Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

At this time, Dionysius glanced at everyone in the tent, and his eyes fell on a person in the corner: "Androstini, what are you doing?! The Dionysian fleet used such a strange device, You didn’t find out that our fleet suffered such a great loss. Do you say you should be punished?"

Androstinian suddenly turned pale.In fact, the chief information officer of the entire Syracuse is Siparinus, and he is just one of them, following the army.The Dionysian fleet had been training new tactics before the start of the war. Androstini remembered the information from Turiri at the time and had said that the Dionysian fleet was in closed training in the Krati River.It’s just that neither Dionysius, nor Siparinus and he paid attention to it. At most, they paid attention to the number of Dionysian three-layer paddle warships, who was the general, and so on. After all, Thira Couza's naval advantage is too great, and no one has put Dionyan's humble fleet in his eyes.

Who knows that Dionysius now seems to lay all the blame for this failure on Androstini, but he dare not refute it, who called him neither the brother of this tyrant nor his father-in-law?

Androstini scolded in his heart, but said in a panic on his face: "Adult, I...I..."

Dionysius waved his hand: "Your guilt will be investigated after the end of the war! From now on, you must collect Dionysia's information more carefully, and there can be no omissions, you know! "

Although Dionysius hated his brother's incompetence, he had to defend him, because defending him meant defending his own dignity.Therefore, he had to share the blame for the failure of the naval warfare.

Although Androstini was temporarily not punished, he secretly complained: Now Turri and Crimea have undergone a strict military blockade, and it is already very difficult to pass on information.

"Leptiris, if you install this wooden bridge on the Dionysian warship on our warship, do you think it is feasible?" Dionysius turned his eyes to the navy commander who was still kneeling on the ground.

The generals were a little surprised: this is equivalent to giving up the naval experience and tradition that Syracuse and even the Greek city-states have proven to be effective for hundreds of years, to learn from a new city-state alliance that only achieved a naval victory. Is it possible?!

But Dionysius was not an old-fashioned person. On the contrary, he was a reformer and a pragmatist. Both the reorganization and reform of the army and the advancement of siege technology proved this point.

"I... I don't know, because I have never been trained in this area..." Leptinis was obviously a conservative, and he said reluctantly, stubbornly: "And the ship on the Dionysian ship The wooden bridge is so flexible, I am afraid that there are some special devices. I think... it can’t be done in a short time, and...it must be equipped on the warship to fight the Dionysians, this...all It takes time to train..."

"Then study well with the engineers and craftsmen!" The wood of Leptinís made Dionysius angry again: "It was too late, when the Dionysian fleet attacked, in our There are enough soldiers on the battleship! Didn’t the Dionysians want to turn naval warfare into land warfare? Then let us fight well at sea!"

"But lord..." Leptinis cautioned carefully: "Our three-tier paddle warship is not enough..."

"Idiot!" Dionysius scolded: "Bring me back the fleet in Messina, and the port of Syracuse! Also, send someone to inform Philistos to let him Step up to build a new warship, understand?"

Leptinis' head looked like chickens pecked at rice.

"Get out of here, hurry and execute!" Dionysius's voice just fell, and Leptinius' account was much faster than when he came in.

Dionysius had no intention of paying attention to this, and he knew very well: Despite these measures, in a short period of time, the strength of Dionysia's fleet has prevailed.

For Syracuse fighting across the sea, the right to control the sea is crucial. Once it is lost, it means that the connection between the expedition and the home state is cut off.The floating of the military heart of Syracuse's army is a trivial matter. The lack of local resources and the inability to control Syracuse's political affairs are what made Dionysius most afraid.Moreover, Daveus has led the main force to return, and now there is no intrusion and containment of the Syracuse fleet, he can lead the army south at any time, which makes Dionysius to "whether to attack Crotone in full force" There was shaking.

At this moment, Dionysius said calmly: "Now our fleet has suffered. You all talk about it, what should we do next?"

