At this time, Dionysius glanced at the people in the tent, and his eyes fell on a person in the corner: "Androstius, what's the matter with you?!" The Dionian fleet used such a strange device, and you didn't even notice it, and let our fleet suffer such a big loss, do you think you should be punished?! ”

Androstini's face turned pale. In fact, the intelligence chief of the entire Syracuse is Hipparinus, and he is just one of the leaders, who follows the army on the expedition. The Dionian fleet had been training new tactics before the Great War began, and Androstini remembered that the Dionian fleet was training in a closed manner in the Klatty River. It's just that neither Dionysius, nor Hyparinus nor he took it to heart, and at most paid attention to the number of Dionian three-layer oared warships, who the generals were, and so on, after all, Syracuse's advantage in the navy was too great, and no one took Dionia's inconspicuous fleet in their eyes.

Who knew that now Dionysius seemed to lay all the blame for this defeat on Androstines, but he did not dare to refute it, who called him neither the brother of this tyrant nor his father-in-law?

Androstini scolded in his heart, but said with sincere fear on his face: "My lord, I ...... I ......"

Dionysius waved his hand: "Your guilt will be investigated carefully after the war is over!" From now on, you'll have to gather more information about Dionya and not miss anything, you know! ”

Dionysius, though he hated his brother's incompetence, had to defend him, because to defend him was to preserve his own dignity. Therefore, he had to share the blame for the defeat of the naval battle in this way.

Although Androstini was not punished for the time being, he secretly complained in his heart: now that Turii and Crimesa have carried out a strict military blockade, it is already very difficult to convey information.

"Leptieles, do you think it would be feasible to install this kind of wooden bridge from the Dionian warship on our warship?" Dionysius turned his gaze to the naval commander, who was still kneeling on the ground.

The generals were a little surprised: was it feasible to abandon the naval experience and traditions that had proven effective for centuries in Syracuse, and even in the Greek city-states, and to learn from a union of new city-states that had won only one naval battle?!

But Dionysius was not a man of the old ways, on the contrary, he was a reformer, a pragmatist, as evidenced by both the reorganization and reform of the army and the advancement of siege techniques.

"I ...... I don't know, because I've never been trained in this area......" Leptines, who was obviously a conservative, reluctantly said, "and the wooden bridge on the Dionian warship rotates so nimblely, I'm afraid there are some special devices, I think...... It's not a short time to do it, and it's ...... Also equip it on a warship to fight the Dionians, which ...... It takes time to train......"

"Then study it with engineers and craftsmen!" Lyptinius's bark made Dionysius angry again: "It's too late, when the Dionian fleet is coming, there are enough soldiers on our ships!" Didn't the Ionians want to turn naval battles into land battles? So let's have a good fight at sea! ”

"But my lord......," Leptinius cautioned, cautioned, "we don't have enough three-sculled ships......

"Idiot!" Dionysius scolded: "Bring back the fleet in Messina, and the port of Syracuse!" Also, send someone to inform Felistos and ask him to step up the construction of new ships, understand?! ”

Leptignes' head kept burning like a chicken pecking rice.

"Get out of here and go ahead and execute it!" As soon as Dionysius finished speaking, Reptines came out of the account much faster than when he entered.

Dionysius had no intention of paying attention to this, he knew in his heart that despite these measures, in a short time the strength of Dionia's fleet had gained the upper hand.

For Syracuse, who fought across the sea, sea supremacy was crucial, and the loss of it meant that the army was cut off from its home state. The fluctuation of the Syracuse army was a trivial matter, and the lack of access to local resources and the inability to control the political affairs of Syracuse were the things that scared Dionysius the most. Moreover, Davers had returned with the main force, and now that he was free from the intrusion and containment of Syracuse's fleet, he could lead his army south at any time, which made Dionysius waver about whether to attack Crotone with all his might.

