Chapter 201: The Arrangement of Antonios
"Legislative Commander, Lijim is not far from here. If there is a good wind, the fleet can reach here within two hours." Zantiparis comforted him: "Also, Lord Seclian has left several fast ships. Whenever there is an abnormal situation, he will immediately rush back to Lijim to notify him."
After hearing this, Antonios still had a little concern in his heart. After all, the First Legion went deep into the enemy's territory and ensuring the smoothness of the sea was their only support: "I hope so!" He didn't want to comment on Secorian's decision. He even thought: If Davers led the army here, Secorian would never do this. He would definitely create conditions and finally let the fleet anchor here...
"Sir, I hope to go to the western mountainous areas of Etna and tell the compatriots of Naxos who were exiled there, 'We have taken back the land of Naxos!' I believe they will be very happy when they know it, and will come to defend the town immediately!" Raodician asked Antonios.
Antonios shook his head and said, "Raodisian, you can let others do it when recalling the Naxos exiles, but you can't."
Raodician looked surprised, not understanding why Antonios refused his reasonable request, and wanted to argue again, but heard Antonios say, "I need you to call him... and the Naxos who just left..."
"Torilus, Lord Legion." Shelofinis reminded.
Antonios nodded and expressed his gratitude, continuing: "I need you and Torylos to take charge of the administrative affairs of the town, to manage the Naxos people in the town, to allocate housing to them, to maintain order, to make bread, and to carry the materials from the port... The fields outside the town cannot be deserted, and young and middle-aged people in Naxos need to be organized and trained by the First Legion. After all, we have few people, and we need more people to defend Naxos!"
Although Antonios has served as an official position in the league such as an ombudsman, he has not served as the highest administrative position of the city chief executive, who specializes in managing the entire city-state. Therefore, he lacks specific administrative management experience, and what he says is also no distinction between where he thinks and where he says it.
But as a nobleman of Naxos, Laodisian has served in public offices of all cities and states in his more than 20 years of political career, and has served as generals several times and chief general once. He is very clear about what he should and can do under such circumstances, so he is very happy to receive this appointment.
Moreover, after spending a short time in Lijim, Raodichian could feel the important position of Dionysia in Greece. He keenly realized: If Dionys really defeated Syracuse, not only Great Greece, but even the eastern part of Sicily would probably be shrouded under the authority of Dionysia... Then, where will Naxos go?
At this moment, Raodisian thought a lot. He looked up at the commander general who was said to be the strongest army in Dionia in front of him, although he was in his 40s, but he still seemed smart and capable. He could be sent to Sicily to fight independently, and was probably trusted by the new king of Dionia. During his voyage, Raodisian also found out that he was so old but had not yet married...
La Odicien had a lot of thoughts: He had a daughter with a good appearance. He was originally planning to marry her to the son of Lijim's chief general Atelic Russ, but unfortunately Atelic Russ did not agree. Now it seems that although Antonios is a little older, he is a better marriage partner!
Thinking of this, he hurriedly said, "Thank you Lord Antonios for your trust. Torylaus and I will do our best to manage this town well and provide the greatest help to your army! In addition, if there are important or difficult problems, we will ask you for instructions!"
Laodisian's low posture satisfied Antonios, saying: "Now there is one thing that needs to be resolved as soon as possible. You go and tell Saratus and ask him to inform Lijim to carry some weapons as soon as possible, armor comes, and after more Naxos arrive, we need more weapons to form more troops to defeat the Syracuses who will soon attack.
And you must build a blacksmith shop in the town as soon as possible to facilitate our weapons maintenance. In such a large town, there is no blacksmith shop! The Sikuli people are really ridiculous. Do they think that if they do not buy and sell weapons in the town, there will be no free people and slaves to rebel?!"
"There are few people in Sikuli who want to annex the land of Naxos. For this reason, we captured the Naxos and demoted us to slaves. We recruited many free people to cultivate this land that did not belong to them... In fact, they should be very clear in their hearts that we Naxos have long hated them!" Raodisian said angrily.
Antonios nodded.
