Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Phoebe's threatening words immediately made everyone nervous.

Stacey cautiously asked: "What is your suggestion?"

"Abandon the confrontation with Dionysius, the two sides sat together and negotiated! Of course, Dionysius has been too authoritarian over the years, and the people of Syracuse are dissatisfied, so I suggest that Dionysius be removed. The position of the general general was re-implemented the '20 general system' (Siracusa has a large number of people, so more generals are needed to take charge of city-state affairs. During the democratic system, they spent half of the time implementing this system). During the current war, he will be the chief general for the time being to avoid greater war losses due to the change of midway."

Fibidas's proposal silenced the generals.

Herolis asked aloud: "Is this your suggestion, or Dionysius's suggestion?"

"It was the result of my joint discussions with him." Fibidas lied without blinking.

Herolis exhorted others: "As a friend for more than a decade, I understand him, even if he was forced by the situation at this time, he agreed with the suggestions of the Spartan messenger, who knows that he will be in the future Will we wait for the tyrannical rule to be re-implemented after the crisis has passed, and we will kill the us who resisted him today! We must not forget the painful lesson five years ago!"

Herolis reminded everyone that everyone looked abrupt: Four years ago, after Dionysius defeated the army of Carthage, he immediately arrested all those who took the lead when the people were rioted on the charge of "traitors". The execution was carried out without trial, and the family property was confiscated and the family members were reduced to slaves... This atrocities terrified the Syracuse people, and no one dared to challenge Dionysius’s approach. The next few During the year, everyone obediently did Shunmin.If it wasn't for Dionysius to lead the army to a fiasco outside, and the city to defend against emptiness, and under the leadership of Herolis and others, how dare the people rise again to rebel against Dionysius.

Herolis's words once again uncovered this painful memory, which made the generals' faces show fear and anger.

Phoebe Das didn't know this, and he pretended to say solemnly: "I can make an oath in the name of Hercules and assure you—"

"Go to your Hercules! Go to your pledge!" Some of the people scolded in anger, and then rushed in front of Fibidas, pointing at him, snarling with teeth and teeth: "It is you! It is you! If it was not your promise, my brother and they would not choose to let Dionysius go. As a result, my brother was beheaded, my sister-in-law became a slave, and somehow his two children were Evil mercenaries stabbed to death, and my parents—"

Kuzias became more and more angry, and stretched out his hands, trying to grab Fibidas' clothes, and was pushed and pushed by Pfidas, and Kuzias fell to the ground.

He also wanted to pounce on him again and was stopped by Stacecos, Tethys, etc. He could only scold: "Damn Spartans! You killed my family, the goddess of revenge is on, one day She will impose punishment on Sparta! I hope I can live to see the day when the Spartan nation broke down and all Spartans became slaves!"

Originally, Pididas didn't even care about Kuzias' roar, he killed too many people in his life, and if he cared about these, he would have suffered a mental breakdown, but the last curse of Kuzias was too vicious, Make him angry: "This is your attitude towards Sparta?!"

"Febidas messenger." Herolis's gentle persuasion said: "Kuzias's family was originally the first immigrant of Syracuse and enjoyed a high reputation among the people, but Dionysius Killed his whole family and imprisoned him in the stone prison. If it was not because of this successful rebellion, he might die silently in the stone prison... so hope you can understand his anger! And you also I saw that the oath made by Dionysius in front of the people four years ago, and how he finally tore up his promises and ruined the facts of the city-state people, today he let him say the words as sweet as honey, The people of Syracuse have wiped their eyes with the blood of the dead relatives, and will no longer believe in any of his promises! Dionysius will either be tried after we are imprisoned, or he will flee Syracuse and never return, Other than that, he has no other choice!"

"As long as we catch him, we will try him on treason, including his family, just as he did to us!" Kuzias said with his teeth gritted.

"Yes, we don't accept peace. Dionysius and his men must get the punishment they deserve!" Ferrosanus also expressed his views aloud, and other generals also agreed.

