The Hibernian defenders looked at their compatriots in horror at the top of the city, who were easily defeated by Lijim's army outside the city. They fled in scattered areas, but did not dare to leave the city to respond, but instead closed the city gate.

An hour later, more than 5,000 Lejim soldiers surrounded the city of Hibernian.

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At this time, Davers had led his army into the territory of Silitung. During the march, he was thinking about what military actions should be taken to completely defeat Syracuse and end the war, so he was very quiet along the way.

Henipolis next to him seemed very energetic. Last night in the tent, Davers finally affirmed his ideas and carefully conceived several proposals for him to protect his interests. Therefore, he woke up early in the morning and no longer had to think about the city of Laos. He felt extremely relaxed all over.

He was excited and talked to Thormid for a while, and then pulled Martius to chat, wanting to learn more about the process of yesterday's battle, and seemed very active.

The army of Dionia arrived in a mighty manner outside the city of Silit, without any hindrance.

This was originally as expected by Davers. He led his guards to reconnaise the city: the city wall of Silitung is about seven meters high and the circumference of the city wall is more than one mile long. It has no moat, but there are trenches in front of the city, with three gates in the west, south and north. The port is surrounded by the wall and integrated with the city. Compared with Turiyi and Crotone, it is not a big city, but it is much larger than Trina and Hibernian and other towns.

Based on the results of interrogating the prisoners last night, Davers roughly understands the military strength of Syracuse in Siliteng City: there were 4,000 troops stationed in Siliteng City, and more than 20,000 civilians and slaves from Syracuse and allies, who were mainly responsible for the transportation of food and supplies.

There is also a special group of people. Dionysius collected nearly a thousand people in Sicily, including knowledgeable mathematicians, superb construction engineers, equipment manufacturers, carpenters, ship workers, etc. The reason why Dionysius was able to break through the inner city of Crotone was because of the crossbows, siege towers, belly bows, etc. they made. This was also the group of people Davers coveted the most.

In addition, there were Crotone and Cilician soldiers captured in the Battle of the Ramato River. Dionysius had sold some of the prisoners to slave merchants, and there were still three or four thousand.

In addition, the defeated soldiers of Syracuse have also retreated to Siliteng, and the number of people in the city is probably as high as 60,000. If Dionysius had not killed the people of Siliteng, sold them all, and looted them all, the city of Siliteng would not have accommodated so many people.

Davers looked at the Syracuse soldiers densely covered with Syracuse soldiers, imagining whether these Syracuse soldiers who had just experienced defeat would remain calm at this time when he issued the order to siege.

Of course, Davers would not rashly attack a town with more than 30,000 soldiers and possibly 20,000 reserve troops, and he had other plans to implement it.

On the top of the city, Dionysius looked at the team of people galloping fast a hundred meters away from the city, and a gloomy voice squeezed out from his teeth: "I heard that Davers of Dionyya likes to visit the front before every battle, and I believe he must be here!"

"Do you want to fire crossbows at them, hoping to bless Apollo, so that the stone bullet can hit him just right?" Phoebidas said mockingly. His hands, arms and waist were wrapped around his hands, arms and waist, like a mummy. He was injured in yesterday's battle and escaped by chance. After treatment, he fell asleep until noon today. He heard that the army of Dionia was coming, but he still forced himself to the top of the city.

Dionysius didn't say anything, Phoebidas guessed correctly, and he really had this idea in his mind.

"I really didn't expect that our powerful army would be defeated by this young man we mentioned?" Phoebedas' sigh was full of doubt. He fled back to the city yesterday and had no time to explore the detailed process of the battle, so he has not yet figured out how the Syracuse army failed.

"It is precisely because your battle deployment was completely seen through by the Dionysians and they made targeted arrangements that we failed..." Dionysius closed his eyes with a painful expression: the temporary formation change of Dionysian left wing, the spear phalanx hidden behind the cavalry, and the right wing of Dionysian reserve team attacked backwards...

He was unwilling to recall the nightmare battle scenes of yesterday. He was somewhat resentful and put the main responsibility for failure on the Spartans, but he was unwilling to admit the fact that the quality of the Syracuse soldiers was not as good as that of the Dionia. Even if the left, center and right three troops were more than the opponent, they failed to put enough pressure on the opponent to boldly draw troops and carry out their plans.

