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Chapter 244 Peace in South Italy under the leadership of Dionia
When the Lokli people heard the news, they were shocked but also a little in awe.For decades, Locri has been trying to win against Crotone without success, but the newly formed Dionysian Alliance was able to defeat Crotone twice in a row with fewer wins and more.

Of course, what's more important to Lockry is that Crotone suffered heavy losses and was locked in a bitter battle with Dioria. This was really an excellent time!Locri could not wait for the news of the messenger Metrophenis, so he began to plan an attack on the Crotone League. In order to defeat the sworn enemy in one fell swoop, they carried out war mobilization within the league. At the same time, they also recruited the brother of Dionysius's wife. ——Locri's chief general Demodochus asked Syracuse for help.At this time, Syracuse had already launched a war against Carthage. The powerful army was capturing towns one after another. Only the navy had not encountered the enemy for the time being. Except for some warships escorting the army along the coastline, the rest stayed in Syracuse. On standby in the great port of Lacuza.

On the one hand, out of friendship with Locri, and more to prepare for the future, Dionysius sent more than 20 triremes to assist the Locri people.

With Syracuse as his backing, Lockry couldn't wait to launch the war.

Unexpectedly, Dionia once again ceased war with Crotone. Not only did it sign a defensive alliance treaty, but it also released all the prisoners. The envoy Metrophenis felt that he had been fooled and returned home angrily.

The Lockley people were angry: Dionia repeatedly ignored Lockley's good intentions and hindered Lockley's plan intentionally or unintentionally, just because he was currently going all out to deal with his mortal enemy Crotone, and he didn't want to cause trouble and temporarily tolerated it. I took this breath and waited until later.At the same time, Lockley began to be wary of Dionia.

Although there was a slight setback in the subsequent battle with Crotone, the naval battle was a complete victory due to the reinforcements from Syracuse. The Crotone army, which lost the protection of the navy, was short of strength and was mobilized back and forth by the Locris. , falling into passivity.

Just when Locri saw hope of victory, news came: The envoys of the Crotone Alliance gathered in Thurii to request reinforcements from Dionia!

What the Lokerians feared most happened.In view of the fact that Metrophenis's previous performance was so unsatisfactory, they immediately sent Panticapace, the most eloquent person, but his arrival not only failed to make Dionia change his mind, but also accelerated South Italy's The formation of the alliance.

When Panticapace left Thurii, he angrily said to the senators of the Dionia Senate: "Apollo can witness that we Locri people have always respected Dionia, but every time we The olive branch offered was exchanged for Dionia's malicious deception and fooling. From today on, Locri and Dionia will be enemies! Next time we come back, there will no longer be messengers of peace, but The wrath of Ares and the mighty armies!”

The faces of the senators changed slightly, and Davos said calmly: "Before the Crotones launched a war last time, their envoy stood where you are now and said similar words, but what about now?"

Although Davos acted very relaxedly, he knew that now that the Locris were dominating the sea, and Dionia declared war, it was likely that the old things done by the Crotone fleet to Dionia would be repeated again.He therefore regrouped Ledes's cavalry to patrol along the coast, while he resumed the measures taken by Felicius in response to the Crotone fleet's surprise attack, and the Senate suspended its campaign to Aspurus. Immigration jobs in Tum and Crimesa.

But a few days passed and nothing happened.

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The First Legion arrived at the city of Asprostum, and more than 1000 garrison troops joined the army, increasing the number of people participating in the battle to more than 1.

Five days later, the army arrived at the city of Coronia. The journey went smoothly without any accidents. The reason why the army arrived two days longer than the previous plan was because the bad conditions of the roads in southern Magna Greece were not fully anticipated, and the route When visiting Xiliting, the people there gave him warm hospitality.

After the Dionian reinforcements arrived on the battlefield, the Corunians rejoiced and prepared to wait for the Dionians to finish resting and immediately launch an attack on the Locri camp in the south of the city. However, they did not expect that this plan had not had time to be implemented. Locri So they sent envoys for peace talks...

A hundred years ago, Crotone defeated Sybaris and quickly became a powerful country in Magna Graecia. It developed the ambition to dominate southern Italy and launched many invasions to the south.The most serious one was that under its attack, Locri and the surrounding city-state armies were retreating steadily. In the end, in order to avoid repeating the mistakes of Sybaris, Locri and Ligem united to take advantage of Crotone's negligence. He took the machine and launched a counterattack, severely damaging the Crotone army.

