Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 105: Danger, Heraclea!
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Davos and the Dionian Senate never expected that Dionysius would have started Tarantum’s idea long ago, and the people of Tarantum faced Dionia in the past two years. The rise of Dionis is getting more and more lost, and the rejection of the Dionians has become stronger. Therefore, Diomilas, a Tarantum citizen who has committed a big mistake, can be re-elected as the governor. It is by no means a coincidence.
After receiving the guarantee from Dionysius, the Senate of Diomilas and Tarantum secretly contacted the pro-Tarantum people in the former allies, while observing the battle in Great Greece, A posture of standing idly by. After all, they had seen the strength of Dionia's army with their own eyes, and they didn't dare to take any risks without great confidence. It was not until the end of the Siritian Battle, that "Sirracuse won a big victory and quickly occupied Siritian and Trina" after the news spread to Tarantum, the Tarantum Senate was finally decided. determination.
The process of capturing Metapontum is actually very simple: early in the morning, the Tarantum army raided Metapontum, pro-Tarantum sent a sell-through city guard, secretly opened the city gate and led They raided the pro-Dionian faction headed by Tudpres (Since Metapontum joined the unit alliance, with the support of Dionian, it has been Tudpres who controlled the mobilization of the army. right).
"General, congratulations on taking Metapontum!" Isalokas came to congratulate Diomilas.
"No, Tarantum did not capture the city, but the people of Metapontum themselves got rid of Dionia's control and returned to their motherland!" Dio Milas was obviously calmer than before.
"You’re right, General! Metapontum is a sub-state of Tarantum. They believe in Poseidon and Frantus, not Hades, and they should be united together. !" Isalokas immediately took the conversation, expressing his thoughts.
"Master Isalokas, the Tarantum Senate wants you to serve as the sole consul of Metapontum, leading the people and Tarantum to jointly deal with the current complex situation in Great Greece!" In fact! , The Tarantum Senate had made an agreement with Isalokas before, and Diomilas publicly announced at this moment that it was to publicly show his support for Isalokas.
"Thank you for your trust in Tarantum Senate and General Diomilas! I will definitely make Metapontum the most trusted ally in Tarantum, and at the same time restore peace to it! "Isalokas made a promise with a face raised up.
Diomilas nodded and said in a commanding tone: "Please prepare the sacrifice immediately. I will go to the Acropolis to worship Poseidon, thank him for his help and forgive our offense!"
"I'll do it right away." Isalokas ordered a few words to the person next to him, and the person dashed away.
Isalokas turned around and said: "There is one more thing, I hope you will get your attention, General, Tudpres didn't catch it!"
"This traitor ran away?!" Diomilas frowned.
"He was very clever and prepared. When you first entered the city, he immediately led some people away from the West Gate. We were so few, we couldn't stop them at all, and many soldiers were killed or wounded." Isalokas said sadly.
Others also said that they did their best and showed Diomilas their injuries.
"Okay!" Diomilas interrupted them loudly. The verbosity of these people would only make him irritable: "Tudepres runs west, he can't run away."
Diomilas sneered. It was only a small matter to catch Tudpres. He was more concerned about the progress of the troops led by Umarcas.
So he said to Isalokas: "I will leave a group of soldiers to help you stabilize the situation in Metapontum. When I come out of the Acropolis, I will lead my army to Heraclea. The task of transporting the baggage and food is left to you."
"Don't worry, I will arrange it."
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Tarantulu attacked Metapontum while also launching an attack on Heraclea.
Because Heraclea is separated from Tarantum by Metapontum on land, in order to achieve the effect of surprise attacks, Tarantum's offensive forces can only come from the sea. When Heraclea’s inner should see Tarantum’s sea fleet landing, they can prepare, and they can unite inside and outside to open the city gates for the offensive forces.
However, since Daves sent a reminder, Trifias, the Archon of Heraclea, has been cautious about the east, and has repeatedly warned the city and port guards to always be vigilant. Therefore, when Tarantum's fleet approached the coast of Heraclea quietly in the early morning fog, the sentry of the Heraclea Harbor lighthouse spotted them in time.
So the alarm bell in Heraclea city rang, and the citizens immediately armed and strengthened the city's defenses.