At this time, a man next to Senofenis shouted: "There are not only the exiles of Naxos in the western mountains of Etna, but also the exiles of Katanai. They are more numerous. I hope to lead them here. Please allow me, Lord Antonios!"
"Are you?" Antonios asked in confusion as he looked at him.
"He is one of the organizers who assisted the First Legion in taking over the town of Mearo and triggered riots in the town - Lesi Peratus, the Katanese." Chenoffenis introduced.
Catanai! Antonios felt aroused in his heart and immediately said to him: "Of course we welcome the arrival of the Catanai people! Our King of Dionia sent troops to Sicily, not only to defeat Syracuse, but also to regain independence in the Sicily city-states that were once oppressed by the Syracuse people, and to restore their homes to their homes!..."
"Thank you to the great Dionian League! I will do my best to summon the Catanai people to contribute a little to this great goal of Dionian League!" Lesipelatus said loudly with gratitude.
La Odicien immediately responded.
"There is Taurumenang to the north. Be careful when going to the mountainous areas in the western Etna!" Antonios reminded the other party, and then he looked at the fourth captain and said, "Tegtilos, you draw out two hundred soldiers and build a sentry north four miles away from Mearo. I keep a close eye on Taurumenang to prevent them from secretly going down the mountain to attack the Sicilian people who came to surrender to us. If Taurumenang dares to send a large army out, you will make the soldiers stationed at the sentry immediately repay you!"
"Yes, Legion Commander!" The strong Tigertilos answered vigorously, his voice like thunder.
"The other brigades will lead the soldiers to strengthen Mearo's walls and build defensive measures from now on!"
"Yes, Legion Commander!"
The tasks were all arranged, and the team officials and representatives of the exiles left one after another, leaving only the Senofinris.
Antonios looked at this man and felt a little complicated. After Davers gave him an order, he saw that he was worried about staying away from Greece and fighting in a strange area, and was afraid that he would not be able to complete the mission, so he reminded him: "...After logging in, people from Aristillas will find you and provide you with great help!"
Aristillas is the intelligence officer of Davers. In the past, Antonios had seen him several times when he went to Davers's mansion. He was a serious and non-talking man. Antonios was unwilling to contact him for some reasons, but from what he learned today, it was probably that the riots in the town of Mearo were planned a few months ago, that is to say, a few months ago, Davers began to ask Aristillas to send personnel to Sicily! Could it be that before the war began, His Majesty was preparing for the attack on Sicily today?!
Although Antonios was surprised, he quickly recovered his calmness. After all, following Davers in recent years, he had seen too many magical things from him. He had long agreed with the fact that "Deves is the God of Hades". Moreover, with Aristillas's people in Sicily, it was very helpful for him to complete his tasks!
Therefore, his face filled with enthusiasm and said, "When I accepted the order in Siliting, Your Majesty mentioned you to me. Unexpectedly, as soon as I set foot on the land of Sicily, I received your great help, and let the First Legion successfully capture Mearo. Thank you very much!"
Chenoffinis hurriedly said modestly: "Captain Antonios, you praise me so much. Even without my help, the First Legion's attack speed was so fast that he could still successfully defeat Mearo."
"It's true." Antonios was not modest, and then he changed his subject: "But the casualties of soldiers will increase. The First Legion has fewer people, and every soldier is very important. And because of the large amount of work you have done before, the free people and slaves have been organized, so that they have already accepted the Dionian League, so that we can stabilize the town of Mearo so quickly and quickly carry out the next plan. This is your credit!"
Shanofenis didn't speak, but his face was shining with a gleam.
Antonios continued, "Can you tell me how many people you sent in Sicily? Which city-states are they in?"
Chenoffinis shook his head and said, "I don't know how many people have been sent to Sicily by Lord Aristillas. I only know that our head in Sicily is Antrapolis. He will send people to convey orders to me from time to time and understand the situation of Mearo."
Antrapolis?!Antonios felt that this name was a little familiar, and it seemed that he had heard of it.
Shanofenis saw Antonios' doubts and added: "He is the younger brother of Lord Aristillas."
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