Dionysius left 200 men to garrison, and immediately led more than 1,800 mercenaries to storm the military camp under the city, most of the citizen soldiers in the military camp did not spend the night in the military camp because their homes were not far from the main city, and a few soldiers hurriedly put on armor to meet the enemy after hearing the news of "the enemy is coming", but the mercenaries who attacked fiercely easily broke into the camp, and the citizen soldiers quickly dispersed.

Dionysius did not stop his attack, and he led his army to the center of the main city at a rapid pace.

And the spies of Hipparinus took advantage of the darkness of the night to shout all over the main city: "Master Dionysius has returned with his army!" Lord Dionysius has returned with his army!! Those who surrender are not guilty!! Whoever catches the leader of the rebels is meritorious!! ……”

In the darkness of the main city of Syracuse, the inhabitants were awakened by the terrible screams and piercing sounds of fighting in the streets, and they were all startled to hear the loud shouts of the spies: "Dionysius is back!" This sentence immediately made them feel daunted.

Just when the residents of the main city were in chaos, Herolis, who had not returned home last night because he was busy with the affairs of the city-state and had slept directly at the city hall, was woken up by his henchman slave and was shocked to learn the news of the enemy's killing.

He calmed down his panic a little, and wanted to go out at once to organize the citizens to defend against the enemy's attack.

At this time, several generals such as Steisikos, Kuzias, and Falekus broke in: "Jerolis go quickly!" Come on! The enemy is coming soon! Our army has broken down and cannot be stopped at all! ……”

For a moment, Jerolis's mind went blank, and he muttered weakly, "Let's go...... Where else can we go? ……”

"Go to the heights of Epipolé! There we also have more than 2,000 soldiers stationed in the northern city, and the poor troops of Tessitis in the port area outside the city...... When dawn clarifies the situation in the city, we'll take it back! ”

Kuzias's words alerted Herrolis and his party to fleeing to the heights of Epipolé, northwest of the city, before they had time to pack their belongings and inform their families.

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After a night of killing and chaos, order was finally restored to the main city of Syracuse.

Dionysius's military adventures were successful, but he was disturbed by the failure to capture the rebels such as Herolis. The troops he sent to capture them were also repulsed by the defenders of the northern city led by Kuzias.

And Herolis they also learned that Dionysius had indeed returned, but the army he led to attack the city was recognized by the people, and it was all the two thousand mercenaries on the island of Ortigia, and it was obvious that he had not been able to withdraw the army from Great Greece, so they immediately asked for help from the port area.

Dionysius had already learned from Hyparinus about the conflict between the rebels and the poor people of the port, so he sent an envoy to the port early in the morning, and told Cessitis and the other leaders of the pauper: as long as the people of the port were on Dionysius' side, he would forgive them for their previous mistakes in the rebellion, and after the revolt was put down, he would give each port poor ten acres of land on the outskirts of the city......

At the same time, he had Hiparinus send spies around the port district to publicize that "he had negotiated and reached an agreement with the poor people of the port district".

In fact, negotiations with the poor people in the port area did not make immediate progress, but they did cause the port area to be divided.

The people led by Tessitis believe that Dionysius is not credible, and they should stand with Herois and defeat Dionysius completely in order to ensure their safety and the benefits they will receive!

Others thought that Dionysius had better terms, because he had promised twice as much land as Herolis, and that it was also land on the outskirts of the city, and that Dionysius clearly valued them more!

The two sides were at loggerheads and could not reach an agreement, and in such a situation it was naturally impossible to provide reinforcements to Jerolis.

Dionysius also issued a ban on any inhabitants of the city from going out during the day or at night, but only at home! If you need to buy food, you can only send slaves there, and you must get the approval of the patrol, or you will be killed!

Dionysius' ban reduced the danger of unrest among the population.

He also asked the mercenaries to take all the slaves who were digging in the quarries in the Akladina region to the main city square, and told them that if they were willing to fight for him, they would all be freed when the riots were quelled! And those who perform well can also become citizens of Syracuse! ……

Dionysius's bold promise gave hope to the quarry slaves, who were not felt by the lowest slaves despite the tyranny of the tyrannical tyranny, but who knew that Dionysius had acted decisively and boldly, and that over the years had made too many mercenaries and outcasts citizens of Syracuse citizens and a share of the land. So they chose to believe Dionysius's words, and they all picked up the shield spears he had scavenged from the people's homes, thus increasing Dionysius's team from the original 1,800 mercenaries to more than 7,000 at once.

