Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

"No one saw him after the riot started. According to the analysis of the news returned by my spy, he was likely to be imprisoned by Herolis." Hiparinus said.

"Damn Herolis! I should have cut off his head and hung his body on the head of the city to warn those who are mischievous! This time I will kill his whole family and find a temple priest to curse his soul Forever sinking in the Styx!..." Dionysius scolded loudly to vent his anger and annoyance: without Philistos, it was like cutting off one of his arms, making him much better The plan could not be implemented because he quietly returned to Syracuse and did not plan to show up publicly to avoid being accused by the public. Many things can only be carried out by Philistos.Now that Philistos is away, who can he rely on?!

"Herolis is outside. He is in control of an army of tens of thousands of people. You have the ability to defeat him and kill him! What's the use of light roaring here!" Cyparinus said coldly.Of these people now, he is the only one who dares to embarrass Dionysius in person, and Philistos will sometimes criticize it, but he will never be as mean and ugly as he is, just because he is not only Dionysius His father-in-law was also a staunch supporter of Dionysius. When Dionysius was most difficult, he spent all his money to support Dionysius’s election and bought a large number of citizens for him. It was then that he was elected as the general general of Syracuse and led the citizens against the Carthage army, thus embarking on the road of dictatorship.

Dionysius stared at Siparinus, his chest undulating sharply, as if he would dump his anger at any time, and Kalidmus stepped back in a fright.But Dionysius finally refrained. He snorted heavily and turned his gaze to Megikolis. Shen Sheng asked, "How is the defense of Ortigia?"

"Sir, the rebels once attacked the walls of the isthmus, but they suffered heavy casualties and failed to attack the city heads. They did not attack here anymore. Instead, they built a new wall at the exit of the isthmus and wanted to block us. Outside the city."

"Have you tried to lead troops out of the isthmus?"

Mejikolis didn't say anything, and turned to Siparinus.

"It was me who let Megikolis' mercenaries refrain from attacking!" Hipparinus said unavoidably: "The situation was dangerous and the situation was very chaotic. The first thing I had to guarantee was the island of Ortijia Safety!"

Dionysius didn't get angry this time. He was silent for a while, and said aloud: "Well... Sir Hiparinus, you are doing right! Megikolis, thank you very much for your hard work and the mercenaries. Ortigia, let us have a place to live!"

"Sir, it's our mercenary's duty to guard the island of Ortigia!"

"Mathias is life or death now?" Dionysius asked about the whereabouts of another right-hand man.

"According to the news returned by the spies, he led the defeated soldiers back to the villages and towns established by the former mercenary citizens outside the city, but Herolis immediately sent him tens of thousands of troops to the land without giving him the opportunity to rest. The former mercenaries and their families launched an offensive, but Marcias was no match and led his men back into the western mountains." Shiparinus said without expression.

"You can do it without dying..." Dionysius couldn't think about contacting Marcias for a while. His mind turned to another question: "What about our fleet?"

"The sailors in the port were all involved in the rebellion. They imprisoned Palonisus, took the warships for themselves, and united with the rebels of Herolis to defeat the 1,000 who guarded the gate. Mercenaries, but also responsible for eliminating mercenaries outside the city...but these sailors had some quarrels with the rebels in the city."

"What a quarrel?!" Dionysius moved.

"Listening to the spy's return, it is said that the sailors in the port wanted to get all the land of the former mercenary citizens, and hoped to get more political rights, which was met by Herolis's opposition..."

Dionysius noted this matter and asked another question he was most concerned about: "Where is Dionysia's army now?"

"They used to go to Taunice to assist the rebels and take control of the city. Later, they seemed to go north again. Now all the passages in Syracuse and the north are blocked and they can't get a detailed understanding of the situation there." Shiparinu Si said.

The Dionysians are quite cautious!Dionysius was anxious when he thought of this, after all, tens of thousands of Syracuses were still thrown by him in the Silitium, blocking the main force of Dionysia for him, if he could not be in Dionysia Before resolving the issue of Silitine, people recaptured the city of Syracuse. Once Dionysia’s main expedition crosses the sea, he is in danger!

"The city-states on the south coast? Did you go to them for help?!" Dionysius asked urgently. This was the place where he was most likely to receive reinforcements, and it was his hope.

