But the Samos never imagined that under the orders of the captains of the fleet, Sekerian and other captains, about eighty percent of the raven ships of the Dionian fleet would dock on the nearby beach, and the fleet's infantry would disembark from the ships and gather nearly 15,000 men to surround the city of Samos.

The Samos at the head of the city were shocked to see the densely packed and well-armed Dionian soldiers outside the city.

At this time, Sekrian sent messengers into the city of Samos, and threatened the Samos at the council: submit to Dionysia immediately, and if they dare to let go of the Asia Minor fleet, even if they surrender, they will be punished!

The threat of the messenger frightened the councillors of Samos, reminding them of the rumors that Dionysia had destroyed Tegea in the Greek war, so they did not dare to fight back against the arrogance of the messenger, but politely stated that it would take time for the council to deliberate on this important issue before making a decision.

When Sekrian learned of the performance of the Council of Summers from the messenger, he consulted with Midorades and Stefacas, and then came to an agreement: he would continue to besiege the city of Samos with the First Fleet and the 15,000 infantry of the fleet; And the Second and Third Fleets immediately went north and headed for Milia.

Before nightfall, Sekrian even made another decision: to tow all the warships to the beach, and only send clippers to keep an eye on the port of Samos in turn.

This was a very bold decision, and the Asia Minor fleet could have taken advantage of this favorable moment to rush out of the harbor and quickly flee back to Halicarnassus.

In fact, the generals of the Fleet of Asia Minor did ask Samos to leave the port, but the Council of Samos was still arguing about the demands of the Dionian envoys during the day, and there was no unanimous opinion, so they dared to let the Fleet of Asia Minor leave and bring disaster to themselves, so they found various reasons to shirk it, and the generals of the Fleet of Asia Minor themselves disagreed, and did not have a strong demand to leave at night immediately, so it was not allowed to do so for the time being.

Early in the morning of the second day, Seklian led the First Fleet warships to re-blockade the port, while the troops on the shore, led by the First Fleet Infantry Commander Sesephilodus, cut down trees on the island, partly to build camps, and partly to build siege equipment, putting on a posture ready to attack the city at any time.

When the Samos citizen soldiers in Chengtou saw all this, their hearts were even more uneasy.

Also disturbed were the admirals of the Asia Minor fleet, who were once again making a request to quietly leave the port at night, and with great determination.

Therefore, when the Samos tried to be perfunctory but it didn't work, they also hardened their attitude: they refused to open the port gate and let them go.

The two sides almost clashed as a result.

Compared with the almost unrest in the city, Sekerian outside the city was no less easy, because the rations carried by the crew had already been eaten, and dinner was the fish that the crew of the fleet had spent a lot of effort to catch from the offshore sea and boil fish soup in the past two days, barely satisfying their hunger.

But Sekerian was confident of victory, trusting not only Midorides and Stefacas, but also having fought alongside Leoticides, and he was confident that the current Greek commander would seize the opportunity and come to his aid.

To this end, he spent the evening visiting the tents, encouraging the crew and the fleet infantry to persevere.

Early in the morning of the third day, the hungry Dionian crew still drove the warship out to sea to blockade the port of Samos, and if the Minor Fleet rushed out of the harbor at this time to fight to the death with the Dionian First Fleet, the outcome was unknown, but the Minor Fleet was afraid that the enemy would outnumber its own warships, and chose to continue to cower in the harbor.

The Samosians' delay was more like a resignation of fate to the gods, and of course they hoped that the Persian reinforcements would arrive in time.

But by noon, a large fleet of ships had sailed from the north, and the expectations of the Samos had been completely disappointed.

Leoticides not only sent a fleet of ships carrying grain, but also had the second, third, and fourth fleets carry the entire soldiers of the Tenth Legion, and for a time thousands of warships gathered in the waters near Samos, which not only frightened the Asia Minor fleet in the port of Samos, but also demonstrated his strong naval strength to the nearby coastal city-states such as Ephesus.

The 8,000 soldiers of the Tenth Legion and the rest of the fleet's infantry all landed on Samos, and nearly 30,000 Dionian soldiers lined up outside the city to cover most of the mountains of Samos, not to mention the incredible ballistas.

The Samos were utterly desperate, how had they faced such a formidable enemy since its founding, and Athens, which had attacked it, was completely incomparable, so before the Dionian soldiers could begin the siege, they quickly made the decision to surrender.

