Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Marcias did not care so much, and led the soldiers into the village forcibly, and ordered the villagers to prepare food.

The exhausted soldiers barely filled their stomachs and fell asleep. Only Marcias turned back and forth and could not sleep: the news of the riots in Syracuse made him very worried about the outskirts of Syracuse. The situation of the mercenary villages, after all, the tragic situation of the Katanai mercenary village made him secretly wake up, hoping that the hundreds of mercenaries who stayed in the village could keep their homes!When he leads his army back to Syracuse tomorrow, the riot has passed for more than a day. In this more than a day, a lot of things can happen. If the rioters really occupy the city, then they and Di Onionius’s intimate mercenaries are likely to be expelled and become homeless.I hope Lord Philistos can quell the riots, even if it can't, he must control and hold on to some urban areas, waiting for his reinforcements to arrive!

After worrying about Syracuse, he was worried about how to lead this force back to Syracuse safely.On his way to Meyaro, he led the army north along the flat coast, passing through Taonis, detouring Leotini and conscripting troops, then through Kataney, and finally to Siculi, which can be said to be him The defensive forces of these city-states were stolen all the way before giving the insurgents a chance, leading to large-scale riots.

But now is not the time to regret this. Judging from today's situation, Katane may be completely occupied by the rioters, otherwise how can there be extra power to send troops out of the city to attack them.Even if Sicully was not completely occupied, the Dionysians were so close to it, and the fall was sooner or later.The Leotinis were forcibly removed by Dionysius and half of the population was left. I am afraid that the people who have left will have resentment for Syracuse. Under such a trend, there is no need for free people and slaves to rebel, and their citizens will Will automatically rise up to overthrow the tyrants supported by Lord Dionysius, so Mathias is not optimistic that the pro-Siracusa Leotinis can resist this riot.

Instead, he has some confidence in Taunis and Marcias, because Taunis has always been a subsidiary of Syracuse, has never betrayed, and is dissatisfied with the tyrants he supported in time, and should not rashly attack Syracuse. Army.What's more, the Siracusa fleet that retreated from the bay of Naxos is also moored in the port of Tonis. With their help, even if there is a riot in Tonis, the probability of success will not be too great.

Therefore, Mathias finally made a decision: after starting tomorrow, the team bypassed Katana, avoiding possible attacks by the Leotini, and then walked to the beach, passed Taunice, and finally reached Syracuse...This is A long journey of a hundred miles is full of unknown risks, but in order to get back to Syracuse as soon as possible, he can only take this risk.Otherwise, for safety, he could not walk the coast, but detoured to the mountainous area on the west side of Leotini, which is almost uninhabited. Although the mountains there are not too high, the road is rugged and difficult to travel, which will undoubtedly slow down the journey, and the food A big problem...

Marcias thought a lot, and finally couldn't resist the sleepiness and went to sleep...

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The next day, three shots a day, but still sleeping, he was awakened by the guards, only to realize that something serious happened during his sleepy period: when he woke up in the morning, the soldiers found that dozens of horses were lost, and the village The residents were also less than half of them. The soldiers certainly suspected that the villagers were doing a good job. The angry people immediately arrested and questioned the villagers who had not yet fled. Rape, killing... As they followed Dionysius' conquest of Sicily, some of the most common evils were reproduced in this village.

This aroused the dissatisfaction and anger of a small number of Katana mercenaries, because this belongs to the village under their jurisdiction.A conflict broke out between the two sides, and finally the angry Cartana mercenary left the team, and the number of the entire army dropped to 3,000.

Faced with such a difficult situation, Marcias was powerless. He even thought that without the Katanas, they would march faster and their food consumption would be reduced, not to mention other annoying issues.Although they were all compatriots from Campania, they were comrades who fought side by side until today, and they have deep friendships. Now the disaster is coming and they can only take care of themselves.

Marcias ordered the soldiers to search all the food in the village and set off immediately.

Under the urging of Macias, this team of almost 3,000 people, composed of former mercenary citizens of Syracuse, hurriedly set off in anticipation of returning to Syracuse and defending their homeland as soon as possible.

On their way to the southeast, they encountered three or three broken soldiers from time to time, and Mathias took the opportunity to include them in the team.

At the same time, this team was also spied by several scout squads. While sending cavalry to drive, Marcias urged the soldiers to speed up the march.

