The amount of compensation is of course quite high. In many negotiations with Dionia, Gloris was finally forced to agree to pay the war reparations, which is why he wanted to concentrate his power to develop Syracuse as soon as possible and let Syracuse get out of the quagmire of defeat as soon as possible.

However, the people of Syracuse found that there were fewer people in the Syracuse civilians and sailors who were released.

They immediately sent people to negotiate with Dionys, but the reply from the Dionys officials made them helpless: Due to the fierce attack of the Syracuse army, Dionys was on the verge of destruction. In order to obtain food support from Carthage, they had to agree to the other party's request and provided some Syracuse prisoners to Carthage.

Girolis had no choice but to make a fuss about war reparations and strongly demanded that Dionia cut some of the compensation.

However, the people of Syracuse believed that Herolis did not do his best to allow the Syracuse to become slaves to Carthage.

The people were disappointed with him, including many civilians in the port area, because many of the prisoners who had not returned were Syracuse sailors.

At this time, Davers also ordered the spies lurking in Syracuse to spread unfavorable rumors about Gerolis, because Davers knew that many of the resolutions made by Gerolis were correct, but he did not want to see Syracuse rise again.

As a result, the public's dissatisfaction and suspicion of Gerolis were growing, and many people rumored that Gerolis wanted to be the second Dionysius.

And in this period of turmoil, according to the proposal promulgated by Herolis, Fascipes, Damocles... These generals and ministers of the former Dionysius who should have been severely punished suddenly escaped from imprisonment. They took some people dissatisfied with Herolis and fled from the city of Syracuse, and joined the mercenaries of Massias who were wandering in the mountains to the west, and actually occupied the small town of Aklay, the son of Syracuse, which was west of Syracuse.

Of course, Gloris could not allow Dionysius's remnants to cause trouble within the sphere of influence of Syracuse, so he decided to lead the team to fight in person. Before leaving, he instructed Falescus, Cucias, Stacicos and others to guard the city of Syracuse. After all, he also knew that the political situation was a bit unstable recently.

Unexpectedly, when Herolis led his troops to Acre and was sieging the city, he got bad news: a rebellion occurred in the city of Syracuse. The Citizens' Congress not only re-elected the general, but also unanimously passed a proposal to judge the dictator Herolis.

Why can the city of Syracuse be removed from the throne so easily? That is because of the support of Falekus, Cucias, Stacikos and others.

It turned out that these close friends of Gloris deeply felt that after becoming the leader of Syracuse, Gloris became arbitrary and did not listen to their opinions. Although they were also members of the executive committee, they had almost no real power, and of course they were dissatisfied. Coupled with the influence of rumors in the city, they were very worried that Gloris would really become a dictator. So after Gloris led his troops out of the city, under the persuasion of Teagenis, they resolutely chose to cooperate with the democrats and abandoned Gloris.

When Gloris heard the chaos in the city, he immediately led his army back to the army, hoping to quickly calm the situation. Unexpectedly, before he arrived at the city of Syracuse, most of his soldiers ran away.

Seeing that things were no longer possible, Gloris had to flee Syracuse with his confidant on a boat.

He did not choose to escape to the Kingdom of Dionysia that had helped him overthrow Dionysius, nor did he choose to escape to Sparta, a former ally of Syracuse, but chose Corinth, the former mother of Syracuse. It was already the third year of the Kingdom of Dionysia (391 BC), and the Corinth War had come to an end.

In order to prevent the recurrence of the situation in the city of Syracuse, the democrats, who held power in the city, elected 25 generals led by Stacikos and Falekus to manage the affairs of the city-state through the Citizens' Congress. They also abolished some of the bills promulgated by the Gloris when he was in power, including "war reparations against Dionia and the land allocated to civilians in the port area were also taken back..."

This not only deteriorated the diplomatic environment in Syracuse, but also made the people in the port area very angry.

At the same time, Teagenis also proposed to increase the punishment of citizens who once served Dionysius. This caused panic among many people in the city.

The King of Dionys, Davers, ordered the soldiers of the Eighth Legion in Katanai to act in a fierce manner and attack Syracuse on the northern border of Syracuse.

In the end, the new General Syracuse expressed his surrender and had to increase the amount of war compensation. However, for the civilians who caused riots in the port, Teagenis and others sent troops to suppress them without mercy.

