ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 561 Meeting
In the town of Mayaro, the soldiers of the First Army returned one after another with prisoners, and tens of thousands of exiles' family members also rushed back to the town from the port, happily reunited with their relatives after the fierce battle. Many of them Crying loudly after learning that a loved one died in battle...

The sound of fighting in the town of Mayaro had just subsided, but scenes of tragedies and comedies were constantly being staged on the battlefield full of rubble and corpses... This night in Mayaro was destined not to be peaceful, but fortunately, no accidents happened.

Early the next morning, Laodicean, one of the leaders of the Naxos exiles, followed Antonios's instructions, led 500 warriors, and escorted some of the captives from Tauromenion to the north of this city that had almost no soldiers. mountain city, urging them to surrender, otherwise they would kill the mercenaries.

Lysiperatus, another exiled leader of Catanai, led a thousand warriors to Siculi to assist the rebellious Siculi in conquering the acropolis.

Antonios led 3500 First Legion soldiers and a thousand exiled warriors to board the warships of the Dionia fleet. The remaining soldiers and people took care of the wounded in the town and reorganized the desolate city. small town.

The Dionysian fleet sailed straight south without encountering the Syracuse fleet on the way. Naturally, it was much earlier than when the Syracuse army led by Mathias arrived in Taunis much earlier.

At this time, the situation in Taunis was relatively complicated. The democrats who wanted to overthrow the dictatorship and the dictatorship who supported the tyrants and were close to Syracuse were very different in strength. Each side occupied half of the city and they were fighting endlessly.

After the failure of the Battle of Naxos, Palonissus led the fleet to retreat to the port of Taunis and did not immediately return to Syracuse, which was not far from Taunis. This was because he was too proud and did not want to end up with a defeated army. He was criticized by Philistus and censured by the people, so he wanted to wait for Mathias to annihilate the Dionians and return to Syracuse together, so that he could get some glory of victory, so as not to Too much blame.

Unexpectedly, just one day later, news of the riots in Syracuse came, followed immediately by the riots in Taunis.

Paronisus was panicked and overwhelmed when he received the bad news.Even though he led a fleet, there were more than 6000 sailors alone. However, when he was preparing to punish the sailors of the first warship that escaped from the battle at the port of Taunis, and encountered collective resistance from the sailors, he had already lost his support. He had control of the entire fleet, so Taunis officials ran to the port to ask him for help, hoping that he could lead the army to suppress the rioting democrats, but he could only express his helplessness.

After the sailors learned that the people at the port of Syracuse had also participated in the riot, they no longer wanted to stay in Taunis, and they all clamored to rush back to Syracuse. Paronissus could not stop him, nor did he. Dare to stop them, so the entire fleet left Taonis at dusk yesterday.

This is why the Dionia fleet arrived at the sea near Taunis without any hindrance.Although the port of Taunis was in chaos and had no defense, the Dionian fleet did not forcefully break in. Instead, it landed on a nearby beach, sent the troops ashore, and then changed course to Catanai, led by Frari Oss informs Antrapolis about the landing of the First Army.

Antonius, who landed ashore, reorganized his troops and immediately asked Xenophanes to rush to Leotini with only a few cavalry to make contact with him.

Antonios obviously overestimated the retreating Syracuse army. The soldiers of the First Legion and the exile soldiers waited from morning to afternoon for a full six hours, during which they also had lunch and slept for an hour. Sleep, nourish your spirit and strength.

Antonios also made several contacts with Catanai and Leotini through the reconnaissance cavalry, thus gaining a general understanding of the movements of the Syracuse people.

After Antonios arranged everything properly, Syracuse talent arrived.

Before the people of Syracuse could react from their shock, Antonio gave the order to "advance the army."

The soldiers of the First Legion and the exile warriors were dressed in armor and holding shields and spears. They lined up in a neat queue and strode forward, with hatred shining in their eyes. They wanted to avenge their comrades who died in the bitter battle yesterday. Revenge for the city-state destroyed by the Syracuseans!

Mathias was already timid in the face of the menacingly approaching enemy. Although his team had more than 4000 people due to the containment along the way, they all lacked helmets and armor, and their appearance was not in good shape (many soldiers threw away their weapons yesterday in order to facilitate their escape). weapons and equipment).

Moreover, during this trek, they struggled with the Catanai rebels for a long time. How could the exhausted soldiers still have the fighting spirit to fight the enemy who was waiting for work? Before Mathias could give the order to "retreat", the uneasy soldiers They had turned and ran backwards.

