Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

"We just waited to be optimistic." Daves smiled easily, not at all to put the threat of Lucias in his eyes: "But I also remind you that the next time you come again, the conditions I will mention will not It’s such a good condition now! In addition, I want to remind you that Crotone’s enemies can be more than one of our Dionys... The war continues, who knows what will happen?”

Lucias heard a shock.

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By noon, the first batch of grain transport teams arrived at the military camp.

Daves breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time brought a letter written by Kunogora, who mentioned that the messenger of Lockley arrived in Turui and proposed to the Senate "Lorry and Dai The proposal of the United States to form an alliance against Crotone, the Senate has not responded for the reason that the governor is absent. The messenger was tired of the road, and the high fever was ill and was being treated in the hospital. In a short time, he could not directly go south to find Davis.

At the end of the letter, Kunogolata put forward his opinion: "Whether or not the consul general has the confidence to solve Crotone internally, please be sure to consider that the city-state strength of Lockley is second only to Crotone, its Behind the strong support of Syracuse, the elimination or severely weakening Crotone and causing Lockley to swallow the alliance of Crotone, will create a stronger enemy for Dionia..."

Davers repeatedly read it several times, and then picked up another letter. This is a secret letter from Aristilas, handed over to Daves through a special channel. The letter mainly mentions this. Some of the things that happened in the city of Turui, of course, also included the arrival of the Locke Lee messenger. In addition, mentions of what happened around Dionia, such as: Tarantum’s governor, Diomelas, led the army to capture Manduria, and then let Achta lead the army to attack Blind West. And the Mesapi people continue to have a fierce battle; Potentia is calling the surrounding tribes, seems to be preparing to attack the Grummantum south...

The last news caught the attention of Davers: Syracuse’s plenipotentiary Dionysius led 80,000 infantry, 4000 cavalry and 400 warships to Carthage... The war between Nia and Crotone, at the beginning of the year, the entire Greek world of the Western Mediterranean was a war.

80,000 infantry, 4000 cavalry, 400 warships? ! ! ! Daphus widened his eyes and carefully confirmed the number on the letter. Although he knew that Syracuse was the leading Greek power in the Western Mediterranean, the power it displayed at the moment still made Daves scared. After all, Syracuse was located on Sicily, but from Turui. Not too far, it will take two or three days by boat. And when Heilon, the brother of Dillon, who created the brilliant sect of Syracuse decades ago, succeeded the lord, there was a precedent for interfering in the internal affairs of other Greek city-states. Daves could not help but be vigilant.

He once again picked up the letter from Kunogora, read it again, and then pondered for a long time...

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After Lucias returned to Crimissa, he naturally talked with Miron about his meeting with the Dionian Archon Daves. Milon was angry that the Dionyans dared to ask Crotone for such harsh conditions of peace talks, and felt extremely embarrassed.

Throughout the morning, Milon observed the situation of the Dionysian military camp on the wall and thought about ways to break the enemy. Whether it is the South Bank or the North Shore, the soldiers of the Dayonia continue to build camps, and continue to move forward the defensive line, gully, deer, traps, etc., which are separated from each other, making people feel like they are not Attacking the Crimea, but the Crotones want to attack them.

Milon sometimes lamented: What kind of means did the commander of the Dionyrian army use to make such a brave and loyal cadres who are willing to give their opinions willingly continue to do this hard work and dirty work, if Croto The soldiers have long been arrogant and have trouble.

At noon, Crotone's fleet commander Askamas rushed to the port of Crimea, and Milon finally got excited because Ascalus, one of the 10 generals of Crotone, was also a friend of Miron. The representative of the radical group, Milon believes that he can agree with his own plan and help himself.

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After sending away Askamas and getting his affirmative reply, Milon could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

He just wanted to lie down and rest for a while, and the guards came in and reported that the enemy outside the north gate had changed.

Before, the Dionysian soldiers had been working a few hundred meters away from the North Gate. At this time, they suddenly advanced to 100 meters. They just started to level the ground outside the range of the Crotone inner infantry on the wall. Land, sort out a large piece of flat land. At the same time, there are heavily armed and heavy infantry guards on both sides to prevent the defenders from attacking the city.

There is no slinger in this era. It is impossible to protect the city of Crimea from such a distance. It is impossible to have any harm to the city of Crimea. Therefore, the Crotone soldiers are watching curiously on the wall, and there is not much tension. .

