Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 191: Corenia’s choice

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"Now that Siracusa’s huge army is held in Great Greece by us, the news of his naval defeat and defeat in the battle will be sent back to Sicily, which will inevitably give the people there new ideas! Dionian’s The strength is not as good as Syracuse. Even if we wipe out all the troops in Siriting, Syracuse only needs to rest for a few years before it can regain its power and become a big trouble for Dionia. For the future of Dionia, he must take advantage of this opportunity of severe damage to Syracuse and completely destroy its hegemony in Sicily!"

Daves’ words greatly moved the generals present. Just as they were thinking, Daves continued to say to Antonios: “I have sent people to the eastern part of Sicily to conduct activities and contact various city-states. The people and forces who oppose Syracuse, believe that the news of "the tragedy of the Syracuse army in Great Greece" is passed back to Sicily, and they will surely make them take action!

The important thing for the First Army to Sicily is not to annihilate how many enemies, but to contact these dissatisfied with Syracuse, overthrow the tyranny of the city-state, break away from the Sicilian Alliance led by Syracuse, and ultimately isolate Tin Rakuza! ……"

Daves' words lifted Antonios' spirits, and he now understands a little bit: One of the reasons why Daves sent him as the commander of the army expedition to Sicily, because he is the best communicative of several legion leaders.

At this time, Hernipolis also unfolded the map of Sicily on the grass, and everyone surrounded him.

Davers asked: "Captain Antonios, where do you think the First Army would be better to land in Sicily?"

This is an examination of Antonios. Not only him, but several others are looking at the map and thinking. They are not like Daves. They have a more comprehensive and long-term consideration. They are very familiar with Greater Greece, but Sicily is relatively unfamiliar.

Antonius squatted half on the ground. He stared at this map that was still strange to him. He wanted to remember every city, every river, and every mountain marked on it. His His eyes moved north from Syracuse, Taonis, Leonid, Katana, and Naxos, and finally stayed at the corner only one strait away from Lijim...

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At dusk, the city of Corenia suddenly became lively. This was because more than 2,000 citizen soldiers who had been forced to follow the army of Syracuse returned.

The people hugged their relatives and asked for warmth, and at the same time thanked Dionia for his kindness. The people who lost their loved ones wept bitterly, cursing the Syracuse for bringing them disaster. And the people whose relatives were besieged in Siriting were worried and prayed to Apollo to bless them in the next battle.

At this time, in the council in Corenia, the lawmakers were arguing about a letter from Daves that the soldiers brought back.

The Chief General Vereniris finally couldn't help standing up and saying loudly: "Citizens of Corenia, now is the crucial moment that concerns Corenia’s survival or death. If you still hold With a vague attitude, I want to procrastinate forever, and if I don’t give a clear answer to the South Italian League, Corenia’s situation will be very dangerous!"

His speech made the quarrel in the conference room less loud. Someone stood up and retorted dissatisfiedly: "Master Fereniris, you said the opposite. Now Dionia has defeated Syracuse. People, and besieged them in Siritian, we have escaped the danger of being killed and looted by the Syracuse, and we are completely safe!"

"It's completely safe?!" Finiris sneered a few times, looked around at the others, and asked loudly: "You all think so?!"

"Of course not!" A person stood up in the venue, and Finiris recognized it as Euripatos.

"I agree with your opinion of Fereniris, Corenia is dangerous now! Everyone, when listening to the letter from Dionian Archon Daves, I wonder if you have noticed what it says in the letter. Said,'...After repeated discussions with Crotone and Trina generals, it was agreed that more than two thousand people captured during the battle with the Syracuse and the battle to capture Trina Lennia soldiers returned home...'

You may have only seen the goodwill of Dionia to let our citizen soldiers return safely, but you have not seen the phrase "repeated discussion" in the letter. What does this mean? ! "Yaulipatos emphasized his tone: "It shows that some of the Crotones, Trina, and even Dionians are dissatisfied with our dispatch of troops to participate in the military operations in Syracuse! Defending the city of Trina, capturing Crotone, participating in the battle with Dionia, these actions made them feel grieved! "

"But we are forced!" Someone in the crowd shouted: "If we don't do this, Corenia will suffer the same disaster as the Silitians!"

