Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 168: To fight or not to fight

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As a general Crotone who has fought against Dionia, Miron is quite familiar with the tactics of "sending warships to harass the coast of Dionia." He was shocked by Dai The Onyas actually defeated several powerful enemies in a row, got out of the dilemma of being surrounded on all sides, and had the opportunity to fight Syracuse with all their strength, especially the big victory in the naval battle, completely beyond everyone's expectations!

How did that young man do it? ! After Miron was exiled, he did not idle. During his seclusion in Greece, he collected a large amount of Dionian intelligence information, studied Dionian military politics, and thought he knew well about this rapidly rising alliance. Thinking of this war with Syracuse, Dionia's performance once again subverted his perception.

"So the Dionians are really here!" Lycias was excited, but he thought of something, his joy turned into anger: "They should have been here long ago! Prusstum’s defenders can go out to assist us when the Syracuse is attacking the city, and the inner city of Crotone will not be breached so quickly!"

Milon didn't speak. The inaction of the Asprostum defenders was a thorn in the hearts of the senior Crotones like Lucias.

"Milon, even if Dionian reinforcements arrive, but now the Syracuse army is so powerful, can Dionian repel them? In case...then we're all done!" Suffering from gains and losses again.

It’s no wonder he would be like this. After all, the horror of the Syracuse army, they have witnessed with their own eyes that the strong city of Crotone was breached in such a short period of time, and the Dionians could resist it. Is the large and fierce Siracusa army? If the Dionians are also defeated, Crotone’s only hope is gone! Many Crotone people have this kind of ambivalence.

"Based on what I know about Davers, since he dared to lead the army, he must have the confidence to win." Although the city was breached and they were trapped in the acropolis, they couldn't get any news outside for a while. , But Miron has more confidence in Daves than any Crotone. As the saying goes, "The one who knows himself best is always the enemy." He loudly suggested: "What we have to do now is to wait for the fire to go out. Send a sentry out of the city to find out the situation. If you find Dionia's army, immediately ask them for help!"

"You are right." After listening to Miron, Lucias calmed down a bit. He thought for a while and added: "We also need to notify Cipros so that he will also send someone out of the city. Explore."

Trina's army also suffered heavy losses on the day of the city's destruction. Finally, Cipros led the remnants and retreated into the Acropolis with the Crotones. Lucias reminded him that Miron realized that his carefulness was exactly what he lacked, because Trina’s relationship with Dionia was much closer than Crotone’s, and they asked for help, Dio. The Niya will definitely pay more attention to it.

The two famous politicians in Crotone, Lycias and Miron, fought for more than ten years. When the war forced them to work together, they found that their advantages complement each other, which is really embarrassing...

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Daves was watching the training of the Spear Brigade in the playground of the camp. At noon, there was a news that there was an abnormality in the port of Crotone.

Midolades, who received the news, immediately led more than a hundred raven warships to the mouth of the Neto River, quickly picked up the soldiers of the First Army, and rushed to the port of Crotone, just in time for the Syracuse fleet. Rushed out of the port in an attempt to escape.

The cunning Syracuses threatened the captive Crotone sailors to drive the remaining merchant ships and sailing ships out of the port, and their more than 40 warships were mixed in these ships, and they immediately headed south after leaving the port. Flee.

Midolades’s fleet was obstructed by these ships, no one completed the blockade of the port, and once the warship of Syracuse, which had no intention of fighting, traveled at full force, it would not be able to catch up with the raven warship full of soldiers. Yes, so the Dionia fleet only captured a few warships, and watched most of Syracuse's warships successfully escape to the south.

Because of the few results, the soldiers of the First Legion were a bit listless after disembarking from the ship.

"Melisanda!" Melisanda, who was leading the soldiers ashore, heard the shout and turned to look: Felicius was standing not far away and beckoning to him.

Melisanda hurriedly ordered a few words with his men, and ran over: "Father, what's the matter?"

"Nothing, come and see you." Felicius said lightly, without revealing his concern: You must know that this adopted son fell into the sea twice during the previous naval battle. It really made him worry for a day: "How are the results today?"

"Let them escape." Melishanda said unwillingly.

Felicius was trying to comfort him with a few words, and the herald Tolmeid came on horseback: "Captain Felicius, Your Majesty is going to hold a military meeting, please go to the big tent immediately."

"I see." Felicius asked casually: "Tormeide, what is your majesty's meeting for now?"

