Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 155: The army is dispatched
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As a battle-tested Spartan warrior, Phoebidas has been observing the entire process of the siege, and he can roughly calculate that the Syracuse’s casualties may be nearly 10,000! Such a huge number of casualties is far from what Sparta can bear. Even if Sparta organizes all the allies to form a large army, they will not be able to use such **** means to attack the city, because it will inevitably It made the allies revolt, so this is where Phoebe Das is helpless and frightened: Dionysius, the tyrannical tyrant of Sicily, has too much control over his troops!
"There are no obstacles ahead of us, we should attack Dionia next!" Dionysius, who took Crotone and a stone in his heart, turned his head and looked to the north in the night, smugly The words are full of expectations.
By the way, Daves! The words of Dionysius reminded Phoebe Das, he was also full of expectations: but without Crotone's help, could Dionia, who is at a disadvantage, withstand a war? !
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It was four o'clock in the morning. Except for the patrolling sentries, the soldiers of the Turiyi Barracks had fallen into a deep sleep, but the rapid knock on the door broke the silence of the barracks.
"Your Majesty, an emergency military situation! The Syracuses broke through the inner city of Crotone!" the captain of the guard, Martius, said anxiously.
"The inner city of Crotone was breached?!" Daves' sleepiness was completely driven away by this astonishing news. He felt a little unbelievable: "Who sent the news back, is it true?!"
"The news from the Mountain Reconnaissance Team. In addition, Alistairs also brought the same news."
Syracuse conquered Crotone with a ten-meter-high wall and enough soldiers in one day. Syracuse’s siege ability was so strong that Daves was shocked. During the day, his joy was swept away by the news that "Bergam was killed by the tribe and his tribe came down and surrendered". He immediately made a decision: "Martius, go call Antonios, A Mintas, Matonis, and Capus came to discuss the matter! Another person was sent to call all the elders!"
"Yes!" Martius took his orders and hurried away.
Davos does have the mindset of "Let Crotone and Syracuse consume each other and buy more time for Dionia", so that he has more time to train the newly formed troops Even better, the logistics supply is more fully prepared, and when the situation in the Bruti area is stabilized and the Laos rebellion issue is resolved, then Dionia will have more citizen soldiers join the expedition team, Dio The territory of Nia will be more stable, and he will have more confidence to defeat Syracuse.
However, the plan always fails to keep up with the changes, Dionysius...Daves stood outside the house, looking towards the endless night south, clenched his fists...
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In the early morning of the next day, in the always empty training field in the Turiyi Barracks, it is now occupied by the First Army, the Second Army, the Seventh Army, the Spear Team, and the logistics transport team, whether they are soldiers or All the transport personnel stood upright, silently looking at the drill platform ahead.
Davos, dressed in a uniform, stood on the stage and looked around the tens of thousands of soldiers. He said loudly: "Warriors of Dionia, you have followed me around since this war broke out. , Not afraid of hard work and sacrifice, fought bravely, repelled the fierce Samonaes, annihilated the cunning Tarantums, and guaranteed the security of the northern border of the alliance. You are the heroes of the alliance!
A grand triumphal ceremony was supposed to be held for you, but the war is not over yet. The culprits who provoked this war-the Syracuses have already breached the city of Crotone yesterday, and they are about to set foot on ours The land will burn the flames of war to our homeland and turn us into their slaves! As Dionians, what should we do? ! "
As soon as Daves's voice fell, there was an earth-shattering roar: "Defeat the Syracuse!!!"
"Beat them!!! Kill them all!!!..."
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Davers calmed down a little while waiting for the excited soldiers. He gave a sharp breath and shouted: "Warriors, we are going to the south to meet the evil Syracuse. Thank you for your great contributions and sacrifices for the alliance. I discussed with the Senate and decided—"
Davos paused for a moment, then he breathed out, and shouted: "After the victory of this arduous war, the freedmen who participated in the war will become preliminary citizens, and all the preliminary citizens will become official citizens. City-state citizens will receive double rewards based on your merits!!"
The playground boiled again, and this time there were overwhelming cheers: "Dionysia Wansheng!!!!! King Davos Wansheng!!!..."
