Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Seeing that the turmoil in the city is intensifying, the high priest of the Temple of Apollo is very worried. Although he has just been appointed as a high priest for a few years, far from the previous high priest has a great influence on Syracuse (in the last big Under the efforts of the priests, the Syracuse forces were allowed to eliminate their differences, which led to the polity structure of today, which made Syracuse recover and peaceful, so the prestige was high. But he decided to learn from the ancestors and do his best. The greatest effort has brought the order of Syracuse back to stability.

To this end, he took the initiative to find Taigenes and Falecus, and persuaded them not to attack each other again, otherwise it would only give the enemy in the north an opportunity.

In fact, after the knowledge of the chaos in the city, Taiaggenis and Falekus felt scared. After all, the tens of thousands of Daonian troops were watching in the north. At this time, if there was civil strife in the city of Syracuse, then It is dangerous!

Just as the high priest came to persuade, the two men went down the **** and said: For Syracuse, they are willing to reconcile.

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On the third day of the morning, the members of Syracuse entered the venue with a serious look. Before the meeting began, they suddenly heard the news: There was a Daiyan army out of Katane City, going south. Marching, the number of people exceeded 50,000.

The lawmakers suddenly became nervous: Is it going to attack us? !

When everyone was panicked, Taiaggens stood up and took the initiative to show up to Falekus and made a generous speech, reminding everyone not to be a member of the Dionyrians. They should unite and defend their coming. attack.

Falecus and other neutral lawmakers responded positively and began to discuss how to deal with the upcoming war.

No more quarrels occurred in the venue, even more harmonious than in previous meetings, as if the quarrels, insults and conflicts here have never happened before.

However, the generals with political literacy can reach a compromise in the face of a crisis, so that the council will restore order, does not mean that ordinary people can easily do it, not to mention that they still do not know that the situation has changed in the council, although The town hall added additional patrols, but there were still conflicts in the city and led to a tragic incident.

Several young people who supported Taiagnis had a dispute with a group of neutral-speaking fans, and finally caused a fight. They were outnumbered and beaten.

When the patrol arrived and dispelled the crowd, he suddenly found a young man who was stabbed in the chest and had fallen into a pool of blood, and no one could see who killed him.

The patrol did not know how to deal with this matter for a while, but the people who supported the democrats had already rushed to the scene, saw the tragedy, excitement, and anger to punish the murderer.

The news reached the council, and the lively venue suddenly became calm. Democrats and neutrals were in each of them to conduct urgent consultations. What measures should be taken to satisfy both their supporters and make Syracuse so The crisis does not lead to turmoil.

At this moment, the sentinel sent another message: the army of Dionia was on the ruins of Paragonia and continued south. The cavalry of the first may have arrived near Gera.

The lawmakers were stunned, and then they all smiled, and some even burst into cheers: "The original Daiyan army was not going to fight with Syracuse, but to attack the Carthaginians!"

Without the cover of the dark clouds of war, the atmosphere of the venue suddenly became easy.

At this time, Taia Gennis stood up and severely pointed out: "Since there is no way to know who the murderer is, the neutralists who participate in the fight are guilty and should be arrested and judged!"

Of course, Falekus and others resolutely opposed it, and the sound of quarrels sounded again in the venue.

It didn't take long for Sebanous's speech to intensify the contradictions between the democrats and the neutrals that had already subsided. He said: "Although the Dionyns have started to attack the Carthaginians, we are in Thira. Kuzza is still hostile to Dionia. In order to ensure that there will be no accidents in the future, and in order to let the Diaonians resolutely attack the Carthaginians, it is necessary for us to temporarily restore friendship with Diaonia. I think - we must also fulfill the conditions given by the Diaonians!"

The conditions given by the Diaonians are to ask the Syracuse Council to punish Falecus and others! Suddenly, the storms that started in the venue grew bigger and bigger.

Although Hiktas did not participate in it, the democrats and the neutrals attacked each other. The contents revealed revealed his grief and distress. He understood many things that he did not understand before: why some of the port civilians originally agreed to At the meeting, the lawmakers suddenly supported the resolution against the civilians in the port. Why do port civilians gradually become disorganized and lead to division? ......

