Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 137: Continuous Combat (2)

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"Who said I don't want to send troops anymore?!" Triphias hurriedly changed his words, got up and held him: "Didn't the messenger have said that I have to wait for the news of the victory of the naval battle. Look..."

Triphias patiently analyzed Matonis: "Once the naval battle is won, it will definitely be impossible to send letters by land. During the day, Tarantum's cavalry will cruise south, and your messenger will not be able to come... …In other words, we can only send troops when we see Dionia’s fleet coming from the sea.

Who knows, Matonis shook his head and said, "Your suggestion is not good, it's too slow! Tarantum's fleet has blocked the port of Heraclea, and they will definitely get news first. Wait until our fleet arrives. Act again, the Tarantums outside the city ran away early! So—"

Martonis glared at Triphias, and said in a deep voice: "We must closely monitor the enemy camp outside the city. Once the Tarantum wants to retreat, we will attack immediately!"

"Huh?!"

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Persuaded Triphias, Matonis, who returned to the square, immediately ordered the adjutant to recruit the captains of the 7th Army to the Great Tent for discussion (the camp of the 7th Army was built on the square of Heraclea).

After a while, all seven captains arrived.

Matonis did not wait for them to sit down, and said directly: "Time is tight, I will make a long story short. His Majesty Daves led the 1st and 2nd Army back to Turriy——"

"Ah, Master Davers is back!"

"Great, Amendorara is saved!"

"Not only Amendorara can be saved, but the Tarantums are also over! Master Davos will lead us to defeat them!"

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Several captains yelled and danced with excitement.

"Shut up all!" Matonis roared, making them tremble with fright: "You are all veterans. You should know the provisions of the "Dionian Military Law". What kind of punishment will you be punished?!"

Martonis stared at them fiercely, and several captains touched their buttocks subconsciously: "I'll take note of the stick responsibility first, and then it depends on your performance. Your Majesty Daves sent an order. Today, he will come by sea with an army, and will land on the coast between Heraclea and Metapontum, asking us to do our best to hold the enemy outside the city, so that the main force can arrive in time and work together to encircle and destroy the enemy. Tarantum! Do you understand?!"

"Understood!" The several captains no longer dared to scream, but their excitement was beyond words.

Martonis walked a few steps back and forth in front of them, and then stomped hard: "I know these two days because I strictly ordered the soldiers not to leave the city to drive away the enemies in Amendorara. Many soldiers in the legion are privately He was scolding me, saying, "I am a cowardly bunny, a cowardly lamb, and I am not worthy to be a legion commander at all!" Some people even scolded my parents!..."

Martonis’ roar made the captains silent: “I know that some soldiers in the legion are from Amendorara, but this shouldn’t be a reason for them to insult the captain. “Soldiers have a duty to obey orders.” This is The basic provisions of the military law. I have written down all the soldiers who scolded me privately. Go back and tell them that in this attack, if they are not as brave as I am, and the assault is not as fast as I am, then what do they have? Qualified to scold me!"

Martonis widened his eyes, panting heavily, like an angry bull: "Then after the war, I will let them stand in the square, and let the whole army go up and scold them and their family in turn! Do you understand?!"

"Ming...understood."

"Go back and prepare!"

"Yes!"

After the captains left, the adjutant said cautiously: "Legion captain, will you do this--"

"What will it?!" Matonis glared and snorted: "It's just such a new army that needs to be equipped, but not equipped, discipline, and discipline. If they don't excite them like this, they How can there be good performance!"

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In the afternoon, a fast boat hurriedly approached the Agri River.

"What did you say?! The Syracuse Navy was defeated, how is this possible?!" The two Tarantum Archons exclaimed in disbelief.

"Did another city-state's fleet join the battle and help the Dionians?!" Yumakas asked again hurriedly.

"No, from the beginning to the end, the Dionian fleet was fighting independently. They set up a wooden bridge on the warship, which could hook the warship of the Syracuse bomber, and then sent a large number of soldiers to rush on. Deck..." The Clippers captain recalled the scene he saw before, and now it is as if he was in a dream. The combat method of the Dionian fleet has completely subverted the traditional naval warfare that he has received since childhood.

Diomilas was in a daze for a while, and thought of a key question: "Is the Dionia fleet suffered heavy losses?"

