Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 141: Syracuse’s response

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At this moment, Dionysius glanced at the people in the tent, and his gaze fell on a person in the corner: "Androstini, what's the matter with you?! The Dionian fleet used it so strange You didn’t notice the device that caused our fleet to suffer such a big loss. Do you think you should be punished?!"

Andros Tini's face suddenly turned pale. In fact, the chief intelligence officer of the entire Syracuse is Hiparinus, and he is just one of the leaders, following the army. The Dionian fleet had been training new tactics before the start of the war. Androstini remembered the intelligence sent from Turri at the time, saying that the Dionian fleet was conducting closed training in the Krati River. It’s just that neither Dionysius nor Hiparinus and him took it to heart. At most, they paid attention to the number of Dionian’s three-tiered paddle warships, who the generals were, and so on. After all, Thira Kuzha's advantage in the navy was too great, and no one took Dionia's humble fleet in his eyes.

Who knows that now Dionysius seems to put all the blame for this failure on Androstini, but he dared not refute it. Who said he was neither the brother of the tyrant nor his Where's the father-in-law?

Androstini cursed secretly in his heart, but said with fear on his face: "My lord, I...I..."

Dionysius waved his hand: "Your guilt will be investigated carefully after the war is over! From now on, you must collect Dionian's intelligence more carefully, and there should be no omissions. You know!"

Although Dionysius hates his brother's incompetence, he has to defend him, because to defend him is to defend his own dignity. Therefore, he would ingeniously share the blame for the failure of the naval battle.

Although Androstini has not been punished for the time being, he secretly cries out in his heart: Now Turri and Crimissa have been under strict military blockade, and it is already very difficult to transmit information.

"Leptilles, do you think it is feasible to install this kind of wooden bridge from the Dionian warship on our warship?" Dionysius turned his eyes to the kneeling on the ground. Commander of the Navy.

The generals were a little surprised: this is tantamount to abandoning the naval experience and traditions that Syracuse and even the Greek city-states have proven effective for hundreds of years to go to a new city-state alliance that only won a naval battle. Study, is this feasible? !

But Dionysius is not a conservative person, on the contrary, he is a reformer, a pragmatist, whether it is the reorganization and reform of the army, or the advancement of siege technology, this has been proved.

"I...I don't know, because I have never been trained in this area..." Leptinius was obviously a conservative, he bit his head reluctantly and said: "And Dionia The wooden bridge on the battleship turns so flexible, I am afraid there are some special devices, I think...it can't be done in a short time, and...it is necessary to equip it on the battleship to fight the Dionians, this... …It all takes time to train..."

"Then study hard with engineers and craftsmen!" Leptinius' mute made Dionysius angry again: "It's too late. When the Dionian fleet comes, We also have enough soldiers on our warships! Don’t the Dionians want to turn naval battles into land battles? Then let us have a good fight at sea!"

"But my lord..." Leptinius carefully reminded: "Our three-layer paddle warships are not enough..."

"Idiot!" Dionysius cursed: "Bring me the fleet in Messina, and also from the port of Syracuse! In addition, send someone to notify Philistos. , Let him step up to build a new warship, understand?!"

Leptinius' head picture kept lightening like a chicken pecking at the rice.

"Get out of here, go and execute it!" As soon as Dionysius's voice fell, Leptinius went out of the account much faster than when he came in.

Dionysius had no intention of paying attention to these. He knew very well: Despite these measures, in a short period of time, Dionia's fleet strength had already prevailed.

For Syracuse, who is fighting across the sea, dominance of the sea is very important. Once it loses it, it means that the connection between the expedition army and the mother state is severed. Syracuse’s military ambition is a trivial matter. The lack of local resources and the inability to control Syracuse’s political affairs are what scares Dionysius the most. Moreover, Daves has led the main force to return. Now that there is no intrusion and containment from the Syracuse fleet, he can lead his army south at any time, which makes Dionysius question whether he wants to attack Crotone with all his strength. Was shaken.

At this moment, Dionysius forcedly said calmly: "Now our fleet has suffered a failure, you all talk about it, what should we do next?"

