ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 500 Dionysius’ cruelty
"And-" Eliandos hesitated, hesitating to speak.

"What else?!" Hernipolis asked angrily.

"Some people came outside the city hall, claiming that their relatives did not betray you, but were beaten to death by the mob. I hope you can redress their injustice..." Eliandos said.

"Unjustly accused?" Henipolis scratched his hair irritably. He was most afraid of hearing this now, so he said as if pushing a burden: "I leave this matter to you, as well as the matter of allocating land to the poor. You We must also start preparing.”

Ariandos was stunned when he heard this, and then shouted: "Sir, I have never done this before, I don't know how!"

"You don't know how, you can find someone." As soon as Henipolis finished speaking, he was stunned: Looking for someone?Where to find it?Almost all the officials in the city of Laos were killed by the mob, and there are probably very few people with administrative experience in the city.

Henipolis sat down slumped: Do you want to do these things yourself?However, since he became the consul until now, he has always issued orders, and most of them have not been implemented. He has never really dealt with political affairs, and he doesn't know where to start.And he has always hated those complicated government affairs. Thinking about it gives him a headache...

Thinking back to the mountains of bills, city-state affairs, letters, etc. that he saw in Davos's study when he lived in Tuliyi Davos Mansion. As soon as Davos returned home, he spent most of his time there dealing with official duties... ...Henipolis suddenly felt: Maybe he is really not suitable to be a consul!

Just when the two of them were staring at each other, not knowing how to proceed, Hilos walked into the auditorium: "Master Henipolis, now that the situation in the city has calmed down, I would like to ask when can ships be prepared for us? Now Dai Master Firth must be anxiously waiting for news of our actions?!"

Oh, and this!Henipolis was in a daze that day and forgot about this important matter. He immediately looked at Eliandos: "Immediately go to the port to prepare ships and transport Dionia's troops to Knappe." Tia.”

Ariandos shouted with a look of embarrassment: "Sir, the port is in chaos now. The sailors have all run to the city. The port managers have either been beaten to death or are hiding. Where can we find people?" Prepare so many ships?”

Henipolis was stunned again, and he looked at Hilos helplessly.

Hilos didn't expect the situation to be like this and seemed a little anxious.

Henipolis looked at him apologetically. He was quite familiar with Xilos, because Xiros had been in and out of Davos's mansion a lot. Suddenly a light flashed through his mind: "Lord Xiros, I remember You served twice as city administrator.”

Hilos didn't know what he meant by saying this at this time, so he nodded truthfully.

"There is also Mr. Bagule. He is still serving as the administrator of Grumentum." Henipolis became more and more excited as he spoke: "Look, there is chaos in the city of Laos. Most of the administrative officials have been raped by the mob. Kill them all, the whole city can no longer function normally, I would like to ask you to help me manage this city, and let Laos return to normal as soon as possible, so that you can also go to Krapetia smoothly."

After Henipolis finished speaking, the two people present thought they had heard wrongly.

"Lord Henipolis, are you kidding?" Hilos blurted out.

"With such a bad situation now, am I in the mood to joke with you?!" Henipolis said impatiently: "Do you want to leave by boat? Otherwise, you will have to lead your team by land!"

Taking the overland road to Cnapetia requires crossing the entire Cosenza Plateau. Although there is a highway, it will take at least more than two days.Laos needs to resume normal operation. If the efficiency is high, I am afraid that it will take tomorrow to set off by boat. It seems that the time required is about the same, but Xiros is no longer a mercenary who can only lead the war in the past. After several years of administrative management, He was sensitively aware of the meaning of taking over the administrative management of Laos: "I'll go back to the barracks right now and discuss it with Lord Bagule." After Xilos finished speaking, he left in a hurry.

"My lord, it doesn't seem right to do this." Eliandos felt vaguely that something was wrong.

"What's wrong?" Henipolis immediately retorted: "You have to feel bad, otherwise I'll leave all these things to you."

Ariandos was too embarrassed to speak.

Henepolis smiled, and his eyes grew brighter, for he had thought of a brilliant idea that would allow him to escape from the city that had turned into a morass and was filled with hatred for him.

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It was almost noon. Dionysius stood at the head of the dilapidated Crotone city and retracted his gaze to the north. He said coldly: "It seems that the young man in Dionia has no intention of accepting the letter of war at all." , fight us decisively."

