Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 42: South Italy peace under the leadership of Dionia

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When the Rockies heard the news, they were shocked and awed. For decades, Lorry sought a victory against Crotone, but the newly formed Dionian League was able to defeat Crotone twice in a row with fewer victories and more.

Of course, what is more important for Lorry is that Crotone suffered heavy losses and is still caught in a bitter battle with Dioria. This is an excellent opportunity! Lorry couldn’t wait for news from the messenger Metrophenis, and began planning an attack on the Crotone Alliance. In order to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop, they mobilized for war within the Alliance. At the same time, they were also supported by the brother of Dionysius’ wife. ——Demodocus, chief general of Lockley, appealed to Syracuse for help. At this time Syracuse had launched a war against Carthage. The powerful army was conquering towns and cities. Only the navy had not encountered the enemy for the time being. Except for some warships escorting the army along the coastline, the rest stayed in Tin. Stand by in the Grand Harbour of Rakuza.

On the one hand, out of friendship with Lockey, and more to prepare for the future, Dionysius sent more than 20 three-layer paddle warships to assist Lockey.

With Syracuse as the backing, Lockley can't wait to start the war.

Who knows, Dionia once again ceased war with Crotone, not only signed the defensive alliance treaty, but also released all the captives. The messenger Metrofinis felt fooled and returned to his country in anger.

The Rockleys are angry: Dionia has repeatedly ignored Lockley’s good intentions, consciously or unintentionally hindering Lockley’s plan, just because he has to deal with his mortal enemy Crotone with all his strength and doesn’t want to be extravagant. , Put down this breath for the time being, and waited for the calculation in the future. At the same time, Lockley became wary of Dionia.

The subsequent battle with Crotone had a minor setback, but the naval battle was won by Syracuse’s reinforcements. Crotone’s army, which had lost the protection of the navy, was insufficient and was back and forth by the Rotores. Mobilized, stretched out, and fell into a passive state.

Just as Lockley saw the hope of victory, news came: the messengers of the Crotone Alliance gathered in Turri and asked Dionia for reinforcements!

The thing that the Rockies worry most has happened. In view of the previously unsatisfactory performance of Metro Finisi, they immediately dispatched Panticapez, the best eloquence, but his arrival not only failed to make Dionia change his mind, but accelerated the promotion of Nanyi. The establishment of the alliance.

Panticapace said angrily to the elders of the Dionian Senate when he left Turri: "Apollo can testify that we Rockree have always respected Dionian, but Every time we offer the olive branch, it is Dionian’s malicious deception and fooling. From today onwards, Lokri and Dionian will be enemies! Next time we come again, there will be no messengers of peace. , But Ares' anger and powerful army!"

The expressions of the elders changed slightly, and Daves calmly said: "Before the Crotones launched the war last time, their messengers stood where you are now, and said something similar, but now ?"

Davos, despite his relaxed performance, knows that now the Rockree is the roost at sea, and after Dionia declares war, it is very likely that the old things the Crotone Fleet did to Dionia will be repeated again. Therefore, he reassembled the Ryders cavalry and patrolled along the coastline. At the same time, he restarted the measures taken by Felicius in response to the Crotone Fleet's raid, and the Senate also suspended to Asphorus Immigration work in Tum and Crimea.

But after a few days, nothing happened.

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The First Army arrived in Asprostum, and more than 1,000 garrisons joined the army, increasing the number of people involved in the battle to more than 10,000.

Five days later, the army arrived in the city of Corenia, and the journey went smoothly without any accidents. The reason why the arrival time was two days longer than the previous plan was that the bad conditions of the southern roads of Great Greece were not anticipated enough. , And the warm hospitality from the people there when passing through Xili Ting.

After the Dionian reinforcements arrived on the battlefield, the Corenians rejoiced and prepared to wait for the Dionians to finish their rest and immediately launch an attack on the Lockley camp south of the city, but they didn't expect this plan to be implemented yet. , Lockley sent a messenger for peace talks...

A hundred years ago, Crotone defeated Subaris and quickly became a strong power in Great Greece. He had the ambition to dominate southern Italy and launched several attacks to the south. In the most serious case, under its attack, Lorry and the surrounding city-state troops retreated steadily. In the end, in order to avoid repeating the mistakes of Xubaris, Lorry and Lijim united and took advantage of Crotone's negligence. The machine, launched a counterattack, and severely damaged Crotone's army.

