ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 953 Acquaintances
Seeing that the turmoil in the city was intensifying, the high priest of the Temple of Apollo was very worried. Although he had only been the high priest for a few years, he was far from having as much influence on Syracuse as the previous high priest (the previous high priest had With the efforts of the priests, the various forces in Syracuse were able to eliminate their differences, contribute to today's political structure, and restore peace and tranquility to Syracuse, so it has a high prestige), but he decided to learn from his ancestors and do his best. Maximum efforts to restore order to Syracuse and stability.

For this reason, he took the initiative to find Theagenis and Pharaikos, and persuaded them with earnest words not to attack each other, otherwise it would only give the enemy in the north an opportunity to take advantage of them.

In fact, after learning of the chaos in the city, Theagenis and Falekus felt scared. After all, Dionia’s tens of thousands of troops are staring at the north. If there is civil strife in Syracuse at this time, then But it’s dangerous!

The high priest happened to come to persuade them, and the two of them got off the donkey and expressed their willingness to reconcile for the sake of Syracuse.

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On the morning of the third day, the MPs from Syracuse all entered the meeting venue with serious expressions. Before the meeting began, news suddenly came: a Dionian army had left the city of Catanai and was heading south. March, the number of more than 5 people.

The congressmen suddenly became nervous: Is Dionia going to attack us? !
When everyone was panicking, Theagenis stood up, took the initiative to express his goodwill to Falaikus, and spoke generously, reminding everyone not to be fooled by the Dionians, and should unite to defend against the coming attack. attack.

Falakus and other centrist MPs responded positively to this and began to actively discuss how to deal with the upcoming war.

There were no more quarrels in the venue, and it was even more harmonious than previous meetings, as if the quarrels, insults and conflicts here yesterday had never happened.

However, the fact that the generals with political literacy were able to reach a compromise and restore order to the council in the face of a crisis does not mean that ordinary people can do it easily, not to mention that they do not know that the situation in the council has changed. Although The city hall dispatched additional patrols, but conflicts still occurred in the city, which led to a tragedy.

Several young men who supported Theagenis had a dispute with a group of neutral supporters, which eventually led to a fight. They were outnumbered and beaten.

When the patrol arrived and dispersed the crowd, they were shocked to find that a young man had been stabbed in the chest with a dagger and was lying in a pool of blood. No one could see who had stabbed him.

The patrol team didn't know how to handle this matter for a while, but people supporting the pro-democracy camp had rushed to the scene one after another. Seeing the tragic scene, the crowd became excited and angrily demanded that the murderer be punished.

When the news reached the council, the originally lively venue suddenly became quiet. The democrats and centrists were conducting emergency consultations on what measures they should take to satisfy their supporters and keep Syracuse in such a state. The crisis does not lead to turmoil.

At this moment, another piece of news came back from the sentinel: Dionia's army passed through the ruins of Paragonia and continued southward. The leading cavalry may have arrived at Jela.

The congressmen were stunned, and then everyone looked happy, and some even burst into cheers: "It turns out that the Dionysian army is not going to war with Syracuse, but to attack the Carthaginians!"

Without the dark clouds of war hanging over them, the atmosphere at the venue suddenly became relaxed.

At this time, Theagenis stood up and pointed out sternly: "Since there is no way to know who the real culprit is, the neutral supporters who participated in the fight are all guilty and should all be arrested and put on trial!"

Of course Falekus and others firmly objected, and the sound of quarrels sounded in the venue again.

It didn't take long for Sebernus's speech to once again intensify the contradiction between the democrats and the neutralists that had been calmed down. He said: "Although the Dionians have begun to attack the Carthaginians, we Scylla Cuza is still in a state of hostility with Dionia. In order to ensure that no accidents occur in the future, and to allow the Dionia to attack the Carthaginians with confidence, it is necessary for us to temporarily restore friendship with Dionia, so I think—the conditions given by the Dionians must also be fulfilled!”

The condition given by the Dionians is to ask the Syracuse Council to punish Falaikus and others!Suddenly, the turmoil in the venue became bigger and bigger.

Although Siktas was not involved, the democrats and neutralists attacked each other, and what was revealed made him feel sad, angry and sad. He understood many things that he did not understand before: why some of the originally agreed-upon port civilian factions But the congressman suddenly supported a resolution that was detrimental to the civilians of the port at the meeting?Why did the port populist faction gradually become disunited and lead to division? ...

