Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 87: The ambition of Dionysius

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"But Siritim is outside Hades's blessing..." Cardias's expression was dim.

"This is the mission you have to undertake in the future!" The reason why Plessinas looked at Cardias from the Gentiles was that he was the unique Hades temple of Dionian developing abroad. The key figure: "But now let us pray together, let Hades bless Master Daves as soon as possible to lead the army to defeat the Samonais, return to Turri, and then go to Corennia to repel the Syracuses To ensure the peace of Great Greece!"

"You are right!" Caldias looked up at Hades's idol, and his belief in his heart became firmer: I must let Hades's power and mercy shine throughout Siriting City.

When Cardias left the temple, Plaisinus swept away the solemnity before and moved quickly to close the temple door.

He was left alone in the temple. He respectfully knelt in front of the idol, repenting piously: "Hades is here, forgive me for what I have done! This is for your descendants! And to give you greater Glory!..."

After saying this in silence, Plycinus raised his head, feeling that the face of the idol did not seem so terrible, so he began to arrange...

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Although the Dionians are not as afraid of war as other Greeks, the two battlefields of the North and the South are not only large in scale, but also far away from them. Of course, they are also very worried about the safety of their loved ones. The number of people who go to the Temple of Hades to pray for blessings has more than doubled than usual.

But from this day on, some people claimed that when putting the oil lamp on the altar, he saw the words "Put my blood as king and keep the alliance safe" on the table, but it quickly disappeared!

Some people also said: He also saw this line of writing, but it was not on the altar, but on the pillars in the temple!

Some people said: She heard the idol growl when she was praying, and seemed to be yelling ‘Daves’...

In the beginning, this was just a sporadic rumors. The Dionians only regarded it as a joke, but as time went on, more and more people said that they witnessed this magical vision with their own eyes, and things started to change. Rapid development in one direction...

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Also in the morning of the same day, Dionysius received an envoy from the Southern Italian League in the Great Tent.

When he saw the battle book handed over by the messenger, he was delighted.

It turns out that Dionysius did not attempt to take Correnia first, as Pretinius and Ascamas had speculated.

Dionysius was far from being as arrogant as the Greeks imagined in commanding operations, on the contrary he was very shrewd. Although he had never fought on the land of Great Greece before, he learned from the population of Lokri and observed it with his own eyes. He believes that the wall of the city that has been besieged by Lokri is ten meters high. It is not so easy to seize.

He knows that he has rich experience in siege: once he puts his troops into a siege, it will consume a lot of time, and time is very precious to himself and to the army of Syracuse at this moment. He must Break the deadlock on the battlefield as soon as possible and seize the chance of victory for the entire Great Greece battlefield.

Therefore, after careful thinking and discussions with Phoebedas and the others, he once again used the trick that he had used when defeating Shimirko under Syracuse.

Sent a messenger to rush back to Lockley, ordering: mobilize 20,000 freedmen who landed with the army and are responsible for transporting luggage, equipment, and food, and then disguised as soldiers, and quietly rushed to the besieging of Calonia last night. Syracuse-Lokri coalition camp, replaced more than 20,000 Syracuse soldiers.

The Corenians were besieged in the city, the scouts of the Southern Italian League were unable to function in the dark, and the Fourth and Fifth Dionian regiments had just arrived in Silly Court. The generals were busy with meetings and discussions. The soldiers They are eager to build the camp, but have not sent a reconnaissance team to investigate the surrounding situation.

On the second day, the number of the allied forces in Tin Fall remained unchanged, and they continued to use ballistas to attack the city of Corenia, and then began to cut down trees with great fanfare, make siege towers, etc., actually hiding the southern Italian coalition forces. , No abnormality was found.

At this time, Siracusa’s army, which had returned to Lokri, under the leadership of General Faci Pesas, passed through the mountain pass, quietly reached the west coast, and marched north quickly...

Only the Lijim Commander General Feidun who was stationed at Taurena discovered the enemy’s movements, but at this time Lijim and Taurena were under Syracuse’s control by sea or land. They have cut off their information contact with the South Italian League.

Fidun didn’t know at this time that the Fourth and Fifth Army of Dionia had withdrawn, so in a hurry, he had to take the risk of picking out more than a dozen death soldiers, hoping that they could cross the blockade of the mountain road and reach Kaulun. Nia, report this important information to the coalition forces to prevent the Syracuse from a sudden increase in force to break through the Ramato River defense line (Fidun thought that the Syracuse was still blocked south of the Ramato River. , That's why it increased its strength).

