Chapter 189 Soldiers Besiege Xili Court

At the front of the city, the Hibernian defenders watched in horror as their compatriots were easily defeated by the Lijim army outside the city.

An hour later, more than 5,000 Lijim soldiers surrounded the city of Hibernian.

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At this time, Davos had led the army into the territory of Sirius. During the march, he had been thinking about what kind of military action he should take next to completely destroy Syracuse and end the war, so he was very quiet along the way.

And Henepolis, who was beside him, looked high-spirited. In the tent last night, Davos finally affirmed his idea, and carefully conceived several proposals for him to safeguard his interests, so he got up early this morning and no longer had to think about how the city of Laos would be. , the whole body felt very relaxed.

He was excited to talk to Thormid for a while, and chatted with Martius for a while, wanting to learn more about the process of yesterday's battle, and he seemed very active.

Dionia's army arrived outside the city of Sirius in a mighty manner without any hindrance.

This was originally expected by Davos, and he took the escort to scout around the city: the Xiliting city wall is about seven meters high, and the circumference of the city wall is more than one mile. , South and North three city gates, the port is surrounded by the city wall, and the city is integrated. Compared with Turii and Crotone, it is not a big city, but it is much larger than the towns of Trina and Hibernian.

According to the results of the interrogation of the prisoners last night, Davos had a general understanding of Syracuse's military strength in the city of Sirius: the original garrison of 4,000 troops in the city of Sirius, in addition to 20,000 civilians and slaves from Syracuse and allies Many people, they are mainly responsible for the transportation of grain and baggage.

In addition, there is a special group of people, Dionysius collected in Sicily the knowledgeable mathematicians, skilled construction engineers, instrument makers, carpenters, boatmen...etc. There are nearly a thousand people, Dionysius The reason why Si was able to break through the inner city of Crotone was because of the ballistas, siege towers, abdominal bows... all kinds of siege equipment and facilities they made, which were also the group of people that Davos coveted the most.

In addition, there are also Crotone and Celestine soldiers captured in the battle of the Lamato River in the city. Dionysius has sold some of the prisoners to slave traders, as well as three or four thousand people.

In addition, now that the defeated soldiers of Syracuse have also returned to the Xili Court, the number of people in the city may be as high as 60,000. If Dionysius hadn't already killed, sold, sold, and looted the people of Sirius, the city of Sirius would not be able to accommodate so many people.

Davos looked at the Syracuse soldiers densely packed on the top of the city,

Imagine if these Syracuse soldiers who had just experienced the defeat would remain calm at this time when he gave the order to siege the city.

Of course, Davos would not rashly attack a town with more than 30,000 soldiers and possibly 20,000 reserve soldiers. He had other plans.

On the top of the city, Dionysius looked down at the team of people galloping fast 100 meters below the city with a complicated expression, and a gloomy voice squeezed out of his teeth: "I heard that Davos of Dionysus is in every Before the First World War, I liked to go to the front to observe the enemy's situation in person, so there must be him here!"

"Don't you want to shoot ballistas at them, hoping that Apollo will bless you so that the stone ball hits him right on the head." Phoebe Das said sarcastically, his hands, arms and waist were bandaged, Like a mummy, he was badly injured in yesterday's battle, and escaped by luck. After treatment, he fell asleep until noon today. Hearing the arrival of the Dionysian army, he still held on to the top of the city.

Dionysius didn't speak, Phoebe Das guessed right, he really had such thoughts in his heart.

"I didn't expect our such a powerful army to be defeated by the young man we call it?!" Phoebe Das's sigh was full of doubts. He fled back to the city yesterday, and he had no time to explore the detailed process of the battle. So until now he has not figured out how the Syracuse army failed.

"It is precisely because your battle deployment was completely seen through by the Dionysians that they made targeted arrangements that we will fail..." Dionysius closed his eyes with a painful expression: Dionysian left wing Temporary evolutions, the phalanx of spears hidden behind the cavalry, the back attack on the right flank of the Dionysian reserve...

He didn't want to recall yesterday's nightmarish battle scene. He resentfully placed the main responsibility for the defeat on the Spartans, but he didn't want to admit the fact that the quality of Syracuse's soldiers was not as good as Dionia's. , even though the left, center, and right troops have more troops than the opponent, they failed to put enough pressure on the opponent to make the opponent dare to boldly deploy their troops and display their own plans.

