Standing on the front steps of the Senate, Kunogorata looked back at everything in front of him, and the harmony and stability of the square touched the painful memories in his heart, and his expression gradually became resolute: "It is not easy for the Dionian League to have today, and we must not allow the Syracuse to destroy it!" ”

Cornerus, who also has painful memories, has lost his usual gentleness at this moment: "Even if we donate all the gold and silver, we will win this war!" Only in this way can the people of Dionya have a future! ”

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Secrean had been very busy these days, on the one hand, he had to reorganize the mixed fleet from the various allies that had just been gathered in Turiyi, establish the subordination of the various fleets, arrange the accommodation and food of the sailors, etc., and maintain the warships, install the "crows", and many other affairs; On the other hand, he also participated in and directed the construction of dry docks, the construction of naval ports, and the establishment of a cordon to prevent anyone from approaching to watch the naval training to avoid leaking secrets......

Now that the stretch of the river from the port to the temple of Hera had become a large construction site, and thousands of Dionians were in a hurry to build and expand the naval base, with the assistance of the Ministry of War and the Turiy City Hall, Secrean was much more relaxed, but what he was most anxious about was that the two new legions had not yet been formed, and his new tactics could not be practiced at all.

Therefore, when the news came that "the Syracuse army landed in Rockery, and the fleet of nearly 500 warships of Syracuse deployed troops in the sea north of Lockry to protect the troop convoy in Syracuse", not only Davers's warning and plan at the beginning, but also did he not have the slightest desire to go to war in his heart.

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At the headquarters of the Silitin Southern Italian Alliance, the representatives of the city-states led by Ansitanos put aside unnecessary quarrels and quickly reached an agreement when the crisis came: the city-states in the Southern Italian Alliance should do their best to send as many troops as possible to form a coalition army, and the commander of the coalition army would be Phellisius for the time being. If Davers led the team to the battle, the position of commander would naturally belong to him, but he was not there, so the representatives of the city-states believed that the prestige of Phellisius was not enough to make the leading generals of the other city-states completely white, and it could only be temporary, and any important decisions had to be decided collectively by the generals of the other city-states. In addition, the coalition army can freely march and stay in any city-state and any territory of the Southern Italian Alliance, and the supply of military food is provided by each city-state according to its strength in proportion, such as Dionia, of course, is the most, and Crotone and Ligem are naturally a lot, fortunately, it is only the end of October at this time, the autumn harvest has just ended, and the citizens of each city-state have sufficient surplus food, and the reserve granary specially set up in the Dionian Alliance a few years ago is even full, so there is no shortage of food for the time being.

As soon as the agreement was reached, the representatives of the city-states immediately returned to the city-states and urged the dispatch of troops, but only two did not move.

Ansitanos had a plan for Dionya before Davers left, and he only had to sit in Siriting and wait for the arrival of the Fourth and Fifth Legions.

The other was the messenger of Coronia, Yulipatos. Because Coronnia was already at the forefront of the battlefield, the entire Coronnia had already begun to mobilize for war, preparing to defend against the attack of the Syracuses. As an emissary, he had a great responsibility to stay here and urge reinforcements from other city-states to rush to Coronya as soon as possible.

"Lord Ansitanos, are you sure that Dionia's army has set off?!" He asked eagerly again.

"When I came here from Asprarustum City, our Fourth Legion had already gathered soldiers in the square, and from what I knew about our Alliance troops, they should be on their way by now."

"That's good! That's good! Yulipatos said, fidgeting as if he had a sore on his buttocks, and then asked, "What about ...... And did your Fifth Legion also set off?! ”

"The Commander of the Fifth Regiment of Dionya has no other hobby than fighting, and as soon as he receives an order, he will surely gather his army and set off. I even think that the Fifth Corps may have set off earlier than the Fourth. Ansitanos said seriously.

Yulipatos calmed down a little.

Seeing that he kept stomping his feet lightly, and his right hand kept tapping on the wooden table, he couldn't help but remind him again: "I suggest that you go to the nearest city hall in Xiliting for now, and hurry up to mobilize the citizen soldiers." ”

Xiliting? Yulipatos was a little puzzled: according to the agreement reached, their army would not go to Coronia.

