Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 65: Kinaton Incident and Mesapi’s Counterattack

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The city of Motea is small in size and can be used as Carthage’s most important stronghold in Sicily. It has a large population. In order to allow everyone to have a place to live, the residents of Motea had to build high-rise houses. , Generally six or seven stories high, like a minaret.

When the Syracuse soldiers rushed into the city, they suddenly discovered that the residents of Motia not only had no intention of surrendering, but also tenaciously guarding every street and every house. When the soldiers wanted to break through the barriers of the streets, the residents of Motia could throw stones, javelins, even boiling water and hot oil down the upper floors of the houses, which caused a lot of damage to the soldiers of Syracuse.

Dionysius had to suspend the offensive, recruited countless engineers, and spent time building a siege tower with the same height as the Mortia house. It is six stories high, has wheels underneath it, and is huge... etc. After everything was prepared, the Syracuse attacked again.

Ten siege towers were pushed by a large amount of labor, from the east, west, south, and north outside the city along the widened wall gaps and roads, into the city of Motea, slowly approaching the houses, and put them down The top of the bridge was connected to the roof of the house, and the Syracuse soldiers passed the wooden ladder in the tower to the exit, attempting to break into the house through the bridge. The residents of Motia threw burning wood and pitch at the siege tower and desperately prevented the enemy from entering.

So, the most peculiar scene of the Motea siege took place: both sides were fighting in mid-air, stumps and blood were constantly spilled from the air, and soldiers and residents were covered in flames, from more than ten meters high. Fell down on the floor, screaming constantly, and a corpse on the ground...

Due to the desperate fighting of the residents of Motia, the attack of Syracuse has made little progress, and the battle has fallen into a stalemate...

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In Sparta, the new king Agsilius and the elders are now unwilling to pay attention to the war in Asia Minor, because a conspiracy threatening their rule has been revealed.

Kinadon, a former Spartan citizen, no longer enjoys the privileges of a Spartan citizen because he can no longer afford the cost of public meals, and was demoted to a second class. At first, he just wanted to avenge the nobles of Sparta out of jealousy, but after long-term observation and constant contact with other ruling classes in the Spartan territory, he gradually realized that the Spartan system was against How terrible is the inhuman slaughter and oppression of Black Lao Shi, and how unfair it is to the inferior people who also contributed their sweat and blood to the city and the Piriasi people, so he decided to overthrow the Spartan aristocracy. Rule.

During this period, with the frequent occurrence of wars, Spartan citizens, Piriasis, and even Black Laos were continuously expropriated for combat. The domestic land was gradually deserted due to lack of labor, but the tax burden of the city-state However, it is getting worse, making people from all walks of life dissatisfied with Spartan increase sharply. Therefore, under Kinadon's use of various opportunities to communicate and propagate secretly, a large number of people in the Spartan territory were inspired by his advocates to join. His organization even includes the frustrated among the citizens of Sparta.

With the passage of time, the number of this rebel organization has increased. Just when they were ready to take certain actions, some participants were out of fear and informed the Council of Elders.

The king, elders, and inspectors were shocked when they received the news. Because of the emergency, they hurriedly held an informal meeting and decided to send Kinadon to lead some young people to carry out the "clearance operation" in the suburban towns. The so-called "clearance operation" means that the Spartan government is worried about the overpopulation of Black Rolls. , Threatening the rule of the Spartans, the public and legal official action that regularly kills some black Laos every year, not only allows the black Laos to keep in mind the horror of Spartans, but also can train the young Spartans. The bloodthirsty desire of citizens.

Kinaton received the order without suspicion, but was happy instead. It was not because he had the right to kill any Black Rolls he encountered at will, but he felt that he had the right to go out and wander freely. , It happens to take the opportunity to contact the organization and start a riot.

But he thought too simple and lacked vigilance. Soon after he left the city, he was secretly arrested by a Spartan who had been ambushing him earlier, and taken back to his cell. The Spartans, who have been exploiting and oppressing Black Rolls for many years, are very experienced in extracting confessions by torture. After torture, the tortured Kinaton finally confided some important leaders of this organization.

While the prosecutors were searching for rebels throughout the city, they also escorted the bruised Kinadon around the city, and at the same time declared to the people on the sidelines: Kinadon is a despicable traitor, and he deliberately incites Black Laos. Start a riot, overthrow the Spartans' rule, rob the Spartans of their wealth, and become the king yourself.