At this moment, Dionysius forced his composure and said: "Now that our fleet has suffered a defeat, you all talk about it, what should we do next?" ”

"My lord, of course, you have to do what you said before, and go all out to capture Crotone!" Without hesitation, Astagras said: "Although we no longer have an advantage at sea, on land, the Dioonians cannot withstand such a powerful army of ours!" As long as we take Crotone, there will be no major obstacles to the north, we can reach the city of Turiyi, and it will be useless for Dionya to have more ships, and it will be up to you to decide whether to fight or make peace! ”

"My lord, I agree with General Astaglas." Fasipesas seemed to sense Dionysius's thoughts, and also spoke: "While the Tarantum are still threatening Turiyi in the north, we should hurry up and take Crotone!" If we retreat at this time and allow the Dioonians to join the Crotone, the number of soldiers they have gathered will cause us even more problems! ”

"Master Dionysius." The leader of the Campanian mercenaries, Enamernas, also stood up and said: "The soldiers are fighting very high now, because they all know that Crotone is a very wealthy city-state, and if we give up attacking it......"

The generals in the tent were all attacking Crotone, which made the balance in Dionysius's mind have tipped in favor of the attacking side, but he did not make a decision immediately, but turned his gaze to the only one who did not speak, and asked, "Phoebidas, what is your opinion?" ”

Phoebedas, who has always been outspoken, rarely hesitated for a moment. From Sparta's point of view, it was more beneficial for Sparta to maintain a balance of power between Syracuse and Dionia, so peace talks were actually a better option. But Phoebeidas, who was in the middle of it, was intrigued by Davers's performance, and he hated to defeat the young consul who was hailed as a "famous general" by the Great Greeks, so he said: "They all have a point, and attacking Crotone will give us the initiative." More importantly, it would force the Dioonians to come to the aid of Crotone before they had completely calmed down the rest of the war and were not fully prepared, thus guaranteeing us an advantage in the decisive battle with the Dionia. If you're worried that the Dionian army might suddenly attack while we're attacking the city, don't you have so many cavalry, why don't you let them go further north to reconnoitre?! ”

Dionysius glanced at Phoebidas, then at the generals, and laughed: "What do I have to worry about!" The Dioonians have won only one naval battle, and they think they can hold back our Syracusens! No! This will only allow us to focus more on the land offensive! ”

Dionysius stood up suddenly, drew his saber, slashed it into the table with a "bang", and said sharply: "From now on, all the troops will give me time to hurry up and prepare for the siege, and in two days I will go all out to capture the city of Crotone!" ”

"Take Crotone!!" The crowd shouted in unison.

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"Mother, I'm back!"

"We're back!"

With a "bang", Cynthia pushed open the wooden door in the backyard.

"Mother, we won! We have won those terrible enemies! Don't look at the number of their ships, they are all captured by us! Adorys excitedly ran up to Christoia.

Before Christoya could reply, a woman next to her smiled and said, "I'm right, Davers...... Your Majesty has the blessing of Hades, and you will definitely win, you don't have to worry! ”

Before she could finish speaking, Egnes stood up with joy on her face: "I'm going to thank Artemis!" ”

As she spoke, she briskly walked to the statue of Artemis on the other side of the garden.

"Go slowly, be careful of the fetus!" Christoya said with concern, and Agnes' personal maid had already rushed to help.

"Isn't Agnes the priest of Hera?" The woman was a little surprised.

"You must know that Egnes was the chief priest of the Temple of Artemis in the city of Ligem, before she came to Turiyi. During this time, she stayed at home because she was pregnant, so she could only pray to the goddess of hunting every day to bless Davers for safety, which was really hard for her! Christoya said with emotion.

"Hello, Aunt Andrea!" At this time, Cynthia saluted the woman.

"Cynthia, I haven't seen you for a few years, and you've become a big girl!" Andrea looked at Cynthia happily and took her in her arms.

"Mother, I'll tell you a secret, when we were celebrating our victory, there was a boy he carried—"

"Shut up, Adores! If you dare to talk nonsense, be careful that I beat you! Cynthia blushed and threatened loudly.

"What the hell is going on?" Christoya asked with a smile.

Adores didn't dare to speak under Cynthia's glare.