Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Chapter 115 The Sublime and the Despicable

Although Epithenis was unwilling, he had to obey the order. Even though the soldiers of the Fourth and Fifth Legion were reluctant, they had to obey the military order. Continue to be kneeled and tied to the ground...

Time has passed in a minute and a second...

Some captive soldiers lay down on the ground because of physical exhaustion...

Drakes even felt that his body was very dry, but he restrained it with the greatest perseverance and did not say a word. As the commander of the legion, he understood the sinister intention of the Syracuses to tie them here, and also understood the reason why the city of Aspurustum was silent. In such a sinister environment, the only thing he can do is to keep quiet, not to stimulate the fragile nerves of the brothers in the city, so as not to put them in a dangerous situation. Perhaps in the end, the people of Syracuse saw that their strategy could not succeed, so they could only obediently withdraw...

But Drakes thought of the Syracuse people too well. Astagras saw that the city had been silent, and got a little impatient. He glanced at the Campania mercenary leader Endimena next to him. He said, "Send a man up to chop off the head of a captive, and see if these Dionians can hold their breath."

Endymenas hesitated, but finally agreed.

In the historical tradition of war in Greece, it is not allowed to kill Greek prisoners in front of the battle. Astagras did not want to be convicted of this crime, so he let the mercenaries do it. Endymenas was greedy for profit and reluctantly accepted it.

The target chosen by the mercenaries is Taturu next to Drakes, just to stimulate the Dionias even more. When the mercenary raised the gleaming saber high and slashed down from the neck of Tatulu who was unable to resist, and the blood from the neck splattered on Drakes' body, anger burned again in his weak body.

He understood that the Syracuses had no intention of letting them go.

Hearing the uncontrollable screams and noises from the city wall in front of him, the cries of the captive soldiers beside him, and the sharp pain in his lungs, he finally made up his mind.

He struggled to straighten his body, used all his strength, and shouted in a hoarse voice: "The Dionysian Legion is victorious! Avenge me and my brothers in the future! Avenge!!" After speaking, he tried his last strength and smashed his head against a sharp stone that emerged from the ground in front of his knees.

At that moment, he remembered the picture of Davos smilingly conferring the flag to him, who was covered in bandages, in the Plaza Amendolara: "Lord Davos..." A smile appeared on his face... …

"Bang!..."

Immediately after,

Many Dionysian captive soldiers also imitated Drakes and crashed to the ground...

When Astagras and Endimenas saw this tragic scene, they were astonished as mud puppets, and only recovered after a while. They didn't expect the Dionysians to be so fierce! In particular, Drax, as an important figure in Dionia, did not spare his life, and was unwilling to be humiliated, and died like this...

"Quick! Go and cure them!..." Astagras, who has always fought bravely, shouted in panic, and he was inexplicably a little scared in his heart.

"Lord Commander!" Epithenis, a man who rarely sheds tears, stood in front of Felixus with grief and indignation: "Because of our fragility, Drax... Drax is brave. died in battle..."

Felixius gritted his teeth guiltily, clenched his fists tightly, his gums burst open and bleed, he didn't realize it, the voice squeezed out of his mouth, it was so painful, and at the same time it contained endless resentment: "German Lakos...Dracos was afraid that we would be fooled by the Syracuses, so he chose...he chose to go to Valhalla! Hades is above, I swear! I swear by Felixius, I will defeat Syracuse, bring the corpse of that tyrant and his subordinates to worship the heroic spirit of Drakes!!"

Epithenes snorted, and looked at the Syracuses under the city with the same eyes of infinite resentment, and then walked towards the soldiers.

Soon, the whole city resounded the Hades hymn: "King of Hell, Lord of Justice,

Hades with black hair and black eyes,

I, a valiant warrior,

to your majestic temple,

Ask me what have I done before?

I love wielding a shield and spear and drinking the blood of my enemies!

Ask me if I ever tremble and fear?

Never!

Because I want to brag about my achievements in front of you!

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The solemn and majestic chants echoed over the city of Aspurustum, and finally turned into a deafening sentence: "Long live the Dionysian Legion! Kill all the Syracuses!!! …”

When the Syracuse soldiers under the city heard this, their expressions changed.

Astagras became disillusioned, waved his hands weakly and said, "Go back and report to your lord..."

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When Astagras briefly told Dionysius what had happened under Asporustum, the tent was silent.

