Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 106: Rescue Heraclea

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If Galaguso was only afraid of the power of Dionia before, now he is a little bit more admired. In their hearts: Syracuse is nothing terrible, and can defeat the powerful enemy Samona with less victory and more. The Dionians will win the final victory.

Therefore, without the request of the Dionians, Galaguso took the initiative to go south to harass Metapontum.

Those people of Metapontum found that after joining the League of Dionia and peaceful and peaceful northern areas, after re-investing in Tarantum, the northern areas were once again ravaged by the Calagosians. They I began to regret my choice, and complaints about the city hall formed by Isalokas and Tarantum continued to increase. Of course, this is something later.

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At this time, while strengthening the defense of the city, the Heraclians urgently sent people to ask Turri for help.

After receiving Heraclea’s request for help, the Dionian Senate quickly made a decision despite being shocked, and ordered: The only new seventh legion remaining in the city of Turri rushed to Heraclea for rescue .

But at this moment, Turri’s forces have been used to the extreme, and the 7th Army has been taken away. Except for the naval fleet and freemen in the port, Turri has no decent defensive power on the Subari Plain.

In view of the emptiness of Turiyi's defense and the lack of young and middle-aged people, it is not advisable to deploy manpower to form new troops. Then the entire daily city-state affairs of Turiyi will be completely paralyzed. Therefore, the Senate made a decision: in the Bruti area Immediately formed the Eighth Army and rushed to Turii to be responsible for defending the center of the alliance.

This resolution was passed quickly.

Petaru, Kadulke, and Bogam, who usually don't speak much in the Senate, all actively expressed their willingness to go to the Bruti area to recruit and form troops.

Kunogolata, the very deep rotating chairman of the city government, said that "Hironimos has always been responsible for military training in various regions and has a good understanding of the situation of the reserve soldiers in the Bruti area and is the best candidate." Decline politely.

In order to prevent dissatisfaction with these veterans of Bruti, he specifically explained: "Sirs, I think you should also know that the army of Dionia is compared with the armies of other city-states. It mobilizes citizens , The method of forming a corps is very different. Only the people of the military can understand and implement it, and there is a clear stipulation in the "Dionian Law" that only the Ministry of Military Affairs is responsible for forming the corps..."

Several veterans of Bruti murmured dissatisfiedly and sat down angrily.

Hironimos became the only candidate to go to the Bruti area and form an army. The logistics and supply affairs he was in charge of were temporarily assigned to Melsis.

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The crisscrossing rivers and swamps in Heraclea slowed the marching speed of the troops led by Diomilas. He finally rushed to the north bank of the Bacento River and merged with Umarcas’s troops to make the tower here. Rantum's total force reached more than 15,000.

After a brief discussion, Tarantum divided his forces again.

Diomilas led 8,000 people to rush upstream along the banks of the Bacento River, trying to wade across the river from the shallow section of the river.

Triphias stood at the head of the city, saw the enemy's division of troops, and immediately understood the enemy's plan.

Even if the troops are far less than the opponent, Trifias still made a decisive decision, sending more than 3,000 troops of light and heavy infantry to follow the Tarantums on the opposite bank to go hand in hand, trying to prevent the Tarantums from crossing the river.

This forced Diomilas to proceed cautiously toward the shallower and narrower rivers, and at the same time choose to walk in longer sections of the river to avoid being easily blocked by the Heraclians.

After all, the Heraklia area is a small plain formed by the alluvial accumulation of many rivers. The terrain is very flat, and it is also a dry season. In fact, it didn't take long for Diomilas to find a suitable location.

Diomilas let the troops discharge an array of about one mile along the river, wading across the river together amidst the sound of offensive bugles.

Faced with such an offensive position, the Heracleas did not have the head-on mind. Their purpose was only to delay the time when the Tarantums approached the city, so they just threw javelins at the Tarantums. And shooting arrows, coupled with the silt at the bottom of the river, caused some chaos and casualties to the Tarantum.

When the Tarantums came ashore one after another, the Heraclians had already fled.

Diomilas reorganizes the team and prepares to march east. He must rush to the city of Heraclea as soon as possible, first burn down the bridge on the Agri River not far to the south of the city, and cut off Dionia to reinforce Heraclia. Ya’s fastest way, and then put up a pontoon bridge on both banks of the Bacento River, to meet the Umakas forces to cross the river, and besieged the city of Heraclea.

But at this moment, a few Tarantum cavalry rushed across the Bacento River, and across the Bacento River, they told Diomilas: Dionia’s reinforcements had arrived at Agora. The south side of the Lihe pontoon bridge.

Diomilas was taken aback: How could the reinforcements of the Dionia be so fast? !