It was Phoebedas's turn to say nothing. Although he had not figured out the reason for the failure, his tactics did not work. This is a fact.

"But it was just a failure in a battle. A few years ago, we were defeated by the Carthaginians in the battle, surrounded by large armies, and even the people riots. The situation was even more critical than today. But under my command and with the help of Spartan allies, Carthaginian general Himilco also committed suicide!" At this time, Dionysius looked around his depressed subordinates, and realized that he could no longer indulge in failure.

Be excited, otherwise the next battle will be even more difficult to fight. At the same time, he can no longer blame Phoebidas, because in such a situation that is extremely unfavorable to Syracuse, Syracuse will rely on Sparta more: "Don't look at the fact that the Dionys are proud of their victory today, but with the blessing of Apollo, we Syracuses will let these Dionys who were just free people a few years ago know that the final victory will only belong to Syracuse!"

"Mr. Dionysius is right. In the past few years, when we face Carthage, we have not lost first and then won, and eventually became the masters of Sicily. Is Dionyya even stronger than Carthage?" Damocles immediately responded loudly.

"The Dionians have nothing to fear. We must rekindle the morale of the soldiers and wait for the opportunity to give the enemy a counterattack!" Fascipesas also said loudly.

The generals and ministers were inspired, and their faces began to show a sense of radiance. Even Phoebidas's frustration dissipated a lot. Only the intelligence leader Androstini, who was outside the crowd, was puzzled: Since Dionysius was not afraid of Diony, why did he send an envoy quietly?...

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After Davers circled the city for a week, he returned to the army and issued an order: to build a camp one mile away from the city.

His plan was to take advantage of the new defeat and his morale was low, and now he was so close to the city, and then quickly advance to the wings and the city to achieve the goal of finally completely besieging Xiliting City.

After the order was reached, half of the 50,000 troops were divided into two groups and began to dig trenches and build earthen walls. The other half were fully armed, alert to the Syracuses' sneak attacks from the city. Only Cypulos led more than a thousand Trina soldiers to march west quickly. They couldn't wait to take back their homeland, Trina City.

Just as Davers urged the entire army to speed up the construction of the camp, Thormid came to report: The messenger of Syracuse asked for a visit!

"Oh, it's you again!" Seeing the messenger of Syracuse, Davers smiled meaningfully: "Is Dionysius sending you here this time, are you going to surrender to me?"

"Mr. Davers, our Syracuse is the overlord of Sicily. We not only have 70,000 militias and a population of 500,000, but also more than a dozen major states are our alliances. We obey our call at any time." Damocles said proudly: "Even if we fail in the naval battle, fail in the battle, and lose a lot of warships and soldiers, this failure is nothing. We Syracuse can organize another army of no less than the current army to come to Greece. Can Dionia do it?!"

"Since Syracuse is so powerful, you should welcome your new army at the port of Silitung, and why do you come here to do here!" Register Henipolis sarcastically.

Damocles ignored him, but looked at Daphis and said solemnly: "Because if the war between Syracuse and Dionys continues, no matter who wins or loses in the end, he will weaken the power of our Greeks in the Western Mediterranean, and will benefit the indigenous forces like the Carthaginians, Mesapis, Samones... I think neither Lord Dionysius nor Lord Daphis would want to see such a situation happen. Therefore, Lord Dionysius sent me to ask Lord Daphis on his behalf, and he suggested, 'The two sides cease to fight, and ask Lord Daphis if you agree?'"

"What a ridiculous joke! Who led the army to invade Greece before, burning, killing, looting, and doing all kinds of evil! At that time, your tyrant did not consider that such brutal invasion and killing would greatly weaken the Greeks' power on the Italian peninsula, and give benefits to the nearby indigenous people! Oh, now that he has suffered a defeat, he remembers to be peaceful and safeguard the interests of the Greeks - Huh!" Horipolis sneered loudly: "I just want to know whether Dionysius knows the meaning of the word "shameless"!"

Damocles avoided answering, but said with confidence: "It was not Syracuse who first provoked the war, but the Nanyi Alliance. If you were not going to attack Locre, we would not accept the invitation from our allies to come to Greece--"

Henipolis smiled in anger and said angrily: "Do I know what it means now-"

At this time, Davers raised his hand and waved it. Henepolis stopped talking, but just glared at the Carthage messenger hatred.

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