ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 501 Fight or not fight
As a Crotone general who had fought against Dionia, Milon was quite familiar with the tactic of "sending warships to harass the coast of Dionia's territory". What shocked him was that Dionia The people actually defeated several strong enemies in succession, got out of the predicament of being surrounded on all sides, and had the opportunity to fight against Syracuse with all their strength, especially the victory in the naval battle was completely beyond everyone's expectations!
How did that young man do it? !After Milon was exiled, he was not idle. During his time living in seclusion in Greece, he collected a large amount of intelligence information on Dionia and studied the military politics of Dionia. He thought he already understood this rapidly rising alliance, but he did not Thinking of this war with Syracuse, Dionia's performance subverted his cognition again.

"So the Dionians are really coming!" Lysias became excited, but he thought of something again, and the joy on his face turned to anger: "They should have come long ago! If Aspurus hadn't come before The defenders of Tumu can come out of the city to assist us when the Syracuseans attack the city, and the city of Crotone will not be captured so quickly!"

Myron did not speak. The inaction of the Asprostum defenders was a thorn buried in the hearts of Lysias and other Crotone senior officials.

"Miron, even if the Dionia reinforcements arrive, but now that the Syracuse army is so powerful, can Dionia repel them? If... then we will be completely finished!" Lysias started to worry about gains and losses again. .

It's no wonder that he would be like this. After all, the Syracuse army was terrifying. They had witnessed with their own eyes that the city of Crotone with strong city defenses was breached in such a short period of time. The Dionians could withstand such a large and ferocious army. The army of Syracuse?If the Dionians are also defeated, the only hope for the Crotones is gone!Many Crotone people have this ambivalent mentality.

"Based on what I know about Davos, since he dared to lead the army, he must have the confidence to win." Although they were besieged in the Acropolis due to the breach of the city, they could not get outside news for a while, but Mi Long has more confidence in Davos than any Crotonese. As the saying goes, "The one who knows himself best is always the enemy." Go out of the city, find out the situation, and if you find Dionia’s army, ask them for help immediately!”

"You're right." After listening to Milon's words, Lysias calmed down a little. He thought for a while and added: "We also need to notify Sipulos and ask him to send people out of the city to investigate."

Trina's army also suffered heavy losses on the day the city was broken. Finally, Sipulus led the remaining soldiers and retreated into the acropolis along with the Crotones.When Lucias reminded me like this, Myron realized that his carefulness was exactly what he lacked, because the relationship between Trina and Dionia was far closer than that of Crotone. With their help, Dio Nian people will definitely take it more seriously.

Lucias and Myron, two well-known political figures in Crotone, have been fighting for more than ten years. When the war forced them to work together, they discovered that each other's strengths complement each other. It is really embarrassing...

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Davers was watching the training of the spear brigade in the camp playground. At noon, news suddenly came: There was something unusual in the Crotone port.

After receiving the news, Midorades immediately led more than 100 crow warships to the mouth of the Neto River, quickly picked up the soldiers of the First Legion, and rushed to the Crotone port, just in time to meet the Syracuse fleet rushing out of the port. Attempt to escape.

The cunning Syracuseans forced the captured Crotone sailors to drive the remaining merchant ships and sailing ships out of the port. More than 40 of their warships were mixed in with these ships and fled south immediately after leaving the port.

Midorades' fleet was obstructed by these ships, and no one completed the blockade of the port. Once the Syracuse warship, which had no intention of fighting, sailed at full speed, it would not be able to catch up with the Raven warship full of soldiers, so The Dionian fleet captured only a few warships, and watched helplessly as most of Syracuse's warships successfully fled to the south.

Due to the meager results, the soldiers of the First Legion were a little listless after disembarking.

"Melisander!" Melisander, who was leading the soldiers ashore, heard the shout and turned around to see: Felicius was standing not far away waving to him.

Melisanda hurriedly gave some instructions to her men and ran over: "Father, is something wrong?"

"It's nothing, come and see you." Felicius said lightly, without showing his concern: you must know that this adopted son fell into the sea twice in his previous naval battles, which really made him I have been worried all day: "How was the result today?"

"Let them escape." Melisander said unwillingly.

Just as Felicius wanted to comfort him, the herald Tormid came on horseback: "Commander Felicius, your Majesty is going to convene a military meeting. Please rush to the big tent immediately."

"I know." Felicius asked casually: "Tormid, why is your Majesty convening a meeting at this time?"

Tormid glanced at Melisander, and then smiled: "I guess... do you want to discuss the reason why Syracuse's fleet suddenly escaped from the Crotone port?"

