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Chapter 310 The Fall of Mortia (Please subscribe)

"Cheers!!!" All the guests in the restaurant drank the wine with joy.

"In addition, the Senate issued a notice -" the patrol looked around and said solemnly: "Freedmen who have participated in Dionia military training can register at Victory Square immediately. The Ministry of Military Affairs will recruit two thousand freedmen to go there. Bithynia, assist the legion in fighting——"

"Why didn't you tell me earlier! There are only [-] places, I'm afraid they'll all be taken up in no time!"

"Let's go! Let's go!" Complaints suddenly broke out in the restaurant. After a while of commotion, most of the diners in the room had already left.

Dickpolis and Theos looked at each other.

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At this moment, Victory Square is packed with people.

The household registration department must first confirm that the freedmen who come to register are indeed registered before.Then the court staff will investigate the files and confirm that he has no record of violations of laws and regulations during his residence in Dionysia.Then, the training battalion officer of the Ministry of Military Affairs selects free citizens who are healthy, young, and have shown seriousness in previous training.After all these are passed, it will be confirmed by the household registration department, and the file will be noted and signed. This is the basis for shortening the time for him to become a prospective citizen in the future.

After this set of procedures, there were hundreds of alliance public officials present, and various files were built into a hill. In order to prevent accidents, thousands of legion reserve soldiers were even mobilized, fully armed to maintain order.

In fact, more than 1 free people came to the square, but they were basically able to abide by the order, not because they were afraid of the eager soldiers, but because they knew that it didn't matter even if they were not selected this time, in Dionia There is no shortage of opportunities to perform meritorious deeds. For example: the temple being built in Amendolara lacks labor, and freedmen are also being recruited; freedmen are also being recruited to build the Crimesa-Asprostum highway... For large-scale construction work like this, the alliance only provides three meals a day and very little salary, but it can also help free people realize their desire to become prepared citizens of Dionia as soon as possible.

However, if free people disrupt the public order of the Alliance and violate the laws of Dionia, then their path to becoming a citizen of Dionia will become extremely difficult, and they may even be expelled from Dionia. Therefore, even if they are not selected, At most, these free people cursed a few words, and did not dare to do anything radical.If someone thinks that the selection process is unfair, they can appeal to the notary office set up by the Ministry of Supervision on the other side of the square and request a review.

Standing outside the Great Chamber of the Senate, looking at the bustling scene of Victory Square in front of him, Felicius suddenly said: "Actually, I think it is better to send soldiers from the Legion Reserve to Bisignia to assist the Second Legion." Well, they have all undergone rigorous training and are not much different from legionnaires. Compared with these free people, they have more combat effectiveness and can obey orders better."

Mariji next to him asked: "If you send out all the citizen soldiers, Turiyi will be empty. What should we do if an enemy comes to sneak attack or there is a big riot?"

Felicius was speechless for a moment and said hesitantly: "Thurii is either surrounded by cities of his own alliance or allies. How can there be a sneak attack?"

"We can sneak attack on Bithynia, why can't others attack Thurii?" Mariji was quibbling. In fact, what he was thinking was: In addition to being good at military affairs, Felicius is also a complete political figure. idiot.Lord Davos leads the army outside, and there must be troops guarding his home. Now the members of the Senate are more complicated than before. If someone messes up, they can be suppressed immediately.

At this time, Melses was standing in the same trench as Marij, but his explanation came from another perspective.

"Send reserves?!" He screamed loudly: "It's so easy to say! Felicius, you have to know how much effort Davos and I spent on preparing rations for this war! Not only the people in the treasury All the silver coins were spent, and huge debts were owed to the citizens, but this could only supply four legions for four months of fighting. A reserve soldier's food treatment was the same as that of a legionnaire, and he had to ensure at least three meals a day. A pound of grain and two salted fish rations, while the rations of these free people are much simpler, just barely enough to eat. Felicius, use your brain, don't know how to fight all day long, there will be no food in the war, I think you will all starve to death!"

Mercy and Felicius were old acquaintances, and Felicius understood the fat man's character, so he didn't take it for granted, but humbly accepted it.

Behind them, Antaoris was still shocked by the news of victory he heard in the morning.

"Antaoris, didn't you say that the city of Bithynia occupies a geographical advantage and is almost impossible to capture, but how did the consul capture it so quickly?" Eurippus asked doubtfully. .

"I don't know either, and the messenger who came back didn't tell us in detail how he captured Bithynia." Antaoris' mind still had the thrilling scene of walking along the river trail, and he said helplessly: "Bisinia does have natural dangers and is difficult to conquer, but our Archon is the favored one of Hades and has the blessing of Hades. Maybe no matter how great the difficulty is, he will not be able to stop him. Wait for him After you return from victory, you can ask him for detailed advice."

