Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

"General Seclion really wanted to do this!" Fralios responded immediately.

"The soldiers took a full day off yesterday, and they stayed on the ship again today. They are still full of energy and energy. But look at it now-" Silos pointed to the dense troop-carrying ship waiting on the pier and said anxiously: "More than 6,000 soldiers went ashore, I don't know when to wait! And I have been the chief executive of Cosenza, I know how big the city area of ​​Knapetia is, just to help the refugees who have resettled Trina. Let the city of Knapitija be full of people."

"You don't have to worry about accommodation, I will try my best to arrange it! I can't live anymore, and I can camp out of town." Yasist said confidently.

"I know that Knapetiya is all mountainous, and camping here, I might as well camp on the plains in front. The soldiers will sleep better." Silos continued unmoved, "and You’ve been monitoring Trina’s movements, and Trina’s enemies may be watching here. Our fleet stays outside the port for so long, won’t the enemy know! They know we’re here, even if it’s hopeful When Bernian was attacked, they would also strengthen their defense against Trina! Instead of doing this, I might as well lead the army to attack Trina, attracting the defenders of Heberian to rescue, and Sekerian led Li Jim again. People attacking the defending Heberian are more likely to succeed!"

After saying this, several other people were a little touched. In fact, Asistos and Fralios understood that Seclion had appointed that plan, in fact, he had some selfishness and wanted to make Dionia’s army gain more. Many records, but Hilos does not care about the achievements at the moment, and more consider how to benefit the entire battle.

"Actually, whether it is to attack Trina or Heberian, it is not the most important thing! The most important thing is -" Hilos looked at Yasisters and said seriously: "The army of His Majesty is now In the confrontation with the army of Syracuse in Crotone, the sooner we attack the enemy’s rear, the sooner we will be able to trap the enemy passively and allow His Majesty to take the initiative to better defeat the main force of Syracuse. Victory in a war! I have been in Laos for a long time, now we must act as soon as possible!"

Yasistes was deeply moved by Hilos's heartfelt words, and immediately stated: "I understand, Hilo is an adult! I will not prevent you from landing in Ophelia, I will organize the manpower to transport the grass for the troops. , And immediately gathered a thousand soldiers, set off from the land and went to Ophelia to meet you!"

"Sir Hilos, I'm going to recruit Trina citizens now, they have been looking forward to this day!" Bromalas said excitedly.

"Sir Hilos, my warship will follow you, and I will let General Seclion get the news as soon as possible!" Flarios also said immediately.

"Okay, let's meet in Trina!" Silos solemnly paid a military salute.

"Alas, I had prepared a banquet tonight, and I would like to invite you to be a guest at my house. By the way, I met my wife and children. It seems there is no chance this time!" Yasisters sighed and turned to him. A port official next to him said a few words. The man ran to the pier, commanded the ship, and opened the fairway so that the troop carrier could leave the port smoothly.

"Sir Hilos, I hope Hades will bless you all going well here!" Yasisters sent his sincere blessing and asked again: "Sir Genpolis, are you willing to be a guest at my house, by the way Can I talk to you about how to be your clerk?"

Hernipolis moved a little, and he turned to look at Hilos.

Hilos suggested: "You should stay in Knapetia and wait for His Majesty to lead his army into the Ophelia Plains before rushing to meet him."

Henipolis hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "Master Yasisters, thank you for your invitation! I came with Master Hilos, let's go with him."

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Yesterday, the Syracuse people attacked with rockets for most of the day. Lucias and others led the citizens until the evening, tired and thirsty. They fell directly on the square outside the temple and slept until dawn.

The rocket attack in Syracuse, which worried them most, did not come again, and looked down from the Acropolis, and could not see the shadow of an enemy. The surprised Lucias, Milon and others decided after deliberating Send people out to investigate.

In fact, the Acropolis sent a messenger to the Dionysian camp many times yesterday to return safely every time, they already knew the Syracuse’s attempt, but this was only slightly weakened by Lucias. These high-level Crotone resentment against Dionia's helplessness.

The spies quickly returned to the Acropolis in return: not only were no enemies visible in the city, but even the Siracusa camp outside the city disappeared!

Lucias looked at Milon in surprise and surprise and said in disbelief: "Are the Syracuses retreating?!"

