Chapter 108 Mortia Falls

"Cheers!!!" All the guests in the restaurant drank the wine of joy.

"In addition, the Senate has issued a notice—" The patrolman looked around and said solemnly: "Freemen who have participated in the Dionysian military training can immediately register at Victory Square, and the Ministry of Military Affairs will recruit 2,000 freemen to go there. Bisinia, assist the Legion in fighting—"

"Why didn't you say it earlier! There are only 2,000 places, and I'm afraid they will be robbed in a while!"

"Hurry up! Hurry up!" The restaurant suddenly complained, and after a while, most of the diners in the house had already run away.

Dickpolis and Theos looked at each other.

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At the moment in Victory Square, it is crowded with people.

The household registration department must first confirm that the freedmen who apply for registration are indeed registered in the past. The file was then investigated by court staff to confirm that there was no record of violating the law while living in Dionia. Then the training battalion officers of the Military Department select freemen who are physically fit, younger, and who have performed conscientiously in previous training. After all these are passed, the household registration department will confirm it, and remark and sign on the file. This is the basis for shortening the time for him to become a prospective citizen in the future.

After this set of procedures, there were hundreds of Union officials present alone, and various files were piled up into hills. In order to prevent accidents, thousands of legion reserve soldiers were even transferred to maintain order.

In fact, more than 10,000 free people came to the square, but basically they were able to obey the order, not because they were afraid of the soldiers who were eyeing them, but because they knew that even if they didn’t get elected this time, it didn’t matter. In Dionia There is no shortage of opportunities for meritorious service. For example, the temple that Amendolara is building lacks labor and is also recruiting freemen; the construction of Crimea-Aspurustum Avenue is also recruiting freemen... For large-scale construction work like this, the Alliance only provides three meals a day and pays very little, but it can also help the freedmen to achieve their aspirations to become prospective citizens of Dionia as soon as possible.

However, if the freedmen disturb the public order of the Union and violate the laws of Dionia, their road to becoming a citizen of Dionia will become extremely difficult, and they will even be expelled from Dionia, so even if they are not selected, At most, these free people swear and swear, and they don't dare to take any extreme actions. If someone thinks that the selection process is unfair, they can appeal to the notary office set up by the Ministry of Supervision on the other side of the square to request a review.

Standing outside the Grand Chamber of the Senate, looking at the heated scene in Victory Square in front of him, Felixius suddenly said: "Actually, I think it is better to send soldiers from the Legion Reserve to Bisinia to assist the Second Legion. Well, they have all undergone rigorous training, and they are not much different from the legionnaires. Compared with these free people, they are more combat-effective and more able to obey orders.

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Marigi, who was next to him, asked back: "You send out all the civic soldiers, and Turiyi will be empty. What should we do if there is a sneak attack by the enemy, or there is a big riot?"

Felixius was at a loss for words, and hesitantly said: "The surrounding Turii is either a city of his own alliance, or an allied country. Where did the sneak attack come from?"

"We can sneak attack on Vicinia, why can't others attack Turii?" Marigi was quibbling. In fact, what he was thinking was: In addition to being good at military affairs, Felixius was a complete political leader. idiot. Lord Davos leads the army outside, and there must be an army guarding the home. Now the members of the Senate are more complicated than before. In case of chaos, they can be suppressed immediately.

At this time, Mersis and Marigi are standing in the same trench, but his explanation comes from another angle.

"Send a reserve team?!" He screamed loudly: "It's so easy to say! Felixus, you must know how much Davos and I have spent in order to prepare rations for this war! Not only those in the treasury All the silver coins were spent, and huge debts were owed to the citizens, but this was only enough for four legions to go out to fight for four months. The rations of a catty of grains and two salted fish are much simpler, as long as they barely have enough to eat. Philisius, use your brain, don't know that there is a war all day long, and there is nothing to eat in a war. I see you all going to starve to death!"

Mersis and Felixius had known each other for a long time. Felixius knew the character of this fat man, but he didn't think it was a pestle, but humbly accepted it.

And behind them, Antaeus was still shocked by the news of the victory heard in the morning.

"Antaoris, you didn't say that Bisinia City has a geographical advantage, and it is almost impossible to capture it, but how did the consul take it so quickly?" Eurycopus asked suspiciously. .

"I don't know. The messenger who came back to report the letter did not tell us the details of the capture of Bisinia." Antaoris' mind still had the thrilling scene when he walked along the river path, and he said helplessly: "Byssinia does have natural dangers and it is difficult to overcome, but who made our consul is the favored one of Hades and has the blessing of Hades, maybe no matter how big the difficulty is, he will not be able to resist him. Wait for him. When you come back victorious, you can ask him for details.”