The captain shook his head and said, "It seems that their fleet has not lost much."

"Is Hades really blessing these savage and rude Dionians?!" Diomilas looked surprised, but depressed, he looked at Umarcus in a daze.

Yumakas is also watching him.

Both eyes are full of fear, because they both know: Once Syracuse’s naval superiority is broken, the Dionian fleet will control the Gulf of Taranto, with the strength of the Tarantum fleet. There is no way to fight it alone. Tarantum's coastline will be threatened by the Dionian fleet, so their army far away from Tarantum is in danger.

The two shouted almost in unison: "We must retreat immediately!"

In order not to attract the attention of the Heraclea, they quietly recruited the team officers and gave them the order to retreat.

The Tarantum soldiers began to pack their belongings and pack their bags.

The most headache for the two consuls was the mountain of grain in the camp. In order to ensure the convenience of food supply, the Tarantum people used cargo ships to transport food and stack them in the camp for use by a huge army of 20,000 people for more than ten days. Now they suddenly have to retreat, which has become a problem.

Tarantum does not have a department specifically responsible for logistics and transportation. Considering that this is an offshore operation, Tarantum did not consider hiring labor to transport by land. All materials are transported by sea. At this moment, it must be dispatched quickly. The ship rushed back to inform the port of Tarantum, and it was too time-consuming to summon a cargo ship to come for transportation. But so much food and materials, they dare not easily burn or discard them, because the act of wasting city-state materials at will will inevitably be impeached by the Senate.

So, Diomilas came up with an idea: let some soldiers carry supplies from land to Metapontum, and at the same time bring back the Tarantum fleet, which is still cruising in the sea near Heraclea. Load the grain in the cabin on the ship and transport it back to Tarantum.

"What if the enemy in the city comes out to attack us?" Umakas was a little worried.

"These timid Heraclea and Dionian soldiers have been huddling in the city these days. I don’t think they suddenly have the courage to take the initiative to attack the city until they know the news of the victory of the Dionian fleet. At that time, we have already returned to Metapontoum.” In fact, based on the traditional experience of the Greeks, Diomilas didn’t even think that the Dionian army ended a fierce naval battle. Can immediately initiate a rescue to Heraclea.

But the performance of the Dionian Army in the battle with the Maple Allied Forces impressed Diomilas too deeply. He must be careful, after all, this Tarantum army assembled almost all of them. Tarantum's young and middle-aged citizens cannot tolerate any slips. Therefore, although Diomilas did not believe that the retreat of Tarantum's army was dangerous, 4,000 soldiers were arranged as guards.

In order not to be noticeable, the Tarantum army did not even dismantle the tent.

But even so, the retreat of the Tarantum army is still procrastinated and slow. It is impossible for the Tarantum with little training to make a special "army retreat" like Dionia. The training program is done every seven or eight days, so it can be fast, fast, clear, and orderly.

The Tarantums thought they could hide Heraclea, but they did not expect that the Dionian Seventh Army had long expected that they would retreat, and they have been closely monitoring the city head. Some signs were soon caught by them. It was found that, for example, the cavalry patrolling in front of the camp no longer appeared, there was a lot of noise in the camp, and warships frequently entered the Agri River... etc.

"Captain Matonis!" Triphias also excitedly asked at this moment: "It seems that the enemy is really retreating. Could it be that your fleet really defeated the Syracuse?! "

"I have already said that Majesty Daves has always done what he said!" Matonis glanced at him and replied coldly.

"You're right!" Triphias didn't care about Matonis' attitude, and continued to ask excitedly: "Should we attack now?!"

Matonis held the battlements with both hands and said calmly: "Don't worry, wait a minute."

"Wait?"

"Yes, when all the Tarantum soldiers are ready to leave, when they have started to cross the river..." Matonis' eyes flashed with cold, like a wolf preparing to pounce on food.

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Diomelas watched the soldiers passing the pontoon, and a voice in his heart kept urging: Hurry up! Hurry up! ...

When a group of soldiers reached the opposite bank through these pontoon bridges, and other soldiers were quickly following up, Diomilas relaxed slightly.

But at this moment, there was an earth-shattering shout from outside the camp, and his heart sank: Oops, the enemy army in Heraclea must be out of the city!