ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 434 Wolf and Sheep

Of course Dionysius would not dampen the morale of his men for a Spartan. He only needed to understand how to deal with the Dionysian legion infantry next time, so he smiled and said: "Of course after this time After the disastrous defeat in the battle, it is difficult to say whether the Dionians will have a chance to fight with us again."

It was Phoebidas's turn to be confused. He asked directly: "Why do you say that? The Dionysians did not suffer heavy casualties, and with the strength of their city-state alliance, they can completely organize another force. Not weaker than the army of Syracuse.”

Dionysius smiled: "Phoebidas, you are indeed very talented in military affairs, but if you want to defeat and destroy a country, you cannot do it by fighting alone."

He raised his head, his sharp eyes seemed to penetrate the big tent, and saw the Dionian consul who was trekking in the Lucania area... With a sarcastic sneer on his face, he said proudly: "Samonai The invasion of humans is enough to cause Dionia a headache, but the victory in today's battle must have a huge impact on Magna Greece! And Dionia's troubles have just begun, and there is no way in Dionia Before we can get out of trouble and cannot concentrate all our forces to stop us, what we need to do now is to quickly conquer other city-states in the South Italian League, invade the territory of Dionia, panic its people, and cause its affiliated cities to panic. Uneasy and wavering..." Dionysius said decisively: "Finally conquer it easily!"

"My lord is right! Conquer Magna Graecia as soon as possible, and we can go home as soon as possible!" Fasipesas echoed loudly.

"Let's drink to the early conquest of Magna Graecia!" Leptinius, who was usually low-key, became a little excited because of Dionysius' encouragement.

"We should kill more Magna Greeks and grab more trophies!" Axilita said with a slightly ferocious expression on her face.He was not very interested in conquering Magna Graecia. After all, no matter how much land he occupied, it would not be distributed to his tribe. What he needed was more food, money, and even slaves to strengthen his tribe.

The Celtic leader Gaba also had the same idea.

When everyone else raised their glasses, Phoebedas barely stood up. He couldn't be sure: If Syracuse easily defeated Dionia, would it be good or bad for Sparta?
The celebration in the big tent did not last long because the envoy from Xiliting came.

The citizen soldiers of Xiliting suffered heavy losses in the battle, and now they sent an envoy late at night. The purpose can be imagined.

Dionysius deliberately did not appear for a long time to make the neglected messenger restless.As soon as Dionysius appeared, he immediately proposed to the Sicilian tyrant the surrender of Syracuse to Syracuse.

Dionysius had planned this for a long time. He deliberately dismissed it and said angrily to the envoy: Silitium has always actively fought against Syracuse and its ally Locle, and now it has suffered a disastrous defeat. Thinking of surrendering when the city was about to be captured was not out of sincerity. Xiliting had to pay the price for his previous wrongdoings in order for him to feel the sincerity of Xiliting people.

This envoy was obviously not as young and arrogant as the previous envoy who came to issue a challenge. He immediately begged in a low voice.

Dionysius then said with a slight expression: In order for Syracuse to accept Siliting's surrender, one thousand sheep, fifty cattle, and 3 kilograms of grain must be sent to Syracuse tomorrow morning. Only then would Syracuse accept Siritin's request for a truce.

Upon hearing this, the Siliting envoy immediately cried out: The amount of supplies Dionysius requested was huge. Siliting simply could not collect the supplies in half a day, and hoped to halve the amount.

Dionysius said with a cold expression: This is the time to show the sincerity of Xiliting. These supplies cannot be delivered to the military camp tomorrow morning, and Syracuse will launch an attack on Xiliting in the afternoon!

The Cyrilian envoys hurried back to the city to inform the council of Dionysius's strong demands.

Form is stronger than people!Faced with the pressure of the army, the senior leaders of Cilidine decided to agree to Dionysius's conditions after a fierce debate, and once again sent several generals headed by Pletinis to the Syracuse camp to negotiate to determine the outcome of Cilidine's surrender. Treatment issues.

Dionysius made some concessions, and soon both parties signed an agreement and each swore an oath to the gods.

Pletinis and others were temporarily relieved and quickly returned to the city to prepare supplies.It's not that Xiliting can't get these supplies, but after handing over these things, the lives of the Xiliting people in the next half year will be more difficult, but no matter how difficult it is, it is better than being destroyed by the Syracuse people, not to mention that in order to let Xiliting Dionysius surrendered to Syracuse and joined the army of Syracuse to fight against his former allies. Dionysius also gave Syracuse some conditions to win over, which made Pletinis and the others very tempted, such as giving Euphrates, who originally belonged to Trina, The eastern part of the Mia Plain was assigned to Xiliting...

