Chapter 275 Southern Italy During the Hades Celebration

In particular, each team represents their own Demos or town, which makes the audience have a tendency to watch the game and become more involved. Although they do not understand many rules, it does not affect them. Regional teams cheered and even quarreled with spectators from other regions.

As the rugby game continued, a strange phenomenon continued to occur in Rome. The conflict between the original Romans and the newly immigrated citizens of Dionia decreased, and even after the game they were sometimes seen skimming their shoulders. They set their backs and shouted the names of the players of their own teams in their own languages, but quarrels began between the people of Demo...

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When the Roman people fell into the celebration carnival, the Dionian soldiers in the camp outside Satnicum were quite depressed: in order to prevent the spread of the plague, they had to obey the order and stay in the tent as much as possible. Can't gather in the camp, can't hold various competitive sports in the camp, and even have to be checked by doctors every day. This can be said to be the most boring Hades celebration day. The only lucky one is Davos The king would visit the soldiers from time to time in various tents, and this was also the time when the soldiers had the most direct contact with King Dionia.

Doctors and nurses are relatively busy. They wear clothes that wrap their bodies tightly every day, rushing between camps, constantly busy with examinations and treatments, especially those sent to the Romans suffering from the plague The medical staff in the camp are even more at risk of being infected all the time, but even so, there are still many doctors rushing to go, because this is a rare opportunity for them to combine theory with practice.

The Dionysian medical staff carefully treated and cared for the wounded and infected Roman soldiers, treating them like relatives, and gradually moved and eliminated the hatred of the Roman soldiers against the Dionysians.

The medical director, Stacey Cordas, often wrote to Hippocrates, who lived in Turii, to consult him with questions about his treatment.

Hippocrates, who was already in his twilight years, learned that there was a plague in Latham, but he insisted on going by boat, but was repeatedly discouraged by his students and failed to make the trip. But later, his deeds of risking his life for the sake of medicine spread and inspired countless doctors of Dionia.

The Hades celebrations and rugby games in Turii were much less than in previous years. The towns of the Sicilian Territory were unable to send teams to participate because of the war, and the best players in other cities were often the best soldiers. They were either on an expedition to Ladum with King Davos, or under Alexis, among the mountains of Samona.

In addition, there was hostility in the Apulia region, and a convoy of more than 500 soldiers landed on the coast near Balham, holding the flag of the former Pucherti kingdom, shouting "Drive out Dionysus" The slogan of the Asians, return the Puchetti to freedom", but rushed into the nearby villages to loot. The people of the neighboring towns hated their robbery behavior, and quickly gathered the citizens of the army reserve in the city to form an army of 600 people. Under the command of the Second Cavalry Corps, which arrived after hearing the news, they launched an attack on the enemy entrenched in the village and defeated them in one fell swoop.

It was learned from the captives that in the following period of time, there may be several remnants of Apulia who would come to invade. The Senate made a decision: the towns in Apulia do not need to send teams to Turii to participate in the competition. , to complete the various matters of the autumn harvest as soon as possible, and do a good job in defense.

And also asked the Ministry of Military Affairs to inform the remaining Ninth Corps and the Second Cavalry Corps to all stationed in Puchetti's barracks, temporarily under the unified command of the Ninth Corps commander Tegetinos, sitting in the middle, responsible for counterattacks from all over Apulia. The enemy landed on the coast.

The decision of the Senate aroused opposition from the people of the towns of Apulia,

Especially in the Mesapi and Puchetti areas, they have sent people to the Turii Senate to appeal to the elders, and stated that their sending a team to the competition will not affect their full defense against possible enemies.

The senate finally agreed to their request, but this aroused the resentment of the Apulian people against the enemy,

With the Apulian people on the same page, very few people who were secretly connected with the remnants did not dare to act rashly.

During the celebration, there is one thing that the people of Turii have been talking about.

Since King Davos was not there, it stands to reason that the person responsible for the sacrifice of the main temple of Hades on the day of the ceremony should be replaced by the kingdom scepter Priest Plessinas, but Plessinas refused, he insisted that: On the day of Pluto's birthday, there should be his descendants to preside over, so as to please the dark king of the dark personality and let him better protect the kingdom in this special year.

Most of the elders agreed with this, but the actual situation was a bit troublesome. Not only was Davos not in Turiyi, but even his only adult son, Clotokatax, was not in Turiyi, and the other children were still young. ...

