Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 113: The successor strategy of Dionysius

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"Yes, just besie them! Then take the rest of the troops across the Neto River, straight to the Misa!" Phoebe Das looked at Dionysius and said his own suggestion: "Now wear Onia’s main force is still in the Lucania area, and Tarantum has just retaken Metapontum, the Dionians will definitely strengthen their defense against the north. Here in Asproustu There are also two Dionian soldiers in the city...Uh...what kind of remnants of the Legion, I think the territory of Dionian is very empty! I heard that Crimea is just a small city, and I want to take it down, right As far as Syracuse is concerned, there is not much difficulty.

After the capture of Crimea, the army has been heading north to take down another small city of Castellon, and then they can approach the city of Turri and encircle Turri with Tarantum! When the time comes, Dionia surrenders, and the Crotones are useless to defend this city. The entire Great Greece will inevitably be conquered by your Syracuse! "Speaking of this, even Phoebe Das was taken aback by the prospect he described, and couldn't help but sighed: In this way, Syracuse really has the final say in the entire Western Mediterranean. , Which city-state can cure it?

Everyone's eyes were brightened by Phoebe Das's words, Dionysius was also a little moved, but he knew two things that other people didn’t know: First, Daves’ army was in Lucani Ya won a big victory and it is said that more than 20,000 Samonais were eliminated. Although according to his understanding, the Samonais will not easily give in, but the time for the main force of Dionia to return to Turei has been greatly advanced (he also No news of the defeat of Samone’s army has been received); the second is that the city of Crimea has stationed a new Dionian regiment, and Dionysius has already seen the greatness of the Dionian regiment on the battlefield. Although I don't know how his ability to defend the city is, it won't be too bad if I want to. In this way, the number of defenders of Crimea will not be less than 10,000, which is not so easy to be captured.

More importantly, the city of Crimea was originally a key operation target of Siracusa's intelligence department. In the past, this area was the most unstable place in Dionia except for the Bruti area. Before the war, Siracusa’s intelligence director, Hiparinus, sent many of his men to the city for activities. A few months ago, the "Crimissa public protested, demanding a civic assembly, and the subsequent assassination." "Davers incident" all originated from their handwriting. Later, after the incident was exposed, some of them were arrested and some were hidden under the intensive investigation by the Dionians. When the war broke out, especially after the victory of the Ramato River battle, Crimea's espionage activities began to become active again.

Dionysius also keeps getting the latest intelligence in Dionian territory from Crimea. For example, Turri has built two new legions, and Dionian’s fleet conducts secret training on the Krati River. ...And they also sent a message: As long as the army of Syracuse reaches Crimea, they will be able to open the door for the army.

It really gave Dionysius a big surprise. But since Dionia's new army was stationed in Crimea, by yesterday afternoon, news from the north was suddenly cut off. Not only was the whole city of Crimea under martial law, but the port was also closed.

Dionysius knew in his heart that such decisive actions by Crimea would inevitably make the efforts of the intelligence services fail, and made him a little bit jealous. He is a person who likes careful planning and careful preparation, whether he is attacking westward along the southern coastline in Sicily, until Motia, or attacking northward and then westward along the eastern coastline, until Solus, The usual strategy is gradual, and there are almost no bold and rash actions.

The series of rapid maneuvers implemented after landing in Great Greece this time are also due to the powerful sea dominance and the larger army than the opponent. Even so, the news that Lijims suddenly sent troops to besiege Madema before the battle with the Southern Italian Allied Forces really shocked him. Fortunately, he was basically in control of the battle, and he was not far from Madama. With the tens of thousands of troops in Lockey, he was calm and unhurried.

Now, in order to attack Dionia, apart from the thousands of soldiers stationed in Medema, Trina, and Sirita, he has concentrated most of his troops here. If according to Phoebedas’s method, Crotone and Asprostum, two cities with many enemy forces, must be trapped first, the remaining troops will probably account for more than half of the total force. Even if Crimissa and Castellon were taken, Turriy was not so easy to attack. According to what he understands, after the arrest of Pollux and others, Turriy is already a monolithic city. It is not comparable to Crotone’s first attack on Turriy, and Dionian’s The main force may return at any time.

In this way, once Syracuse’s offensive was blocked, the troops were punished again, resulting in the dispersion of troops everywhere and the emptiness of the rear. Over time, problems in any one of Madema, Trina, Asprostum, Crotone, and Turri will be a disaster for him. Therefore, he will be against the Philippines. Bidas resisted this seemingly beautiful suggestion.

