Cheers !! All the guests in the restaurant drank a glass of joy.

"In addition, the Senate has issued a notice-" The patrol said solemnly, looking around, "Free Citizens who have participated in the military training of Dionya can register at Victory Square at once, and the War Department will recruit two thousand Free Citizens to Bissinia to assist the Legion in the battle-"

"Why didn't you say it earlier! There are only 2,000 places, and I'm afraid they will be sold out in a while! ”

"Let's go! Come on! There was a lot of grumbling in the restaurant, and after a period of chaos, most of the diners in the room had run out.

Dickpolis and Theos looked at each other.

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At this moment, in Victory Square, it is crowded with people.

The Department of Family Registration must first confirm that the freedman who has applied for the registration is indeed a former registered citizen. The court staff then searched the file and confirmed that there was no record of infraction during his stay in Dionia. The training camp officers of the Ministry of War then selected freemen who were able-bodied, relatively young, and had shown themselves seriously in their previous training. After these have been passed, they will be confirmed by the Department of Household Registration, and their files will be noted and signed, which is the basis for shortening the time for them to become prospective citizens in the future.

After this set of procedures, there were hundreds of alliance public officials present alone, and various files were built into a small mountain, and in order to prevent accidents, thousands of legion reserve soldiers were even transferred to maintain order in full gear.

In fact, more than 10,000 freedmen came to the square, but they were basically able to keep the order, not because they were afraid of the soldiers who were eyeing them, but because they knew that it didn't matter if they didn't get elected this time, and there was no shortage of opportunities for meritorious service in Dionia, such as: the temple being built in Amendora was short of labor, and freedmen were being recruited; The construction of the Crimesa-Aspraustum Boulevard is also a call for freemen...... For a large construction job like this, the Coalition provided only three meals a day for a small salary, but it could still help the freedmen to achieve their desire to become a prospective citizen of Dionia.

However, if the freedmen disturbed the public order of the Union and violated the laws of Dionia, then their path to becoming a Dionian citizen would be extremely difficult, and they would even be expelled from Dionia, so even if they were not chosen, these freedmen would at most curse and not dare to act excessively. If someone thinks that there is unfairness in the selection process, they can also appeal to the notary office set up by the Ministry of Supervision on the other side of the square and ask for a review.

Standing outside the Senate Hall, looking at the hot scene in Victory Square in front of him, Phellisius suddenly said: "Actually, I think it is better to send the soldiers of the legion reserve to Bisinia and assist the Second Legion, they have undergone strict training, and there is not much difference between them and the legionnaires, and they are more effective and more obedient to orders than these freemen." ”

Marigi next to him asked rhetorically: "If you send out all the citizen soldiers, Turiyik will be empty, in case there is an enemy to sneak attack, or if there is a big riot, what should we do?" ”

Phellisius was speechless for a moment, and said hesitantly: "The surrounding area of Turiyi is either a city of his own alliance or an ally, where did the sneak attack come from?" ”

"We can sneak up on Bissinia, why can't anyone else sneak up on Turiyi?" Marigi was quibbling, but what he was thinking in his heart was: Philicius was a complete idiot in politics in addition to being good at military affairs. Master Davers is leading a large army, and the house must always be guarded by an army, and the members of the Senate are now more complex than before, and if anyone messes up, they can be suppressed immediately.

At this point, Mersis was in the same trench as Marigi, but his explanation came from a different angle.

"Send reserves?!" He screamed loudly: "It's so easy to say! You know, Phellisius, how much thought Davos and I have put into preparing for this war! Not only was the treasury depleted of silver, but it also owed a huge debt to the citizens, but this was only enough to supply the four legions to go out to fight for four months. A reserve soldier is treated like a legionnaire with at least three catties of grain and two salted fish a day, while the ration of these freemen is much simpler, as long as they are barely fed. Phellisius, use your brains, don't know about war all day long, there is no food to eat, I think you all have to starve to death! ”

Mersis and Phellisius were old acquaintances, and Phellisius understood the character of this fat man, but did not think of it as a pestle, but humbly accepted it.

And behind them, Antaoris was still shocked by the news of this victory that he heard in the morning.

"Antaoris, didn't you say that Bisinia City had a geographical advantage and was almost impossible to capture, but how did the Archon take it so quickly?" Eurrick Purse asked, confused.

