Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Dionysius left two hundred people stationed, and immediately led more than 1,800 mercenaries to storm the barracks under the city. Most of the civilian soldiers in the barracks did not stay overnight in the barracks because their home was not far from the main city. A few soldiers were in the barracks. After hearing the news of "the enemy is attacking", he hurriedly put on his armor and came out to meet the enemy. As a result, the mercenaries of the attack were easily rushed into the camp, and the civilian soldiers immediately collapsed.

Dionysius did not stop his offensive steps, he led the army quickly to the center of the main city.

And the secret agents of Cyparinus shouted in the main city in the dark, "Master Dionysius led the army back! Lord Dionysius led the army back! The surrender was innocent!" !!!Catch the leader of the rebel army and make credit!!"

In the main city of Syracuse, shrouded in the dim sky, the residents were awakened by the screams of the streets and the piercing fighting, and they heard the screams of the agents, and they were all surprised: "Dionysius is back. "This sentence immediately made them feel afraid.

Just when the residents of the main city were in a mess, last night, he did not return home because he was busy with city-state affairs. He was sleeping directly in the city hall and was awakened by the confidant slave, and he was shocked when he heard the news of the enemy’s killing. Too.

He calmed his panic slightly, and wanted to go out immediately to organize citizens to resist the attack of the enemy.

At this time, several generals such as Stacecos, Kuzias, and Falecus broke in: "Herolis go away! Go away! The enemy will soon be killed! Our army has collapsed and cannot be stopped at all !......"

For a while, Herolis' brain was blank, and he murmured weakly: "Go... Where else can we go?"

"Go to Epipole Heights! There, we also have more than two thousand soldiers stationed in the North City, the port area outside the city and the poor troops of Tethys...After the dawn understands the situation of the city, we will take it here. come back!"

Kuzias's words reminded Herolis and his party that they had no time to pack their luggage, notify their families, and rushed to the Epipol Heights northwest of the city.

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After a night of killing and chaos, the main city of Syracuse finally returned to order.

Dionysius' military adventure was successful, but he did not catch a messenger such as Herolis, which made him uneasy.He sent troops to arrest them, and was also repelled by the defenders of the North City led by Kuzias.

And Herolis also learned that Dionysius did come back, but the army he led to attack the city was recognized by the people, and it was all the two thousand mercenaries on Ortygia Island. It was obvious that he failed to withdraw the army from Great Greece, so they immediately sought help from the port area.

Dionysius had learned about the contradiction between the rebels in the city and the poor people in the port from the mouth of Siparinus, so he sent an emissary to the port early in the morning, clearly telling Tethytis and other poor leaders: just The people of the port stood on the side of Dionysius, he forgave them the mistakes they had made during the riots, and after pacifying the riots, each port poor will be allocated ten acres of land on the outskirts of the city...

At the same time, he also asked Hiparinus to send agents to proclaim “he negotiated and reached an agreement with the poor in the port area” everywhere in the port area.

In fact, negotiations with the poor in the port area did not make immediate progress, but it caused a split in the port area.

People headed by Tethystis believe that: Dionysius is not credible, and they should stand with Herolis and defeat Dionysius completely to ensure their safety and the benefits they will receive!

Others think that the conditions given by Dionysius are better, because he has promised twice as much land as Horolis and they are also the suburban land. Obviously Dionysius Pay more attention to them!

The two sides can't dispute and can't reach an agreement. Under such circumstances, it is naturally impossible for them to provide reinforcements to Herolis.

Dionysius also issued an injunction prohibiting any inhabitants of the city from going out during the day or night and staying at home!If you need to buy food, you can only send slaves to it, and you must get the patrol's approval, otherwise you can kill!

Dionysius's ban reduced the danger of people gathering and chaos.

He also asked mercenaries to put the slaves who excavated the rock mines in the Acladina area into the main city square, and then told them: as long as they are willing to fight for him and wait for the riot to settle, they will all be free!And those with outstanding performance can also become citizens of Syracuse!...

Dionysius’s bold promise gave the stone-mining slaves hope. Although the tyrant tyrannical dictatorship, these slaves at the lowest level could not feel it. On the contrary, they knew that Dionysius was decisive and bold. These Years have made too many mercenaries and refugees become citizens of Syracuse, and they have also received land.So they chose to believe in Dionysius, and picked up the shield spear he had searched from the people's homes, so that the team of Dionysius was increased from the original 1800 mercenaries to more than 7000 people. .

