After hearing this, Ashirita and Gaba were excited, which was what they were best at and what they wanted to do the most.

Phoebidas was silent, in his heart he didn't fully agree with Dionysius' plan, but he also suddenly realized that Sparta should really learn how to attack a city like Syracuse.

At this time, Dionysius said in a mysterious way: "Before we attack Crotone, let's see how Asphorustum responds to the next thing......"

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In the city of Asprarustum, Phellisius was comforting the more than 500 legionnaires who had been exchanged for more than 500 Lokrie captives by Dionia. He had a great regret in his heart, because he failed to exchange the commander of the Fifth Legion, the patriarch of the Ionian Senate Dracos, and even Dionysius did not release Brim, the captain of the first brigade of the Fifth Legion, an important leader of Bissinia, and also a senator of the Senate, but insisted on exchanging prisoners one to one.

Felicius noticed that the soldiers who were exchanged were all Brutis of the Fifth Legion, and that the Fifth Legion had been captured the most because the Fifth Legion had fallen last when retreating, but he did not think about it further.

In fact, Dionysius deliberately released these Brutis, and in front of other captured Greek soldiers and Lucanian soldiers of Dionia, he released the Brutis with a kind expression, and even prepared to quietly release some Ionian legionnaires who had been observed by intelligence officers and found to have a grudge against them in a few days.

Although he regretted that he had reorganized the more than 500 soldiers into the Fifth Legion, he was also a little relieved, because half of the soldiers who came back were Bessinians, and Bessinia was the most staunch alliance of the Bruti tribes in the Bruti region, and since Bruti joined the Alliance, it has never had a riot, and there is no objection to some of the laws made by the Senate against the Bruti region that are unfavorable to the tribes, and Phellisius has a good relationship with Bachilipi, Therefore, he can come back a little more than the Sinians, and he feels better.

At this time, the herald hurriedly came: "Your Excellency, the commander of the Epitenis Legion asks you to go to the city at once, what the people of Syracuse are doing outside the city makes it impossible for him to decide, and it is up to you to decide." ”

When Phellisius heard this, he was shocked.

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Dracos wakes up from a nightmare.

After he led the 1st Brigade to intercept the enemy's cavalry and was heavily surrounded, he led his team to fight desperately, and was finally pierced in the lungs by the javelins of the enemy cavalry, and fell to the ground and was captured. Although he was treated by Dr. Syracuse, he had a high fever that kept going, sometimes unconscious, sometimes awake.

At this moment, he tried to open his dry and heavy eyelids, and he heard a terrible scream, but someone beside him shouted angrily: "Don't come! Don't come here! Athenu is above, and I beg you to protect them......"

What's going on? Dracos struggled to open his eyes, and the flickering image before him gradually became clear, and he found himself lying on the ground mixed with stone and earth, and a hundred meters in front of him stood a city, which he knew very well—Aspraustum.

How did you end up here? His mind was so groggy that he couldn't remember at all. He tried to stand up, but found that his hands and feet were tied behind him with ropes, and he couldn't exert his strength at all.

He struggled a few times, but to no avail, but the sharp pain from the wound made him almost faint again.

Obviously, the person next to him saw his movement and said in surprise: "Captain Dracos! Legion Commander Dracos, are you awake?! ”

"You...... Who are you? This...... What's going on? ......" Dracos asked, his lips open, limp.

"Report to the Commander of the Corps, I am the Captain of the Third Brigade, the Fourth Detachment, and the First Squad of the Fourth Legion. The people of Syracuse took the dozens of soldiers of our Fourth Legion who had been taken prisoner, and you to the city of Asprarustum, and tied each of them hand and foot, and laid stakes beside each of them, tied the ropes to them, and sent people to the city to shout to them, telling them, 'Here you and the captured soldiers of the Fourth Legion are.' Then the army of the Syracuse retreated a hundred meters, but every time their comrades in the city rushed out...... When they rush out to save us, these damned Syracuse people will ...... Javelins and bows and arrows will be used against them...... Shoot ...... at them" At this, Etullu wept silently.

When he cried, the other kidnapped soldiers were also saddened.

What the?! When Dracos heard this, he immediately became anxious, and he endured the severe pain, and supported his body with force on his shoulder. His eyes blackened and his head dizzy from the exertion, and he gasped for breath as he struggled to control his crumbling body...... After a long while, he finally fell to his knees.

