Chapter 193

Antonios looked at the wounded soldiers behind him, and said with concern: "Our medical battalion will arrive soon, please allow them to treat the wounded soldiers for your army."

"That's great! I've heard that Dionia's medical skills are the best in the whole of Greater Greece!" Feidun laughed even more happily.

The two sides greeted each other and introduced themselves. The atmosphere was very harmonious.

At this time, the naval commander Cykrian also came. If it was before the war and when the Dionysian Navy was first built, Cykrian did not command the navy to achieve any decent record, even if he was valued by Davos, the commanders of the various legions would not really value him. Now the victory of the two naval battles and the attack against Hibernian this time was also caused by him, so the army showed respect to him and talked to him on an equal footing.

In the meantime, talking about the thrilling big battle yesterday, Feidun and Sekelian yearned for it, wishing they could be there.

"General Cykrian." At this time, Antonios took out a papyrus scroll from his arms and said seriously, "This is an order from Your Majesty."

Sekelian immediately opened the scroll and looked surprised: "Your Majesty wants me to follow your command and transport the First Army to Sicily?!"

Antonios nodded solemnly.

Feidun, who was on the side, heard it and immediately asked, "Are you going to attack Sicily?!"

Antonios nodded again and said, "We don't know anything about Sicily, and we still need your help from General Feidun." This is why he took out this paper order on this occasion.

Feidun did not refuse, but said enthusiastically: "Master Davos has made a correct decision! Because we Lijim are very close to Sicily, we know very well how powerful Dionysius is in Sicily. It's not enough to eliminate his army that invaded Greater Greece. Only by weakening his power in Sicily can he eradicate his threat to Greater Greece! I have a relatively deep understanding of the Greek city-states in eastern Sicily, and I am very willing to share this information with you. ."

Antonios thanked him at once, and he chatted eagerly with Feidun and Sekelian on the subject.

Hiros and Hieronymus were not idle either, because it was getting late, they gathered their troops again, escorted the prisoners, and at the invitation of Cypros, they returned to Trina to rest first, and they would attack the city of Hibernian tomorrow morning. .

At this time, they were very clear in their hearts: Locri was hit hard by this, and the empty Hibernian was no longer able to resist Dionia's attack.

therefore,

When Hiros sent a messenger to report the situation to Davos, he also asked him what to do with Hibernian.

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Dionysius in Sirius was slightly relieved after receiving Damocles' return. In the previous research on Davos, he found that Davos did not like to kill everything he did, and often left some leeway for his opponents. He used to despise this kind of woman, but now he hopes that Davos will still can do so.

"Davos is still young!" Dionysius couldn't help but sneered when he got this relatively satisfactory result. It seemed that this kind of verbal pleasure could temporarily offset the fear of this young man that had begun to grow in his heart. : The new king of Dionia was able to reverse the entire situation in a bad situation surrounded by enemies on all sides. What a terrible military command ability! As long as he is willing to negotiate!

Dionysius has even begun to imagine what harsh conditions the Dionysians will impose on the peace talks tomorrow. He had already thought about it, and as long as the terms of the peace talks proposed by Dionia were not too difficult, he decided to accept them. As long as he can bring these tens of thousands of soldiers back to Sicily, and he can release all the captured soldiers, just like when Dionysus treated Crotone, then Syracuse's power will not be there. If the loss is too great, his tyrant status will not be obviously threatened, and the hegemony of Sicily can be maintained! As for the peace agreement with Dionia... When Syracuse's power is restored, it's just a piece of waste paper! Dionysius didn't intend to abide by it at all, so he wouldn't keep any promises foolishly in pursuit of a good reputation like Davos!

However... Davos's military command ability is too strong, it seems that he has to think of ways to deal with him from other aspects... Dionysius pondered, the pair of narrow eyes flickering dauntingly , sinister light.

At this time, the attendant came in to report: "Sir, the ships and sailors are all ready, just waiting for your order."

"Let them wait until it is dark and make sure that there are no enemy ships outside the port, and then set off quietly." Dionysius said solemnly: "Tell them that the lives of the citizens of Syracuse are entrusted to them, and I hope they will be there in Under the blessing of Apollo, he was not afraid of danger and returned to his homeland smoothly!"