Dionysius also sent people to the army of Helolis to distribute his newly issued order in the name of the Plenipotentiary: any citizen previously deceived by the traitors such as Helolis immediately left his team and returned to his home , He will be exempted from the guilt he committed!Citizens who stayed in the rebel camp before noon will be regarded as traitors and their families will be executed immediately!

Many citizens who were in the main city were frightened when they learned that they fled the team and ran back to the main city.

After all of these measures came into effect, the proud Dionysius also sent a messenger to send Herolis to the head of his wife and son who were captured by him.

Then he left Megikolis to lead 500 mercenaries and 500 slave soldiers to guard the main city, and he led 1300 mercenaries and more than 4,500 slave soldiers to advance to the rebels. He wanted to wipe them out completely.

The grief-stricken Herolis, Stacy and Kuzias knew that the situation was urgent and decided to fight Dionysius.Leading only nearly a thousand soldiers to retreat to the gate of the city of Hexa with the north wall of Syracuse backed by the coast.

In the first riot ten years ago (that is, 405 BC), Dionysius led the mercenaries to occupy the main city, basically calming the riots in Syracuse.But during this decade, under his rule, the area of ​​Syracuse has expanded several times, and the entire Epipol Heights has been incorporated into the Syracuse area, making the team of Dionysius spend It took more than an hour of precious time to get to Hexamen.

It was already in the afternoon. When Herolis asked to talk to Dionysius before the battle, Dionysius did not want to waste time with him, and immediately ordered an assault.

The number of soldiers under Herolis was originally much smaller than that of the enemy, and the military was not stable enough. Even if most of the soldiers on the other side were slaves, the rebel soldiers could not resist quickly.

But at this moment, a high-pitched horn sounded outside the gate of Hexa, followed by a deafening shout: "Hades!!!"

Dionysius' face changed drastically.

Dionysia-The Katanei coalition arrived immediately!

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When Herolis and others fled to Epipole Heights and learned that the attack was carried out by Dionysius, Herolis felt that he wanted to recapture the main city and eliminate the hope of mercenaries Slim, because he knows too much about this Syracuse master: Without careful preparation, Dionysius will not easily be in danger!

After discussion, Herolis and Stacecos finally decided to let go of their self-esteem and asked the Dionysians for help.

Their location was originally closest to Taunice, and the emissaries dispatched arrived in the early morning in the city that had belonged to the Dionysian League. The Seclian Fleet, who was stationed at the port, commanded Frario After learning of the news, Si sent the Clippers to rush to Katane first, and he led the fleet to arrive.

Katane’s interim chief, Antrapolis, received a letter from Herolis asking for help, and also received a letter from Davies from Silitine: Dionysius had fled back to Syracuse I hope they will pay close attention to the movements in Syracuse, and they must not allow Dionysius to regain control of Syracuse!

After a brief discussion with Antonys, the head of the First Army, Antrapolis immediately decided to send troops to rescue Herolis.

The First Army sent 2500 heavy infantry and 500 light infantry, and Katane sent 3000 heavy infantry.In fact, as soon as I heard that I was going to attack Dionysius, the people of New Katana actively registered and asked to participate.But time was running short, and Antrapolis only recruited citizens in Kataney.

A total of 6,000 troops, led by Antonios, boarded the Seclian Fleet.

It was already noon when the port of Taonis was ashore.

According to the lifestyle of Dionia, this is lunch time.But instead of stopping the soldiers to rest and rest, Antonius rallied the 500 soldiers provided by Taunis, urged the army to accelerate, and finally rushed into Hexamen when the army of Herolis collapsed .

These days, the soldiers of the First Legion are stationed in Katana, while taking rest and rehabilitating, it also helps Antrapolis to stabilize the situation in the Catania Plain, train the citizens of Katana, and clear the squatters who flee in the countryside. , Assisting Katanei, Leotini, Siculi and other Sicilian city-states who are newly attached to the Dionysian Union, attacking the aftermath of Dionysius... etc. It finally got vented today.

Therefore, the Dionysius army who had just won and was chasing the defeated soldiers was hit head-on by the soldiers of the First Legion as the arrow. The slave soldiers without special military training were attacked by the fierce group of the First Legion soldiers. It will break apart soon.The mercenaries can still resist, but the Dionysian coalition has a large number of people, and it has been overwritten from both wings.