Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Although Fasi Pesas relieved himself secretly, he was still a little uneasy, but he also did not show it. On the contrary, he remembered his own gaffe and just said, "The Dionysians think the cross-sea expedition is too simple. Unless they can send tens of thousands of soldiers and can supply enough military food, it is possible to cause some trouble to our homeland, but with the strength of Dionysia, obviously it cannot be done."

"You're right!" Dionysius agreed loudly, and then showed a trace of worry: "But... Philistos said in the letter, Gerald, Camerina, Agrigin really To... These city-states on the south coast of Sicily evaded his demands and were reluctant to provide soldiers and warships, and he also complained that during this time Herolis repeatedly opposed him, affecting his management of the city-state, he was unable to Provide us with reinforcements and fleets in a timely manner, so—"

Dionysius said in a deep voice: "After repeated thinking, I decided to take the boat back to Syracuse and bring reinforcements to Greece as soon as possible!"

"Sir, are you going to leave here?" Fasi Pesas changed color again: "What about the soldiers here?!"

"Apollo is on the blessing, and I can bring reinforcements back to rescue you within ten days!" Dionysius solemnly said: "And within these ten days, you will control the army! Daioni The attention of the Asians is on Medema and Lockley. They do not have enough troops, and they will not take the risk of huge casualties to actively attack the Silitine, which is defended by our tens of thousands of people, and our military food is enough to maintain this. For a long time...Faci Pesas, you are my most trusted general! And the soldiers most trusted general! Only you can bear this burden! Waiting for me to come with reinforcements, we will return smoothly Syracuse!"

"Adult..." Fasi Pesas, who is accustomed to obey the orders of Dionysius, has a lot of thoughts despite the pressure, but the word "reject" means nothing.

"I will let other generals obey your orders, including my younger brother. If anyone does not obey your command during the time I have not returned, you can follow the military law!" Dionysius would not allow him to divide He said that he forcibly gave him the right to command the army.

Fasi Pesas had to accept this appointment reluctantly and wished Dionysius a safe return to the head of Syracuse.

Next, Dionysius found several generals to talk to each other, and asked them to actively cooperate with Fascius, control the troops, and guard the Silitian.

In secret talks with intelligence leader Androstini, Dionysius gave him a secret letter asking him to monitor the fascistras and other generals, and as soon as he discovered that he was abnormal in behavior, he immediately immediately Leptinis, who was in contact with the port, read the letter in front of the generals and took down Fasi Pesas.

In the end he called Fibidas.

"I heard that Syracuse suffered heavy casualties this time. It seems that even without my intervention, you have not defeated the Dionysians!" Fididas mocked as soon as he entered the house.Today, he has really become an idler. Not only did he no longer have the opportunity to lead troops, but even this attack on the Dionysian camp, Dionysius did not discuss with him, and Fibidas became a bystander, so He expressed his dissatisfaction without scruples.

Dionysius understood the character of this Spartan, and although a little displeased, he said straightforwardly: "Deverus sent thousands of soldiers to land in Sicily and captured a town. I must take the boat back to Xi immediately Rakuza, I hope you can come with me!"

"Daveus even dared to divide troops to attack Syracuse at this time?!" Fibidas was as shocked as Dionysius before, but soon turned into an admiring expression: "His guts too big!……"

After a sigh, Fibidas glanced at Dionysius obliquely: "Are you going to throw away your soldiers and escape from Greece?"

Dionysius did not directly answer his words, but said slightly worriedly: "I am afraid that Davos will not only send thousands of people to attack Sicily, it will only go to death, and Syracuse and the Allies may have Instability, I need your support!" As an arrogant who can regard power as the sword of Damocles, he has a political instinct and hopes to plan ahead.

Phoebe's expression became serious. He understood that what Dionysius said of "your support" was actually Spartan's support.A few years ago, when the Carthage soldiers came to the city, the people of Syracuse had to threaten Dionysius to step down, and Fibidas once made the concessions of the people of Syracuse as a Spartan messenger. Let Dionysius regain power.

Did Syracuse have another riot?Fibidas looked at Dionysius and thought about it: the naval defeat of Syracuse, the defeat of the Battle of Crotone, the defeat of the attack on Dionysian Camp, the failure of Dionysius was more important than the last time Much heavier, the people of Syracuse are indeed very likely to express their anger at Dionysius...

