Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

As a battle-hardened Spartan fighter, Fibidas has been observing the progress of the siege battle. He can roughly calculate that the casualties of the Syracuses may be close to 10,000!Such a large number of casualties is far beyond Sparta’s tolerance. Even if Sparta organizes all the confederations to form a large army, they cannot use such bloody means to attack the city, because it will inevitably It makes the allies resist centrifugally, so this is the place where Pididas is helpless and frightened: Dionysius, the brutal and brutal Sicilian tyrant, has too much control over his troops!

"We have no obstacles ahead, it's time to attack Dionia!" Dionysius, who took Crotone and a stone in his heart, turned his head and looked to the north in the dark night, full of sullen words. look forward to.

By the way, there is Davers!Dionysius reminded Fibidas that he was also full of expectations: but without Crotone's help, did Dionysia, who was at a disadvantage, stand the battle?!

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It was already four o'clock in the morning. In addition to the patrol sentinels, the soldiers of the Turiri military camp had already fallen asleep, but the rapid knock on the door broke the silence of the military camp.

"Your Majesty, an urgent military situation! The Syracuse broke the city of Crotone!" Maltius, the captain of the guard, said anxiously.

"The city of Crotone was broken?!" Daveus' sleepiness was completely driven away by this amazing news. He felt a little unbelievable: "Who sent the news, is it true?"

"The news from the Mountain Scout Team. In addition, Aristilas also brought the same news."

Syracuse conquered Crotone with a ten-meter high wall and enough soldiers in a day. Syracuse's siege ability is so strong, which shocked Daveus during the day. Receiving the news that "Bergam was killed by the clan and his tribe surrendered down the mountain" and his joy was swept away, he immediately made a decision: "Martius, you immediately go and call Antonios, Amintas , Matonis and Capus came to discuss! Another sent someone to call the elders!"

"Yes!" Maltius led the order and hurried away.

Daveus did have the idea of ​​"let Crotone and Siracusa spend each other to gain more time for Dionia", so that he had more time to train the newly formed troops better. The logistics supply is better prepared, and waiting for the stability of the situation in the Bruti region and the resolution of the Laos defection, then more Dionysian soldiers will join the expedition, Dionysian territory It will also be more stable, and he will have more confidence to defeat Syracuse.

However, the plan always couldn't keep up with the changes, Dionysius...Daveus stood outside, looking at the endless night in the south, clenching his fists...

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Early the next morning, on the large training ground that was always empty in the Turiri military camp, it was occupied by the First Army, the Second Army, the Seventh Army, the Lance Brigade, and the Logistics Transport Corps, both soldiers and transport personnel, All of them stood upright, silently looking forward to the exercise platform.

Daveus was dressed in a uniform and stood on the stage, looking around the tens of thousands of soldiers under the stage. He said aloud: "Dionia's warriors, since the outbreak of this war, you have followed me everywhere, not afraid of hard work Fighting with sacrifices, fighting bravely, repulsing the fierce Samone, annihilating the cunning Tarantum, and ensuring the security of the northern border of the alliance, you are the heroes of the alliance!

A grand triumph should have been held for you, but the war is not over, and the culprit that provoked this war-The Syracuse people have broken through the city of Crotone yesterday, and they are about to set foot on our land, will The flames of war are burning into our homeland, and we will be turned into their slaves!As Dionysians, what should we do?!"

Daveus's voice just fell, and a roaring roar came out on the court: "Defeat the Syracuse!!!"

"Defeat them!!! Kill them all!!!"

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Daveus calmed down a little after the excited soldiers. He sighed loudly and shouted, "Warriors, we are going to the south to meet the evil Syracuse. Dionia wants to thank you for The great contribution and sacrifice made by the Alliance, I decided to discuss with the Senate—"

Daphes paused for a moment, then spoke again, shouting aloud: "After the victory of this arduous war, the free citizens participating in the war will become reserve citizens, all the reserve citizens will become full citizens, and the city-state citizens will Get double rewards based on your merits!!"

The playground boiled again, and this time it was overwhelming cheers: "Dionia Wansheng!!! King Daveus Wansheng!!!!!!"

