Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 204: A sudden change in the battle situation
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"Friendly discussion? How to talk?" Lusipus frowned and asked.
Suddenly, the door of the venue was pushed open, and the inspector Endius walked in.
The rotating chairman Lucipus exclaimed very dissatisfied: "This is the most sacred place in Sparta. As an inspector, don't you understand the procedures that outsiders must go through to enter here!"
"I'm sorry, Honorable Elder Lysipus!" Endius bowed to plead, his face still could not hide his excitement: "Because the Council of Elders has always emphasized the need to keep abreast of the progress of the Corinthian war, so I-- "
"It seems there is some good news." Lysipus looked at him and said slowly: "Speak up, young man, make us happy too. There is too much bad news during this time."
"Corinth's battle report, King Agsilius has captured the port of Lekeon!" Endius said loudly.
"Port Lakeon!" The elders suddenly showed joy.
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Corinth, as the isthmus city-state leading from the Peloponnese to Central Greece, was the main battlefield for the fierce battle between the Spartan Alliance and the Anti-Spartan Alliance forces in this war.
Half a month ago, more than half a year of fierce fighting caused heavy casualties and huge losses to the Corinthians. It also made the people in the city start to feel confused about the prospects of war. Some pro-Spartan citizens began to take action. Prepare to launch a riot, overthrow the oligarchs in power, and let Corinth surrender to Sparta. But their plan was exposed, and the authorities took immediate action and brutally hunted down the pro-Spartans.
The slaughter weakened Corinth's power and swayed the people, so the families of the victims quietly opened the gates, allowing Praxitas to lead a thousand heavy infantry into the outer city of Corinth.
The Corinthians hurriedly mobilized heavy forces to encircle, and their allies Argos and Thebes also sent reinforcements to fight. After many fierce battles, the two sides failed to completely repel the Spartans, but they did not allow the Spartans to obtain it. For more records, the Spartans occupied part of the outer city of Corinth and were at odds with the Allies.
But the Spartan Council of Elders was fed up with Praxitas' poor record of failing to make progress in Corinth for a long time, and decided to replace him.
The news reached Praxidas' ears. He was very angry, and he suffered from the endless attacks of the enemy in the city. He simply led the army to retreat from the outer city of Corinth, and did not take any further offensive actions, giving the Corinthians breathe. At this time, the Athenians also led many carpenters and masons to rush to the city and took the opportunity to repair the repaired or destroyed city walls. The morale of the Corinthian soldiers was restored.
Today is the city of Corinth on the west side of the southern end of the Isthmus, and the subsidiary city-state Argolis on the east side. It is mainly guarded by the Argos. The two cities are connected by a long wall, which completely blocks the land passage through the isthmus. In the north of the two cities, reinforcements from Thebes and Athens rushed to help through the isthmus passages on the east and west sides at any time.
When Agsilius rushed to Corinth to take charge of the external army, he faced the rising morale of the enemy and the reinforced city defense. After understanding the battlefield situation in detail, he did not continue to adopt the former commander Praxilaus. The strategy of frontal assault.
He pretended to attack the city of Corinth, but let his younger brother Telutias quietly lead the fleet to cooperate closely, and led the soldiers on the warship, bypassing Corinth, and suddenly landed in Lykeon, north of Corinth, near the Corinth Canal. port.
The Laikewon garrison was unprepared and soon let the Spartans take over all of Hong Kong.
As soon as the Spartan Council of Elders got the good news, Agsilius had repeatedly repelled the army sent by Corinth to retake the port, and then he commanded the army to capture the distance from Corinth. Far away, the port of the city of Sigion, also belonging to the Anti-Spartan League.
A few days later, Agsilaos made persistent efforts, led the army and took a warship to capture the port of Pilea, a port farther north of Corinth. This port is the only port through which Corinth connects to the Piotia area. road. After the Spartans occupied it, Corinth was surrounded by the Spartans in all directions except that it could communicate with Argolis on the east side. More importantly, Agsilaus took this port as a stronghold and sent troops north along the west side of the isthmus, and quickly entered the Piotia area, and successively captured Sidon, Cromion and other city-states, causing the city-states of Piotia. After the shaking, the other city-states successively sent envoys to the Agsilaus camp to seek peace. Even Thebes finally sent envoys at the appeal of the people.
In this trend, even the Corinthians began to waver.