Although Fibidas had some gloating, he knew: Once Dionysius was overthrown, not only Sparta’s efforts to support Syracuse in these years have been in vain, and the Syracuse riots will inevitably lead to his power being punished. Greatly weakened, so that the hegemony of Sicily appeared in a vacuum, neither the expansion of Dionysian or Carthage is what Sparta wants to see, so Sparta can only support Dionysius.

Filidas dissatisfied glanced at Dionysius again: I am afraid that this cunning guy had precisely figured this out, and then asked him unscrupulously!

Thinking of this, Fibidas no longer verbosely asked directly: "Is it safe to go back by boat? There is a blockade of Dionysian ships outside the port."

"Philipstos sent the best helmsmen and sailors in my caravan. Before that, they easily drove the Clippers into the port." Dionysius replied.

"when are we leaving?"

"tonight."

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Not long after the last siege tower collapsed in front of the walls of Medema, the Dionysians sounded the retreat.

Looking at the enemies receding like the tide, the Medema people who fought hard for a long time cheered for their survival.

Silos, who commanded the battle in the distance, did not feel too frustrated. His serious opponent said: "Go back and tell the engineers that the wheels of the siege tower are too inflexible, it is very difficult to push, and the tower is not too bad. Sturdy... I hope they will improve soon!"

"Yes, general."

"And... our soldiers are not familiar with these new siege equipment, and the cooperation between them is a bit rusty, and I hope to strengthen training in this area in the future!" Shironimus also expressed his opinions on the side .

"You are right, just do it." Silos listened carefully to his opinion, and then looked forward to expecting: "I hope that after improvement, when the next siege, the Medema people will not laugh. ."

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After the offensive and defensive battle at the Siri Court, Dionia won a large victory, but also killed more than 500 people and injured 2,700 people. Therefore, after arranging the missions of the various regiment commanders, Daphus cremated with the soldiers. After the deceased, he went to console the wounded again, and was busy until the evening before returning to the big tent, but saw Tolmed standing in front of the big tent.

"Is there any important news?" Daveus asked quickly.

Tolmed was about to speak, and suddenly a strong southerly wind blew, and suddenly the sky was filled with people's mouths and noses, and a few people quickly rushed into the big account.

"Bah! Bah!..." Henipolis spitted the black ash in his mouth while flapping his body, and then scolded: "The damn Syracuse can't win us, it will only burn us. Come to the camp!"

Only the Zuoying, separated by the trench and Luzhai, was burned to ashes, and now there are still black smoke in some places. The strong wind just rolled up the dust in the sky, and the Chinese military camp was also affected. This is Heny. The reason why Polis complained.

"I exchanged an empty battalion in exchange for the casualties of tens of thousands of soldiers in Syracuse. I think we made it." Tolmed laughed.

"It's a pity that the soldiers will squeeze to sleep tonight." Hernipolis smiled.

"There is enough open space in the right camp, but there is a lack of tents."

"Tents will not be lacking. Don’t forget that we also occupied the large camp in Syracuse in Crotone. We seized enough tents and we just need to transport them tomorrow."

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When the two of you were talking in one word and one word, Daveus had cleaned the dust from her body and asked again: "Tormead, what happened?"

"Midolades sent someone to report that in the afternoon a clipper from the south broke into the Siliting port."

"So many warships can't stop a clipper?!" Henipolis said dissatisfiedly.

Neither Davers nor Tolmed answered.

Davers is very clear: the Clippers are small and flexible. If there is wind, experienced helmsmen and sailors can fully play with the three-layer paddle warship, so the fleet is generally served by the Clippers Scout and deliver messages.

Henripolis did not understand the navy, but Daveus did not explain it to him. Instead, he hoped that after this word was transmitted, he would be able to beat the navy soldiers who had been complacent recently because of consecutive victories.

After being silent for a while, he asked: "Why do you think this clipper broke into the Siliting port?"

"It must have come to tell Dionysius that our First Army has landed in Sicily." Henipolis replied first.

The news of "The First Army's Occupy Meyaluo" was sent back to the camp as early as one day ago. Deverster intended to convey this good news to the various army commanders and senior team officers, so that their confidence was greatly increased. There was no complaint about the continued siege of Silitian, so Davers was not surprised that Hernipolis could answer so quickly.Looking at Tolmead's expression, he obviously thinks so.