This time it was Phoebe Das's turn to have nothing to say, and although he hadn't figured out the reason for the defeat, it was a fact that his tactics didn't work.

"But it was only a defeat in a battle. A few years ago, we were defeated by the Carthaginians in the battle. We were also surrounded by a large army, and even the people rioted. The situation is even more critical than today. But under my command, in Spar With the help of his allies, he finally defeated Carthage, and I heard that the Carthaginian general Himilko committed suicide!" At this time, Dionysius looked around his demoralized men, and realized that he could no longer indulge In the midst of defeat, you must cheer up, otherwise the next battle will be more difficult to fight. At the same time, he can no longer criticize Phoebe Das, because in such a situation that is extremely unfavorable to Syracuse, Syracuse will rely more on Sparta: "Don't look at the Dionysians today. Proud of the victory, but with the blessing of Apollo, we Syracuses will let these Dionians who were just free people a few years ago know that the final victory will only belong to Syracuse!"

"Master Dionysius is right. In the face of Carthage in the past few years, which time have we not lost first and then won, and finally become the master of Sicily. Is Dionysius stronger than Carthage!" Damocles immediately responded loudly.

"There is nothing to fear from the Dionysians. We need to reinvigorate the morale of the soldiers and wait for the opportunity to give the enemy a counterattack!" Fasipesas also said loudly.

The generals and ministers were encouraged, and their faces began to look bright, and even the depression in Phoebe Das's heart dissipated a lot. Only Androsthenes, the intelligence leader at the periphery of the crowd, wondered: Since Dionysius If you are not afraid of Dionia, why do you send messengers quietly? ...

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After Davos circled the city for a week, he returned to the army and issued an order: build a camp one mile away from the city.

His plan was to take advantage of the enemy's new defeat and low morale, to set up a camp so close to the city now, and then quickly advance to the flanks and down the city, in order to achieve the ultimate goal of besieging Xiliting City completely.

As soon as the order was issued, half of the 50,000 troops began to dig trenches and build earth walls. The other half were fully armed, vigilant against the Syracuse people's sneak attack out of the city. Only Cypros led more than a thousand Trina soldiers to quickly march westward. They couldn't wait to take back their homeland, Trina City.

Just when Davos urged the entire army to speed up the construction of the camp, Thormed came to report: The messenger of Syracuse asks to see you!

"Oh, it's you again!" Seeing the envoy of Syracuse, Davos smiled meaningfully: "Is Dionysius sending you this time to surrender to me?"

"Lord Davos, our Syracuse is the overlord of Sicily. Not only does it have 70,000 civic soldiers and a population of 500,000, but there are also more than a dozen big states that are our allies, and listen to our call at any time." Damocles Proudly said: "Even if we fail in naval battles, in battles, and lose a lot of warships and soldiers, but this failure is nothing, we in Syracuse can organize another team at any time no less than the current one. A large army of troops came to Great Greece, can Dionia do it?!"

"Since Syracuse is so powerful, you should go to welcome your new army at the port of Sirius, and what are you doing here with us!" Secretary Henepolis sneered.

Damocles ignored him, but looked at Davos and said solemnly: "Because if the war between Syracuse and Dionia continues, no matter who wins or loses in the end, he will weaken us. The power of the Greeks in the Western Mediterranean will benefit the native powers like the Carthaginians, Messapies, Samonais...these hatred of our Greeks, I think whether it is Lord Dionysius, Lord Davos didn't want to see such a situation. Therefore, Lord Dionysius sent me to represent him to ask Lord Davos a question. do you agree?'"

"What a ridiculous joke! Who led the army to invade Great Greece, burn, kill, loot, and commit all kinds of evil! At that time, how could your tyrant not consider that such brutal aggression and killing would greatly weaken the power of the Greeks on the Italian peninsula , and let the nearby natives benefit! Oh, now that I have lost the battle, I think of peace and the interests of the Greeks - ho!" Horipolis laughed loudly: "I just want to know Dio Does Nisius know the meaning of the word 'shameless'!"

Damocles avoided answering, but said confidently: "It was not Syracuse that started the war first, but the South Italian Alliance. If it wasn't for you to attack Locri, we would not accept the invitation of our allies. Come to Greater Greece—"

Henepolis laughed angrily, and said angrily, "I now know what it's called—"

At this moment, Davos raised his hand and waved, Henepolis stopped talking, just stared at the Carthaginian messenger hatefully.