Chapter 330 Margo's New Strategy and the Choice of the Taunis

This tone made Marco feel very harsh. His eyes were wide open, but then he remembered Pretakuba's advice, and immediately lowered his eyes and asked as calmly as possible: "I heard that the Senate sent you to Dio. The Nias mentioned the truce and peace, how did the Dionysian king respond?"

El Accra was startled by Marco's sudden burst of aura, and he quickly replied, "King Dionia is very willing to negotiate a truce with Carthage!"

"Doesn't this just show that the Dionysians know that their strength is not as good as us, and are afraid to continue fighting and suffer defeat, so if we want to keep the victory they have now achieved through a truce and negotiation, are we willing to stop working together under such a situation? The battle of the Dionians?!" Marco asked loudly.

El Accra was stunned for a moment, and then murmured, "Now... from the current situation, we Carthage are at a disadvantage!"

Marco looked at him coldly for a while, then suddenly stepped forward and grabbed his arm, and said in a commanding tone, "Come with me!"

El Accra was dragged out of the tent by Margo with a staggering footstep, feeling both puzzled and a little panic in his heart.

Marco took him to an open place in front of the tent, pointed to the back and said, "What did you see?"

El Accra calmed his mind and said slightly blankly: "A city wall under construction... It seems to be very long..."

"It's not like, but it's really long!" Margo said with certainty: "It will extend from the sea in the east of Serinus to the sea in the west, connecting the city of Serinus and our Dionia. All camps are included!"

"I was surprised when I came, why did you build the city wall behind the camp?" El Accra asked his own question.

"Since the Dionians dare not fight with us, then we can only take the initiative to attack!" Margo looked forward and said in a deep voice: "Our attack target is Serinus! Serinus! It is the station of the Dionysian Fleet. The Dionysian fleet can cruise the western seas every day and block our route. The port of Serinus has played a great role. As long as we can capture it, let the Dionysian Navy. Losing a foothold in western Sicily will inevitably reduce their naval advantage and reduce their threat to the western seas and the coast of Africa. But precisely because of the importance of Serinus, the Dionians will definitely not give up, they will definitely We will defend stubbornly, and I am afraid that in the future, the main force of Dionia's army will enter Serinus by sea to fight against us..."

Hearing the previous words, El Accra was still happy, but after hearing the latter words, he was a little worried: "Isn't this our attack and the defense of the Dionysian army?! You don't mean that such an attack will Did it cause a lot of casualties to our soldiers?!"

"The Dionians do have some experience in defending cities,

But attacking Serinus is much easier than attacking Minoa! Margo said confidently: "After a few days of analysis and discussion with Admika, I decided to build an outer wall first to protect our entire camp, so that the army can attack the city with all its strength and prevent us from attacking the city." At that time, the Dionian army came from the east, or landed on the nearby beach, and attacked us. "

Having said this, Marco pointed forward again: "What do you think that is?"

El Accra's eyes passed through the gaps in the tents, and when he saw what was in front of the city of Serinus, he couldn't help but say in surprise, "You still want to build an inner wall?!"

Looking at the earthen wall that had been left for a long time before it was completed, Marco couldn't help thinking of the night he was attacked by Dionysian troops, he breathed lightly, and said, "I will not only build the inner wall, but also The city of Serinus is surrounded, and based on the inner wall, a number of earth mountains will be built, and then based on the earth hills, a vertical city wall will be built, extending forward to connect with the city wall of Serinus... Until then, The Dionysians will have no defensive advantage, and fighting under the same conditions, we will definitely defeat the Diorians!  …”

Hearing this, El Accra felt inexplicably more confident, but he was a little puzzled: "Listen to your plan, Mr. Marco, it will be a big project! To build these city walls and earth hills... I'm afraid that Will it take a long time?!"

"Don't forget that I have more than 100,000 soldiers under my command!" Marco said proudly: "After they got the rations sent by Carthage, they started to build the outer wall. It has only been two days since you entered the camp. I have seen the progress of the outer wall, do you think it will take a long time to complete my plan?"

