At this time, Dionysius glanced at the people in the tent and his eyes fell on a man in the corner: "Androstini, what's wrong with you?! The Dionian fleet used such a strange device, but you didn't notice that it caused our fleet to suffer such great losses. Do you think you should accept punishment?!"

Androstini's face turned pale. In fact, the intelligence manager of Syracuse was Shiparenus, and he was just one of the leaders, following the army to fight. The Dionysian fleet was already training new tactics before the war began. Androstini remembered that the information from Turiyi at that time said that the Dionysian fleet was conducting closed training in the Crati River. However, neither Dionysius nor Hiperinos took it seriously. At most, pay attention to the number of three-layer oar warships in Dionysia, who are the generals, etc. After all, Syracuse has too much advantage in the navy, and no one took the inconspicuous fleet seriously.

Who knew that Dionysius seemed to be putting all the blame for this failure on Androstini, but he did not dare to refute, who said that he was neither the brother of the tyrant nor his father-in-law?

Androstini cursed in her heart, but said in fear and fear, "Sir, I...I..."

Dionysius waved his hand: "Your guilt will be investigated carefully after the war is over! From now on, you must collect Diony's intelligence more carefully, and there will be no more omissions, do you know!"

Although Dionysius hated his younger brother's incompetence, he had to protect him, because maintaining him is to maintain his own dignity. Therefore, he cleverly shared the blame for the failure of the naval battle.

Although Androstini was not punished for the time being, he was secretly complaining: Now Turiyi and Crimesa have already carried out strict military blockades, and it is already very difficult to convey information.

"Leptiles, do you think this wooden bridge on the Dionian warship is feasible?" Dionysius turned his gaze to the naval commander who was still kneeling on the ground.

All the generals were a little surprised: this is equivalent to giving up Syracuse, and even the Greek city-states that have proven effective naval experience and traditions over hundreds of years, and learning from a new city-constitution alliance that has only won a naval battle. Is this feasible?!

But Dionysius was not a conservative person. On the contrary, he was a reformer and a pragmatist. Both the reorganization and reform of the army and the advancement of siege technology proved this.

"I...I don't know, because I have never trained in this regard..." Leptines was obviously a conservative. He reluctantly said, "And the wooden bridge on the Dionian warship is so flexible that there are probably some special devices. I think... it can't be done in a short time, and... it has to be equipped on the warship to fight the Dionians. This... it takes time to train..."

"Then let's study it well with the engineers and craftsmen!" Leptines' dullness made Dionysius angry again: "It's too late. When the Dionys fleet attacked, we were equipped with enough soldiers on our warships! Didn't the Dionys want to turn naval battles into land wars? Then let's fight a good fight at sea!"

"But sir..." Leptines reminded carefully: "Our three-layer oar warships are not enough..."

"Idiot!" Dionysius cursed: "Catch me the fleet in Messina, and also the ones from the port of Syracuse! In addition, send someone to inform Phylistos to step up the construction of new warships. Do you understand?"

Leptines's avatar kept lit like a chicken pecking at rice.

"Get out of here, hurry up and execute!" As soon as Dionys finished speaking, Leptines was far faster than when he came in.

Dionysius was unwilling to pay attention to these things, and he knew very well: despite these measures, in a short period of time, Diony's fleet had already gained the upper hand.

For Syracuse, which fights across the sea, sea control is crucial. Once it is lost, it means that the connection between the army on the expedition and the mother state is cut off. The morale of the Syracuse army is a small matter. It is impossible to obtain local resources and cannot control Syracuse's political affairs. Dionysius is most afraid of it. Moreover, Davers has led the main force back. Now without the invasion and restraint of the Syracuse fleet, he can lead his army south at any time, which has shaken Dionysius about "whether to attack Crotone with all his strength."

At this moment, Dionis said calmly: "Now our fleet has suffered failure. You all tell me what should we do next?"

