Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

This tone made Marco feel very harsh, his eyes wide open, but then he remembered Pretacouba's instructions, immediately lowered his eyes, and asked as calmly as possible: "I heard that the Senate sent you to Dior The Niah mentioned the truce and the matter. I wonder how the King Dionysia responded?"

Earlier, the sudden, bitterness of Marco’s eruption shocked El Accra, and he quickly replied: "King Dionia is very willing to negotiate a truce with Carthage!"

"This does not mean that the Dionysians know that their strength is not as good as ours, and they are afraid to continue to fight and encounter defeat, so they want to maintain the victory they now obtain through armistice negotiations and peace. Are we willing to stop cooperating in such a situation? The battle of the Dionysians?!" Marco asked loudly.

El Accra froze for a moment, then muttered, "Now... Judging from the current situation, it is our Carthage at a disadvantage!"

Marco looked at him coldly for a moment, then suddenly stepped forward to grab his arm and said in a commanded tone: "Come with me!"

El Accra was staggered and dragged out of Marco's tent, both confused and frightened.

Marco took him to a relatively empty place in front of the big tent, pointed to the rear and said, "What do you see?"

El Accra settled his mind and said in a daze: "A wall under construction...looks like a long..."

"Not like it, but it is indeed very long!" Marco said affirmatively: "It will extend from the seaside in the east of Serinus to the seaside in the west, connecting the city of Serinus with us in Dionysia Are included in the camp!"

"I was surprised when I came. Why did you build the city wall behind the camp?" El Accra asked his own question.

"Since the Dionys dare not fight with us, then we can only take the initiative to attack!" Marco looked forward, Shen Sheng said: "Our attack target is Serinus! Serinus! It is the station of the Dionysian Fleet. The Dionysian Fleet can cruise the western waters every day and block our routes. The port of Serinus plays a great role as long as we can capture it and let the Dionysian Navy Losing a foothold in western Sicily will inevitably reduce their naval superiority and reduce their threat to the western waters and the coast of Africa. But because of the importance of Serinus, the Dionysians will definitely not give up, they must Will be tenacious defense, I am afraid that in the future, the main force of the Dionysian army will enter Serinus from the sea and fight with us..."

El Accra was still happy when he heard the previous words, but he was a bit worried when he heard the latter words: "Wouldn’t this be our attack, the defense of the Dionysian army?! You didn’t say that such an attack would Did it cause a lot of casualties to our soldiers?!"

"The Dionyans do have some experience in defending the city, but it is much easier to attack the city of Serinus than to attack the Minoa Mountain!" Marco said confidently: "After a few days with Admika After analysing and discussing, it was decided to build an external wall first to protect our entire camp and allow the army to attack the city with full force, so as to avoid the Dionysian army coming from the east or landing on the nearby beach when we are working on the siege , Assault us."

Speaking of which, Marco pointed to the front again: "What do you think it is?"

El Accra’s gaze passed through the crevices of many tents, seeing what was in front of the city of Serinus, and couldn’t help but say in surprise: “Will you build an inner wall?!”

Marco looked at the earth wall that had been shelved for a long time before he finished it. He couldn't help thinking of the night when he was attacked by the Dionysian army. He exhaled lightly and said, "I will not only build the inner wall, Surrounded by the city of Serinus, and on the basis of the inner wall, a number of earth hills were built, and then on the basis of the earth hills, a vertical city wall was built, extending forward to connect with the city wall of Serinus... By then, The Dionysians have no advantage in defense, and fighting under the same conditions, we can definitely defeat the Diorians!......"

El Accra heard this, inexplicably feeling doubled in confidence, but he was a bit puzzled: "Listen to your plan, Master Marco, this will be a big project! To build these city walls, and the earth mountain... this is afraid Will it take a long time?"

"Don't forget that I have more than 100,000 soldiers!" Marco said proudly: "After receiving the military supplies from Carthage, they began to build the outer wall. It is now two days since you entered the camp. It’s time to watch the progress of the exterior wall. Do you think it will take a long time to complete my plan?"

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After Leotizides and Zantiparis led the army to capture the main city of Syracuse, on the second day, the Sicilian Governor Ciprous arrived at Syracuse and joined Leotichides and Zantipa Rees, Hictas, who had just returned to Dionysia, and his nephew, Zamoratis, discussed how to dispose of the captured Syracuse soldiers and the people in the city, and how to stabilize the order in the city as soon as possible...

