Of course, Dionysius would not demoralize his men for the sake of a Spartan, as long as he knew how to deal with the infantry of the Dionian Legion next time, so he said with a smile: "Of course, after the crushing defeat of this battle, it is difficult to say whether the Dionians will have a chance to fight with us again." ”

It was Phoebedas' turn to be puzzled, and he asked directly, "Why do you say that?" The Dioonians suffered no major casualties, and with the strength of their city-state alliance, they could have raised an army that was no weaker than Syracuse. ”

Dionysius smiled: "Phoebidas, you are indeed very talented in military affairs, but if you want to defeat and destroy a country, you can't do it just by fighting. ”

He raised his head, and his piercing gaze seemed to penetrate the tent to see the Dionian Archon who was trodging through the Lucanian region...... With a mocking sneer on his face, he said proudly: "The invasion of the Samonai is enough to give Dioonia a headache, but the victory in today's battle will definitely have a huge impact on Great Greece!" And the troubles of Dionya have only just begun, and before Dionia can get out of the trouble and concentrate all his forces to stop us, what we need to do now is to quickly conquer the other city-states of the Southern Italian Alliance, invade the territory of Dionia, panic its people, and shake its dependent cities with unrest......" Dionysius said categorically: "Finally, an easy conquest - submit - it ! ”

"Your Excellency is right! The sooner we conquer Greater Greece, we too will return home sooner too! Fasipesas chimed in.

"Let's toast to the early conquest of Greater Greece!" Leptinius, who is usually low-key, also became a little excited because of the encouragement of Dionysius.

"We should go and kill more Great Greeks and grab more loot!" Axirita grinned widely, and said with a slightly hideous expression. He didn't have much interest in conquering Greater Greece, as he would not give his tribe more land he occupied, and what he needed was more food, money, and even slaves to strengthen his tribe.

Gaba, the leader of the Celts, had the same idea.

When everyone else raised their glasses, and Phoebidas barely stood up, he couldn't be sure: if Syracuse easily defeated Dionia, would it be good or bad for Sparta?

The festivities in the Great Tent did not last long, as the messengers of the Siliting Court came.

The civic soldiers of the Cilitin suffered heavy losses in the battle, and now they have sent envoys in the middle of the night, and their purpose can be imagined.

Dionysius deliberately did not appear for a long time, making the snub messenger restless. As soon as Dionysius appeared, he immediately appealed to the Sicilian tyrant for the surrender of Siridine to Syracuse.

Dionysius had planned this for a long time, and he deliberately dismissed it, and angrily told the messenger that Cilitin had always actively fought against Syracuse and his ally Lokri, and now that he had suffered a crushing defeat and was about to be captured, he thought of surrendering, and it was not out of sincerity, and that Cilitin had to pay the price for his previous wrong actions in order for him to feel the sincerity of the Cilitines.

This envoy was obviously not as young and arrogant as the envoy who had come to write the war letter before, and he immediately pleaded in a low voice.

Dionysius said with a slightly gloomy expression: In order for Syracuse to accept Siritin's surrender, it is necessary to send 1,000 sheep, 50 cattle, and 30,000 catties of grain to the Syracuse camp tomorrow morning, and Syracuse will accept Cilicotin's request for a truce.

When the messenger of Cilitine heard this, he immediately wailed: the amount of materials requested by Dionysius was huge, and Cilitine could not gather all the materials in half a day, hoping to halve the number.

Dionysius said with a cold expression: This is the time to show the sincerity of Siriting, tomorrow morning these supplies cannot be delivered to the barracks, and in the afternoon Syracuse will launch an attack on Siriting!

The messengers of the Cilitian hurried back to the city and informed the council of Dionysius' strong demands.

Form is stronger than people! After a heated argument with the Ciritin leadership, the Ciritin leaders decided to agree to Dionysius's terms and again sent several generals led by Pretines to the Syracuse camp to negotiate with each other to determine the treatment of Cilitine after his surrender.

Dionysius made some concessions, and soon the two sides signed an agreement and swore an oath to the gods.

Pretinis and the others breathed a sigh of relief for the time being, and hurried back to the city to prepare supplies. It's not that Siriting can't get these materials, but after handing over these things, the life of the Siritines in the second half of the year will be more difficult, but no matter how difficult it is, it is better than being destroyed by the Syracuses, not to mention that in order to make Siriting surrender and join the army of Syracuse, and fight against his former allies, Dionysius also gave Siriting some conditions to woo, which made Pretinis very tempted, such as assigning the eastern part of the Eufermian Plain, to which Trina originally belonged, to Siriting......