At this time, Fascipesas, who had been silent after seeing Dionysius, said: "My lord, I don't agree with General Phoebedas' words! Motia—Carthage in Sicily The most important military town in Shanghai, and separated by the bay, we can all conquer, not to mention other cities in Sicily that we have captured. Although the area of ​​Crotone’s inner city is larger, it is far less difficult to attack than Motia. , And the city is too big, which is not conducive to their defense. It is located in the plain, which is more convenient for us to besiege. My lord, look at——"

Fasipesus drove his horse closer to the city wall, and saw Dionysius following closely, pointing to the city wall a hundred meters away, and continuing: "Its city wall is still the old city wall, between the stones. The gap should be relatively large, the mortar filling is not tight enough, and the stone looks old and does not seem to be repaired frequently. There may be loosening in some places. This is not as good as the cities we captured on Sicily (because the Sicily There were frequent wars between Taiji and Syracuse, and these two great states were very capable of siege. Therefore, other city-states were very careful in repairing the walls in order to save their lives. Unlike in Great Greece, where siege wars rarely occur. , We are still maintaining the city wall in the same way as the defensive and siege of decades ago), as long as our ballista continues to bombard it, it will definitely cause it to collapse! And we now have enough manpower to build earth fortifications, approach the city wall, and at the same time build an offensive. City towers and siege hammers, to destroy their city walls and occupy their city heads... If a variety of methods are used together, they will inevitably be able to break through the inner city of Crotone and open the way into the Dionian territory!"

Dionysius listened to the great movement in his heart and carefully observed the city wall in front of him, his expression became more relaxed, then turned his head and asked: "Phoebedas, what do you think of this siege plan?

Phoebedas's expression remained unchanged, and he said persistently: "I still insist on my opinion. We don't need to waste time under Crotone. Dionia is conquered, and Crotone is naturally too. Surrendered."

"My lord, you don't need to discuss with the Spartans how to attack the city. They even have to besiege Platia, which is only defended by a few hundred people, for more than two years before they can win it. What other good suggestions can you have!" Staglas mocked.

Phoebe Das' face changed.

In the fifth year after the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War, Sparta led the coalition forces to break into Athens because they were unable to break through the long wall, and had to turn to attack the allied states of Athens and Pladia in the Piorcia region. Seeing that something bad happened, the Platyans evacuated a large number of people, leaving only a few hundred to guard the city.

As a result, it took more than two years for the Spartan coalition forces, which were dozens of times as many as Platia’s defenders, to capture the city. In the end, the Spartans killed the defenders and killed Platia. It was handed over to Thebes, its ally at the time. The key lies in the most important battle of the Hippo War a few decades ago, the Battle of Platya. The Greek coalition forces, with the full support of the people of Platia, finally defeated the invading Persian army, King Pausania of Sparta. After his victory, Si led the Greek coalition forces to make an oath: to safeguard Platia’s independence and freedom together forever!

So when Platia was destroyed, the Spartans personally violated their vows, which immediately caused an uproar in the entire Greek world, forcing Sparta to discuss this matter in the country, and the Council of Elders had to send an inspector. , Questioning the King of Spartans who were out on the march... Therefore, Phoebe, who was still a child, was impressed. Astagras could be said to be revealing the scars of the Spartans.

"Don't talk nonsense!" Dionysius glared at Astagras, and then said to the seemingly angry Phoebe Das: "No city-state dared to fight Sparta. But. In terms of siege, I do have more experience in Syracuse, I decided to take the inner city of Crotone first!"

Phoebe Das snorted and stopped talking.

After Dionysius said his kind words, he didn't bother to care about the feelings of the Spartans any more, and said in a deep voice to everyone: "Fasipesus, Astagras, you organize all the attacks. City technicians, craftsmen, and soldiers began to manufacture siege equipment and build earth embankments, trying their best to measure the thickness of their walls... and prepare for all siege!"

"Yes, sir!" The two generals replied excitedly.

Dionysius looked at the two alien leaders again, his eyes full of sternness: "The leader of Axirita, and the leader of Gaba, you can't help in the siege, but you can't be idle, you I can lead your people across the Neto River, rush into the Dionian territory, burn their villages, looting their people, and rob them of their wealth. I want to make the Dionian people restless day and night, complaining about their Senate and governing. Official incompetence!" Dionysius said viciously.