In the town of Meyaro, the soldiers of the First Legion returned with their captives, and tens of thousands of families of exiles rushed back to the town from the port to reunite with their relatives after the fierce battle, and many of them wept when they learned that their relatives had died in battle......

The fighting in the town of Meiaro has just subsided, but the tragicomedy continues to play out on the battlefield covered with rubble and corpses...... The night was not destined for a quiet night, but thankfully nothing unexpected happened.

Early the next morning, Laodecian, one of the leaders of the exiles of Naxos, led 500 warriors, taking some of the captives of Tauromenan, to the north, where there were almost no soldiers, and urged them to surrender or kill the mercenaries.

Another leader of the exiles of the Catanais, Lesipellatus, led a thousand warriors to Sikuli to assist the rebellious Sikuli in conquering the acropolis.

Antonios led 3,500 soldiers of the First Legion and 1,000 exiled warriors aboard the ships of the Dionian fleet, while the remaining soldiers and civilians took care of the wounded and reorganized the devastated town.

The Dionian fleet sailed straight south, without encountering the Syracuse fleet on the way, and naturally arrived in Taunis much earlier than the Syracuse rout led by Masias.

At this time, the situation in the city of Taunis was relatively complicated, and the democrats who wanted to overthrow the dictatorship and the dictators who supported the tyrants and were close to Syracuse were indistinguishable, and the two sides occupied half of the city and fought endlessly.

After the defeat at the Battle of Naxos, Palonisus led the fleet to retreat to the port of Tounis and anchored, and did not immediately return to Syracuse, which was not far from Taunis, because he did not want to go back as a defeated general, and was criticized by Felistos and reproached by the people, so he wanted to wait for Masias to return to Syracuse after annihilating the Dionians, so that he could also be stained with some glory of victory and avoid too much blame.

Only a day later, news of the riots in Syracuse came, and Taunis followed by riots.

Paronisus, who received the bad news, panicked and overwhelmed. Don't look at the fact that he led a fleet, there were more than 6,000 sailors alone, but when he was ready to punish the first sailor who escaped from the battle in the port of Tonis, he was met with a collective resistance from the sailors, he had already lost control of the entire fleet, so the officials of Tounis ran to the port to ask him for help, hoping that he could lead the army to suppress the rioting democrats, and he could only say that he could not help.

And when the sailors learned that the people of the port of Syracuse were also involved in this riot, they still wanted to stay in Taunis, and they all shouted to rush back to Syracuse, but Paronissus could not stop it, and did not dare to stop it, so the whole fleet had left Taunis at dusk yesterday.

This is why the Dionian fleet reached the sea near Tounis without any hindrance. Despite the chaos in the port of Tounis and the absence of defenses, the Dionian fleet did not force its way in, but landed on a nearby beach, sent the troops ashore, and then reversed course and headed for Catanay, where Flarios informed Antrapolis about the landing of the 1st Army.

Antonios, who had gone ashore, reorganized his troops a little, and immediately sent Xenophanes to Leotinius with his few cavalrymen to get in touch with him.

Antonios apparently overestimated the defeated Syracuse army, and the soldiers of the First Legion and the exiled soldiers waited for six hours from morning to afternoon, during which time they ate lunch, took a nap, and recuperated their spirits and strength.

Antonios also made several contacts with Catane and Leotini through the Scouts, and thus got a general idea of the movements of the Syracuses.

When Antonios had everything in place, it was only after Syracuse arrived.

Before the Syracuse could react from the shock, Antonios gave the order to "march the army."

The soldiers of the First Legion and the Exile warriors, dressed in armor and armed with shields and spears, strode forward in a neat line, their eyes shining with hatred, they wanted to avenge the death of their comrades in the bitter battle of yesterday, and the city-state destroyed by the Syracuses!

Although his team of more than 4,000 people was also more than 4,000 due to the containment along the way, they were all lacking in armor and untidy (many soldiers threw away their weapons and equipment yesterday in order to facilitate escape).

Moreover, after a long day of trekking and entanglement with the Katanai rebels, where did the exhausted soldiers still have the fighting spirit to fight the enemy who were waiting for their work, and before Masias could give the order to "retreat", the anxious soldiers had already turned and ran back.

But the soldiers did not run a few steps and stopped again, because a contingent of about a thousand people also appeared in the rear.

