Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

After sending away Siparinus, Philistos sat on the wooden chair and stayed for a while...

When the Dionysian messengers came to Syracuse to protest, Dionysius and Philistos attached great importance to Dionysian, but they did not really regard them as evenly matched opponents.But now he never expected that 80,000 troops and more than 400 warships-such a powerful force that could sweep Sicily was defeated by the independent Dionysians in Great Greece!At first, if Dionysius and he knew that it would be such a bad result, I am afraid that they would postpone the offense for a few months and make some preparations, but it is too late to regret now!Only by fighting hard to win this war, otherwise the fate of Syracuse-

The ruined Katana, Naxos, and Carthage, who were forced to sum up, appeared in Philistos’ mind, and they couldn’t help but shudder: today’s Sicily is very calm, but Who knows if this calm will breed a bigger storm?

He picked up his worries and was ready to bring in the finance minister to discuss the money and food needed for the second expedition, but he saw that Hipporinus had left and hurried in again, with a concealed panic on his face.

Philistos's heart suddenly "giggled", and then saw Hiparinus anxiously said: "I just received urgent news from his men. The Dionysians landed in Sicily and they fell. Meyaro!"

The bad news followed, like a hammer hitting Philistos, making him dizzy. He propped the wooden table with his hand and asked awkwardly, "Is this news true?"

"I think you will soon welcome the messenger of Scully for help." Siparinus said anxiously.

Philistos was stunned for a while, and suddenly shouted to his subordinates: "Hurry! Go and call me back some other adults like Herolis, Mathias, Calidmus!"

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The meeting room was still the same as before, but the atmosphere was more dignified.Before the news of the "Fall of the Syracuse Army defeated in the battle" shocked everyone, but it happened in Great Greece after all.But now that the fighting has burned to Sicily, the sense of urgency is even stronger.What worries them even more is that Dionia dared to send troops to land in Sicily, indicating that they had the confidence to completely defeat the army of Syracuse in Greater Greece, and Dionysius was in a very bad situation in Great Greece.

"How many Dionysians landed in Naxos?" Marcias asked the most critical question.

"According to my reports, there are about 6-7 thousand people, and most of the soldiers are wearing all black armor. Information about the Dionysian army shows that this is only worn by the soldiers they call the "official legion" And they attacked quickly. Meyaro only took more than an hour from finding the enemy to being occupied. Although there were riots among the Naxos slaves, it can also be seen that this is not an ordinary wear. The army of Onia!" Siparinus reminded extremely seriously.

The brows of several others tightened.

"Regardless of the strength of this Dionysian army, we must eliminate it as soon as possible!" Philistos looked at the people with a serious expression, striking the wooden table with his left hand, and reminded loudly: "Our army The failure of the battle in Greater Greece, I am afraid that some city-states in Sicily have other ideas. Now, the news of the'Donian landing in Sicily' will only make the seemingly calm situation in Sicily become turbulent, Nack The riots of the slaves of Soss is a proof! We must destroy this army as quickly as possible and use a victory to tell the other city-states of Sicily,'We are still strong in Syracuse!'. Only then can we sustain The current situation, otherwise, once this panic spreads, it will cause us endless trouble!"

"I went to war immediately outside the city to mobilize at least 6,000 soldiers. In addition, a thousand mercenaries on the island of Ortigia—"

Before Marcias said it, he was interrupted by Hiparinus: "The mercenaries of Ortijia cannot be mobilized. That is to protect the safety of Lord Dionysius and his family, as well as the adults. !"

Herolis pouted slightly in the corner of his eyes.

"Can the civic soldiers in the city be summoned tomorrow?" Philistos turned and asked.

Herolis shook his head: "It's difficult. The troublesome people outside the city hall haven't calmed down yet. I estimate that it will take at least three days before they can be gathered on the square..."

"Do your best!" Philistos didn't have much hope for this, and he said to Marcias: "I will now send someone to notify these allies in the north to let Taunis , Leotini, Kataney, and Siculi summoned the army, and you will lead the army north tomorrow, and bring the troops of these allies under your command along the way. The Dionysians invaded Sicily and occupied Meyaro, The next threat will be the rule of these city-states, they should go all out. We will then recruit troops to reinforce you..."

