"Although it is impossible for Carthage to make any moves from now on, don't let your guard down either! And also...... Geira, Leotini, Camanlina, Agrigento...... As soon as these vassal city-states notice signs of riots, let Macias immediately send troops to exterminate them! Dionysius commanded in a deep voice.

"Understood, sir." Phyllisstaus nodded intently.

Dionysius stared at him for a moment, then stepped forward and gave him a powerful hug: "Everything here is up to you, my friend!" ”

Felistos was about to reply, but he heard Dionysius whisper coldly in his ear: "These are extraordinary times, as soon as you notice any movement in the city, you will immediately arrest and behead them, and deter those traitors who want to disrupt this great expedition, understand?!" ”

Dionysiusson's cold words made Felistus's heart sink.

At this time, Dionysius happened to see Herolis talking to others not far behind Felistos, and added in a low voice: "And - don't trust Herolis too much, and don't let him participate in any city-state affairs during my absence!" ”

"Uh...... Got it, my lord. Felistos was stunned for a moment, then responded.

Dionysius, Phoebedas, and their party boarded a three-sculpled warship.

Dionysius waved to the crowd on the dock with great ambition: "Ladies and gentlemen, you will soon get the news of my victory!" Next year I will bring Syracuse a great Greece no less rich and land than Sicily! ”

After saying this, he fastened a purple coat and took the golden helmet decorated with colorful feathers from the hand of his attendant, and looked even more heroic when he put it on.

"Let's go!" Amid the cheers of the courtiers, he gave the order.

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On this day, almost all the merchant ships sailing through the Strait of Messina witnessed this unprecedented spectacle: thousands of warships, merchant ships, and passenger ships marched northward, the length of which stretched from the southeastern corner of Sicily to the toes of the Apennine Peninsula, almost cutting off the eastern route of the Strait of Messina......

Each ship's sails are painted with a striking "three-legged" pattern, so that no ship dares to cross the seemingly endless fleet for fear of being sunk as an intruder.

Many experienced shipowners immediately had a premonition that something big was coming, and they turned around or made a detour and hurried to their city-states to deliver the astonishing news.

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The messenger from Henipolis quickly returned to Laos, conveying to Arrobmas the order that "the army of Dionya is to go to Pikosis through the port of Daulas".

Arobumas was nervous when he learned that Davers had suddenly changed the route of his march. He immediately agreed and went all out to supervise the matter.

Thus, by the time the Dionian army arrived in Laos, the hundreds of merchant ships that had been temporarily requisitioned and the Laos army that accompanied them to the war were basically ready.

"Davers, welcome to Laos!" Arrobmas led the important officials of Laos to meet them at the gates of the city.

Sitting on his horse, Davers saw Arobumas leading a group of people to salute him, and he couldn't help but have the illusion that Arrobmas was the master of the city, and the little guy beside him ......

He glanced at Henipolis, suppressed the strange thought, then jumped off his horse, took off his helmet, and handed it to the guard beside him: "Lord Arrobmas, thank you for your help to Dionia!" He returned the salute earnestly.

"This is Laos' responsibility as an ally!" The man in his forties replied respectfully with his head bowed.

Hennepolis shouted at his horse, "Uncle, this time I will go with Master Davers on the expedition to Portentia!" ”

Arrobmas raised his head and looked at him, a complicated look flashing through his eyes: "I have no objection to this, but you have to go and discuss it with your mother." ”

"Got it, I'm going to tell her." Heneepolis immediately drove his horse into the city.

At this time, Davers said: "Henipolis is still a child, inexperienced in political affairs, this period of time has brought a lot of fluctuations to Laos, thanks to you, Laos can maintain stability!" ”

"Heni is not a few years old from an adult, but look at him......" Hearing this, Arrobmas blurted out impulsively, and when Davers looked at him with a slightly surprised gaze, he realized that his tone was a little heavy, and hurriedly changed his tone and complained: "Alas, Heni has been a wayward child since he was a child! But running a city-state isn't just something you can do whatever you want! During this time, the officials were a little resentful of him! ……”

"He's still young, and he still needs time to sharpen his skills before he can gradually become familiar with the affairs of the city-state. So it is very important for this uncle of yours to help him! Of course, I will enlighten him more during this expedition. On the surface, Davers was comforting Arobumas, but his words were full of support and protection for Henipolis.