"It's very possible." Milon thought about it. "If Syracuse's army is going to attack the Dionia camp on the north bank of the Neto River, their own camp will not be demolished."

"So we can leave the Acropolis!" Hisprotis licked his dry lips and said excitedly.

His words were warmly responded to by other people. He hadn't drank water for most of the day and everyone's throat was smoking.

Lucias was also undecided at the moment and asked hesitantly: "Milon, what do you think?"

"As far as I know, Dionysius is an extremely cunning person, and may deliberately lure us out of the city, and then let him thousands of cavalry swiftly come back. More than half of us are old women and children. Escape their kill!" Milon said worriedly.

"Don't we have to stay in the Acropolis for fear of death because of fear of the Siracusa people's tricks?!" Citiprotis asked loudly.

"Of course not." Milon said righteously: "We can send people to continue to investigate the movements of the Syracuse people in the south, and send messengers to request protection from the Dionysians on the north bank of the Neto River. We can also ask them Send a fleet to transport water to the port, while there are no enemies in the city, then transport the water to the Acropolis..."

"Good idea, just do it!" Lucia immediately made a final decision, and others agreed.

At this moment, the messenger sent by Daveus rushed to the Acropolis.

The news that "The Dionysian Army has crossed the river" cheered the top of Crotone, but Daphes's speculation that "there might be a battle with the Syracuses" made them nervous.

"Although I was somewhat dissatisfied with the Dionysian'coldness', but they really crossed the river, and I don't want them to come over..." Lucias said solemnly.

"Yeah." Milon felt the same way. He said in a conflicted mood: "According to the account of the messenger just now, the number of the Dionysian army is about 55,000. According to the siege of the Syracuse army I learned before The situation, I am afraid there are no less than 70,000 soldiers, a difference of more than 10,000! If Dionysia and Syracuse really will fight here today, we must fully support Dionysia! Otherwise..."

"This is necessary! If Dionysia also loses, we will all become slaves to that Sicilian tyrant!" Cipros rushed to the high-level meeting of Crotone and said aloud, "We The Trina decided to rush to meet Dionysia's army immediately!"

Crotone's parliamentarians looked at each other and then talked.

In the end, Lucias said aloud: "We Crotone will also send General Milon to lead most of the Crotone civics to join Dionysia's army!"

Milon squeezed out a smile: "I just took the civilian soldiers to rush to ask for a drink!"

He wanted to relax the calm atmosphere, but everyone looked nervous, and no one laughed.

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Just as Crotone gathered more than 4,000 soldiers and Cipros led Trina to nearly 900 people preparing to go down the mountain, Dionia’s army had reached the forefront of the former camp in Syracuse.

Dionysius relied on his strong military strength. In addition to the tighter defensive facilities on the side facing Asprostoum, the camp was only set up on the side of the camp in the core area of ​​Crotone With the earth barriers and wooden fences, even the trenches were not dug. He even hoped that Crotonians would leave the city to attack the camp, which would just hit them hard.Therefore, when retreating, the earth wall can be pushed down smoothly, which does not greatly hinder the march of the Dionysian army.

At this moment, Davis received the return of the reconnaissance cavalry: the Syracuse army stopped retreating and quickly turned around, approaching them, and the enemy cavalry began to attack, driving away the Dionysian cavalry.

Dionysius really came!Because of the previous speculation and preparation in this regard, Davers did not feel too surprised. The more he thought about it, he issued the order: "The whole army withdrew slowly, and at the same time beware of enemy cavalry attacks! Inform Ledes, Don’t fight hard with the enemy’s cavalry, withdraw first!”

Despite his doubts, Tolmed hurried to issue military orders.

Since the Dionysian army did not adopt the usual method of column travel after crossing the river, they lined up in a row and marched south with a large, wide front. The troops of more than 50,000 people stretched from the west to the east. In order to ensure the rapid transmission of military orders, Davers and Tolmed negotiated a way to set up two herding soldiers every one kilometer behind the entire team to ensure that Daves and each It is quick and convenient to communicate commands back and forth between the legions.

The Seventh Army is located at the far right of the large force, adjacent to the Tachnadi River.After listening to the commander, the commander of the army, Matonis, said that he could not understand: "Why retreat?! The enemies are chasing. At this time, the retreat will only lead to a drop in morale and chaos! We should fight against the enemy!...... "