"What should we do? Sir, should we take the initiative to attack them?!" Astagras asked eagerly: "Cross the Neto River and attack Dionia's camp?"

Dionysius glared at the reckless general and said coldly: "Stupid, that's what the Dionysians want! Crotone was defeated by the weak because of his hasty crossing of the river. For its Dionia, do you think I would be so stupid!"

Astagras did not dare to speak. He felt that Dionysius was in a bad mood.

"Fasipesus, how long can our current food reserves last?" Dionysius asked again.

"Including the food obtained from Crotone, it can probably last for more than a month."

More than a month!With the Dionysian fleet controlling the east coast and no longer able to receive assistance from Sicily, it can only harvest food from Locle and these conquered city-states, but how much can there be? !Dionysius was anxiously calculating in his heart, his eyes swept over the slightly anxious generals and ministers beside him, and finally landed on the big city behind him with hundreds of years of history, and suddenly said: "Burn this place. !Burn the city of Crotone!”

"what?!"

"Destroy the walls of Crotone and burn the city!" Dionysius gave the order with cold words: "Then withdraw all the troops stationed here to their original camps!"

Although both the Syracuse generals and soldiers preferred to live in comfortable houses compared to simple tents, Dionysius had already made his decision and no one dared to object.

"Sir, what about those people in Crotone? The Acropolis is so high, we can't burn them!" Fasipesas reminded.

"Leave them alone and let them ask for help. Isn't Dionysia their ally? Doesn't that young man claim to keep his promise? I want to see if the Dionysia can save its allies!" Dionysia Hughes' eyes were cold: "But as long as the Crotone people dare to escape from the Acropolis in large numbers, they will be driven back."

"Understood!" Fasipesas and other generals really understood this time: this is to force the Dionians to cross the river to rescue Crotone!
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The city of Crotone is burning in the flames...

It was four years after Magna Graecia that another Greek city was burned, but for the people of Syracuse, it was something they had done more than once.Many of the cities they captured in Sicily were destroyed by them. Dionysius was known as the "Protector of Sicily". In fact, he destroyed many historic city-states, including Greek cities. This destructive ability was not weaker than that of its rival Carthage, so Syracuse soldiers skillfully placed tinders throughout the city of Crotone, and soon the whole city was on fire.

The raging fire lit up the sky in Crotone, and the people in the Acropolis cried bitterly when they saw their homes burning in the flames.It didn't take long for the grief on the people's faces to turn into panic, as the fire spread and threatened to surround the Acropolis.

Fortunately, Lucias, Myron and the others had prepared in advance and sent people out of the city to cut down the trees and weeds around the hillside.Although the fire did not burn the Acropolis, the scorching air and billowing smoke caused huge trouble to the tens of thousands of people in the Acropolis. Not only did they feel unbearably hot, but they also had difficulty breathing.

However, there was not much water in the Acropolis. Milon originally wanted the people to endure it a little longer, but many frail old people and women fainted one after another, so he finally had to agree: let everyone go to the pool to wet their clothes. , apply it on your face to get through the tough times.

After the protective measures were completed, most of the water in the pool was used up. Some people gathered in the temple and prayed devoutly to the statue of Apollo, hoping that it would protect them from this disaster. Some people even prayed to the huge statue of Apollo. The gods repented, because they believed that it was Melanthius who burned Thurii, which was blessed by Apollo, that led to today's retribution!
Lysias looked at the burning city at the foot of the mountain in a daze, and his heart was full of worries about the safety of the people in the Acropolis. He knew that without water, everyone would not be able to hold on for a few days.

"Lysias." Milon came from a distance, but strangely, there was a trace of relief on his face at this moment: "Don't worry, the people of Syracuse retreated, and then set fire to the city. There must be something special. The situation happened. I guess... it may be that reinforcements from Dionia have arrived, and the people of Syracuse did this in order to fight Dionia with all their strength!"

"Are you telling the truth?!" Lysias immediately cheered up and asked loudly.

"The reinforcements from Dionia have arrived. This is very possible!" Milon firmly believed in his judgment: "Didn't we already get the news that the Dionia fleet defeated the Syracuse Navy a few days ago? No more With the help of the navy, Syracuse has lost the opportunity to threaten Dionia's rear, and Dionia has defeated the invading Tarantum army. They now have no worries and can send troops for reinforcements. "

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