Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 193: Dark battle

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Antonius looked at the wounded soldiers behind him, and said with concern: "Our medical camp will arrive soon. Please allow them to treat the wounded soldiers for your army at that time."

"That's great! I've heard that Dionia's medical skills are the best in the whole of Greece!" Feidun smiled happily.

The two parties met each other and introduced themselves, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

At this time, Sekelian, the navy commander, also arrived. If it had been before the war and when the Dionian Navy was first established, Sekrian hadn't commanded the Navy to achieve any decent record, even if he was valued by Daves, these army commanders would not really value him. The two victories in the naval battles and the attack against Hibernian this time were also brought about by him and contributed to it. Therefore, the army respected him and talked with him on an equal footing.

In the meantime, talking about yesterday's thrilling conference battle, Feidun and Sekrian were yearning for it, and they wanted to be there.

"General Sekrian." At this time, Antonios took out a papyrus scroll from his arms and said seriously: "This is an order from your majesty."

Sekrian immediately opened the scroll and looked surprised: "Your Majesty wants me to obey your command and transport the First Army to Sicily?!"

Antonius nodded solemnly.

Fidun on the side heard it, and immediately asked: "Are you going to attack Sicily?!"

Antonius nodded again and said: "We don't know anything about Sicily, and we need your help from General Feidun." That's why he gave this order on this occasion.

Fidun did not decline, but enthusiastically said: "Master Daves made a correct decision! Because we Lijim are very close to Sicily, we are very aware of the power of Dionysius in Sicily. Strong. It is not enough to eliminate his army that invaded Great Greece. Only by weakening his power in Sicily can he eradicate his threat to Great Greece! I have a relatively deep understanding of the Greek city-states in eastern Sicily, and I am very willing to share this with you. Information."

Antonius immediately expressed his gratitude, so he talked eagerly with Fidton and Sekelian on this issue.

Hiros and Hironimos were not idle, because it was getting late, they regrouped their troops and escorted the captives. At the invitation of Cypros, they returned to Trina to rest first, and they were attacking Greece tomorrow morning. Bernian City.

At this time, they were very clear in their hearts: Lockley was hit hard by this, and Hibernian, who was empty in his forces, was already unable to resist Dionia's attack.

Therefore, while Hiros sent a messenger to report the battle to Daves, he also asked him how to deal with Hibernian.

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Dionysius in Silitian City was slightly relieved after receiving Damocles' return. In the previous research on Davers, he found that Davers did not like to kill him, and he would often leave some room for his opponents. He used to despise this kind of woman’s kindness, but now he hopes Davers will return. Can do that.

"Daves is still young!" Obtaining this more satisfactory result, Dionysius couldn't help but said mockingly. It seemed that this kind of verbal pleasure could temporarily counteract the feeling that he had begun to breed in his heart. Human fear: This new king of Dionia was able to reverse the whole situation in a terrible situation surrounded by enemies. What a terrible military command ability this is! As long as he is willing to negotiate!

Dionysius has even begun to imagine what harsh conditions the Dionians will put forward during the peace talks tomorrow. He has considered it, and as long as the terms of the peace talks proposed by Dionia are not too difficult, he has decided to accept it. As long as he can take these tens of thousands of soldiers back to Sicily, and release all the captured soldiers, just like Dionia did when he treated Crotone, then Syracuse’s power would not be there. If the loss is too great, his tyrant status will not be under obvious threat, and the hegemony of Sicily will be maintained! As for the peace agreement signed with Dionia... When Syracuse's power is restored, it is just a piece of waste paper! Dionysius didn't intend to keep it at all, so he wouldn't be like Daves, stupidly keeping promises in order to pursue a good reputation!

But...Daves's military commanding ability is too strong, and it seems that we have to think of other ways to deal with him... Dionysius pondered, the narrow eyes flashing A forbidding, gloomy light.

At this time, the attendant came in and reported: "My lord, the ship, and the sailor are all ready, just waiting for your order."

"Let them wait until night and confirm that there is no enemy ship outside the port, and then set off quietly." Dionysius said solemnly: "Tell them that the lives of the citizens of Syracuse are entrusted to them. I hope they will return home smoothly under Apollo's blessing, regardless of hardships and dangers!"

