Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 104: Bad news 2

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The surrender conditions that Dionysius gave Siritim were fairly forgiving: Corenia provided supplies and troops to fight with the Siracusa army. In exchange, Syracuse would not enter the city of Corenia. .

Of course, what the Corenians didn't know was that, for their surrender, Dionysius also wrote to his eldest brother-in-law, Demodocus, chief general of Lockley.

Because Lokry fully supported Dionysius’s invasion of Great Greece at the same time, he once made a request: I hope that Dionysius will hand over the city of Corenia to them after he defeats the Southern Italian League. Dionysius agreed.

For this reason, Dionysius had to reassure the Locleans: now, the disposal of Corenia is only temporary, everything is to defeat Crotone and Dionia as soon as possible, so The expediency made. After conquering these city-states, Corenia will still be handled by Lokri as promised.

The Rockree accepted Dionysius' explanation.

Of course, the Corenians did not know that their destiny had already been doomed. They thought they had escaped the catastrophe and were eager to show their obedience to Dionysius. Soon they sent 5,000 soldiers and a large amount of baggage to Siricin.

The surrender of Corenia left the Lorraine army that had besieged Corenia free. They quickly turned to the south and then crossed the mountain road.

Although Feidun was wary of the east because the people sent out to report the letter had not returned before, to be on the safe side, he sent a small force to garrison the entrance of the mountain road. But after the news from the north was completely blocked by the Syracuse, his eyes were completely blackened. He never expected that the situation in southern Great Greece would have changed drastically in just a few days.

There were so many Lokri people (15,000 in full) and so fast, that the Lijim troops defending Yamaguchi with less than 1,000 men were quickly defeated.

Feidun was leading his army to besiege Medema, and was shocked when he heard the news. He didn't have time to organize his troops to fight, so he was rushed into the camp by the surging Rocky troops...

When Feidun and countless soldiers fled the Maro River in a hurry, and fled into the city of Taurena, there were only less than 7,000 troops left in the original ten thousand troops.

Dionysius was overjoyed when he learned that Corenia had surrendered and Lijim was defeated, because at this time, except for Lijim, the southern part of Great Greece had been calmed down, and he could attack with all his strength to the north without worry. Lijim alone is enough to deal with Lokri, and he doesn't need to worry about it.

So he ordered Leptinius: Except for leaving a few warships stationed at the port of Trina, and continuing to cut off the sea connection between Dionia and Lijim on the west coast, all the other warships participating in the war turned to the port of Siritim. concentrated.

He also asked the troops to complete their rest as soon as possible and prepare to advance north.

The war between the Southern Italian League and Syracuse was not only a matter between Great Greece and the Greek city-states of Sicily, it also attracted the attention of many forces throughout the Mediterranean.

Not long after the Battle of Ramato River ended, news of Siracusa’s victory quickly spread throughout the Western Mediterranean. The city-states and forces related to it were pondering the impact of this war on them, and even began to fight. I have a little abacus...

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On this day, the Dionian Senate had a regular meeting to discuss two topics: One was that the Sixth Army that had just traveled to Crimea added logistical pressure to the Ministry of Military Affairs, resulting in insufficient personnel to transport food. ; The other is the proposal forwarded by Naval Commander Sekelian to Hilonimus that the departure of the Sixth Army led to a shortage of combat soldiers on the warship, and he requested the formation of a new army. At the same time, the number of sailors in the Dionia combined fleet is just enough. Once there is a loss in a naval battle, it is difficult to be replenished. He hopes to gather sailors from the allies as a backup.

"I think... It is very simple to solve the problem of the shortage of personnel in the Ministry of Military Affairs." Chief Executive Kuno Gorata of Turiyi thought: "Since the sea route was attacked by the Syracuse Navy Later, the number of merchant ships decreased significantly. Port porters, warehouse managers, ship repairers, coachmen, and many other laborers were out of work, doing nothing all day long, which added a lot of trouble to public security. The Ministry of Military Affairs can recruit some at the port. Workers don’t even need to pay, as long as they ensure their food supply, they will do a good job, and it will also reduce the pressure on the port patrol..."

"This is indeed a good way!" Mariji praised, and then reminded: "However, even if you use food as a reward, you must pay attention to control the supply. As the war progresses, the grain will only be better than the German Lakma is more precious."

Hieronimus nodded, expressing his understanding.

At this time, Kunogolata questioned: "I don't understand why Sekrian had to summon allied sailors?! Our port has so many spare manpower, why not use it?!"

