Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Daphes sighed, holding his hands on his shoulders and said sincerely: "Even if I have a great advantage in facing Siracusa's forces, the ocean has become the world of their navy, and there is Dionysius. This terrible opponent, as the commander, in such a bad situation, I will lose! And you successfully saved most of the soldiers of the two legions, while cooperating with Crotone to stay until the arrival of reinforcements, let us win the defeat. Hope. Not only should I thank you! All the people of Dionysia should thank you!"

The words of Phyllisius burst into tears, that was tears of relief.

"Drakos's death is not your fault! I know him, he never refused to lose, so whether he was captured after he took the initiative or died when he hit the ground, it was the most correct choice he made! All we can do is grab Dionysius and use his head to pay tribute to the heroes of Drakos!"

"Yes!...Yes!!" Felix nodded again and again.

"How are the soldiers of the Fifth Legion?" Davers asked with concern.The Fifth Legion, the legion of the Bruti, the soldiers witnessed the dying of the captain who created it, and during this period of turmoil in the Bruti area, Davis certainly had to worry about their status.

"The soldiers can't wait to fight the Syracuse and avenge Draco's!" Felix replied immediately.

"That's good." Daveus encouraged him to say, "I met your wife Delia when I was leaving Turi, and she asked me to bring you words,'She and the child are very good now, I hope you can lead the soldiers to expel the enemy from Great Greece at an early date!'"

Felix was depressed when he came, bowed his head, and shrank; he walked easily and strode meteor.

Daveus looked at the back of his departure, but he was thinking: Phillips is too gentle and his will is not firm enough. It is not a general who can be alone. In the future, he will still be engaged in the case of military affairs.

In fact, he had another reason to thank Felicius for not saying it: the failure of the Battle of the Ramato River caused the Greek forces in southern Greater Greece to be greatly weakened, and there was no longer the ability to resist Syracuse, but this is for Dai Isn’t Onia the same?

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The Dionyan fleet continued to drive south, approaching the sea near Lockley.

It can be said that among these port cities on the east coast, only the port of Lockley is still frequented by merchant ships, even busier than before the war.Because of the blockade and suppression of the South Italian Alliance city-state ports by the Navy of Syracuse, the merchant ships traveling between the Eastern and Western Mediterranean routes can only be transferred or traded in the port of Lockley.

"Lower sails!" Seckrian looked at the shadow of sails in the distance, his eyes gleaming coldly: "Offense!"

As the trumpet sounded, the warships of the fleet gradually unfolded, and the sailors excitedly accelerated the frequency of the pulp. The merchant ships did not pose any threat to them, giving them a thrill of vegetable abuse, and they could also train their actual combat experience.

Driven by the high-speed paddle, the warship reached a terrible 13 knots. Other merchant ships could not escape without the help of strong winds. Compared with the three-layer paddle warship, the size of the merchant ship is undoubtedly a child facing an adult. Not an opponent at all, and soon overturned under the impact of a warship.

Broken ships, people calling for help, large and small cargo are floating everywhere on the sea... Seeing this horrible ship in the distance, frightened to escape, and soon except for Dionia on the sea outside the port of Lockley Outside the fleet, no other ships can be seen.

Seckrian led the fleet around the port for several laps, and then went away.

Lockley was angry at this, but he was helpless, because the Syracuse took their 30 three-tier paddle warships two days ago on the grounds of confronting the Dionysian fleet.Seeing the enemy ships flaunting beyond the port, everyone had a bad hunch in their hearts.

"It seems that Syracuse's fleet has lost again!" Demodokas said somberly.

"Yes!" Panticapes said worriedly: "Since then, the Dionysian warships will control the east coast, which will cause a huge blow to our maritime trade! I am even more worried about Syracuse. It was also defeated by Dionysia on the land, knowing that the young Diona’s consul has returned to Turriy."

"It's impossible for the Syracuses to defeat on land!" Demodokas retorted without hesitation: "You and I have personally seen the army of more than 80,000 people in Syracuse, aren't they Any Greek city-state can resist, including Sparta!"

