Chapter 223 Dionysius' Painful Choice

Although Faxi Pesas was secretly relieved, he was still a little uneasy, but he also did not show it. On the contrary, he remembered his gaffe, and said hurriedly: "The Dionysians think of the cross-sea expedition too simply. , unless they can send tens of thousands of soldiers and supply sufficient rations, they may cause some trouble to our homeland, but it is obviously impossible to do so with Dionia's strength."

"You're right!" Dionysius agreed loudly, and then showed a trace of concern: "But... Philistos said in the letter that Gera, Camerina, Agrijana To... These city-states on the south coast of Sicily shied away from his demands and were unwilling to provide soldiers and warships, and he also complained that during this period of time, Herolis had repeatedly opposed him, affecting his management of the city-state, and he could not. Provide us with reinforcements and fleets in time, so—"

Dionysius said in a deep voice: "After repeated thinking, I decided to take a boat back to Syracuse in person and bring reinforcements to Great Greece as soon as possible!"

"Sir, are you going to leave here?!" Facipesas changed color again: "What about the soldiers here?!"

"Apollo is above, bless me to bring reinforcements back to save you within ten days!" Dionysius said solemnly: "And within these ten days, you will be in charge of this army! Dionysius The attention of the demihumans is on Medmar and Lokri, who do not have enough troops and will not risk huge casualties to take the initiative to attack the Siridin, which is defended by tens of thousands of us, and our rations are sufficient to maintain this. For a long time...Faxi Pesas, you are my most trusted general! You are also the most trusted general of the soldiers! Only you can bear this burden! We will return smoothly when I arrive with reinforcements. Syracuse!"

"My lord..." Fasipes, who was accustomed to obeying Dionysius' orders, was under a lot of pressure and had a lot of thoughts in his mind, but the word "rejection" could not be said.

"I will make other generals obey your orders, including my younger brother. If anyone disobeys your orders during the period when I haven't come back, you can deal with them according to military law!" Dionysius did not allow him to divide Said, forcibly handing over the right to command this force to him.

Fasipes reluctantly accepted the appointment and wished Dionysius a safe return to Syracuse.

Next, Dionysius asked several generals to talk to them, asking them to actively cooperate with Facipesas, control the troops, and guard the Celestial Court.

In the secret conversation with the intelligence leader Androstini, Dionysius gave him a secret letter, asking him to monitor Faxipes and other generals. Once he found that Faxipes was behaving abnormally, he would immediately Contact Leputines in the port, read this letter in front of the generals, and take Fasipes.

Finally he called Phoebe Das.

"I heard that Syracuse suffered heavy casualties this time,

It looks like you didn't beat the Dionians even without my intervention! "As soon as he entered the house, Phoebedas sneered. Now he is really an idler, not only has no chance to lead troops, but Dionysius didn't even follow him in this attack on the Dionysian camp. After the negotiation, Phoebe Das completely became a bystander, so he expressed his dissatisfaction without any scruples.

Dionysius understood the character of this Spartan, and although he was a little displeased, he said bluntly: "Davos sent thousands of soldiers to land in Sicily and captured a town, I must take a boat and return to Tin immediately. Rakuza, I hope you can come with me!"

"Davos actually dares to divide his troops to attack Syracuse at this time?!" Phoebe Das and Dionysius were as shocked as before, but quickly turned into an expression of admiration: "His courage is also too big!……"

After sending a sigh, Phoebe Das glanced at Dionysius: "Are you going to leave these soldiers of yours and escape from Great Greece alone?"

Dionysius did not answer him directly, but said with a little worry: "I am afraid that Davos will not just send a few thousand people to attack Sicily, it will only be sent to death, and Syracuse and the allies may have some Unstable, I need your support!" As a tyrant who can see power as the sword of Damocles, he has political intuition and wants to plan ahead.

Phoebe Das's expression became serious, and he understood that what Dionysius said "your support" was actually the support of Sparta. A few years ago, when the Carthaginians approached the city, the people of Syracuse tried to force Dionysius to step down, and Phoebe Das, as a messenger of Sparta, made the people of Syracuse make concessions. Put Dionysius back in power.

Is there another riot in Syracuse? Phoebe Das looked at Dionysius and thought for a moment: The navy of Syracuse was defeated, the Battle of Crotone was defeated, and the attack on the Dionysian camp was defeated. Dionysius was defeated more than the last time. Much worse, the people of Syracuse are indeed likely to express their anger at Dionysius...

