Chapter 248

"Dion, I heard that you organized the children to play games on the boat these days, which saved us a lot of trouble, well done!" Dionysius praised.

"I can't help you with your business, I can only do what I can to help you." Dion said neither humble nor arrogant.

"A good one to do what he can do!" Dionysius praised loudly, he turned to look at his father-in-law: "I think in 20 years, Dion can become a talented Syracuse minister! "

The normally serious Hiparinus showed a faint smile.

Important minister? Philistos curled his lips slightly.

"Stop! You can't enter!" The guards suddenly shouted from outside the door, which made Dionysius's heart tighten. Just as he was about to ask who it was, he heard the sound of fighting outside the door.

Angry roars and shrill screams continued to enter the ears of the people in the cabin, and everyone's expressions changed drastically.

Hiparinus was busy keeping the two children behind him.

"I'll go out to see the situation." Philistos said nervously.

"Don't go! At this time, Megicollis should have arrived with mercenaries. It is not so easy to intimidate me, Dionysius!" Dionysius was still calm, but his face was extremely ugly. I roughly guessed who the attacker was, and my heart felt like a stormy sea.

With a loud bang, the hatch was kicked open, and little Dionysius cried out in fright.

Dionysius, Philistos, and Hiparinus were all pale, and they saw the blood-stained Spartan warriors in scarlet cloaks, long hair, thick beards, armed with shields and spears, and broke in. the cabin.

Dionysius and Philistos looked at each other with shock on their faces.

When he saw that the behind-the-scenes messenger also stepped into the cabin, Dionysius roared angrily: "Phoebe Das, what do you mean?!"

"That's what you see." Phoebe Das's eyes were cold, and the five or six Spartan warriors in front of him took a fighting stance, flashing cold light at the tips of their thorns.

Dion, a young and mature man, had never seen such a terrifying scene, and his hand was shaking as he clasped his father tightly.

"I...I said I wouldn't go to Sparta, do you still...have to force me!" Dionysius shouted, trying his best to suppress the fear in his heart.

"I didn't say I was going to take you to Sparta." Phoebe Das's cold words made the three of them shiver.

"Phoebedas, you swore to Hercules to send us safely out of Sicily to where we're going!" Philistos eagerly reminded Phoebedas: "Sba Dako is the overlord of the Greek city-state! The blood of Hercules! He has always been an example for all Greeks! Do you want to break your oath!"

"I didn't disobey." Phoebe Das showed a triumphant smile of successful conspiracy, which made the whole face look a little weird: "I said 'guarantee to send you to Sparta safely', but you yourself refused to go to Sparta. Bada, so of course the oath no longer exists."

"It turns out... it turns out that you had a plan." Dionysius suddenly realized.

"Didn't you plan to deceive me from the beginning!" Phoebe Das sneered.

After the initial shock and fear, Dionysius regained some composure, and he asked: "Even if I don't want to go to Sparta and go against the wishes of your council of elders, I won't let you come with a knife and a gun... Against me, why?"

Phoebe Das looked at him, did not answer him directly, but showed a clear look, and said with a smile: "I know you are delaying time, looking forward to the mercenary to save you."

Dionysius felt bad about Phoebedas' calm expression.

"Megicollis!" Phoebe Das shouted, and soon the figure of the mercenary leader appeared at the hatch.

Dionysius and the others were pale.

"Compared with you to go to remote places to suffer and suffer, and not enjoy a good life, they are more willing to follow Sparta to win honor and land." Phoebe Das said proudly.

"But... Megicollis, are you stupid? Sparta is poor and can't afford your wages! And we can, if you don't like the money, we can increase it!..." Hiparinus was furious. shouted, trying to get Meggie Corliss to change her mind.

Phoebe Das laughed and said: "I have no money in Sparta, but you have it. Those cargo ships are full of silver coins, and the mercenaries have long been jealous!"

The situation was very critical, and Dionysius finally lowered his arrogant head and pleaded in a low voice: "Phoebe Das, for the sake of our former friendship, let us go! ... Ah! ... You can take silver coins and gold coins. Go, and those warships and cargo ships, just let us go... let us go! Believe me, I can retake Syracuse and provide greater help to Sparta's hegemony!  …”

Phoebe Das watched him.

After a moment, he whispered, "I'm sorry, Dionysius, I just did what the council of elders ordered..."

