ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 622 Leotizides and Sipulos

"The Kingdom's Ministry of Finance sent a letter asking us to transport the grain paid by the people of Naxos as land tax to Katanai. It said that we wanted to replace the old grain in the granary, but why did we need to transport the newly harvested grain? Send it to the military camp?! The granary is in Catanai, more than ten miles away from here. Isn’t it because you got the evidence that Laodicean colluded with the Sikel people? We want to use force against the Sikel people. Got it!"

Galademus' words surprised Diocasis, and he asked in a low voice with a slightly unkind expression: "You must know that this time the citizen soldiers were called into the military camp, what the Eighth Legion announced to the outside world was to conduct a military operation in advance. Training, how do you know?!”

"I was the first person to discover this incident, and your search for Laodicean's mansion in Naxos made too much noise. There have been some rumors already, not to mention the number of people here -" Galadmus Pointing around: "It's far more than the number of people in a military training. It's more like soldiers from the entire legion gathered together. I'm doing mathematics research, so I'm quite sensitive to this."

"Thurii's trial of these illegal Sicilian senators has not yet begun, but the Senate is definitely angry at the Sicilian people who bribed and used the senators. However, war has not been officially declared, so you'd better keep it a secret!" Dioca Sith warned in a low voice.

Galademos nodded knowingly, and then asked curiously: "Which brigade do you serve in?"

Diocasis's expression suddenly became a little embarrassed. Under Galad's questioning, he hesitantly put down the hand holding his left chest. Then Galademus saw the linen chest on his chest. There is a scale pattern drawn on the armor.

"You are the military judge!" Galademos said in surprise.

Suddenly, the surrounding soldiers stopped and looked over.

"Damn Galademus!" Diocasis cursed angrily in a low voice, "Do you want me to be hated by the soldiers?"

"Military judges are always feared by soldiers, and this position is indeed suitable for you." Galadmus shrugged and added: "The inspector of Naxos serves as the military judge of the Eighth Legion. It is indeed Very suitable!"

"No, this is not suitable at all! I used to be the first company captain of the First Legion!" Diocasis said angrily.

"Why did you become a military judge when you arrived in Sicily?" Galademos was also a little confused.

"It must be those old men from the Ministry of Military Affairs who caused the trouble!" Diocasis said through gritted teeth, "So now I'm going to the big tent to find the legion commander and ask him to transfer me back to my original position!"

"Looking for...the commander of the Proseus Army?! He is not an easy person to talk to!" Galademus reminded him.

Diocasis also felt a headache when he thought of the tough style of Commander Proseus in the past, but he still said firmly: "No matter what, I will try!"

"Don't be disappointed if Commander Proseus doesn't agree." Galademos suppressed his laughter and comforted him seriously: "The military judge is actually quite suitable for you."

"You'd better hope that I can convince Commander Proseus, otherwise -" Diocasis straightened his chest and threatened in a low voice with a smile: "Stop all the pack teams, I want to Search these grain loads to see if there are any other illegal items hidden inside!”

"You are indeed suitable to be a military judge!" Galademos smiled without showing any signs of weakness.

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The "big tent" Diocasis mentioned was not actually a tent, but a masonry structure - the legion headquarters.

The commander of the Eighth Army, Leotizides, was sitting on a wooden chair, staring motionlessly at the "Sicilian Wooden Board Map" hanging on the wall.

The adjutant of the legion hurried to the door, and instead of going in directly, he asked the guard next to him, "How is it inside?"

The guard immediately complained: "I've been sitting there motionless for most of the day. I didn't even eat breakfast in the morning. I've already heated it up twice."

The adjutant patted his shoulder comfortingly, and then walked in gently.

He coughed twice, but Leotizides did not respond.

He shouted softly, but Leotizides still didn't respond.

He had to shout: "Lord Legion Commander!"

Leotizides finally turned his head around, glanced at him, and said coldly, "Stephros, what's the matter?"

Stepforos felt that Leo seemed a little angry at mentioning Des, and hurriedly said: "According to your request, I have invited Lord Sipulos."

Leotizides' expression brightened slightly: "Let him come in."

"Master Legion!" Steforos had to remind him euphemistically: "Master Siplos is the elder of Dionia trusted by His Majesty, the chief executive of Katana, we can't be too negligent!" Ross thought to himself: You are a newly appointed army commander who is not even a veteran. You directly ask people to come to the military camp to meet you. At least you should go out to greet them to show respect.

Unexpectedly, Leotizides raised his eyes to look at him, his eyes were cold: "I want to discuss important kingdom affairs with Lord Cypros. If I make too much noise, it will only attract the attention of the Sikels."

"Commander Prosaus is right!" Hearty laughter sounded at the door: "So I came quietly."