When the commanders of the Asia Minor fleet in the harbor learned that the Samos had betrayed Persia, they immediately led their crews to riot in the harbor in an attempt to seize the Water Gate, so that the fleet's warships could rush out of the harbor and make a final desperate fight, which was better than being captured without a fight.

As soon as the self-aware Samos surrendered to the Diorian army, they invited the Dionian army into the city and asked them to personally deal with the tens of thousands of sailors of the Asia Minor fleet entrenched in the harbor.

Not long after, the rebellion launched by the Dionya fleet was crushed by the 10th Dionyan Legion, which arrived quickly, so that the Dionian army and fleet almost suffered any losses, and captured the entire Persian Fleet in Asia Minor, which was an exciting victory, which not only meant that Dionya temporarily gained maritime dominance in the western part of Asia Minor, but also changed the original Persia and Dionia, which were roughly equal in naval strength, and Dionya and its allies began to gain an advantage.

The destruction of the Persian fleet in Asia Minor and the surrender of Samos had a great impact on the Greek states in western Asia Minor, and they suddenly realized that without the protection of their navy and the fact that most of the Persian garrisons in the various regions were going to Phrygia, the powerful Dionian fleet could land and attack any of the western coastal city-states at will, so Ephesus, Miletus, and Caius ...... Even many Greek city-states in Asia Minor, including Lesvos, changed their previous estranged attitude, and successively sent envoys to express their friendship to the Dionian fleet and the landing Dionian army, and some even asked them to release some of the crew members of the Minor fleet, after all, most of the crew members of the Minor Fleet came from these Greek city-states.

Leoticides led the allied generals to hold a military meeting in Ilion with several Dionian captains such as Secrean and the Athenian admiral Cabrias, and after discussion, it was decided that as long as the Greek city-states of Asia Minor regularly provided a certain amount of military rations to the Dionya and the Greek army and opened their ports to the coalition fleet, Dionia and its allies would promise not to attack these cities and release the crews from these cities......

In the proclamation to the emissaries of the Greek city-states of Asia Minor, there was no demand for them to submit to Dionia, because Leoticides and Secrean knew very well that only by completely defeating the land armies of Asia Minor could these wall-roots plants fall completely to Dionia!

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In the early morning of January 364 B.C. (the 30th year of the Dionian kingdom), the people of the city of Turiine, who had just finished the New Year, got up early to sweep the road in front of their houses. After breakfast, some people flocked to the riverport pier in the city, while others waited on the side of the road near their homes. By the time the day dawned, the avenue from the foot of the King's Hill to the inner city dock was already crowded with men, women and children.

Just when everyone was looking forward to it, there was a "Here it is!" from the front. Come on! If it weren't for the soldiers on the side of the road to maintain order, I am afraid it would cause a lot of riots.

After a while. In the middle of the road appeared a group of court cavalry, dressed in black cuirasses, purple coats, and helmets with red crowns, riding majestic horses, all of them with great spirits, marching forward in a neat procession.

After them, Davers, the king of Dionia, appeared before the eyes of the people, wearing a golden crown on his head, ornate armor engraved with Hades wielding a double-strand fork, a thick woollen burqa over it, and riding a black horse, his hair was gray, but his back was still straight, and his eyes were sharp, and he looked in good spirits.

He was joined by his eldest son, now the consul of the kingdom, Klotocatax, who had made a number of achievements in the Turriy in recent years, especially the successful Dionian Games last year, and his ability to govern was fully recognized by the Turian people, which is why they did not have much concern when they learned that King Davos was going to conquer Persia, a great power in the east.

The two were followed by King Davers's second son, Apox, who was already a well-known scholar in the kingdom and had been promoted to vice-president of the Dionian Academy of Mathematics last year.

Next to Apox was King Davers's third son, Antbris, who was the most popular among the people of Turiy, not only because of his rugby star, but also because of his own active personality and willingness to engage with the common people.

Next to Antebris, is the second daughter of King Davers, Eunice (although Cynthia is only the adopted daughter of Davers, and so gentle and virtuous, she is still recognized by the people of Turiyi, and regards her as the eldest daughter of Davos), as a woman, she should have traveled in a carriage like her mother and sisters, but she has to ride a horse, and she loves sports and has a similar personality to men, she is also loved by the people of Turiyi, especially for the merchants of Turiyi, In the past few years, she has taken over the Christoya Chamber of Commerce, and she is even more sought after by them for her capable and decisive style.