ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 506: Reinforcements
"General Sekerian really wants to do this!" Fralios immediately agreed.

"The soldiers had a full day's rest yesterday, and they stayed on the ship today. They are still full of physical strength and energy. But look at it now -" Hilos pointed to the densely packed troop carriers waiting on the dock and said anxiously: "More than 6000 soldiers have come ashore. I don't know how long it will take! And I have been the administrator of Cosenza. I know how big the urban area of ​​​​Cnapetia is. I am afraid that just helping to resettle the fleeing people of Trina will be enough." Let the city of Cnapetia be filled with people.”

"Don't worry about accommodation, I will try my best to arrange it! If you can't accommodate, you can still camp outside the city." Asistes said confidently.

"I know that there are mountains outside the city of Knapetia. If I camp here, I might as well camp on the plain in front. The soldiers will sleep better." Hilos was unmoved and continued: "And You have been monitoring Trina's movements, and Trina's enemies are probably keeping an eye on this place. Our fleet has stayed outside the port for so long, wouldn't the enemies know! If they know about our arrival, even if they hope to If Bernian is attacked, they will also strengthen their defense against Trina! Instead of doing this, it is better for me to lead the army to attack Trina first, attract the Hibernian defenders to come to rescue, and then Sekerian will lead Lijim If you attack Hibernian with an empty defense, the possibility of success will be greater!"

After saying this, several other people were a little moved. In fact, Asistes and Fralios both understood that the reason why Sekerian designated that plan actually had some selfish motives, and they wanted Dionia's army to get more There are many achievements, but Hilos does not care about the battle achievements at this moment, but thinks more about how to benefit the entire battle.

"Actually, whether it is attacking Trina or Hibernian, it is not the most important! The most important thing is-" Hilos looked at Asistes and said seriously: "The army led by His Majesty is now We are confronting the Syracuse army in Crotone. The sooner we attack the enemy's rear, the sooner we can put the enemy into a passive position and allow Your Majesty to take the initiative. Only then can we better defeat the main force of Syracuse and obtain this A victory in this war! I have been delayed a lot of time in Laos, now we must act as soon as possible!"

Asistes was deeply moved by Hilos' heartfelt words, and immediately expressed his position: "I understand, Hilo is an adult! I will not prevent you from landing in Euphemia, I will organize manpower to transport food, grass and supplies to the troops. , and immediately gather a thousand soldiers, set off by land, and go to Euphemia to meet you!"

"Lord Siros, I am going to recruit the citizens of Trina now. They have been looking forward to this day!" Bromaras said excitedly.

"Lord Hilos, my warship will set off with you. I want General Sekerian to get the news as soon as possible!" Flarios also said immediately.

"Okay, let's meet in Trina!" Hilos solemnly gave a military salute.

"Well, I originally prepared a banquet tonight. I wanted to invite you to my house as a guest and meet my wife and children. It seems that there is no chance this time!" Asistes sighed and said to himself A port official nearby gave a few instructions, and the man hurriedly ran to the dock to direct the ships and clear the channel so that the troop transport ship could leave the port smoothly.

"Lord Hieros, may Hades bless you and go well!" After Asistes sent his sincere blessings, he asked: "Lord Henipolis, are you willing to be a guest at my house? By the way, Can I talk to you about how to be your Majesty’s secretary?”

Henipolis was a little moved, and he turned to look at Xiros.

Xiros suggested: "You should stay in Knapetia. After His Majesty leads his army into the Euphemia Plain, it will not be too late to rush to meet him."

Henipolis hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "Lord Asistes, thank you for the invitation! I came with Lord Hieros, so I'd better go with him."

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Yesterday, they were attacked with rockets by the Syracuseans for most of the day. Lysias and others led the citizens to work until evening. They were tired and thirsty, so they fell directly on the square outside the temple and slept until dawn.

The rocket attack from Syracuse that worried them the most did not come again, and looking down the mountain from the Acropolis, they could not see a shadow of the enemy. The surprised Lysias, Milon and others decided after discussion Send men out to investigate.

In fact, the envoys sent by the Acropolis to the Dionia camp for help many times yesterday returned safely each time. They were already well aware of the Syracuseans' intentions, but this only slightly weakened Lysias. These Crotone senior officials are resentful of Dionia for not lending a helping hand.

The spies quickly returned to the Acropolis and reported: Not only were there no enemies in the city, but the Syracuse camp outside the city had also disappeared!

Lysias looked at Myron in surprise and surprise, and said in disbelief: "Did the Syracuseans retreat?!"

