Chapter 141 Syracuse's Response

At this time, Dionysius glanced at the people in the tent, and his eyes fell on a person in the corner: "Androsthenes, what's the matter with you?! The Dionysian fleet used such a strange device, You didn't find out that for our fleet to suffer such a huge loss, do you think you should be punished?!"

Androstini's face suddenly turned pale. In fact, the intelligence chief of the entire Syracuse is Hiparinus, and he is just one of the leaders, just following the army. The Dionysian Fleet was already training new tactics before the war, and Androstini remembered the information from Turii that it was said that the Dionysian Fleet was conducting closed training in the Krati River. It's just that neither Dionysius nor Hiparinus nor him took it to heart. At most, pay attention to the number of Dionysian three-tier oars, who the generals are, and so on. After all, Thira Kuza's naval advantage was too great, and no one cared about Dionia's humble fleet.

Who knew that Dionysius seemed to lay all the blame for this failure on Androsthenes, but he did not dare to refute, who said that he was neither the tyrant's brother nor his father-in-law?

Androstini cursed secretly in his heart, but said with sincerity and fear on his face: "Sir, I...I..."

Dionysius waved his hand: "Your guilt will be investigated carefully after the war is over! From now on, you must collect Dionysian information more carefully, and there can be no omissions, you know! "

Although Dionysius hated his brother's incompetence, he had to defend him, because to defend him was to defend his own dignity. Therefore, he subtly shared the blame for the failure of the naval battle.

Although Androstini was not punished for the time being, he was secretly complaining in his heart: Now that Turii and Crimisa have carried out a strict military blockade, it is very difficult to transmit information.

"Leptiris, do you think it would be feasible to install this kind of wooden bridge from the Dionysian warship on our warship?" Dionysius turned his gaze to the admiral who was still kneeling on the ground.

All the generals were a little surprised: this was tantamount to abandoning the naval experience and traditions that Syracuse, and even the Greek city-states had proven to be effective for hundreds of years, to learn from a new city-state alliance that had only won one naval battle. Is it possible? !

But Dionysius was not a conventionalist. On the contrary, he was a reformer and a pragmatist, as evidenced by the reorganization and reform of the army and the advancement of siege technology.

"I... I don't know, because I have never been trained in this area..." Leptines was obviously a conservative, and he reluctantly said: "And on the Dionysian warship The wooden bridge rotates so flexibly, I am afraid there are some special devices, I think... It can't be done in a short time,

And... to equip it on a warship, to fight the Dionians, this... it all takes time to train..."

"Then do a good study with the engineers and craftsmen!" Leptinius' dullness made Dionysius' anger come out again: "It's too late, when the Dionysian fleet strikes, in our The warships are also equipped with enough soldiers! Don't the Dionians want to turn naval battles into land battles? Then let's have a good fight at sea!"

"But my lord..." Leptines reminded cautiously: "We don't have enough three-tier oars..."

"Idiot!" Dionysius yelled: "Bring me back the fleet in Messina, and also the port of Syracuse! In addition, send someone to inform Philistos and let him Step up to build new warships, understand?!"

Leptines' head lit up like a chicken pecking at rice.

"Get out of here, and hurry up and execute it!" Dionysius just finished speaking, and Leptinius's account was much faster than when he came in.

Dionysius had no intention of paying attention to this, and he knew very well that despite these measures, in a short period of time, the strength of Dionysian's fleet had prevailed.

For Syracuse, who fought across the sea, sea control was crucial, and once it was lost, it meant that the expedition army would be cut off from its mother state. It is a trivial matter for the Syracuse army to fluctuate. The lack of local resources and the inability to control the politics of Syracuse is what scares Dionysius the most. Moreover, Davos has led the main force back, and now there is no intrusion and restraint from the Syracuse fleet, he can lead the army south at any time, which makes Dionysius to "whether to attack Crotone with all his strength". shaken.

At this moment, Dionysius said calmly: "Now our fleet has suffered a defeat, you all talk about it, what should we do next?"