Kinaton had no chance to argue. As soon as he opened his mouth, the Spartan would lash his body with a whip, and slam his mouth with a wooden club pierced with iron thorns. Kinaton was soaked in blood, and in the anger and contempt of the people, he staggered and fell to the ground to death without stumbling.

The Spartan government successfully eliminated Kinadon physically, corrupting his reputation, and making the Spartan people who do not understand the truth hate these rebels. However, there were too many people involved in the conspiracy, and the incident was far from over. The two kings, the elders, and the inspector were busy stabilizing the domestic situation in the ensuing period.

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The rugby match in Dionia lasted for more than ten days. The exciting matches and fierce confrontation not only made the people of Dionia and the dignitaries of the alliance crazy, but also the foreign merchants who came to Turiyi to trade. They are also attracted. When it came to the semi-finals, not only were there seats in the arena, there were countless people outside the arena clamoring to go in and watch.

The Chief Executive, Kunogolata, urgently increased the number of patrols to strengthen the maintenance of the court order and avoid accidents.

The final final was still between the two strong teams Turri and Amendorara.

From the whistle to the end, the audience stood and cheered for the two teams...

In the end, Amendorara narrowly won and avenged last year's revenge.

When the disappointed audience was about to leave the stadium, the host of the match announced loudly: "Next will be a football exhibition game to thank the people for their full support!"

Football, as its name implies, is kicked, but how do you kick the ball with your foot for a game? Many spectators who have not seen the sport once again sat down and watched with doubts and curiosity.

The staff in the arena lifted the goal and re-marked it with lime powder.

While the audience was whispering with friends who knew the situation, the players from both sides entered the field, and the referee stood in the center of the field holding a really round ball.

A whistle sounded and the game started.

The audience was surprised to find that the ball can jump on the ground, and the players use their feet and body parts to touch the ball, but they can’t use their hands, which is the opposite of rugby.

When they saw the players control the ball with their feet, make all kinds of wonderful moves, and dribble the ball past the opponents in the fight, the audience opened their eyes in amazement; and saw the players running like the wind with the ball, vigorously The audience couldn't help cheering in unison when the shot was scored.

When the spectators really began to immerse themselves in the game, the interested people have realized: Dionia has invented a ball game that is no less than rugby, and it will surely be popular in the Dionia League and Greater Greece!

At the end of the game, the host of the game announced: "Next year, on the day of the founding of the nation, a football game will be held in Dionia to celebrate!"

The audience left the arena with unfulfilled enthusiasm. For a period of time afterwards, the topic of their chat will be arguing about the football game and the football game to be held next year. While businessmen are thinking about the business opportunities brought by this grand game, they are bringing these novel topics to other ports and cities. The reputation of the Dionian ball game is slowly expanding its influence in Great Greece. ...

At the end of the rugby game, the elders in the Senate Hall had solemn expressions. Originally they were only discussing whether to launch a war against Bruti. Unexpectedly, Tarantum sent an emissary...

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Before, Tarantum gathered heavy troops to capture the stronghold town of Manduria specially built by the Mesapi people to attack Tarantum, and then spent several months and paid a huge price to obtain Mesa. Brindisi, an important port city for the Pi people, suddenly doubled the territory of Tarantum.

While rejoicing, the Tarantums dared not take care of it. Although the Mesapis have been hit hard, they will never let go. The struggle with the Messapis for hundreds of years has brought Tarantu The Mu people have a deep understanding of the habits of this race, so Tarantum sends more soldiers to the newly-occupied cities and at the same time stepped up repairs to the city’s defenses.

For several months, the Apulia region (the “heel” area of ​​Italy) has been calm.

According to the estimated current strength of the Mesapi and the geographical location and importance of Brindisi and Manduria, the Tarantum Senate had carefully considered it in advance, so they asked the young Archie The tower led more soldiers to guard Brindisi, which is farther and more important from Tarantum, and in Manduria, which is only 40 miles away from Tarantum, he deployed too many manpower because of Tarantum. The troops of Mu and Brindisi can come to reinforce at any time, and with the strength of the Mesapi, it is impossible to focus on attacking two towns at the same time.

On the morning of the fifth day after the Hades celebration began, Achita, who was inspecting the construction process at the Port of Brindisi, received a messenger from the Tarantum Senate.

"Mandulia was attacked by the Mesapi people?! How many people?!" Achita was a little surprised.

"According to the report from the scout, there are many enemies, no less than 10,000 people, and their offensive is very fierce! The Senate has sent two thousand people to Manduria to temporarily contain the enemy's offensive in Manduria... …"