In Mealo Town, soldiers of the First Legion carried the prisoners back one after another, and tens of thousands of exile families rushed back to the town from the port to reunite with their relatives after the fierce battle. Many people cried loudly when they learned that their relatives died in battle...

The fighting sounds in Mearo Town had just subsided, and the battlefield full of rubble and corpses were constantly staged on the battlefield... Mearo was destined to be uneasy this night, but fortunately no accident happened.

The next morning, Raodisian, one of the exiles in Naxos, followed Antonios's instructions and led 500 soldiers to take some of the prisoners of Taurumenan to the north of the mountain city where almost no soldiers were left, urging them to surrender, otherwise they would kill the mercenaries.

Another Katanai exile leader, Lesi Peratus, led a thousand soldiers to Sikuli to assist the rebel Sikuli to conquer the Acropolis.

Antonios led 3,500 First Legion soldiers and a thousand exile soldiers on board the warships of the Dionian fleet. The remaining soldiers and people took care of the wounded in the town and re-mained the deserted town.

The Deonia fleet sailed straight south and did not encounter the Syracuse fleet on the way, so it was naturally much earlier than when the Syracuse defeated troops led by Massias arrived in Taunes.

At this time, the situation in the city of Taunis was relatively complicated. The democrats who wanted to overthrow the dictatorship and the tyrants who supported the tyrants, and the dictatorships who were close to Syracuse were of no difference. Both sides occupied half of the city and fought endlessly.

After the defeat of the Navy Battle of Naxos, Palonisus led the fleet to the port of Taunes to berth, and did not immediately return to Syracuse, which is not far from Taunes. This is because he has strong self-esteem and does not want to go back as a defeated general. He was criticized by Phylistos and criticized by the people, so he wanted to wait for Masias to annihilate the Dionians and return to Syracuse together, so that he could also gain some glory of victory to avoid too many accusations.

Unexpectedly, just one day later, news of the riots came, and the riots also occurred in Taunis.

Paronisus, who received the bad news, was panicked and at a loss. Although he led a fleet, there were more than 6,000 sailors alone, when he was preparing to punish the first warship sailor who escaped in the battle at the port of Taunis, and was collectively boycotted by the sailors, he had already lost control of the entire fleet. So Taunis' officials ran to the port to ask him for help, hoping that he could lead the army to suppress the riots of the democratic factions, and he could only express his help.

After learning that the people in the Syracuse port were also involved in this riot, the sailors did not want to stay in Taunis, and they all shouted that they would rush back to Syracuse. Paronisus could not stop it and did not dare to stop it. So the entire fleet had already left Taunis at dusk yesterday.

This is why the Dionian fleet arrived at the sea near Taunes without any obstacles. Although the Taunes port was in chaos and there was no defense, the Dionian fleet did not forcibly break in, but landed on the nearby beach, sent the troops ashore, then changed their course and headed to Katanai, and Flarios informed Antrapolis about the landing of the First Legion.

Antonios, who had arrived ashore, made a little rectification of the troops and immediately asked Chenoffenis to rush to Leotini with his only few cavalrymen to contact him.

Antonios obviously overestimated the retreating army of Syracuse. The soldiers of the First Legion and the soldiers of the exile waited from morning to afternoon, waiting for a full six hours, during which time they also had lunch, slept for a short sleep, and nourished their energy and strength.

Antonios also made several contacts with Catanai and Leotini, thus roughly understanding the movements of the Syracuse people.

When Antonios arranged everything, the Syracuse talent arrived.

Before the Syracuse people could react from their shock, Antonios issued an order to "advance the army."

The soldiers of the First Legion and the exile warriors were wearing armor, holding shields and spears, lined up in an orderly manner, and strode forward. The light of hatred burst out in their eyes. They wanted to avenge their comrades who died in the hard battle yesterday and to avenge the city-state that was destroyed by the Syracuse people!

Masias was already timid in the face of the approaching enemy. Although his team had more than 4,000 people due to the shelter along the way, they were all short of helmets and armor, and the army was not in a state of disguise (in order to facilitate the escape yesterday, many soldiers threw away their weapons and equipment).

Moreover, after trekking along, he had been entangled with the Katanai rebels for a long time. The exhausted soldiers did not have the fighting spirit to fight against the enemy who was waiting for it. Before Masias could give the order to "retreat", the nervous soldiers had turned around and ran backwards.