Tormid glanced at Melisanda, then smiled: "I guess...Is it necessary to discuss the reason why Siracusa's fleet suddenly escaped from Crotone Harbor?"

Melisanda's heart moved.

At this moment, the soldiers who came ashore suddenly became agitated, and someone shouted: "Look! There is a fire over there!"

I saw wisps of black smoke reaching the sky just south of the Neto River and out of sight...

After a while, these black smoke formed a thick plume of smoke, and the fire light reflected the sky there...

Felicius and Tolmead stared in that direction.

"Is it Crotone?" Tormid asked uncertainly.

"It's the city of Crotone!" Melisanda said in a deep voice. He had fought on the sea near Crotone twice by boat, and he knew the location of that city.

Felicius and Tolmeide looked at each other solemnly.

Soldiers from the camp and sailors from the mouth of the river flocked to the north bank of the Neto River, looking at the burning sky in amazement...

When the news of "Crotton's inner city was burned" spread among the crowds, many old citizens of Turii cheered loudly, and some even shed tears with excitement. They knelt on the beach and greeted the goddess of vengeance. Pray and thank her for finally responding to their requests for many years.

There was such a big movement in the camp, which naturally alarmed Daves and the captains in the big tent. When they arrived on the north bank of the Neto River, the clippers on the sea were already in the port of Crotone. What was observed was passed back to the camp.

The soldiers were just watching the excitement, and Daves and the others were thinking about why the Syracuses did it.

"Your Majesty, Siracusa’s fleet fled, and they burned the city of Crotone that they finally captured. This shows that after losing the advantage of the navy, they were unable to cross the river and engage us in a decisive battle. In order to prevent us His fleet attacked his rear and cut off his food transportation. It seems that they have decided to retreat." Amintas first expressed his judgment.

"Your Majesty, can’t let them easily withdraw to Siritting! If such a huge force is to defend Siritting, we will not be able to attack them at all. Moreover, if they return to Siritting, Trina and Corronia will be defeated. Rakuza is in complete control, and the League of Lokri is their ally. Fighting there is very detrimental to us!" Matonis reminded loudly and eagerly.

"Then you think you should fight the Syracuse here?!" Antonios, as the old officer of Matonis, reminded with a reprimanding tone: "In the case of the Syracuse being prepared Go down, cross the river to fight with them. This is exactly what Dionysius hoped! Didn’t it say in the news that Crotone burned all but the acropolis, Dionysius Si wants to use our eagerness to rescue Crotone's idea in order to achieve the goal of a decisive battle with us here!"

"But we are leading the army here. We are not here to fight the Syracuse people, but are we playing against the Syracuse people to see who consumes food quickly?!" Amintas said without hesitation Own dissatisfaction.

"There is nothing wrong with consuming food in the game." Capps said seriously: "Our fleet has cut off the connection between this army of Syracuse and Sicily. The army provides assistance, and Dionysius may only rely on the League of Lokri to provide him with rations. But Lokri is not a city-state rich in grain. How can it be possible to meet the food needs of such a large army! And we rely on the vast alliance The land, with the full support of the people and allies, and Ancitanos has gone to Carthage to discuss the sale of food, how could the Syracuse army consume us! I think Syracuse within two months People will collapse on their own due to lack of food, and then we will easily eliminate them!"

"Master Capus, don’t forget, it’s not just our soldiers who consume the rations, but also the people of Asprostum and Crimea. The enemy’s cavalry burned, killed and looted. , They are also receiving assistance from the Alliance, so we consume more rations than the Syracuses. Even if there is assistance from the allies, we can still buy food, but this is the savings donated by the people, and we can watch. Do you consume them all!" Epithenis retorted unceremoniously. As the commander of the army who has been fighting on the front line, he naturally knows the situation better than others.

"Don’t forget, the people of Crotone in the Acropolis, they are still waiting for our rescue! Although Dionysius may be using this to gain some initiative in the battle, this It is an unprecedented war. Not only are the Greeks and Sicilians concerned, but also the Greek mainland, Carthage, and other Mediterranean countries. We Dionia have always kept our promises and faced allies that desperately need to be saved. People, do we want to die this time!" Felicius was a cautious character, but this time Dracos also aroused his revenge.

Daves's heart moved, he knew that Felicius said this mainly for himself.

"Your Majesty, sirs, is it possible..." Olivers saw everyone's eyes converge, and his heart was a little nervous: "Hey... The Lucanian soldiers led by Hiros Corps are attacking Trina. So forcing the Syracuse to retreat?"