After all, the reason why both freemen and reserve citizens face strong enemies and are willing to fight for the Dionysian Alliance is because they feel that the existence of this alliance can guarantee their rights and bring benefits to their future.And Davers will fulfill what they want in advance, which will inevitably make them fight more bravely in order to achieve this goal as soon as possible, especially the spear brigade mainly composed of free people.

In front of the powerful offensive of the Syracuse, Davers did not hesitate to use any means to improve the fighting spirit of the soldiers and increase the odds of Dionia.As for where the so-called "land" for so many new and old citizen soldiers comes from, Davers need not worry at all: after defeating Syracuse, are you afraid of no land?!

After Daveus finished his training, he immediately announced his expedition.

The barracks door opened, and the soldiers of the First Army, Second Army, Seventh Army, and Lance Brigade lined up neatly in order to walk out of the barracks and head eastward.

The freemen of the transport team will have to rush to the granary in Turi, where there is a mountain of military food donated by the Dionysian people and the confederacy over the past two days. They will transport it to the port by piggyback, and then use a large amount of The cargo ship transported it to the port of Crimea and unloaded it.Due to the victory of the Battle of Taranto, Dionia has won the right to control the sea, so with sea transportation, logistics transportation is much more convenient.

Before the long march of marching troops reached the city of Turi, countless people greeted them. They stood on both sides of the avenue and asked curiously, "Where are you going? Is... to attack the Syracuse people ?!……"

After getting affirmative answers from the soldiers, the people were excited. After the successive victory, they no longer felt the terrible of the south Siracusa army, but hoped that the Dionysian army could expel them as soon as possible, so that the alliance Restore peace as soon as possible.

The public heard that with the coming, the number of people is increasing, but they consciously did not hinder the avenue and affect the progress of the team, but formed a long parallel flow of people on both sides of the avenue, extending to the wooden bridge on the Krati River .

They cheered the soldiers who were on the expedition, while searching for their loved ones, prayed to Hades for him, and offered good wishes.

In the public's attention and wishes, the soldiers were more energetic, especially the freemen of the Lance Brigade. For the first time, they enjoyed this honor, all standing upright and holding their heads high.

"Oh, is this the newly formed legion?! Why haven't I seen them before?"

"Why didn't they carry weapons?!"

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The curious people of course would not know that in order to prevent the long-distance march from revealing the secrets of the spear brigade, Daves could not achieve the effect of surprise attack, so that the spears were wrapped and the military food was transported by sea from the brigade to the Crimea Sa, then appoint Olivers to receive.

Inquiries from the public were mixed with greetings from loved ones.

"Tapirus! Tapirus!..." An excited voice clearly entered the ears of Lance Corps leader Tapirus in the noisy sound (he was due to his outstanding performance in the subsequent training. Being promoted), he quickly turned his head to look around, and at a glance in the dense stream of people he saw the person he was looking for-Mexia, his wife.

She is waving her arms excitedly and shouting affectionately: "Tapirus, I will go to the Temple of Hades day and night to pray for you and let you come back safely as soon as possible!"

Tapirus did not speak, but waved his arms in response, but his heart was full of passion.Both he and Mesia are slaves, and they met in Christoya’s restaurant. The same encounter made them quickly approach and support each other.In the second year of Tapirus' freedom, Messia also got rid of slavery because of her outstanding performance and was appreciated by Christoya. Soon they were married under the witness of the goddess Hera.

At the moment, Tapirus looked affectionately at the figure of his wife who was still chasing the team by the avenue, and a voice echoed in his heart: Waiting for me, Mexia!When I come back, we will become citizens of this great alliance!We will own our own land!We are going to build a beautiful house!There are four or five children!..."

As the team marched quickly to the city of Turi, the 1st Legion detached from the large force and went straight east.They will go to the naval base along the Krati River, get on the "crow" warship, and follow the fleet south to find the Syracuse navy, and they will fight again at sea.

Large forces turned to the Krati River Bridge.

In front of the wooden bridge, the elders also rushed to see the troops off. They were not as optimistic as the people, because the people did not know the news of the collapse of Crotone, but this news was like a big stone on the hearts of every elder. , Let them toss and turn last night, did not sleep well all night, my heart is full of worries about this war.

"Your Majesty!" A group of veterans such as Kunogolata and Cornelius bowed to Deverus together as they did before the naval battle: "Fight against the Syracuse, please come to you Alright!!"