His preview was tested.Soon, a team of seven or eight hundred people arrived from the northeast. They did not wear armor, held bows and javelins, and quickly carried out a long-range attack on the team of Masias.

Marcias was almost certain that the enemy was from Katane, and he hurriedly ordered the soldiers to attack.

But when the Syracuse soldiers formed a formation and started to attack, these light infantrymen from Katana retreated.But when the Syracuse soldiers resumed their formation and continued to march, they appeared again.

After repeating this several times, Marcias understood that the Katanei rebels just wanted to attack themselves, not really want to engage in a positive fight.

But Marcias can’t ignore it, otherwise the javelins and arrows shot will continue to take away the lives of the soldiers and destroy their already low fighting spirit, so he will only have more than 50 cavalry and nearly 500 left. The light infantry are arranged at the end of the line so that they can counter the enemy's attack.But he did not allow the soldiers to chase excessively, because it not only consumed physical strength, but also separated from the big troops and easily ambushed. Now the whole army has only one goal-to go home.

The Syracuse army stopped and stopped, and it was only in the afternoon that it came out of the Catania plain. The terrain in front began to narrow, with the sea on the east, the mountains on the west, and a flat seaside corridor with a width of less than five miles in the middle.

Masias was originally worried about the appearance of the Leotini rebels, but thankfully it did not, and probably because the narrow terrain restricted the mobility of the Katana rebels, they did not continue to attack behind the team. So that the soldiers of Syracuse can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

The Syracuse army accelerated its march, because the city of Tonis was ten miles away.

After the city of Taunice introduced his eyes, the soldiers who thought the escape from Siracusa suddenly saw: Not far north of Taunice city, there was a force of four or five thousand people in front of them arranged in a neat phalanx. Living in this seaside corridor, most of the soldiers' all-black armor made them just excited and suddenly fell to the bottom of the valley: they are Dionysians!It is the army of Deaulia!!Why did they get in front of us?!!...

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A bitter battle yesterday ended with the defeat of the Syracuse army.

At the same time that the First Army of Dionysia pursued, Anton Rios finally met the messenger sent by Antrapolis and learned that "Katanai has been captured and the Syracuse riots succeeded." After the news, Antonios finally breathed a sigh of relief: The First Army paid the price, and finally settled in Sicily.

But he couldn’t take it easy because of his joy, because Antrapolis hoped that the First Army would intercept the army in Syracuse to avoid their return to Syracuse and the riots in Syracuse. Action brings great variables.

To be honest, Antonios really didn't want to follow the advice of this secret probe. Although the first legion finally won in this battle, nearly a thousand people were killed and wounded, and several senior team officers died, even his close comrade Zpit I was also comatose. From the battle of the 8,000 people (excluding auxiliary troops) before the outbreak of the war, there are only nearly 4,000 people left. The number has dropped by more than half, and a huge sacrifice has been paid. It is reasonable to add Yes, but the current environment is not allowed, and the danger has not completely passed, so the last step of the effort is now.

Of course, Antonios did not want the expedition of the First Army to fail because of the collapse of the army to return to Syracuse. The habit of the "Dionysian Army has always been to pursue the victory after the victory", so he can only barely agree The suggestion of Antrapolis: Joint operation with Katane to completely destroy the Syracuse army on the way back!

After sending the messenger, Antonios rushed to the port after contemplation, and the sailors of the Dionysian fleet were sending the families of the exiles off the battleship.

Antonios soon saw Flarios, who replaced Seclion's fleet. After deliberation, Flarios agreed that the fleet would not return to Lijim and stay overnight in Meyaro so that the next day would be earlier Participate in military operations.

The port of Meyaro has no military port and no dry dock for mooring warships, which means that the ships of the Dionysian fleet can only be pushed to the beach, which requires a lot of risk.One of the main reasons why the Athenian fleet was annihilated by Laishande during the Battle of the Yanghe River was that the warships in Athens were parked on the beach, and there was no time to go to sea when they were attacked...

To this end, Flarios led the sailors with the help of the people of the exiles, dragged the battleships to the beach one by one, and then set up a strict sentry, and asked the lighthouse's sentry to closely monitor the sea and arrange all the clippers , Taking turns patrolling the bay all night...