Crotone's strength was greatly damaged and it was temporarily unable to attack the south. In order to prevent Crotone from regaining its strength, Locri and Ligem began a long-term counterattack against Crotone's allies. They even allied with Crotone's northern allies. of the indigenous Bruttian union.For decades, Crotone was trapped by the threats of the Brutians in the north and the military threats of Locri and Ligem in the south. It was always tired of dealing with it and could never regain its former power.Therefore, when Athens wanted to build the city of Thurii on the Sybaris Plain, it could only make concessions and sign an agreement.

However, the cooperation between Locri and Ligem was not close. Once the threat from Crotone weakened, the contradictions between the two began to appear.The biggest conflict is that both city-states are coastal cities and are very close to each other. Competition in port trade is inevitable.Because Ligem controlled half of the Strait of Messina, it had the upper hand in sea trade, while Locri opened up the road from Locri to Medema and Hibernian (both of which were cities on the west coast of Magna Graecia). The trade route on the road allows Greek merchants to reach the west coast through land trade routes without having to pay higher tariffs through the Strait of Messina, thus grabbing a lot of profits from Lijim as a trade transit port in the Western Mediterranean...

These conflicts accumulated and finally erupted a few years ago.

Dionysius, who had just become the plenipotentiary general of Syracuse, wanted to remarry because his wife was killed by angry people in a previous power struggle. He was widowed. At the same time, this was also a political marriage for the tyrant to stabilize the situation. His power.Therefore, after he married the daughter of a famous nobleman in Syracuse who supported him, and then wanted to marry another woman, he set his sights on Ligium, which was only separated from Sicily by a strait.On the one hand, this is because the geographical location of Lijim is too important, and on the other hand, there is a woman in Lijim who is famous all over the world.

But the Rhygium people refused. They were wary of Dionysius, who became the tyrant of Syracuse. They had not forgotten that they had coveted Rhygium decades ago when Hieron, the same tyrant of Syracuse, was in power. This forced Ligem to form an alliance with Carthage to protect itself.

Dionysius had no choice but to propose to the Locris, and Locris agreed, which led to the complete breakdown of the alliance between Locris and Legim.

As for why Dionysius didn’t look for Crotone and Crotone?Because during the Peloponnesian War, Crotone and Thurii were on the side of Athens and even provided assistance when the Athenian army attacked Syracuse; while Tarantum was on the side of Sparta. The son-state of man, always close to Sparta, did not mean much to Dionysius.

The departure of Lijim left Locri alone and unable to cause trouble for Crotone.It wasn't until Dionia hit Crotone twice that it regained hope.

When Locri was mobilizing for war, he also sent envoys to the Brutians. The Brutian people, who had always been positive to Locri's invitation, rejected Locri's request this time. The reasons they gave were: Last year the Brutians attacked Trina alone, but suffered heavy losses and needed rest.

But the Locri envoy discovered that Cosenza and the nearby Bruti tribe seemed to be making some kind of changes.

The Locrians, aided by the Syracuse navy, attacked the Crotone League.Facts have proved that even if Crotone's strength is greatly reduced, the skinny camel is still larger than the horse.Although Lockley had the upper hand, he could not win quickly.

Now that Dionia has joined the war, the situation has taken a turn for the worse for Lockley.

After the failure of diplomacy with Dionysia, the Locrians immediately went to Syracuse for help. Dionysius met the hurriedly arrived Locri envoys in the newly occupied city of Selinus.

After listening to the envoy's request, Dionysius frowned, thought for a moment, and said bluntly: "The war between Syracuse and Carthage is at a critical moment, and I have no reinforcements to send! Please beg me. Let’s make peace! When I pacify Sicily, I will help Locri recover this debt!”

The messenger reluctantly returned to Lokri.

The Lokli people are not fools. Without reinforcements, they have no chance of victory. Peace is the only way out.It is common to have fights with Crotone for decades. Lockry has become accustomed to it and will not insist on fighting a hopeless battle because of some honor.

Therefore, the First Legion of Dionia came excitedly, but not a single battle took place, and they passively became a mediator.

Fortunately, the South Italian allies were very fond of the Dionian army that first appeared in central South Italy, especially the Coronians. They were surprised to find the Dionians camped outside the city of Coronnia. The soldiers stayed quietly in the camp during the negotiations without any disturbing behavior. This was even better than the Crotone people who had been Coronia's allies for decades.

After the negotiations, Trina's envoy Siplos, who arrived in Coronia with the army, returned to Trina and reported to the council. He had a more detailed and comprehensive review of the Dionian army.

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