Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

At this time, Felius entered the meeting room at a stride, nodded at each person, smiled, and refused to give up Cipros's position, but stood beside him.

Milon frowned slightly when he saw this.

Felixius looked around everyone and said humbly: "Before I came, Your Majesty once told me solemnly,'Go to Sicily, you can only bring your eyes and ears!'. So, I am not here to supervise everyone, It will not interfere with any of your deployment, and you can pass on your needs and suggestions to your Majesty and the Senate through me.

But before your meeting, My Majesty and the Senate signed two important public appointments to be announced!"Felius said here that his expression became serious, and his right hand raised a scroll of papyrus tied with a black rope.

Everyone's eyes immediately focused on it, only Cipros and Leotizides remained calm, because they already knew the content in advance.

Felix opened the scroll of paper and read aloud: "Given that Carthage might have launched a large-scale offensive against my Sicily, in order to better concentrate all the power of Sicily cities and allies, it is more effective and faster for the combat forces. Provide logistic assistance and support to better coordinate the defense between the cities. After discussion with the Senate, I decided to appoint Cypros as the wartime governor of the Sicily region of the Kingdom of Dionysia and concurrently serve as the administration of Katane The Chief is responsible for all administrative affairs in Sicily, and actively cooperates with the combat forces to fight against the Carthaginians. It is hoped that the Chief Executives of the cities of Sicily will obey the Governor’s administrative orders. Summer name-King Daphes!"

As soon as Felix finished reading, a slight sigh and breath sounded in the hall: Governor in Wartime!This is a top official position with far greater power than the Chief Executive. This is the second time Dionysia has appeared since the founding of the country. It shows its preciousness.The last wartime Governor Sedorum was already one of the five rotating chairmen of the Senate, and he often participated in important matters of the royal palace.

Everyone looked at Cipros with envious eyes, and Felixius handed this appointment letter to Milon on the right of Cipros, and let him pass down to see the authenticity.

Miron glanced at the scroll of paper with a complicated mood, and the two seals of King Daveus and the Senate were clearly in his eyes. Although he was jealous in his heart, he had to admit: Cipros compared with himself , The advantage of becoming a wartime governor is greater. After all, the population and land of Katane under his control have far exceeded that of other towns in Sicily. Katane has replaced Syracuse and became the largest city on Sicily. .Moreover, Cipros has been in Sicily for almost seven years and is more familiar with the situation here than he is.

After all, Milon had fought side by side with Cypros and had a good relationship with each other. After Naxos took office, he also received a lot of help from Cypros, so he exhaled lightly and said softly: "I have no objection. "

Even Milon, who is the Chief Executive of Dionysia in Sicily's second largest city, has the same outstanding qualifications and merits to say so, and others will not object.

Philius took out a scroll of papyrus again.

The eyes of everyone suddenly became hotter again: Who will be this time?!What position will it be?!

"The eighth legion commander Prosius was appointed as the Sicilian commander, responsible for commanding all of the Sicilian Dionyan land forces and their allies to fight against the Carthaginians. The signature-Daphes."

The content of this appointment is very brief, that is because it is a military appointment, Davos can make a decision directly without going through the Senate, and in Sicily there is only a senior army general, Prosius, and other administrative officials will not To argue with him, Daveus need not elaborate.

Therefore, after listening, everyone did not have any strange emotions, but just lost their feelings: So the appointment is over?

After finishing reading, Philius turned to Leotizides. At that time, he was the first senior general to be appointed as a commander, but the failure of the Battle of the Ramato River made his military career overcast. Shadow, facing the latecomers, he had only hope and encouragement in his eyes: "Congratulations, Chief Prosius! Hope you will win the war in Sicily under the protection of Hades!"

Prosius nodded his thanks and took the appointment letter. His face was still expressionless, but his heart was surging: after staying in Dionysia for more than ten years, he finally became the regional commander-this The highest position in the Dionysian army (the general commander and commander can only be King Daveus), able to command tens of thousands of soldiers to fight, will never be less than a Spartan king!

"Thank you His Majesty and the Senate for trusting me! Now, with Carthage tearing up the friendly agreement, not only Sicily, not only our Dionysian territory, but also other Greek city-states, will suffer a huge crisis! I hope I can get it All the adults and their friendly city-states will help each other to assist the Proseus commander and frustrate the Carthaginians' desire to infest Sicily!" The newly appointed wartime governor Sipros released his inauguration statement emotionally: " Next, I would like to ask Commander Prosius to conduct a pre-war military analysis."

