Chapter 162 Invitation to Battle

Under the escort of his men, while avoiding the arrows, Henepolis took a deep breath, used all his strength, and shouted loudly: "I, Henepolis, the real consul of Laos. , I solemnly swear in the name of Hades and Asinu, as long as you help me kill these evil rebels, I will allocate land to you, so that you have the right to participate in politics, serve as city-state public offices, and have real free!"

The warriors at the head of the city heard it clearly, land, rights, freedom... these are all things they dreamed of. Most of them felt credible from the mouth of Henepolis, because the rumors spread in the city a few days ago have been Let them know that it is precisely because this young man wants to improve their situation that he will be usurped by officials and leaders who want to continue to oppress and exploit them.

Now there is a great commotion among the soldiers on the top of the city, and even the number of soldiers shooting arrows at Henepolis has been greatly reduced.

Just as they were discussing and their military hearts were floating, the spies that Tratus arranged in the team shouted: "We want land! We want freedom!  …"

These shouts resonated with everyone and made the city head even more chaotic.

Seeing this situation, Hiros under the city was overjoyed and immediately ordered an attack.

The bugle continued to sound, and the soldiers carried the ladder to the city.

And the chaos on the top of the city not only did not subside, but instead expanded. Leaders and team officers came to scold the rioting soldiers, let them concentrate on defense, or they would be punished. Some soldiers, instigated by people with a heart, beat these big men who made them like pigs and dogs on weekdays.

Among the more than 5,000 warriors on the head of Laos City, except for one-third of the warriors who were guards kept by the leaders of various tribes and officials, most of the rest were from the poor in the tribe and in the port. The main force touched by the words of Henepolis. The city is in chaos and is losing control.

Seeing that the Dionysian soldiers were already quickly clearing the traps under the moat, Arobmas saw it in his eyes and was anxious, but he couldn't think of a good way to change this critical situation.

At this moment, a messenger hurriedly ran up to the city head: "Sir Arobmas, it's not good! It's not good! The poor people in the port are rioting! There are too many of them, and most of the troops in the city have been transferred. Come to defend the city, the rest are either defeated or surrender, and now they have occupied the city hall and are attacking your mansion!"

"What?! What did you say?!" Arobmas was struck by lightning, his eyes suddenly darkened, his body swayed a few times, and he fell to the ground.

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Davos led the army,

Stepping on the firm foundations of Crimea, the Asprostoum Boulevard, we soon came to a place a mile away from the north bank of the Neto River, and began to build the camp.

At this time, he had the First Legion under his command (after the victory of the naval battle, the Dionysian fleet entered the Battle of Crimea, and the soldiers of the First Legion on the warship and the captured sailors of Syracuse all went ashore. As slaves, providing labor for the Cremisas to rebuild their homes, then damaged and captured ships continue north to the port of Turii for quick repairs), II Corps, VI Corps, VII Corps, Spear Brigade, A total of more than 40,000 people.

In addition, Felixius, who had received the news, left 3,000 soldiers to defend the city of Asprostum with more than a thousand reserve soldiers organized by Agarcia. He and Epithenes led the Fourth Legion, some of them. A total of more than 12,000 soldiers from the Fifth Legion also passed through the main road and came to join forces with Davos.

And Hieronymus has quelled the rebellion in the Bruti area, and is leading the more than 5,000 Bruti reserve soldiers he had called before on the way to the Croton Plain (this is why Hiros only brought more than 2,000 soldiers) The reason why the Brutian soldiers attacked Laos).

Admiral Cykrian also sailed to the sea near Crotone again with 100 Raven ships and 40 conventional three-deck oars.

On this day, several troops of Dionia rushed to the north bank of the Neto River one after another, and the number of troops led by Davos was growing rapidly.

Thousands of soldiers were topless, wielding shovels and pickaxes, digging trenches, building civil walls, and erecting tents... What a spectacular and lively scene.

The new king of Dionia, Davos, and the commanders of Antonios, Amyntas, Epithenes, Philisius, Olivers, Matonis, and Capus, in a temporary tent Prepare to negotiate the next battle plan.

Just then, Dionysius sent the messenger Damocles.

After meeting Davos, Damocles presents Dionysius' letter to him.