"It seems that the consul is indeed very powerful in commanding the citizens to fight. Eurycopus, why don't we apply to him and join these legions of Dionia." Pleades suggested road.

"I have already inquired about it, the unique legion system created by the consul is very different from the ordinary city-state military system, and the promotion of each military position has a strict assessment, even if like you and me, as a The elder of the Senate, but he is completely unfamiliar with the tactics of the Dionian Legion and the use of the army formation, and he has to restart the training from the boot camp..." Eurycopius was quite angry when he said this. Think of him as an aristocrat of Crimea, and now he is the senator of the Dionysian Senate, with a distinguished status. According to the statement of Felixius, who was a mercenary from the Ministry of Military Affairs, it is outrageous to have to sweat and train with those poor free people!

"Training is training, can't we be better than those free folks!" Pleades didn't care.

Listening to the two arguing, Antaoris felt a little emotional: it seems that not only did he accept the fact that he became a citizen of Dionia, but also Pleiades and Eurycopus. Think about it, although I have been the chief general of Crimesa for a few years, but a small Brut tribe looting down the mountain can make themselves and the people of the city-state a headache, and in Dionia, sitting Talking in the Senate can decide the life and death of the entire Brutus race! It really echoes the old saying, "The higher you stand, the more scenery you can see. If you are used to eating delicious food, you will naturally lose sight of the hard bread."

On the other side of the platform, Kunogolata and Cornerus were talking about something else.

"Occupying Vicinia, it seems that the day we will conquer Bruti will come soon!" Cornerus also watched Dionia from weak to strong in the past two years, but he couldn't help but feel in his heart. sigh.

Kunogolata considered the problem more far-reaching: "After defeating the Brutus, what to do with them is also a big problem!"

Cornelus thought for a while, and said uncertainly: "The Brutians should be governed in the same way as the Lucanians!

Kunogorata pondered for a while, and said, "Blutians are still different from Lucanians..." He stopped talking and shook his head again when he said this: The war finally went on. To what extent? What agreement will be signed? It is impossible to predict, and it seems too early to consider these now. However, if the Bruti region is conquered, Turii will be completely safe from now on!

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On the Sicilian island of Mortia, the war is still going on in the same way day in and day out. The Mortians were all soldiers, and despite the heavy casualties, they did not yield. The attack of the Syracuses was advancing little by little, and despite paying a considerable price, it was never able to capture the whole city.

As time went on, Dionysius became more and more restless, and he even executed two of his guards for very little reason.

Finally, he realized that storming Mortia was not a good way. After accepting the proposal of the former mercenary leader Macias, he decided to organize a death squad to sneak into the area defended by Mortia at night.

Fortunately, his venture succeeded. The daredevils opened the city gates and let Syracuse's team rush into the city. After a short and fierce battle, the resistance of the Mortians was finally smashed.

At this moment, the Greek soldiers did not want to snatch the spoils at all. The previous battles had killed and wounded too many comrades. They just wanted revenge, and they wanted to take revenge for the Carthaginian general Hannibal (non-Roman Hannibal, in Carthage) ten years ago. There have been many generals named Hannibal in different periods of Kee. This one is also more famous. He is the patriarch of the Margonid family.) The atrocities in Himmel are still fresh in memory, and he decided to treat the Carthaginians. The Greek cities were just as ruthless, and so the massacre began.

After a day of slaughter, Dionysius finally put a stop to it, not because he was kind, but before he thought the dead were not captured, so the victors turned the fun of slaughter to looting, The Carthaginian city was looted of all its valuables, and all its captives were sold into slavery.

Dionysius left a team of men to guard the empty city full of corpses, and left another team to continue to besiege Segsta, and he led the army and began to return to Syracuse. At this time, the Carthaginian forces in Sicily still have several seaside cities in the northwest corner, such as Eryx, Solus, Panomes, etc. It is not that he does not want to completely eliminate the remaining Carthaginians on Sicily. , but the rations he prepared for the army were almost exhausted, and it was already October, and winter was coming. He decided to return to the city for the winter first, and come back next spring to solve the problem of Segsta.

The fall of Moriah was a great honor for Dionysius, a great victory for the Greek city-state in Sicily never before seen in the history of the island. However, for the Carthaginians, it was the biggest blow. Losing Motia, the city of Carthage on the African continent would face the Greek forces in Sicily, and its security was seriously threatened.