"Lord Sipros!" Stepforos hurriedly stepped forward to greet him.

Siplos nodded at him with a smile and walked into the room, seeming completely unconcerned by Leotizides' snub.

Leotizides also stood up at this time and nodded slightly to Sipulos.

"If Lord Proseus has any shocking decision, please tell me." After spending several years together with Leotizides in Catanai, Sipulos knew this Sicilian man well even though he didn't have much contact with him. The character of the highest military officer, he said as he pulled up a chair and sat down.

Leotizides was not polite, walked to the map on the wall, and said in a deep voice: "I have decided to lead the Eighth Army to march westward tomorrow, bypass Mount Etna, and capture Agilion."

Stephanos was surprised when he heard this.

Sipulos was still calm and asked softly: "Why are you so anxious? You must know that the Senate has not passed a resolution to declare war on Tanikian, and Agilion is a town friendly to Dionia and is our ally !”

"Xenophanes sent people to sneak into the hinterland of the Sikel people to collect the information. I believe Sir Sipulos has already read it." Leotizides pointed his hand on the wooden board on the wall and made a "bang bang" sound. 's voice: "The Tanikian tribe had completely taken control of Kefaloi Dieng, the westernmost town of the West Kells, a few years ago, and later acquired the land of Enna, while controlling With the two important Sikel towns of Hena and Hebita, most of the Sikel tribes west of Agilion, Mogantina, and Kenturipa are already under the rule of the Tanikian leader Acoris. ——”

Leotizides stretched out the five fingers of his left hand, covering the center of the interior of Sicily, and said with a very solemn expression: "I think His Majesty Davos and the Senate have seen this information, and will never allow it to be carried out in Dio." In the west of the Catania plain, the most important place in Diaonia, a unified and powerful force of the Sikel people who have no good intentions towards Dionia appears. The order to 'let our Eighth Army launch a war against them' may not be tomorrow. It will be delivered the day after tomorrow.

But by then, I'm afraid Tanikian will also be ready to defend.It is very disadvantageous for us to fight in the mountainous interior of Sicily. We are not familiar with the terrain there, and the Sicilian people are good at guerrilla warfare.In the past, they used this tactic to assist Dionysius and caused a lot of trouble for Mago, the commander of Carthage.Once the war starts, I am afraid that our army will be attacked by the West Kells even when marching and camping in the mountains. This will inevitably prolong the war, which will be very detrimental to us in Dionia, because in South Italy, we There is another war going on against the Dauni people!
According to Xenophanes' intelligence, there are some tribes supporting Tanikian even in Agilion City. The situation is already quite urgent, so I deliberately announced that I would conduct military training, but summoned all the soldiers of the Eighth Legion to take advantage of the tower. Before the Nikan tribe could react, they quickly marched to Agilion, completely stabilizing this important town of the Sikel people, and at the same time frightening other Sikel tribes so that they did not dare to fall to Tanikian.Then--"

Leotizides pointed to a town icon not far to the southwest of Achilion City, and said with emphasis: "Take the city of Hena, which has the weakest defense first, and give confidence to other Sikel tribes, so that they dare to stand up and fight with one heart." Tanikian who wants to unify Sikel..."

After hearing this, Stepforos felt excited, but at the same time he looked at Sipulos worriedly: Will the Chief Executive of Katanai agree to such a bold plan?Although Sipulos did not agree, he believed that Leotizides would still execute it, but the Eighth Legion would undoubtedly encounter a lot of trouble and difficulties!

Sipulos laughed: "People say that you, Proseus, don't like to talk, but I didn't expect that when you talk, you can move people very much!"

Leotizides didn't seem to find Sipulos' words funny and remained expressionless, but he understood the meaning of Sipulos' words: "You agreed?!"

Leotizides focuses on military affairs, and usually does not know much about these high-level figures in the Kingdom of Dionia, nor does he often go around, otherwise he would know: Sipulos is a man with a flexible mind, flexible work, and the courage to break the rules. of elders.Not to mention that under his promotion, Trina fully supported Dionia in the South Italian League.After the South Italian War, he persuaded the people of Trina to make Trina the first Magna Greek city-state (not counting Laos) to actively merge into the Kingdom of Dionia.Now, while he is serving as the administrator of Catanai, under the banner of friendly exchanges with the Sicilian city-states, he actually violates the previous agreement between Dionia and Carthage, and communicates with these Greek city-states on the south coast of Sicily, such as Jie La, Camanlina, Pachinus, Agrigento...etc. have strengthened their ties, prompting them to form an alliance with Dionia even though they have not formed an explicit alliance with Dionia. That's why these city-states have repeatedly sent delegations to attend the Hades celebrations in Thurii in recent years.

"Why should I oppose such a good plan? Tell me, what else do you need me to do?" Sipulos asked seriously.

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