ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 993

The people of Taunis gathered together and collectively proposed to the council that the entire city-state should be completely integrated into the Kingdom of Dionia and let the citizens of Taunis become Dionian citizens.

The council quickly decided to hold an emergency citizen meeting to vote on the issue of "whether to join Dionia".

Voting results: This resolution was passed with more than 90% of citizens in favor.

Taunis immediately sent an envoy to Syracuse to express to Sipulos the strong will of the people of Taunis.

Of course Sipulos welcomed it very much, but he said: This matter is of great importance and he needs to ask King Davos for instructions and report to the Senate.

This matter was quickly learned by the people of Leotini. They followed suit and soon sent envoys to Sipulos.

During this period, Davos's order "About Leotizides leading the expedition to the north coast" and the subsequent arrival of the Third Fleet meant that Leotizides and Xantiparis no longer had to worry about having nothing to do. .

Sipulos, Leotizides, Xantiparis, and Midorades quickly held a military meeting.

"His Majesty has written a letter requesting us to launch military operations on the north coast as soon as possible." As the host of this military meeting, Sipulos was very modest: "I hope that a plan can be discussed and submitted to the meeting. To Your Majesty. Of course, this plan is decided by you. Although your expedition will increase the consumption of military food and will also cause a shortage of labor in the towns during winter planting, I will try my best to ensure the supply of food and materials for the army."

As soon as Sipulos finished speaking, Leotizides said: "His Majesty asked us to choose a foothold on the north coast in his order so that the Third Fleet can conveniently patrol the western waters of Sicily. My plan is to seize here."

Leotizides said, pointing to somewhere on the map.

Palermos!Zantiparis was startled and hurriedly said: "Is it too dangerous? Palermos is a large city-state, not far from the Carthaginian army. What if we cannot capture it in a short time? This city, and the Carthaginian army will soon come to our aid, we will be in trouble!"

"Neither Theadium, Sorus, nor the ruins of Himera have large enough ports to accommodate the Third Fleet, and they must spend manpower and time to rebuild them. Only Palermos has the capacity to accommodate the Third Fleet. Conditions for barely settling in." Leotizides said this to Midorades, and then he turned to Zantiparis and said: "You have just arrived in Sicily not long ago, and you are not familiar with the terrain of Palermos. I don’t know much about it yet. It is surrounded by tall mountains. There are only three roads connected to the outside on the land. A relatively long narrow mountain road connects to Elyx to the south, and a rugged seaside path connects to Elyx. An east-facing seaside road leads to Solus. As long as we block the southward mountain passes and seaside paths, we can easily block the Carthaginian reinforcements. As for Solus, if we send troops to rescue them, we can just annihilate them. , and then captured Sorus along the way."

"I heard you say that there are some indigenous warriors in the Carthaginian army who can cross mountains and ridges." Zantiparis reminded.

"Yes, these natives are from Iberia. They once crossed the mountains during the Carthaginian attack on Theedium and attacked the rear of the defenders of Theedium, which led to the fall of this friendly city-state. . But as long as we are on high alert, a sudden attack by the Carthaginians will be impossible. Moreover, the height of the mountains around Palermos is more than 600 to [-] meters, which is not so easy to climb. Even if the Iberian natives can come over, , I believe they are exhausted, we are waiting for work, just in time to defeat them." Leotizides said confidently.

"Proseus, you convinced me." Xantiparis said seriously. The reason why he asked the question repeatedly just now was just out of caution and wanted to remind Leotizides to pay attention to these issues. Although They are both mercenary generals who went on an expedition to Persia, but he is very different from Amyntas. He has a gentle personality and puts his position in a right position. He does not think that Leotizides is junior to him. , refused to obey the orders of the young commander. On the contrary, during the battle against Syracuse, he had been trying his best to carry out the orders given by Leotizides and conscientiously assisted him in the battle. As a retired soldier The veteran at home can get his wish and be promoted to commander of the Dionian Army. He is already very satisfied.

"I also agree with Lord Proseus's plan." Midorades nodded and said. Of course, he would like to have the port of Palermos to station the third fleet.He looked at Leotizides and then at Zantiparis, feeling a little curious. He had not worked with Leotizides before, but he had heard something about the young commander. , when I saw him today, he turned out to be just like the rumors, he ignored dignity, liked to go his own way, and acted arbitrarily. Fortunately, he was a navy man.

