ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 526
Antonios looked at the wounded soldiers behind him and said with concern: "Our medical battalion will arrive soon. Please allow them to treat the wounded soldiers in your army."

"That's great! I've long heard that Dionia's medical skills are the best in all of Greater Greece!" Feidun smiled even more happily.

Both parties greeted each other and introduced themselves, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

At this time, Navy Commander Sekerian also arrived.If it was before the war and when the Dionia Navy was first established, Sekerian had not commanded the navy to achieve any decent results. Even if he was valued by Davos, the commanders of these armies would not really value him.Now the victory of the two naval battles and this attack on Hibernian were also promoted by him, so the army respected him and talked with him on an equal footing.

In the meantime, talking about yesterday's thrilling battle made Feidun and Sekerian yearn for it, wishing they could be part of it.

"General Sekerian." At this time, Antonios took out a papyrus roll from his arms and said seriously: "This is the order given to you by His Majesty."

Sekerian immediately opened the scroll and looked at it with surprise: "Your Majesty wants me to obey your command and transport the First Army to Sicily?!"

Antonios nodded solemnly.

Feidun, who was on the side, heard this and immediately asked: "You want to attack Sicily?!"

Antonios nodded again and said: "We know nothing about Sicily, and we still need your help, General Feidun." This is why he took out this order on this occasion.

Feidun did not refuse, but said enthusiastically: "Lord Davos made a right decision! Because we Liji people are very close to Sicily, we know very well how powerful Dionysius' power is in Sicily. Guang It is not enough to eliminate his army that invaded Magna Graecia. Only by weakening his power in Sicily can we eradicate his threat to Magna Graecia! I have a relatively deep understanding of the Greek city-states in eastern Sicily, and I am very willing to share this information with you. .”

Antonios immediately expressed his gratitude, so he had a heated conversation with Feidun and Sekerian on this issue.

Hieros and Hieronymus were not idle either, because it was getting late. They regrouped their troops and escorted the prisoners. At the invitation of Sipulos, they returned to Trina to rest first and then attack Hibernian City tomorrow morning. .

At this time, they all knew in their hearts: Locri was hit hard, and Hibernian, who was empty of troops, was no longer able to resist Dionia's attack.

Therefore, while Xiros sent a messenger to report the battle situation to Davos, he also asked him for instructions on how to deal with Hibernian.

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Dionysius in Silitium City was slightly relieved after receiving Damocles' reward.In the past research on Davos, he found that Davos did not like to kill everyone when doing things, and would often leave some leeway to his opponents. In the past, he often despised this kind of womanly kindness, but now he hopes that Davos will still do it. Can do this.

"Davos is still young!" After getting this relatively satisfactory result, Dionysius couldn't help but sarcastically said, it seemed that this kind of verbal pleasure could temporarily offset the fear of this young man that had begun to grow in his heart : The new king of Dionia was able to reverse the whole situation in a terrible situation surrounded by enemies. What a terrible military command ability!As long as he is willing to negotiate!

Dionysius has even begun to imagine what harsh conditions the Dionysians will propose during tomorrow's peace talks.He has already considered it, and as long as the peace negotiation conditions proposed by Dionia are not too difficult, he decided to accept them.As long as he can return to Sicily with these tens of thousands of soldiers and release all the captured soldiers, just like Dionia did with Crotone, then Syracuse's power will not be there If the loss is too big, his tyrant status will not be obviously threatened, and Sicily's hegemony can still be maintained!As for the peace agreement signed with Dionia... when Syracuse's power is restored, it will be nothing more than a piece of waste paper!Dionysius had no intention of keeping it at all. He would not foolishly keep any promise just to pursue a good reputation like Davos!
However...Davos's military command ability is too strong. It seems that we have to think of ways to deal with him from other aspects... Dionysius pondered, and the slits in his eyes flashed with a formidable light. A sinister light.

At this time, the attendant came in and reported: "Sir, the ships and sailors have been prepared and are waiting for your order."

"Let them wait until night and confirm that there are no enemy ships outside the port before setting off quietly." Dionysius said solemnly: "Tell them that the lives of the citizens of Syracuse are entrusted to them, and I hope they will With the blessing of Apollo, I braved the dangers and returned home smoothly!"