"Why?! Why?! You know that the people of Hololis can't control Syracuse at all! They can't deal with the more powerful Dionia! Only me! I can restrain Dionia's expansion! I can Help you stabilize the Western Mediterranean!..." Dionysius roared out of control, his hideous expression made the little Dionysius cry even louder.

"...Sparta has signed a long-term friendly agreement with Dionia..." Although this matter is not allowed to be made public, Phoebe Das feels that it does not matter for them to hear: "One of them is to ask you Dionysius' life..."

"...So that's what it is... Davos... Davos who should go to hell!..." Dionysius suddenly felt his legs go weak, his body shook a few times, and he fell down on the ground. on the ground.

"Woo! Woo! Woo!...Dad!..."

"Brother-in-law!"

"Dionysius!"

...

These voices of concern came into his ears, which made him feel extra warm. In the past, he was obsessed with his hegemony. He never paid attention to these. Philistos, the bloodless Hiparinus, he turned his head suddenly and said to Phoebe Das: "Phoebe Das, you can kill me and give my... head to Davos! But I don't think my family and my friends are included in the treaty you signed, so... so please let them go!...Even if they go to Sparta with you! Ah!..."

"Dionysius, my dear friend!" Philistos shouted excitedly.

Dionysius stretched out his hand to stop him, and said in a deep voice, "Philip, I'm afraid my family will have to be taken care of by you!"

With tears in his eyes, Philistos nodded hesitantly.

"It is true that you only need your life in the treaty." Phoebe Das said: "But in order to convince the mercenaries, I agreed to Megicollis' request."

"What request?!" Dionysius was startled again, and turned his gaze to Megicollis, who had been keeping his head down.

At this moment, he has raised his head, his usually submissive and flattering face is full of fierceness: "Master Dionysius, every time you let us massacre the city, you clearly reminded, 'Don't let an enemy go, So as not to cause trouble for Syracuse in the future!' I did as you ordered today."

Dionysius didn't expect that the things he had done over the years would be retributed to his family, and at this moment he didn't have time to repent to the goddess of nemesis, he took a few steps on his knees, and pleaded on his knees: "Megicollis , you know how I have treated you mercenaries over the years! Not only are you highly paid, but you are also allocated land, treating you far better than my own brothers! I trust you so much, and this is how you repay me Is that right!... Think about it, when you first came to Sicily, you couldn't even get enough to eat every day..."

Phoebe Das was a little impatient with Dionysius's sensational remarks, and he glanced at Megicollis: "What to do, you decide as soon as possible!"

Megicollis looked at Dionysius, who was kneeling helplessly and mourning, but what came to his mind was that the tyrant broke his promise immediately after repelling the Carthaginian army that was besieging the city, and ordered Megicollis to lead the way. The mercenaries arrested a total of 127 families of democrats and relatives and friends who were about to oust him. Dionysius did not hesitate to issue an order that "all men, women and children should be executed", and the executor was Meggie. Collis, at that time Dionysius' cold eyes were firmly imprinted in his heart.

We are not the democrats of Syracuse who lost their lives for stupid compromises! Meghikolis was heartbroken, and immediately shouted: "Brothers do it!"

A dozen heavily armed mercenaries stormed the cabin.

Seeing this, Phoebe Das said, "Let's go."

The Spartan warriors flanked him and retreated to the outside of the cabin. He neither wanted to see Dionysius killed, nor did he want the Spartan warriors to be smeared with the blood of Dionysius and his family.

Unexpectedly, Dionysius, who was already desperate, jumped up, and the mercenary who had just rushed in was caught off guard, and he took away the spear in his hand.

Holding a spear, he quickly backed away, guarding little Dionysius behind him, and at the same time let out an ugly tearing laughter like a night owl: "Hahaha... Phoebe Das, you Spartans think that Made peace with Dionia and everything is safe. Bah! I bet that in 30 years, Sparta will be destroyed by the ever-growing Dionia! By then, there will be no more Badans, I'll be waiting for you in hell!! Meghikolis, you betray me today, and the Spartans will abandon you tomorrow! The Spartans will even deceive me, let alone treat you lowly The mercenary!!..."

Phoebe Das's face changed slightly. He did not expect that Dionysius was in danger and was still sowing discord. At this time, Megicollis looked at him subconsciously, and Phoebe Das immediately shouted: "Don't kill them, what are you waiting for!"

