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Chapter 572 Herolis’ suggestion

Phoebus's threatening words immediately made everyone feel nervous.

Stacekos asked cautiously: "What is your suggestion?"

"Give up the confrontation with Dionysius and let both sides sit together and negotiate! Of course, Dionysius has been too dictatorial in recent years and has made the people of Syracuse dissatisfied, so I suggest that Dionysius be removed For the position of full-power general, the '20 general system' was re-implemented (because Syracuse has a large population, more generals are needed to take charge of city-state affairs. When the democratic system was in power, they implemented this system half the time). During the current war, he will temporarily serve as the chief general to avoid suffering greater war losses due to a change of generals midway."

Phoebus's advice silenced the generals.

Herolis asked loudly: "Is this your suggestion or Dionysius's suggestion?!"

"It's the result of my discussion with him." Phoebe Dass lied without blinking.

Herolis warned others loudly: "As a friend for more than ten years, based on my understanding of him, even if he was forced by the situation at this time to agree to the suggestions made by the Spartan envoy, who knows what he will do in the future? Will he wait for the crisis to pass and re-implement tyrannical rule, and kill those of us who resist him today! We must not forget the painful lessons five years ago!"

Herolis's words reminded everyone, and everyone's expressions suddenly changed: four years ago, after Dionysius defeated the Carthaginian army, he immediately arrested all the leaders of the popular uprising on charges of "traitors". He was executed without trial, his property was confiscated, and his family members were demoted to slaves... This atrocity frightened the people of Syracuse, and no one dared to raise objections to Dionysius's actions. During the year, everyone behaved obediently.If Dionysius hadn't led the army to suffer a disastrous defeat outside, and the city's defenses were empty, as well as the leadership of Herolis and others, how could the people dare to rise up against Dionysius again.

Herolis' words once again revealed this painful memory, causing fear and anger to appear on the faces of all the generals.

Phoebidas didn't know this, and he pretended to be solemn and said: "I can make an oath in the name of Heracles and guarantee you-"

"Fuck Hercules! Fuck your guarantee!" Someone in the crowd yelled angrily, then rushed in front of Phoebus, pointed his finger at him, and roared through gritted teeth: "It turns out it's you! It's you! If it weren't for your promise, my brother and the others would not have chosen to let Dionysius go. As a result, my brother was beheaded, my sister-in-law became a slave and was sent to an unknown location, and his two children were Bloody mercenaries stabbed to death, and my parents—”

The more Kuzias spoke, the angrier he became. He stretched out his hands to grab Phoebidas' clothes, but Phoebidas pushed and pushed him, causing Kuzias to fall to the ground.

He wanted to pounce again, but was stopped by Staxicos, Taisitis and others. He could only curse: "Damn Spartans! You killed my family. Goddess of Vengeance, one day She will bring punishment to Sparta! I hope I can live to see the day when the country of Sparta is destroyed and all Spartans become slaves!”

Originally, Phoebidas didn't care about Kuzias's yelling at all. He had killed too many people in his life. If he had cared about these things, he would have suffered a mental breakdown long ago. But Kuzias's last curse was too vicious. Let his anger rise: "Is this your attitude towards Sparta?!"

"Messenger Phoebias." Herolis persuaded him with a gentle expression: "Cuzias's family was the earliest immigrants in Syracuse and enjoyed a high reputation among the people, but Dionysius Killed his whole family and imprisoned him in a stone prison. If it weren't for this successful resistance, he might have died quietly in the stone prison... So I hope you can forgive his anger! And you also I have seen the oath Dionysius swore in front of everyone four years ago, and how easily he broke the promise and harmed the people of the city. Today, let him make his words as sweet as honey, The people of Syracuse have their eyes opened by the blood of their dead relatives and will no longer believe in any of his promises! Dionysius will either be imprisoned by us and then tried, or he will escape from Syracuse and never come back. He has no other choice!"

"As long as we catch him, we will try him for treason, including his family, just like he did to us!" Kuzias said through gritted teeth.

"Yes, we do not accept peace. Dionysius and his men must be punished as they deserve!" Philosanus also expressed his views loudly, and other generals also agreed.