"It's very possible." Milon said thoughtfully: "If Syracuse's army were to attack the Dionian camp on the north bank of the Neto River, their own camp would not be dismantled."

"So we can leave the Acropolis!" Hisprotis said excitedly, licking his dry lips.

His words received enthusiastic responses from the others. They had not drank water for most of the day, and everyone's throats were smoking.

Lysias was also undecided at this moment and asked hesitantly: "Myron, what do you think?"

"As far as I know, Dionysius is an extremely cunning person. He may deliberately lure us out of the city, and then let his thousands of cavalry come back quickly. More than half of us are women, children and the elderly. Once we get off the acropolis, it will be very difficult Escape from their pursuit!" Milon said worriedly.

"Are we going to die of thirst in the Acropolis because we are worried that it is a trick of the Syracuseans?!" Sitiprotis asked loudly.

"Of course not." Milon said seriously: "We can send people to continue to check the movements of the Syracuse people southward, and at the same time send envoys to request protection from the Dionians on the north bank of the Neto River, and we can also ask them Send a fleet to transport water to the port, and then transport the water to the Acropolis while there are no enemies in the city for the time being..."

"Good idea, let's do it!" Lysias agreed immediately, and others also agreed.

At this moment, the messenger sent by Davos arrived at the Acropolis.

The news that "the Dionian army has crossed the river" excited Crotone's senior officials, but Davers' speculation about "a possible battle with the Syracuseans" made them nervous.

"Although I was a little dissatisfied with the 'indifference' of the Dionysians before, but they really crossed the river, and I didn't want them to come over..." Lysias said solemnly.

"Yes." Milon also felt the same, and he said with a conflicted mood: "According to the envoy's description just now, the number of the Dionysian army is about 55000, and according to what I learned before about the Syracuse army's siege According to the situation, they probably have no less than 7 soldiers, a difference of more than 1! If Dionia and Syracuse will really fight here today, we must fully assist Dionia! Otherwise..."

"This is necessary! If Dionia is defeated, we will all become slaves of the Sicilian tyrant!" Sipulos arrived at Crotone's high-level meeting hall at some time and said loudly and decisively: "We The Trina people decided to rush to join Dionia’s army immediately!”

Crotone's councilors looked at each other and then started talking.

Finally, Lysias said loudly: "We in Crotone will also send General Milon to lead most of the Crotone citizen soldiers to join the army of Dionia!"

Milon forced a smile: "I just happened to lead the citizen soldiers to ask for a glass of water!"

He wanted to relax the tense atmosphere in the venue, but everyone looked nervous and no one laughed.

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Just as Crotone summoned more than 4000 soldiers and Siplos led nearly 900 people from Trina to prepare to go down the mountain, Dionia's army had reached the front of Syracuse's former camp.

Dionysius relied on his strong military strength. In addition to building stricter defense facilities on the side facing Asprostum, he only set up a camp on this side in the core area of ​​Crotone. He built no earthen forts, wooden fences, or even dug trenches. He even hoped that the Crotones would come out of the city to attack the camp, which would hit them hard.Therefore, when retreating, just knock down the earth wall and it will not greatly hinder the progress of the Dionian army.

At this moment, Davos received a reward from the scout cavalry: the Syracuse army stopped retreating, quickly turned around, and approached them, and the enemy's cavalry also began to attack to drive away Dionia's cavalry.

Dionysius is indeed here!Since he had made guesses and preparations in this regard beforehand, Davos did not feel too surprised. The more he thought about it, he issued an order: "The entire army retreats slowly, and at the same time beware of enemy cavalry attacks! Inform Leders, Don’t fight head-on with the enemy’s cavalry, retreat first!”

Despite his doubts, Tormid rushed to issue military orders.

Because the Dionian army did not adopt the usual column marching method after crossing the river, but lined up in a line and marched south together with a large and wide front, the army of more than 5 people stretched for seven full days from west to east. Eight miles long, in order to ensure the rapid transmission of military orders, Davos and Tormid discussed a way to set up two messengers every 1000 meters behind the entire team to ensure that Davos and each legion Conveying commands back and forth is quick and easy.

The Seventh Army was located at the far right end of the main force, adjacent to the Tachinadi River.After hearing the words of the messenger, Matonis, the legion commander, expressed his incomprehension: "Why retreat?! The enemies are chasing us. Retreating at this time will only lead to a decrease in morale and chaos in the formation! We should go up and fight the enemy!... "

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