"With the joining of the armies of these allies, especially Kataney, I think it's enough to deal with the Dionysians!" Mathias said confidently: "I'll rush back to gather the soldiers now." Very simply got up and walked out.

"Sir Caledems, you dispatch these allies to the south, urging them to provide troops as soon as possible, and after gathering the troops, they will immediately lead them to Meyaro!" Philistos continued.

Calidmus knew that the situation was urgent and did not argue with Philistos, but he should bear it immediately.

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Herolis finally dissuaded the people gathered outside the city hall, and returned to his mansion tiredly, it was already dusk.

When the door was closed, his seemingly exhausted energy immediately recovered and hurried towards his study, followed by his most trusted slave, Tista.

As soon as he sat down, Herolis hurriedly asked, "Is there news over there?"

"Yes, master." Tista quickly and carefully handed a piece of papyrus folded into small squares.

Herolis quickly opened it, and to outsiders there were dense and strange symbols on it, but he knew very well that this was the mysterious "Daveus number" popular in Dionia.

Suppressing the excitement in his heart, he said to Tista: "You go outside and wait."

After Tista left the study and closed the door, Herolis pulled out the book "History" from the bookcase, and found the corresponding page number, line number, and the first few words according to the numbers provided on the note. But this is not over yet. The first few ink dots on the top of the note indicate that the words found must be counted in the back to be the real goal. Connecting these words is Dionysia’s in Sicily. The information that the person in charge of intelligence wants to convey is so complicated that the secret is that even if Herolis’s slave was captured and the note was taken away, Hiparinus might not understand the secret contained in the note at all. If careless, Hipparinus's men might even throw it away as a graffiti for the slaves.

In fact, Herolis had spent so much time studying and learning for several days, which made him have to sigh: The Dionysians have been so painstaking, careful and orderly in this regard, and have been far better than a few. Syracuse, a decade of secret spy history, gave him some confidence in Dionia.

And now the performance of the Dionysians on the battlefield makes him more confident about this.

After reading the secret letter, he wrote a reply in this way again, calling Tista in again, and instructed: "Tomorrow morning, you will bring two bottles of wine to Felosanus and tell him personally. He,'The weather is warm, let him walk out more.'"

Titus immediately recounted Herolis' words again. Helioli nodded with satisfaction, and carefully gave him the folded papyrus: "After you have delivered the wine, you rush to the wine shop to sit down, Once someone signs the secret code, you give it to him."

"Understood, Master." Tista was already familiar with this, but today he did not leave immediately after accepting the order. Instead, he asked hesitantly: "Master, I heard that Dionysius had already been killed in Great Greece. Defeat, will Dionysius' rule here be overthrown?!"

Looking at the vision in Tista’s eyes, Herolis knew that his slave was originally a citizen of Katane, but because of the massive invasion of Dionysius, his home was destroyed and his loved ones were killed. Slave, his hatred for Dionysius is very deep.Because of this, Herolis will trust him and let him do these things."

"Yes!" Herolis said without hesitation, and saw Tista happily going out.

At this time, a picture from a few months ago appeared in Herolis's mind: there was a businessman who was said to be from Cyranica to buy wine. Due to the large amount, Herolis decided to personally and The businessman negotiated.

Unexpectedly, on the day of the meeting, the young businessman retreated, and then said solemnly: "Dear Lord Helolis, I am a citizen of Dionysia, named Antrapolis, and I bring With the sincere greetings of Lord Davis, the Archon of Dionysia..."

Using Herolis to pass messages in wine shops outside the city, and then let the slaves often hang out in the port to divert the intelligence department's attention... it was from his idea.

Within a few days, the winner will be decided!Herolis was nervous and excited, and he clenched his fists...

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Upon hearing the news that "Hilos is going to attack Medema", Davis sent some engineers led by Orops. They already had some experience in studying the Siege of Siracusa's siege tower. Ma Lai did the experiment.