Chapter 155 The Army Is Dispatched

As a battle-hardened Spartan warrior, Phoebe Das has been observing the progress of the entire siege battle, and he can roughly estimate that the casualties of the Syracuses are probably close to ten thousand! Such a huge number of casualties is far from what Sparta can bear. Even if Sparta organizes all the allies to form a huge army, they cannot use such bloody means to attack the city, because it will inevitably It caused the allies to resist centrifugally, so this is where Phoebe Das is helpless and frightened: Dionysius, the tyrannical and cruel Sicilian tyrant, has too much control over his troops!

"There is no obstacle in front of us, and it's time to attack Dionysius!" Dionysius, who took down Crotone and fell to the ground with a stone in his heart, turned his head to look at the north in the dark night, and his confident words were full of expect.

By the way, and Davers! Dionysius' words reminded Phoebedas, who was also full of anticipation: but without Crotone's help, would Dionysus, who was outnumbered, survive a war? !

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It was already four o'clock in the morning. Except for the patrolling sentries, the soldiers of the Tuliy Barracks had already fallen asleep, but the hurried knock on the door broke the silence of the barracks.

"Your Majesty, the military situation is urgent! The Syracuses have broken through the inner city of Crotone!" Guard Captain Martius said anxiously.

"The inner city of Crotone was breached?!" Davos' drowsiness was completely driven away by this amazing news, and he felt a little unbelievable: "Who sent the news back, is it true?!"

"News from the Mountain Scouts. In addition, Aristiras brought the same news."

Syracuse conquered Crotone, which had a ten-meter-high wall and enough soldiers in one day. Syracuse's siege ability was so strong that Davos was shocked. His joy was swept away when he received the news that "Bergam was killed by his tribe and his tribe surrendered", and he immediately made a decision: "Martius, you immediately go and call Antonios and Amyntas. , Matonis, and Capps come to discuss! Another person is sent to call the elders!"

"Yes!" Martius took the order and hurried away.

Davos does have the idea of ​​"let Crotone and Syracuse consume each other and buy more time for Dionia", so that he has more time to train the newly formed troops better, The logistics supply is more fully prepared, and waiting for the stability of the situation in the Bruti region and the resolution of the problem of Laos' betrayal, then Dionia will have more civic soldiers to join the expedition team, and the territory of Dionia will be It will be more stable, and he will have more confidence to beat Syracuse.

However, the plans always fail to keep up with the changes, Dionysius... Davos stood outside the house, looking at the endless night in the south, clenching his fists...

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Early the next morning,

On the large training ground that has always been empty in the Turii military camp, it is now occupied by the 1st Army, the 2nd Army, the 7th Army, the spear brigade and the logistics transport team. Whether it is soldiers or transport personnel, all of them are standing upright. , silently looking at the training platform ahead.

Davos, dressed in military uniform, stood on the stage and looked around at the tens of thousands of soldiers and soldiers in the audience. He said loudly: "Dionian warriors, since the outbreak of this war, you have followed me around and are not afraid of hard work. And sacrifice, fought bravely, repulsed the fierce Samonais, annihilated the cunning Tarantum, and ensured the security of the northern border of the alliance, you are the heroes of the alliance!

There should have been a grand triumph for you, but the war is not over yet. The main culprit behind this war - the Syracuses who had broken through the city of Crotone yesterday, they are about to set foot on our land and will The flames of war are burning in our homeland to make us their slaves! As Dionians, what should we do? ! "

As soon as Davos finished speaking, there was a shocking roar on the field: "Defeat the Syracuse!!!"

"Defeat them!!! Kill them all!!!..."

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Davos waited for the excited soldiers to calm down a little. He took a sharp breath and shouted loudly: "Warriors, we are about to go south to face the evil Syracuses. Dionia would like to thank you for your service. The great contributions and sacrifices made by the Alliance, I have discussed with the Senate and decided-"

Davers paused for a moment, took another breath, and shouted loudly: "After the victory of this arduous war, the free people who participated in the war will become reserve citizens, all reserve citizens will become full citizens, and city-state citizens will become Get double rewards based on your achievements!!”

The playground was boiling again, and this time it was overwhelming cheers: "Dionysian Victory!!! King Davos Victory!!!..."

