Chapter 65 The Kinatown Incident and Messapi's Counterattack

The city of Motia is small and can be used as the most important stronghold of Carthage in Sicily. However, it has a large population. In order to allow everyone to live, the residents of Motia had to build high houses. There are six or seven stories high, like a spire. 『→おkanshuge free serial novel reading network ℃www W. K.A.N.S.H.U.G.E. La

When the Syracuse soldiers rushed into the city, they were surprised to find that the residents of Motia not only had no intention of surrendering, but were stubbornly guarding every street and every house. When the soldiers tried to break through the barriers of the streets, the residents of Motia could throw stones, javelins, and even boiling water and hot oil down the upper floors of the houses, which caused a large number of casualties to the soldiers of Syracuse.

Dionysius had to suspend the offensive, summoned countless engineers, and spent time building a siege tower with the same height as Mothia's residence. After that, the Syracuses attacked again.

The ten siege towers were pushed by a large number of laborers, from the east, west, south and north of the city, along the widened city wall gaps and roads, into the city of Motia, slowly approaching the houses, and put down the tops to connect the bridges. , to get on the roof of the house, the Syracuse soldiers reached the exit through the wooden ladder in the tower, trying to break into the house through the bridge. The residents of Moriah threw firewood and asphalt at the siege tower, and desperately blocked the enemy from entering.

As a result, the most peculiar scene in the siege of Mortia happened: both sides were fighting in mid-air, stumps and blood kept spilling from the air, and soldiers and residents were covered in flames, from the floor more than ten meters high. Falling down, screaming constantly, corpses lying on the ground...

Syracuse's attack made little progress due to the desperate battle of Mortia's inhabitants, and the battle came to a stalemate...

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In Sparta the new king Agesilaus and his elders are now indifferent to the war in Asia Minor, because a conspiracy that threatens their rule has been uncovered.

Kinaton, a former Spartan citizen, was relegated to a second class because he could no longer afford the cost of public meals and no longer enjoyed the privileges of a Spartan citizen. At first, he was just out of jealousy and wanted to take revenge on the Spartan nobles, but after long-term observation and constant contact with other ruled classes in the Spartan territory, he gradually realized that the Spartan system had How terrible is the inhuman slaughter and oppression of Heroth, and how unfair is it to the inferiors and Periasis who also contributed sweat and blood to the city, so he decided to overthrow the Spartan nobles domination.

During this period, with the frequent occurrence of wars, Spartan citizens, Piriasians, and even Helots were continuously recruited to fight, and the domestic land was gradually desolate due to lack of labor, but the tax burden of the city-state was increasing. , the dissatisfaction of people from all walks of life to Sparta has increased sharply. Therefore, under Keenatown's use of various opportunities to secretly contact and publicize, a large number of people in the Spartan territory were inspired by his ideas to join his organization. , and even the disillusioned among Spartan citizens.

Over time, the rebel group grew in number, and just when they were about to take some action, some of the participants, out of fear, tipped off the council of elders.

The king, the elders, and the ombudsmen were shocked to hear the news. Because of the emergency, they hurriedly held an informal meeting and decided to send Keenatown to lead some young people to the outskirts of the town to carry out a "clearing operation". , The open and legal official action that threatened the Spartans' rule to kill part of the Herroos on a regular basis every year, not only can let Herroushi always remember the horror of Sparta, but also can exercise young Spartans Citizen bloodthirsty*.

Ginaton did not doubt when he received the order. Instead, he was happy. He was not excited because he had the right to kill any Black Rosh he encountered at will, but because he felt that he had the right to go out and roam freely. Take the opportunity to contact the organization and start a riot.

But he was too simplistic and lacked vigilance. As a result, shortly after he left the city, he was secretly arrested by the Spartans who had been ambush early, and he was taken back to the cell. The Spartans who have exploited and oppressed Helots for many years are very experienced in extorting confessions by torture. After being severely tortured, the tortured Ginaton finally revealed some important leaders of the organization.

While the prosecutors searched for the rebels in the city, they also escorted the bruised and bruised Kinaton around the city, and at the same time declared to the people watching: Kinaton is a despicable traitor, he delusionally incited Helaus and launched a riot, Overthrow the rule of the Spartans, rob the wealth of the Spartans, and become the king yourself.