But the soldiers didn't run a few steps, and stopped again, because a team of about 1000 people also appeared behind.

The people of Syracuse now understood that they had been ambushed, and the team became even more panicked.

"Run to the mountains!..." The soldiers shouted in panic, scrambling to run towards the mountains to the west, as if this was their only way out.

But when they ran to the foot of the mountain, countless javelins and arrows were shot from the dense forest.

Amidst the screams, the people of Syracuse panicked and discovered that there was also an enemy ambush on the mountain.Yes, the light infantry brigade of the First Legion and the Leotianians have been waiting in the mountains for a long time.

The remaining fighting spirit of Syracuse's rout was completely wiped out, and the team turned into a mess, fleeing in all directions...

Next it was time for the Dionian soldiers to capture the prisoners.

At this time, Antonios finally breathed a sigh of relief, and without caring about the dignity of the legion commander, he sat down on the ground and watched with pleasure as the soldiers hunted down the fleeing enemies like eagles catching chickens.

"Legion Commander, someone is coming!" Suddenly, the guard reminded him in a low voice.

He took a closer look and saw a group of people walking in front of him.

He stood up slowly and adjusted his helmet and breastplate.

"Lord Antonios, congratulations, you defeated the Syracuse coalition!" The familiar man walking at the front raised his arms and congratulated him excitedly.

"Antrapolis?!" Antonios looked at him and asked loudly.

"It's me, Lord Antonios. In fact, we were in Lord Davos's mansion before -" Before Antrapolis could finish his words, he heard the people around him exclaim, and he was immediately hit on the face. A heavy punch, staggered, and almost fell to the ground.

With the salty taste in his mouth, Antrapolis stretched out his hand and found that the corner of his mouth was bleeding, and his heart suddenly became angry.

"This punch is for the soldiers of the First Legion who died in Mayaro yesterday! It is also for the soldiers who have been running around under your command in the past few days!"

Antonios' cold voice reached the ears of Antrapolis, which not only dissipated his anger, but also made him feel a little uneasy: As an ordinary citizen of Dionia, he was writing to a high-ranking citizen. Although the word "hope" was used in the letter of the powerful senator and commander of the First Legion, under the banner of Davos, he certainly knew that Antonios could not refuse him, and his special Since his identity cannot be used in formal occasions, there is a strange phenomenon of "an ordinary citizen of Dionia mobilized a legion commander". If other legion commanders knew about it, they would probably laugh out loud. No wonder Antonios would fight he.

"Since Dionysius invaded Magna Graecia, countless Dionian people have died in this war... Sicily is the rear area that Syracuse has been operating for many years, with countless allies, a large population, and rich resources. The First Legion is facing danger alone, and there are many dangers... I have to do this in order to carry out His Majesty's order and end this war as soon as possible! In fact, we won, didn't we! Lord Antonios, you are now Sicily The conqueror of the southeast!" What Antrapolis said was soft but hard, with the implication: Without my help, how could you, Antonios, have such glory, I'm afraid you would have been finished long ago!

Antonios certainly understood the meaning of his words. Among the generals in Dionia, he had the highest emotional intelligence, so Davos sent him to Sicily instead of Amyntas. He knew very well that Trapolis had given him great help. He was just venting the frustration of being under his command for the past two days. In fact, he had to hold back when punching, otherwise Trapolis would be beaten to the point of crawling. Can't get up.

"Yes, it is very difficult to win!" He sighed, expressing his gratitude to Antrapolis in a tactful way.

Then the two fell into silence, leaving the Catanai people who rushed to defend Antrapolis and the guards who blocked them at a loss.

After a while, Antrapolis, who had a lower status, spoke first: "Lord Antonios, what plans do you have next that require our cooperation?"

Antrapolis's low profile made Antonios feel uncomfortable and reserved: "I wonder what the current situation in Syracuse is like?" he asked.

"According to the information received so far, the rioting people of Syracuse have occupied the entire city and port, and Dionysius's men and mercenaries retreated to the island of Ortygia. As far as I know, that is where Dionysius Nisius's lair faces the sea on three sides and is connected to the city of Syracuse on one side. It has tall and thick walls and fortresses. The island is full of his supporters, and it is impossible for the rioting people to capture it." Antera Polis said thoughtfully.

"It seems that the next mission of the First Army is to march into Syracuse, assist the people of Syracuse, and capture Ortygia Island." Antonios' seemingly calm tone could not suppress the excitement in his heart.

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