As a general of Crotone who had fought against Dionia, Milon was quite familiar with the tactics of "sending warships to attack the coast of Dionia's territory", and he was shocked that the Dioonians had defeated several strong enemies in a row, got out of the predicament of being surrounded on all sides, and had the opportunity to fight against Syracuse with all their might, especially in the naval battle, which was completely unexpected by everyone!

How did that young man do it?! After Milon was exiled, he was not idle, during his time in seclusion in Greece, he collected a lot of information about Dionia, studied the military politics of Dionia, and thought that he already knew a lot about this rapidly rising alliance, but he did not expect that in this war with Syracuse, Dionia's performance once again subverted his cognition.

"So the Dionians are really here!" Lycias became excited, but he remembered something again, and the joy on his face turned to anger: "They should have come a long time ago!" If the defenders of Asprarustum had been able to come out to our aid while the Syracuse were attacking, the city of Crotone would not have been breached so quickly! ”

Miron didn't speak, and the inaction of the Sprustum defenders was a thorn in the hearts of Lycias, the higher-ups of Crotone.

"Milon, even if the Dionian reinforcements arrive, but now that the Syracuse army is so strong, will Dionya be able to repel them? In case of...... Then we're all done! "Lycias was again troubled by gains and losses.

No wonder he was like this, after all, the terrible army of Syracuse, they had seen with their own eyes, the well-fortified city of Crotone was breached in such a short time, could the Dionians withstand such a large and fierce army of Syracuse? In case the Dioonians were also defeated, the only hope for the Crotone was gone! Many Crotone people have such ambivalence.

"From what I know of Davers, since he dares to lead his army, then he must have the confidence to win." Although they were besieged in the Acropolis due to the breaching of the city, and could not get any news from the outside for a while, Milon had more confidence in Davers than any Crotone, and as the saying goes, "the enemy who knows you best is always the enemy", and he exclaimed: "All we have to do now is to wait for the fire to be extinguished, send a sentry out of the city, find out the situation, and if we find Dionia's army, call for help from them immediately!" ”

"You're right." Listening to Milon's words, Lucias also calmed down a little, he thought for a while, and added: "We also have to inform Cipros and ask him to send someone out of the city to investigate." ”

Trina's army also suffered heavy losses on the day of the breach, and finally Cipros led the remnants of his army to retreat into the acropolis with the Crotone. As soon as Lucias reminded him, Miron's attention was what he lacked, for Trina had a much closer relationship with Dionya than Crotone, and the Dioonians would certainly take it more seriously with their request for help.

Lycias and Milon, two well-known politicians in Crotone, fought for more than ten years, and when the war forced them to work together, they found that they complemented each other's strengths, which is really embarrassing......

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Davers was watching the spear brigade in the camp playground when news suddenly came at noon that there was an unusual movement in the port of Crotone.

Midorides, who received the news, immediately rushed to the mouth of the Neto River with more than a hundred Raven warships, quickly picked up the soldiers of the First Legion, and rushed to the port of Krotone, just in time to meet the Syracuse fleet rushing out of the port and trying to escape.

The cunning Syracuse coerced the captured Crotone sailors out of the harbor with the remaining merchant ships and galleons in the harbor, and their more than 40 warships were mixed in with them, and fled south as soon as they left the harbor.

Midorades' fleet was thwarted by these ships, and no one completed the blockade of the port, and the unintentionally fighting ships of Syracuse could not catch up with the Raven ships full of soldiers, so the Dionian fleet only captured a few ships and watched most of the ships of Syracuse successfully flee to the south.

Due to the scarcity of successes, the soldiers of the First Regiment were a little listless after disembarking.

"Melisanda!" Melisanda, who was leading the soldiers ashore, heard the shout and turned to see that Pherisius was standing not far away waving at him.

Melisanda hurriedly told his subordinates a few words and ran over: "Father, is there something wrong?" ”

"It's nothing, come and see you." Phellisius said lightly, without revealing his concern: you must know that this adopted son fell into the sea twice in his previous naval battles, which really made him worry for a day: "How is the result of today's battle?" ”

"Let them escape." Melisanda said unwillingly.

Just as Phellisius was about to comfort him, the herald Tolmid rode over: "Commander of the Legion of Phellisius, Your Majesty is holding a military council, please hurry to the Great Tent at once." ”

"Got it." Phellisius casually asked, "Tolmid, what is the purpose of Your Majesty's meeting at this time?" ”

Tolmid glanced at Melisanda and smiled, "I guess...... Isn't it necessary to discuss the reasons why Syracuse's fleet suddenly fled from the port of Crotone? ”

Melisanda's heart moved.