During this time, Agsilius was shrouded in the halo of victory, and seemed to become the arbiter of all Greece, washing away the shame of his “crippling” decades ago.
At this moment, the Athenian General Iphikratus led the 3,000 mercenaries he personally trained through the road on the east side of the isthmus, first entered the city of Argolis, and finally stationed in the city of Corinth.
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Udia, the former capital of the Mesapi Kingdom, is located in the center of southern Apulia, surrounded by flat fields and dense forests. Agriculture and animal husbandry are relatively developed, and it is still the center of the Mesapi people. town.
At this moment, in the aristocratic council of Udia, the ruling cities of Igratia, Ugentum, Manduria, Mesagne, Odrum...etc. gathered together. Officer, sitting at the forefront and in the center of the audience is Udia’s consul Pahimeros. This Mesapi noble is tall and majestic. Far better than his relatives. After years of hard work, he has basically controlled the Udiah noble council, so that he can easily be elected as a consul every year. There are often rumors about him in the city: we sent one away. The old king ushered in a new king.
"Pasimmelus, let's not wait anymore, it seems that our allies will not come." Ugentum Archon Carmelus couldn't help but said.
"Be patient, I think the Puchetti will come, but they are the furthest away from here, and of course they will come later." Igratia Archon Timothy persuaded.
"Timograss, I heard that your Igratia has been in close contact with the Puchetti in recent years. No wonder you will speak for them. Igratia is almost becoming Puchetti's territory!" Brindisi's commander Tyeste taunted. After Brindisi was retaken, since the original Mesapi residents of the city had been wiped out or sold into slaves by the Tarantums, the city-states were voted and elected by the tribes of the great aristocratic Teeste of Udia. Entered Brindisi. According to the previous agreement between the two parties, his tribe and the Puchetti each occupy half of Brindisi. The two parties will inevitably have conflicts of interest, especially in the management of the port. The people are more resentful.
"Who said that we Puchetti won't come!" A loud voice sounded outside the venue. Pullo, a close friend of King Puchetti, pushed open the room and strode into the venue: "If it weren't for you, you would attack the tower. Rantum’s time has been delayed again and again, making us think that you are going to cancel this offensive plan, we have already come!"
Pasimerus smiled slightly: "Waiting for a better time, now the opportunity has come! Tarantum was hit hard by Dionian, most of the citizens were lost, and Dionian was in Crotone defeated Tarantum's ally Syracuse, and now the two sides are facing off in Siritim. This is the best time for us to attack Tarantum with confidence!"
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In the backyard of the mansion of the chieftain in Potentia, Puamote is negotiating with Waller.
The tribal leader said impatiently: "Great leader, Dionia has already occupied Copsa, and my tribal territory is no longer dangerous. I can lead the tribe back to the territory... But you know, all evil The Samoneites burned down my territory, and most of the warriors of my tribe were killed and injured. Now I don’t have enough labor to rebuild my village, so you have to give me some Samoneite captives and enough food! "
Puamote looked embarrassed: "Although Daves gave us a lot of food when he left, the tribes returned to the territory and took a lot during this period, so the food supply in the city is still I am a little nervous. I can only give you a partial amount of food. If you want the tribe to survive this winter smoothly, you have to think of a solution yourself."
"Why only let me think of a solution and not let other tribes think of a solution?!" Waller felt unfair.
"Because your tribe is close to Copsa." Puamote said softly.
Walle is not a fool as a leader, he quickly understood the purpose of the leader: "What if Copsa doesn't have enough food?"
"If Kopsa were also short of food, Pollet would have asked me for help." Puamote calmly said: "Vall, Samona prisoners are not ordinary slaves, yours There are too few tribal warriors, can you tame them?"
"Big Chief, don't worry. You forgot to say which tribe of Potentia has the most experience in dealing with the prisoners of Samona. Will there be anyone besides our tribe!" Waller said proudly.
Puamote stopped speaking. Indeed, in the past, the settlement of the Vale tribe was adjacent to the Samonais. When there was a conflict between the two sides, the captured prisoners were often handed over to his tribe for handling, and most of his tribes also spoke Samonais.
"If it weren't for you to let us release the former Greek slaves, I wouldn't be so anxious to ask you to be captured." Waller complained again, seeing Puamote wanting to speak, he said hurriedly: "I know! I know! Elia is now our ally, and we want to have a good relationship with it!..."