"To the young consul of Dionia, who has won many battles since he led his army to land in Great Greece. Trina, Cilitin, and Crotone have all been conquered one after another, and Corenia also expressed his surrender. Jim hid behind the mountain and trembled with fear, and the destruction was just between the waves of my hand. Now, I have only one enemy left in front of me, Dionia, who is praised by the ignorant Greeks as 'the great general' Courage to have a real, face-to-face battle with me, no matter who wins or loses, it will end this long war with countless casualties, I look forward to your reply! Signature - Plenipotentiary General of Syracuse, Master of Sicily , Dionysius the Conqueror of Greater Greece."

After reading the letter written by Dionysius, Davos sneered in his heart: Is this the gauntlet from Dionysius? ! This tyrant really regards himself as a young and vigorous child, and wants to use such a clumsy and aggressive method to make himself accept the battle, hum...

Damocles, the envoy of Syracuse, looked calm after seeing Davos reading the letter, and immediately said: "Dear Davos, our plenipotentiary general sent you a gift, but it was stopped by the guards. off the account."

Davos became a little interested, and he glanced at Guard Captain Martius standing beside him.

Martius understood, and immediately walked out of the big tent, and soon brought in a entourage of Syracuse, holding a beautifully decorated wooden box in his hand.

"Is this a gift from Dionysius?" Davos asked, glancing at the wooden box.

"Yes."

Davos nodded to Martius.

Martius took the wooden box, placed it on the table in front of Davos, and opened the lid, which revealed a human head.

"Take it out." Davos said calmly, he already had a rough guess in his heart.

Martius carefully took it out and placed it on the table.

Although the head was covered in lime powder and slightly decomposed, Davos could still make out who he was.

Amyntas, who was watching curiously on the left side of Davos, had already exclaimed: "It's Drakes!"

This remark immediately caused the other legion leaders to be shocked, and they all caught up to take a closer look. There was some confusion in the big tent for a while.

But Damocles, the envoy of Syracuse, said at this moment: "Lord Dionysius asked me to give you a message, this is only the first one!"

Amyntas stepped forward angrily, grabbed Damocles, and punched him hard.

Damocles fell on his back, bleeding from his nose.

"Go back and tell you that shameless and cruel tyrant, he will be the second! We will cut off his head for football kicks, let him wash his head clean, so that we can cut it off easily!" Si pointed at him and cursed sharply.

The anger of General Dionia was expected by the envoy of Syracuse. The crooked bridge of the nose did not increase Damocles' fear, but made him a little bit of joy. He covered his nose with his hands and slowly. He stood up slowly, looked at Davos, who was looking at him coldly in front of him, and said in a loud voice, "Lord Davos, when are you going to fight? I can go back and tell General Dionysius to prepare."

Davers said calmly, "Let him wait."

Damocles was taken aback: This response is too vague.

But he had no chance to ask again. Martius drove him and his entourage out of the tent, blindfolded them by the escort, and escorted them back to the south bank of the Neto River.

At the moment in the tent, Davos and the legion commanders bowed respectfully to Drax's head to express their grief and respect.

There is a broken blood hole on the forehead of Drax's head on the table, silently narrating the bravery and unyielding of the deceased, which reminded everyone present of the tragic scene at that time.

"Your Majesty, when will we fight Syracuse?!" Felixius, who was usually stable, couldn't hold back his emotions and asked Davos.

"Your Majesty, the Fourth Legion wants to be the main force in the battle!" Epithenes, who usually escaped, also invited Davos to fight with a serious expression.

"Epithenis, don't rob me! Our Second Army was formed by Drakes himself. Avenging Drakes is the strong desire of the brothers. I hope Your Majesty can meet their requirements and put the Second Army together. The legion is arranged in the position where the Syracuses may attack the most violently!"

"When it comes to the legion formed by Drakes, the same is true for the Fifth Legion. Moreover, Drakes was wounded and captured and died in the hands of the enemy just to cover the retreat of the Fifth Legion! So please give your Majesty the Fifth Legion. An opportunity for revenge—" Felixus even took the initiative to fight for it.

Seeing that the atmosphere of the battle in the big tent became more and more enthusiastic, Davos interrupted Felixius loudly: "Who said I was going to battle with Syracuse now!"

As soon as Davos finished speaking, Antonios, who had always been quiet, showed an expression of "as expected", and the silent Capps also flashed his eyes.

The younger of the two legion commanders, Matonis and Olivers, although they hadn't come up to fight before, were eager to try, and were discouraged at the moment.

Not to mention, the three legion commanders who were still arguing.