Epitenis, though unwilling, had to obey orders, and even though the soldiers of the Fourth and Fifth Legions were unwilling, they had to obey the orders, and watched from the head of the city as their commanders and their teammates continued to be tied to their knees on the ground......

Time passes by minute by minute......

Some of the captured soldiers lay on the ground due to exhaustion......

Dracos felt his body dry up even more, but he restrained it with the greatest perseverance and didn't say a word. As the commander of the legion, he understood the sinister purpose of the Syracuse people to bind them here, and he also understood the reason why the city of Asprarustum was not moving. In such a hostile environment, the only thing he could do was to keep quiet and not to stimulate the fragile nerves of his brothers in the city, lest they fall into a dangerous situation. Perhaps, in the end, the people of Syracuse saw that their plan could not succeed, so they had to withdraw obediently......

But Dracos thought the Syracuse people too well, and Astagras was a little impatient when he saw that the city had not moved, and glanced at Endimenas, the leader of the Campanian mercenaries, next to him, and said, "Send a man up and cut off the head of a captive, and see if these Dioones can still hold their breath." ”

Endymenas hesitated, but finally agreed.

In the Greek tradition of war history, it was not allowed to torture Greek prisoners in front of the battle, and Astagras did not want to be contaminated with this crime, so he let the mercenaries do it.

The mercenaries chose to target Taturu next to Dracos, in order to further irritate the Dionians. Anger burned again in his weakened body as the mercenary raised his glittering saber and slashed it from the neck of Taturu, who was powerless to resist, and blood splattered onto Dracos's body.

He understood that the people of Syracuse had not thought of letting them go at all.

Hearing the irrepressible screams and commotion of the walls in front of him, the cries of the captured soldiers beside him, and the sharp pain in his lungs finally made up his mind.

He struggled to straighten up, exerted all his strength, and shouted in a hoarse voice: "Dionya Wansheng!" Victory for the Ionian Legion! …… Ahem...... Defend Aspraustum and avenge me and my brothers in the future! Avenge!! With that, he used the last of his strength to slam his head into a sharp rock that emerged from the ground in front of his knee.

For a moment, he remembered the image of Davers smiling in Armendolara Square presenting the flag to him covered in bandages: "Master Davers......" A smile appeared on his face......

"Bang! ……”

Immediately afterward, several of the Dionian captives followed Dracos's example and crashed to the ground......

When Astagras and Endymenas saw this tragic scene, they were shocked like mud puppets, and they came back to their senses with a half-sound, they did not expect the Dioonians to be so strong! In particular, Dracos, as an important figure in Dionia, did not spare his life and was unwilling to be humiliated, so he died......

"Quick! Go and heal them! ......" Astargras, who had always fought bravely, shouted in some panic, and he was inexplicably a little afraid in his heart.

"Lord Commander!" Epitenis, a man who rarely shed tears, stood in front of Pherisius with tears on his face at this time: "Because of our fragility, Dracos...... Dracos died heroically in battle......"

Pherisius clenched his teeth guiltily, his fists clenched, his gums burst out and bleed, he didn't realize it, the voice squeezed out of his mouth, it was so painful, and at the same time it contained infinite resentment: "Dracos...... Dracos chose to ...... because he was afraid that we would fall into the hands of the Syracuseans I chose to go to Valhalla! Hades is on top, I swear! I, Phellisius, swear that I will defeat Syracuse and bring the corpses of the tyrant and his men to the Heroic Spirits of Dracos!! ”

Epitenis snorted, and with the same resentful look, looked at the Syracuse beneath the city, and then walked over to the soldiers.

Soon, the whole city resounded with Hades' chant: "Lord of Hades, Lord of Justice,

Black-haired, black-eyed Hades,

I, a valiant warrior,

Come to your solemn temple,

What have I done before?

I love wielding shields and spears and drinking the blood of my enemies!

Do I tremble and fear?

Never!

For I want to boast before you about my deeds!

……”

The solemn and majestic chant echoed over the city of Aspraustum, and finally turned into a deafening sentence: "Captain Dracos, Captain Wan!" Long live the Ionian Legion!! Kill all the people of Syracuse!! ……”

When the Syracuse soldiers under the city heard this, their expressions changed.

Astagrass became distracted, waved his hand weakly and said, "Go back, report to your lordship......"

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When Astargras briefly told Dionysius what had happened under Aspraustum, there was silence in the tent.