That being said, Demodokas is still a little irritable in his heart. He is very clear in his heart: because of the support of Dionysius, Demodokas has been in control of Lockley’s supreme regime for many years. "Aboriginal".For this reason, he fiercely suppressed political opponents and brutally suppressed those who opposed him. The public was dissatisfied with him.During this time, this dissatisfaction was intensifying, because in order to ensure the supply of materials for the combat army and part of the Syracuse army, he levied a higher "special war tax" among the city-state people to increase the income of the treasury to buy war Supplies.Once the army of Syracuse was defeated, he could hardly imagine what the seemingly calm people would do under the provocation of his political enemies?

"Now the city is too empty, in case Dionia's troops land here, we are in danger!" Demodokas said suddenly. "The troops stationed in Medema must be brought back."

Panticapes was stunned: "What about Madma?"

"Lijim's army has been hit hard. Even if they want to attack the city of Medema, it will not be won soon, we can always reinforce." Demodokas replied.

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The Dionyan fleet continued to sail south, and soon reached the southernmost point of Great Greece.

Sekerian’s ship was at the forefront of the team, carefully leading the fleet around the top of the peninsula, turning its head north, and entering the Strait of Messina.

After a short voyage, he approached Lijim.

It was already dusk at the moment. Although Seckrian was more curious about the city of Messina, the port of Messina was at the narrowest point of the strait, at least a dozen miles away.

Previously, when the Syracuse rebuilt the city of Messina destroyed by the Carthage, the site was relocated, and the port was once abandoned, but it was soon dominated by the Syracuse, Lockley and their allies Of immigrants are owned and developed vigorously.Before the outbreak of the Great Greek War, Syracuse also sent a fleet to maintain port safety, control the ships entering and exiting the strait, and blockade the Lijim port.Although a few days ago, the three-tiered paddle warships in the Messina fleet were all transferred to the Silitium and participated in the naval battle with Dionia, there were only more than 30 small and medium warships left in the port, but this is not Lijim. What can be confronted.If the Clippers other than the Syracuses noticed the arrival of the Dionyan Fleet from afar, they quickly withdrew the warships to the port, and the fleet led by Sekerian would definitely see Syracuse when they arrived at the port of Ligim. Zha’s warships were cruising outside the port, and a battle was inevitable.

Considering that it was getting late, and there was still something to be done by King Daveus, Sekerian temporarily suppressed the impulse to allow the fleet to continue to the north, and took the lead to the port of Lijim.

It has been two months since the Lijim have seen foreign ships entering the port. When they heard that Dionysia’s fleet was coming, they were overjoyed and rushed out of the city to the port.

Under the guidance of the Lijim patrol ship, the Sekerian fleet entered the military port, and the Dionyan sailors were still disembarking, and the Lijim people rushed in, surrounded by the warship, and inquired loudly about the situation outside.

No wonder they are so anxious, because Li Jim has been tightly sealed by the Syracuse fleet for more than a month, and they know nothing about the outside world.Generally speaking, it is difficult to completely block a coastal city. After all, it is impossible for warships to soak in the sea for a long time. They need regular maintenance, they need to be dragged to the shore to sunbathe, and the maggots need to be cleaned. Rest, drink water.But Messina was too close to Lijim, and the distance between the two cities across the strait was only a dozen miles, and the Syracuse people were determined to completely deceive Lijim's eyes, causing them to panic. Therefore, the fleet stationed at the port of Messina was divided into several groups, and Li Jim was blocked in turn without interruption.In addition, the land passage between Lijim and the outside world was blocked by Lockley on the east side, and the Lockley Army was stationed in Medema City on the west side. The coalition forces withdrew completely south of the Maro River.

Therefore, the arrival of the Dionysian Fleet gave Lijim people a great surprise, especially when they learned that the Dionysian Fleet had completely defeated the Siracusa Navy and became the new master of the coast near Great Greece. Cheers broke out inside.The people of Lijim crowded Dionysian sailors singing and dancing, as if holding a celebration parade, the Dionysians greeted the Lijim city lively.

That night, Li Jim’s chief general, Ateli Cruz, hosted a dinner with Seclian.

At the banquet, at the request of the guests, Seclian talked about the battle of Taranto, which caused everyone to cheer and praise......

At this time, Artili Cruz coughed a few times and asked aloud: "General Seclian, out of friendship with Dionysia, Li Jim generously lent all our three-tier paddle warships, even because There is no fleet and it has been blocked by the Syracuse for a long time. Now that Dionya has successfully defeated the Syracuse Navy with our help, should we return our warship?"