By this time, the Syracuse had understood that they had been ambushed, and the ranks were even more panicked.

"Run up the hill! ......" the soldiers shouted in panic and scrambled towards the mountains to the west, as if this was their only way out.

But when they ran to the bottom of the mountain, countless javelins and arrows were shot out of the dense forest.

Amid the screams, the people of Syracuse panicked to find that there was also an enemy ambush on the ridge. Yes, the light infantry brigades of the 1st Army and the Leotines had been waiting in the mountains for a long time.

The fighting spirit left of the Syracuse army was completely defeated, and the team became a plate of scattered sand, scattered and fled......

Then it was time for the Dionian soldiers to capture the prisoners.

At this point, Antonios finally breathed a sigh of relief, and did not care about the decency of the commander, and sat on the ground with his ass, happily watching the soldiers go after the fleeing enemy like eagles catching chickens.

"Legion Commander, someone's coming!" Suddenly, the guard whispered a reminder to him.

He fixed his eyes on a group of people walking in front of him.

Unhurriedly, he stood up and straightened his helmet and cuirass.

"Congratulations, Lord Antonios, you have defeated the Syracuse coalition!" The man at the front, with a familiar face, raised his arms and excitedly congratulated him.

"Anterapolis?!" Antonios looked at him and asked aloud.

"It's me, Lord Antonios. Actually, we used to be in Master Davers's mansion—" Before Antrapolis could finish his sentence, he heard the exclamation of the people around him, and he immediately received a heavy blow to the face, and he stumbled, and almost fell to the ground.

With the salty smell in his mouth, Antrapolis reached out and wiped it, and found that the corners of his mouth were bleeding, and his heart suddenly became angry.

"This punch was for the soldiers of the First Legion who died in Meyaro yesterday! It's also to give out of anger to the soldiers who have been commanded by you to run around in the past few days! ”

Antonios's cold voice reached Antrapolis's ears, which not only calmed his anger, but also made him feel a little uneasy: as an ordinary citizen of Dionia, although he used the word "hope" in his letter to the high-ranking senator of the Senate and the commander of the First Legion, he certainly knew under the banner of Davers that Antonios could not refuse him, and his special status could not be used on formal occasions, so there was a " Dionya ordinary citizens commanded the transfer of a legionnaire commander", if other legionnaires knew about it, I am afraid that they would laugh off their big teeth, and it is no wonder that Antonios would beat him.

"Since Dionysius invaded Great Greece, countless Dionian people have died in this war...... Sicily was the rear of Siracusa, which had been operating for many years, with numerous allies, a large population, and abundant resources, and the First Army faced many dangers and dangers alone...... I also had to do this in order to carry out His Majesty's orders and end this war as soon as possible! In fact, we won, didn't we! Lord Antonios, you are now the conqueror of southeastern Sicily! "Antrapolis's words are soft and hard, and the implication is that if it were not for my help, where would you Antonios have such glory, I am afraid it would have been finished long ago!

Of course, Antonios understood the meaning of his words, among these generals of the Dionian army, he had a high emotional intelligence, so Davers would send him to Sicily, not Amintas, the great help given by Antrapolis, he knew very well in his heart that he was just venting the frustration of being under his command in the past two days, but in fact, he retracted his strength when he punched, otherwise Antrapolis would have been beaten and could not get up.

"Yes, it's not easy to win!" He sighed, and it was a tactful expression of gratitude to Antrapolis.

Then the two fell silent, overwhelmed by the Cataneans who rushed to defend Antrapolis and the guards who stood in their way.

After a while, it was Antrapolis, who was still of lower status, who spoke first: "Lord Antonios, what plans do you have that we need to cooperate with next?" ”

Anterapolis' low profile made Antonios not very reserved: "I wonder how the situation of Syracuse City is now?" He asked.

"According to the information received so far, the populace of the Syracuse rebellion has taken over the entire city and the port, and Dionysius' men and mercenaries have retreated to the island of Ortigia. As far as I know, it was the lair of Dionysius, bordered on three sides by the sea and on one side with the city of Syracuse, with tall and thick walls and fortresses, and the island was full of his supporters, and it was impossible for the rebellious people to take it. Antrapolis thought and said.

"It seems that the next task of the First Army is to march on Syracuse, assist the people of Syracuse, and capture the island of Ortigia." Antonios' seemingly calm tone couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart. ()

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