During the Peloponnesian War, Athens sent a large army to Sicily, and was finally defeated by the combined forces of Syracuse and Sparta, capturing more than 6,000 people, when Sparta was faced with the embarrassing situation of being passively beaten at sea and unable to break through the Athenian wall on land, they did not enslave these 6,000 captives to attack the city of Athens, if Davers did this, even if he set a precedent, I am afraid that the words "insidious and brutal" will become his label, not only will make these city-states of Great Greece secretly vigilant, Even the Ionian populace who had respected him would gradually alienate him, which would undoubtedly be a major blow to Davers's prestige. Therefore, with lofty goals, he certainly would not make the mistake of throwing watermelons and picking sesame seeds. Anyway, the victory is already in hand, and he doesn't mind the later time for the capture of Crimesa. So, as soon as the battle was over, he ordered a reserve brigade and more than 5,000 freedmen to escort the captives back to Turiy, leaving only two legions and two reserve brigades in Castelón.

Compared to the previous night, the people of Castelón, who were rejoicing in the victory, were more than happy to vacate their rooms, and prepared a sumptuous dinner and invited the Dionian soldiers to stay. The soldiers and freedmen who were tired and hungry compared to the legionnaires who entered Castelon and had to escort the prisoners, and who had to walk another hour or two by night to return to Tourii. However, the first time they participated in the battle, and it was such a large-scale battle, they could achieve victory, and as participants they were all honored, not only walking with their heads held high, but even scolding the captives with sonorous power, and they could not immediately return to the city and find an acquaintance to boast about their heroic deeds.

The situation of the Crotonens, who were the captives, was the most miserable, for fear that they would escape, their armor and clothing were stripped of their armor and clothing, and they hurried naked in the night, when a sea breeze blew, and they trembled as if they had long since exhausted their body heat. Once he walked slowly, the shaft of the bayonet gun that escorted the soldier whipped like a whip on his body, and the pain was unbearable.

Colebus was also one of the captives, and although he lamented his fate when he became a captive again, he was glad that he survived compared to his comrades who were either killed in battle or drowned, so he comforted his weeping compatriots and said: "The Dioonians are hateful, but they keep their word, and as long as we do what they ask, we will definitely return to Crotone alive!" ”

Even in the darkness of the night, the people of the city of Turiy came out to greet the victorious procession, and after a day of restless waiting, they saw the returning soldiers, and the many more prisoners of Crotone than on the previous occasion, and understood that the victory of the Dionian army in the battle was an unquestionable fact!

Unlike Castelon, the Turriyi were more likely to shout the name "Davers" to celebrate this hard-won victory, as they all knew that it was the Archon who was the leader of the Senate who led to the battle in advance, and finally won the victory!

The senators were also relieved, especially Philisius, who was appointed by Davers to stay in Turiyi, but he had not a single soldier at his disposal, and was always worried that Crotone's fleet would see through the camouflage and land in the harbor. Now, the return of the three reserve brigades and the freedmen has finally given him the confidence to do so. And with this fiasco in Crotone, I'm afraid that it will not be enough to protect itself, where will he dare to land and fight in the territory of Dionia.

Kunogorata and some of the Turian elders asked the soldiers about the entire battle, and as Turii, the Dionian League defeated Crotone, giving them a sense of revenge.

On this night, both reserve citizens and freedmen who participated in the battle were regarded as heroes by the Dionian people, who enjoyed enthusiastic cheers and sumptuous rewards, and at the same time they were proud and strengthened their confidence in becoming Dionian citizens.

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The chief general of the Crimea, Antaoris, was asleep at home when he was woken up urgently, and he could not believe his ears when he heard the news of the "defeat of Crotone's army": yesterday he saw with his own eyes in the harbor a huge fleet of ships and an army of nearly 40,000 men (including the freedmen and slaves who were transporting heavy loads)—an army of such a large number that Great Greece had never seen before! It was supposed to sweep the Dionian League, but how could it be that Crotone was defeated after only one day?! How could Dionia have more soldiers than Crotone?!! Could it be that Tarantum has joined the war?!!! ……”

Anta Orris, who had countless doubts in his heart, hurriedly put on his clothes and hurried to the north gate, where Orikpus, Pleades and others were already waiting.

