Dionysius's terms of surrender to Siridine were somewhat lenient: Coronnia provided the Yanghe army to fight with the Syracuse army, and in exchange, Syracuse would not be stationed in the city of Coronnia.

What the Corennians didn't know, of course, was that for their submission, Dionysius wrote to his brother-in-law, the chief general of Lokry, Demordocas.

Because while Lockry fully supported Dionysius' invasion of Greater Greece, he once made a request: he hoped that Dionysius would hand over the city of Coronia to them after defeating the Southern Italian Alliance. Dionysius agreed.

For this reason, Dionysius had to reassure the Loqueli that for now, the disposition of Coronia was only temporary, and that everything was an expedient measure to defeat Crotone and Dionya as soon as possible. Once these city-states have been conquered, Coronia will be handed over to Lockley as promised.

The Loqueli accepted Dionysius' explanation.

The Coronians, of course, did not know that their fate was predestined, and they thought they had escaped the catastrophe, and were anxious to show obedience to Dionysius, and soon sent 5,000 soldiers and a large number of baggage to the Cilicourt.

The surrender of Coronya left the Lokrie army besieging Coronia free, and they quickly turned south and crossed the mountain pass.

Although Fei Dun had been wary of the east because the people he had sent to report had not returned, he sent a small force to guard the entrance of the mountain road just to be on the safe side. But after the news from the north was completely blocked by the people of Syracuse, he was completely blinded, and he never imagined that the situation in southern Greece had changed dramatically in just a few days.

There were so many Lokry (15,000 men) and so fast that the Lijim forces defending the pass were quickly routed.

Fei Dun was leading his army to besiege Madema, and when he got the news, he was so shocked that he didn't have time to organize his troops to meet him, and he was rushed into the camp by the surging Lockley troops......

By the time Fei Dun and countless defeated soldiers fled across the Maro River and into the city of Taurina, the original force of 10,000 people was less than 7,000 people.

Dionysius was overjoyed when he learned that Coronia had surrendered and Ligem had been defeated, because at this time, except for Ligem, the southern part of Great Greece had been pacified, and he could attack the north with all his strength with confidence, and Ligem, who was still breathing, was enough to deal with Lockry alone, and he didn't need to worry about it.

So he ordered Reptines: except for a few ships stationed in the port of Trina, and continue to cut off the sea connection between Dioonia and Ligim on the west coast, all the other ships participating in this war should turn to the port of Siridine to concentrate.

At the same time, he asked all units to complete their rest and recuperate as soon as possible and prepare to advance northward.

The war between the South Italian Alliance and Syracuse was not only between Greater Greece and the Greek city-states of Sicily, but also attracted the attention of many powers throughout the Mediterranean.

Not long after the Battle of the Ramato River, news of Syracuse's victory quickly spread throughout the western Mediterranean, and the city-states and forces associated with it were pondering the impact of the war on themselves, and even began to make small calculations......

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On this day, the Dionian Senate was holding a regular meeting to discuss two main topics: one was that the Sixth Army Corps, which had just left for Crimesa, had increased the logistical pressure on the Ministry of War, resulting in a shortage of personnel to transport food and baggage; The other was a proposal forwarded by the Admiral Sekrian to Silonimus, and the departure of the Sixth Legion had led to a shortage of combat soldiers on the ships, and he asked for the formation of a new legion. At the same time, the sailors of the combined fleet of Dionya were only just enough, and in the event of losses in naval battles, it was difficult to replenish them, and he hoped to be able to call up sailors from the allies as reserves.

"I want to ...... It is simple to solve the problem of insufficient personnel for transporting baggage in the Ministry of Military Affairs. "Since the sea route was attacked by the Syracuse navy, the merchant ships have been significantly reduced, and the porters, storekeepers, ship repairers, coachmen, and many other laborers in the port have no work to do, and they have nothing to do all day, which has added a lot of trouble to law and order. The Ministry of War could have gone to the port to recruit some laborers, and they didn't even need to be paid, as long as they were fed, they would do a good job, and it would also reduce the pressure on the port patrol......"

"That's a good idea!" Marigi praised and reminded, "However, even if you pay for food, you must be careful to control the supply, as the war progresses, grain will only be more precious than the drachma." ”

Hieronymus nodded in understanding.

At this point, Kunograta asked, "I don't understand why Sekrian had to go and gather the sailors of the allies?!" We have so many spare manpower in our ports, why not use it?! ”

Sekrian was not a senator and was not present at the meeting, so he had to be answered by Hieronymus, the only remaining commander of the Ministry of War, although he was not very good at it: "Hmm...... Time is running out right now...... Well...... Syracuse's fleet could strike at any moment, and Sekrian needed skilled sailors who could train without spending too much time......"

