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Dionysius's surrender conditions to Sirius were fairly lenient: Coulonia provided supplies and troops, and fought with Syracuse's army. In exchange, Syracuse would not be stationed in Coulonia.

Of course, what the Coronians didn't know was that, for their surrender, Dionysius also wrote to his brother-in-law, Demodocus, the chief general of Lochry.

Because Locley fully supported Dionysius in the invasion of Great Greece, he once put forward a request: he hoped that Dionysius would hand over the city of Coulonia to them after defeating the South Italian Alliance. Dionysius agreed.

For this reason, Dionysius had to reassure the Lokri: now, the disposition of Corenia is only temporary, and everything is an expedient made to defeat Crotone and Dionia as soon as possible. plan. After these city-states are truly conquered, Corenia will be handed over to Lokri as promised.

The Lokri accepted Dionysius' explanation.

Of course, the Corenians did not know that their fate had already been decided. They thought they had escaped the catastrophe, and eager to show their obedience to Dionysius, they soon sent 5,000 soldiers and a large number of baggage to the Siri Court.

The surrender of Coulonia freed the troops of the Lochry who had besieged Coulonia, and they quickly turned south and crossed the mountain pass.

Although Feidun had been wary of the east because the people he sent out to report the letter had never returned, to be on the safe side, he sent a small army to guard the entrance of the mountain road. However, after the news from the north was completely blocked by the Syracuses, he was completely smeared in his eyes. He never imagined that the situation in southern Greece had changed drastically in just a few days.

The number of Lokri people who attacked so quickly (there were 15,000 people) was so fast that the Lijim troops defended by Yamaguchi were quickly defeated.

Feidun was leading his army to besiege Madma. He was shocked when he got the news. He didn't have time to organize his troops to fight, and was rushed into the camp by the surging Lochry troops...

When Feidun fled across the Maro River and into the city of Taorena with the countless defeated soldiers, there were only less than 7,000 troops left in the original 10,000-strong army.

Dionysius was overjoyed when he learned that Columbus surrendered and Lijim was defeated, because at this time, except Lijim, the southern part of Great Greece had all been pacified, and he could rest assured to attack the north with all his strength, while Lijim, who was still alive, was overjoyed. Lochry alone is enough to deal with, and he doesn't need to worry about it.

So he ordered Leptines: Except for a few warships to be stationed in Trina port, and to continue to cut off the sea connection between Dionia and Lijim on the west coast, the rest of the warships participating in this war turned to the port of Siridin to concentrate.

He also asked the troops to complete the rest as soon as possible,

Prepare to advance north.

The war between the South Italian Alliance and Syracuse was not only a matter between Greater Greece and the Greek city-states of Sicily, it also attracted the attention of many forces throughout the Mediterranean.

Not long after the Battle of the Ramato River, the news of Syracuse’s victory quickly spread throughout the Western Mediterranean, and the city-states and forces related to it were pondering the impact of the war on themselves, and even began to fight small abacus……

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On this day, the Dionysian Senate is having a regular meeting, mainly discussing two topics: one is that the Sixth Corps, which has just arrived in Crimea, has increased logistical pressure on the Ministry of Military Affairs, resulting in insufficient personnel to transport food and baggage; the other It was a proposal submitted by Admiral Cykrian to Hironimus. The departure of the Sixth Legion resulted in a shortage of combat soldiers on the warships, and he requested the formation of a new legion. At the same time, the sailors of the Dionysian Combined Fleet are just enough. Once there is a loss in the naval battle, it is difficult to be replenished. He hopes to call sailors from the allies as a backup.

I think...it is very simple to solve the problem of insufficient personnel for the transportation of goods in the Ministry of Military Affairs. Kuno Gorata, the governor of Turii, said in thought: Since the sea route was attacked by the Syracuse Navy, the merchant ships Significantly reduced, port porters, warehouse managers, ship repairers, coachmen and many other laborers have no work to do, and they have nothing to do all day, which has added a lot of trouble to the security. The Ministry of Military Affairs can completely recruit some laborers at the port, and even No need for pay, just keep them fed and they'll do a good job and take the pressure off the harbour patrol...

This is indeed a good way! Mariji praised, and reminded: However, even if you use food as a reward, you must pay attention to controlling the supply. As the war progresses, the grain will only be more than the drachma. precious.

Hieronymus nodded in understanding.

At this time, Kunogolata asked: I don't understand why Sekelian has to call the sailors of the allies?! There are so many spare manpower in our port, why not use it?!