In this battle, Syracuse won a big victory with an absolute advantage, which made the frightened Silitin Council feel that the future of the South Italy Alliance led by Dioonia was bleak, and as the first South Italy League city-state to throw itself into Siracuse, the West Court would also gain a lot of benefits.

So from the afternoon to the evening of this day, the whole Xiliting City was busy......

Early the next morning, the Cilitines drove herds of cattle and sheep and pack carts laden with grain, and left the city in an endless stream, accompanied by several generals and retinues such as Pretines, who had gone to Dionysius to discuss the sending of troops to the war.

When the long procession was only halfway out of the city, a large number of cavalry appeared on the open field outside the city, and they viciously slaughtered the unarmed team.

This sudden blow caused the people of Xiliting to panic and run for their lives, and countless cattle, sheep, and pack carts blocked the city gate, so that the city gate could not be closed and the drawbridge could not be pulled up.

"Dionysius lied to us! He's going to take our city!! Pretinis realized that it was too late.

Dust lay ahead, footsteps rumbled, and the large army of Syracuse was rapidly approaching the city walls......

"Dionysius, you have broken your oath and deceived the gods, and I curse you to be gouged out of your eyes and heart, and your blood will be cut off! ......" Pretines was stabbed in the chest with a javelin by the Numibian cavalry, fell from his horse, and before he died, he turned his hatred into this vicious curse.

The army of Syracuse easily breached the unsuspecting city of Silidine, and the army of citizens of the Greek city-states of Sicily, mercenaries, and aliens did not stop there......

The people of Silitin panicked and tried to flee the fallen city, but the harbor was full of Syracuse's fleet, and outside the city there were countless roaming foreign cavalry, and they had nowhere to escape......

As a result, the atrocities committed by the Syracuse in the Sicilian city-states of Catanay and Naxos are now being massacred in the Sicilian courts of Greater Greece.

Dionysius did not stop his soldiers, and even indulged them. This army, which had been predatory by his long and deliberate indulgence, had been under his strict control some time ago, and after successive battles of rapid marches and general battles, it needed a release...... Of course, this is only one of the secondary reasons.

What's more, he's short of money! Serious lack of money! Even paying mercenaries after three months was difficult, and looting was the quickest way to get paid.

In addition, he needed to amplify the impact of this battle, and to tell the Great Greeks in a shocking way that opposing him would be such a tragic end!

Syracuse's army sacked the city, and of course most of the looted wealth went to Dionysius.

In addition to the countless Siritins killed during the sack, he also decided to turn the nearly 70,000 captured Siritines, including the freedmen of the port, into slaves and transport them to the slave market in Syracuse, where they were sold for money.

Except for a few of them, they were neither killed in the looting nor sold as slaves. Dionysius called the guards to find them and protect them. They were the messenger of the Celestium who had threatened him before, Sarisius, and his family.

Dionysius took them to Siritius Square, where in front of tens of thousands of Siritinne captives, brutally cut Saarisius and his family with a sharp saber and cut them all over in bruises, flesh and blood.

In the dying voice of Sarisius, he proclaimed: "Any great Greek who insults me and insults the people of Syracuse will end up like this!" ”

He took up his knife and cut off the head of Sarichius.

Tens of thousands of Xiliting people in the audience were silent.

The reason why he didn't destroy Siridine as much as he did with Katanai was because Siritin's location was more important than Terina's. Not only was the city large enough to accommodate his army of more than 70,000 (more than 3,000 were killed or wounded on the Syracuse side during the battle), but the east coast of Greater Greece was the main direction of his attack. He would use Siliting as an important advance base for Syracuse's attack on Dioonia and Crotone, where Syracuse's army, navy, and especially food and baggage could be concentrated, and it would be a springboard for the next march north.

Of course, for the west coast (referring to the Bruti region), which is high and rugged, not conducive to the march of large armies, and is full of alien entrenchment, Dionysius has no desire to attack for the time being, but he also has his own considerations.

He found dozens of soldiers from different Buruti tribes, as well as the Lucanians, from among the captives, met them with a pleasant face, and told them through an interpreter that the Syracuse had not come to enslave them in Great Greece, but to free them from the harsh rule of Dionys, and to give them the freedom they had once enjoyed! And, as long as they are willing to rise up against Dionysa and fight for themselves, when the war is over, Syracuse will give them more fertile lands, such as the plains of Euphemia and the plains of Sybari......