The dragon is also watching all this. He is already exhausted. He also wants to know clearly: What do the Dionians want to do?

The Dionysian soldiers began to pick up a four- or five-meter-long trunk, placed on the edge of the flat, separated into trunks by the tree, and connected and fixed with ropes. It was quickly made. A wooden frame of about 30 meters in length and 5 meters in width.

“Don't the Diaonians want to build a house here, and we are not afraid that we will burn them!” said a Crotonian soldier jokingly, immediately causing a sneer.

But I saw the Diaonian soldiers carrying heavy sacks one by one, put them one by one on the edge of the wood frame, and smashed a bag tightly...

"Hahaha... I see that the Diaonians not only want to build a house, they also want to make bread (because it is a sack for grain flour)!" Another playful word of Crotone's soldiers caused another burst of time. Laughter.

Because there are thousands of Devonian soldiers involved in the work, a wall was built with sacks in the blink of an eye, and the height of the wall was flush with the walls of Crimea, and it continued to increase...

Seeing this, Milon’s face changed dramatically, and the adjutant next to him shouted: “No, the enemy has to build a high wall to attack us!”

Seeing the sight in front of me, the Crotone soldiers who were still watching the lively have already understood that they began to panic: there are many powerful stone throwers in the Diaonian light infantry. The original range is far away, now Dai Ou The Nigerians quickly built a platform nearly two meters higher than the four-meter-high Krimissa wall, which meant that their light infantry boarded the high wall and allowed them to Arrows, stones attacked, soldiers on the wall of the Crimea.

Once the enemy has attacked the city, their slingers and archers can stand on a high platform and attack the defensive soldiers on the wall. This will make the defenders of the city busy to avoid the attack, and unintentionally defend the walls... Milon is now It’s cold sweat: you have to destroy this platform!

But he also knew that the enemy would be strictly guarded, so he decided to set the raid time in the evening.

Soon, he saw the Deonians start digging trenches around the high platform and filling the gap between the high platforms with the excavated mud...

Milon is a little crazy: the Diaonians are simply mice, thinking about making holes and protecting their lives all the time!

By dusk, the Dionyns built a small camp around the high wall.

Milon finally gave up the decision to sneak attack. He didn't want to waste the soldier's life on this hopeless action. There was already a hint in his heart.

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On the morning of the second day, the Dioniya North Battalion was screaming, and the soldiers of the Second Corps Company's company teamed up the ladder to form a small square array, which was arranged in a scale of fish 100 meters away from the city wall.

Deavers stepped on the dirt-built **** and stood on the high platform for the first time. He subconsciously rubbed his feet twice and felt more stable.

When he first saw the city of Crimea, he had the idea of ​​building a high platform. The wall that is more than three meters high is really too short. However, it is not easy to use clay to build a higher barrier than the city wall. Because it is easy to collapse, the engineers have come up with a good idea. They use trunks and ropes to make frames, use sacks to support the soil, and then fill the soil... Fast and solid.

Dafos is condescending, and the situation on the northern wall of Crimea is unobstructed. Seeing that the opposite side of the city was full of soldiers, Daves said to Epiphanes next to him: "Can our archers shoot at the enemy?"

"Commander, there is no problem at all!" Epiphanis said confidently.

Davers nodded: "Then attack ~www.novelmtl.com~ put the arrow!" Eppinis gave an order, and the archers on the high platform began to shoot the first round of arrows. The slinger, who was at the rear and next to the archer, also began to wave the sling in his hand.

I finally started siege! Standing at the head of the North Gate City, Milon is now fighting, and in the face of the arrows flying over the volley, flying stones, he shouted: "Defense!"

On the wall facing the high platform, he deliberately arranged for the heavy infantry to defend the city. They raised the round shield and protected the top of the head...

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There is a newly built village on the south bank of the Krati River in the plain of Sobari. Aguilas is the village head of the village. This is the lowest level of official in the current administrative system of the Dionynia, in accordance with the newly enacted laws. Regulation: The village head is elected by the citizens of the village for a term of one year.

However, when the village head is not an easy task, the candidates must meet several necessary conditions: first, they must be official Dionian citizens; secondly, they must pay taxes on time, without major violations. Record; in addition, serving military service, and having a meritorious service, has a special contribution to the Dionysian Union is preferred. 8)