Of course Dionysius would not dampen the morale of his subordinates for a Spartan. He only needed to understand how to deal with the infantry of the Dionys next time. So he smiled and said, "Of course, after this defeat in the battle, it is hard to say whether the Dionys still have a chance to fight with us again."

Phoebidas was puzzled when he said this, and he asked directly: "Why do you say that? The Dionians did not suffer major casualties, and with the strength of their city-confederate alliance, they could organize another army that was not weaker than Syracuse."

Dionysius smiled: "Pheebidas, you are indeed very talented in military affairs, but you cannot do it by fighting alone to defeat and destroy a country."

He raised his head, his sharp eyes seemed to penetrate the big tent, and saw the consul of the Dionian who was trekking in the Lucania area... with a sarcastic sneer on his face, and said proudly: "The invasion of the Samonets has already given Dionia a headache, but the victory of this battle today will have a huge impact on Greece! And Dionia's trouble has just begun. Before Dionia cannot escape from the trouble and cannot concentrate all its forces to stop us, what we need to do now is to quickly conquer other city-states of the Southern Italian alliance, invade Dionia, panic its people, and shake its affiliated cities by uneasiness..." Dionysius said firmly: "The final easy conquest - subdue - it!"

"Sir, you are right! Conquer Greece as soon as possible, and we can go home as soon as possible!" Fasce Pesas agreed loudly.

"Let us toast to conquer the Great Greece as soon as possible!" Leptinez, who was usually low-key, became a little excited because of Dionysius's motivation.

"We should kill more big Greeks and rob more spoils!" Axirita said with a big mouth with a slightly ferocious expression. He was not very interested in conquering Big Greece. After all, no matter how much land occupied, he would not be distributed to his tribe. What he needed was more food, money, and even slaves to strengthen his tribe.

Celtic leader Gaba also had the same thoughts.

When everyone else picked up the wine glasses, Phoebidas barely stood up, and he couldn't be sure: if Syracuse easily defeated Dionia, would it be good or bad for Sba?

The celebrations in the tent did not last long because the messenger of the Siritui came.

During the battle, the civilians in Xiliting suffered heavy losses, and now they sent envoys late at night. The purpose can be imagined.

Dionysius deliberately did not appear for a long time, causing the neglected messenger to restlessly. As soon as Dionysius appeared, he immediately made a request to the Sicilian tyrant for the surrender of Silicate to Syracuse.

Dionysius had long planned this. He deliberately disdained it and said to the envoy angrily: Siliteng has always actively fought against Syracuse and its allies Locre, but now he has suffered a crushing defeat. Seeing that the city was about to be captured, he thought of surrendering, not because of sincerity. Siliteng must pay the price for his previous wrong practices in order to make him feel the sincerity of the people of Siliteng.

The messenger was obviously not as young and arrogant as the messenger who had come to issue the war letter before, and he immediately begged in a low voice.

Dionysius then said with a clear expression: If Syracuse wants to accept Siliteng's surrender, one thousand sheep, fifty cows and 30,000 kilograms of grain must be sent to the Syracuse camp tomorrow morning, so that Syracuse will accept the request for a ceasefire in Siliteng.

When the envoy of the Silitunate heard this, he immediately whined: The amount of supplies Dionysius requested was huge, and the Silitunate could not collect all the supplies within half a day, hoping to cut the number in half.

Dionysius said with a cold expression: This is the time to show Siliteng's sincerity. These supplies cannot be delivered to the military camp tomorrow morning, and Siliteng will launch an attack on Siliteng in the afternoon!

The Cialite envoy rushed back to the city and informed the Council of Dionysius' tough request.

The form is stronger than that of people! After fierce debate, the senior Siliteng leaders, facing the pressure of the army, decided to agree to Dionysius's conditions and sent several generals led by Pretinis to negotiate with the Syracuse camp to determine the treatment after Siliteng surrendered.

Dionysius made some concessions, and soon both parties signed an agreement and each swore to the gods.

Pretinis and others breathed a sigh of relief and quickly returned to the city to prepare supplies. It was not that Siliteng could not bring out these supplies, but after handing over these things, the Ciliteng people would have a harder life in the second half of the year, but even more difficult was better than being destroyed by the Syracuse people. Moreover, in order to make Siliteng surrender and join Syracuse's army and fight with their former allies, Dionysius also gave Siliteng some conditions to win over, which made Pretini and the others very moved, for example, allocating the eastern part of the Ofermiya Plain to which Trina originally belonged to Siliteng...