Heraclia is different from Metapontoum. It was built only decades ago, and it is far from Tarantum. The influence of Tarantum is not as deep as Metapontoum. On the contrary, in recent years, they have had close contacts with neighboring Dionia, and they have been more and more influenced by its culture and trade. On the contrary, more and more citizens are biased towards Dionia. Therefore, Tarantum had a small number of internal servants in the city, and how dare he contend with the citizen soldiers. Seeing the strong defenses in the city, they dared to act rashly, and immediately died down and hid.
More fortunately, the city of Heraclea was built a little strangely. It is located at the narrowest point between the Agri and the lower reaches of the Bacento, so the Tarantum army cannot be on the bank of the city. Landing, because the narrow area will cause the landing to become slow, and the troops cannot be fully deployed. Once the Heraclians attack decisively, the Tarantums who are still landing will be in big trouble. Landing on the south coast of the Agri River will likely be flanked by Heraclea and Dionia, so Umarcas had to choose the landing site on the north coast of the Bacento River.
Tarantum soldiers began to go ashore quickly...
Because Tarantum's fleet entered the Bacento River to cruise, the Heraclians did not dare to send troops across the river to attack the landing enemy.
Trifias made a decisive decision and sent people to burn down the wooden bridge on the Bacento River not far from the north of Heraclea. At the same time, he sent a messenger to Turrii on horseback to Dioni. Asia asks for help. But other than that, the Heraclians had nothing to do, and watched Tarantum's troops assembled on the coast.
When Tarantum's army rushed to the bank of the Basento River, the wooden bridge over the river was already burnt to charcoal.
Yumakas had to order the troops to cooperate with the fleet to build a pontoon bridge.
During this period, Trifias decisively led his army out of the city, attacked ships with rockets, and interrupted Tarantum’s bridge building operation...
Because of Heraclea’s harassment, several passenger ships in Tarantum were burned. Umakas had nothing to do for a while, so he had to urge Diomilas’s troops to come as soon as possible...
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An episode occurred during this period.
Tudpres took the remnants and fled westward under the enemy's pursuit, only to see the Tarantum who was landing from a distance.
There were obstructions in the front and chasing soldiers in the back, and the people travelling with him asked Tudeples in a panic: What should I do?
Tudpulis didn't have time to think about it, and resolutely said: "Let's run north!"
"There are terrible Calagosians in the north!" Someone exclaimed,
"Are the Galagosians more terrible than the Tarantums who want our lives at this moment! What's more, they are the ally of Dionia just like us!" After that, Tudpres Take the lead and run into the mountains to the north.
At this juncture of crisis, other people have no other way, so they have to follow him across the mountains.
They struggled all the way into the sphere of influence of Garraguso, and were finally surrounded by the Lucanians.
After Tudpres made clear his intentions, the Lucanians from Galagos not only shot away the chasers behind, but also took them to see the chief.
The Great Chief of Galagos is different from other chiefs of the tribal alliance of the Lucanians, not because of the strength of his tribe and his political ability. It is based on the ancient Lucanian tradition. Through a contest between tribal leaders, he finally won and sat in this position, so its chief leader Kulom is a young and strong man.
After learning the whole story from Tudeples’ mouth, he and the priests of Galagos deliberated and decided: temporarily let these Metapontum refugees settle down in the valley, and ordered the tribes Don't hurt them.
Be aware that in the past, the Galagosians were very hostile to the Metapontums. In recent years, the relationship between the two parties has gradually eased because of the relationship between Dionia. But this time there is such a big change in attitude, not only because Garraguso and Metapontum are both allies of Dionia, but more importantly, Garraguso has just gotten from Potentia. News: The Dionian army, led by the Archon Daves, defeated the invading Samonais.
For the Greeks, the Samonais are just another savage mountain race. However, the Lucanian tribes living in Galagoso have a deep understanding of this strong neighbor in the north, because their ancestors lived in Beneventum a hundred years ago, and it was the Samoites who drove them away. Here it is.
The Calagosos have been passed down from generation to generation, and in their bones, they have a deep fear of the Samonais. When it was heard that nearly 50,000 people from Samona had invaded Potentia, the first thought that the Galaguso people had was: We are probably going to migrate again.
Therefore, they always pay attention to the movement of the Samonais. As a result, Daves led a small Dionian army to completely defeat the Samonais, giving the Galagosas a considerable shock.