"Yes! Yes!" Megicollis ordered immediately.

More than a dozen mercenaries charged forward with shields and spears, how could Dionysius be able to resist.

He was shot three times and fell to the ground.

As he was dying, the screams of his son and friends had no longer stirred Dionysius' heart. In a trance, he saw his respected teacher, the great commander of Syracuse, the defeat of the Athenian army and the Carthaginians. Hermocrates and Hermocrates' daughter, his most beloved wife, smiling at him...

He happily stretched out his hand...

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At this moment, Davos, the new king of Dionia, led the first army to return to Turii, passing through the Arc de Triomphe in the city and heading to Victory Square.

The roads were crowded with people. They threw flower petals, waved ribbons, and cheered excitedly to the warriors who saved the alliance and defended their homeland.

The carriage pulled by the four white horses stopped at the west side of the square, under the steps of the Great Chamber, and Davos walked steadily onto the high platform.

"Your Majesty!" The elders headed by Kunogolata and Cornerus saluted respectfully.

"Good work!" After Davos returned the salute, he turned to face the square.

Before he could speak, the audience was already cheering:

"King Davos is victorious!!!..."

"The Dionysian Alliance is 10,000 Victories!!!..."

Note: 1. Dionysius.

Historically, Dionysius died in 367 BC. He won the first prize in a Greek poetry competition. In order to celebrate the victory of the competition, he rarely drank alcohol, and he suffered from excessive drinking. He had a fever, and the doctor prescribed him a sedative and hypnotic drug. After taking it, he fell into a deep sleep and never woke up, so there is a saying that "the doctor poisoned".

After he conquered Sicily, he waged wars against Great Greece several times. He conquered Benjamin, Corenia and Hibernian were destroyed, and Crotone was also occupied. He also instigated the Lucanians to attack the territory of Turii, which was repelled by the Turii, but Turii led a large army to counterattack the territory of Lucania, and the entire army was annihilated (this is what is described in the second volume of this article. The incident, just to make it happen more than ten years ahead of schedule), and finally the strength of Turii also surrendered to Syracuse.

After Dionysius conquered Greater Greece, he then focused his attention on the Adriatic Sea. He once established a number of colonial cities on the east and west coasts of the Adriatic Sea in an attempt to make the Adriatic Sea a tin La Cuzza's inner lake. Among these colonial cities, there is Ancona as we know it, and the city of Hadria (the predecessor of Venice).

When Syracuse was at its strongest, its direct rule included most of Sicily and the southern part of the Italian peninsula, with a population of about 2.2 million. In mainland Greece, many people of insight even put Syracuse and Persia side by side, thinking that they are a threat to Greece. In several Olympia Games, there have been scenes of Greek people besieging the Syracuse athlete camp, protesting to it, and even clashing. Of course, this also has something to do with Dionysius and his mercenaries robbing the Sanctuary of Delphi, although ultimately unsuccessful.

In the second half of Dionysius's life, he has been fighting against the restored Carthage, and he has lost more and won less, which has limited the further expansion of Syracuse, for which Dionysius even transferred his hatred to On Rome, an ally of Carthage.

In 390 BC, the Gauls in northern Italy went south to attack the Etruscans. Under the instigation of Dionysius, they defeated the Roman reinforcements, continued to accelerate south, crossed the Tiber River, and captured the city of Rome. , which became one of the most harrowing memories in Roman history. It can be seen that Dionysius was very good at dealing with aliens, so it is not surprising that in this article he instigated the Samoni against Dionia.

Dionysius had groundbreaking political wisdom. The governing areas under his jurisdiction implemented different governance methods according to the different regional conditions, and the Roman system was very similar to it later;

He himself is very restrained in his living habits and strictly restricts his children's misconduct, but his rule over the people of Syracuse is indeed very strict, perhaps because his teacher and father-in-law Hermocrates was democratized by Syracuse. He was deceived and killed by Pai, his wife was humiliated to death by the mob, and he himself was seriously injured, and he narrowly escaped by hiding among the dead... These tragic encounters in his early years made him change his mind.

Dionysius was a complex historical figure, and he was content to write a description that resembled a tenth of the hero.

Two, Dion.

A famous historical figure who was written by the famous ancient Roman historian Plutarch into the "Greece and Roman Biography". According to the time in this book, he should be less than ten years old, and little Dionysius has not been born yet. , Zuo still forced them to show one face at the last moment, because there would be no chance after that.