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After Leoticides and Zantiparis led the army to capture the main city of Syracuse, the Sicilian governor Cypros arrived in Syracuse on the second day, and joined Leoticides and Zantipas. Reese, Hiktas, who had just returned to Dionia, and his nephew Zamoratis discussed how to deal with the captured Syracuse soldiers and people in the city, and how to stabilize the order in the city as soon as possible...

Everyone quickly reached an agreement: Except for a few people in the city who were directly related to the people in the port area, all the people in the city became slaves to the kingdom of Dionia.

The reason for making this decision is that Cypros, who has stayed in Catane for many years, believes that since Syracuse has always been the overlord of Sicily, even if it is now down, the people of Syracuse always think highly of themselves. There is always a dream of restoring the former glory in my heart, forcibly pulling such a group of restless people into the rule of Dionia, they may jump out and make trouble if there is an abnormal situation, especially now that Dionia is in At a critical juncture in the war, it was the safest course to demote them all to slavery and escort them out of Sicily.

For Hiktas and Zamoratis, their rebellion led to the final fall of Syracuse. People in the same city are already in the same situation, and of course they do not want to live in the same city with them, not to mention the port area. After the people became citizens of Dionia, of course they hoped that it would be best to live in Syracuse, and the land they deserved was also in Syracuse, and most of the land in Syracuse was in the hands of urban people. ...

So for all parties, the people of Syracuse can only be sacrificed.

At the same time, officials of finance, household registration, agriculture, commerce, court and other ministries brought by Cypros have begun to take over the affairs of Syracuse city, count the property and spoils obtained, count the houses in the city, measure the tin Land in Lacuza, registering the people of the port area, and preaching to them carefully about their rights and obligations as citizens of Dionia...

The long-cherished wish of the people in the port area of ​​Syracuse for many years is about to be realized. They have shown great enthusiasm. Under the leadership of Hiktas, they actively assist the officials of Dionia, especially the seventh and third Together, the soldiers of the Eighth Army built a tall city wall on the isthmus, which completely cut off the connection between Ortigia Island and the main city. Cruise around Ortigia Island.

Syracuse is undergoing earth-shaking changes, and is seen by the people of Taunis and Leothin not far from it, and they are jealous.

Taunis is on the seafront and owns very little land, Leotini is a little better, but also not able to meet the land needs of the growing population, now they see the port of Syracuse which was much worse than them The people of the area can now get fertile land and good houses, and they feel injustice: because they also participated in the battle against Syracuse, they sacrificed more than the people of the port area of ​​Syracuse, but they did not. It's so unfair to only get a little loot!

Under the strong demands of the people, the high-level officials of the two city-states rushed to Syracuse to plead with Cypros.

Cypros looked embarrassed, and reluctantly said to them: The distribution of spoils of war between Dionia and the allies after the victory of the war was strictly written into the covenant, the land was not included in it, and he had no right to go Make changes on your own. And according to the "Dionysian Laws", only Dionysian citizens can acquire land, and the Taunis and Leothinians have only one way to get the land of Syracuse - become Dionysian citizens !

The high-level officials of the two city-states returned without success, but what Cypnos said was quickly spread in the two city-states under the impetus of people with a heart.

Moreover, some remarks were quickly spread among the people of the two cities, such as: Even after the land of Syracuse was allocated to the people of the port area, there would still be a lot left, but the Dionysian Senate According to this situation, other landless citizens of the Dionia area will be allocated to Syracuse, and there will be no extra land at that time.

Another example: being a citizen of Dionia is far better than being a citizen of Taunis (Leodini), not only do you not have to worry about having no land, nor do you have to worry about being invaded by a powerful enemy, you also have the ability to become a citizen of a powerful kingdom. pride……

More than 10 years ago, when Taunis, Leotine and Catane were all simultaneously independent from the rule of Syracuse, the people of these two cities witnessed with their own eyes those who were even more miserable than themselves, being killed by Dio How the people of Katanai, whom Nisius regarded as slaves, began to rebuild their homes, how they gradually became rich, and how they had a proud status, so that they had to show respect... More than ten years passed quietly, I think The seed of becoming a citizen of Dionia had already been buried in their hearts unknowingly, and the impact of the fall of Syracuse this time on them was only to eventually cause the seed in their hearts to blossom and bear fruit.

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