Chapter 87 The Ambition of Dionysius

"But Sirius is outside the protection of Hades..." Cardias looked slightly gloomy.

"This is the mission you will undertake in the future!" The reason why Plessinas looked at Cardias from a foreign country was because he was the key figure in the development of Dionia's unique Temple of Hades abroad. : "But now let's pray together, let Hades bless Lord Davos and lead the army to defeat the Samonais as soon as possible, return to Turii, and then go to Corenia, repel the Syracuses, and ensure that the great Peace in Greece!"

"You're right!" Cardias looked up at the statue of Hades, and his faith in his heart became firmer: I must let Hades' divine might and kindness illuminate the city of Siridin.

When Cardias left the temple, Plessinas swept away the solemnity before, and turned around quickly and closed the temple door.

He was the only one left in the temple, and he respectfully knelt in front of the statue and repented sincerely: "Hades is above, forgive me for what I have done! This is for your descendants! It is also to give you greater glory! …”

After saying this in silence, Plessinas raised his head, feeling that the face of the idol didn't seem so terrifying, so he began to arrange...

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Although the Dionians did not fear the occurrence of war like other great Greeks, the two battlefields, one in the south and one in the north, were not only large in scale, but also far away from them. Of course, they were also worried about the safety of their relatives. The number of people who went to the Temple of Hades every day to pray for blessings more than tripled than usual.

But from this day on, some people claimed that when he put the oil lamp on the offering table, he saw the words "Follow my blood as king, keep the alliance safe" on the table, but it soon disappeared!

Some people also said: He also saw this line of writing, but it was not on the table, but on the pillars in the temple!

Some people said: She heard the goddess roaring while praying, and seemed to be calling 'Davos'...

At first, this was just a sporadic rumor, and the Dionians only regarded it as a joke, but as time went on, more and more people said they had witnessed this miraculous vision with their own eyes, and things were moving in one direction Rapid development...

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Also on this morning, Dionysius received the envoys from the South-Italian Alliance in the tent.

When he saw the gauntlet handed over by the messenger, he was overjoyed.

It turned out that Dionysius was not at all as presumed by Pretinis and Aschamas.

There is an attempt to take Coulonia first.

Dionysius was far from being as arrogant as the Great Greeks had imagined in his command of operations, on the contrary he was very shrewd. Although he has never fought on the land of Greater Greece before, what he has learned from Locle's population and what he has observed with his own eyes, he believes that the city wall of Columbia, which has been besieged by Locle many times, is ten meters high. Not so easy to capture.

Experienced in siege, he knew that once he put his troops into a siege battle, it would take a lot of time, and time was very precious to him and the army of Syracuse at this moment, and he had to break the battlefield as soon as possible. The stalemate, seize the opportunity to win the entire Greater Greece battlefield.

Therefore, after careful thinking and consultation with Phoebe Das and the others, he once again used the trick of "secrecy" that he had used when he defeated Similco in the city of Syracuse.

A messenger was dispatched to return to Locle quickly, and the order: 20,000 freemen who landed with the army and were responsible for transporting baggage, equipment and food, and then disguised themselves as soldiers, quietly rushed to Thira, which was besieging Colonia, last night. Cuza-Lokrey coalition camp, replaced more than 20,000 Syracuse soldiers.

The Coronians were besieged in the city, and the scouts of the South Italian Alliance were unable to function in the dark, and the Fourth and Fifth Dionysian regiments had just arrived at the Silitium. The generals were busy meeting and discussing, and the soldiers were eager to build The camp has not yet sent a reconnaissance team to investigate the surrounding situation.

On the second day, the number of the Xiluo coalition remained unchanged, and they continued to use ballistas to attack the city of Coronia, and then began to cut down trees and build siege towers with great fanfare. Exception in this.

At this time, the Syracuse army, who had returned to Locri, led by the general Fasipesas, crossed the ancient mountain pass, quietly reached the west coast, and quickly marched north...

Only the general of Lijim's army stationed in Taurina, Fiden, discovered the enemy's movement, but at this time Lijim and Taurina's sea and land routes were under the control of Syracuse and had been cut off. They are linked to information on the South Italian Alliance.

At this time, Feidun didn't know that Dionia's Fourth and Fifth Corps had retreated. In a hurry, he had to take the risk of picking out more than a dozen daredevils, hoping that they could cross the blockade of the mountain road and reach Corenia. Report this important information to the coalition forces to prevent the Syracuses from increasing their strength to break through the Lamato River line (Fidun thought that the Syracuses were still blocked south of the Lamato River, so he increase in troops).