"What the hell is Sekrian doing when the fleet in charge of Turii takes up a lot of manpower in Turii, but he is always hiding in the Klatty River?! We should lead the fleet to drive away the Syracusa ships that are rampaging in the Gulf of Taranto, even if we get us back on course for a day or two! Marigi complained.

"I don't know much about the Navy, but I do know that Master Davers told him to do it."

As soon as Hieronymus finished speaking, Mariji immediately laughed dryly twice and said, "Since Lord Davers has already made arrangements, it seems that we don't need to worry too much about the affairs of the Syracuse fleet. ”

In the Senate, there were not a few senators like Marigi who blindly believed in Davers, but after receiving the crushing defeat of the South and Italy coalition forces in Cilitin, Petaru, who had been in a trance for the past two days, felt that Marigi's flattering face made him sick.

He sneered inwardly, then turned his gaze to Kadurk, who was also somewhat absent-minded.

"Well, let's send someone to consult with Castrolon and Heraclia and recruit some ......sailors," Cornerus stood up, and just as he had said his suggestion, the door to the venue was slammed open.

The captain of the guards, who was in charge of the defense of the Senate, rushed in.

Seeing his flustered expression, the rotating chairman Kuno Gorata hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, I just received an urgent letter that Metapontum has been captured by Tarantum!"

"What ?!!"

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The Archon of Tarantum, Theomilas, stood at the head of Metapontum, looking triumphantly as the soldiers of Tarantum poured into the gates that had long been opened, strangling the people of Metapontum who were still trying to resist in various neighborhoods of the city......

The offensive of Tarantum's army went very well, and they quickly advanced towards the square in the center of the city.

The sound of the fight reached the ears of Diomilus, and it had gradually thinned out.

"Let's go, go to the Acropolis!" Deomilus couldn't wait to reap the fruits of his victory.

When Theomilas got out of the city, he mounted his horse and marched straight with his retinue, and the streets were littered with the corpses of the Metapontumites and the wounded struggling to cry for help, and he did not see them: these descendants of the Tarantum, who had the blood of the Tarantum, had chosen to betray and would no longer be able to be forgiven by Tarantum.

As soon as Diomilas reached the square, his men rushed to him to report the good news: "The Acropolis of Metapontum has been taken!" ”

"So fast?!" Although Diamilas was confident that the quality of Tarantum's soldiers was far superior to that of the Metapontum, he did not expect that the defense of the Acropolis, the core fortress of a city-state, would be so weak.

"Isalokas, they persuaded the soldiers stationed in the Acropolis to surrender." The subordinate explained.

"I see." Theomilus relieved his doubts.

After all, Meta Pontum was once a sub-state of Tarantum, although after hundreds of years of development, the blood of the two sides has been weak, and the politics tend to be independent, but in an alliance, it has been protected by Tarantum for many years, and the people of Metapontum who are close to and admired Tarantum abound, only because of Tarantum's wrong aggressive policy in the past few years, Metapontum has suffered huge losses, but Tarantum still insists on acting recklessly, so that Metapontum people avoid greater losses and throw themselves into neighbors stronger than Tarantum - Ionian League.

Dionia's more tolerant policy towards the allies reassured Metapontum, but it did not mean that Metapontum had to cut ties with Tarantum entirely. On the contrary, once the crisis passed, the Metapontum people began to miss their home country again, and the pro-Tarantum faction led by Isalocas quickly restored relations and increased contacts (and of course conflicts). After all, Metapontum is closer to Tarantum, as evidenced by the fact that the pro-Teonian and pro-Tarantum factions are elected each year among the consuls of Metapontum and the Senate are similar.

At each Senate meeting, the two factions often argued fiercely, and even clashed, over which side of a bill designed to be designed for Dioonia and Tarantum should be more favored. In fact, the pro-Dionya faction led by Tud Pres was weaker than the pro-Tarantum faction, after all, Dionya had only been an ally for a short time, but the rapidly expanding power of Dioonia gave them the confidence to retreat at every critical moment, and Isalokas took the initiative to back down for fear of angering Dionia.

The Dionian Senate was also well aware of Metapontum's situation and could not interfere in its internal affairs, given its relations with Tarantum and the treaty of alliance with Metapontum. But they firmly believe that as Dionia grows stronger, Meta Pontum will naturally follow.