After discussion, the elders finally decided that Princess Cristoia would be in charge of the sacrifice.

In the eyes of the elders, although Cristoia is not a descendant of Hades, she is the wife of King Davos and a family, and Hades would not have much opinion.

Why not choose Agnes? The reason is very simple. She is already the chief priest of the Temple of Hera. If she comes to preside over this grand ceremony, she will anger the two gods Hades and Hera. Of course, Cristoia's own influence over the elders is also the reason why the elders did not express strong objection.

Therefore, on the day of the celebration, the charming princess Cristoia, wearing a white robe, stood in front of the altar of the main temple of Hades, and recited the sacrifice to Hades with a solemn expression. Her beautiful and noble face And the crisp and beautiful sound has become the most unforgettable picture of this festival.

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While the Dionian people of Greater Greece celebrated to remove the haze that the war had brought to them, the Dionian people of the Sicilian Territory were gradually ushering in the most difficult time of the war.

Margo led more than 50,000 soldiers over the mountains and entered the southern edge of the Catania Plain, where they built a camp between Leotine and Palagonia, in an attempt to cut off the connection between these towns and put Pascal. Lagonia isolated. New 81 Chinese website updates the fastest Computer: https://

Therefore, while the Carthaginians were building their camps, the Palagonia defenders and the new army camp of Catane, not far north of Leotini, sent troops many times to harass the Carthaginian army. Be alert and fail to achieve great results. On the contrary, once intercepted by the Carthaginian cavalry, the harassing troops from the new barracks failed to retreat in time and suffered a lot of casualties.

But the harassment of the Dionian army also caused the construction of the Carthaginian barracks to be roughly completed a few days later, and during this period, Margo was not idle, he sent thousands of Numibian cavalry to break into Kata Nia Plain, trying to loot the people and supplies of Katanai.

However, Cypros and Leotidides had expected this for a long time. When the Carthaginian army was advancing on Paragonia, they had mobilized all the Dionysian people living outside the city to carry Supplies were temporarily moved into Katanai City.

The Numibian cavalry, who failed to harvest, began to destroy villages, farmland and other facilities, so piles of fires were ignited on the Catania plain, and villages were reduced to ashes in the fire. The only luck is that Palagonia successfully blocked the Carthaginian army for a few days before, so that the people on the Catania plains completed the autumn harvest in time.

When the people hiding in Katanai heard the news that their homes had been destroyed, they were very anxious. They gathered together and went to the city hall to petition, hoping that the army could repel these alien cavalry raging on the plains.

In view of the fact that the main force of Carthage was attacking from the south of the plain of Catania, Leotizides had already led half of the Eighth Legion to retreat from Agilion to the city of Catane.

In the past few days, Leotidides went to the top of the city to inspect the defense during the day and listened to the report of the scout cavalry. At night, he stayed in the study, looking at the map and pondering.

When Cypros came to visit Leotides, to his surprise, the Sicilian commander remained in his study.

"Prosous, it's all over the place now, you can still sit still!" Cypros said half-jokingly and half-seriously when he saw him. First launch https:// https://

Leotidides knew what he was talking about, and said in a cold tone: "War is not a fight for children. If you are bullied, you will get revenge immediately. There is no need for me to listen to some ignorant people."

Hearing this, Cypros frowned slightly, and he gently persuaded: "You must understand the pain of the people losing their homes. Although their anger is a bit irrational, I am afraid it will infect your soldiers, you know. Most of the soldiers of the Eighth Legion and the Reserve are Katanai, and their houses and fields have also been destroyed, which may have a great impact on their morale, right?"

Leotidides looked away from the map, looked at Cypros, and asked, "Is there anything unusual?"

"I don't know about this, but I think the soldiers will have some ideas in their hearts." Cypros replied embarrassingly.

"What do you think?" Leotizides raised his eyebrows slightly, considering that Cypros was the wartime governor of Sicily, and he needed his strong support to command the battle himself. He swallowed it back, barely suppressed his emotions, and said, "I will pay attention to the situation of the soldiers, but now the Carthaginians are hoping to lure our army out of the city, in order to take advantage of their large numbers to defeat us in the field, for the future. The capture of Catane will ease the resistance, so we have to hold our breath and not be fooled by the Carthaginians. Lord Cypros, do you have any important business with me?"

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