Dionysius also sent to the army of Herolis to disseminate his new decree in the name of the General Plenipotentiary: that any citizen who had been deceived by traitors such as Jerolis should immediately leave his ranks and return to his own home, and he would be exempted from the guilt he had committed! Citizens who remain in the rebel camps before noon will be considered traitors and their families will be executed immediately!

Many of the citizens and soldiers whose homes were in the main city were terrified when they learned about it, and they fled the ranks one after another and ran back to the main city.

After all these measures had been effective, the proud Dionysius sent messengers to Herolis with the heads of his wife and son, whom he had captured.

He then left Megicollis with 500 mercenaries and 500 slaves to defend the main city, while he himself led 1,300 mercenaries and more than 4,500 slaves to the rebels, where he wanted to destroy them once and for all.

Grief-stricken, Herrolis, Stacikos, and Kuzias, knowing that the situation was urgent, decided to fight Dionysius to the death. He led the remaining nearly 1,000 soldiers to retreat to the Hexa Gate, which was backed by the northern wall of Syracuse.

In the first rebellion ten years earlier (in 405 BC), Dionysius led mercenaries to occupy the main city and basically put down the rebellion in the city of Syracuse. But during this decade, under his rule, the city of Syracuse expanded several times, and the entire Eppupole heights were included in the city of Syracuse, so that Dionysius's party spent more than an hour of precious time to reach the Hexa Gate.

It was already afternoon at this time, and when Herois asked to talk to Dionysius in front of the battle, Dionysius did not want to waste time by talking to him at all, and immediately ordered a storm.

The number of soldiers under Herolis was already much smaller than that of the enemy, and the morale of the army was not very stable, even if most of the soldiers on the other side were slaves, the rebel soldiers were quickly unable to resist.

But at this moment, a high-pitched trumpet sounded outside the gates of Hexa, followed by a deafening shout: "Hades!! ”

Dionysius' face changed dramatically.

Dionya - The combined forces of the Cataneh have arrived in time!

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When Jerolis and the others fled to the heights of Epipolis and learned that the attack had been carried out by Dionysius himself, Jerolis felt that there was little hope of retaking the main city and eliminating the mercenaries, because he knew the tyrant of Syracuse too well: without careful preparation, Dionysius would not have taken the risk easily!

After discussion, Herolis, Stasikos and others finally decided to put down their pride and ask the Dioonians for help.

They were in the position closest to Tounis, and the messengers sent out arrived in the early morning of the city, which had belonged to the Ionian League, and when Flarios, the acting commander of the Sekerian fleet stationed in the harbor, heard the news, he immediately sent a clipper ship to Catanay, and he led the fleet to arrive later.

At the same time as the interim administrator of Catanay, Anterapolis, received a message from Herolis asking for help, he also received a letter from Davers from Siliting: Dionysius has fled back to Syracuse, and hopes that they will pay close attention to the movements in the city of Syracuse, and must not allow Dionysius to regain control of Syracuse!

After a brief discussion with the 1st Legion, Antonios, it was immediately decided to send troops to the rescue of Jerolis.

The 1st Army sent 2,500 heavy infantry and 500 light infantry, and Katanai sent 3,000 heavy infantry. In fact, as soon as they heard that they were going to attack Dionysius, the people of New Catana enthusiastically signed up and asked to participate. But time was of the essence, and Antrapolis only recruited citizens within the city of Catanay.

The troops, totaling 6,000 men, under the leadership of Antonios, boarded the Secrean fleet.

By the time we arrived at the port of Tounis, it was already noon.

According to the Dionian lifestyle, it is lunchtime. But instead of letting the soldiers stop for a meal and rest, Antonios gathered the 500 soldiers provided by Taunis and urged his army to speed up, finally rushing into the Hexa Gate just as the army of Herrolis was dispersing.

These days, the soldiers of the First Legion were stationed in Catanay, and while they were recuperating, they also helped Anterapolis stabilize the situation in the Catanian plain, train the citizens of Catanay, clear the rout of the countryside, and assist the Sicilian city-states newly annexed to the Dionian League, such as Catanay, Leotini, and Sikuli, to attack the remnants of Dionysius...... Wait, life is quite easy, and the energy of nourishment has finally been vented today.

As a result, the army of Dionysius, which had just won and was pursuing the route, was hit head-on by the First Legionnaires, who were the arrowheads, and the slave soldiers, who had not been specially trained in military affairs, were quickly dispersed under the fierce group attack of the First Legionnaires. The mercenaries were able to resist, but the Dionian coalition was outnumbered and had been outflanked from both flanks.