Davers sighed, pressed his shoulder with both hands, and said sincerely: "Even if I have a great advantage in the face of Syracuse's troops, the ocean has become the world of their navy, and with Dionysius, a terrible opponent as the commander, I will lose in such a bad situation! And you successfully saved most of the soldiers of the two legions, and at the same time cooperated with Crotone to hold on to the arrival of reinforcements, giving us hope to turn defeat into victory. Not only I should thank you! All the people of Dionys should thank you!"

Phelis's eyes were filled with tears of relief.

"Dracos' death is not your fault! I know him, he never admits defeat, so whether he is taking the initiative to cut off the back and being captured or hitting the ground, he is the most correct choice he makes! All we can do is to capture Dionysius and use his head to pay tribute to Dracos' heroic spirit!"

"Yes!...yes!!" Phelicus nodded repeatedly.

"How are the soldiers of the Fifth Legion?" Davers asked again with concern. The Fifth Legion, a legion composed of the Brutis, witnessed the sudden death of the commander who created it with his own eyes. Moreover, during this period of turmoil in the Brutis area, Davers had to worry about their state.

"The soldiers couldn't wait to fight with the Syracuses and avenge Dracos!" Phelicus replied immediately.

"That's good." Davers encouraged him, "When I led my army out of Turiyi, I met your wife Delia, and she asked me to bring you a message, 'She and the children are all good now, I hope you can lead the soldiers to drive the enemy out of Great Greece as soon as possible!'"

Phelisius was depressed when he came, lowered his head and shrank; he was relaxed when he walked, and striding hard.

Davers looked at his departure back, but thought to himself: Phelisius is too gentle and has a firm will. He is really not a general who can stand alone. He will still work in the Military Affairs Department in the future.

He actually had another reason to thank Phelisius: the failure of the Battle of the Ramato River led to the great weakening of the Greek power in southern Greece and no longer had the ability to resist Syracuse, but isn't this the same for Dionia?

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The Deonia fleet continued to sail southward and approached the sea near the city of Rocky.

It can be said that among these port cities on the east coast, only the ports of Locre are still frequent merchant ships, even busier than before the war. Because the Syracuse Navy blocked and suppressed the ports of the southern Italian alliance city-states by the Syracuse Navy, merchant ships traveling on the East and West Mediterranean routes could only transit or trade at the Locre port.

"Stop the sail!" Secrean looked at the shadow of the sail in the distance, and his eyes were filled with a cold light: "Attack!"

As the horn sounded, the fleet's warships gradually unfolded, and the sailors excitedly accelerated the frequency of pulp. The merchant ships did not pose any threat to them, giving them a sense of slaughtering vegetables, and also exerting their practical experience.

Driven by high-speed paddling, the speed of the warship reached a terrifying 13 knots. Other merchant ships could not escape without the help of strong winds. Compared with the three-layer paddle warship, the size of the merchant ship was undoubtedly a child facing adults and was no match for them at all. They soon capsized one after another under the impact of the warship.

Broken ships were floating on the sea, people calling for help, cargoes of all sizes... The ships in the distance saw this tragic image and fled everywhere. Soon there were no other ships on the sea outside the port of Locre, except for the Dionian fleet.

Seclian led the fleet to cruising back and forth outside the port for several times before leaving.

Locre was angry about this, but he was powerless because two days ago, the Syracuse people took away their 30 three-layer oar warships on the grounds of fighting against the Dionian fleet. Seeing the enemy ships showing off their mighty power outside the port, everyone felt a bad premonition.

"It seems that Syracuse's fleet is defeated again!" Demodokas said with a gloomy face.

"Yes!" Panticapes said worriedly: "From now on, the warships of the Dionians will control the east coast, which will cause a huge blow to our maritime trade! I am even more worried that Syracuse would also lose to Dionia on land. You must know that the young consul of Dionia has returned to Turiyi."

"It is impossible for the Syracuses to be defeated on land!" Demodokas retorted without hesitation: "You and I have seen the army of more than 80,000 people of the Syracuses with their own eyes, which cannot be resisted by any Greek city-state, including Sparta!"

