The Syracuse people breathed a sigh of relief for a moment, and at the same time they were puzzled: What are the Dionians planning to do?!

Not long after, another spy came to report: The Dionians were holding a oath-taking ceremony, and their roars shouting "revenge" were even heard by people living on the northwest border outside the city.

The MPs suddenly became nervous again.

At this time, Teagenis finally made a suggestion: "Everyone, the Carthaginians broke through the small town of Paragonia and killed all the Dionian soldiers in the city. In addition, they had previously invaded the Catanian plains and destroyed them, which would inevitably arouse the anger of the Dionian reinforcements. They were the targets of the Dionians to revenge!

As for our Syracuse, it was only under the coercion of the Carthage army that we had to send troops to attack the Deonian League of Taunes. But when we think about our past friendship with Deonian, we have never really attacked with all our might, which has made Taunes safe and sound and no casualties have occurred.

Now we should thank the arrival of the reinforcements of Dionys, forcing the Carthage army to retreat. Without the threat of Carthage, Syracuse's security was guaranteed and the peace with Dionys could be restored!..."

Some generals and MPs were stunned: before, they formed an alliance with Carthage and declared war on Dionia, mainly from the proposal of the chief general, but now in his mouth Syracuse has become a victim, which is too inverted!

But after receiving the reminder of Teagenis, more people rushed to say: "Yes, yes, we have never declared war on Dionia, nor have we directly attacked Dionia, so there is no problem of peace. The Dionians should thank us, because we have the friendship of the past, did not attack seriously, and delayed the attack of the Carthaginians, that Katanai was able to protect it."

"Let us keep peace with the Dionians for the time being, let the Dionians fight with the Carthaginians at their best. When they are all suffering heavy casualties and exhausted, it is our chance to Syracuse."

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"But we occupied Kamanlina and controlled Pachinus, and I think Dionia could not turn a blind eye to it." Someone raised objections.

Teagenis argued: "It is not a conquest but protection. It is because Syracuse protected Pacchinus and Kamanlina that they avoided the tragic encounter of Gera and Agrigento. They should thank Syracuse, not to mention that they are not allies of Dionia. Based on this, I think Dionia should not have much reaction to this. Of course, this requires our messengers to go to Catanai to lobby..."

Finally, the Syracuse Council passed a proposal: send an envoy to Katanai to express his friendship to Dionia, and at the same time explore the attitude of the Dionians.

The last time he negotiated with Mago, Teagenis took action himself because he was sure that the Carthaginians would not be detrimental to him, but he did not dare to be so arrogant to Dionia, so he recommended Seberus, a very good MP from the Democratic Party, to Katanai.

That night, just as he was waiting anxiously, the servant came in and told him: "Seberus asked for a visit."

Teagenis immediately rushed to the gate of the courtyard and personally introduced him into the study.

"How was the situation on the mission? What was the attitude of the Dionians towards Syracuse? Did they agree to keep peace with us?..."

Teagenis looked anxious, and was completely different from the calmness of the day when he was at the council during the day. This is probably the real mentality of the chief general in the current situation... Seberus thought to himself, but he did not dare to slack off on the surface. He said: "General, after I arrived in Catanai, I did not see King Dionia, but I met the former Lord of Catanai, and now it is said that Sipolos, who is promoted to the Governor of Sicily. His attitude towards me is lukewarm, and as you expected, did not mention Camanlina and Pacinus. However, in response to our request for the resilience of friendship between the two sides, Sipolos proposed, 'Let us punish Falekus, Stacikos and Cuchias, and let's talk about the restoration of friendship again.'"

"Why did the punishment of Falekus, Stacikos and Cucias?" Although Teagenis vaguely noticed the reason, he still raised questions.

"General, why have you forgotten that they led their troops to besiege Taunes, and Taunes is an ally of Dionia. Of course Dionia has to stand up for it!" Seberus reminded.

At the beginning, Tergenis led his army to raid Kamanlina, then forced Pachinus to surrender, and then successfully negotiated with the Carthaginians, thus gaining great reputation. This made the neutral generals feel jealous, so in the following military operations, they, who accounted for the majority of the generals in the Generals' Executive Committee, strongly demanded to be the generals of the army. On the one hand, Tegenis did not want to have a quarrel with the neutral generals, but on the other hand, he considered that the subsequent war was dominated by the Carthaginians, and the Syracuse army was just an auxiliary and there was no benefit to make it. So he chose to give in.