"That's right! As Corenia's ally for many years, they should understand that we had to make this decision before!" The people in the venue shouted in agreement.

"Yes, they understand, so they released our citizens. Now it’s time for us to respond to Dionia’s kindness!" Euripatos said solemnly: "Don’t forget that Daves is here. The letter at the end said, "After winning the battle, the South Italian League is fully countering the Syracuse and their accomplices, Lokri League, and is determined to wipe them out! Therefore, I hope Corennia will seriously consider returning. For the question of the South Italian League, take up the shield and spear and join the team to resist the invaders. All the allied states of the South Italian League are eagerly waiting for your answers!...'

Everyone, is this the request of Dionian Archon Daves? Do not! This is his warning to Corenia! It is the ultimatum given to us by the South Italian League! If we do not make a clear statement about this, the SAARC will regard Corennia as an accomplice of Syracuse and Lokri. Maybe a few days later, the SAARC will no longer send Corunia to Correnia. It is their messenger, but the army! "

The venue suddenly became quieter, but there were still people who expressed dissent: "Yaulipatos, it’s not that we don’t want to resist Syracuse. Don’t forget, we still have a thousand citizen soldiers in Sirita Once Dionysius knows that Corenia has betrayed him, with his brutal character, our compatriots will probably die tragically in his hands! Then in the face of the anger of the families of the dead soldiers, who dares to bear this responsibility! "

"Yes, it’s not that we don’t want to go to war with the Syracuse who oppress us, but that it is related to the lives of our citizens and we must be cautious! At least compared with the ferocious Syracuse, Croto Nee and Trina have been allies of Corlenia for decades, and Dionia has always been known for his generosity. He should forgive us for his hesitation!

Finiris finally couldn't help it, and said loudly again: "Everyone, you think of the former allies so well! Siritim was slaughtered! Trina was captured and the people were displaced! Crotone City! They were all burned down, and its people were said to have nearly half the casualties! The civic soldiers of the Dionian League reportedly lost less than 10,000 people, and Crimea and Asprostum were all in ruins! Compared with them, even if we count the loss of these thousand soldiers in Corenia, it is still relatively slight!"

"Master Vereniris, what do you mean by these words! Isn't the life of our thousand soldiers important!" Someone asked immediately.

"The Southern Italian League will not consider them important, they will only think that we have sacrificed too little! Don’t forget that our soldiers have invaded their territories and attacked their cities. Although they were only forced, if If we regard the last kindness they gave us as tolerance for us and do not make a quick decision, anger and jealousy will grow wildly in their hearts like weeds, which will prompt them to classify Corennia as an elephant in Syracuse. Zha and Lokri are the same objects that must be eliminated. Who else can Corennia rely on by then?! Syracuse? We all know that if this war is won, Syracuse will only support Lokri to bring us Annex! In this great battle that involved the entire city-states of Great Greece, either fight to survive or fight to perish. No city-state can safely survive without fighting! You guys, it’s up to you. Corenia’s destiny, and I am willing to bear the anger of the people, and I will be the first to vote for Corenia to rejoin the Southern Italian League and declare war on Syracuse and Lokri!"

The deathly silence of the venue, the heavy and emotional speech of Feniris deeply touched everyone present, prompting them to weigh the pros and cons more deeply.

"I am willing to be the second person to support Corenia's declaration of war on Syracuse!" Euripatos stood up.

Next to the third person...

In the end, the council passed the "Declaration of War on Syracuse" proposal with a small majority. Then, in the urgent citizens’ assembly, although many citizens expressed strong opposition, and at one time someone rushed to the stage and wanted to beat Vereniris, the more than two thousand citizens sent back by Dionia played a key role. The role, even with the advantage of more votes than the council, allowed Corennia to return to the Southern Italy League.

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Since Lockey’s army repelled the Lijim’s attack on Medmar, 15,000 soldiers of Lockey guarded Medmar.

The leading general, Diopantos, received the news that "Syracuse won in the north" constantly. He was very eager to lead the army and the Syracuses into the territory of Dionia and defeat Dio. The Nian army, in order to wash away his shame that he was forced to retreat by the Dionians without fighting in Crotone.