Sekelian is not an elder, and he is not at the venue. He can only be answered by Hieronymus, the only left-behind commander of the Military Affairs Department, although he is not good at these: Well...time is very tight...well...Syracuse Zha's fleet will come at any time, and what Cykrian needs are skilled sailors who can train without spending too much time...

The fleet in charge of Sekelian has taken up a lot of manpower in Turii, but he has always been hiding in the Krati River. What is he doing?! He should lead the fleet to drive out the Syracuse wars that are rampant in the Gulf of Taranto. Ship, even if we restore our route for a day or two! Marigi complained.

I don't know much about the Navy, but I know Lord Davers asked him to do it.

As soon as Hieronymus finished speaking, Marigui immediately laughed dryly and said, Since Lord Davos has already made arrangements, it seems that we don't have to worry too much about the Syracuse fleet.

In the Senate, there are not a few elders like Marigi who blindly believe in Davos, but after the South-Italian coalition suffered a fiasco in the Sili Court, Petaru, who has been in a trance for the past two days, felt that Marigi's flattering face made him sick .

He sneered a few times inwardly, and then turned his eyes to Kadulke, who was also absent-minded.

Well, let's send someone to discuss with Castellon and Heraclea, and recruit some sailors to come here... Cornelus stood up and just said his suggestion, the door of the venue was suddenly pushed open.

The captain of the guard in charge of the defense of the Senate rushed in.

Seeing his flustered expression, the rotating chairman Kunogolata asked, What happened?

My lords, I just received an urgent letter that Metapontum was captured by Tarantum!

what?!!

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Tarantum Archon Diomilas stood at the head of Metapontum, proudly overlooking Tarantum's soldiers pouring into the gates that had been opened, and strangling in various blocks in the city. The populace of the resisting Metapontum...

The attack of Tarantum's army was very smooth, and they quickly advanced to the square in the center of the city.

The sound of fighting reached Diomilas' ears, and it gradually became sparse.

Go, go to the Acropolis! Diomilas couldn't wait to pick the fruits of victory.

Diomilas came down from the city, mounted his horse, and went straight ahead with his entourage. The corpses of the Metapontums and the wounded, struggling for help, were everywhere in the streets, and he ignored them: the flow of Tarantum Since the descendants of the blood of the Mu people chose to betray, they would no longer want to be forgiven by Tarantum.

When Diomilas had just reached the square, his subordinates came to report the good news to him: The Metapontum Acropolis has been won!

It's so fast?! Although Diomilas was confident that the quality of Tarantum's soldiers was far superior to that of the Metapontums, he did not expect that the fortress at the core of the city-state, the defense of the Acropolis, was like this. weak.

Italokas and the others persuaded the soldiers stationed in the defending city to surrender. The subordinate explained.

So it is. Diomilas released his doubts.

After all, Metapontum was once a sub-state of Tarantum. Although after hundreds of years of development, the blood of the two sides has become weak and the politics tends to be independent, but they are in an alliance and have been sheltered by Tarantum for many years. There are many people in Metapontum who are close and envious of Tarantum, just because Tarantum's wrong and aggressive policy in the past few years has caused Metapontum to suffer huge losses, but Tarantum is even more Instinctively, the Metapontums turned to a more powerful neighbor than Tarantum, the Dionysian Alliance, in order to avoid greater losses.

Dionia's more tolerant policy toward allies has reassured Metapontum, but that doesn't mean Metapontum has to cut ties with Tarantum entirely. On the contrary, once the crisis was over, the Metapontums began to miss their home state again, and with the deliberate promotion of the pro-Tarantum faction headed by Issalokas, the relationship between the two parties resumed. There is a rapid recovery and more contacts (of course there are conflicts). After all, Metapontum is closer to Tarantum, and it can be seen from the fact that the number of pro-Dionian and pro-Tarantum factions elected each year among Metapontum consuls and members of the Senate is similar. come out.

At every meeting of the Senate, the two factions often argue fiercely, or even conflict, over which side of the bill is designed to favor Dionia and Tarantum. In fact, the pro-Dionysian faction headed by Toudeples is weaker than the pro-Tarantum faction. After all, Dionysian has been an ally for a short time, but Dionysian is rapidly expanding. The strength of his power gave them the confidence, so that every critical moment, Italokas and the others voluntarily gave in because they were afraid of angering Dionia.

The Dionysian Senate is also very aware of Metapontum's situation. Considering the relationship with Tarantum and the alliance treaty signed with Metapontum, it is not easy to interfere in its internal affairs. But they firmly believe that as Dionia grows stronger, Metapontum will naturally follow.