"I also don't know, and the messenger who came back didn't tell us more about the capture of Bissinia." Antaoris still had in his mind the thrilling picture of when he first walked the river path, and he said helplessly: "Bisinia does have natural dangers and is difficult to overcome, but whoever makes our Archon is the god of Hades, and with the blessing of Hades, maybe no matter how great the difficulty is, it will not be difficult for him." When he returns victorious, you can ask him for more advice. ”

"It seems that the Archon is indeed very powerful in commanding the citizens to fight, Eurikpus, why don't we apply to him and join these legions in Dionia." Preades suggested.

"I've inquired about it, this unique legion system created by the Archon is very different from the ordinary city-state military system, and the promotion of every military position is strictly evaluated, even if you and I are like you, as a senator, but completely unfamiliar with the tactics of the Dionian Legion and the use of military formations, and must start ......training again from the boot camp," Eurikpus said with a lot of anger. Think of him as a nobleman of the Crimesa, and now a member of the Dionian Senate, with a distinguished status. According to the mercenary-turned-Phellisius of the Ministry of War, it is unreasonable to have to sweat and train with those poor free people!

"Training is training, can't we compare to those free people!" Preades didn't care.

Listening to the two arguing, Antaoris sighed with emotion: it seems that it is not only he who accepts the fact of becoming a citizen of Dionia, but also Pleades and Eurikpurs. Think about it, although he has been the chief general of Crimesa for a few years, a small Bruti tribe can make himself and the people of the city-state break his head when he goes down the mountain to plunder, but in Dionia, sitting in the Senate and talking can decide the life and death of the entire Bruti race! It really responds to the old saying, "The higher you stand, the more scenery you see, and when you are used to eating delicious food, you will naturally look down on hard coarse bread." ”

On the other side of the platform, Kunograta and Cornerus talk about something else.

"Having captured Bissinia, it seems that the day will soon come when we conquer Bruti!" Cornerus has also watched Dionia go from weak to strong in the past two years, and he still can't help but sigh.

Kunograta considered the question more far-reaching: "Having defeated the Brutis, what to do with them is also a big problem!" ”

Cornerus thought for a moment and said uncertainly: "It should be the same way that the Lucanians will be governed by the Brutis!"

Kunograta pondered for a while, and said, "The Brutis are still different from the Lucanians...... At this point, he stopped his words, and couldn't help but shake his head again: How far did the war go in the end? What agreements will be signed? It's impossible to predict yet, and it seems too early to think about it. However, if the Bruti region is conquered, Turii will be completely safe from now on!

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On the Sicilian island of Motia, the war continues in the same way day after day. The Motians were all soldiers, and despite heavy casualties, they did not give in. The Syracuse attack advanced little by little, and despite the considerable cost, they were never able to capture the entire city.

As time passed, Dionysius's mood became more and more agitated, and he even executed two of his guards for a small reason.

Eventually, he realized that it was not a good idea to storm Modia, and after accepting the proposal of the former mercenary leader Masias, he decided to organize a death squad and creep into the area defended by the Motia in the dark.

Fortunately, his adventure was successful. The daredevils opened the gates and let Syracuse's brigade charge into the city, and after a short but fierce battle, the resistance of the Motians was finally crushed.

At this moment, the Greek soldiers did not want to snatch the spoils of war at all, the previous battle had killed and wounded too many comrades, they only wanted revenge, and they remembered the atrocities of the Carthaginian general Hannibal ten years ago (not the Hannibal of the Roman era, there were many generals named Hannibal at different times of Carthage, this one is also more famous, he was the patriarch of the Magonides) in Himera, and decided to be as cruel and ruthless as the Carthaginians did to Greek cities, so the massacre began.

After a day of slaughter, Dionysius finally put a stop to it, not because he was merciful, but because he believed that the dead were not taken prisoner, so the victors turned the pleasures of the slaughter to looting, looting all the valuable things in the Carthaginian city and selling all the captives into slavery.

Leaving one group of men to garrison the empty city full of corpses, and another group to continue the siege of Segsta, he led the army back to Syracuse. At this time, the Carthaginian forces in Sicily still had a few coastal cities in the northwest corner, such as Erux, Solus, Panormus, etc., not that he did not want to completely eliminate the remnants of the Carthaginians on Sicily, but that the military rations he had prepared for the army were almost exhausted, and it was already October, and winter was coming, so he decided to go back to the city for the winter first, and then come back next spring to solve the problem of Segsta.

The fall of Mothia was a great glory for Dionysius, a great victory never before seen in the history of the Greek city-states. However, for the Carthaginians, it was the biggest blow, and the loss of Motia would make the city of Carthage on the continent of Africa face the Greek power in Sicily, and its security would be seriously threatened.