Leotizides immediately stood up, walked to the wall and hung the big map of Sicily long ago, picked up the slender wooden stick by the wall, and said: "Everyone, according to the analysis of the Ministry of Military Affairs, according to Carthage With its current national strength, it can send at least 100,000 troops. If it is counted as the army in the hands of the Governor of the Iberian Peninsula, Marco, at least it can invest 150,000 troops on Sicily—"

150,000 people?!Everyone present, including Milon, couldn't help but stunned.

"Of course, although the number of Carthage troops is large, their soldiers are far less powerful than our army. I am afraid that more than half of their soldiers are Numisbians, Mauritanians, Iberians, and others. Of mercenaries..." Leotizides continued: "I don't think that Carthage can invest so many troops at once, and it won't exceed 100,000 at most!"

This figure is the result of Leotizides referring to the previous two wars between Carthage and Dionysius in Syracuse. He tapped the west end of Sicily on the map with a wooden stick: "Carthage Ji’s army is likely to land in Lilyfal or Ericks. They have two offensive routes. One is to move along the northern Sicilian coastline to Messie. There are not many Greek city-states along the way, and they have no strength. Strong, but the mountains in the north are dense and forested, the coastline is narrow, and the troops cannot be deployed. The Carthage can’t take advantage of the large number of people. At that time, Dionysius had a strong advantage in the force, and along the northern coastline When Taiji attacked, it took a long time, so I think that the northern coastline will not be the main attack direction of the Carthage.

The other offensive route is the coastline in southern Sicily, where the terrain is relatively flat and can accommodate the expansion of the army. In the past, it was the main offensive route of the Carthage and Syracuse troops. I think this time will be no exception."

Leotizides said with certainty that the wooden sticks in his hand were successively lit on the map: "Minoa, Agrigento, Gela, Kamalina...Although there are many Greek city-states on the southern coastline, The strength is also relatively strong, but I don’t think they can resist the attack of the Siracusa army for a long time, and I am not going to send troops to reinforce these city-states."

As soon as these words were spoken, there was a whispered discussion in the venue.

The Chief Executive of Messina, in charge of Amiclis, objected: "Although these Greek city-states did not form an alliance with our Dionysia on the bright side, they have maintained friendly exchanges with our kingdom, trade is frequent, and they have been active many times. Cooperate with some of our actions in Sicily, such as targeting the Sikels and isolating Syracuse...so they can be regarded as de facto alliances. Once the war occurs, they will definitely ask our Dionysia for help, According to the traditional practice of the kingdom, how can we let go!"

Amiclis's words expressed the wishes of the chief executives present. After all, during their tenure, they got along well with the top leaders of these Greek city-states.

Leotizides was unmoved and said in a cold voice: "Since there is no alliance agreement, there is no breach of the covenant. Our army in Sicily is not large, and the eighth army plus reserve troops are more than 20,000. If the emergency mobilization is carried out, the number of people can be increased to about 50,000, but if that is the case, the Kingdom’s young and middle-aged people in the Sicilian territory are almost completely evacuated, which will seriously affect the winter planting and the daily order of the entire region. I think this is not what the Chief Executive hopes to see, nor is it what His Majesty hopes to see!

What's more, even if so many troops are gathered and they go to reinforce Gera or Agrigento, it is easy to form a stalemate with Siracusa's army.On the one hand, can our cities in Sicily withstand the pressure of food supply caused by long-term stalemate?On the other hand, if the grain transportation line is stretched and the military strength in the territory is empty, it will be a disaster for the troops we dispatched and the cities in the territory once we encounter a surprise attack by foreign enemies!"

The people were touched by the heavy tone of Leotizides. What attracted them more was that the wooden stick in the hands of Leotizides pointed to a city icon on the map-Syracuse.

"Syracuse, the only city-state in Sicily that does not communicate with us, but it has strong strength and an important strategic position in the east. A few days ago, it refused to the messengers we sent to demand alliance In response, we can see that he has resentment against Dionysia. According to the information we received, it has been seen in the port area of ​​Syracuse that the Carthaginians appeared in the past two days, which has to arouse our vigilance! Beware of Syracuse becoming Tarantum in the Southern-Italian War!"