Phoebidas looked at the excited generals in front of him with a gloomy face, and said coldly: "In this case, you will fight with Sparta -"

"Messenger Phoebias!" Herolis promptly interrupted the threatening words he was about to say: "You have been following Dionysius to fight in Magna Graecia, and you don't know that Sparta has recently invaded the Peloponnese. Let’s talk about the war situation on the peninsula. The Athenians and Corinthians fought together, causing heavy losses to your Spartan allies. The Athenians even invaded Arcadia. It is said that your King Agesilaus has just returned to Sparta. Prepare to raise a new army to resist the attack of the Anti-Spartan Alliance..."

Sparta and Syracuse not only had close military exchanges, but also relied on Syracuse for trade, such as food.Moreover, Sparta often relied on Syracuse's merchant ships scattered throughout the Mediterranean to collect information for them. For example, the news that the Persians handed over their fleet to the Athenian general Colon and attacked the Spartan fleet came from merchants doing business in Asia Minor. The merchants of Syracuse told Sparta in advance.Similarly, what happened in Sparta was often transmitted back to Syracuse in time by these merchants, so Herolis had a better understanding of the war in the Peloponnese.

Phoebe Das was taken aback, no matter how hard it was to keep the arrogance on his face: "I hope what you said is true?!"

"Syracuse is not far from Sparta. It can be reached by boat in two days. Once you go back, you will know whether it is true or not. We can provide you with a boat." Philosanus' words sounded a bit strange. The taste of schadenfreude.

Herolis hurriedly added: "Messenger Phoebus, Syracuse and Sparta have always been allies and should have helped each other. But since Dionysius became a tyrant, because of his selfish desires, Often Sparta provides more help, while Syracuse provides less help to you... Now we have the advantage and Dionysius has the disadvantage. If Sparta continues to support Dionysius, then The current situation in the city of Syracuse may take a long time to stabilize. But if you support us, Syracuse will soon regain stability and prosperity, and we will continue to maintain our alliance with Sparta and will do so at any time Bring aid to Sparta!"

The last few words of Herolis were so sincere and convincing that Phoebidas was moved. He looked directly at Herolis for a while and asked with some hesitation: "What you said...are all true. of?"

Herolis and the other generals around him looked at each other, then faced him and said solemnly: "This is a decision we made after discussing together. We can renew our alliance with Sparta!"

Phoebidas looked around at everyone, the coldness in his eyes quickly disappeared...

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Dionysius finally expected Phoebus to return on the island of Ortygia, but what he received was the bad news that "the rebels refused to negotiate and must expel him from Syracuse", although this was One of the worst outcomes Dionysius envisioned, he couldn't help but get angry.

Then, he wanted to continue to learn about the current situation in Syracuse and the situation of the rebel leaders from Phoebidas, but Phoebidas was obviously not in the mood. He directly asked Dionysius to send a clipper immediately. Send him back to Sparta.

Of course Dionysius, who now relies more on Sparta as an ally, cannot refuse, but he feels the crisis from Phoebus's sudden attitude. Of course, he is good at maneuvering power and knows that the situation in Syracuse is very unfavorable at this time. He was on one side, so he couldn't help but doubt: Will the realistic and snobbish Spartans abandon themselves and choose the rebels?

Thinking of this, he couldn't sit still: the Spartans were currently in a war and might not be able to send troops to support him, but the prestige of Sparta could help him intimidate Xiaoxiao, stabilize the situation in the city more quickly, and Dispel other worries of other city-states. If Sparta gives up on him, it will push him, who is already isolated and helpless, into the abyss...

Therefore, Dionysius, who was forced into a desperate situation, did not talk about his separation with the two ladies and children. Instead, he locked himself in the palace alone and thought hard about a way out of the predicament.Soon, he called the mercenary leader Megicollis and the intelligence chief Hyparinus to discuss secretly.

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Late at night, the people in the main city of Syracuse fell asleep. The sentries on the newly built city wall on the isthmus also relaxed their vigilance because Ortygia Island had remained calm for many days. Most of the sentinels could not resist the sleepiness and fell into a deep sleep.

Dionysius personally led all the mercenaries and quietly left the island of Ortygia.

Due to time constraints, after Herolis gathered the people to build the city wall, they did not have time to dig trenches, set up roadblocks and traps, so the mercenaries quietly reached the bottom of the city. By the time the sentries discovered that the enemy had invaded, the mercenaries had already climbed up using long ladders. Climbing to the top of the city, he quickly killed the few sentries and occupied the city wall.

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