Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 223: The painful choice of Dionysius

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Although Facipesas secretly breathed a sigh of relief, he was still a little uneasy, but he also did not show it. On the contrary, he remembered his gaffe just now, and said hurriedly: "The Dionians think too much of the cross-sea expedition. It's too simple. Unless they can send tens of thousands of soldiers and supply sufficient rations, they may cause some trouble to our homeland, but it is obviously impossible to do this with the strength of Dionia."

"You're right!" Dionysius yelled his approval, before revealing a trace of worry: "But... Felistos said in the letter, Jera, Carmenline, Ah Grigento...These city-states on the south coast of Sicily shied away from his request and were unwilling to provide soldiers and warships. He also complained that during this period of time Herolis had repeatedly opposed him, affecting his management of the city-state. , He could not provide us with reinforcements and fleet in time, so——"

Dionysius said in a deep voice: "After repeated thinking, I decided to go back to Syracuse by boat and bring reinforcements to Great Greece as soon as possible!"

"My lord, are you leaving here?!" Facipesas changed color again: "What about the soldiers here?!"

"Apollo is here, please bless me with reinforcements to come back and save you within ten days!" Dionysius solemnly said: "And within these ten days, you will be in charge of this army! The attention of the Dionians is on Medmar and Lokri. They don’t have enough troops, nor will they risk huge casualties to attack Siritin, which is defended by tens of thousands of us, and our rations Sufficient to last for such a long time...Fasipezas, you are my most trusted general! You are also the most trusted general of soldiers! Only you can bear this burden! We will wait for my arrival with reinforcements Return to Syracuse smoothly!"

"My lord..." Fascipesus, who was accustomed to obeying Dionysius' orders, had many thoughts in his heart despite being under a lot of pressure, but the word "refusal" just couldn't say it.

"I will let other generals obey your orders, including my brother. If anyone does not obey your command during the period of time I have not returned, you can deal with it according to military law!" Dionysius is not allowed He said again, forcibly handing over the power of commanding this force to him.

Fassipesas had to grudgingly accept the appointment, and wished Dionysius a safe return to Siracus.

Next, Dionysius asked several generals to talk to each other, asking them to actively cooperate with Fascipesus, control the troops, and guard the Siritim.

During a secret conversation with the intelligence leader Androstini, Dionysius gave him a secret letter, asking him to monitor Facipesus and other generals. If Facipesus was found to behave abnormally , Immediately contacted Leptinius in the port, read this letter in front of the generals, and took Fasipesus.

Finally he called Phoebe Das.

"I heard that Syracuse has suffered heavy casualties this time. It seems that even without my intervention, you have not defeated the Dionians!" Phoebe Das mocked as soon as he entered the house. Now he is truly an idler. Not only does he no longer have the opportunity to lead troops, even Dionysius did not discuss with him this time when he attacked the Dionian camp, Phoebe Das became a bystander completely, so He expresses his dissatisfaction without scruples.

Dionysius understood the character of this Spartan, and although he was a little unhappy, he said straightforwardly: "Davos sent thousands of soldiers to land in Sicily and captured a town. I must take a ship immediately. Hurry back to Syracuse, I hope you can go with me!"

"Daves dared to divide his forces to attack Syracuse at this time?!" Phoebe Das was as shocked as Dionysius before, but quickly turned into an expression of admiration: "He Is too courageous!..."

After sending out a sigh, Phoebe Das glanced at Dionysius diagonally: "Are you going to drop your soldiers and escape from Greece alone?"

Dionysius did not answer his words directly, but said with a slight concern: "Davos will probably not just send a few thousand people to attack Sicily, it will only go to death, Syracuse and the allies. I am afraid there will be instability, and I need your support!" As a tyrant who can regard power as the sword of Damocles, he has political intuition and hopes to be able to plan ahead.

Phoebedas' expression became serious. He understood that the "your support" that Dionysius said was actually Spartan's support. A few years ago, when the Carthaginians came to the city, the Syracuse people had threatened Dionysius to step down. Phoebe, as the messenger of Sparta, made the Syracuse people make concessions. Let Dionysius regain power.

Is there another riot in Syracuse? Phoebedas looked at Dionysius, and then he thought: the navy of Syracuse was defeated, the Battle of Crotone was defeated, and the attack on Dionysian camp was defeated. Dionysius’s failure was worse than the last time. Much more serious, the people of Syracuse are indeed likely to express their anger towards Dionysius...

