Nicias

Nicias is suffering from kidney stones, and Lambus was killed in single combat. The Athenians are building a wall around the city. The people of Sycruce try to cut them off. The Athenians won a lot of battles, and have plenty of supplies. Then a general for Sycruce arrives, and loses his first battle, but utterly defeats the Athenians the second time, with the same men, same ground, and the same weapons, just using them differently! He was a good general.  Nothing is going well for anyone on the Athenian side, and Nicias wants to go home! He has kidney stones, and is in great pain.

I think that the general wanted to see how the Athenians liked to fight, and see what their weaknesses were, and the next time he played that against them.  He was very smart! I know that if you find out what your enemy likes to do, you can play on his weaknesses, and defeat him.

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