"Adult, of course, we must attack Crotone as we said before!" Astagras said without hesitation: "Although we have no advantage at sea, on the land, Dionia No one can resist such a powerful army! As long as we capture Crotone, there will be no big obstacles to the north, we can go directly to the city of Turui, even if there are no more ships in Dionysia , It’s time for war and peace, it’s up to you to make the decision!"

"Sir, I agree with General Astaglas." Fasi Pesas seemed to feel Dionysius's thoughts, and said: "While the Tarantum are still threatening the map from the north Rye, we should seize the time to win Crotone! If we retreat at this time and let the Dionysians and Crotone meet, the number of soldiers they gather may cause us even greater Trouble!"

"Master Dionysius." Encampus, the leader of the mercenaries in Campania, also stood up and said: "The soldiers are now highly motivated, because they all know Crotone is a very wealthy city-state, if we give up To attack it..."

The generals in the tent are all in charge of attacking Crotone, which makes the scale in Dionysius's heart have been biased to the offensive side, but he did not make a decision immediately, and turned his attention to the only person who did not speak. Asked: "Phibidas, what is your opinion?"

Piddas, who has always been straightforward, has a rare moment of hesitation.From the perspective of Sparta, Syracuse and Dionia maintain a balance, which is more beneficial to Sparta, so peace talks are actually a better choice.But Piddas, who was in it, was intrigued by Davis’s outstanding performance. He wished he could defeat this young consul known as a "great general" by the Big Greeks, so he said: "They all said It makes sense that attacking Crotone can make us take the initiative. More importantly, it can force the Dionysians to have to come to rescue Crowe before they have completely settled other battles and are not fully prepared. Tonne, so that we can have an advantage in the decisive battle with Dionysian. If you are worried that the Dionysian army may suddenly attack during our siege, don’t you have so many cavalry, why not Let them go further north to scout?!"

Dionysius glanced at Fibidas, then at the generals, and he laughed: "I have nothing to worry about! The Dionysians won only one naval battle and thought they would make us Thira Are the Kuzia backing down! No! This will only make us more focused on the land attack!"

Dionysius stood up abruptly, withdrew his saber, and banged it into the table case with a bang, and said sharply, "From now on, all the troops will give me time to prepare for the siege, two days Afterwards, take the whole city of Crotone!"

"Take Crotone!!" the crowd shouted in unison.

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"Mother, I'm back!"

"We're back!"

With a bang, Cynthia pushed open the wooden door in the backyard.

"Mother, we won! We won those terrible enemies! Don't look at their many ships, they were all captured by us!" Adoris ran to Christoya excitedly.

Christoia hadn't answered, and a woman next to him said with a smile: "I'm right, Daphes... Your Majesty has the blessing of Hades, and will definitely win, you don't have to worry !"

Her words did not fall, Agnes had stood up happily: "I'm going to thank Artemis!"

With that, she shyly walked towards the statue of Artemis on the other side of the garden.

"Come on, be careful of the fetus!" Kristoa said with concern, while Agnes's maid had caught up with her.

"Isn't Agnes the priest of Hera?" The woman was slightly surprised.

"You need to know that Agnes was the chief priest of the Temple of Artemis in Lijim before she came to Turriy. At this time, she stayed at home because of pregnancy and could only pray to the hunting goddess every day. In order to protect Dave's safety, it is really hard for her!" Christoya said with emotion.

"Aunt Andrea, hello!" At this time, Cynthia saluted the woman.

"Cynthia, I haven't seen you in a few years, and you have all become a big girl!" Andrea looked at Cynthia happily before embracing her in her arms.

"Mother, I tell you a secret. While we were celebrating the victory, there was a boy who hugged—"

"Shut up, Adores! You dare to talk nonsense, be careful I beat you!" Cynthia threatened loudly.

"What the hell happened?" Kristoa asked with a smile.

Under the stare of Cynthia, Adolis dared not speak.