Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 243: The end of the Great Greek War
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Ferrosanus said at this time: Syracuse is willing to sign a peace agreement with Dionia.
In this regard, Daves has been prepared for this, and he simply said: "In order to sign a peace agreement with Dionia, Syracuse must agree to the following requirements.
First, the Syracuse people started this war, which caused severe damage to Dionian and Greater Greece, so Syracuse must compensate Dionian two thousand tarients, as For the restoration of Dionia and other city-states in Great Greece;
Secondly, the Syracuses captured by the Dionian army, as the invaders of this war, their hands are covered with the blood of the great Greeks, Dionian It is impossible to release them easily. A ransom must be paid. The price of the ransom is determined by the status of the prisoner;
Third, Syracuse must disband the Sicilian League;
Fourth, Syracuse must admit the fact that Taunis, Leonid, Katane, Siculi, Naxos, and Tauromegna joined the League of Dionian, and must not violate these The interests of the city-state;
Fifth, Messina..."
The outspoken Firosanus was irritated by these harsh terms of the peace talks, but Daves’ words made him suppress the impulse to leave immediately: "You don’t want to accept these conditions, Dio. Niah can talk to Dionysius."
This is what Herolis and others worry most. In order to prevent Dionysius, who has been knocked down to the bottom, from re-emergence, Ferosanus had to differ from Daves’s subordinate, Antheta. Dionian officials headed by North conduct negotiations.
By the next day, "Dionysius’ raid on Syracuse would have almost succeeded if it weren’t for the help of the Dionian army." The news came back to Siritim, and Ferrosanus learned of it. , Aware of the risks faced by Herolis and the others, so the negotiation process speeded up.
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At the same time, the news of the "Syracuse Expeditionary Army surrendered to Dionia" had also been learned by the people of Lokri, and the people in the city were suddenly panicked.
At this moment, Silos led a secret march of ten thousand soldiers from west to east, swiftly passed the mountain road, approaching Locke, and smashed the defense that Locke had built temporarily at the exit of the mountain road with a dozen crossbows. The camp, with a swift attack, defeated part of Lorry's army, and invaded its territory.
This bad news made the city of Lockley even more panicked.
At this time, there are still rumors in Lockley from time to time, such as: "The main force led by Daves has gone south and will be in Lockley in a day!"... Wait for the rumors, let the city of Lockley be no matter what. Ordinary people, nobles and politicians can no longer remain calm.
Demodocus and his cronies saw that the situation was not good, so they took their family and ran to the port in an attempt to escape from Greece by boat.
Political opponents who have been suppressed by Demodocus in the past took the opportunity to instigate the people, claiming that only by capturing Demodocus and his cronies, and dedicating them to the Dionians, can Dionian’s opposition to Locke be alleviated. The anger in...
Therefore, the Lokri people, who usually strictly abide by the city-state laws and have a docile personality, launched an attack on Demodocus and others.
The blood stained the sea waters of Port Lokri. Demodocas, some generals, members of the council and their families, including the elderly, women, and children, fell into a pool of blood, and none of them survived. .
The tyranny displayed by the meek Lockley people after they were angry made Demodocus' opponents secretly frightened, and everyone was in danger. In order not to follow in the footsteps of Demodocus and others, the Lorraine Council finally decided to agree to Dionia's harsh conditions and sent envoys out of the city to contact Shiros.
So far, the war in Great Greece has ended. Except for Tarantum, the other hostile Greek city-states have been conquered by Dionia.
The Tarantums also learned about the "Syracuse army surrendered to Dionia". At this time, they were already huddled in the city and surrounded by the Maple Army. The reason why they can still understand The external situation is because the sea route has not been blocked, and that is the credit of Dionia.
Because Dionia’s fleet resolutely prevented the Maple united fleet from entering Taranto Bay, the Mesapi and Puchetti did not dare to provoke Dionia at this moment, so they had to order the fleet to retreat. In this way, Tarantum retains the communication channel between the sea and the outside world and the passage of materials in and out.
A large number of Tarantum citizens were imprisoned by Dionia, and they could only rely on the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled to fight to the death against the siege of the Maple coalition forces. In such a dangerous situation, the Tarantum people are still struggling to support and unwilling to agree to Dionia’s request to become the "free city" of the alliance, in addition to being the self-esteem of the former strong state, it is more important. It's because of Sparta. They expected Sparta to let the greedy Dionians give up their attempt to annex Tarantum and release their relatives to save Tarantum from the precarious situation.