At this time, the soldiers who came ashore suddenly became agitated, and someone shouted: "Look! There's a fire over there! ”

I saw wisps of black smoke reaching the sky south of the Neto River, out of sight......

After a while, the black smoke formed a thick column of smoke, and the fire reflected the sky there......

Pherisius and Thormide stared in that direction.

"Is it the city of Crotone?" Tolmid asked uncertainly.

"It's Crotone City!" Melisanda said in a deep voice, having fought twice in the sea near Crotone by boat, and he knew the direction of the city.

Pherisius and Tolmid looked at each other with solemn expressions.

The soldiers of the camp and the sailors of the estuary flocked to the north bank of the Neto, looking in amazement at the red-hot sky......

When the news of the burning of the city of Crotone spread among the crowd, many of the old citizens of Turriy cheered loudly, and some even shed tears of emotion, kneeling on the beach and praying to the goddess of revenge, thanking her for finally answering their request for years.

Such a big commotion in the camp naturally alarmed Davers and the legionnaires in the Great Tent, and by the time they reached the north bank of the Neto, the clippers at sea had already reported back to the camp what they had observed in the port of Krotone.

The soldiers were just watching the excitement, and Davers was wondering why the Syracuse people were doing what they did.

"Your Majesty, Syracuse's fleet has fled, and they have burned the city of Crotone, which they have managed to capture, which means that they are unable to cross the river for a decisive battle with us after losing their naval superiority, and it seems that they have decided to retreat in order to prevent our fleet from sneaking up on his rear and cutting off his grain transportation." Amintas was the first to speak his judgment.

"Your Majesty, we can't let them withdraw to the Xili Court easily! If such a large force were to defend Xiliting, it would not be possible for us to capture it at all. And if we retreat to Siriting, Trina and Coronia will be completely controlled by Syracuse, and the Lockri Alliance will be their allies, and it will be very unfavorable for us to fight there! Mattonis reminded aloud and eagerly.

"Then you think you should fight the Syracuse here?!" Antonios, as the old prefect of Matonis, reminded in a reprimanding tone: "If the Syracuseans are prepared, cross the river to fight them, this is exactly what Dionysius wanted!" Didn't the news come back that Crotone had burned down except for the Acropolis, and Dionysius wanted to take advantage of our eagerness to save Crotone in order to achieve the goal of a decisive battle with us here! ”

"But we are not here to lead our army to a decisive battle with the Syracuse people, but to compete with the Syracuse people to see who consumes the food faster?!" Amintas did not hesitate to express his displeasure.

"There's nothing wrong with consuming food in the game." Capus said seriously: "Our fleet has cut off the connection between this Syracuse army and Sicily, Syracuse cannot provide assistance to the army in Great Greece, Dionysius may have to rely on the Lockry Alliance to provide him with military rations, but Lockery is not a city-state rich in grain, how can it meet the food needs of such a large army!" And with the vast land of the alliance on our backs, with the full support of the people and allies, and Ansitanus having gone to Carthage to discuss the sale of grain, how could the army of Syracuse be able to overwhelm us! I think in two months the people of Syracuse will collapse on their own due to lack of food, and then we will easily destroy them! ”

"Lord Kaps, don't forget, it's not only our soldiers who are consuming military rations now, but also the people of the cities of Asprarustum and Crimesa, due to the burning and looting of the enemy's cavalry, they are also receiving the rescue of the alliance, so the number of us who consume military rations is greater than that of the Syracuses, even if there is assistance from the allies, they can still buy food, but this is all the savings donated by the people, can we all consume them before our eyes!" Epitenis retorted unceremoniously, as a corps commander who had been fighting on the front line, he naturally knew more about the situation than the others.

"Don't forget, the people of Crotone on the Acropolis, they are still waiting for our rescue! Although Dionysius may be taking advantage of this and trying to gain some initiative in the war situation, this is a huge war that has never been seen before, and it is not only the Great Greeks and Sicilians who are concerned, but also Greece itself, Carthage, and other Mediterranean countries. "Phellisius was a cautious character, but this time Dracos also stirred up his revenge.

Davers's heart moved, he knew that what Phellisius said was mainly aimed at himself.

"Your Majesty, my lords, is it possible to ......" Oliver saw that everyone's eyes converged, and his heart was slightly nervous: "Xi...... The commander of the Hiros Corps led the Lucanian soldiers to attack Trina, so the Syracuse had to retreat? ”

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