Ansitanos explained to him earnestly: "Although Siritin, Trina, and Crotone are responsible for defending the north bank of the Ramato River, if the Syracuse people are allowed to rush across the Ramato River and go around to the north of Coronia, then our plan to block the Syracuse in Locli and its allies will fail!" ”

Eulipatos came to his senses at once at this reminder, and immediately stood up and said, "You are right, I will go to Lord Pretinis. ”

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On this day, in Locke, Dionysius had a hard time.

His original plan was for the entire fleet to sail north from Syracuse early in the morning, and to reach Lokley in one day and complete the landing as soon as possible. So he had the most experienced sailors choose a good day when the main Dionian army was on an expedition to Pothenia and at the same time peaceful.

The huge fleet did arrive at Lockley without any problems, but then encountered a lot of trouble during the period of entering the port.

Lockley does not have a natural harbor like Syracuse, which can easily allow thousands of ships to dock temporarily, and the port of Lockry is not as large as Syracuse, and it is already its limit to accommodate five or six hundred ships at a time, and at the same time, Lockley as a city-state, after all, has limited manpower, and has never dealt with a series of landing procedures such as landing, unloading, transporting, offshore, and rotating nearly 10,000 ships at the dock, which requires sufficient labor, orderly organization, strong management, and rich experience...... None of these are available to Locke.

And for the sake of secrecy and the purpose of a surprise attack, Dionysius had only sent a clipper to rule Lockry the day before, so Lockrie was not well prepared.

As a result, a large number of materials on the ship were unloaded and could not be cleaned up in time, piled up on the docks, blocking the passage of the soldiers to the shore, and let the soldiers of Syracuse clean up by themselves, and the soldiers who had been adrift at sea for almost a day were very tired and anxious to rest, of course, holding their breath in their hearts, and if they disagreed, they would clash with the workers at the docks.

And the unloading ships are in a hurry to leave the dense ship gaps, and the ships that come to unload are in a hurry to dock, how can the dispatching Lockley officials take care of so many ships, resulting in ships colliding with each other, crew falling overboard from time to time, and even a few ships were hit and flooded because of the damage to the hull, and finally capsized.

Outside the harbor, thousands of ships remained on the sea, both sailors and soldiers, who were very eager to go ashore and rest, while the owners were anxiously hoping to complete their tasks quickly and leave, because they were worried that although the sea conditions were good now, the climate in the Mediterranean would change rapidly, and if there was a sudden storm, all these ships would be slapped to the coast, and everyone would not even have room to escape, and they would be crushed together......

Dionysius was one of the first to come ashore, and was so anxious at the sight of the chaos that the port of Locli was quickly descended that he was even angry with his brother-in-law, Demodocus, who had been greeting him.

But it's useless to just get angry, the problem is there, and it must be solved as soon as possible. Therefore, Dionysius had to strictly order the personnel who had already come ashore to act as laborers, obey the command of the personnel of the port of Lockley, help carry goods, dredge the docks, and mediate conflicts. At the same time, he reluctantly gave an order to let all the troop carriers outside the harbor land on the beach near Lockley and let the soldiers go ashore.

After giving these orders, Dionysius knew that the bad situation in the port of Locli would be greatly improved, but a myriad of affairs would follow, and without two or three days of dealing with and repairing, the army of Syracuse would probably not be able to send troops.

In order not to be out of sight and out of mind, Dionysius left several generals and ministers to coordinate and direct the landing, and he took Phoebidas and his party out of port and into the city of Lockley.

It was the first time that Phoebas had been to Locke, and he was cautiously looking at the buildings in the city, when he heard Dionysius ask softly, "Phoebitas, where do you think our next first target should be?" ”

Phoebidas glanced at him, and then at the others who were far behind them, separated by the guards, and wondered in his heart: why hadn't he made up his mind until now when he was in Syracuse, he had already expressed his opinion to the tyrant.

So, he reaffirmed: "My first choice is still Coronnia." ”

Hearing this, Dionysius fell silent: he understood Phoebitas's intentions, and made it impossible for the city-states in the Southern Italian Alliance to unite with a swift attack while they were not ready for war. But the reason why he hesitated was not because the landing of the Syracuse army in Great Greece was like a wolf entering a flock of sheep, but there were too many fat sheep, and he didn't know which one to eat first, which made him suffer from difficulty in choosing, but because he already had a goal in mind, that is, Lijim.

Lijim has repeatedly turned against him and even humiliated him, such as rejecting his marriage proposals, but marrying the woman he proposed to to the Archon of Ionia, an enemy of Syracuse, but this is only a secondary reason. The main thing is Lijim's opulence and geographical location.