Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

But can the Carthaginians blaspheme the souls of our warriors?!No, their sins even show the glory of the warriors!The holy souls of the warriors will go to the sacred Elysee, and will accompany the great Hades to swim in the beautiful paradise of spring all year round!And here—" said Davos' words and forceful words under his fingers and feet: "Everything here will be kept forever for the people of the kingdom to come to look forward to, let them understand how heroic our soldiers are, and let them They know how cruel our enemies are!This tower will be demolished, and then a statue will be built. The name of every warrior who died here will be engraved on it, and then remembered in the history of the kingdom, let the future generations spread forever!"

There was another noise around the tower, but this time it was the envy of the soldiers.

"Citizens of Dionysia! Soldiers of Dionysia!" Daveus raised the volume again, shouting his arms: "You have been fighting for a year, winning in Campania, and winning in Downey. , Victory in Latium, victory in the mountains of Samone, victory in western Sicily, and now it is finally the turn to fight the most powerful and cruelest Carthage! Hope you can die here for the battle Revenge of the warriors, brave and fearless attack on the Carthaginians, once again created a glory of victory one after another, become a hero in the mouth of the people, can die in the Hall of Heroes after death, so that your name can also be for future generations Praise! Only in this way can we Dioninia win the final victory in the contest with Carthage! We Dionisia will also win!!"

"Wan Sheng!!! Wan Sheng!!! Wan Sheng!!!!!!" Hearing the words of Davos, the soldiers were so excited that they couldn't help striking the long shield with their daggers and shouted with passion.

The roar of these tens of thousands of people resembled thunderous thunder, resounding through the desolate valley, and even spread to Syracuse...

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In the dark night, the city of Syracuse was quiet, but candlelight was still shining in a house. Chief General Ty Agnes sat alone in the study and did not fall asleep. In fact, he could not sleep.

Some time ago, he vigorously dissented from the public and insisted that the council pass the resolution-sending troops to capture Kamanlina, and then forced down Pachnus, which made Syracuse expand its own for the first time since the Southern Italian War Scope of influence, for a time his prestige in Syracuse skyrocketed.After that, he personally went out to talk with Marge, the commander of Carthage. Although the Syracuse people were at a disadvantage during the talks and suffered some losses in the signed covenant, the democrats still shaped him as a Rakuza’s interests, the fear of any threat, and the image of a political leader who dared to fight against a strong state, therefore, after the negotiations were over and returned to the city, he was warmly welcomed by the people, and he was very popular.

According to the newly signed covenant with Carthage, Syracuse must send troops to attack Taunis, but under the instructions of Te Agnes, the Syracuse army played a slippery head, they just took an offensive posture, and The covenant has not been seriously implemented.

But the next battle was beyond the expectations of Te Agnes. He originally thought that with such a large army of Carthage, and the combat effectiveness is not weak (it can defeat the Dionysian army in the battle of Gera), should be able to Desolate and sweeping swept through Dionysia's territory in Sicily.But although the Carthaginian cavalry raged on the plains of Catania, and the Carthaginian infantry broke through Agilion, its main force failed many times to attack a small village in Dionia, and was blocked for more than 20 days. He began to doubt the combat effectiveness of Carthage's army. Fortunately, in the end, Palagonia was finally captured.

After getting the news, Thai Agnes was relieved to prepare to continue to make soy sauce, watching the development of the battle situation, but suddenly got the news: Carthage's army began to retreat all south!

Te Agnese was frightened and hurriedly crawled out of the messenger to rush to inquire, and was told that the Carthage had received the exact news that Dionysia’s main force had conquered the enemy in the north, Rome, and was rushing for reinforcements. On the way to Sicily, the Carthage army must return to the west of Sicily to prepare for a comprehensive battle.

When the messenger brought the news back to the city of Syracuse, the entire meeting suddenly exploded.

During the reign of Dionysius, Syracuse was in close contact with the Campania Alliance in Italy, so it still has some understanding of the situation in central and northern Italy. After the Southern Italian War, the Campania League Dionysia's alliance with Syracuse has decreased sharply, and the Syracuse people have less business with Northern and Central Italy.Especially after Dionia launched the war against Rome, the Third Fleet imposed an intentional blockade on the Italian south coast route. Syracuse did not own Sardinia and Corsica like the Carthaginians. They won The news of "The Dionysian Army Landing at Latium" was learned from the mouth of the Carthage messenger.