When he opened his eyes again, he was greeted by more than a dozen corpses covered in arrows and javelins, and the nearest deceased was no more than a meter away from him. Looking at the dead face, Dracos recognized him: Haguik, a soldier of the Fifth Legion, a young Bruti from the small tribe of Cosenza, with a stubborn and stubborn personality. When he first entered the Fifth Legion, he repeatedly violated military regulations and was punished many times by the demanding Dracos, but he repeatedly refused to accept it. On one occasion, he and Dracos collided on the training ground. Eventually, Dracos made a bet with him to wrestle, and he won cleanly. Haggai overcame his anger and trained hard and performed well, and Dracos eventually promoted him to be the captain of the detachment, but he died here...... And to die for him!

A wave of anger welled up in his heart, and the cry of the soldier next to him made him even more irritable, and he yelled: "What are you crying about! What is there to be afraid of death, we will meet at the Valhalla! ”

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Phellisius looked solemnly at the row of people tied to the ground under the city, he didn't expect that he would see such a scene when he came up to the city: "You...... Are you sure those people are Dracos and the captured soldiers? ”

Epitenis, who usually has a detached and flamboyant personality, also frowned at this moment, and his voice was heavy: "Before I came up, the soldiers ...... It's been confirmed with life! I've forbade soldiers to leave the city without permission, but there are not only Dracos there, but also soldiers from the Fourth Legion. You look at my men, they all want to save their teammates, their neighbors, and possibly their loved ones...... Therefore, they all hoped to be able to send the Fourth and Fifth Legions, so that even if the enemy pressed up, they would be able to resist and successfully rescue Dracos and the other soldiers. ”

Phellisius looked at the shocking nearly 100 corpses that stretched all the way down the city to the kidnapped captives, and the phalanx of the Syracuse army that seemed to be resting a hundred meters behind the captives.

He looked back at the soldiers of the Fourth Legion stationed at the head of the city, their faces full of anger and anxiety.

Phellisius's gaze finally fell on Epitenis: "What about your opinion?" ”

"I think it's okay to give it a try." Epitenis hesitated for a moment, then thought and said, "The people of Syracuse did this because they wanted us to save them. So when we leave the city, it's likely that the Syracuse won't stop us right away, and we'll have time to line up and slowly approach Dracos and them, blocking their attack and retrieving Dracos...... Although there are more people in Syracuse than us, the terrain here is narrow, with cliffs on the left and mountains on the right, and no matter how many troops they have, they can't use them, and they can't outflank our rear roads, we ...... We should be able to safely return to the city. ”

Phellisius was silent for a long time, and said slowly: "Since you all know that the Syracuse people just want us to go out of the city to rescue, and you still insist on leading troops out of the city, can you really let us return safely because of the Syracuse people?!" Phellisius showed a pained expression and said hatefully: "A few days ago, it was because everyone thought that they could defeat the Syracuse people by luck, and I didn't insist...... And the result! As a result, we failed! The coalition forces were defeated, and we also lost more than 3,000 soldiers, causing the situation in the whole of Greater Greece to become so bad! Haven't we paid attention to such a lesson? Dionysius is not so easy to deal with, since he has designed this scene under the city, he must have a plan to deal with us going out of the city to save people, for the safety of Asprarustum City, but also for the safety of the Alliance, we ...... We can't go out of town! ”

Phellisius rarely shouted at people as loudly as he did now, this was the vent of his suppressed emotions during this time, so Epitenis was also a little stunned, and his face sank: "Could it be that we watched Dracos and the soldiers being humiliated and did not go to the rescue!" Don't forget, Lord Davers, when he was in Persia, he said, 'Let the people in his team be like a family, and never abandon anyone easily!' ’”

Epitenis' words whipped Philicus' guilty heart, and he clung to the crack in the stone with his hands on the battlements, the rough gravel stinging his palms...... Although he had an average relationship with Dracos, he was also a senator of the Senate, a legion commander of the army, and a comrade-in-arms for many years who was so humiliated by the enemy, how could he not want to rescue Dracos and the soldiers, but as the supreme military commander of the southern front of Dionia, he had a heavy responsibility, and in such a critical situation, his first consideration should be the security of the alliance. He had already failed once before, and he couldn't allow himself to make another mistake, otherwise once Asphorustum City made a mistake, the Syracuse people would be able to drive straight ahead, and he would really become a sinner in the Alliance!

"Strictly guard the city, no one is allowed to leave the city, this is an order!" Phellisius said in a firm tone: "I will bear all the consequences!" ”