ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 556 Dionysius’ painful decision
Although Fasipesas secretly breathed a sigh of relief and was still a little uneasy, he did not show it. On the contrary, he remembered his gaffe just now and said hurriedly: "The Dionysians think of the cross-sea expedition too simply. , Unless they can send tens of thousands of soldiers and supply sufficient military food, they may cause some trouble to our homeland, but it is obviously impossible to do it with Dionia's strength."

"You're right!" Dionysius agreed loudly, and then showed a trace of worry: "However... Philistos said in the letter that Gela, Kamanlina, and Agrigen Tho... These city-states on the south coast of Sicily shirked his request and were unwilling to provide soldiers and warships, and he also complained that Herolis had repeatedly opposed him during this period, which affected his management of the city-state. Provide us with reinforcements and fleets in time, so——"

Dionysius said in a deep voice: "After repeated thinking, I decided to go back to Syracuse by boat and bring reinforcements to Great Greece as soon as possible!"

"My lord, you want to leave here?!" Fasipesas changed color again: "Then what about the soldiers here?!"

"Apollo, please help me come back with reinforcements to save you within ten days!" Dionysius said solemnly: "And within these ten days, you will be in charge of this army! Dionysus The attention of the demi-humans is all on Medema and Lokli. They do not have enough troops, and they will not take the risk of huge casualties to attack Xiliting, which is defended by tens of thousands of us. And our military rations are enough to maintain such a situation. For a long time... Fascipesas, you are my most trusted general! You are also the most trusted general by the soldiers! Only you can shoulder this heavy responsibility! Only when I arrive with reinforcements can we return smoothly. Syracuse!”

"Sir..." Fasipesus, who was used to obeying Dionysius's orders, was under great pressure and had many ideas in his mind, but he couldn't say the word "reject".

"I will make other generals obey your orders, including my younger brother. If anyone disobeys your orders during the time I have not come back, you can deal with them according to military law!" Dionysius did not allow him to divide Said that he forcibly handed over the right to command this force.

Fasipesus reluctantly accepted the appointment and wished Dionysius a safe return to Syracuse.

Next, Dionysius talked to several generals respectively, asking them to actively cooperate with Fasipesus, control the troops, and guard the Silitium.

In a secret conversation with Androsthenes, the intelligence chief, Dionysius gave him a secret letter, asking him to monitor Fasipesas and other generals. Once he discovered that Fasipesas behaved abnormally, he would immediately Contact Leptinius at the port, read this letter in front of the generals, and capture Fasipesas.

Finally he called Phoebeidas.

"I heard that Syracuse suffered heavy casualties in this attack. It seems that even without my intervention, you did not defeat the Dionysians!" Phoebidas mocked as soon as he entered the room.Now he has really become an idler. Not only does he no longer have the opportunity to lead troops, Dionysius did not even discuss the attack on the Dionysian camp with him. Phoebidas completely became a bystander, so He had no qualms expressing his dissatisfaction.

Dionysius understood the character of this Spartan, and although he was a little unhappy, he still said straightforwardly: "Davos sent thousands of soldiers to land in Sicily and captured a town. I must take a boat back to Sicily immediately." Lacuza, I hope you can come with me!”

"Davos dares to divide his troops to attack Syracuse at this time?!" Phoebidas and Dionysius were as shocked as before, but they soon turned into admiration: "His courage is also too big!……"

After sighing, Phoebeidas glanced sideways at Dionysius: "Are you going to abandon these soldiers of yours and escape from Great Greece alone?"

Dionysius did not answer him directly, but said slightly worriedly: "I'm afraid Davos will not just send a few thousand people to attack Sicily. That will only lead to death. Syracuse and the allies may have Unstable, I need your support!" As a tyrant who can regard power as the sword of Damocles, he has political intuition and hopes to prepare for a rainy day.

Phoebus's expression became serious, and he understood that the "your support" Dionysius said was actually the support of Sparta.A few years ago, when the Carthaginians approached the city, the people of Syracuse wanted to threaten Dionysius to step down. As a Spartan envoy, Phibidas made the people of Syracuse make concessions. Returning Dionysius to power.

Is there another riot in Syracuse?Phibidas looked at Dionysius, and thought about it again: Syracuse's navy was defeated, the battle of Crotone was defeated, and the attack on the Dionysian camp was defeated. Dionysius' failure was worse than the last time. It is much more serious, and the people of Syracuse are indeed very likely to express their anger towards Dionysius...