To say that, Demodokas was still a little irritated. He knew very well: Due to Dionysius's support, Demodokas had controlled the highest regime in Locre for many years and was already a de facto "tyrant". For this reason, he fiercely suppressed political enemies and brutally suppressed those who opposed him, and the people were dissatisfied with him. During this period, this dissatisfaction was intensifying because in order to ensure the supply of materials for the combat troops and some of the Syracuse troops, he levied a high amount of "special war tax" among the city-state people to increase the income of the treasury to purchase war materials. Once the Syracuse army was defeated, it would be hard for him to imagine what those seemingly gentle and peaceful people would do under the instigation of his political enemies?

"The city is too empty now. If the army of Dionia lands here, we will be in danger!" Demodokas suddenly said: "The troops stationed in Medema City must be transferred back."

Panticapes was stunned: "What should I do in Medema City?"

"Lijim's army has suffered a heavy blow. Even if they want to attack Medema City, they will not be able to take it down soon. We can reinforce at any time." Demodokas replied.

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The Dionian fleet continued to sail south and soon reached the southernmost tip of Greater Greece.

Seclian's ship was at the forefront of the team, carefully leading the fleet around the top of the peninsula, turned north and entered the Strait of Messina.

After a short while of sailing, I approached Li Jim.

It was already dusk. Although Secreon was more curious about Messina City, the port of Messina was at the narrowest point of the strait, at least ten miles away.

Previously, when the Syracuse people rebuilt the city of Messina, which was destroyed by the Carthaginians, they moved the city site and the port was abandoned for a while, but it was soon taken for itself by immigrants mainly from the Syracuse people, Lokri and their allies, and vigorously developed it. Before the outbreak of the Great Greek War, Syracuse also sent a fleet to station it to maintain port security, control the ships entering and leaving the strait, and blockade the port of Lijim. Although a few days ago, the Messina fleet was

All the three-layer oar warships were drawn to Silitine to participate in the naval battle with Dionys. There were only more than 30 small and medium-sized warships left in the port, but this was not something Lijim could fight against. If the Syracuses had not discovered the arrival of the Dionys fleet from afar and quickly withdrew the warships back to the port, the fleet led by Secrean would have seen the Syracuse warships cruising outside the port when they arrived at Lijim's port, and a battle would inevitably be avoided.

Considering that it was too late and that King Davers had to do the matter, Secrean temporarily suppressed the urge to let the fleet continue to move north and took the lead in sailing towards Lijim Port.

The Lijim people had not seen foreign ships entering the port for two months. When they heard that the fleet of Dionia was coming, they were filled with joy and rushed out of the city and rushed towards the port.

Under the guidance of Lijim patrol ship, the Secrean fleet entered the military port, and the Dionian sailors were still disembarking. Lijim people rushed over and surrounded the warship and loudly asked about the situation outside.

No wonder they are so anxious, because Lijim has been strictly blocked by the Syracuse fleet for more than a month, and they know nothing about the outside world. Generally speaking, it is difficult to completely block a coastal city. After all, warships cannot be soaked in the sea water for a long time. They need to be regularly repaired, dragged to the shore to bask in the sun, clean up shipworms, and the casual door also needs to go ashore to rest and eat water. But Messina is too close to Lijim, and they meet in the two cities across the Strait.

The distance was only ten miles, and the Syracuse people were determined to completely blind the Lijim people, which led to their panic. Therefore, the fleet stationed at the Messina port was divided into several groups, and Lijim took turns blocking Lijim without interruption. In addition, the land access between Lijim and the outside world was blocked by Locre on the east side, and Locre's army was stationed in Medema City on the west side to block the way. Since the defeat of the last battle, the Lijim-Torina coalition completely retreated to the south of the Maro River.

Therefore, the arrival of the Dionian fleet gave the Lijim people a great surprise, especially when they learned that the Dionian fleet had completely defeated the Syracuse Navy and became the new controller of the coast near Great Greece, cheers erupted in the military port. The Lijim people surrounded the Dionian sailors and sang and danced, as if they were holding a celebration parade, and enthusiastically welcomed the Dionians into the city of Lijim.

That night, Lijim's chief general Atelic Russell Seclian was invited.

At the banquet, due to the guests' request, Secrean talked about the battle of Taranto, which attracted everyone to cheer and praise...

At this time, Atili Cruz coughed a few times and asked loudly: "General Secret, out of friendship with Diony, Lijim generously lent all our three-layer oar warships, and even because there was no fleet, he was blocked by the Syracuse people for a long time. Now that Diony has successfully defeated the Syracuse Navy with our help, should we return our warships?"

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