Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

So, Hilos again slowed down the siege progress, felled trees and made siege equipment.

As the Dionysians are about to start their attack on Medema, the Rockleys who are confronting the Cologne army want to rescue, but they are helpless.

What worries them even more is that once the Dionysians have captured Medema and the Daly coalition forces pour out of the trail from west to east, Lockley’s situation will become very dangerous!

Therefore, Lockley dispatched five 50-jaw clippers, taking huge risks, paying the heavy price of two being sunk and two captives, breaking through the blockade of the Dionysian fleet and entering the port of Silitine.

Only then did Dionysius know: Not only did he use the peace talks to delay time these days, Davis also did not idle, he not only forced down Kolenia, but also dared to siege himself while defeating his troops. Locke Lee’s army took Trina and Hepianian lightly, and even Medema was at risk, completely separating Siriting from Locke.It can be seen from this that Davers probably has no sincerity in peace talks!

This discovery distressed Dionysius: Apparently the young consul was not as naive as his age in politics, but as sinister as his military command, while paralyzing himself, he was quickly devouring Thira Kuza’s alliance forces in Great Greece hope to eventually wipe out his army here!

Perceiving Davos' true intentions, how would Dionysius sit still, no matter when the reinforcements can arrive, he must first prepare.

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On the second day, Antonios met with the staff of the Davis Intelligence Department's head in Sicily, Antrapolis, and he brought the advice of Antrapolis: I hope that Antonios can use Meyer Luo is a bait to lure Syracuse and his allies to attack, so as to cause the emptiness of the internal defense forces of Katana, Leotini, Syracuse and other city-states, and is the opponent of Dionysius We riot to create conditions.

After a rough understanding of the layout of several major city-states in the central and eastern part of Sicily, and in order to reduce the obstacles of the offensive in the future, Antonios agreed after thinking.

While waiting for the enemy to attack, he released the elderly, women and children of Sikuli who had previously been imprisoned, on the one hand to reduce the consumption of food, and on the other hand to let these people bring words to the Sikuli people The Asians came to Sicily just to avenge the Syracuses who invaded Greater Greece. They did not intend to occupy the territory of any city-state, nor did they intend to be enemies with other city-states, and were willing to overthrow the tyranny of Dionysius with the city-states of Sicily. rule.

Antonios also sent a brave Naxosian to the north of Tauromenion and conveyed the same meaning to them.But the messengers sent did not return, which shows that the Campania mercenaries were malicious to Dionia, but these mercenaries did not rush out of the city and down the mountain to attack the eastwards along the Alcatara Valley Crowd of exiles.

These exiles are entering Meyaro in endlessly, and they are warmly welcomed by the soldiers of the First Army in the town.Anthony’s available soldiers gradually became sufficient. While letting Laodisian and Lesi Peratus take care of the placement of these newcomers, at the same time, he selected the young men and distributed them with shields and spears. Less than two days later, he had more than two thousand ready soldiers available.

This afternoon, while Antonios was pleased with the strength of his army, he received a return from the reconnaissance ride: an army with a high "three leg pattern" flag and a large number of soldiers was entering Siculi.

Antonios knew that Syracuse's army was coming.

Soon, few of his scouts were driven by the Siracusa cavalry and had to return to the north bank of the Alcantara River, and on the south bank there were several generals wearing colored crown helmets under the protection of the guards. , Signing something in the direction of Meyaro, staying for a while before leaving.

Antonios knows that the arrival of the war is just a matter of these two days. Even today, because the time is too late, the Syracuse cannot possibly attack. Tomorrow there will be a fierce battle in the town of Meyaro!

He suppressed the tension in his heart and carefully recalled the deployment he had made in the past two days in his mind, so as to discover whether there were any negligence and omissions...

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The next day, the weather was clear and windless, and it was suitable for combat.This is not good news for Antonios. He hopes that it will rain heavily, which will undoubtedly increase the difficulty of the Syracuse attacking Meyaro, especially the soaring Alcantara River will make Syracuse Zharen had a headache even crossing the river.

In the morning, the sentries on the sentry tower could already see the billowing smoke in the south.

But it was the port that first discovered the enemy's situation, and the Syracuse fleet appeared on the sea surface.

