Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Of course, Dionysius would not dampen the morale of his subordinates for a Spartan, as long as he knew how to deal with the Dionysian Legion infantry next time, he smiled and said: Of course after this time After the fiasco of the battle, it is hard to say whether the Dionians will have another chance to fight with us.

It was Phoebe Das's turn to be puzzled, and he asked directly: Why do you say that? The Dionysians did not suffer heavy casualties, and with the strength of their city-state alliance, they could organize another strength. No weaker than Syracuse's army.

Dionysius smiled: Phoebe Das, you are indeed very talented in the military, but if you want to defeat and destroy a country, you can't do it by fighting alone.

He raised his head, his sharp eyes seemed to penetrate the tent, and saw the Dionysian Archon who was trekking in the Lucania area... With a mocking sneer on his face, he said proudly: Samonet The invasion of people is enough to give Dionia a headache, but today's victory in this battle must have a huge impact on Great Greece! And Dionia's troubles have just begun, and there is no way in Dionia. Before we can get out of trouble and can't concentrate all our forces to stop us, all we need to do now is to quickly conquer the other city-states of the South Italian League, enter the territory of Dionia, panic its people, and let its affiliated cities Uneasy and shaken... Dionysius said decisively: Finally, the easy conquest-conquer-it!

Your lord is right! Conquer Great Greece as soon as possible, and we can go home as soon as possible! Fasipesas echoed loudly.

Let's toast to the early conquest of Great Greece! Leptines, who was usually low-key, became a little excited because of Dionysius' encouragement.

We should kill more Great Greeks and snatch more spoils! Akirita said with a grin and a slightly grim expression. He doesn't have much interest in conquering Great Greece. After all, no matter how much land is occupied, he will not be distributed to his tribe. What he needs is more food, money, and even slaves to strengthen his tribe.

The Celtic leader Gaba also had the same thought.

When everyone else took their wine glasses, Phoebe Das barely stood up, he couldn't be sure: if Syracuse defeated Dionia with ease, would it be good or bad for Sparta?

The celebrations in the big tent did not last long, because the envoy of Sirius came.

During the battle, the civilian soldiers of Xili Court suffered heavy losses, and now they sent messengers late at night, the purpose of which can be imagined.

Dionysius deliberately didn't show up for a long time, making the neglected messenger restless. As soon as Dionysius appeared, he immediately asked the Sicilian tyrant to surrender to Syracuse.

Dionysius had a plan for this.

He deliberately dismissed this, and said angrily to the messenger: Sirius has always been actively fighting against Syracuse and its ally Lokri, but now suffered a crushing defeat, seeing the city was about to be captured, only thinking of surrendering, and Not out of sincerity, Xi Li Ting must pay the price for his previous wrongdoing, so that he can feel the sincerity of Xi Li Ting people.

This messenger was obviously not as young and arrogant as the messenger who came to deliver the gauntlet before, and he immediately pleaded in a low voice.

Then Dionysius said with a slightly sullen expression: In order for Syracuse to accept the surrender of Sirius, one thousand sheep, fifty cattle, and 30,000 catties of grain must be sent to Syracuse tomorrow morning. Syracuse will only accept the request for a truce from Sirius after the camp.

When the envoy of Sirius heard this, he immediately cried out: The amount of supplies that Dionysius requested was huge, and Sirius could not gather the supplies in half a day, and hoped to halve the number.

Dionysius said with a cold expression: This is the time to show the sincerity of Sirius. These materials cannot be delivered to the barracks tomorrow morning, and Syracuse will attack Sirius in the afternoon!

The emissaries of Sirius hurried back to the city and informed the council of Dionysius' tough demands.

Form is stronger than people! Facing the pressure of the army, the high-level officials of Sirius decided to agree to Dionysius' conditions after fierce debate, and sent several generals headed by Pretinis to the Syracuse camp to negotiate to determine the situation after the surrender of Sirius. treatment issues.

Dionysius made some concessions, and soon the two sides signed an agreement, each swearing an oath to the god.

Pretinis and others breathed a sigh of relief temporarily, and hurried back to the city to prepare supplies. It's not that Xi Li Ting can't take out these materials, it's just that after handing over these things, the life of the Xi Li Ting people in the second half of the year will be more difficult, but no matter how difficult it is, it is better than being destroyed by the Syracuse people. Court surrendered and joined Syracuse's army to fight with former allies. Dionysius also gave Sirius some conditions to win over, which made Pretinius and the others very tempted. The eastern part of the plain of Mia is given to Sirita...