At dusk, Hiktas’s returning home to the port was told by his family: A civilian said that he had something to look for and was waiting in the hall.

As a general of the port civilians, Hiktas often meets at home with some port civilians and even free people, listens to their opinions and requests, and tries to help them solve some difficulties.

As he waited for the slave to prepare dinner, he decided to go see the person first.

Seeing that Hiktas went into the living room, the civilian did not panic and got up and saluted.

Hiktas saw him look ordinary, and there was no impression in his mind. He should have never seen it before, so he asked, "What is your name? What is it for me?"

The man’s plain Muna’s face suddenly showed a mysterious smile. He whispered: “Hiktas, Antrapolis, ask me to say hello to you!”

The long-lasting memory of Hiktas was stirred up by this sentence. His heart was shocked, and his turbid eyes suddenly became sharp and looked directly at the man.

The man is calmly confronted.

Soon, Hiktas reacted and turned back to the confidant servant solemnly said: "You go out first and tell others that without my order, you are not allowed to enter here!"

After the servant went out, Hiktas asked: "Are you a Diaonian?"

"Yes. My name is Artemis, a citizen of Dionia, from Katanay." The man said frankly.

"Dyonia, you are so bold!" Hiktas slammed the back of his chair and shouted: "Quickly say, how many of you are in the city of Syracuse?! Is the turmoil in the city? What did you cause?!"

The man was not scared. Instead, he smiled slightly and said: "The days of civilians in the port of Syracuse have not been better in the past two years! The area they own is shrinking, and some have even been relocated. The number of people attending the Citizens’ Congress is limited. The number of people elected to the Plenary Session is limited. Even the number of candidates elected as generals has become less... The port civilians cannot unite and fight for their own interests. Instead, they are divided into several factions. Because of the conflicts between the ship and the unloading of the port and the interests of fishing, the reason is that the council will suppress you... Hiktas, if the adults of Antrapolis know the situation of the civilians in the port today, he will Very sad!"

Although Antrapolis had no longer served in the intelligence department of the Kingdom of Dionia, it was he who appointed personnel to help the civilians in the port of Syracuse to unite and finally succeeded in launching the riots, so although Hickas they I have never seen Antrapolis, but I am no stranger to this name. This is why Artemis mentioned him several times.

Hiktas listened to these words, his face was blue and purple, and he was quite ashamed: the port civilians had today's predicament, of course, related to his lack of ability and leadership.

But he soon returned to God: sitting in front of himself is the enemy of Syracuse!

He immediately sank and wanted to refute.

Artemis suddenly took out a black paper tied with a black rope, and said: "Antrapolis is far from the northern part of the kingdom. Of course, you can't understand the civilians in the port of Syracuse today. The bad situation, but under the command of King Daves of Katane, I learned very carefully about the situation in Syracuse, expressed unusual concern about your situation, and said that we should do our best to help you. He also wrote this letter and let me bring it to you!"

Said, he sent the paper roll in his hand.

Hiktas subconsciously retraced backwards, staring straight at the scroll ~www.readwn.com~ The pupils sharply shrunk: this is the most feared enemy of Syracuse's generals and parliamentarians - Letter written by King Dionya! Take it, fear that you will be tempted, and fear that once things leak, this will become evidence of your own enemy; but if you don’t pick it up, you are worried that you missed a good opportunity. The port civilians are really in a bad situation, and today’s meeting is It’s a blow to yourself...

Hiktas was very contradictory and stayed in place; and Artemis did not say a word, holding the scroll all the time... The whole picture seemed to be still.

For a long time, Hiktas sighed softly: "I am old..."

He carefully took the paper roll that was light and nothing, but he was as heavy as his hands...

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The Syracuse sentinel did not notice that while the Daonian army marched southward, there was also a Dionyrian army who came out of the west gate of Katane at an earlier time, heading northwest. Mountain march.

In the afternoon, the army approached Achillion, not far from the west bank of Mount Etna.

Cleury, who got the news in advance and waited outside the city, greeted him.

"Credu, let you wait!" Lizzar and Epiphanis hurriedly dismissed and apologized. Although Krelu is younger than them, he is also a veteran of the Senate. This time he was specifically ordered to temporarily abandon administrative affairs and assist them. The two did not dare to wait for a while.