However, the Syracuse people know that Rome is a powerful state in central Italy, with many allies, where the status is similar to Syracuse in Sicily more than 10 years ago, and the Dionysians are fighting away from the homeland. It is impossible to easily conquer Rome, it must be a long war, and some people even hope that the Dionysians will suffer a fiasco in the Latium area. This is also when they agreed to ally with Carthage and attack Dior. A major reason for Niah.

However, the news came suddenly that "The Dionysians conquered Rome, and its main force is about to reinforce Sicily." The Syracuse lawmakers were panicked if they were hit hard, because if the Carthage army retreated to the west, the tin Rakuza will bear the wrath of the Dionysian army alone!

Te Agnes had to rush to persuade the Carthaginians, and when he caught up with the troops that Carthaginian had withdrawn, it was Jera.

No matter how he asked, Marco didn’t come out to meet him in person, only Pomirka came out and told him: Because the next battle with the main force of Dionysia was related to the rise and fall of Carthage, the army must withdraw to the west and do well With sufficient preparation, this is not something anyone can discourage.

But at the same time, he also comforted Te Agnes: even though Dionysian troops landed in Sicily, their main target of attack was still our Carthage, while Syracuse had a thick wall, ample food, and a large number of soldiers, as long as they defended The Dionysians have no way to take you.Wait until we have defeated the main force of Dionysia and joined you in Syracuse in the east.At that time, not only can the Dionysians be expelled from Sicily, but they can also further march to Great Greece. Great Greece has always been your Greek territory. When it is time to capture the town, it is more appropriate for you to control it... …

At this time, Te Agnes was slightly attracted by the beautiful prospects of the Carthaginians. At the same time, he also knew that the matter was irreparable. Since the matter was here, he could only say that Syracuse will fully defend Diao The Niahs are about to attack, and expect the Carthage army to return to the east as soon as possible.

On his way back to Syracuse, Te Agnes had been spending the ambivalence of the future and fear of reality.

When he rushed back to Syracuse, he received the bad news: Dionysia's reinforcements had already begun to land at Katane Port and Catania Naval Base.

Due to the sudden incident, the Syracuse army has not completely evacuated from the camp outside the city of Taunice. The naval base of Catania is not more than ten miles away from them. It is on the cargo ship that is transporting supplies from the camp to the port of Syracuse. The sailors were surprised to see that dozens of Dionysian warships on the northern sea were waiting in line, and behind them, outside the Dionysian naval base, there were many ships, and more ships from the north. Coming from the sea...

The Syracuse fleet quickly turned around and drove back to the port. The Navy of Syracuse hurriedly dispatched several clippers to the investigation. It was found that the Dionysian ships were either a troop carrier full of soldiers or a full load. Material cargo ships, they continue to enter and exit the Dionysian naval base, until the evening...

By the next day, such military operations were still underway in the sea area where the Dionysian naval base was located.

How many reinforcements did the Dionyans send?!The Syracuse people were all panicked when they got the news, and of course Tyagnes, who had just returned to the city, was no exception.

Especially after learning that the Carthaginian army was determined to return to the west, many people in the council were ashamed.

Even the generals of the port civilians, Hiktas, shouted: "Since the Carthaginians abandoned us, then we do not need to abide by the covenant, just negotiate with Dionysia."

Hiktas's words did appeal to a small group of people, but no one dared to come forward and agree.After all, the reason why Syracuse united with Carthage and declared war on Dionia was to restore the hegemony of the past. As a result, before actually fighting the Dionysians, they took the initiative to sum up. Most parliamentarians were unable to Accept, the majority of Syracuse citizens cannot accept it.

Everyone argued that in the evening, apart from "quickly evacuating all the troops besieging Taunisi and preparing for the defense of the city", they could not think of any other concrete and effective plan to solve the current dilemma.

On the third day, the meeting continued to discuss yesterday’s issues, and by noon received an urgent return from the spies: about 50,000 well-equipped Dionysian soldiers left Kataney and marched south.

The parliamentarians panicked immediately and immediately demanded that the citizens of the city be mobilized urgently to prepare for the enemy.

But soon a spy came to the newspaper and said: The Dionysian army turned to the southwest and stopped in front of the ruins of Paragonia.