Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 14: Reconnaissance (Part 1)

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"The reason why Asikurodoyakes failed was because he led his army to attack Laos. Because of the unfamiliar terrain, he was ambushed by the enemy on the mountain road. If it were in our map, On the plains of Iraq, face-to-face confrontation, poorly equipped and loosely organized Lukanian mountain people, how can they be the opponent of the Greek heavy infantry, even if the number is small, it is not a problem." Kunogolata retorted.

"Feiris, we can’t afford to delay this war. If we hide in the city, let the enemy trample our farmland, burn our villages, fisheries, and mines again, and every month we pay for the salaries of the mercenaries. And food, I had to convene a citizen's assembly to discuss whether to impose a war tax. I don’t think the citizens would agree to it!” Neonsis also stepped forward and said.

"Citizens of course would not agree! Ferris, the citizens elected you as the chief general because they think you have the ability to quickly turn the tide of the war, drive out the Lucanians, and ensure the safety of Turri, just like you Just like what he did when he first came to power, he immediately sent Burkos out to recruit soldiers, and sent envoys to ask for help from Tarantum. Now that the powerful reinforcements have come, you can no longer hesitate and wait and see the citizens’ property is destroyed. , Turiyi’s treasury collapsed, you must make a decision as soon as possible, and don’t live up to the expectations of the people!” Pollux, who had been silent before, also spoke.

Burkos did not expect that Pollux would also join the ranks of urging Pharis. When he was in a hurry, Kunogolata saw him retreating to the corner. He remembered something, saying, "Important military meeting, Involving city-state secrets, irrelevant people should take the initiative to evade” and ask the guards to ask Burcos out of the city hall.

Burcos stood on the steps of the city hall and uttered a daze for a while: From a rational point of view, he felt that he should believe Ferris’ judgment. Men, Ferris, who is over sixty years old, participated in the war with Tarantum when he was young, and successively served as the commander of the heavy infantry squadron and the commander of the squadron. He has rich combat experience; emotionally. , He also hopes to quickly defeat the terrible Lucanians, because every Tury wants these bandits to stay away from their homeland, and Daves' troops also give him confidence.

Under the influence of this ambivalence, he subconsciously walked to the harbor. After walking for a while, he stopped. Although the generals of the city hall accepted the agreement signed by him, he still contacted Daves’s The frequent exchanges of teams may be criticized. He sighed and turned to go home...

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Daves certainly didn’t know about the dispute against them in Turri’s town hall, although Burcos, who had promised him and rushed over after reporting the situation to Turri’s generals, never appeared. It was strange, but his main thoughts were invested in the construction of the camp.

In the past few days, all the soldiers have worked together, and the Turyi camp has taken shape. At this time, Burcos sent four horses to his men, saying they were borrowed from him.

Davos has noticed the intentional estrangement of Burkos and Turriy's senior management, but he has not taken it seriously. After all, when the team passed through many Greek city-states along the Yoke Xinghai Sea, those city-states treated mercenaries in the same way. This was the mercenary’s helplessness.

He asked Burkos's men to convey his gratitude to Burkos, and then let Felicius stay in the camp to handle the military affairs, and he took Asistes, Ryders, and a confidant slave by Burkos. As a guide, ride a horse to look around Turey to understand the terrain.

The flat and fertile Subari Plain (some Turiyi people call it the Tuli Plain) is already full of grass in the spring of April, and the scenery is pleasant.

Daves and his team are riding in a comfortable mood, and they are constantly leaping into the green fields and canals, as well as the hardworking slaves and farmers. The wide dirt roads are muddy due to frequent spring rains. , From time to time you can see the caravan’s slaves struggling to push the truck stuck in the mud...

An idea flashed in Daves' mind: this is also common in the Greek city-states of the Sea of ​​Destiny. The Greeks who are good at doing business are not very interested in the construction of roads that can best promote the flow of trade. All of his energy seems to be invested in maritime trade and ships, but the Romans who emerged after them created the most complex and advanced Mediterranean road network of this era.

Walking westward along the Craty River for about twenty miles, I saw a big city standing on the north bank of the river.

At this time, the guide said: "That's Turii! When choosing the location of the city, the Athenians discovered that the confluence of the Krati and Koseni rivers is a good place to build the city. Because the river is very wide here. The water flow is gentle, and a wharf can be built to accommodate enough merchant ships. When they were preparing to build a city here, they found that there was a large natural fountain here. The locals called it Tuli, so they called the new city Tuli... …"

"Very interesting story." Daves said in response, and looked up: The Craty River can't even see the opposite bank because there are too many ships in the river.

"It's better to rebuild in the old city of Subaris. Wouldn't it be better to build a port directly by the sea!" Assistus said puzzledly.

Davos has already understood this from Burkos, so he didn't want to say more, he reached out and pointed forward and said, "We're going around the city."

Because Turiyi was built at the confluence of two rivers, it was divided into three parts by the river: the south city, the north city, and the delta protrusion at the confluence of the two rivers. The main part of the city is in the north city.

Daves and his party walked for about one mile along the moat outside the wall of the northern city of Turiyi, and finally reached the bank of the Koseni River. In their eyes: Turiyi’s city wall is made of large strips of rock, and the gaps between the stones are tightly connected. The wall is at least ten meters high, and there is a five-meter-wide moat 20 meters away from the city wall. , It connects to the Craty River, and its depth must not be shallow if you want to come, all of this is enough to make every attacker feel a headache. And the sentries patrolling back and forth in groups of three and four in the city made them feel the atmosphere of war approaching.

The young Asisters even waved to the sentries jokingly.

Go north along the north bank of the Koseni River, and soon saw the pontoon over the river. Davers noticed that the delta between the two rivers is not flat, but a hilly landform. The guide said: These rugged, undulating hills have become a hero to prevent the river from skyrocketing in spring and turn the land between the two rivers into a swamp.

After traveling for about twenty miles, the terrain began to rise gradually, and the ground also changed from pure mud to a mixture of sand and soil, but fortunately, the river bank was fairly flat.

Doctors and his party walked a few more miles, the upper reaches of the Koseni River turned from the true north to the northwest, while a river rushed down from the true north and merged into Koseni here River.

"This is the Tino River, a tributary of the Koseni River, a river that Turyians hate." said the guide.

"Why?" Assistus asked curiously.

"Because it has a lot of hot springs upstream." The guide answered the question.

"Hot springs?!" When Daves heard it, he became interested.

They speed up, but when they get to the place, they are all dumbfounded: the Tino River has become a small river several meters wide here. On the south bank of the river, there are indeed many small steaming pools, but countless. Small streams flowed from various rock cracks at the foot of the mountain, turning this area of ​​rock and grass intertwined into a swamp.

"In spring, because the mountains melted into snow, they all became small streams and hot springs mixed together, and finally all merged into the Tino River. If it encounters a rainy season, the water of the Tino River soars, but it will overflow the river bank. Back to the hot spring marshes on the south bank, and there on the north bank—"The guide pointed forward: "The big river beach."

Daves looked forward, and saw that the river bank in front of it seemed to be bitten off a large piece, and it was sunken into a half huge bowl shape, with a river beach underneath and a high gentle **** around it.