Piddas sullenly looked at the excited generals in front of him, and said coldly, "Since this is the case, you will be with Sparta--"

"Phoebe's messenger!" Herolis interrupted the threatening words he was about to say in time: "You have been fighting Dionysius in Great Greece, and you don't know that Sparta is in Peloponnese recently. The battle on the peninsula. The Athenians and the Corinthians cooperated to make your Spartan allies suffer heavy losses. The Athenians even invaded Arcadia. It is said that your King Agassius has just returned to Sparta, Prepare to recruit a new army to defend against the anti-Spartan alliance..."

Sparta and Syracuse not only have close military contacts, but also rely on Syracuse for trade, such as food.Moreover, Sparta often relied on Syracuse merchant ships all over the Mediterranean to collect information for them. For example, the news that the Persian fleet was handed over to Athens by General Kelon and attacked the Spartan fleet was done by business in Asia Minor. The Syracuse businessman told Sparta in advance.Similarly, what happened in Sparta was often passed back to Syracuse by these merchants in time, so that Herolis knew more about the war in Peloponnese.

Fibidas was shocked, and it was hard to keep his face cold and proud: "I hope what you said is true?!"

"Syracuse is not far from Sparta. It can be reached in two days by boat. You will know if it's true or false when you go back. We can provide you with a boat." The taste of gloating.

Herolis busy again said: "The Filipidas messenger, Syracuse and Sparta have always been allies and should have helped each other. But since Dionysius became a tyrant, because of his private desire, he Often it is Sparta that provides more help, and Syracuse provides you with less help... Now we have the advantage and Dionysius has the disadvantage. If Sparta continues to support Dionysius, Now the situation in Syracuse may be stabilized for a long time. But if you support us, Syracuse will soon restore stability and prosperity, and we will continue to maintain a covenant with Sparta, and always Provide assistance to Sparta!"

Herolis said the last few words with sincerity and utterance, which made Fibidas moved. He looked directly at Herolis for a while, and hesitantly asked, "What you said... is true of?"

Herolis and the other generals around him looked at each other, and then faced him, solemnly said: "This is a decision we made after mutual consultation. We can renew the covenant with Sparta!"

Piddas looked around the crowd, and the coldness in his eyes quickly disappeared...

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Dionysius finally expected Fibidas to return on the island of Ortijia, but received the bad news that the "rebels refused peace talks and must expel him from Syracuse", although this was One of the worst results Dionysius had envisioned, he couldn't help but fire.

Then, he wanted to continue to learn about the status quo in Syracuse and the situation of the rebels from Fibidas, but Fibidas obviously did not feel this mood. He directly asked Dionysius to send the Clippers immediately Send him back to Sparta.

Now Dionysius, who is more dependent on Spartan as an ally, certainly cannot refuse, but he feels a crisis from Fibidas's abrupt attitude, and he is good at using power to understand that the situation in Syracuse is very unfavorable at this time. On the side of which he is, it is inevitable that there is doubt: will the snobbish real spartans abandon themselves and choose rebels?

Thinking of this, he couldn’t sit still: Spartans are now deeply involved in the war and may not be able to send an army to support him, but Spartan’s prestige can help him deter the night and stabilize the situation in the city more quickly, and Eliminate other concerns of other city-states. If Sparta gives up on him, he will push him to the abyss in isolation...

Therefore, Dionysius, who was forced into a desperate situation, did not elaborate on the parting with the two ladies and the children, but locked himself in the palace and thought hard about how to get out of the predicament.Soon, he called the mercenary leader Megikolis and the intelligence chief Hiparinus to discuss together.

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Late at night, the people in the main city of Syracuse went to sleep, and the sentinels on the wall of the new isthmus of the isthmus were relaxed because of the calmness of the island of Ortijia for many days. Most sentinels fell asleep because they could not resist sleepiness.

Dionysius personally led all the mercenaries, quietly out of Ortygia.

Due to time constraints, Herolis had not yet had time to dig trenches, set up barricades and traps after convening the people to build the city walls, so the mercenaries quietly touched the city. When the sentries discovered that the enemy had invaded, the mercenaries had already used long ladders to climb Going to the city head, quickly killed few sentries and occupied the city wall.