In this battle, Syracuse won a big victory with an absolute advantage, which made the terrified Siliteng Council feel that the South Italian League led by Dionia had a slim future, and as the first city-state of the South Italian League to be cast in Syracuse, Siliteng will also gain a lot of benefits.

So from the afternoon to evening, the entire Xiliting City was busy...

The next morning, the people of Silitine drove out of the city in a row with herds of cattle and sheep and carriages loaded with grain. Of course, there were several generals and followers including Pretinis, who went to discuss the dispatch of troops to the war with Dionysius.

When the long team was only halfway out of the city, a large number of cavalry appeared in the open fields outside the city, and they came fiercely towards the unarmed team.

This sudden blow made the people of Xiliting panic and ran for desperately. Countless cattle and sheep, and carriages were blocked at the city gate, causing the city gate to be unable to close and the suspension bridge to be pulled up.

"Dionis lied to us! He wanted to seize our city!!" Only then did Pretinis realize that it was too late.

The dust was everywhere in front of him, and the footsteps were rumbling. The large army of Syracuse was approaching the city wall quickly...

"Dionisius, you have violated your oath and deceived the gods. I curse you for being poached and your blood is cut off!..." Pretinis was stabbed in the chest by the Numibian cavalry with a javelin and fell off his horse. Before his death, he turned his hatred into this vicious curse.

The army of Syracuse easily broke through the unprepared city of Silicing, and this army of Greek city-states, mercenaries and aliens did not stop...

The people of Siliting were panicked and wanted to escape from the occupied city, but the port was filled with fleets of Syracuse, and there were countless cruising alien cavalry outside the city, so they had nowhere to escape...

As a result, the atrocities that the Syracuses once committed in Sicily city-states such as Katanai and Naxos have now been staged in the Sili Court of Greater Greece - the massacre of the city.

Dionysius did not stop his soldiers, or even indulged them. This army, which had been robbed due to his long-term intentional indulgence, was severely controlled by him some time ago. After a continuous emergency marches and battles in general, it needed a release... Of course, this was just one of the secondary reasons.

More importantly, he lacks money! He is seriously short of money! Even paying mercenaries three months later is difficult, and robbery is the fastest way to make money.

In addition, he needed to amplify the impact of this battle and tell the Greeks in a shocking way: Such a tragic ending would be like this!

Syracuse's army looted the whole city, and of course most of the wealth it stolen belonged to Dionysius.

In addition to the countless Silitines killed during the looting, he also decided to turn the nearly 70,000 Silitine people captured, including the free people in the port, into slaves, transported to the slave market in Syracuse and sold for money.

Except for a few of them, they were neither killed in the looting nor sold as slaves. Dionysus asked the guards to find them and protect them. They were Saricius, the messenger of the Sirius who had threatened him before.

Dionysius brought them to the Siliteng Square, and in front of tens of thousands of Siliteng prisoners, cruelly cut Sarithius and his family with a sharp saber, all over their bodies and were covered in blood and blood.

Amid Saritus' dying curse, he announced loudly: "Any big Greek who insults me and Syracuse will end like this!"

He raised his hand and cut off Sarithius' head.

Tens of thousands of Siliting people in the audience were silent.

The reason why he did not destroy Silitin as much as destroying Katanai was because compared to Trina, Silitin's location was more important. Not only could the city be large, more than 70,000 troops could be placed (more than 3,000 people were killed or injured in the battle), but the east coast of Greece was the main direction of his attack. He would use Silitin as an important advance base for Syracuse to attack Dionia and Crotone. Syracuse's army, navy, and especially food and supplies could be concentrated here, which was the springboard for the next step of march northward.

Of course, although Dionysius has no desire to attack for the moment, he also has his own considerations for the west coast (referring to the Bruti region), which is high in terrain and is not conducive to the advancement of the army and is occupied by foreign races.

He found dozens of soldiers from different Bruti tribes, as well as the Lucanians, who met them in a friendly manner and told them through the translator that the Syracuses came to Great Greece not to enslave them, but instead liberated them from the strict rule of Dionia and gave them the freedom they once enjoyed! And, as long as they were willing to rise up and fight for themselves, Syracuses would give them more fertile land, such as the Ophimia Plain and the Sobari Plain...
Chapter completed!