Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Daves sighed and held his hands on his shoulders, and said sincerely: "Even if I am facing the Syracuse forces, the ocean is a world of their navy, and Dionysius This terrible opponent, as a commander, in such a bad situation, I will lose! And you successfully saved most of the soldiers of the two legions, and at the same time, with Crotone, the arrival of the reinforcements, let us have a defeat. Hope. Not only should I thank you! All Diavian people should thank you!"

These words say that Felicius has tears in his eyes, and that is a tear that is relieved.

"Dracos' death is not your fault! I know him. He never accepts defeat, so whether he is captured after being taken off the initiative or slamming into the ground, he is the most correct choice he has made! All we can do is to grasp Dionysius and use his head to pay homage to the spirit of Dracos!"

"Yes!...Yes!!" Felicius nodded again and again.

"How are the emotions of the Fifth Army soldiers?" Davers asked with concern. The Fifth Corps, a group of Brutus people, witnessed the death of the head of the army who created it, and during this time the Brudy area was in turmoil, and Davers certainly had to worry about their status.

"The soldiers can't wait to fight the Syracuse and avenge Draco!" Felicius replied immediately.

"That's good." Daphus encouraged him to say: "I met your wife Delia when I left Turui. She asked me to bring you something. 'She and her children are very good now, I hope that you can lead the soldiers to drive the enemy out of Great Greece as soon as possible!'"

When Felicius came, he was depressed, with his head down and his body shrunk; when he was walking, he was relaxed and striding.

Davers looked at the back of his departure, but he was thinking: Felicius is too gentle and not strong enough. It is not a general who can be independent. In the future, he will work in the military affairs department.

He actually had a reason to thank Felicius for not saying it: the failure of the Battle of Lamatu led to the great weakening of the Greek forces in the southern part of Greece, and no longer resisted Syracuse’s ability, but Isn’t Oonia not the same?

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The Dionysian fleet continued to drive south, approaching the sea near the city of Rocky.

It can be said that among these port cities on the East Coast, only the port of Rocky is still frequented by merchant ships, even more busy than before the war. Because the Syracuse Navy’s blockade and suppression of the ports of the Nanyi League city-state, the merchant ships on the east and west Mediterranean routes can only transit or trade in the port of Rocky.

"Sailing the sails!" Seckley looked at a sail in the distance, his eyes sparkling with a cold glow: "Offensive!"

With the horn of the horn, the fleet's warships gradually unfolded, and the sailors were excited to speed up the pulp frequency. The merchant ships did not pose any threat to them, giving them a thrill of vegetable abuse, and they could also exercise their practical experience.

Under the high-speed paddle propulsion, the speed of the warship reached 13 knots of horror. Other merchant ships could not escape without the help of strong winds. The volume of merchant ships is comparable to that of three-layer paddles. It was not an opponent at all, and soon it was overturned under the impact of the warship.

The sea is full of broken ships, people calling for help, big and small goods... The distant ships see this image, scared to escape, and soon on the sea outside the port of Rocky, except for Dionya. Outside the fleet, no other ships can be seen.

Seclair led the fleet to swim back and forth outside the port for a few laps.

Locke was angry at this, but he could do nothing because the Syracuse people took their 30 three-layer paddles two days ago on the grounds of confronting the Dionysian fleet. Seeing the enemy ships that swayed outside the port, everyone had a bad feeling in their hearts.

"It seems that Syracuse's fleet has lost!" Demo Dokas said with a gloomy look.

“Yeah!” Pantipapes said worriedly: “Since then, the Venetian warships will control the East Coast, which will have a huge blow to our maritime trade! I am more worried about Syracuse. On the land, he also lost to Dionia, knowing that the young governor of Dionia has returned to Turui."

"It is impossible for the Syracuse to be defeated on land!" Demo Dokas retorted without hesitation: "You and I have seen the army of more than 80,000 people in Syracuse, not Any Greek city-state can resist, including Sparta!"

That is to say, Demo Dokas is still a little annoyed, he is very clear: due to the support of Dionysius, De Modocas has dominated Lockheed’s supreme regime for many years, it is already de facto "Hey Lord." To this end, he fiercely suppressed political opponents and brutally suppressed the people who opposed him. The public was dissatisfied with him. During this time, this dissatisfaction is intensifying, because in order to guarantee the supply of supplies to the combat army and part of the Syracuse army, he levies a higher amount of "war special tax" among the city-state people to increase the treasury income to purchase war. Supplies. Once the Syracuse army was defeated, it would be hard for him to imagine what the seemingly gentle and calm people would do under the provocation of his political opponents.