After all, the reason why both freedmen and prepared citizens are willing to fight for the Alliance of Dionia in the face of powerful enemies is because they feel that the existence of this alliance can protect their rights and bring them to the future. benefit. And Davers fulfilled what they wanted ahead of time, which is bound to make them fight more bravely in order to achieve this goal as soon as possible, especially the spear brigade mainly composed of freedmen.
In the face of the powerful offensive of the Syracuses, Daves did not hesitate to use any means to improve the fighting spirit of the soldiers and increase Dionia's chances of winning. As for where so many new citizens and old citizens and soldiers need to share the "shares", Daves does not have to worry at all: after defeating Syracuse, is he afraid of not having land? !
After Davos finished speaking, he immediately announced his departure.
The gate of the camp opened, and the soldiers of the First Army, Second Army, Seventh Army, and Spear Brigade lined up in neat rows, stepped out of the barracks one by one, and marched eastward.
The freemen of the transport team have to rush to the Turiyi granary, where there is a mountain of military ration donated by the Dionian people and allies in the past two days, and they will transport it to the port in a pack truck, and then A large number of cargo ships were used to transport it to the port of Crimea for unloading. Due to the victory of the Taranto naval battle, Dionia has won the dominance of the sea in the territory, so with the sea, logistics transportation is much more convenient.
The long-long marching column before it reached the city of Turiyi greeted countless people. They stood on both sides of the avenue and asked curiously: "Where are you going? Yes... to attack Sila. Are you Kuzha?!......"
After getting the affirmative answer from the soldiers, the people became excited. After successive victories, they no longer felt the horror of the Siracusa army to the south, but hoped that the Dionian army could drive them away as soon as possible. , Let the alliance restore peace as soon as possible.
The people heard the news, they kept coming, and the number of people increased, but they consciously did not hinder the avenue, affecting the progress of the team, but formed a long parallel flow of people on both sides of the avenue, extending to the Clati Wooden bridge over the river.
While they cheered for the soldiers on the expedition, they looked for their relatives, prayed to Hades for him, and offered good wishes.
Amid the people’s attention and wishes, the soldiers became more energetic, especially the freedmen of the Spear Brigade. They enjoyed this kind of honor for the first time, all of them straightened their backs and held their heads high. of.
"Oh, is this the newly formed legion?! Why haven't I met them before?!"
"Why didn't they carry weapons?!"
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Of course, people who are curious will not know that Daves, in order to fear that the long-distance march will reveal the secrets of the spear brigade and fail to achieve the effect of surprise attack, so that the spears are wrapped and the rations are transported by sea by the heavy brigade. Crimea, and then designate Oliver to receive it.
The people's questioning is mixed with the greetings of relatives.
"Tapirus! Tapirus!..." An excited voice was heard clearly in the ears of Spear Brigade squad captain Tapirus in the noisy sound. He performed well and was promoted), he quickly turned his head to look around, and in the crowded crowd, he saw the person he was looking for-Messia, his wife.
She was waving her arms excitedly and shouting affectionately: "Tapirus, I will go to the Temple of Hades to pray for you day and night, so that you can come back safely and soon!"
Tapilus did not speak, but instead waved his arms in response, but his heart was full of passion. He and Maicia were both slaves and met in Christia's restaurant. The same experience made them quickly approached and supported each other. In the second year of Tapirus' freedom, Messia was also extricated from slavery because of her outstanding performance and was praised by Christoja. The two were soon married under the witness of the goddess Hera.
At this moment, Tapirus looked affectionately at the figure of his wife who was still chasing the team by the side of the avenue, and a voice echoed in his heart: Waiting for me, Maicia! When I come back, we will be citizens of this great alliance! We will own our own land! We want to build a nice house! Have four or five children! ……"
As the team moved quickly to the city of Turiyi, the First Army broke away from the main force and headed east. They are going to the naval base on the river Krati, boarding the "crow" warship, and going south with the fleet to find the Syracuse navy, and confront it again at sea.
The large group turned to the Kraty River wooden bridge.
In front of the wooden bridge, the elders also rushed to see off the troops. They were not as optimistic as the people, because the people didn’t know the news of the fall of Crotone’s inner city, but the news was like a big rock. The heart of the elders made them toss and turn last night, and they did not sleep well all night, and their hearts were full of worries about this war.
"Your Majesty!" Kunogolata, Cornelus and other elders once again bowed deeply to Daves as they did before the naval battle: "The battle with the Syracuse, I beg you!!"