a while, he finally knelt on the ground steadily.

When he opened his eyes again, there were more than a dozen bodies full of arrows and javelins in front of him, and the nearest deceased was only one meter away from him.Looking at the gray face, Dracos recognized him: Hajk, a soldier of the Fifth Legion, a young Bruti from the small tribe of Cosenza, with a stubborn and stubborn character.When he first entered the Fifth Army, he repeatedly violated the military regulations and was repeatedly punished by Dracos, who was demanding strict regulations, but he repeatedly refused to accept it.On one occasion, he collided with Drakos on the training ground.In the end, Dracos wrestled with him and won him cleanly.Haggai had overcome his anger, trained sincerely, and performed well. Drakos eventually promoted him to be the team leader. He did not expect to die here...and he died for him!

Anger rushed into the heart, and the cry of the soldiers next to him made him more annoyed, and shouted: "Cry what to cry! There is something to be afraid of death, we will meet at the Yingling Temple!"

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Felix looked solemnly at the row of people under the city who were tied to his knees. He did not expect that he would see such a scene when he came to the city: "You... you are sure that those people are Drakos and captured. Soldiers?"

At the moment, Epitanius, who was out of character and publicized, also frowned at the moment, and his voice was heavy: "Before I came up, the soldiers...have confirmed it with their lives! I have now strictly prohibited the soldiers from leaving the city privately, but there Not only Draco, but also the soldiers of the 4th Legion. Look at those of my men, they all want to save their teammates, neighbors, and possibly relatives...so they all hope to send the 4th and the 1st The Five Legions, so that even if the enemy is coming up, they can resist and successfully rescue Draco and other soldiers."

Philius looked at the shocking nearly a hundred corpses that extended to the captive captives, as well as the phalanx of the Siracusa army that seemed to be resting a hundred meters behind the captives.

He looked back at the soldiers of the 4th Legion stationed in the city, all with angry and anxious faces.

Philius's eyes finally fell on Epidene: "What is your opinion?"

"I think I can give it a try." Epitanis hesitated a moment before thinking, "Siracusa people do this, they just want us to save them. So when we leave the city, the Syracuse people are probably not Will immediately come forward to block, we have time to set up our position, and then slowly approached Drakos, while blocking their attack, while saving Drakos... Although there are more Syracuses than us, the terrain is here It’s narrow, with cliffs on the left and mountains on the right. They can’t display their strength any more and can’t cover our backs. We...we should be able to safely return to the city.”

Felicius was silent for a long time, and slowly said: "Since you all know that the Syracuse people want us to rescue from the city, you still insist on taking troops out of the city, because you can really let us return safely because the Syracuse people "?" Felixius said with a bitter expression, hatefully: "A few days ago, it was because everyone was lucky to think that they could defeat the Syracuse, and I did not insist on...the result! We failed. The coalition was defeated, and we lost more than 3,000 soldiers, causing the situation in Great Greece to be so bad! Has such a lesson not attracted our attention! Dionysius is not so easy to deal with, since he has already After designing this scene under the city, he must have a plan to deal with our rescue from the city. For the safety of Asprostum and the safety of the alliance, we... we can’t leave the city!"

Philius rarely yelled at people as loudly as he is now. This was his emotional depression during this period of time, so Epithenes was also a little stunned. His face was dull: "Don’t we watch Draco and the soldiers were so humiliated that they were not rescued! Don’t forget, Lord Davis, when he was in Persia, once said,'Everyone in the team he leads should be like a family, and never give up any one easily. people!'"

Epithenes’ words lashed out at Felix’s guilt. He pressed the battlements tightly between the stones, and the rough gravel tingled his palms...Although he had a close relationship with Drakos, But as the veteran of the Senate, the commander of the army, and the comrades in the army for so many years, he was so insulted by the enemy. Why did he not want to rescue Drakos and the soldiers, but as the highest military officer on the southern line of Dionysia, he has a heavy responsibility, In such a critical situation, he should first consider the security of the alliance.He has failed once before, and he cannot allow himself to make another mistake, otherwise, once the city of Asprostum fails, the Syracuse can go straight ahead, and he really becomes the sinner of the alliance!

"Strictly guard the city, no one is allowed to leave the city, this is an order!" Felixius said firmly: "I will bear all the consequences!"