Sekrian is not a veteran, and he is not in the meeting place. He can only be answered by Hironimos, the only left-behind officer of the military department, even though he is not good at these things: "Well...time is tight now...um... Syracuse’s fleet will come at any time, and Sekrian needs skilled sailors, so you don’t need to spend too much time training..."

"Sekrian’s fleet took up a lot of manpower in Turri, but always hid in the Krati River. What is he doing?! Should lead the fleet to drive away the domineering Sila in the Gulf of Taranto Battleship Cusa, even if we restore our route for a day or two!" Mariji complained.

"I don't know much about the navy, but I know Master Daves asked him to do this."

As soon as Hieronymus finished speaking, Mariji laughed twice and said: "Since Master Daves has made arrangements, it seems that we don't need to worry too much about the Syracuse Fleet. "

In the Senate, there are not a few senators like Mariji who blindly believe that Davos, but after the defeat of the Southern Italian Allied Forces at Siriting, Petaru, who has been somewhat tranced for the past two days, felt Mariji’s flattering face. Make him sick.

He laughed a few times in his heart, then turned his gaze to Kadulke, who was also absent-minded.

"Well, let's send someone to discuss with Castellon and Heraclea and recruit some sailors..." Cornelus stood up, and just gave his suggestion, the door of the venue was suddenly slammed. Push away.

The captain of the guard responsible for the defense of the Senate rushed in.

The rotating chairman Kuno Gorata saw him panicking, and hurriedly asked: "What happened?"

"My sirs, I just received an urgent letter that Metapontum was captured by Tarantum!"

"What?!!"

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The Tarantum Archon Diomilas stood at the head of Metapontum, and the soldiers who looked over Tarantum triumphantly swarmed through the open gates and strangled every block in the city. The people of Metapontum who are still trying to resist...

The Tarantum army's offensive went very smoothly, and they quickly advanced towards the square in the center of the city.

The sound of fighting reached Diomilas' ears and gradually became thinner.

"Go, go to the Acropolis!" Diomilas can't wait to pick the fruits of victory.

Diomelas got out of the city, turned on his horse, and marched forward with his entourage. The bodies of Metapontums and the wounded struggling for help can be seen everywhere on the street. He didn't see it: these were flowing. Since the descendants of Tarantum's blood chose to betray, they wanted to get forgiveness from Tarantum again.

As soon as Diomilas reached the square, his men rushed to report the good news to him: "The Acropolis of Metapontum has been taken!"

"So fast?!" Although Diomilas was confident that the quality of Tarantum's soldiers was far better than that of Metapontums, he did not expect the defense of a city-state's core fortress—the Acropolis. Also so weak.

"Isalokas and they persuaded the soldiers stationed in the guard city to surrender." The men explained.

"It turned out to be so." Diomilas relieved his doubts.

After all, Metapontum was once a sub-state of Tarantum. Although after hundreds of years of development, the blood of the two sides has been weakened and the political trend is towards independence, they are in an alliance and have been influenced by Tarantum for many years. The asylum of Tarantum, the people of Metapontum who are close to and admired by Tarantum are everywhere, but because of Tarantum’s wrong aggressive policy in the past few years, Metapontum suffered huge losses, but Tarantum Mu had to act recklessly, so that the Metapontum people, in order to avoid greater losses, turned to the Dionian Alliance, a neighboring country that is stronger than Tarantum.

Dionia's more tolerant policy towards allies relieved Metapontum, but this does not mean that Metapontum will completely cut off relations with Tarantum. On the contrary, once the crisis passed, the Metapontums began to miss their motherland again. Coupled with the deliberate promotion of the pro-Tarantum faction headed by Isalokas, the relationship between the two Recovered quickly and exchanges are increasing (of course there are also conflicts). After all, Metapontum is closer to Tarantum. From the annual Metapontoum consul and members of the Senate, the number of pro-Dionian and pro-Tarantum sects is similar, you can see come out.

In every meeting of the Senate, the two factions tend to argue fiercely, or even clash, over which side a bill designed to Dionia and Tarantum is favored. In fact, the pro-Dionian faction headed by Tudpres is weaker than the pro-Tarantum faction. After all, the time when Dionian became its ally is still short, but the Dionian faction is rapidly expanding. The power of the empire gave them confidence, making Isalokas and the others voluntarily retreat because of fear of angering Dionia at critical moments.

The Dionian Senate is also very aware of Metapontum's situation. Considering the relationship with Tarantum and the alliance treaty signed with Metapontum, it is not easy to intervene in its internal affairs. But they firmly believe that as Dionia becomes stronger and stronger, Metapontum will naturally follow suit more and more.