"Now the city is too empty, so if the Dionysian army landed here, we are very dangerous!" Demodoccas suddenly said: "The troops stationed in Medma must be transferred back."

Pantipa Pace: "What about Medma City?"

"Lijim's army has been hit hard. Even if they want to attack the city of Medma, it won't be won soon. We can always reinforce it," Demodokas replied.

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The Dionysian fleet continued to sail south and soon reached the southernmost tip of the Great Greece.

Sekerian's ship was at the forefront of the team, carefully leading the fleet around the top of the peninsula, turning head to the north and entering the Strait of Messina.

After sailing for a while, I was close to Lijim.

It is already dusk at the moment, although Sekleian is more curious about the city of Messina, but the port of Messina is at the narrowest point of the strait, at least a dozen miles away.

Previously, when the Syracuse rebuilt the city of Messina destroyed by the Carthage, they moved to the city site, and the port was once abandoned, but it was soon dominated by the Syracuse, Locke and its allies. The immigrants are based on their own and are vigorously developed. Before the outbreak of the Great Greek War, Syracuse also sent a fleet to maintain port security, control the ships entering and leaving the Straits, and block the port of Lijim. Although a few days ago, the three-layer paddles in the Messina fleet were all transferred to the West Chamber and participated in the war with Dionia. There are only 30 small and medium-sized warships in the port, but this is not Lijim. Can fight. If it wasn’t for the Syracuse’s Clippers to discover the arrival of the Dionya fleet and quickly withdraw the ship to the port, the fleet of Seckley’s fleet would have seen Syrac when arriving at Lijim’s port. The warships of Zha are swimming outside the port, and there is no need for a battle.

Considering that it was late, and there was something to be done by King Davers, Seckley temporarily took the lead and let the fleet continue to head north, taking the lead to the port of Lijim.

The Lijim people have not seen foreign ships entering the port for two months. When they heard that the fleet of Dionia was coming, they were so happy that they rushed out of the city and rushed to the port.

Under the guidance of the Lijim patrol boat, the Seclerian fleet entered the military port, and the Dionysian sailors were still disembarking. The Lijim people came in and surrounded the warship and asked loudly about the outside situation.

It’s no wonder that they are so eager, because Lijim has been tightly sealed by the Syracuse fleet for more than a month, and they know nothing about the outside world. Generally speaking, it is difficult to completely block a coastal city. After all, warships cannot be soaked in the sea for a long time. They need regular maintenance, need to be towed to the sun on the shore, clean the ship’s raft, and the door needs to go ashore. Rest, eat water. But Messina is too close to Lijim, and the distance between the two cities is only a dozen miles apart, and the Syracuse people are eager to completely blind the eyes of the Lijim, causing them to panic. ~www.novelmtl.com~Therefore, the fleet stationed in the port of Messina was divided into several groups, and Lijim was blocked in turn, without interruption. In addition, Li Jim and the outside world's land access, the east side is blocked by Locke, on the west side, there is the Lockley army stationed in the city of Medma, blocking the way, since the last battle failed, Li Jim - Tao Ruina The coalition forces completely withdrew south of the Maro River.

Therefore, the arrival of the Devonian fleet gave the Lijim people a great surprise, especially when they learned that the Dionysian fleet had completely defeated the Syracuse Navy and became the new controller of the coast near Greater Greece. There was a burst of cheers inside. The Lijim people embraced the Dionysian sailors singing and dancing, like a celebration parade, and the Dionyns ushered in the city of Lijim.

That night, Lijim’s chief general, Attilius, hosted Seclerian.

At the banquet, at the request of the guests, Sekleian spoke of the sea battle of Taranto, which led to cheers and praises from everyone...

At this time, Attilis coughed a few times and cried aloud: "General Seckley, Lijim, for the friendship of Dionia, generously loaned all our three-layer paddles, even because Without the fleet, the Syracuse people were blocked for a long time. Now, with the help of our help, Deonia has successfully defeated the Syracuse Navy. Should we return our warships?"