Crotone’s strength was greatly damaged, and he was temporarily unable to attack south. In order to prevent Crotone from regaining his strength, Lorry and Lijim began a long-term counterattack against Crotone’s allies, and even they even attacked Crotone. The indigenous Bruti united to the north of the Inner League. Crotone has been trapped in the north by the Brutis and the threats of the soldiers from Lorry and Lijim in the south for decades, and has always been struggling to cope with it, and can no longer reproduce the power of the year. Therefore, when Athens wanted to establish the city of Turíy in the Plain of Sybaris, it could only make a concession and signed an agreement.

However, the cooperation between Lockley and Lijim is not intimate. Once Crotone's threat diminishes, the contradiction between the two will begin to appear. The biggest conflict is that the two city-states are seaside cities, and they are very close to each other, and competition in port trade is inevitable. Lijim had the upper hand in sea trade because he controlled half of the Strait of Messina, while Lokry opened up everything from Lokry to Medema and Hibernian (both of which are the west coast cities of Great Greece) The road trade route allows Greek merchants to reach the west coast via land trade routes without having to pay higher tariffs through the Strait of Messina, thus robbing a lot of profits from Lijim as a trade transit port in the Western Mediterranean...

The accumulation of these contradictions finally broke out a few years ago.

Dionysius, who just became the plenipotentiary general of Syracuse, was killed by angry people because of his wife’s death in the previous power struggle. The widow will remarry. At the same time, this is also a political marriage for the tyrant. , To stabilize his power. Therefore, after he married the daughter of a famous nobleman who supported him in Syracuse, and then wanted to marry another room, his eyes were on Lijim, which is only a strait away from Sicily. On the one hand, Lijim's geographical location is too important, and on the other hand, there is a famous woman in Lijim city.

But the Lijim refused. They were very wary of Dionysius who became the tyrant of Syracuse. They did not forget that it was the same tyrant of Syracuse that was treated to Lijim during the reign of Syracuse. His coveting forced Lijim to ally with Carthage to protect himself.

Dionysius had no choice but to propose to the Lockleys, and Lockley agreed, which led to the complete breakdown of the alliance between Lockley and Lijim.

As for Dionysius, why didn't he find Crotone and Crotone? Because during the Peloponnesian War, Crotone and Turri were on the side of Athens, and even when the Athenian army attacked Syracuse, they also provided assistance; Tarantum was a Spartan The son of man, who has always been close to Sparta, does not mean much to Dionysius.

Legim's departure made it difficult for Lockley to sing alone, and no matter how difficult it was to cause trouble for Crotone. It wasn't until Dionia severely hit Crotone twice that it ignited hope again.

When Lockey was mobilizing for war, he also sent envoys to the Brutis. The Brutis, who had always been active in the invitation of Lockri, rejected Lockri’s request this time. The reason is: Last year the Bruti attacked Trina alone, but suffered heavy losses and needed a break.

But the messenger of Lokri found that the Bruti tribe in Cosenza and its vicinity seemed to be making some kind of change.

With the assistance of the Syracuse navy, the Lokri attacked the Crotone Alliance. Facts have proved that even if Crotone's strength is severely damaged, a lean camel is still bigger than a horse. Although Lorry had the upper hand, he couldn't win quickly.

Now that Dionia has joined the war, for Lockley, the situation has taken a turn for the worse.

After the failure of diplomacy with Dionia, the Locles immediately went to Syracuse for help. Dionysius met the rushing envoy of Locles in the newly occupied city of Serinus.

After listening to the messenger’s request, Dionysius frowned. After just thinking about it for a moment, he said straightforwardly: "The war between Syracuse and Carthage is at a critical time. I have no reinforcements to send. Please make peace! When I settle Sicily, I will help Lockley get back this account!"

The messenger reluctantly returned to Lockley.

The Rockies are not fools. Without reinforcements, they have no chance of victory, and peace is the only way out. It is common to stop and stop during decades of entanglement with Crotone, and Lockley has become accustomed to it and will not insist on fighting a hopeless battle because of any honor.

So, the First Army of Dionia rushed in, and as a result, a battle did not happen, and it passively became a mediator.

Fortunately, the Southern Italian Allies have a great affection for the Dionian army that first appeared in central southern Italy, especially the Corenian. The Onia soldiers stayed quietly in the camp during the negotiations, without any harassment behavior. This is even better than the Crotones, who have been allies of Corennia for decades.

The messenger of Trina, Cypros, who arrived in Corenia with the army, returned to Trina after the negotiations, and when reporting to the council, he had a more detailed and comprehensive commentary on the Dionian army. .