v6 Chapter 202： Shenofens's advice

Aristilas actually sent his younger brother to Sicily, which shows that he really has a hard time here! The spirit of Antonios was immediately raised and he immediately asked: "Where is he now?"

"Kataney or Syracuse? I don't know too well." Shenifinis shrugged and said: "But if you come to Sicily, he should get the news soon, and will immediately send someone to contact us. ""

Antonios nodded and asked seriously: "Now the First Corps has occupied Meyaro, what should I do next? What advice do you have?"

"Adults, I don't know much about military matters. I can tell you what I have learned here for your reference." The modesty of Xenophonis won the favor of Antonios, he was busy leaving. The map of Sicily taken from Daves at the Westing Camp was placed on the table: "You please say!"

Xenophonis did not quit, went forward, carefully identified the map, and then pointed at the map, saying: "Adult, you see the position of Meyaro is actually very good. Its east is the ocean, the west is The vast Etna volcano, while the north of the Tao Romenian is only a dozen miles away from us, but its population is too small, I am afraid that even 500 soldiers can not be sent. The south of Sikuri has more than 20 miles, that It is also a small city state. Now Meiaro has been occupied by us. It has captured so many Sikuri citizens. It is hard to say that Sikuli’s lord can make up 3,000 civic soldiers. More than 40 miles south is Kataney. —"

When Sheenfennis said that there was pain in his expression, he sighed and said: "The original Katanay is a big city. There used to be 50,000 or 60,000 citizens. The fertile Catania Plain provided the people there. With enough grain, it was easy to organize the army of tens of thousands of people... But... after Kataney was destroyed by Dionysius, he let the Campania mercenaries occupy the city, Katane... ...it is no longer Katanay!..."

"You are a Katanai?" Antonios asked suddenly.

"Yes, like Aristilas, I used to be a Katanai!" said Shenovens, who said: "But now I am a Diaonian citizen!"

"When you beat Syracuse, your Majesty will definitely let the Katanais rebuild your homeland!" Antonios comforted him and then asked: "How many civic soldiers does Katana now have?" Antonio's mercenary, Antonios raised his vigilance, he just had a hand in the Crotone battle, knowing that these mercenaries are not good.

"... there may be four or five thousand people. After I returned to Sicily this time, I have not been to the Catania plains, and I have heard from people in the town of Meyaro." Shenifinnis hesitated, Then I suggested: "Adult, if you want to know more details, you need to wait for someone from Antrapolis to come."

Antonios nodded and pointed to the icon of the Leonidini between Katanay and Syracuse on the map. He asked: "Is this city-state occupied by Campania mercenaries?"

"Leo Tigne is not. It used to be a sub-state of Syracuse. After Dionysius took power, he had an alliance with us at Katana to fight against Syracuse, but Katane was After defeating, it can only surrender to Syracuse. In order to punish its betrayal, Dionysius forced most of the citizens of Leonidini to Syracuse, now Leotini As far as the population is concerned, it’s just a small city state...” Shenifinis said with a sad look.

"How many soldiers can there be in Syracuse now?" Antonios asked earnestly.

Shenifinis had to speculate again: "This... I am not quite sure. But a few months ago, Dionysius led the army to invade our Great Greece, and his general, Masias, also led. Seven or eight thousand Syracuse soldiers, to the northernmost Mile of the Sicily, destroyed the new city established by the exiles of Naxos and Katanai. I think there are tens of thousands of soldiers in the city of Syracuse. ..."

Ten thousand people! Antonios's face became gloomy. He looked at the circle of city-state icons around Syracuse on the map: Tonys, Barclays, Herbsus, Pachinus... These are all Syracuse A loyal affiliate, it is estimated that Syracuse can easily organize 20,000 troops quickly! The first legion has a strong fighting power, and there are only 5,000 people left in a series of battles... Antonios believes that there is no such thing as the magic of Devers, and he can defeat so many enemies with so few troops.

Sheen Finnis saw the anxiety of Antonios. He thought about it: "Adult, Syracuse has so many affiliated city states in Sicily that seem to be very powerful, but the people of these city-states are in Syracuse. I have been dissatisfied for a long time, and even the people of Syracuse are very dissatisfied with the dictatorship of Dionysius!"