Although Phoebe Das gloated a little, he knew that once Dionysius was overthrown, not only Sparta's efforts to support Syracuse over the years would be in vain, but the Syracuse riots would inevitably lead to its power being destroyed. Greatly weakened, thus creating a vacuum in Sicily's hegemony. Neither Dionia nor Carthage's expansion was what Sparta wanted to see, so Sparta could only support Dionysius.

Phoebe Das gave Dionysius another look dissatisfied: I am afraid that this cunning guy saw this and asked him unscrupulously!

Thinking of this, Phoebe Das stopped talking and asked directly, "Is it safe to go back by boat? There is a blockade by Dionia's warship outside the port."

"Philistos sent the best helmsman and sailor in my caravan, and before they drove the fast ship into the port with ease." Dionysius replied.

"when are we leaving?"

"tonight."

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Not long after the last siege tower collapsed in front of the walls of Medmar, the Dionians sounded their trumpets for retreat.

Watching the enemy receding like the tide, the Medema people who fought hard for most of the day cheered that they could survive.

Helos, who was commanding the battle in the distance, was not too frustrated. He said seriously: "Go back and tell the engineers that the wheels of the siege tower are too inflexible, it is very difficult to push, and the tower body is not too good. Solid...hope they improve soon!"

"Yes, General."

"Also... our soldiers are unfamiliar with these new siege equipment, and the cooperation between them is a little unfamiliar. I hope to strengthen the training in this area in the future!" Hieronymus also put forward his own opinions. .

"You're right, just do it like this." Hiros listened to his opinion seriously, and then said expectantly: "I hope that after improvement, when the next siege is made, the Medema people will not be able to laugh. ."

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After the offensive and defensive battle of the Siriting camp, although Dionia won a great victory, more than 500 people were killed and 2,700 people were injured. Therefore, after Davos arranged the perfect tasks for each legion commander, he cremated with the soldiers. After taking care of the dead, he went to offer condolences to the wounded. He was busy until evening before returning to the tent, only to see Thormid standing in front of the tent.

"Is there any urgent news?" Davos asked hurriedly.

Just as Thormid was about to speak, a strong southerly wind suddenly blew, and the sky flew ashes straight into people's mouths and noses, and a few people rushed into the tent in embarrassment.

"Bah! Bah!..." Henepolis slapped his body while spitting out the black ashes in his mouth, and then scolded: "The goddamn Syracuses will only burn us if they can't beat us. Come to the camp to vent!"

Zuoying, which is only separated from the ditch and Luzhai, was burnt to ashes, and black smoke can still be seen in some places. The strong wind just now swept up the dust in the sky, and the main camp of the Chinese army suffered. This is Heney. The reason Polis complained.

"In exchange for an empty camp for the casualties of tens of thousands of soldiers in Syracuse, I think we made a profit." Tormead laughed.

"It's just a pity that the soldiers are going to sleep together tonight." Henepolis also laughed.

"The right battalion has plenty of open space, but it lacks tents."

"There will be no shortage of tents. Don't forget that we also occupied the large camp of Syracuse in Crotone. We have enough tents. We just need to ship them tomorrow."

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When the two of you were chatting and I was chatting, Davos had cleaned the dust off his body and asked again, "Thormid, what happened?"

"Midorades sent someone to report that in the afternoon, a fast ship from the south broke into the Siriting port."

"So many warships can't intercept a single clipper?!" Henepolis said dissatisfiedly.

Neither Davos nor Thormed answered.

Davos is very clear: Clippers are small and flexible. If there is wind, experienced helmsmen and sailors can play the three-tier oar warships with applause, so Clippers are generally in the fleet. Scouting and messaging.

Henepolis did not understand the navy, but Davos did not explain it to him. Instead, he hoped that after the word of Henepolis spread, he would be able to beat and beat the navy officers who had recently become complacent because of their repeated victories.

After a while of silence, he asked, "Why do you think this fast ship broke into the port of Siliting?"

"It must have come to tell Dionysius that our First Army has landed in Sicily." Henepolis replied first.

The news of "The First Legion occupied Meyaro" had been sent back to the camp a day earlier. Davers deliberately conveyed the good news to the commanders and senior officers of each legion, which greatly increased their confidence. There was no complaint about the continued siege of Sirius, so Davos was not surprised that Henepolis could answer so quickly. Looking at Thormid's expression, it was obvious that he thought so too.