At this time, Phyllisus stepped into the venue, nodded to everyone, smiled and signaled, and politely refused Cyporus to give up his position, but stood beside him.

Seeing this, Miron couldn't help frowning slightly.

Phyllisus looked around everyone and said modestly: "Before I came, Your Majesty once told me solemnly, 'You can only bring your eyes and ears when you go to Sicily!'. Therefore, I am not here to supervise everyone, let alone interfere with any of your deployments. Any needs and suggestions you have can be conveyed through me to Your Majesty and the Senate.

But before you meet, I have your Majesty and the Senate sign two important public appointments to be announced!" When Phyllissius said this, his expression became serious, and his right hand raised a scroll of paper tied with a black rope.

Everyone's eyes immediately focused on it, only Cyporus and Leotizides remained calm because they had known the content in advance.

Phyllissius opened the scroll of paper and read aloud: "In view of the possibility of Carthage launching a large-scale attack on our Sicily Island, in order to better concentrate all the forces of Sicily cities and allies, provide logistical assistance and support to combat troops more effectively and quickly, and coordinate the defenses between cities, after discussion with the Senate, I decided to appoint Siphorus as the wartime governor of the Sicily region of the Kingdom of Dionys, and also serve as the Chief Executive of Katanai, responsible for all administrative affairs in Sicily, actively cooperate with the combat troops to fight against the Carthaginians, and hope that the Chief Executive of Sicily cities will comply with the administrative orders of the Governor. Summer name - King Davers!"

As soon as Phyllisus finished his thoughts, a slight sigh and breathing sounded in the venue: Wartime Governor! This is a top official position with much more power than the Chief Executive. This is the second time since the founding of the country, which shows its preciousness. The previous wartime Governor Sedolum has long been one of the five rotating chairmen of the Senate, and often participates in important matters of the palace, which can be said to be a manifestation of its power.

Everyone looked at Cyporus with envious eyes, and Phyllissius handed the appointment to Miron on the right side of Cyporus and asked him to pass it down to see the authenticity.

Miron glanced at the scroll of paper in a complicated mood. The two seals of King Davers and the Senate were clearly seen. Although he was jealous, he had to admit that compared to himself, Siprous had a greater advantage in becoming the wartime governor. After all, the Catanai he was in charge had far surpassed other towns in Sicily in terms of population and land. Katanai had replaced Syracuse and became the largest city on Sicily. Moreover, Siprous had been in Sicily for almost seven years and was more familiar with the situation here than himself.

After all, Miron had fought side by side with Cyporus and had a good relationship with each other. After Naxos took office, he also received a lot of help from Cyporus, so he let out a sigh and said softly: "I have no objection."

Even Miron, who is the chief executive of Dionia in Sicily's second largest city, said so, and others would not object.

Phyllisius took out a roll of paper again.

Everyone's eyes suddenly became hot again: Who will be this time? What position will be?!

"Appoint Prosous, the commander of the Eighth Legion, as the commander of Sicily, to command all the Dionian land troops and their allies in Sicily, to fight against the Carthaginians. Signature-Davers."

The content of this appointment is very brief, because it is a military appointment, and Davers can make a decision directly through the Senate. In Sicily, there is only Prosous, a senior army general, and other administrative officials will not argue with him, so Davers does not need to give detailed explanations.

So, after listening to it, everyone did not feel any strange emotions, but felt a little disappointed: the appointment ended like this?

After reading it, Phylliscius turned his head to look at Leotizides. He was the first senior general to be appointed commander back then, but the failure of the Battle of the Ramato River cast a shadow on his military career. Facing the backwards, he only had hope and encouragement in his eyes: "Congratulations to you, Commander of the Prosous Legion! I hope you will win the victory of the Sicily War with the blessing of Hades!"

Prosous nodded and expressed his gratitude. After taking the appointment letter, his face still had no expression, but his heart was surging: after staying in Dionia for more than ten years, he finally became the regional commander - this highest position in Dionia's army (the commander-in-chief and commander can only be King Davers). He can command tens of thousands of soldiers to fight, and will never be inferior to a Spartan king!