Everyone soon reached an agreement: except for a few urban residents who have direct kinship with the people in the port area, all others became slaves to the kingdom of Dionysia.

The reason for this decision was that Cypros, who spent many years in Kataney, believed that since Syracuse had always been the overlord of Sicily, even now, Siracusa people always think highly of themselves, There is always a dream in my heart to restore the glory of the past, forcibly pulling such a group of restless people under the rule of Dionysia, they may jump out of chaos if there is an abnormal situation, especially now that Dionysia is in The critical moment of war, so it is the safest way to demote all of them into slaves and escort away from Sicily.

For Hiktas and Zamoratis, their rebellion led to the final fall of Syracuse. The people in the same city are already in full swing. Of course, they are unwilling to live with them in the same city, let alone the port area. After the people became citizens of Dionysian, they certainly hoped that it would be best to live in Syracuse, and the place they deserve is also in Syracuse, and most of the land in Syracuse is in the hands of urban people ...

So for all parties, the people of Syracuse can only become victims.

At the same time, officials from the ministries of finance, household registration, agriculture, commerce, courts, etc. brought by Cipros have begun to take over the internal affairs of Syracuse, counting the obtained goods and loot, counting the residences in the urban area, measuring tin The land in Rakuza, registering the people in the port area, and earnestly proclaiming them the rights and obligations they should enjoy as citizens of Dionysia...

The long-cherished long-cherished wishes of the people in the port area of ​​Syracuse will soon be realized, and they have shown great enthusiasm. Under the leadership of Hiktas, they have actively assisted Dionysia officials to do things, especially helping the seventh and first Together with the soldiers of the Eighth Legion, a large wall was built in the isthmus, which completely cut off the connection between the island of Ortigia and the main city. Every day, there were warships (from the original Syracuse fleet) uninterrupted. Cruising around Ortygia.

Syracuse is undergoing earth-shaking changes, and the people of Taonis and Leotini, not far from it, are jealous of them.

Townis is located on the seafront and owns very little land. Leotini’s situation is slightly better, but it cannot meet the land demand of the growing population. Now they see the port of Syracuse that was much worse than theirs. People in the district can now get a fertile place and get a good house. They feel unfair: because they also participated in the battle against Syracuse, they have sacrificed more than the people in the port area of ​​Syracuse, but You can only get a little loot, which is too unfair!

At the strong request of the people, the high-level officials of the two city-states rushed to Syracuse to express their affection to Cipros.

Cipros was embarrassed and said to them helplessly: The distribution of spoils after the victory of the war between Dionia and the Allies was strictly written into the covenant, the land was not included in it, and he had no power to go Make changes without permission.Moreover, according to the Law of Dionysia, only Dionyan citizens can obtain land, and there is only one way for the citizens of Taonis and Leotini to obtain the land of Syracuse-to become a Dionyan citizen !

The high-level leaders of the two city-states returned without success, but the words spoken by Sipunos were quickly spread among the two city-states under the impetus of intentional people.

Moreover, there are also some speeches that have been quickly spread among the people of the two cities. For example: even after the completion of the distribution of the Syracuse land to the people in the port area, there are still many left, but the Dionysian Senate Based on this situation, other landless citizens in the Dionysian area will be allocated to Syracuse, and by then there will be no extra land.

Another example: becoming a citizen of Dionysia is much stronger than becoming a citizen of Taunis (Leodini). Not only do you not have to worry about having no land, nor will you be invaded by a strong enemy, you also have the right to become a citizen of a powerful kingdom proud……

More than 10 years ago, when Taunis, Leotini, and Katana were all independent from Syracuse at the same time, the people of these two cities witnessed those who were more miserable than Dior. How did the people of Katanay, who were considered slaves, begin to rebuild their homes, how to gradually become rich, and how to have an arrogant position, so that they have to show respect... More than ten years have passed quietly, thinking The seeds of becoming a Dionysian citizen have long been unknowingly buried in their hearts, and the impact on them caused by the capture of Syracuse this time only eventually spurs the seeds of this heart to bear fruit.