Ginaton had no chance at all, and as soon as he opened his mouth, the Spartans lashed him with leather whips and slammed his mouth with wooden clubs with iron thorns. Kinadun was covered in blood, and in the eyes of the people's anger and contempt, he staggered and fell to the ground in convulsions before he could complete the journey.

The Spartan government succeeded in eradicating Kinadun from the ground up, ruining his reputation, and making the Spartans who didn't know the truth hate these rebels. But the number of people involved in the conspiracy was too large, and the incident was far from over. The two kings, elders, and ombudsmen had been busy stabilizing the domestic situation in the ensuing time.

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The rugby game in Dionia lasted for more than ten days. The exciting game and fierce confrontation not only made the people of Dionia and their allied VIPs crazy, but also foreign businessmen who came to Turii for trade. Be attracted. When it came to the semi-finals, not only were the seats in the arena full, but there were also countless people shouting outside the arena.

Chief Executive Kunogolata urgently increased the number of patrols to strengthen the maintenance of order and avoid accidents.

The final final is still between the two strong teams Turiyi and Amendolara.

From the whistle to the end, the audience always stood and cheered for the two teams...

In the end, Amendolara narrowly won and avenged last year's revenge.

When the disappointed audience was about to leave the stadium, the host of the game announced loudly: "A football exhibition match will be held next to thank the people for their full support!"

Football, as the name suggests, is a ball that is kicked by feet, but how do you play a game with your feet? Many spectators who had not seen the sport sat down again with doubt and curiosity.

The staff in the arena moved the goal and re-marked it with lime powder.

While the audience was whispering with friends who knew the situation, players from both sides came on the field, and the referee stood in the middle of the field holding a real round ball.

A whistle blows and the game begins.

The audience was surprised to find that the ball could bounce on the ground, and the players used their feet and various parts of the body to touch the ball, but they could not use their hands, just the opposite of rugby.

The audience widened their eyes in amazement when they saw the players control the ball with their feet, make all kinds of fantastic movements, and dribble the ball past the scrambled opponents; , the audience couldn't help cheering in unison.

When the audience really began to immerse themselves in the game, people with a heart already realized: Dionysian has invented a ball game no less than rugby, which will surely swept the Dionysian League and Greater Greece!

At the end of the game, the host of the game announced: "On the day of the founding of the state next year, a football game will be held in Dionia to celebrate!"

The audience left the arena in disbelief. For some time to come, the topic of their chat will revolve around the rugby game and the football game to be held next year. While businessmen are thinking about the business opportunities brought by this grand game, they bring these novel topics to other ports and cities. The reputation of the Dionysian Ball Game is slowly expanding its influence in Greater Greece. ...

At the end of the rugby game, the elders in the Great Hall of the Senate looked solemn. They were only discussing the proposal to start a war against Bruti, but Tarantum sent an envoy...

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Before, Tarantum gathered heavy troops to capture the stronghold town Manduria, which was specially built by the Mesapi people to attack Tarantum, and then spent several months and paid a huge price to obtain the important Messapi people. The port city of Brindisi suddenly doubled the territory of Tarantum.

In addition to their joy, the Tarantum people did not dare to be careless. Although the Mesapi people have been hit hard, they will never give up. Knowing the habits of this race, Tarantum sent more soldiers to the newly occupied cities and stepped up to repair the city's defenses.

For months on end, Apulia, the region of Italy's "heel", has been quiet.

According to estimates of the existing strength of the Mesapis and the geographical location and importance of Brindisi and Manduria, the Tarantum Senate had carefully considered in advance, so they let the young Archita lead the more Too many soldiers guard Brindisi, which is farther and more important from Tarantum, and in Manduria, which is only 40 miles away from Tarantum, and deploy too many people, because Tarantum and Brin Desi's troops can come to reinforce at any time, and with the strength of the Mesapi people, it is impossible to focus on attacking two towns at the same time.

On the morning of the fifth day after the start of the Hades celebration, Archita, who was inspecting the construction process at the port of Brindisi, received a messenger from the Senate of Tarantum.

"Manduria was attacked by the Mesapis?! How many people?!" Archita was a little surprised.

"According to the report of the reconnaissance cavalry, there are many enemies, no less than ten thousand people, and their attack is very fierce! The Senate has dispatched two thousand people to Manduria, and temporarily curbed the enemy's offensive in Manduria..."