Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 169: The invisible contest

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Davers' heart moved again.

"Olivers, I think it’s impossible for you to say this kind of situation. Count the time, unless Hiros can break through Laos in one day, immediately take a boat to Knapetia, and then quickly Trina launched an offensive... We are all battle-tested people, is this possible?!" Antonios expressed serious doubts about Oliver's speculation.

"Even if it is impossible, we should fight the Syracuse here as soon as possible to create an opportunity for Shiros to assault the enemy's rear!" Amintas took the opportunity to say.

"If we have a hasty battle here, if we are defeated...what's the point of Hilos taking back Trina!" Capus reminded.

"How could our legion be defeated!" Amintas roared.

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The legionnaires in the Great Tent have a heated debate.

In addition to the third army commander Alexis who is far away in the Lucania area, and the former army commander Shiros who is still in Laos, this big tent contains all the first army commanders of Dioria. Army Commander Antonios, 2nd Army Commander Amintas, 4th Army Commander Epithenis, 5th Army Commander Felicius, 6th Army Commander Oliver, 7th Army Commander Matonis, Commander The commander of the Spear Brigade Kapus (former regiment commander), and the former regiment commander Hironimos, who led 5,000 Lucanian reserve soldiers to hurriedly arrived at dusk yesterday. It can be said that the large tent is gathering stars.

If in the past, these senior generals with rich experience in warfare were backed by a powerful army and a tight Dionian military system, facing the enemy would often be a matter of arguing how to attack. But today, with the exception of the taciturn Hieronymus, everyone has their own opinions, and even a little disregarded the fighting friendship of the past, and developed to the point of cursing. It just shows their fear of the Syracuse army across the river. After all, this It is a force that has nearly 10,000 more soldiers than the Dionian army, has also experienced countless battles, and also has a powerful commander. They know very well in their hearts that this is not an army that can be easily defeated.

At the same time, the commanders of the legionaries were arguing, and because Daves never expressed his opinion, it was not that he was pretentious, but that he did not make up his mind, so he did not stop the fierce disputes among the commanders. I hope this collision of ideas can help him sort out some ideas. Although the Dionian fleet had an absolute advantage in the battle between the two armies, he would not arrogantly think that the same was true for the army. For such a war that concerns the rise and fall of their respective countries and the lives and deaths of the people, even if he has a lot of careful preparations, he still needs to be calm and cautious.

At this time, Martius, the captain of the guard, came in and reported: "Your Majesty, there are several messengers from Crotone and Trina on the other side."

The captains stopped arguing and looked at Daves together.

Daves pondered for a moment and asked a key question: "Although the inner city of Crotone was burned, the cavalry of Syracuse was still cruising on the other side. How did they come here?"

"I heard from the team officer who accompanied them, it seems that the Syracuses did not intercept them." Martius said.

"Your Majesty, this is obviously a conspiracy of the Syracuse!" Antonios reminded loudly.

"Is it a conspiracy, don't we save our allies?!" Amintas asked loudly.

Davers glanced at them and asked his captain of the guard: "Have you asked what they are here for?"

"Of course I came to ask for help." Martius showed a trace of disdain, and then felt disrespectful to the allies again. He hurriedly said with a straight face: "Oh, they also said that there is not much water in the acropolis. In a few days."

Davers nodded, lost in thought.

Everyone's eyes moved with Davers's pacing, but no one was talking, so as not to disturb Davers' thinking.

After a while, Daves stopped and looked at Martius: "You go out and tell the messengers, let them go back, I won't see them."

Everyone was stunned.

Felicius just yelled: "Your Majesty--"

Davers waved his hand and said firmly: "I have made a decision, don't talk about it!"

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"Did the few Crotones who were captured explain it?" Dionysius asked when Astagras came in.

"My lord, they all said Daves didn't meet them at all, so they drove them away."

"I didn't see them at all?! Are you sure they are telling the truth?" Dionysius was skeptical.

"Of course, I can be sure. Several of them were scared torture by my torture instrument so that they had feces and urine. They dare not lie." Astagrass grinned and said confidently .

Dionysius thought for a while, and said with a sneer: "Let them all go back, let the Crotones in the Acropolis know how much the Dionians they expect fear us Syracuse, dare not cross the river to rescue them!"