"When there were major riots in the city-states of Syracuse, Kataney, Leotini, Taunis, etc., there was no small disturbance in the city-states on the south coast. Lord Kalidmus once risked his life. Going to Gela, Agrigento... and asking for help, but they were all refused." Hipparinus said.

"Adults, these city-states have said,'In order to help adults attack Great Greece, many soldiers have been sent. In order to repel the Dionysians who landed in Sicily, they sent many young and middle-aged citizens, but most of them were not seen. Come back, now that the people in the city-state are in turmoil and the political situation is unstable, they can no longer send reinforcements.'" Karim Demus said helplessly.

"Even Kamalina refused to send troops?!"

Facing Dionysius' cannibalism, Kalidmus nodded tremblingly: "Yes... yes..."

"Damn it!" Dionysius scolded: The other city-states can also understand that Kamalina's arrogant was his brother Lieptin, who personally supported him, and actually blamed Syracuse. Disregarding it indifferently, does this idiot think I'm down, will he be fine?!

Dionysius was angry with his short-sightedness, but there was a feeling of powerlessness in his heart: the entire Syracuse was rebelled, he lost many civilian soldiers, and lost the support of the sailors, even the allies ignored him Can the two thousand mercenaries alone regain the throne of power?

Dionysius was a little dazed. He felt like a big fish stranded on the beach, empty and powerful, but unable to keep up, and at any time was in danger of drying up.

At this time, Kalidmus asked the ghost messenger: "Master, I don't know what happened to the army expedition to Great Greece?"

Dionysius stared at him with wide eyes.

Everyone around knew that Dionysius was a deserter, so he didn't mention it sensibly, but Kalidmus mentioned Dionysius' most taboo thing.

"I...I...I mean if the army in Great Greece can return, they can recapture...recapture..." Under the cold eyes of Dionysius, Kalidmus' teeth fought straight. .

"What you said makes sense." Dionysius was expressionless and his tone was flat: "In this case, I will send you to the Silitian to negotiate with the new king of Dionysia. I authorize you, whatever he proposes Any request can be agreed, as long as the soldiers can be brought back safely as soon as possible, you better go now!"

"Ah! Me?! Now?! -" Kalidmus said in fright, no matter how often he tried, to escape the patrol of the Syracuse rebel warship, break through the blockade of the Dionysian fleet, and reach the Siliting... …This is risking your life!

But Dionysius could not allow him to tell him, let Mejikolis and the guards sandwich him, and sent to Captain Laktinus.

Although Dionysius did not think that the wise King of Dionysia would make such a mistake, in his heart, he still had such a fluke, after all, there were thousands of elite soldiers of mercenaries in Siliting, As long as he can return, he can easily recapture Syracuse!

"I've been in a boat for two days. I'm a little tired. Let's go to rest for a while. I have to keep secret about my return--" Dionysius covered his head with one hand and warned the people around him tiredly: "Not only It is confidential to the rebels in the city, and to the island of Ortigia, because the rebels have captured most of the officials in the city hall, and their families on the island are worried!"

"Take a good rest. Tomaqi and the children also need you to comfort them. They have been terrified these days!" Hipparinus sighed.

Dionysius turned to look at Fibidas, who had been silent, "You are with me, I have something to discuss with you."

"Okay!" Fibidas answered very simply.

On the way to the palace, Dionysius said bluntly: "Now you know the situation in Syracuse and even the whole Sicily. To be honest, this time the situation is more dangerous than the last time. Those rebels are likely to collude with the Dionysians, otherwise there will be no riots on the entire east coast of Sicily on the same day, and it happens at the most critical moment, do you think?"

"It's very possible." Fibidas squeezed out indifferently.

Note:

Historically, Dionysius finally chose his son, Dionysius, who was born with Madame Doris of Lockley, as the heir to Syracuse, rather than the daughter of Siparinus. The possible reasons for the two sons born by Aristomaki are: on the one hand, these two sons are indeed mediocre and misbehaving; on the other hand, it is also due to the monopolization of the political government of the Xiparinus family Worrying, but also out of revenge against Hipparinus for insulting him for years.Heparinus had died when he was the heir.