After hearing Seberus's words, Teagenis felt a little lucky in his heart, and at the same time he also made him fall into thinking.

"General." Seberus took a few steps forward and whispered: "This is a good opportunity! Falekus and others have occupied the committee for many years, causing you so much trouble, seriously hindering the people who support you from entering the committee. Now, perhaps it is a good opportunity to solve this problem..."

Teagenis looked up at him: "But the Dionians did not say that they would regain friendship with Syracuse after punishing Falesukus and the others."

"But they did not show obvious malice towards us, and they always wanted to give it a try." Seberus continued to persuade.

Teagenis did not respond for a moment. After pondering for a while, hesitated, "Be careful that the Dionians are playing tricks!... Let's do this... tomorrow, at the meeting, in addition to telling you the situation of Katanai, you should not say anything else. I will notify our people in advance not to speak casually, see the reactions of others, and then make plans..."

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The next day, at the council meeting in Syracuse, after Seberus made Dionia's request, the entire venue was in an uproar.

Kuchias first jumped out in a furious manner and accused it of a ridiculous request.

Some neutral MPs also expressed clear opposition, believing it was a humiliation to Syracuse.

Of course, some people also proposed: For the sake of Syracuse's interests, it's okay for Falekus and other generals to suffer some grievances. Anyway, they just put on a gesture to satisfy Dionia, so Syracuse can avoid Dioria's military attack.

A few members of the Port civilians agreed.

The two sides argued endlessly.

The democrats led by Teagenis have been watching.

It was almost noon when the council suddenly received news: there was a lot of panic and abnormal movement in the city!

It turned out that rumors suddenly came out among the people in the city: Tens of thousands of troops of Dionys were about to attack Syracuse, and such a terrible consequence was caused by Teagenis! It was precisely because of his forcibly demanding to "align with Carthage and declare war with Dionys" that would anger the Dionys. As a result, the Carthagenis whom he relied on retreated alone without any faith, putting Siracuse in danger. Teagenis must be responsible for this! Punishing Teagenis may calm the anger of the Dionys...

Rumors quickly spread throughout the city, and people gathered together to discuss.

The news surprised the democrats, especially Teagenis. He knew that if the matter was not handled well, it would have a great impact on his prestige, so he proposed to temporarily adjourn the meeting and send someone to appease the people first.

But at this time, Falekus and others expressed their opposition, especially Kuchias pointed out angrily: "If you want to calm the anger of the Dionians, the most important thing to be punished is Teagenis, because he is the culprit of all this! Moreover, as the chief general of Syracuse, he not only failed to fulfill his duties, but also brought disaster to Syracuse and was not worthy of holding this sacred position again!..."

Kuchias's words caused an uproar.

The democrats led by Teagenis can now be more certain: the rumors in the city are most likely created by Falekus and others to achieve the purpose of diverting conflicts and cracking down on Teagenis' prestige.

So Teagenis first attacked, criticizing Falekus and others, and other democrats also started to speak out.

Neutral generals and members of parliament such as Falekus dared not show weakness and accused the democrats.

The originally orderly debate in the venue turned into a fierce quarrel, especially Falekus had long been dissatisfied with Teagenis, and simply revealed the dirty things that Teagenis had secretly wooed, discord, and bribed against the neutral factions over the past year.

Teagenis is also unwilling to be outdone, accusing the neutral factions such as Falekus of uniting to exclude themselves during his tenure as chief generals, and they secretly threatened themselves to unite with them and jointly suppress the civilian factions in the port...

There was a lot of curses in the venue, and there was no order at all, and even changed from abuse to fighting.

Only a very small number of civilian MPs in the port, led by Hiktas, watched without expression.

In the end, the meeting failed to reach any agreement and had to end the meeting early.

Not long after, what happened in the venue spread throughout the city of Syracuse and affected the people in the city. Under the instigation of those who were interested, the fans of the neutral faction began to scold Teagenis for his hypocrisy and declared that the Council should punish him to quell the war.

The people who supported Teagenis had the opposite view, and the two sides had a dispute and then evolved into conflict.
Chapter completed!