"Yes, sir." Astagras turned around and went out.

"It seems that the Dionians will not fight with us. My lord, what shall we do next?" Facipesas asked worriedly.

Dionysius did not answer immediately, but turned to look at the silent man in the corner of the military tent: "Phoebe Das, what do you think the new King of Dionia wants to do?"

"How can I guess what a cunning person like you is thinking?" Phoebe Das simply said bluntly and sarcastically: "According to our Spartans, either attack or retreat. No Will hesitate too much."

Dionysius did not show dissatisfaction with Phoebe Das' ridicule. He turned to look at the intelligence officer Androstini: "How is the situation with Bruti?"

"My lord, since the veteran of Dionia, Sedorum, became the chief executive of Cosenza, he has used **** means to suppress tribes that wanted to rebel, and also summoned the leaders of the tribes and killed them in front of them. Petaru and Bogam, none of the Bruti tribes dare to express their dissatisfaction with Dionia. For this reason, my men have not found any good methods for the time being..."

Speaking of the end, Andros Tini’s voice is getting weaker and weaker. Recently, the performance of the Greek intelligence agency he led is not satisfactory: first the Sixth Army entered the Crimea and suddenly the military control, let He lost a lot of able manpower, and at the same time cut off the news of Crimea; then the total martial law in Turri, made him no longer know anything about the central area of ​​Dionia; when the naval battle failed, he was still suffering. After Dionysius’s reprimand, even Bruti, the only one who can understand the situation, his subordinates can no longer play any role...

"I'm asking about the movement of the Dionian army in the Bruti area!" Dionysius glared at him and asked impatiently.

Androstini was still sweating coldly and hurriedly said: "Since the Dionian veteran named Hilolims has recruited 5,000 Lucanian fighters to Turri; another veteran After Hiros led more than 2,000 people to Laos, there was no more military mobilization in the Bruti area, and Bruti’s manpower seems to have dried up."

"Where is Raos?" This is what Dionysius cares most about,

"Due to the tight blockade of the entire mountain road by the Vigs, our people cannot detect the battle in Laos, and there is no news from the spies in Laos..."

As soon as Androstini finished speaking, Fascipesas said: "My lord. Laos is also a big city on the west coast of Great Greece. Alobumas has governed Laos for many years. It’s not that easy for the Onia to attack Raos."

Although Dionysius did not answer, he agreed with this view in his heart. In this way, at least he doesn't have to worry about the rear issue for the time being, so he doesn't need to consider the issue of withdrawing the army to Xiliting for the time being.

Dionysius knew very well in his heart: abandoning Crotone, which was won after a great sacrifice, and returning to the Ciri Court. This will not only greatly dampen the morale of the soldiers and cause dissatisfaction among the generals, but also mean With Syracuse, they gave up the offensive since the landing, and took the defensive position, letting the Dionians take the initiative in the war. Over time, this will only put the Syracuse army in the situation of Great Greece. It gets worse, so Dionia must be forced to fight again as soon as possible!

"Fasi Pesus, you immediately lead 2,000 people with abdominal bows and ballistas to launch rockets and firelighters at the Acropolis of Crotone on the hill!" Dionysius gave the order, the generals in the tent Both the minister and the minister were stunned.

"My lord, there is the Temple of Apollo in the Acropolis!" Damocles reminded loudly.

"I don’t think Apollo would allow Hades to occupy Turrii for a long time, so he blessed us in capturing Crotone within a short period of time, and allowed us to burn the city of Crotone. Now he certainly doesn’t care too much about our slight offense to his temple..." Dionysius sneered in his heart, but on the surface he patiently enlightened them: "Besides, I don’t intend to burn the acropolis, but just want to Let the Crotone people panic, consume their water, and force them to ask Dionia for help again."

Dionysius’ orders were quickly implemented. Dozens of ballistas and abdominal bows were carried to the foot of the hill by thousands of Syracuse soldiers, and they began to eject fireballs and rockets into the acropolis.

In order to save water, the frightened people of Crotone used soil to put out the fire, which also caused many people to be burned.

Under the intentional indulgence of the Syracuse people, they once again sent an envoy to Dionia to cross the Neto River smoothly, and Daves' answer was still: "No!"