Melisander's heart moved.

At this time, the soldiers who came ashore suddenly became restless, and someone shouted: "Look! There's a fire over there!"

I saw wisps of black smoke reaching the sky south of the Neto River and out of sight...

After a while, the black smoke merged into a thick smoke column, and the firelight reflected the sky there red...

Felicius and Thormids stared in that direction.

"Is it the city of Crotone?" Tormid asked uncertainly.

"It's the city of Crotone!" Melisander said in a deep voice. He had fought on the sea near Crotone twice by boat, and he knew the location of that city.

Felicius and Tormid looked at each other solemnly.

Soldiers from the camp and sailors from the river mouth flocked to the north bank of the Neto River, looking at the red-hot sky in amazement...

When the news that "Crotone was burned" spread among the crowd, many old citizens and soldiers of Thurii cheered loudly, and some even shed tears with excitement. They knelt on the beach and prayed to the goddess of revenge to thank them. She finally responded to their years of requests.

Such a big commotion in the camp naturally alerted Daves and the army commanders in the big tent. By the time they arrived on the north bank of the Neto River, the fast boats on the sea had already transferred what they had observed at the Crotone port. News of the situation reached camp.

The soldiers were just watching the fun, while Davers and the others were thinking about the reasons why the Syracuseans did this.

"Your Majesty, Syracuse's fleet escaped, and they burned the city of Crotone, which they finally captured. This shows that after losing their naval superiority, they were unable to cross the river to fight a decisive battle with us. In order to prevent our fleet from sneak attack To his rear, cut off his food transportation, it seems that they have decided to retreat." Amyntas first expressed his judgment.

"Your Majesty, we cannot allow them to withdraw to Siliting easily! If such a huge force were to defend Siliting, we would not be able to capture it at all. And if they retreat to Siliting, Trina and Corunnia will be defeated by Syracuse Complete control, the Locri Alliance is their ally, and fighting there will be very detrimental to us!" Matonis reminded loudly and urgently.

"Then you think we should fight the Syracuseans here?!" Antonios, as the old commander of Matonis, reminded him with a scolding tone: "When the Syracuseans are prepared, the crossing Crossing the river to fight them was exactly what Dionysius wanted! Didn’t the news come back that everything in Crotone except the acropolis was burned, and Dionysius was exactly They want to take advantage of our eagerness to rescue Crotone to achieve their goal of fighting us here!"

"But we led the army here, not to fight the Syracuse people, but to compete with the Syracuse people to see who can consume food faster?!" Amyntas expressed his dissatisfaction without any scruples. .

"There is nothing wrong with consuming food during the competition." Capps said seriously: "Our fleet has cut off the connection between the Syracuse army and Sicily, and Syracuse cannot provide assistance to the army in Magna Graecia. , Dionysius probably can only rely on the Locri Alliance to provide him with military food, but Locri is not a city-state rich in grains, how can it possibly meet the food needs of such a large army! And we are backed by the vast land of the Alliance, and we have With the full support of the people and allies, and Ansitanus has gone to Carthage to discuss selling grain, how can the Syracuse army possibly outlast us! I think the Syracusans will be defeated within two months. They will collapse on their own due to lack of food, and we will easily eliminate them by then!"

"Lord Capus, please don't forget that it is not only our soldiers who are consuming military rations now, but also the people of Asprostum and Crimesa. Due to the burning, killing and looting of the enemy cavalry, they also We are receiving rescue from the alliance, so the number of people who consume military rations is greater than the people of Syracuse. Even if there is assistance from the allies, we can still buy food, but these are the savings donated by the people, and we can just watch them. Consume them all!" Epithenes retorted unceremoniously. As a legion commander who has been fighting on the front line, he naturally understands the situation better than others.

"Don't forget, the people of Crotone in the Acropolis are still waiting for our rescue! Although Dionysius may be taking advantage of this to gain some initiative in the battle, this is a An unprecedented huge war, not only the Greeks and Sicilians are concerned, but the Greek mainland, Carthage, and other Mediterranean countries are also concerned. We Dionia have always kept our promises and faced the allied people who are in urgent need of rescue. Are we going to die without saving him this time?" Felicius was originally a cautious character, but this time Drakos also aroused his desire for revenge.

Davos's heart moved, and he knew that Felicius's words were mainly directed at him.

"Your Majesty, gentlemen, is it possible..." Seeing everyone's eyes gathering, Olivers felt a little nervous: "Xi... The Lucanian soldiers led by the commander of the Hilos Army are attacking Trina, so they forced Xi The Rakuza people have to retreat?”

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