In this battle, Syracuse won a big victory with an absolute advantage, which made the terrified Silidian Council feel that the future of the South Italian Alliance headed by Dionia was dim, and as the first South Italian to vote for Syracuse By agreeing to the allied city-states, Xi Liting will also gain a lot of benefits.

So from the afternoon to the evening, the entire Xiliting City was busy...

In the early morning of the next day, the people of the Sirius drove herds of cattle and sheep, and carts loaded with grain, out of the city in an endless stream. Of course, they were accompanied by several generals and entourages such as Pretinis. They were going to Di Onysius discussed matters such as dispatching troops to participate in the war.

When the long line was only halfway out of the city, a large number of cavalrymen appeared in the open fields outside the city, and they fiercely attacked this unarmed team.

This sudden blow made the people of Xiliting panic and run desperately. Countless cattle, sheep and carts were blocked at the gate of the city, resulting in the gate being unable to be closed and the drawbridge unable to be pulled up.

Dionysius lied to us! He is going to take our city!! Pretinis only realized at this time that it was too late.

The dust filled the front, the footsteps were rumbling, and the large army of Syracuse was rapidly approaching the city wall...

Dionysius, you broke your oath and deceived the gods. I curse you to have your eyes gouged out and your blood cut off! Before dying, he turned his hatred into this vicious curse.

The army of Syracuse easily broke through the defenseless city of Siridin, and this army of Sicilian Greek city-state citizens, mercenaries and aliens did not stop there...

The Silitinians panicked and wanted to escape the occupied city, but the port was full of Syracuse's fleet, and there were countless alien cavalry cruising outside the city, and they had nowhere to escape...

As a result, the atrocities that the Syracuses once carried out in the Sicilian city-states such as Katanai and Naxos are now being staged in the Cyril Court of Greater Greece - the massacre.

Dionysius did not stop his soldiers, or even indulged them. This army, which has been looted because of his long-term deliberate indulgence, was severely regulated by him some time ago. After continuous rapid marches and battles of great battles, it needs a release... Of course, this is only a minor one of them. reason.

More importantly, he is short of money! Serious lack of money! Even paying the mercenaries after three months was difficult, and looting was the quickest way to get money.

In addition, he needs to magnify the impact of this battle and tell the great Greeks in a shocking way: opposing him will be such a tragic end!

The armies of Syracuse sacked the city, and of course more than half of the looted wealth belonged to Dionysius.

In addition to the countless Silitinians killed during the looting, he also decided to turn the captured nearly 70,000 Silitinians, including the freedmen in the port, into slaves and transport them to the slave market in Syracuse , sold for money.

Except for a few of them who were neither killed in the looting nor sold as slaves. Dionysius ordered the guards to find them and protect them. They were the envoy Sarithius and his family who had threatened him before.

Dionysius took them to the Sirius Square, and in front of tens of thousands of Sirius captives, he brutally cut Sarisius and his family with a sharp saber, bruised and bloodied.

In the midst of the dying swearing of Surreysius, he declared loudly: Any great Greek who insults me, insults the people of Syracuse, will end like this!

With a knife in his hand, he chopped off Sarisius' head.

The audience of tens of thousands of Siriting people remained silent.

The reason why he did not destroy the city of Siriting the same way that he destroyed Katanai is because the position of Siriting is more important than that of Trina. Not only was the city large enough to accommodate his 70,000-strong army (more than 3,000 people were killed or injured on the side of Syracuse in the battle), but the east coast of Greater Greece was the main direction of his attack. He will use Siracusa as an important advance base for Syracuse's attack on Dionia and Crotone. Syracuse's army, navy, and especially food and cargo can be concentrated here. It is the next step to march north. springboard.

Of course, Dionysius had no desire to attack for the time being, but he also had his own considerations for the west coast (referring to the Bruti region), which was high in terrain, rugged on the road, unfavorable for the march of the army and full of aliens.

He found dozens of soldiers from different Brutian tribes and Lucanians from the captives, met them with kindness, and told them through an interpreter: The Syracuses came to Greater Greece, not to enslave them , but instead liberates them from Dionia's harsh rule, giving them the freedom they once enjoyed! And, as long as they are willing to rise up against Dionia and fight for themselves, when the war is over, Syracuse will allow them to have more fertile lands, such as the Plains of Euphemia, the Plains of Sybari...