Although Dionia's fleet began to block the port of Sirius after the Syracuses had retreated from Sirius, it was impossible to achieve a complete blockade 24 hours a day, especially at night, when sailors needed to go ashore for meals, Rest, the warship also needs to return to the port of Crotone, tow into the dock for maintenance, drying, and removal of water maggots, otherwise the hull's sturdiness is difficult to guarantee. Even if the squadrons are sent to blockade in turn, they do not dare to disperse too much for fear of suffering losses. After all, there are more than 30 Syracuse warships in the port of Sirius. For these reasons, the Dionia fleet cannot completely blockade at night. Live in port.

Therefore, in the middle of the night, the defenses outside the Siriting port are expected to be lax, and the ships sent by Dionysius should be able to go out smoothly. It's just that sailing in the dark is much more dangerous. Storms, reefs, deviations from the course, and even the fleet that may encounter Dionia's southward journey may all cause these clippers to die.

But Dionysius could only believe that one of the clippers he dispatched, manned by the most experienced helmsman and sailor in the navy, would eventually return to the great port of Syracuse and let Philistos know The Syracuse army is now in a difficult situation in Greater Greece.

Although the treasury of Syracuse is now exhausted, most of the young and middle-aged citizens are already in Greater Greece, and new warships cannot be built in a short time, but Dionysius still believes in the ability of Philistos. , I believe that he can build an army of no less than 20,000 people, an army of no less than 100 three-layered warships, and a military ration reserve ready to supply 50,000 people for two months... Of course, this is Dionysius. Another preparation for the failure of the peace talks, as for how things will be carried out, he can only hope for Apollo...

Watching the attendant leave the hall, he couldn't sit still, and decided to visit the blacksmith shop in the city.

He sent people to negotiate, and another purpose was to delay time: the most urgent problem for the Syracuse army now is not rations (due to the massive reduction in the number of troops in this battle, the food reserves in Silitin are enough for them to last for more than a month), but Weaponry.

Because after the defeat of the battle, the soldiers threw their helmets, round shields, and some even breastplates, spears, and sabres along the way in order to escape. The enemy also threw equipment in order to catch up with them. Onian people, when they were cleaning the battlefield, they could pick them up, but the soldiers of Syracuse fled into the Siriding with empty hands and embarrassed. Fortunately, there were thousands of them in the city. The weapons and equipment that have been scraped from time to time. But this was far from enough. He had to let the blacksmiths who accompanied the army and were responsible for repairing weapons use the blacksmith shop in the city to step up the time and start to build weapons and armor again. To this end, he also ordered his men to search for iron ore and scrap iron throughout the city.

Now he was going to inspect to see how this important work was going.

Halfway through, he suddenly remembered something again, stopped again, turned and walked in another direction - Phoebe Das's residence. By the time the war was going on, Phoebe Das, a military adviser, had little role, but as a Spartan, he could play his unique role in peace talks.

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Early the next morning, Phoebedas and Damocles, the messenger of Syracuse, came to the great camp that Dionia was building.

This time, Davers did not come out to receive him personally, but sent the clerk Henepolis as the person in charge of the negotiation.

And Henepolis gave Damocles a dismount as soon as they met: "Yesterday, after consulting with the commanders of the legion, His Majesty Davos believed that, in view of the poor reputation of your plenipotentiary general Dionysius in the past, You need to do one thing to show the sincerity of your peace talks before our peace talks can begin."

When Damocles heard this, he immediately protested: "Dionysians, you are humiliating General Dionysius!"

"So what!" Henepolis raised his head and said very arrogantly: "Can Dionysius send troops to threaten us with Dionia?! Oh, I forgot, he has already tried. Oh, unfortunately he failed! Now you are asking for peace talks!"

Damocles was speechless for a moment, silent for a while, and said aggrievedly: "What do you want us to do?"

Henepolis sneered in his heart, and said with hatred: "The Numibians and Celts you hired are raging outside the cities of Aspurustum and Crimea in the Dionysian Alliance. Looting and killing, even the elderly and children are not spared, we Dionians can't wait to eat their blood! Eat their meat! Since you want peace talks, please first owe this group of countless blood debts to the great Greeks The head of the 'beast' has been cut off, and we will talk after sending it over! I think after the battle the day before yesterday, they should not have much left."