"My lord, of course, according to what I said before, we will go all out to capture Crotone!" Astagras said without hesitation: "Although we no longer have an advantage on the sea, on land, Dionia No one can stand against such a strong army as we are! As long as we have captured Crotone, there will be no major obstacles to the north, and we can go straight to the city of Turii, no matter how many ships Dionia has, it is useless , when the time comes, whether it is war or peace, it is up to you to make the decision!"

"My lord, I also agree with General Astagras' opinion." Fasipesas seemed to sense Dionysius' thoughts, and said, "While the Tarantums are still threatening the map to the north, Lie, we should hurry and take Crotone! If we retreat at this point and let the Dionians join up with the Crotones, the number of soldiers they must gather will probably cause us even more damage. Trouble!"

"Sir Dionysius." En Amenas, the leader of the Campania mercenary army, also stood up and said: "The soldiers are fighting very much now, because they all know that Crotone is a very wealthy city-state. If we give up to attack it..."

The generals in the tent all focused on attacking Crotone, which made the balance in Dionysius' heart already tilted towards the offensive side, but he did not make a decision immediately, and turned his attention to the only person who did not speak. Asked: "Phoebe Das, what's your opinion?"

Phoebe Das, who has always been outspoken, had a rare moment of hesitation. From Sparta's point of view, Syracuse and Dionia maintain a balance of power, which is more beneficial to Sparta, so peace talks are actually a better choice. But Phoebe Das, who was in it, was aroused by Davos' excellent performance, and he wished he could personally defeat the young consul, who was hailed as a "famous general" by the great Greeks, so he said: "They all said Makes sense, attacking Crotone would allow us to take the initiative. More importantly, it would force the Dionians to come to Crotone's rescue before the rest of the war was completely settled and fully prepared. Tone, so that we can ensure our advantage in the decisive battle with Dionia. If you are worried that the Dionysian army may come suddenly while we are sieging the city, don't you have a lot of cavalry, why not Let them go further north to scout?!"

Dionysius glanced at Phoebedas, then looked around at the generals, and laughed: "I have nothing to worry about! The Dionysians have only won one naval battle, and they think they can make us Thera. Are the Kuzas backing down! No! This will only allow us to focus more on the land attack!"

Dionysius stood up abruptly, pulled out his saber, slammed it into the table with a bang, and said sharply, "From now on, all the troops will hurry up and prepare for the siege, two days from now. Then take the city of Crotone with all your might!"

"Take Crotone!!" the crowd shouted in unison.

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"Mother, I'm back!"

"We're back!"

With a "bang", Cynthia pushed open the wooden door of the backyard.

"Mother, we won! We won those terrifying enemies! Don't look at their many ships, they were all captured by us!" Adoris ran in front of Cristoia excitedly.

Before Cristoia could answer, a woman next to her smiled and said, "I'm right, Davos... With the blessing of Hades, Your Majesty will definitely win, you don't have to worry about it. !"

Before she could finish her sentence, Agnes stood up with joy on her face: "I'm going to thank Artemis!"

Saying that, she shyly walked towards the statue of Artemis on the other side of the garden.

"Slow down, be careful of the fetus!" Cristoia said with concern, while Agnes' personal maid had already caught up to help.

"Isn't Agnes a priest of Hera?" The woman was slightly surprised.

"You have to know that Agnes was the chief priest of the Temple of Artemis in Lijim City before she came to Turii. During this period of time, she stayed at home because of her pregnancy, so she could only pray to the goddess of hunting every day, In order to bless Davos's safety, it's really hard for her!" Cristoia said with emotion.

"Aunt Andrea, hello!" At this time, Cynthia saluted the women.

"Cynthia, haven't seen you for a few years, you've become a big girl!" Andrea looked at Cynthia happily, and then put her in her arms.

"Mother, let me tell you a secret, while we were celebrating our victory, there was a boy he held-"

"Shut up, Adoris! If you dare to talk nonsense, be careful I beat you!" Cynthia blushed and threatened loudly.

"What happened?" Cristoia asked with a smile.

Under the stare of Cynthia, Adoris did not dare to speak.