But at this moment, Fasces and Massias led the rebel army in Acre to march towards Syracuse, and uttered the slogan "To avenge the citizens who had served Dionysius." This slogan was recognized by many Syracuse people.

Therefore, Teagenis led the unstable civilians out of the city to fight, but was defeated by the rebels of Fascia Pesas, who had fewer than theirs, and had to retreat into the city to defend.

Fasces and Massias are both generals with rich combat experience and are very familiar with the city of Syracuse. Fasces pretended to attack the southern city of Syracuse, but Massias quickly headed northwards around the mountains and rushed to the north of Syracuse's northern city walls, and sneaked into the city and entered the Popiclai area.

The people in the city were shocked.

But at this critical moment, the General Executive Committee, composed of 25 generals, was discussing who should be held responsible for the loss of the city, and at the same time argued endlessly about how to defend against the enemy, and could not come up with a specific measure. It was not until Masias' army approached the inner city that the generals hurriedly put together the troops to meet the enemy, but naturally failed again.

The panicked democrats had to retreat to Ortigia Island, and Fascipesas also took the opportunity to enter the city and met Masias. The former mercenaries under his command took the opportunity to retaliate in the city, and the people suffered a lot.

Gerolis, who was far away in Corinth, had been paying attention to the dynamics of Syracuse. At this time, after learning about the current tragic situation of the people, how could he stand by as a patriot? So he asked the Corinthian government for some reinforcements and led them to the island of Ortigia by boat.

It was already the spring of the sixth year of the Kingdom of Dionia (388 BC), and the people of Syracuse warmly welcomed the return of Gloris and asked him to forgive their betrayal.

Gerolis delivered a touching speech on the island of Otigia, saying: "... "No matter how the Syracuse people treat him, he will come to protect this country and the people here without hesitation. If he cannot save his mother state, he would rather burn himself to the ruins of his motherland!..."

The people of Syracuse, including friends and political enemies who had opposed him in the past, were deeply moved by his words, and the people shouted: "Save Syracuse!!! Save Syracuse!!!..."

Seeing that the morale was high and the people were ready, Gloris immediately formed an army, opened the gate of the island of Ortigia that had been closed for a long time, rushed out of the isthmus, and launched a fierce attack on the rebels.

Fasci Pesa and Massias rushed to lead the army to fight.

When the people in the city heard that the leader was Gloris, they also responded one after another.

The rebels were defeated in succession, and eventually Masias died in battle, Fascipes was also captured, and the rebels were basically wiped out.

Girolis, who won a complete victory, had a great prestige increased greatly, so he brazenly abolished the General's Executive Committee without holding a citizen's congress and deprived the power of 25 generals including Teagenis, Falekus..., and the people did not even express their objections to this.

This time, when he regained power, Gerolis clearly wanted to establish a political system similar to Dionia in Syracuse and combined with the Corinthian system.

This is a political system where a few elites rule the majority, and for this reason he relies more on the Corinthians to help him complete the task of changing the system.

In recent years, the turmoil in Syracuse has caused the people to suffer a lot. In addition, Giloris has restored the bill he had previously issued in Syracuse, and many people have gained benefits. Therefore, the people have accused the changes in the political system of Giloris, which seems to be dictatorial, and did not express strong opposition. The political enemies of Giloris, such as Teagenis, Falekus and others have no support from the people, and they cannot cause any major storm. Syracuse's political situation has begun to stabilize.

The rule of Gerolis gradually became stable, but in this stability there were dangers.

Among the Corinthians who followed Gloris to Syracuse, there was a young nobleman named Undermarcus. Because of his bravery in fighting, he was appreciated by Gloris and served as the commander of the city guard who defended the safety of Syracuse. He also served as the captain of the palace of Gloris. But he was jealous of Gloris' achievements and tried to replace him.

In the eighth year of the Kingdom of Dionia (386 BC), when Herolis went to the Apollo Temple to worship, Under Armourcus bribed the killer of Syracuse stabbed the plenipotent general of Syracuse to death, and then Under Armourcus took advantage of the situation to usurp the supreme power of Syracuse.

In order to consolidate his power, he promoted the Corinthians vigorously, and the people of Syracuse had many complaints about this.

A few months later, at a harvest celebration rally in Demeter, Herolis's widow revealed the truth about her husband's assassination in public.

The people were angry and they gathered together to overthrow Undermarcus's rule.
Chapter completed!