Now, the Syracuses have an absolute advantage in the entire battle, but the solemn expressions on the faces of everyone in the tent, as if the Syracuses had lost the battle.

Dionysius coughed a few times and said in a deep voice: "Our siege preparations must be accelerated! I hope to be able to attack the city of Crotone the day after tomorrow! Asproustum... um, Stay alert for now."

"Yes, my lord!" Fasipesas stood up in response, then immediately turned around to leave the tent, and rushed to urge the engineers, craftsmen and soldiers to speed up the progress.

At this moment, everyone in the tent seems to have a sense of urgency in their hearts: they must kill the Dionysian Alliance while it is still weak, otherwise it is likely to be attacked by it!

Even the arrogant Phoebe Das was not moved. He couldn't help thinking of: Aristodemus, a Spartan a few decades ago, this brave Spartan citizen as King Leonidas 300 years ago. A member of the Guards, who was unable to participate in the Battle of Wenquan Pass because of his eye disease, took the initiative to rush to the front in the Battle of Pradia a year later, and died heroically to restore his reputation, and was praised by the Chinese...

The Dionian citizens' respect for honor and their courage and will to fight seems to be no less than ours! Phoebe Das thought in a complicated mood.

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This day is destined to be an unforgettable day for the people of the Dionysian Union!

Although the Syracuses have not yet begun to attack the inner city of Crotone, the mercenary cavalry has already crossed the Neto River and galloped on the Croton Plain on the side of Dionia. Lights up, villages start to be destroyed one by one...

In the northeastern border of Dionia, the Tarantum, with nearly 20,000 soldiers and superior troops, was reluctant to confront the coalition forces of Dionia and Heraclea in front of the city of Heraclea. Milas sent some of his soldiers south across the Agri River into Dionia's Amendolara domain, where they began to destroy, in an attempt to force Dionia's new 7th Legion out of Heraclea.

The first waterwheel in the entire Greek world, the pride of the Amendolaras, was destroyed in the fire.

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In the Bruti region of the Dionysian Alliance, although Petaru's rebels were eliminated, Bergam learned his lesson and led more than 2,000 troops who followed him, not to join the siege of Hieronymus. The war in Sri Lanka, taking advantage of the complex terrain of Ambania and the protection of Lake Cecita, has been dealing with the counter-insurgency forces. In order to stabilize the situation in Bruti, Hiros had to postpone the plan to convene soldiers to form a new army and support Turii.

At sea, the commander of the Syracuse navy, Leputines, finally joined the warships scattered on the east and west coasts of Greater Greece in the Siridium, gathered a powerful fleet of more than 400 warships, and headed north along the east coast of Greater Greece. , ready to force Dionia's fleet out to a decisive battle.

The Cremisas, Castrons, and Turians all saw the huge fleet that covered the entire sea, and they all began to tremble...

What the people of Dionia did not know was that Arobmas, the actual ruler of the city-state in the west, in Laos, was informed that "Syracuse was defeated by the southern Italian army and quickly occupied Trina. He was moved after the news of , Siridin, and the conquest of Corenia".

However, the news that "Davos completely defeated the Samonais" soon came, and he hesitated.

Until the news of "Tarantum's invasion of the alliance, the rebellion of the elders of Bruti, and the invasion of the army of Syracuse under the city of Crotone" came one after another, Dionia was surrounded by enemies on all sides and was in danger. Arobmas believes that in such a situation, even if Davos is powerful, it is difficult to guarantee a defeat.

But he did not act immediately, and he had to wait for the army led by Davos to leave Lucania and return to Turii, because he did not want to suffer the wrath of the Dionians first.

And when the spies told him, 'Henepolis led his troops to follow the main force of Dionia and went to Turii together'. He was even more relieved. To tell the truth, he was reluctant to raise a gun to his nephew and those Laos soldiers. Their departure removed his psychological barrier.

On this day, he imprisoned the family of his brother Avinogis, summoned the officials and leaders of Laos, and announced: Laos leaves the Dionysian League!

He also dispatched an army of 1,500 men to the fortress of the River Ra, claiming to be: in response to the request of the Dionian consul, to reinforce Turii.

Tagle, the team officer of the La River Fortress, had been reminded by Davos before, and he had already raised his vigilance, insisting that the Laos show the orders issued by the Dionysian Senate and the Ministry of Military Affairs, otherwise they would refuse to let Laos The people enter!

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