Although Dionian’s fleet has blocked the port of Siriting since the Siracusa’s retreat, it cannot be completely blocked 24 hours a day, especially at night. Sailors need When going ashore to eat and rest, the warship also needs to return to Crotone’s port, towed into the dock for repairs, drying, and clearing of maggots. Otherwise, it is difficult to guarantee the robustness of the hull. Even if the squadrons take turns to blockade, they dare not disperse too much because they are worried about losses. After all, there are more than 30 Syracuse warships in Siriting Port. For these reasons, the Dionian fleet cannot completely blockade at night. Live in the port.

So in the middle of the night, it is estimated that the defense outside the port of Siliting is relatively lax, and the ship sent by Dionysius should be able to go out smoothly. It's just that sailing in the dark is much more dangerous. Storms, reefs, deviations from course, and even the fleet that may encounter Dionian's south may cause these Clippers to die.

But Dionysius can only believe that the clippers that he sent by the most experienced helmsman and sailor in the navy always have a great port that can finally return to Syracuse and let Felice Toss understands the difficult situation of Syracuse’s army now in Great Greece.

Although Syracuse’s treasury is now extremely exhausted, most of the young and middle-aged citizens are already in Great Greece, and new warships cannot be built in a short period of time, but Dionysius still believes in Philisto. Si’s ability, I believe that he can form an army of no less than 20,000 people, a no less than 100 three-layer paddle warships, and prepare to supply 50,000 people with a two-month ration reserve...Of course this is Di Onisius prepared another hand to deal with the failure of the peace talks. As for how things were executed, he was beyond reach, so he could only pin his hopes on Apollo...

He couldn't sit still as the attendant left the hall, so he decided to visit the blacksmith's shop in the city.

He sent people to the peace talks, and another purpose was to delay time: The most pressing issue for the Syracuse army now is not the rations (due to the substantial reduction in personnel in this battle, Siriting has enough food to sustain them for more than a month) , But weapons and equipment.

Because after the battle was defeated, the soldiers threw helmets, bucklers, and even breastplates, spears, and sabers along the way to escape. The enemy was throwing equipment in order to catch up with them, but they were victorious. The people were Dionians. They could pick them up when they were cleaning the battlefield. However, the Syracuse soldiers fled into the Silitian with empty hands and embarrassed. Fortunately, there were thousands of them looted in the city. Weapons and equipment collected from Xiliting City. But this was far from enough. He had to let the blacksmiths who were on the march with the army and were responsible for weapon repairs to use the forge in the city to speed up the time and start building weapons and armors again. To this end, he also ordered his men to search for iron ore and scrap ironware throughout the city.

Now, he is going to inspect and see how this important work is progressing.

Walking halfway, he suddenly remembered something, stopped again, turned and walked in the other direction-Phoebedas' residence. Up to now, the role of Phoebe Das as a military adviser has been small, but as a Spartan, he can play his unique role in peace talks.

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Early the next morning, Phoebe Das and the Syracuse envoy Damocles came to the camp that Dionia was building.

This time, Daves did not come out to receive him personally, but sent the clerk Hernipolis as the person in charge of the negotiations.

Henipolis gave Damocles a disarm as soon as they met: "Yesterday, His Majesty Daves discussed with the commanders of the army and thought that in view of the past credibility of your plenipotentiary general Dionysius, No, you need to do one thing to show your sincerity in peace talks before our peace talks can begin."

When Damocles heard this, he immediately protested: "Dionians, you are a humiliation to General Dionysius!"

"So what!" Hernipolis raised his head and said very arrogantly: "Can Dionysius send another soldier to threaten us Dionia?! Oh, I forgot, he I have tried it, but unfortunately he failed! Now it is you who are requesting peace talks!"

Damocles was speechless for a while, was silent for a while, and said aggrieved: "What do you want us to do?"

Henipolis sneered in his heart, and said with hatred: "The Numibians and Celtics you hired in Asprostum and Crimea in the Dionian League The looting and slaughter abroad, even the old people and children, do not let go. We Dionians hate to eat their blood! Eat their meat! Since you want peace talks, please owe this group to Great Greece. The heads of the "beasts" with countless blood debts are all cut off, and we will talk after sending them over! I think after the battle the day before yesterday, they should not have much left."