"But Siridine is outside of Hades' protection......" Caldias' expression darkened.

"This is your mission in the future!" The reason why Plesinas looked at Caldias differently from the Gentiles was because he was a key figure in the development of the unique temple of Hades in Dionia: "But for now, let us pray together, that Hades will bless Lord Davers to lead his army to defeat the Samonai as soon as possible, return to Turiyi, and then go to Coronia, repel the Syracusens, and ensure the peace of Great Greece!" ”

"You're right!" Caldias looked up at the statue of Hades, and his conviction was even stronger: I must let the divine power and mercy of Hades shine on the city of Siliting.

When Caldias came out of the temple, Plesinus swept away his previous solemnity and turned around quickly to close the temple door.

He was the only one left in the temple, and he knelt respectfully in front of the statue and repented sincerely: "Hades is above, forgive me for what I have done!" This is for your descendants! It is also to give you greater glory! ……”

After saying this silently, Plecinus raised his head, and felt that the face of the idol did not seem to be so terrifying, so he began to arrange it......

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Although the Dioonians were not as afraid of war as the other Great Greeks, the two battlefields of the south and the north were not only large-scale, but also far away from them, and of course they were also worried about the safety of their relatives. The number of people who go to the Hades Temple every day to pray for blessings has more than tripled compared to usual.

But from this day on, some people claimed: when he put an oil lamp on the offering table, he saw the words "Serve my blood as the king, keep the peace of the alliance" appeared on the table, but it quickly disappeared!

Some people also said, "He also saw this line of writing, but not on the offering table, but on the pillars of the temple!"

Others said that she heard the idol's low roar while praying, as if shouting 'Davers'......

At first, it was a sporadic rumor that the Dionians saw as a joke, but as time went on, more and more people said they had witnessed this miraculous vision, and things took a rapid turn......

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Also on the morning of that day, Dionysius received an emissary from the Southern Italian Alliance in the Great Tent.

When he saw the war letter handed over by the envoy, he felt a burst of joy in his heart.

It turned out that Dionysius did not have any intention of taking Corenia first, as Pretinis and Ascamas had speculated.

Dionysius was far from being as arrogant as the Greeks had imagined in commanding battles, but rather shrewd. Although he had never fought in the land of Greater Greece before, from what he had heard from Lockley's mouth and what he had observed with his own eyes, he believed that the walls of Coronia, a city that had been besieged by Lockley many times, were ten meters high and not so easy to capture.

He knew that once he put his troops into siege warfare, it would take a lot of time, and time was very precious to him and the army of Syracuse, and he had to break the stalemate on the battlefield as soon as possible and seize the opportunity to win the entire Great Greek battlefield.

So, after careful deliberation and deliberation with Phoebidas, he once again used the same trick he had used to defeat Shimirko at the foot of Syracuse.

Send a messenger to hurry back to Lockry, and order: Dispatch 20,000 freemen who landed with the army and were responsible for transporting baggage, equipment, and food, and then disguise themselves as soldiers, and quietly rush to the Syracuse-Lockry coalition camp that was besieging Coronia last night, and replace more than 20,000 Syracuse soldiers.

The Coronians were besieged in the city, the scouts of the Southern Italian Alliance could not function in the night, and the 4th and 5th Dionian Legions had just arrived in Cilitin, the generals were busy meeting and discussing, and the soldiers were in a hurry to build a camp, and had not yet sent a reconnaissance team to investigate the surrounding situation.

On the second day, the number of the Xiluo coalition remained unchanged, and they continued to use ballistas to attack the city of Corennia, and then began to cut down trees with great fanfare, make siege towers, etc., but they concealed the southern Italian coalition army and did not find any abnormalities in it.

At this time, the army of Syracuse, which had returned to Lokry, under the leadership of the general Fasipesas, passed through the mountain pass, quietly reached the west coast, and marched quickly north......

Only the general of the Lijim army stationed in Taurina, Feitun, discovered the enemy's movements, but at this time, Lijim and Taurina were under the control of Syracuse by sea and land, and they had cut off their communication with the South Italian Alliance.

Fitun did not know that the 4th and 5th Dionian Legions had retreated, so he had to take the risk of picking out a dozen daredevils, hoping that they would be able to cross the blockade of the mountain road and reach Coronia, and report this important information to the coalition forces, so as to prevent the Syracuse from increasing their forces and breaking through the Ramato River defense line (Fitun also thought that the Syracuse were still blocked south of the Ramato River, so he increased his forces).