Although the Dionia fleet has begun to blockade the port of Xiliting since the Syracuseans retreated from Xiliting, it cannot achieve a complete blockade 24 hours a day, especially at night, when sailors need to go ashore to eat, After resting, the warship also needs to return to the port in Crotone, be towed into the dock for repairs, dried in the sun, and cleared of water maggots, otherwise the strength of the hull will be difficult to guarantee.Even if the squadrons take turns to blockade, they dare not disperse too much for fear of suffering losses. After all, there are more than 30 Syracuse warships in the Siliting port. For these reasons, the Dionian fleet cannot completely blockade at night. Live in port.

Therefore, in the middle of the night, the defense outside Siliting Port was probably relatively lax, and the ships sent by Dionysius should be able to get out smoothly.It’s just that sailing in the dark is much more dangerous. Storms, reefs, deviations from the course, and even the possibility of encountering the fleet heading south from Dionia may cause these fast ships to die.

But Dionysius can only believe that one of the several clippers he sent out, manned by the most experienced helmsman and sailors in the navy, will eventually return to the big port of Syracuse and let Philistos know The Siracusa army is now in a difficult situation in Greater Greece.

Although the treasury of Syracuse is now extremely depleted, most of the young and middle-aged citizens are already in Magna Graecia, and new warships cannot be built in a short time, Dionysius still believes in Philistus' ability , I believe he can form an army of no less than 2 people, a fleet of no less than 5 triple-layer propeller warships, and prepare to supply [-] people with military rations for two months... Of course, this is Dionysius Si made another preparation to deal with the failure of the peace talks. As for how things were carried out, he was beyond his control and could only place his hope on Apollo...

Watching the attendant leave the hall, he couldn't sit still and decided to go to the blacksmith shop in the city.

Another purpose of sending people to peace talks was to delay time: the most urgent problem for the Syracuse army now is not military food (due to the significant reduction in personnel in this battle, the food reserves in Siliting are enough to last them for more than a month), but Weaponry.

Because after the battle was defeated, the soldiers threw away their helmets, bucklers, and even breastplates, spears, and sabers along the way in order to escape for their lives. The enemy, of course, also threw away equipment in order to catch up with them, but the winner wears The Onians, they could pick them all back when they were cleaning the battlefield, but the Syracuse soldiers fled into Xiliting in embarrassment with empty hands. Fortunately, there were still thousands of them in the city. They looted the city of Xiliting. Weapons and equipment collected from time to time.But this was not enough. He had to ask the blacksmiths who accompanied the army and were responsible for repairing weapons to use the blacksmith shops in the city to speed up the time and start making weapons and armor again.To this end, he also ordered his men to search for iron ore and scrap iron throughout the city.

Now, he was going to inspect and see how this important work was progressing.

Halfway through, he suddenly remembered something, stopped again, turned around and walked in another direction - Phoebus's residence.As the war progresses, Phoebus's role as a military advisor is no longer significant, but as a Spartan, he can play his unique role in peace negotiations.

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Early the next morning, Phoebus and Syracuse envoy Damocles came to the camp being built in Dionia.

This time, Davers did not come out to receive him in person, but sent the clerk Henipolis as the person in charge of the negotiations.

As soon as Henipolis met, he gave Damocles a slap in the face: "Yesterday, His Majesty Davos discussed with the legion leaders and thought that in view of the bad reputation of your plenipotentiary general Dionysius in the past, You need to do one thing to show your sincerity in peace talks so that our peace talks can begin."

When Damocles heard this, he immediately protested: "Dionysians, you are an insult to General Dionysius!"

"So what!" Henipolis raised his head and said extremely arrogantly: "Can Dionysius send troops to threaten us Dionia again?! Oh, I forgot, he has already tried It’s a pity that he failed! Now it’s you who are asking for peace talks!”

Damocles was speechless for a moment, and after a moment of silence, he said angrily: "What do you want us to do?"

Henipolis sneered in his heart and said with hatred: "The Numibians and Celts you hired are wreaking havoc outside the cities of Asprostum and Krimisa in the Dionian League. Robbery and killing, even the elderly and children will not be spared. We Dionians can’t wait to eat their blood! Eat their flesh! Since you want peace talks, please first owe this group of people countless blood debts to the Magna Greeks Cut off all the heads of the 'beasts' and bring them over for us to talk about later! I think after the battle the day before yesterday, there should be very few of them left."

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　　Last night I played football until ten o'clock, then went home to take a shower and went to bed until two o'clock to watch the game. Because after watching the game, my brain was so excited that I fell asleep again after a long time. I only slept for more than an hour before I got up to go to work.Although it was tiring, it was worth it. Although I only scored one goal, the game was exciting. What a pity for Belgium!Brothers and sisters, stay up late and watch the game tonight. Who will join me? !

　　
　
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