"You want to attack Palermos, I agree! But don't take all the soldiers away. Don't forget that there are still enemies on Ortygia Island. The main city of Syracuse has just been occupied, and it's not too bad yet. Stable, there are thousands of prisoners in the city..." Sipulos reminded.

"I will take the seventh and eighth legions to the north coast." Leotizides said simply.

Just bring two legions? !You have taken away all the regular troops in the Sicilian territory! ... Sipulos cursed in his heart. Fortunately, he knew Leotizides and was already prepared: "Can we keep the injured soldiers from the two legions? On the one hand, it will help them recover from their injuries, and on the other hand, I think Let them temporarily serve as team officers, responsible for training and commanding the citizens of the port area of ​​Syracuse, as well as the citizens of Taunis and Leotini who will soon join the kingdom.

In addition, can you temporarily lend me the thousands of sets of Greek heavy infantry armor and weapons you obtained in previous battles to arm these citizens in the port area, stabilize the order in the city, and defend against the enemies of Ortygia Island. "

Leotizides thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.

At this time, Midorades said: "Lord Sipulos, regarding the prisoners in Syracuse, I have a suggestion... The ninth legion has occupied the city of Saros on the island of Sardinia. Your Majesty hopes that we can Controlling the production and trade of precious metals on the island of Sardinia as soon as possible will require a lot of manpower. Can all the prisoners in Syracuse be transported to Saros, and the Ninth Legion can transport the prisoners of Saros to Syracuse? Lacusa, be the labor you need to rebuild Syracuse..."

Sipulos's eyes lit up: "This is a good idea! But we must first obtain the consent of His Majesty and the Senate."

The people of Syracuse definitely did not expect that decades ago they took all the more than 6000 captured Athenian soldiers to work as laborers in the quarry. In the end, no one survived. Now, the situation has changed and they have become slaves of Dionia. , will go to Sardinia to work as a mining laborer, what a cruel fate!

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The news that "the Carthaginian army has resumed its siege of the city of Selinus" spread back to Minoa, which attracted the attention of Davos. Regardless of Tormid's dissuasion, he decided to go to Selinus to check it out in person and accompanied him. and Alexis and Amyntas.

Under the escort of 40 warships, Davos arrived at the port of Serinus.

After receiving the news, Chalcides, the former first captain of the Eighth Legion and now the temporary military commander of Selinus, rushed to the dock to greet him.

"Your Majesty, Chalcedis, temporary commander of Selinus, salutes you!"

"Thank you, Chalcides! Although today is the first time you and I have met, I have been worried about you after reading the battle report of Proseus! I am worried that you only rely on three or four thousand irregulars. Soldier, can you defend such an important city of Selinus? But you did, it's amazing!" Davos did not hesitate to praise him.

Chalcedis was a little embarrassed, and he quickly said: "Your Majesty, in fact, after Commander Proseus led the army to leave, the city of Selinus has not been attacked by the Carthaginian army again. In addition, Sicily The fleet also helped us a lot.”

"The Sicilian fleet should contribute some effort. This is also their forward base." Davos said casually, looked around, saw the laborers busy on the dock pier, and asked: "Are they slaves? Or are they slaves? Selinus?"

"Your Majesty, after we captured the city of Selinus, we gave freedom to the city-state slaves here. Many slaves and free people who voluntarily applied to become citizens of Dionia were left by us to serve as laborers at the port, and some were Minoans. The people who escaped after the fall of Agrigento were not willing to take refuge in Catanai, but were willing to come to Selinus to help resist the Carthaginians. The real Selinus people had long been He was escorted to Catanai, Naxos... and became a slave of the kingdom. Now there are no Selinus people in the entire city of Selinus..."

"Selinus is at the forefront of the war. It is very important to maintain the stability and security of order in the city. I am very happy that you have done this." Davers said with approval.

Chalcedis led Davos and his party out of the port and into the city.Then, they were surprised to see dust flying in the city, and some Dionian soldiers were demolishing residences near the city wall.

"What are you doing?" Amyntas asked immediately.

"There are only nearly [-] of our soldiers living in the city, and most of the residences are vacant. We are going to dig trenches and set up traps on the land where the residences were demolished, and at the same time, use the obtained stones and bricks to build an inner wall, so that Even if the Carthaginians break through our outer city wall, they will not be able to capture the city of Selinus," Chalcedis said firmly.

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