Although Phibidas was a little gloating, he knew that once Dionysius was overthrown, not only would Sparta's efforts to support Syracuse over the years be in vain, but the Syracuse riots would inevitably lead to its power being destroyed. Greatly weakened, thus creating a vacuum in Sicily's hegemony, neither Dionysia nor Carthage's expansion is what Sparta wants to see, so Sparta can only support Dionysius.

Phoebeidas looked at Dionysius again in dissatisfaction: This cunning guy probably saw this right, so he asked him brazenly!
Thinking of this, Phoebidas stopped talking and asked directly: "Is it safe to go back by boat? There are Dionia warships blocking the port outside the port."

"Philistus sent the best helmsmen and sailors in my caravan. They had easily driven the clipper into the port before." Dionysius replied.

"when are we leaving?"

"tonight."

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Not long after the last siege tower collapsed in front of the walls of Maderma, the Dionians blew their retreat horns.

Looking at the enemies receding like a tide, Medema, who had fought hard for most of the day, cheered for his survival.

Hilos, who was commanding the battle from a distance, was not too frustrated. He said seriously to his subordinates: "Go back and tell the engineers that the wheels of the siege tower are too inflexible, it is very difficult to push, and the tower body is not very stable." Solid...hope they improve soon!"

"Yes, General."

"Also...our soldiers are not familiar with these new siege equipment and are a little unfamiliar with their cooperation. I hope that training in this area can be strengthened in the future!" Hieronymus also put forward his own opinions. .

"You are right, let's do it like this." Hilos listened to his opinions carefully, and then said expectantly: "I hope that after improvements, the Medema people will not be able to laugh anymore when they attack the city next time. .”

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After the attack and defense of the Xiliting camp, although Dionia won a great victory, more than 500 people were killed and 2700 were injured. Therefore, after Daves assigned complete tasks to each regiment commander, he was cremated with the soldiers. He killed the dead, and then went to comfort the injured. He stayed busy until evening before returning to the big tent, only to see Thormid standing in front of the big tent.

"Is there any urgent news?" Davos asked hurriedly.

Just as Tormid was about to speak, a strong south wind suddenly blew up, sending ash flying all over the sky and pouring into people's mouths and noses. Several people hurriedly rushed into the big tent in embarrassment.

"Bah! Bah!..." Henipolis spit out the black ash in his mouth, slapped it on his body, and then cursed: "The damn Syracuseans can't defeat us, they will just burn us. Come to the camp to vent your anger!”

Only the left camp separated by the ditch and the deer village was burned to ashes, and black smoke can still be seen in some places. The strong wind just now rolled up the dust all over the sky, which caused the camp of the Chinese army to suffer. This is Heni Polis complained.

"I think we made a profit by trading an empty camp for the casualties of tens of thousands of soldiers in Syracuse." Tormid laughed.

"It's just a pity that the soldiers will have to sleep together tonight." Henipolis also smiled.

"The right camp has enough open space, but it just lacks tents."

"There will be no shortage of tents. Don't forget that we also occupied the main camp of Syracuse in Crotone. We have captured enough tents. We just need to transport them here tomorrow."

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While the two of them were chatting, Davos had already cleaned up the dust on his body and asked again: "Tormid, what happened?"

"Medorades sent someone to report that a fast ship from the south broke into the port of Silitium in the afternoon."

"So many warships can't intercept one fast ship?!" Henipolis said dissatisfied.

Neither Davos nor Tormid answered.

Davers knew very well: Clippers are small and nimble. If there is wind, experienced helmsmen and sailors can completely control the trireme. Therefore, clippers are generally used in the fleet. Scouting and delivering messages.

Henipolis didn't understand the navy, but Davos didn't give him an explanation. Instead, he hoped that after Henipolis's words spread, he could knock the navy officers who were a little complacent due to consecutive victories recently.

After a moment of silence, he asked: "Why do you think this clipper broke into Xiliting Port?"

"I must be here to tell Dionysius that our First Legion has landed in Sicily." Henipolis answered first.

The news that "the First Army Corps occupied Mayaro" was sent back to the camp a day ago. Davers specially conveyed this good news to the commanders and senior officers of each army, which greatly increased their confidence. There were no complaints about the continued siege of Silitium, so Davos was not surprised that Henepolis responded so quickly.Looking at Tormid's expression, it was obvious that he thought so too.

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