In fact, Dionysius quietly exchanged 20,000 people and rushed to the Eufemia Plain, which not only increased his military strength in this area to nearly 80,000 people, occupying an absolute advantage in numbers, and this They are all troops led by him at ordinary times, and the command is quite convenient.

His original priority target of attack was Trina. Although this small city is located in the Plain of Eufemia, it has not been able to develop and grow due to the continuous invasion of the Bruti people in the north. To the south, there is a large river as a barrier, and it is far away from Lokri, so that when Lokri allies invade, most of them attack from the side of Corennia. The Brute’s invasion was mostly based on plundering. They rarely attacked Trina because of lack of siege skills. Therefore, the Trina did not add walls like the Corenians like the Correnians. It is thicker and taller, and the moat is widened, so the city of Trina, which has fewer people and low walls and is located on the plain, has become the fat in the eyes of Dionysius.

She initially discussed the plan with Phoebedas and others: After Facipesas led his army to Hibernian, he would draw 20,000 people from the camp to attack Trina, and Southern Italy When the coalition forces saw him split their forces, if they led the army to rescue, Dionysius secretly let Fascipes’s army reach Trina by sea, so as to take advantage of his strength to defeat the reinforcements, and Syracuse’s army would be completely destroyed. Take control of this area, and continue to chase north; if the South Italian reinforcements do not save (this option is less likely because it will cause the coalition to go up and down), the Syracuse army will take advantage of Trina City and weaken the enemy The power of the United States, and then continue to push the southern Italian coalition forces...

After reading the battle book sent by the messenger of Siritian, Dionysius laughed with joy: Now, these arrogant Greeks are actually going to fight against themselves, they really think they rely on their little people. Can defeat me, just let me catch them all at once!

Dionysius was proud in his heart, but his face showed hesitation, and he didn't reply for a long while.

The coalition envoy said impatiently: "The tyrant of Syracuse, I heard that you are very decisive every time you execute a citizen of your city-state. You haven't even shed a single tear! Why face you today and prepare to be enslaved The army of the great Greeks is scared! If you only have the courage, you should roll back to the island on the other side of the strait as soon as possible to dominate the king, otherwise the anger of the great Greeks will destroy you and your army. Devour it!"

Faced with the messenger’s ridicule, Dionysius glared and his face flushed. He picked up the pen angrily and wrote tactically: Tomorrow morning decisive battle!

Then hurled at the messenger and shouted angrily: "Since you Greeks want to die sooner, then pray more to Hades today! Tomorrow you will suffer less pain when you go to hell!"

"I don't know who wins and who loses. What's more, Hades, who likes death, is the protector of Dionia, the most important ally in the Southern Italian League!"

"What's your name?" Dionysius looked at him darkly.

"Sarisius, the son of Skolas the Cilidin." The messenger replied with his head held high.

"Sarisius, I remember it!" Dionysius spit out his name sullenly, threatening in his words.

Sarisius was not afraid at all, but smiled contemptuously: "It is my honor to be remembered by the tyrannical dictator of Sicily!"

When the messenger left, the anger on Dionysius’ face immediately disappeared. He paced back and forth in the big tent with excitement, then waved to the guard and said, "Go, call me that Spartan Come!"

Seeing Phoebe Das walking quickly into the big tent, Dionysius immediately said: "Silitian sent an envoy to give me a war note."

Phoebedas saw him with a look of joy, and asked directly: "So you agreed?"

"I didn't immediately agree, I want the messenger to feel that I was hesitating and afraid..." Dionysius was obviously satisfied with his performance just now, and said contentedly.

"In fact, there is no need to fight with the southern Italian coalition forces." Phoebedas immediately poured cold water on him: "We attack Trina, and then we can mobilize the southern Italian coalition forces so that they don’t understand the military situation and are not fully prepared. Under the circumstances, it was defeated by our superior forces. If it is a battle, face-to-face combat will increase the casualties of your soldiers!"

"Phoebe Das, you are an excellent general, but sometimes you can't just think of winning as a leader." Since this Spartan likes to go straight, Dionysius didn't bother to be polite with him:" We in Syracuse spend huge sums of money to prepare the army, not just to come here to win a few victories, to show off our strength for Lockley. I need a huge battle! An upright and brilliant victory! To shock! Great Greeks, let them know who is the real master of this land in the future!" Dionysius said proudly, and he unabashedly revealed his ambition.