After all, the reason why both freedmen and reserve citizens are willing to fight for the Dionysian Alliance in the face of a powerful enemy is because they feel that the existence of this alliance can guarantee their rights and bring benefits to their future. And Davos fulfilled what they wanted in advance, which is bound to make them fight more bravely in order to achieve this goal as soon as possible, especially the spear brigade mainly composed of free people.

In the face of the powerful offensive of the Syracuses, Davos did not hesitate to use any means to improve the fighting spirit of the soldiers and increase Dionia's chances of winning. As for where the "land" that so many new citizens and old citizens and soldiers needed to get came from, Davos didn't have to worry at all: after defeating Syracuse, are you afraid that there would be no land? !

After Davos finished his lecture, he immediately announced his expedition.

The camp door opened, and the soldiers of the First Army, Second Army, Seventh Army, and Spear Brigade lined up in a neat line, walking out of the barracks one by one and heading east.

The freemen of the transport team will rush to the Turii granary, where there are mountains of military rations donated by the Dionysian people and allies in the past two days, they will transport it to the port with a pack truck, and then use a large The cargo ship will transport it to the port of Crimea for unloading. Due to the victory at the Battle of Taranto, Dionia had won the dominance of the sea in the territory, so with the sea, the logistics transportation was much more convenient.

Before the long marching column reached the city of Turii, they welcomed countless people. They stood on both sides of the avenue and asked curiously: "Where are you going? Yes... to attack the Syracuse people. ?!……"

After getting the affirmative answer from the soldiers, the people became excited. After successive victories, they no longer felt the horror of the Syracuse army in the south, but hoped that the Dionysian army could drive them away as soon as possible and let the alliance Rest in peace soon.

When the people heard the news, they kept coming, and the number of people was increasing, but they consciously did not block the avenue and affect the progress of the team. Instead, they formed a long parallel stream of people on both sides of the avenue, extending to the wooden bridge over the Krati River. .

While they cheered for the soldiers who went on the expedition, they searched for their relatives, prayed to Hades for him, and offered their best wishes.

Amid the public's attention and wishes, the soldiers became more energetic, especially the freemen of the spear brigade, who had enjoyed this honor for the first time, with their backs straight and their heads held high.

"Oh, is this a newly formed legion?! Why haven't I seen them before?!"

"Why aren't they carrying weapons?!"

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Of course, the curious people would not know that Davos was afraid of revealing the secrets of the spear brigade during the long-distance march, which could not achieve the effect of a surprise attack, so he wrapped the spears together with the rations and transported them to the Crimea by sea by the baggage team. Sarah, and then designate Olivers to take over.

The people's doubtful inquiries were mixed with the greetings of their relatives.

"Tapirus! Tapirus!..." A voice of excitement came clearly into the ears of the spear brigade sub-commander Tapirus (he was rewarded for his outstanding performance in later training). was promoted), he quickly turned his head to look, and in the crowd of people, he saw the person he was looking for at a glance - Messiah, his wife.

She was waving her arms excitedly and shouting affectionately: "Tapirus, I will go to the Temple of Hades day and night to pray for you, so that you can come back safely as soon as possible!"

Tapirus did not speak, but waved his arms in response, but his heart was full of passion. Both he and Messia were slaves and met at Cristoia's restaurant. The same encounter made them quickly approach and support each other. In the second year of Tapirus's freedom, Messia was also released from slavery for her outstanding performance and praised by Cristoia, and soon the two were married in the presence of the goddess Hera.

At this moment, Tapirus looked affectionately at the figure of his wife who was still chasing the team by the avenue, and a voice echoed in his heart: Wait for me, Messiah! When I return, we will be citizens of this great alliance! We will have our own land! We're going to build a nice house! Four or five children to be born! …”

The 1st Corps broke away from the main force and headed straight east as the team moved quickly to the city of Turii. They are going to the naval base on the Krati River, get on the "raven" warship, and go south with the fleet to find the Syracuse Navy, and they will confront it again at sea.

The main force then turned to the wooden bridge over the Krati River.

In front of the wooden bridge, the elders also came to see the troops off. They were not as optimistic as the people, because the people did not know the news of the fall of Crotone, but this news was pressing on the hearts of every elder like a big stone. , let them toss and turn last night, didn't sleep well all night, and were full of worries about this war.

"Your Majesty!" Kunogolata, Cornerus and other elders bowed deeply to Davos again as they did before the naval battle: "The battle with the Syracuses, please, please. It's gone!!"