"My lord, of course, we have to take Crotone with all our strength as we said before!" Astagras said without hesitation: "Although we are no longer dominant at sea, on land, wear The Onians cannot resist such a powerful army! As long as we capture Crotone, there will be no big obstacles to the north. We can go straight to Turriy. Even if there are more warships in Dionia It’s no use. When the time comes, it’s up to you to make the decision!"

"My lord, I also agree with General Astagras." Fascipesas seemed to feel Dionysius' thoughts, and said: "While the Tarantums are still north Threatening Turri, we should hurry up to take Crotone! If we retreat at this time and let the Dionians and Crotones rendezvous, the number of soldiers they gathered will probably give us Cause more trouble!"

"Master Dionysius." En Amenas, the mercenary leader of Campania, also stood up and said: "The soldiers are very motivated now, because they all know that Crotone is a very wealthy city-state. If we give up attacking it..."

The generals in the tent are all fighting for Crotone, which makes Dionysius's balance already tilted to the offensive side, but he did not immediately make a decision, and turned his eyes to the only one who did not speak. , Asked: "Phoebe Das, what's your opinion?"

Phoebe Das, who has always been straight-hearted, rarely hesitated for a while. From the point of view of Sparta, Syracuse and Dionia are more beneficial to Sparta, so peace talks are actually a better choice. But Phoebe Das who was in it was aroused by Daves’ outstanding performance. He wanted to personally defeat this young consul who was hailed as a “famous general” by the Greeks, so he said: “They all speak well. It makes sense that attacking Crotone can allow us to take the initiative. More importantly, it can force the Dionians to have to come to rescue Crotone before other wars have been completely settled and no adequate preparations have been made. Thoné, so as to ensure that we have an advantage in the decisive battle with Dionian. If you are worried that the Dionian army may suddenly attack when we are attacking the city, don't you have so many cavalry, why not Let them go further north to reconnaissance?!"

Dionysius glanced at Phoebedas, then glanced around at the generals, and laughed: "What is there to worry about! The Dionians only won one naval battle, so they think they can Are we Syracuses retreating! No! This will only allow us to focus more on land attacks!"

Dionysius stood up abruptly, drew his saber, slammed it into the table with a "bang", and said sharply: "From now on, all the troops will give me time and prepare for the attack. , Two days later, we will conquer the inner city of Crotone with all our strength!"

"Capture Crotone!!" everyone shouted in unison.

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"Mother, I'm back!"

"We are back!"

With a "bang", Cynthia pushed open the wooden door in the backyard.

"Mother, we won! We won those terrible enemies! Regardless of their many ships, they were all captured by us!" Adoris ran to Christia excitedly.

Before Kristia could answer, a woman next to her smiled and said, "I’m right, Daves... Your Majesty has Hades’s blessing, you will definitely win. Don’t worry!"

Before she finished her words, Agnes had already stood up with joy: "I'm going to express my gratitude to Artemis!"

Speaking, she shyly walked towards the statue of Artemis on the side of the garden.

"Go slow, be careful of the fetus!" Kristia said with concern, and Agnes's personal maid had already rushed to help.

"Isn't Agnes the priest of Hera?" The woman was slightly surprised.

"You have to know that before Agnes came to Turei, she was the chief priest of the Temple of Artemis in Lijim. For this period of time, she stayed at home because of her pregnancy, so she could only hunt that one every day. The goddess prayed for the safety of Daves, and it was really hard work for her!" Kristia said with emotion.

"Aunt Andrea, hello!" At this moment, Cynthia saluted the woman.

"Cynthia, I haven't seen you in a few years, you have become a big girl!" Andrea looked at Cynthia happily, and then hugged her in his arms.

"Mother, let me tell you a secret. When we were celebrating our victory, there was a boy in his arms—"

"Shut up, Adoris! Don't you dare to talk nonsense, be careful I beat you!" Cynthia's face turned red and threatened loudly.

"What the **** happened?" Kristia asked with a smile.

Adoris was afraid to speak under Cynthia's gaze.