"It seems that the consul is indeed very powerful in commanding the citizens to fight. Eurypos, why don't we apply to him and join these legions in Dionia." Pleiades suggested road.

"I have inquired about it a long time ago. The unique legion system created by the consul is quite different from the ordinary city-state military system. The promotion of each army position has strict assessments. Even if you and I are like you and me, as The elders of the Senate, but they are completely unfamiliar with the tactics of the Dionysian Legion and the use of military formations, and they have to start training again from the boot camp..." Eurekpus was still quite angry when he said this.Think about him as a noble of Crimesa, and now he is a senator of the Dionia Senate, with a distinguished status.According to Felixius, a mercenary from the Ministry of Military Affairs, it is unreasonable to have to sweat and train with those poor free people!

"Training is training, can't we be better than those free people!" Pleades didn't care.

Listening to the two people arguing, Antaolis felt a little emotional: It seemed that not only he accepted the fact of becoming a citizen of Dionia, but also Pleiades and Euricpus.Think about it, even though he has been the chief general of Crimesa for several years, a small Bruti tribe going down the mountain to plunder can make him and the people of the city-state very troubled, and in Dionia, sitting A discussion in the Senate can decide the life or death of the entire Bruti race!It really echoes the old saying, "The higher you stand, the more scenery you can see. Once you are used to eating delicious food, you will naturally no longer look down on hard, thick bread."

On the other side of the platform, Cunogorata and Cornelus were talking about another issue.

"Having occupied Bithynia, it seems that the day when we conquer Bruti will come soon!" Cornerus has also watched Dionia grow from weak to strong in the past two years, and he still can't help but feel sad. sigh.

Kunogolata considered a more far-reaching problem: "After defeating the Bruti people, how to deal with them is also a big problem!"

Cornelus thought for a while and said uncertainly: "They should govern the Brutians in the same way as the Lucanians!

Cunogorata pondered for a while, and said: "The Brutis are still different from the Lucanians..." When he said this, he stopped talking, and couldn't help shaking his head again: the war has finally reached the end of the war. To what extent?What agreement will be signed?It's still impossible to predict, and it seems too early to consider these now.However, if the Bruti region is conquered, Thurii will be completely safe from now on!

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On the Sicilian island of Mortia, the war continued in the same way, day after day.The Mortians were all in arms, and although they suffered heavy casualties, they still did not surrender.The Syracusans' attack advanced bit by bit, but despite paying a heavy price, they were never able to capture the entire city.

As time passed, Dionysius became more and more anxious, and he even executed two of his guards for little reason.

Finally, he realized that storming Mortia was not a good idea. After accepting the proposal of the former mercenary leader Mathias, he decided to organize a death squad and quietly crawl into the area defended by the Mortia people at night.

Fortunately, his venture was successful.The death squads opened the city gates and let the large forces of Syracuse rush into the city. After a short but fierce battle, the resistance of the Mortians was finally crushed.

At this moment, the Greek soldiers did not want to snatch the spoils at all. Too many comrades had been killed and wounded in the previous battles. They just wanted revenge. Moreover, they had no intention of snatching the spoils of war from the Carthaginian general Hannibal (Hannibal in the non-Roman era) in Carthage ten years ago. There were many generals named Hannibal in different periods of the Christian era. This one is also relatively famous. He was the patriarch of the Magonid family. The atrocities in Himera were still fresh in his mind, and he decided to treat the Carthaginians. The Greek cities were just as brutal and merciless, and so the massacre began.

After the massacre lasted for a day, Dionysius finally stopped this behavior, not because he was kind, but because he thought that the dead were not worth as much as the captives, so the victors turned the fun of the massacre to robbery. The Carthaginian city was looted of all valuables and all captives sold into slavery.

Dionysius left one group of men to garrison the empty city full of corpses, and another group to continue the siege of Segesta. He led the army and began to return to Syracuse.At this time, the Carthaginian forces in Sicily still had several coastal cities in the northwest corner, such as Eryx, Solus, Panoms, etc. It was not that he did not want to completely eliminate the remaining Carthaginians on Sicily. , but the rations he prepared for the army were almost exhausted, and it was already October, and winter was coming. He decided to return to the city to spend the winter first, and then solve the problem of Segesta next spring.

The fall of Mortea was a great honor for Dionysius, the greatest victory ever achieved by a Greek city-state in the history of Sicily.However, for the Carthaginians, it was the biggest blow. With the loss of Motiah, the city of Carthage on the continent of Africa would face the Greek forces in Sicily, and its security would be seriously threatened.

(End of this chapter)