Of course, Arrobmas could hear the meaning of his words, and his heart was lost for a while, and at the same time, the thought that was suppressed in his heart was slowly loosening.

"Lord Davers, I heard that tens of thousands of Samonai have invaded Portentia this time, is it difficult to repel them?" Arrobmas asked suddenly.

Davers glanced at him and said, "As long as the allies are in trouble, no matter how difficult it is, Dionia will do his best to help!" What's more, for Dionia, it was only a matter of time before the Samonai were repelled. ”

"yes, yes." Arrobmas laughed and said, "Lord Davers, you are a famous general who has won a hundred battles. ”

Davers smiled, turned around to see that the troops were ready, and asked, "Can we go into the city?" ”

"Absolutely." Arrobmas hurriedly said, "600 cargo ships are already waiting in the harbor, uh...... Lord Davers, your march has been hard as well, and I have held a banquet at my home to celebrate your arrival, and I invite you to finish your meal before leaving, and there is plenty of time for you to leave. ”

"Lord Arrobmas, thank you for having me! But now that the war is urgent, let me wait until I return victorious, and then come to your feast, and then you will have to prepare more sumptuous food, for not only me, but several of the Legion Commanders will also be there," Davers politely declined, jokingly.

"Then I'm waiting for you to return victoriously as soon as possible!" Arrobmas said with a smile, in fact, he had no intention of inviting guests, but just stood in front of Davers and was inexplicably flustered, and just said casually.

The trumpets began to blow, the war drums beat rhythmically, and the Dionian army began to enter the city, and at the forefront was a brightly armored standard-bearer, holding aloft a large flag with black hair in the center of the flag, surrounded by colorful gems, which represented the flag of the Dionian city-state alliance.

This was followed by cavalry, which was officially promoted from a cavalry brigade to a corps due to the great increase in the number of Dionian cavalry after the annexation of the Bruti region into the Dio-Ionian League. Although the mountains of Poittia were not conducive to cavalry combat, and although it was heard that the Samonai cavalry was not many, Davers still brought a thousand horsemen, and they were led by the cavalry commander Ryders.

The first cavalry held high the "Pegasus" battle flag, and the subsequent cavalry lined up in three columns, all with black leather helmets and black leather armor, holding a bayonet spear in their right hand and a black "raindrop-shaped" leather shield in their left hand, and entered the city in a relatively neat formation.

After that came the First Legion......

Although the army of Dioonia entered the city of Laos during the conquest of Bruti before, a few years later, when the legionnaires with unified equipment and costumes were displayed in front of the people of Laos, it gave the people here a considerable shock: the whole army was almost pitch black, and even the shields that the Greeks liked to exert their free nature were all uniformly painted with the "double-strand fork" pattern, which was uniform, neat and orderly, with a huge number and high fighting spirit. As the Ionian army in front of him walked along the main road in the city of Laos in a procession-like manner, both the nobles, officials, commoners, and slaves of Laos were dumbfounded and frightened, including Arobmas, who accompanied Davers.

He soon took his leave, hastily leaving on the pretext that he was going to arrange an expedition for Henipolis, and then hid on the roof of his mansion and watched the Dionian army march towards the port with a complicated expression, and for a long time he kept thinking about the question: The Dionian army was so powerful, could Syracuse really defeat it?

It was not until all the Dionian troops were out of the city that he breathed a sigh of relief.

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The news of the invasion of the Syracuse army first reached Lijim, causing panic throughout the city, as well as the council in the town hall.

"Lord Artilikrus, what should I do, the people of Syracuse are here!!"

"According to the owners of the ships that reported it, the fleet of ships in Syracuse covered the entire sea! Oh, that's terrible! It is estimated that no less than 100,000 soldiers will be transported!! ”

"Lord Artilikrus, you must immediately request reinforcements from the Dioria Alliance and the Southern Italian Alliance!! Otherwise, by the time the Syracuse people land in Greater Greece, we Lijim will be finished!! ”

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At this moment, the guards hurried in and reported: "Ladies and gentlemen, the harbor lighthouse has urgently reported that a fleet of about 80 ships has sailed out of Messina!" ”

This new message was like adding fuel to the fire and causing the entire town hall to blow up the ship: "By the way, Lord Artilikrus, our fleet! What about our fleet?! I said a long time ago, don't hand over our ships to Dionia, you won't listen! Look at what to do now!! ”