"Thank you for your Majesty and the Senate for your trust in me! Now, as Carthage tore up the friendly agreement, Sicily is not only our territory in Dionia, but other Greek city-states will suffer a huge crisis! I hope that we can get the full help of all the adults and their friendly city-states to assist Commander Prosous and to thwart the Carthaginians' ambition to involve Sicily!" The newly appointed wartime governor Sipico issued his inauguration statement excitedly: "Next, I would like to ask Commander Prosous to conduct a pre-war military analysis."

Leotizides immediately stood up, walked to the wall and had already hung the big map of Sicily, picked up the slender wooden stick beside the wall, and said, "Everyone, according to the analysis of the Ministry of Military Affairs, according to Carthage's current national strength, it can send at least 100,000 troops. If the troops in the hands of the governor Mago on the Iberian Peninsula are included, at least it can invest 150,000 troops to Sicily-"

150,000 people?! Everyone present, including Miron, couldn't help but be stunned.

"Of course, although the number of Carthage troops is large, their soldiers' combat effectiveness is far less than our army. I'm afraid more than half of their soldiers are Numibians, Mauritanians, Iberians, and mercenaries from other places..." Leotizides continued: "I think it is impossible for Carthage to invest so many troops at one time, at most no more than 100,000 people!"

This number is a conclusion drawn by Leothis from the previous two wars of Syracuse between Carthage and Dionysius. He pointed the western end of Sicily on the map with a wooden stick: "Carthage's army is likely to land in Lilibi or Elyx. They have two offensive routes, one is to march towards Messiah along the northern coastline of Sicily. There are not many Greek city-states along the way, and they are not strong. However, the north is high and dense, the coastline is narrow, and the troops cannot be expanded. The Carthaginians cannot exert their advantage of large populations. When Dionysius had a great advantage in troops, he took a long time to attack Carthagin along the northern coastline. Therefore, I think that the northern coastline will not be the main direction of the Carthaginians' attack.

Another offensive route is the coastline in southern Sicily. The terrain here is relatively gentle and can accommodate the deployment of large armies. In the past, it was the main offensive route of the army of Carthage and Syracuse. I think this time will be no exception."

Leotitzides said affirmatively, and the wooden sticks in his hand were lit on the map in turn: "Minoa, Agrigento, Gera, Camanlina... Although there are many Greek city-states on the southern coastline and are relatively strong, I don't think they can resist the attack of the Syracuse army for a long time, and I am not going to send troops to reinforce these city-states."

As soon as these words were said, there was a low voice in the venue.

Messina Chief Executive Amicles raised objections: "Although these Greek city-states have not established an alliance with our Dionys on the surface, they have maintained friendly exchanges with our kingdom, frequent trade, and have actively cooperated with some of our actions in Sicily, such as targeting the Sikels and isolated Syracuse... so they can be regarded as de facto alliances. Once a war occurs, they will definitely ask our Dionys for help. According to the traditional practice of the kingdom, how can we let go!"

Amicles' words expressed the voice of the chief executives present. After all, during their tenure, they got along well with the senior executives of these Greek city-states.

Leottizides was unmoved and said coldly: "Since there is no alliance agreement, there is no violation of the alliance. Our army in Sicily is not large, and the Eighth Legion plus reserve troops is only more than 20,000. If urgent mobilization is carried out, the number of people can increase to about 50,000. But if that happens, the young and middle-aged people in the Sicily territory will be almost discharged, which will seriously affect the winter sowing that will begin soon and the daily order of the entire region. I think this is not what the Chief Executive wants to see, nor what His Majesty wants to see!

What's more, even if we gather so many troops to reinforce Gera or Agligento, it is easy to form a stalemate with the army of Syracuse. On the one hand, can our cities in Sicily bear the pressure of food supply caused by long-term stalemate? On the other hand, the food transportation line is lengthened and the troops in the territory are empty. Once we encounter a surprise attack from foreign enemies, it will be a disaster for the troops we sent out and the cities in the territory!"

Everyone was touched by Leotizides' heavy tone. What attracted their attention was that the wooden stick in Leotizides' hand pointed to a city icon on the map - Syracuse.

"Syracuse, the only Greek city-state in Sicily that does not interact with us, has strong strength and occupies an important strategic position in the east. A few days ago, it refused to respond to the messengers we sent to demand an alliance, which shows that it was resentful to Dionia. According to the information we received, seeing Carthaginians appear in the port area of ​​Syracuse these two days, this must arouse our vigilance! We must be careful that Syracuse became Tarantum in the Southern Italian War that year!"
Chapter completed!