In fact, Dionysius quietly replaced 20,000 men and rushed to the Euphemian Plain, which not only increased his forces in this area to nearly 80,000 men, occupying an absolute advantage in numbers, but also these were the troops he usually led, and it was quite convenient to command.

Although this small city is located in the Eufermian Plain, it has never been able to develop and grow due to the continuous invasion of the Brutis in the north, but there is a large river as a barrier in the south, and it is far away from Lockley, so that when the Lockley allies invaded, most of them attacked from the side of Coronia. The invasion of the Brutis was mostly based on plundering, and they rarely attacked Trina City due to their lack of siege skills, so the Trina people were not as crazy as the Coronians who thickened and heightened the walls and widened the moat, so the city of Trina, which was few people and low in the plain, became fat in the eyes of Dionysius.

The plan she initially discussed with Phoebidas and others was: after Fasipesas led the army to Hibernian, he would draw 20,000 men from the camp to attack Trina, and the southern and Italian coalition saw that he divided his troops, and if he led the army to rescue, Dionysius secretly let Fasipesas's army reach Trina by sea, so as to use the advantage of strength to defeat the reinforcements, and the army of Syracuse would completely control this area and continue to pursue northward; If the Southern Italian reinforcements do not come to the rescue (this option is less likely, as it will cause the coalition forces to drift up and down), the Syracuse army will take advantage of the situation to take the city of Trina, weaken the enemy's strength, and then continue to advance the Southern Italian army......

And after reading the war letter sent by the messenger of the Cilicourt, Dionysius laughed happily in his heart: Now, these arrogant Greeks are going to fight against themselves, and they really think that they can defeat me with their little men, just so that I can kill them all!

Dionysius was proud in his heart, but there was a hesitant look on his face, and he did not reply for a long time.

The envoy of the coalition said impatiently: "O tyrant of Syracuse, I have heard that you have been very decisive every time you execute the citizens of your city-state. Not even a single tear has fallen! How is it that today you are afraid of the army of the Great Greeks that you are going to enslave! If you only have the guts, go back to the island on the other side of the Channel and claim the throne, or the wrath of the Great Greeks will consume you and your army! ”

Faced with the ridicule of the messenger, Dionysius's eyes glared angrily, his face turned red, he angrily picked up the pen and wrote tactically: Tomorrow morning decisive battle!

Then he threw it at the messenger and shouted angrily: "Since you great Greeks want to die early, then pray to Hades more today!" Tomorrow I will suffer less when I go to hell! ”

"I don't know who will win and who will lose. What's more, Hades, who loves death, is the protector of Dionia, the most important ally in the Southern Italian Alliance! The messenger picked up the war book and did not forget to refute it.

"What's your name?" Dionysius looked at him sullenly.

"Sarisius, son of Scolas of Cilitin." The messenger replied with his head held high.

"Sarisius, I remember!" Dionysius spat out his name grimly, his words threatening.

Sarichius was not afraid at all, but smiled contemptuously: "It is my honor to be remembered by the tyrannical dictator of Sicily!" ”

As soon as the messenger left, the anger on Dionysius's face disappeared, and he paced up and down the tent excitedly, and then beckoned to the guards: "Go, call me the Spartan!" ”

Seeing Phoebidas walking quickly into the big tent, Dionysius immediately said, "Just now Siriting sent a messenger to give me a letter of war. ”

Seeing his happy face, Phoebidas asked directly, "So you agreed?" ”

"I didn't agree right away, I want to make the messenger think I'm hesitant and afraid......" said Dionysius, apparently pleased with his performance.

"In fact, there is no need to fight with the South and Italian coalition forces." Phoebidas immediately poured cold water on him: "If we attack Trina, we can mobilize the southern Italian coalition forces and let them be defeated by us with superior forces without knowing the military situation and making adequate preparations." If it's a battle, a face-to-face battle will increase the casualties of your soldiers! ”

"Phoebeidas, you are a good general, but sometimes you can't just think about winning when you lead a battle." Since this Spartan liked to go straight, Dionysius didn't bother to be polite to him anymore: "We in Syracuse spent a lot of money to prepare an army, not just to come here to win a few battles and show off our strength for Lockry. I need a battle on a huge scale! A glorious victory! To intimidate the Great Greeks and let them know who will be the true masters of this land! Dionysius said proudly, unabashedly revealing his ambitions.