At dusk, Hiktas returned to his house at the port exhausted, only to be told by his family that a civilian was waiting in the hall because he had something important to ask him.

As the general of the port civilian faction, Siktas often met with some port civilians and even freedmen at home, listened to some of their opinions and requests, and tried his best to help them solve some difficulties.

While the servant was preparing dinner, he decided to meet this man first.

Seeing Shiktas walking into the living room, the civilian stood up and saluted calmly.

Xiktas saw that he looked ordinary and had no impression in his mind. He must have never seen him before, so he asked: "What is your name? What do you want from me?"

A mysterious smile suddenly appeared on the ordinary and dull face of the man, and he said softly: "Master Hiktas, Lord Antrapolis asked me to say hello to you!"

Xiktas' long-standing memory was stirred up by these words, and his heart was shocked. His cloudy eyes suddenly became sharp, and he looked directly at the man.

The man looked at him calmly.

Soon, Xiktas reacted, turned around and said solemnly to his trusted servant: "Go out first and tell others that you are not allowed to enter here without my order!"

After the servant went out, Hiktas asked, "Are you from Dionia?"

"Yes. My name is Artemis, a citizen of Dionia, from Catanai." The man said frankly.

"Dionysian, you are so brave!" Xiktas slapped the back of the chair and shouted sternly: "Quickly tell me, how many of you are in Syracuse?! Is the turmoil in the city the same? Did you cause this?!"

The man was not intimidated. Instead, he smiled and said seriously: "The life of the civilians in Syracuse Port has not been easy in the past two years! The area of ​​land they own is shrinking, and some have even been relocated. The number of people who can participate in the citizens' assembly is restricted, the number of people who can be elected to the council is restricted, and even the number of people who can be elected as generals has been reduced... The civilians in the port cannot unite and fight for their own interests, but instead divide into several factions. You are fighting with each other over the interests of shipping, unloading and fishing at the port, which gives the council a reason to suppress you... Sictas, if Lord Antrapolis knew the situation of the civilians in the port today, he would Very sad!"

Although Antrapolis no longer serves in the intelligence department of the Kingdom of Dionia, it was he who appointed personnel to help the civilians at the port of Syracuse unite and finally successfully launch a riot. Therefore, although Sictas and the others I have never met Antrapolis, but I am not unfamiliar with the name, which is why Artemis mentioned him several times.

Hearing these words, Xiktas's face was bruised and purple, and he felt quite ashamed: The port civilian faction's current predicament is certainly related to his lack of ability and incompetent leadership.

But he quickly came back to his senses: the one sitting in front of him was the enemy of Syracuse!

He immediately lowered his face and wanted to refute.

Artemis suddenly took out a papyrus roll tied with a black rope from his arms and said in a deep voice: "Master Antrapolis is far in the north of the kingdom. Of course, he cannot know about the civilians of Syracuse Port today. The terrible situation, but His Majesty King Davos in Catanay learned about the situation in Syracuse from us very carefully and carefully, expressed extraordinary concern for your situation, and said that he would do his best to help you, He also wrote this letter and asked me to bring it to you!”

As he spoke, he moved the paper roll in his hand forward.

Sictas stepped back subconsciously, staring straight at the scroll, his pupils shrinking sharply: This is the most feared enemy of the generals and congressmen of Syracuse - King Dionia. Letter written!If you accept it, you are afraid that you will be tempted, and if the matter is leaked, it will become evidence of your collaboration with the enemy; but if you don't accept it, you are also worried that you will miss a great opportunity. The current situation of the civilians in the port is indeed not good, and today's meeting It's a blow to myself...

Sictas was very conflicted and stood there blankly; while Artemis didn't say a word and kept holding the scroll... The whole picture seemed to be still.

After a long time, Xiktas sighed softly: "I'm old..."

He cautiously took the paper roll, which was as light as nothing but as heavy as a thousand weights, with both hands...

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The sentinels in Syracuse did not actually notice that while the Dionian army was marching southward, there was also a Dionian army that had left the west gate of Catanai earlier and headed northwest. Marching in the mountains.

In the afternoon, the army approached Agilion, not far from the western foot of Mount Etna.

Crelu, who had received the news in advance and was waiting outside the city, came up to meet him.

"Lord Kereru, I have kept you waiting for so long!" Lizaru and Epithenis dismounted hurriedly, apologizing.Although Kereru was more than ten years younger than them, he was also a senior member of the Senate. This time, he was specially ordered to temporarily give up administrative affairs to assist them. The two did not dare to treat him lightly.

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