But the soldiers stopped after not taking a few steps, because a team of about a thousand people appeared behind them.

The Syracuse people now understood that they were ambushed and the team became even more panicked.

"Run up the mountain!..." The soldiers shouted in panic, rushing towards the mountains to the west, as if this was their only way out.

But when they ran to the foot of the mountain, countless javelins and arrows shot out from the dense forest.

Amid the screams, the Syracuses panicked and found that there were also enemies ambushing on the mountains. Yes, the light infantry brigade and the Leotinians of the First Legion had been waiting in the mountains for a long time.

The only fighting spirit left by the defeated soldiers in Syracuse was completely defeated, and the team turned into a mess and fled in scattered areas...

Next it was time for the soldiers of the Dionians to capture the prisoners.

At this moment, Antonios finally breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't care about the decentness of the legion commander. He sat on the ground happily as the soldiers chased the fleeing enemies like an eagle catching a chicken.

"Legislative Commander, someone is here!" Suddenly, the guard whispered to him.

He looked closely and a group of people walked in front of him.

He stood up slowly and tidied up his helmet and breastplate.

"Mr. Antonios, congratulations, you defeated the Syracuse coalition!" The man with a familiar face in front raised his arms and congratulated him excitedly.

"Antrapolis?!" Antonios looked at him and asked loudly.

"It's me, Lord Antonios. Actually, we were in Lord Davers' mansion before-" Before Antrapolis finished speaking, he heard the people around him exclaiming. He immediately punched him in the face, and he staggered and almost fell to the ground.

Accompanied by the salty smell in his mouth, Antrapolis reached out to wipe it, and found that the corners of his mouth were bleeding, and his heart suddenly became angry.

"This punch was for the soldiers of the First Legion who died in Mearo yesterday! It was also for the soldiers who were commanded by you in the past few days!"

Antonios' cold voice came into Antrapolis' ears, which not only relieved his anger, but also made him feel a little uneasy: As an ordinary citizen of Dionia, he used the word "hope" in his letter to the powerful senate and the commander of the First Legion, under the banner of Davers, of course he knew that Antonios could not refuse him, and his special identity could not be used in a formal occasion, which led to a strange phenomenon of "the commander of an ordinary citizen of Dionia mobilized a commander of a legion". If other legion commanders knew about it, they would probably laugh out loud, and no wonder Antonios would hit him.

"Since Dionysius invaded Greece, countless people of Dionys have died in this war... Sicily is the rear of Syracuse that has been in operation for many years. There are countless allies, numerous populations and abundant resources. The First Legion faces danger alone and is full of dangers... I also have to do this in order to implement His Majesty's orders and end this war as soon as possible! In fact, we have won, aren't we! Lord Antonios, you are now the conquerors of the southeast of Sicily!" Antrapolis's words were soft and hard, and the implication was: If it were not for my help, Antonios would have such glory, and I'm afraid he would have been finished long ago!

Of course, Antonios understood what he meant. Among these generals in Dionia, he had a high emotional intelligence, so Davers sent him to Sicily, not Amintas. He knew very well that he had just vented his depression in the past two days of command. In fact, he stopped his strength when punching, otherwise Antrapolis would be beaten to get up.

"Yes, it's very difficult to win!" he sighed, and thanked Antrapolis in a tactful manner.

Then the two fell into silence, making the Katanese who rushed up to protect Antrapolis and the escorts who blocked them a little at a loss.

After a while, Antrapolis, who had a lower identity, spoke first: "Sir Antonios, what plans do you have to cooperate next?"

Antrapolis' low posture made Antonios feel less reserved: "I don't know what the situation in Syracuse City is now?" he asked.

"According to the news we have obtained so far, the people of the riot in Syracuse have occupied the entire city and port, and Dionysius's subordinates and mercenaries retreated on the island of Ortigia. As far as I know, it was Dionysius's nest, facing the sea three times, and connected to the city of Syracuse on one side, with tall and thick walls and fortresses built. The island is full of his supporters, and the riots cannot capture it." Antrapolis said thinking.

"It seems that the next task of the First Legion is to march into Syracuse, assist the people of Syracuse and capture the Island of Ortigia." Antonios' seemingly calm tone could not suppress his inner excitement.
Chapter completed!