Although Phoebe Das is a little gloating, he knows that once Dionysius is overthrown, not only Sparta’s efforts to support Syracuse over the years have been wasted, but the Syracuse riots will inevitably lead to Its power was greatly weakened, which created a vacuum in Sicily's hegemony. Neither Dionian nor Carthage's expansion was what Sparta wanted to see, so Sparta could only support Dionysius.

Phoebedas glanced at Dionysius again dissatisfied: This sly guy may have spotted this, so he unscrupulously asked him!

Thinking of this, Phoebe Das no longer talked about it, and asked directly: "Is it safe to go back by boat? There is a battleship blockade by Dionia outside the port."

"Phelistos sent the best helmsman and sailor in my caravan. They drove the Clippers into the harbor with ease before." Dionysius replied.

"When will you leave?"

"Tonight."

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Not long after the last siege tower collapsed in front of the walls of Medema, the Dionians blew the trumpet to retreat.

Looking at the enemy receding like a tide, the Medima people who fought hard for most of the day cheered for their survival.

Silos, who commanded the battle from a distance, didn’t feel too frustrated. His serious opponent said, “Go back and tell the engineers that the wheels of the siege tower are too inflexible. It’s not too strong either... I hope they can improve as soon as possible!"

"Yes, General."

"Also... our soldiers are not familiar with these new siege equipment, and they are a little strange to their cooperation. I hope to strengthen training in this area in the future!" Hironimos also suggested on the side. Own opinion.

"You are right, just do it." Silos listened carefully to his opinion, and then said expectantly: "I hope that after improvements, when the next time the city is attacked, the Medmar people will laugh. Can’t come out."

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After the offensive and defensive battle at Camp Siliting, although Dionia won a big victory, more than 500 people were killed and 2,700 wounded. Therefore, Daves assigned each legion commander a complete task, and then he and the soldiers We cremated the dead together, and then went to condolences to the wounded. They were busy until the evening before returning to the big tent, only to see Tolmeide standing in front of the big tent.

"Any important news?" Davers asked hurriedly.

As soon as Tolmeid was about to speak, a strong southerly wind suddenly blew up, and the sky was filled with dust directly into the mouth and nose, and several people rushed into the big tent in embarrassment.

"Bah! Bah!..." Henipolis spit out the black ash in his mouth, slapped his body, and then cursed: "The **** Syracuse can't beat us, it will only Burn our camp to vent your anger!"

The Zuoying, separated only by the trench and the Luzhai, was burned to ashes, and black smoke can still be seen in some places. The strong wind just brought up the dust in the sky and caused the Chinese army camp to suffer. This is the reason for Hernipolis' complaint.

"We traded an empty battalion for the casualties of tens of thousands of soldiers in Syracuse. I think we made it." Tolmid laughed.

"It's just a pity that the soldiers are squeezing to sleep tonight." Hernipolis also laughed.

"Youying has enough open space, but there is a lack of tents."

"There will be no shortage of tents. Don't forget that we also occupied the Siracusa camp in Crotone. We have seized enough tents and we only need to ship them tomorrow."

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When the two talked with you and me, Daves had already cleaned up the dust on his body and asked again: "Tolmeide, what happened?"

"Midolades sent someone to report that a clipper from the south broke into the Port of Siliting in the afternoon."

"So many warships can't stop a Clipper?!" Henipolis said dissatisfiedly.

Neither Daves nor Tolmead answered the conversation.

Daves knows very well: Clippers are small and flexible. If in windy conditions, experienced helmsmen and sailors can play the three-tiered paddle warship in applause, so the fleet is generally fast. The ship came to serve as reconnaissance and message delivery.

Henipolis doesn’t understand the navy, but Daves didn’t explain it to him. Instead, he hoped that after Henipolis’s words were passed out, he would be able to beat and beat the navy that had recently been somewhat complacent because of successive victories. Soldiers.

There was silence for a while before he asked: "Why do you think this Clipper broke into the Port of Siliting?"

"It must be here to tell Dionysius that our First Army has landed in Sicily." Henipolis answered first.

The news of "The First Army’s Occupation of Meyaro" was sent back to the camp a day ago. Davister conveyed the good news to the commanders and senior team officers of the corps, which gave them even more confidence. Greatly increased, and there were no complaints about the continued siege of Siritim, so Daves was not surprised that Henipolis could answer so quickly. Looking at Tolmeid's expression, it is obvious that he thinks so too.