Of course he didn’t know that the road connecting Heraclia and Turíy made the messenger of Heraclea’s help reached Turíy in just over an hour, and he quickly made a request from the Dionysian Senate. The decision was made to gather the Seventh Army at the naval base, and then it only took more than an hour to set off.

This also included Sekrian’s obstruction, which delayed some time, and even the navy commander went to the Senate to protest. The transfer of a new army to Crimea was enough to make him angry. He didn't expect that after only one day, the only army that participated in the training was also transferred. This made Sekrian's more than ten days of training results wasted. , And he also thought about leading the fleet to defeat the Syracuse Navy with new tactics, giving Dionia a huge surprise to the people, and justifying himself. Now that even the infantry on the warship is gone, his good idea has fallen into frustration.

Sekrian's anger can be imagined, but the authority of the Senate can be changed by a young general who is not a senator.

In the opinion of Kunogolata: Whether the navy can go out is not the main problem, anyway, they are unlikely to be opponents of the powerful Syracuse fleet, and the sea is blocked at most. But once Tarantum captures Heraclea, their army will set foot on the territory of Amendorara. At this moment, it will be a disaster for Dionia, who is fully coping with the Southern War!

So, Kunogolata first criticized him for his short-sightedness and disregard for the overall situation, and then comforted him: "Master Daves will return soon, and your naval fleet will not lack the support of infantry. ……"

Sekrian could only return in anguish. He had not fully recovered from the joy of being promoted to the admiral of the navy a few months ago. Only then did he realize: In the Senate, what he said has no weight... …

After the 7th Army was assembled, the commander of the army immediately ordered the troops to march forward.

The commander of the legion is no one else, but it is Martonis, the Sheriff of the Turiyi.

Before Daves led his army to Potentia, Felicius asked him about the two newly formed legions and the candidates for the legion chief.

After consideration, Daves decided to let Matonis and Olivers be the commanders of the army. First, they have served as captains for many years. They not only have rich experience in the battlefield, but also have rich experience in commanding large forces. Second, both of them have important positions. One is the Sheriff of Turiyi and the other is The quartermaster of the Ministry of Military Affairs, the new corps is to defend Turrii, so they can take part-time jobs. Although the two new corps may be cancelled after the war is over, they have the resume of the corps commander. It's much easier to be an official legion commander.

It can be said that Daves considered the two very thoughtful, but neither of them was willing to accept it, especially Matonis. He didn't want his teammates to fight hard in the front, and he was leisurely in the rear.

But Davers treated his former close comrades in arms and did not even want to persuade them, and forced them to accept the order directly. Now they finally got the fight: Olivers led the Sixth Army to Crimea. , And Matonis led the Seventh Army to rescue Heraclea.

Martonis had long been holding back his grievances, so when he received the order, he not only urged the troops to speed up, but also ran ahead of the team without riding a war horse. With him leading by example, the 7th Army marched quickly, running on a flat road, and it only took nearly three hours to reach the Agri River Floating Bridge.

Actually, this newly-built corps is not complete. Because it hasn’t been a long time since its establishment, they don’t have cavalry, reconnaissance squad, engineering battalion, and most of the soldiers are reserve citizens and registered free citizens, so they don’t have enough money to buy it. A full set of new-style corps soldiers' equipment, so the weaponry is incomplete. Some heavy infantry battalions look no different from light armored battalions, and even due to the rush of departure, they have not brought doctors and baggage.

The Tarantum warship in the river failed many attempts to destroy the Pontoon Bridge on the Agri River due to the defense of Heraclea soldiers and the **** of the ships. Instead, the two ships were burned by rockets and had to be anchored at The Agri River enters the sea, but it happened to observe the arrival of Dionian reinforcements, and immediately sent a clipper to the north bank of the Bacento River to report to Umakas. This was the result of the previous cavalry urgently informing Diomeira. The matter.

The Tarantums did not act decisively and marched fast enough, and because of the poor land traffic conditions between Metapontum and Heraclia (compared to Dionian Avenue), and Herac The Leah tried their best to stop, and in this marching competition, the Dionians took the lead.

Diomilas has seen the great battles of the Dionian army, so he is more cautious. Now that the Dionians are here, they can't venture further. So he ordered the army to stay on the south bank of the Bacento River, informed Umarcas to build a pontoon on the north bank, then led the army across the river, reunited the troops, and waited for the details of the city of Heraclea before doing so. Further action.

Although Matonis fought bravely, he was not a reckless person. The Seventh Army rushed to Heraclea, and the soldiers had exhausted their energy, so he could only take them into the city to rest first.

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Olivers led the Sixth Army to Crimea.

The current chief executive of Crimea is Protsilaus. Scombras recommended him to the Senate when his tenure was about to expire, and he was supported by Daves. In fact, he has not been in office for a full year. At this moment, he has led the officials of Crimea City to greet them outside the city.