At the beginning of March, the ship of the Spartan messenger Rethorpes drove straight across the edge of Taranto Bay, bypassing the land promontory of Crotone, and entering the Port of Siritim.
Daves has been sitting in Xiliting for more than ten days, with so many affairs that he is busy every day from morning to night.
The first is the negotiation with the Syracuse rebels. Although he is not specifically involved in the negotiation, he must always pay attention to the negotiation process and control the general direction.
Finally, a peace agreement between the two parties was reached. In addition to changes in the amount of war reparations, the price of captive ransoms, and the addition and deletion of some small clauses, the agreement basically realized Daves’ attempt to weaken Syracuse’s strength. , To reduce its influence in Sicily and to protect the interests of Dionia on the east-central coast of Sicily.
Ferosanus hopes to be sent back to the Syracuse Citizens immediately to defend the empty city of Syracuse. Davos also hopes to send away the newly surrendered prisoners as soon as possible, otherwise so many people are stranded in Great Greece, which will consume a lot of food and send heavy soldiers to guard.
But the two sides disagree on two issues.
The first disagreement is the thousands of mercenaries among the captives that Siriting surrendered.
Ferrosanus thinks that they are all the faithful lackeys of Dionysius, and they are also the targets of Herolis and they are going to clear them. In order to prevent accidents, they don't want them to return.
But Davers said: "Before the Syracuse army surrendered, he had made promises, and he did not want to betray." In addition, Davers did not want to keep these long-term follow Dionysius. , Has become accustomed to burning, killing, looting, and looting mercenaries like robbers. Even though Dionia, whose territory is rapidly expanding, is in urgent need of population filling, he is afraid that these mercenaries will be left behind, which will ruin Dionia's good atmosphere. Now fierce fighting is going on in Asia Minor and the Peloponnes Peninsula. There are Greek people exiled due to wars everywhere. Dionia will not lack the Greek refugees who want to obtain land and live in peace.
Therefore, he threatened Ferrosanus: Even if they disagree, he will send these mercenaries back, at his own risk.
Ferosanus worried that the waywardness of the Dionians would increase the variables of Herolis, who had already controlled the city of Syracuse, and they could only agree to pay the ransom for these former mercenary citizens and mercenaries, but Dionia is required to obey his arrangements when transporting them away.
Daves only cares about fulfilling his promise. As for whether these captives return to Syracuse to become slaves or be executed, it is not his concern.
The second disagreement is that Ferrosanus wants Dionia to release the Syracuse who had been captured in the previous battle at the same time.
Davers refused this, he said bluntly: "The war has caused severe damage to the homes of the Dionians and a sharp decline in population... Dionians need these captives as labor to help the people rebuild their homes. It will take a year to consider the possibility of release."
In fact, this is just one reason, and the more important reason Davers did not say. He is even more worried that if all the captives are released to Syracuse, the strength of Syracuse will be quickly restored, so that the newly appointed senior Syracuse will have other thoughts. With these hostages in hand, within one year, Dionia can be more assured and gradually stabilize the rule of Great Greece and the east-central coast of Sicily.
Ferrosanus had failed several disputes, and finally had to add a clause to the agreement: During this year, the prisoners must be protected for their health and safety.
Of course, the content of the dispute between the two sides does not include the thousands of Syracuse prisoners that Dionia sold to Carthage. Most of them were Syracuse citizen soldiers, rather than the poor in the port area who served as sailors.
While dealing with the negotiations with the messenger of Syracuse, Daves continued to meet with people from Lokri and Hibernian, to publicize the benefits of joining the Dionian Alliance, and to resolve their anxiety . At the same time, we are also observing visitors and collecting some information for the elders who will choose these two places in the Senate in the future.
In addition, Daves will also discuss with the Senate through letters about the management of the new territories occupied by Medema and Siriting’s chief executive candidates.
At the same time, he will also discuss with your chief general and his father-in-law Attili Cruise about the issue of "jointly dispatching troops to Messina" through a letter.
Not only did Daves have no time to rest, but the clerk Hernipolis also helped Daves write letters and copy documents every day.
At this moment, Kerrythorpes’s boat entered the Port of Siliting.
The busyness of the port surprised Kerry Thorpes. He saw that every wharf was full of Syracuses dressed in thin clothes and empty-handed. Under the **** of Dionian soldiers, On a passenger ship. These passenger ships filled with people carefully left the port and headed south under the **** of the Dionian warship...
Seeing this, Keli Thorpes realized: The Great Greek War is over!