Now, the Syracuse people occupy the absolute advantage of the entire battle situation, and you can see the solemn expressions on the faces of everyone in the big tent, as if the Syracuse people have lost the battle.

Dionysius coughed dryly a few times and said in a deep voice: "Our siege preparations must be accelerated!" I hope to be able to attack Crotone the day after tomorrow! Asphorustum ...... Well, stay vigilant for now. ”

"Yes, sir!" Fasipesas stood up at the call, then immediately turned and went out of the tent, urging the engineers, craftsmen, and soldiers to speed up.

At this moment, everyone in the tent seemed to have a sense of urgency in their hearts: they must destroy the Ionian Alliance while it is still weak, otherwise it is likely to be attacked by it!

Even the arrogant Phoebidas was not moved, he couldn't help but remember: decades ago, the Spartan Aristopmus, a brave Spartan citizen as a member of King Leonidas's 300 guards, failed to participate in the Battle of Thermopylae because of eye disease, and a year later in the Battle of Pradia, he took the initiative to rush to the front, died bravely and saved his reputation, and was praised by the country......

The citizens of Dionya do not seem to be weaker than we are in honor of honor, their courage and will to fight! Phoebe Das thought with mixed feelings.

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This day is destined to be an unforgettable day for the people of the Dionian Union!

Although the Syracuse had not yet begun to attack the city of Crotone, the mercenary cavalry had already crossed the Neto River and galloped on the plain of Croton on the side of Dionia, where houses were set on fire and villages were destroyed......

In the northeastern part of Dionia, the Tarantums, who had nearly 20,000 soldiers and were superior in strength, were unwilling to confront the combined forces of Dionia-Heraclia in front of the city of Heracles, and Theomilas sent some of his soldiers south to cross the Agri River into the territory of Amendola in Dionia, and began to wreak havoc in an attempt to force the newly created Seventh Army of Dionya to leave the city of Heraclea.

The first waterwheel in the entire Greek world, to which the Amendolars were proud, was burned in flames.

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In the Bruti region of the Dionian League, although Petaru's rebels were wiped out, Bergam learned his lesson and led his more than 2,000 followers not to engage Hieronymus, who came to encircle him, and took advantage of Ambania's complex terrain and the protection of Lake Chechita to fight the counterinsurgency army. As a result, in order to stabilize the situation in Bruti, Shilos had to postpone his plan to gather soldiers to form a new regiment to support Turiyi.

At sea, Syracuse's naval commander Reptines finally gathered the warships scattered on the east and west coasts of Great Greece at Siriting, gathered a powerful fleet of more than 400 warships, and headed north along the east coast of Great Greece, ready to force Dionia's fleet to come out for a decisive battle.

The Crimisians, the Castrons, and the Turi's all began to tremble at the sight of the huge fleet that covered the entire sea......

What the people of Dionya did not know was that in the west, in Laos, the de facto ruler of the city-state, Arrobmas, was moved when he heard the news that "Syracuse had defeated the South and Italian forces, and quickly occupied Trina and Siritin, and conquered Coronia".

However, the news that "Davers completely defeated the Samonai" soon came, and he hesitated a little.

It wasn't until the news of "Tarantum's invasion of the Alliance, the rebellion of the Bruti senators, and the invasion of the Syracuse army under the city of Crotone" came one after another, and Dionia was attacked on all sides and was in danger. Arrobmas believes that in such a situation, no matter how good Davers is, it will be difficult to ensure defeat.

But he did not act immediately, and he had to wait for the army led by Davers to leave Lucania and return to Turiyi, for he did not want to suffer the wrath of the Ionians first.

And when the spies told him, 'Henipolis has led his troops to Tourii with the main Dionian army'. He breathed a sigh of relief, to be honest, he was reluctant to raise his sword and gun against his nephew and the Raos soldiers, whose departure had removed his mental barrier.

On this day, he imprisoned the family of his brother Avinogis, summoned the officials and chieftains of Laos, and proclaimed: Laos broke away from the Dionian League!

At the same time, he sent an army of 1,500 men to the fortress of La River, claiming that he was going to reinforce Turriy at the request of the Dionian consul.

The captain of the Fortress of the River Pull, Tagru, had already been reminded by Davers, and had already raised his vigilance, insisting that the Laos show the orders issued by the Dionian Senate and the Ministry of Military Affairs, otherwise they would not be allowed to enter!