As the "prime minister" of the next generation of tyrants in Syracuse, who was mainly trained by Dionysius, Dio was once sent to Athens to study. Plato was his teacher, and the two had a deep friendship. Perhaps influenced by the democratic atmosphere of Athens, while assisting the young Dionysius, he also hoped that the young tyrant could be more democratic and wiser, so he invited Plato.

Plato used "virtue" to educate little Dionysius, hoping to cultivate a "philosophical king". But it didn't take long for the little Dionysius to get tired of the two of them, and because of the bewitching of others, he invited back Philistos, who had been demoted to Hadria for many years.

As soon as the wily Philistus came back, he made it clear that the set of Plato and Dion did not apply to Syracuse. After some manipulations, he also made little Dionysius suspect that the two had ulterior motives.

Plato returned to Athens angrily, and Dion was expelled from Syracuse. As a result, a few years later, he returned to Syracuse with his army and overthrew the tyrant. When the newly established council wanted to democratically elect generals, he believed that power must be centralized to be efficient, and any city-state resolution had better have his approval!

As a result, his stubbornness prevented the chaos in Syracuse from being quelled. In the end, he also died in the riot. Syracuse lost its strength and went into decline.

I feel that he is a bit like Yeltsin, and I don't understand why Plutarch chose him instead of other more famous and more influential figures in ancient Greek history, such as Ipaminonda. Is it because Dion advocated democracy and engaged in coup? !

Three, Harold.

In the materials I have collected, there is very little information about this historical figure. I only know that he was a supporter of Dionysius in the early days, and later opposed Dionysius' dictatorship. "The monarchy is but a fancy shroud" can be seen.

Before Dionysius invaded Great Greece, he fled Sicily, and in Great Greece united the city-states to form an allied army to defend Great Greece. As a native of Syracuse, he actually became the commander-in-chief of the coalition. Don't understand why an outsider would become the commander-in-chief of Greater Greece? Is it because he is famous, or because the election of generals from other city-states creates conflicts and everyone accepts him?

Herolis led the coalition to the army of Syracuse, which had invaded Greater Greece, and was in the vanguard, at the front of the line. He did not send reconnaissance cavalry or spies to conduct a preliminary battlefield inspection, and without knowing the specific location of the enemy, he rashly advanced, and as a result, he was attacked by the Syracuse army who was on guard near the Sili Court.

Horolis was not afraid, and while stubbornly resisting, he also sent messengers to notify the troops behind to arrive as soon as possible.

As a result, the coalition forces continued to enter the battle with "refueling tactics", and were defeated wave after wave by Dionysius. Heroes died in battle, and the most powerful arm of Great Greece was forced to surrender, and Great Greece could no longer stop Dionysius' ambition to conquer.

Sometimes, the author really suspects that Herolis is a villain, and this military command ability is too inferior! Therefore, everyone can understand that it is very likely that the Tarantum consul Diomilas was easily ambushed by the Maple coalition in this article, because the commanding ability of many Greek city-state generals in this era is indeed very poor. , and the tactics are also behind. In order to increase the splendor of the war, the author also deliberately raised their level, otherwise the Dionysian army formed by Davos' advanced military theory in the previous life would be...

Four, Feidun

When it comes to this name, it is estimated that many readers do not remember who it is. Feidun is Lijim's general, why should he be mentioned specifically? Because he is the only known and surnamed figure (the other is Archita) in the data collected by the author of this period in Greater Greece. Some people will ask Kuno Gorata, Cornerus? These are all fictional characters by the author, and it can be seen that there are too few historical records of Great Greece during this time period.

There are not many records about Feidun, only that after the Great Greek coalition was defeated, he still led the Ligium army to fight against Dionysius, and suffered repeated defeats and battles. big trouble. Therefore, after the city of Lijim was destroyed, Dionysius killed his entire family, including relatives and friends, which was considered "the three tribes of Yi".

Okay, so much nonsense is posted, there is a suspicion of cheating, but I have collected so much information on Sicily and Great Greece, and finally this feeling of summing up and summarizing it should be worth a little money, haha!

The glory of Syracuse created by Dionysius in history was interrupted by the Dionysian city-state alliance led by Davos in this world, so can Dionysus create far better than Syracuse? brilliance? Please continue to watch the next volume of "Kingdom Ten Years"!