In the light of the fire, I saw the Crotone people running from the north one after another, like lost dogs, their steps were vain, they were in a trance, their faces were full of panic and exhaustion, their helmets were gone, their cuirasses were thrown away, and their shields and spears were thrown away, and they stumbled into the city gates, and lay down on the ground, crying out weakly: "Is there anything to eat?" Is there anything to eat? ……”

Seeing the tragic situation of the Crotone people, Antaoris and they immediately felt worried.

Finally, they waited for Milon who had retreated, and although he was also embarrassed, he was in good spirits.

"General Milon, what to do next?!" Antaoris asked eagerly, this is exactly what the Crimeza people are most concerned about at the moment.

Instead of answering immediately, Milon asked, "Is there anything to eat?" I'm starving! ”

When Antaoris and the others watched Milon and the soldiers who had fled gobbling up the cold bread, they felt a little disdain in their hearts.

Milon was in no mood to observe what the Cremis were thinking, and he was eating as he thought about how to appease the Crimsians. After trekking through the swamp, without the enemy's pursuit, he gradually regained his composure, and on the way back, while regretting that he had made a series of mistakes before the battle, which led to the defeat of the battle, he also kept thinking about how to deal with the attack of the victorious Dionians...... Korimisa is undoubtedly the most important link to save the defeat!

He wiped the crumbs from his mouth with his hand, stood up and took in the expressions of the people around him: "Everyone...... I'm sorry, but we fell into an ambush with the Dionians, in battle with them...... suffered defeat, although I don't know how many people were lost...... But definitely not less ......"

Milon thought of countless soldiers struggling in the water, and he secretly clenched his fists in pain, letting his nails prick his palms with blood: "And the casualties of the Dionian soldiers are ...... than ours Much less ......"

What the?!! Everyone was amazed: tens of thousands of troops went out to fight, but they only caused small losses to the Dionian army, but they themselves suffered heavy losses, which is unbelievable! How did this battle work?!!

"Could it be that the Dioonians have sent more soldiers than ours? Or did Tarantum also go to war? Antaoris asked urgently.

Miron's smile wryly, he didn't want to tell the truth, but even if he didn't say it, when the Dionians arrived, the Crimea people would soon find out, and then they would be even more dissatisfied with Crotone, so it would be better to be honest and let Crimea prepare early, so that the two sides could help each other together. Therefore, he said truthfully: "Dioonia should have dispatched about the same number of people as us, and Tarantum did not participate in the battle......"

"Are you Crotone people flour-kneading?! It's always so easy to be defeated by the Dionians! Pleades yelled angrily.

He shouted out the hearts of the Crimea leadership: the last defeat made it difficult for Crimea, and the Crimean envoy finally made a promise: he would not fight against Crimea again, so as to save those prisoners! And this time Crimea broke the promise and assisted Crotone to attack Dionia, who had spared Crimea, if it failed again, what should Crimesa do?

Milon's eyes widened and he glared angrily. He was a multi-time Olympian Games champion in his youth, and later served as the chief general of Crotone for a long time, and his own power made Pleades a little frightened, and he avoided Milon's sharp gaze and boldly said: "If it weren't for you Crotone who had to wage war against Dionia, saying that 'Dionia will definitely teach Dionia a hard lesson!'" 'We in Crimea are motivated by trust in our allies (the last agreement between Crotone and Dionya stipulated that Crimesa existed as a neutral city-state. However, Crimesa was heavily influenced by Crotone, and considered itself an ally of Crotone) before declaring war on Dionia. Now you've lost, and you're losing so badly! Let's Crimesa, what to do ?! ”

"That's right, if it weren't for your compulsion, how dare we mess with Dionia!" Someone in the crowd chimed in.

What forced! You Crimeans don't want to follow Crotone and get some benefit from Dionia! Milon sneered in his heart, but he couldn't say this, otherwise it would only intensify the conflict.

"So what do you want? To make peace with Dionia? Milon looked around at everyone and said solemnly: "Now that Dionia has the advantage, they will only want more. Will Davers take the city of Crimesa and kill the people of Crimesa on a large scale to avenge his mercenary comrades? Will it turn Crimea into a sub-state controlled by them, like Niutum? ”

After Milon finished speaking, the faces of the Crimiszas, including Attalus, turned unpleasant.

"Now all we can do is hold on to the city of Crimesa! Dionya has no fleet, the sea is under our control, and the fleet can be used to bring food and more soldiers at any time, and the Dioonians cannot trap us! Milon said emotionally.