"Oh?!" Antonios came to the interest: "You talk about this in detail."

"In recent years, Syracuse has been fighting abroad. The scale of the war is very large. The money and materials consumed are also very large. Therefore, Dionysius forcibly demanded a high amount of tribute to each of the affiliated city states. He has no soft hand on the people of Syracuse, and the special war tax imposed has risen to 25%. In addition, he not only needs money but also people. Before each war, he has to provide a large number of military sources in various city-states. At the end of the war, these civic soldiers died of death and injury, but their family members could not get anything. He also supported the lords in various city-states and cracked down on those who resisted tyranny. Therefore, not only the people of the city-states hated him, but even the nobility. They are also very dissatisfied with him, just afraid of his powerful force and dare not resist...

The people of Dionysius must be very clear about this situation, I think they dare not take all the troops to deal with you... After Dionysius led the army to attack the Great Greece, Meyal’s Sikou The attacker also often cursed him in private for this failure. A few days ago, when the news of 'Our fleet defeated the Syracuse Navy' passed to Meyaro, not only the free people and slaves, but even the citizens of Sikuri seemed a little excited, so these days in the town The people are talking about it. The topic of discussion is more about Dionia. Even my task has become much smoother. Like the organizers of the two riots, I have been cold and hot for me. I have contacted me since these days...

This is the case with Meyaro, and the situation in other city-states should be similar. It gives me the feeling that these city-states in Sicily are now like a pile of dry wood, just a torch, they can burn into a raging fire! Now, the news that "Your Majesty defeated the army of Dionysius in the battle" has spread to Sicily, and it is believed that it will have a greater impact on the people of the city-states! As long as you can defeat the Syracuse army once in Sicily, Sicily will inevitably get messed up! "Xerofennis said with impatience, the eyes sparkled with excitement."

"It's not that easy to beat the Syracuse in Sicily." Antonios smiled bitterly. Having said that, after listening to the details of Sicily introduced by Syracuse, he was a little more convinced: "The number of soldiers we have is still too small! Before I came, my Majesty once told me about the Sikels. Do you think we can unite them against the Syracuse?"

Shenifinnis thought for a moment and shook his head and said: "Since the Sikir are indigenous to Sicily, they are different from the Lucianians and Brutus in the big Greece. They are far from being barbaric... Oh, no. "Sheriffinnis remembers that these two races are already citizens of the Union. They are busy changing their minds: "The life of the Sikels is no different from that of our Greeks, except that they prefer to live in the inland mountains of Sicily. They are unreputable races. When the Carthaginians attacked, they turned to Carthage. When Syracuse was strong, they joined Syracuse...

But their fickleness was met by the gods. Dionysius pretended to be an alliance with them. After defeating Carthage, he murdered the King of the Sikels, Aguilas, and sent troops to the enemy. The central town of Achilles, Agilent, completely destroyed it, his atrocities scared the Sikels, and the other towns of Sikel quickly expressed their surrender to Syracuse. .

This time, Dionysius invaded our Great Greece, and the Sikels also sent him some soldiers. So I feel that the weak West Kyers will not dare to attack Syracuse with us, but they may not attack us, but remain neutral. But if Syracuse is defeated by either of us, they will join the winning side..."

Antonios understood: This is a race that is bullying and hard.

Note: In fact, it is not only that Syrac has such a bully and hard-feeling character. The other city-states and races in Sicily are such a wall, because this is determined by the special political situation in Sicily: in the history of Sicily in the past hundred years, There are only two superpowers in this island - Carthage and Syracuse, and there is no third force that can compete with it. On this relatively closed and small island, other city-states and forces can only see who is attached to them. If they resist, they can only be destroyed. Of course, when Carthage and Syracuse are in balance, they maintain peace. Other city-states can have a few days of peace. In the history known to Daves in the past, until the influx of the powerful forces of Rome, the intrusion of Rome completely broke the closed political and military ecology of Sicily, and eventually unified Sicily. And in the book, Deonia first appeared in Sicily, will it break the balance of power in Sicily?