"Sir, of course, we must seize Crotone with all our strength as we said before!" Astagras said without hesitation: "Although we no longer have an advantage on the sea, on land, the Dionians cannot resist our powerful army! As long as we seize Crotone, there will be no major obstacles northward. We can go straight to the city of Turiyi. No matter how many warships there are in Dionia, it will be useless. At that time, it will be up to you to decide whether to fight or to reconcile!"

"Sir, I agree with General Astaglas." Fascipesas seemed to feel Dionysius's thoughts and said, "With the Tarantums still threatening Turiy in the north, we should seize the time to take down Crotone! If we retreat at this time and allow the Dionians to meet the Crotone, the number of soldiers they gathered together may cause us greater trouble!"

"Mr. Dionysius." Campania's mercenary leader N'Amenas also stood up and said: "The soldiers are very motivated now, because they all know that Crotone is a very wealthy city-state, if we give up on attacking it..."

The generals in the tent all focused on attacking Crotone, which made Dionysius's mind bias towards the attack side, but he did not make a decision immediately, but turned his attention to the only person who did not speak and asked, "Phoebidas, what about your opinion?"

Phoebedas, who has always been outspoken, rarely hesitated for a moment. From the perspective of Sparta, Syracuse and Dionia maintain a balance of power, which is more beneficial to Sparta, so peace talks are actually a better choice. But Phoebedas, who is in it, was aroused by Davers' outstanding performance. He wished he could defeat this young consul who was praised as a "famous general" by the Greeks, so he said: "They all make sense, attack the attacker.

Rotone can give us the initiative. More importantly, it can force the Dionians to rescue Crotone before they have completely calmed down other wars and are not fully prepared, so as to ensure that we have an advantage in the decisive battle with Dionia. If you are worried that the Dionian army might suddenly attack while we are siege, don’t you have so many cavalry, why not let them go north to reconnaise?!”

Dionysius glanced at Phoebidas, then looked around the generals, and laughed: "What do I have to worry about! The Dionys only won one naval battle, so do they think they can make us Syracuse retreat? No! This will only make us focus more on land attack!"

Dionysius suddenly stood up, pulled out his saber, and with a "bang", he cut it into the table, and said sternly: "From now on, all troops will give me time to prepare for the siege, and capture Crotone's inner city with all their strength in two days!"

"Snatch Crotone!!" everyone shouted in unison.

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"Mother, I'll be back!"

"We're back!"

With a "bang", Cynthia pushed open the wooden door in the backyard with force.

"Mother, we won! We won those terrible enemies! Don't look at their many ships, they were all captured by us!" Adoris ran to Cristoya excitedly.

Before Cristoya could answer, a woman next to her smiled and said, "I'm right, Davers... His Majesty will definitely win with Hades' blessing, and you don't have to worry!"

Before she finished speaking, Agenus stood up with joy: "I want to express my gratitude to Artemis!"

As she said that, she walked quickly towards the statue of Artemis on the other side of the garden with her belly shy.

"Go slowly and be careful of the fetus!" Cristoya said with concern, and Agenice's personal maid had already rushed to help.

"Isn't Agenice the priest of Hera?" the woman was a little surprised.

"You must know that before Agenice came to Turie, she was the chief priest of the Artemis Temple in Lijim. During this period, she stayed at home because she was pregnant and could only pray to the hunting goddess every day to bless Davers' safety. Thank you so much for her!" Cristoya said with emotion.

"Hello Aunt Andrea!" At this time, Cynthia saluted and said hello to the woman.

"Cynthia, you have become a big girl after not seeing each other for a few years!" Andrea looked at Cynthia happily, then hugged her in her arms.

"Mother, I'll tell you a secret. When we were celebrating victory, there was a boy who held him-"

"Shut up, Adoris! You dare to talk nonsense, be careful I will beat you!" Cynthia's face turned slightly red and she threatened loudly.

"What the hell happened?" Cristoya asked with a smile.

Adoris dared not speak as Cynthia stared.
Chapter completed!