In fact, Dionysius quietly replaced 20,000 people and rushed to the Euphemia Plain, which not only increased his troops in this area to nearly 80,000 people, occupying an absolute advantage in numbers, but also because he The troops that are usually led are quite convenient to command.

His original priority attack target was Trina. Although this small city is located on the Euphemia Plain, due to the continuous invasion of the Brutians in the north, it has never been able to develop and grow. The big river is a barrier, and it is far away from Lokrie, so that when the Lokrie allies invaded, most of them attacked from the side of Coulonia. The invasion of the Brutians was mainly based on looting, and they rarely attacked the city of Trina because of their lack of siege skills. The city of Trina, which was thick and high and the moat widened, so the city of Trina, with few people and low walls and located in the plain, became the fat in the eyes of Dionysius.

The plan she initially negotiated with Phoebedas and others was that after Fascipesas led his army to Hibernian, he would draw 20,000 people from the camp to attack Trina, and the South Italian coalition would meet him Dividing the troops, if he led the army to rescue, Dionysius secretly let the army of Fascipedas reach Trina by sea, so as to use the strength of the army to defeat the reinforcements, and the army of Syracuse will completely control this area. area, and continue to pursue northward; if the southern Italian reinforcements do not save (this option is less likely, because it will cause the coalition forces to go up and down), the Syracuse army will take advantage of the situation to take the city of Trina, weakening the enemy's strength, Continue to push the southern Italian coalition...

After reading the battle book sent by the emissary of Sirius, Dionysius laughed heartily: Now, these arrogant Greeks are going to fight with themselves. They really think that they can defeat them with just their few people. Me, just let me catch them all!

Dionysius was proud in his heart, but he had a hesitant look on his face, and he did not reply for a long time.

The coalition envoy said impatiently: "O tyrant of Syracuse, I heard that you are very decisive every time you execute the citizens of your city-state. Not even a single tear has fallen! Why are you facing the Great Greece that you are going to enslave today? The army made up of people is afraid! If you only have so much courage, you should go back to the small island on the other side of the strait as soon as possible to become king and dominate, otherwise the anger of the great Greeks will swallow you and your army completely! "

In the face of the messenger's ridicule, Dionysius' eyes glared, his face flushed, he picked up the pen angrily, and wrote on the tactics: Decisive battle tomorrow morning!

Then he threw it at the messenger and shouted angrily: "Since you great Greeks want to die early, pray more to Hades today! You will suffer less pain when you go to hell tomorrow!"

"I don't know who wins and who loses. Not to mention Hades, who likes death, is the protector of Dionia, the most important ally in the South Italian Alliance!" The messenger picked up the gauntlet and did not forget to retort.

"What's your name?" Dionysius looked at him sullenly.

"Saritheus, the son of Scolas, the Sirius." The messenger answered with his head raised.

"Sarrisius, I remember it!" Dionysius spit out his name threateningly.

Surreysius was not afraid at all, but smiled contemptuously: "It is my honor to be remembered by the tyrannical dictator of Sicily!"

After the messenger left, the anger on Dionysius' face disappeared immediately. He paced back and forth in the tent excitedly, then waved to the guards and said, "Go, call me that Spartan!"

Seeing Phoebe Das hurriedly walked into the tent, Dionysius immediately said, "The envoy from Sirius has come to give me a letter of war just now."

Seeing his happy face, Phoebe Das asked directly, "So you agreed?"

"I didn't agree right away, I want the messenger to think that I was hesitant and afraid..." Dionysius was obviously quite satisfied with his performance just now, and said complacently.

"Actually, it is not necessary to fight with the South Italian Allied Forces." Phoebe Das immediately poured cold water on him: "We can mobilize the South Italian Allied Forces by attacking Trina, so that they can be attacked without understanding the military situation and without adequate preparation. We defeat it with superior forces. If it is a battle, a face-to-face battle will increase the casualties of your soldiers!"

"Phoebedas, you are an excellent general, but sometimes you can't just think about winning when leading an army." Since this Spartan likes to go straight, Dionysius doesn't bother to be polite to him any more: "We Thera Kuza spent a lot of money to prepare the army, not just to come here to win a few victories and show off his strength on behalf of Locle. I need a huge battle! A glorious victory! To shock the big Greeks , let them know who is the real owner of this land in the future!" Dionysius said proudly, and he revealed his ambition unabashedly.