In this battle, Syracuse won an overwhelming victory, which made the frightened Siliting Council feel that the future of the South Italian Alliance headed by Dionia was slim, and as the first South Italian alliance to surrender to Syracuse, With the Italian alliance city-states, Xili Ting will also gain a lot of benefits.

So from the afternoon to the evening of this day, the entire Xiliting City was busy...

Early the next morning, the Silitians left the city in an endless stream, driving herds of cattle and sheep, and carts loaded with grain. Of course, they were accompanied by Pletinis and other generals and entourage. They were going to Di. Onesius discussed matters such as sending troops to participate in the war.

When the long team was only halfway out of the city, a large number of cavalry appeared in the empty fields outside the city, and they fiercely attacked the unarmed team.

This sudden blow caused the Xiliting people to panic and run desperately. Countless cattle, sheep, and pack carts blocked the gate of the city, making it impossible to close the gate and pull up the suspension bridge.

"Dionysius lied to us! He wants to seize our city!!" Pletinis realized at this time that it was already too late.

The front is filled with dust and footsteps are rumbling. Syracuse's large army is quickly approaching the city wall...

"Dionysius, you broke your oath and deceived the gods. I curse you to have your eyes and heart dug out, and your bloodline to be cut off!..." Pletinis was stabbed in the chest with a javelin by the Numibian cavalry and fell off his horse. Before he died, he turned all his hatred into this vicious curse.

Syracuse's army easily broke through the unsuspecting city of Silitium, and this army composed of citizens of the Greek city-states of Sicily, mercenaries, and foreigners did not stop there...

The people of Siliting wanted to escape from the fallen city in panic, but the port was full of Syracuse's fleet, and there were countless foreign cavalry cruising outside the city. They had nowhere to escape...

As a result, the atrocities that the Syracuse people once committed in Sicilian city-states such as Catanai and Naxos are now being staged in the Cilitum of Magna Graecia—the massacre of the city.

Dionysius did not restrain his soldiers and even indulged them.This army, which has become plundering due to his long-term deliberate indulgence, was severely controlled by him some time ago. After experiencing continuous forced marches and large battles, it needs a release... Of course, this is only a minor part of it. reason.

What's more important is that he is short of money!Seriously short of money!It is difficult to even pay the mercenaries after three months, and robbery is the fastest way to make money.

In addition, he needed to amplify the impact of this battle and tell the Magna Greeks in a shocking way: going against him will lead to such a tragic end!
The army of Syracuse sacked the whole city, and of course most of the wealth they looted belonged to Dionysius.

In addition to the countless Silitin people who were killed during the looting, he also decided to turn nearly 7 Silitin people captured, including free people at the port, into slaves and transport them to the slave market in Syracuse. , sell it for money.

Except for a few of them, they were neither killed during the looting nor sent away and sold as slaves.Dionysius specifically called for the guards to find them and protect them.They were the Silitian envoy Salisius and his family who had threatened him before.

Dionysius took them to the Cilitium Square, and in front of tens of thousands of Xiliting prisoners, he brutally cut Sarisius and his family with sharp sabers, bleeding and bloody.

In the dying curses of Salisius, he loudly announced: "Any Magna Greek who insults me or the people of Syracuse will end up like this!"

He raised his knife and cut off Salisius's head.

The tens of thousands of Xili Ting people in the audience were silent.

The reason why he didn't destroy Siliting City like he destroyed Katanai was because Siliting's location was more important than Trina.Not only because of the large area of ​​the city, it can accommodate his more than 7 troops (more than 3000 people were killed and injured on Syracuse's side in the battle), but also the east coast of Greater Greece is the main direction of his attack.He will use Xiliting as an important forward base for Syracuse to attack Dionia and Crotone. Syracuse's army, navy, and especially food supplies can be concentrated here, which is the next step to march north springboard.

Of course, although Dionysius had no desire to attack for the time being, he also had his own considerations regarding the high terrain, rugged roads, and the west coast (referring to the Bruti region), which was not conducive to the movement of the army and was occupied by foreign races.

He found dozens of soldiers from different Brutian tribes and Lucanians from among the prisoners. He received them pleasantly and told them through an interpreter: The Syracuseans came to Magna Graecia not to enslave them. , on the contrary, liberate them from the harsh rule of Dionia and give them the freedom they once enjoyed!And, as long as they are willing to rise up against Dionia and fight for themselves, when the war is over, Syracuse will let them have more fertile land, such as the Euphemia Plain, the Sybari Plain...

　Update in advance, go play football in the evening, the first kick of the year!Relax, work is so annoying during this time! !Ahhh! ! !
　　
　
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