Antonios, who received the news, did not show any abnormal emotions, but he knew clearly that the Syracuse people went by sea and land, obviously to cut off the retreat of the First Army, cut off the support of the First Army, and siege and annihilate.

So he quickly asked: "How many three-tier paddle warships?!"

"The exact number is unclear and looks no less than our fleet!" the sentry of the port lighthouse replied.The fleet at sea is not like the troops on land. It can occupy more than a dozen miles of sea surface when sailing. It cannot be detected by relying on the fixed observation tower on the shore.

Of course, Antonios also has some understanding of this. He can't make the fight at sea and can only rely on Secorian.

"Let the people of the port and the patrols immediately withdraw to the town!" Antonios immediately gave the order.The port is not in the town of Meyaro, and there is no city wall protection. Under the pressure of the army, there is no need to waste limited manpower to protect a port that is impossible to hold. He must concentrate his troops to deal with the upcoming land attack.Even if the Syracuse fleet was to land on the coast near the port and burned the port that transported materials for his first legion, he would not care at this moment...

However, the Syracuse fleet did not land at the port, nor did it burn the port, because the Sicilian merchant ship that had been on this route for the past two days had already informed Syracuse of the detected situation: Every morning, the fleet of Dionia will be from Ligim Departure, arrived at the port of Meyaro, patrolled until the afternoon, and then returned to Lijim, so unless the naval command of Syracuse is a fool, otherwise land at the port at this time, the warships docked at the pier will become Dai later arrived The Onia fleet practiced hitting targets.

The commander of this Syracuse fleet is called Paronisos. He is a nobleman of Syracuse, and he was one of the friends who supported the high-ranking Dionysius together with Herolis. There are quite a few talents in command, so when the navy led by Leptinis defeated Carthage, the people of Syracuse called for him to be the new naval commander.

However, when Dionysius led the army to invade Great Greece, he still appointed his brother as naval commander, which made Paronisus dissatisfied. He believes that this is Dionysius helping his brother to redeem Everyone knows that Dionysia’s fleet is weak, and victory is a breeze.

Unexpectedly, the news of the fiasco of the Navy of Syracuse again and again, Paronisus also exasperated in shock.This time, in order to eliminate the Dionysians who landed, and considering the complaints of civilians and freemen in the Gulf against the city-state, Filistero chose Palonius to serve as naval commander, just to use him in the water The prestige in his hand made the offensive at sea more smooth, and Palonius also wanted to use a big victory to prove to Dionysius that the choice he made was wrong.

At this time, Siracusa’s warships were moored on the sea outside the port, with the head facing north, waiting for the arrival of the Dionysian fleet.

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The Dionyan fleet is heading south along the east coast of Sicily.

Day after day, repeating the tasks of escorting the Lijim fleet and patrolling the sea near Meyaro has become annoying to Seckrian. Watching Dionysia’s land forces attack the enemies of Great Greece and attack the city, The results were brilliant, but the navy that first laid the foundation for the victory of the Dionysian Alliance could only assist the Army in irrelevant tasks such as escort and patrol. Seckrian felt very helpless. If it was not because this expedition to Sicily was of great importance, he would rather stay In Lijim, let his subordinates do this boring task for him.

Just as he sat on the deck, wondering this time when he had escorted the fleet and whether to take the fleet to continue exploring the large port of Syracuse south, the watchman on the mast suddenly shouted: "There is a fleet ahead !Many warships!"

When Sekerian heard this, he immediately got up: the fleet that can appear in this sea area can only be a Syracuse!

He was finally excited: "The Syracuse's fleet is attacking, and the offensive bugle sounded, and we welcome it!"

At this time, the captain of the ship said with some worry: "General, the Syracuse people are prepared. There are probably more warships than us, and there are no "crows" on our warships. Look... For the time being—"

"Shut up!" Seckrian yelled, staring at him indignantly, reprimanding: "How come I didn't find you a coward! Dare not to engage in naval battles without a crow suspension bridge?! You deserve it!" Are you a brave sailor! Just go to be a heavy infantry!

A few decades ago, the weak Athenian navy could defeat the Persians, and the inexperienced Spartan navy could defeat the Athenians. Today, Secorian can defeat the Syracuse in the most orthodox naval battle without relying on infantry!"

Seckrian looked proudly ahead, and the captain bowed his head in shame.