Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 155: New operations of the Dionian army

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Because it is difficult to break through from the front, the generals of the coalition forces after discussion, decided to find another way. They left the main force to continue to attack in the north, used to confuse and contain the Dionians, and separated more than 10,000 soldiers to go to Argos.

This army is mainly drawn from Thessaly and the Athenian army, mainly composed of the Illyrian and Thracian light shields, and is personally led by Iphikratus, preparing to move from Sparta After crossing the mountains on the northeast border of China, and then raiding Taitia (not Taigeia), after capturing it, as a relay base for the coalition forces, continue to attack south from here, and the situation will undoubtedly be much better.

However, the secret mobilization of the Greek coalition forces did not escape the eyes of the mountain scout soldiers. After receiving the news, Plintors immediately guessed the Greeks' intentions. He suggested that Cloto Kataks quickly adjust the military deployment.

When Ifekratus led the light shields over the mountains and arrived at Taitia out of breath, they suddenly found that the Dionian army had been waiting here.

Ifekrates decisively ordered the retreat, but the Dionian army quickly launched a pursuit. Although the mountain people of Illyria and Thrace are good at running in the mountains, they are still exhausted. Many of them were overtaken by the well-reserved Dionia's light armour. As a result, nearly 1,000 people from the Greek coalition were captured before the battle. Even Ifekratus himself was frustrated.

The generals of the Greek coalition forces had to negotiate again, and finally decided to shift the direction of the offensive and concentrate their forces on the attack on Messenia, because the terrain in the north was relatively flat and wide compared to the northern border of Sparta.

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After the conquest of Sparta, the First Fleet of Dionia quickly received an order from the Ministry of Military Affairs: to stop routine patrols in the Aegean Sea, except for some warships to the south of Peloponnese. In addition to the defense of the sea, its main force must work with the 3rd Fleet, and cooperate with the already assembled Ninth Army and Tenth Army to attack the four islands on the west coast of the mainland of Greece. They are Corfu and Ryuka from north to south. , Kelaronia, Zakynthos,

It wasn’t long before Corfu became an ally of Athens. Lucas, Kailaronia, and Zakynthos belonged to the Peloponnesian League. Before, after the Dionian army raided Messenia, In order not to arouse the hearts of the same enemies of the Greek city-states, even though there are fleets carrying supplies through the three islands every day, no military action has been taken against them, but the 3rd fleet is sent to patrol the surrounding areas from time to time. deterrence.

The people of these four islands were terrified every day after learning that the Dionian army had captured Messenia and declared war on Sparta. They did not dare to take any hostile actions against Dionian. But they didn't expect that the thing they worried the most would still happen.

Corfu has suffered many wars in the past two or three years, and, like a wall of grass, fell to Sparta, then to Athens, facing the attack of the more powerful Dionian army. The Corfu directly chose to surrender. The Dionian Landing Army immediately confiscated its few remaining dozen warships and strictly controlled the entry and exit of ships in several ports on the island.

Then the weaker Lucas and Kailaronia also chose to surrender. Only the people of Zakynthos resisted. However, the two armies of Dionia and nearly 10,000 infantry in the fleet came to attack a small island with a sledge-knife. In less than four days, they completely conquered Zakynthos.

The surrender of the four islands of Corfu, Lucas, Kailaronia, and Zakynthos means that the western coast of the Greek mainland can be completely blocked by the Dionian fleet.

During this period, the Ellis people across from Zakynthos were very nervous, and they hurriedly transferred back the troops attacking Messenia and deployed them on the coast to defend against the possible landing of the Dionian army. It can be regarded as alleviating the defensive pressure of Messenia.

Also during this period of time, Leotichides led the army and boarded the fleet provided by the Phoenician allies headed by Carthage, and under the **** of the Second Fleet, along the coast of Africa , Sailing eastward, encountered two storms on the way. Fortunately, the Phoenicians were very familiar with the sea conditions on this channel for many years, and they went ashore in time to escape, so that the entire fleet and fleet did not suffer major losses.

Seven or eight days later, the huge fleet entered the waters near Egypt. In order to prevent accidents, Leotichides led the army to quickly land on the beach near the western Nile Delta.

Actually, he didn’t need to be so nervous at all. The Persian king Artaxerxes had just arrived in Phoenicia with the undead army. At this time, although thousands of Persian warships had gathered in Tyre, they came from Various regions (including the Phrygia fleet led by Timothy) lack a unified command. The appointment of the naval commander in wartime will be made after Artaxerxes personally meets with the admirals.

Therefore during this period, some Persian navy generals were busy in Tyre to run relations and listen to news, and did not have much energy to manage the fleet. Hundreds of thousands of sailors from various regions crowded all of Tyre idly. In ports, conflicts and contradictions will inevitably occur. The Tyre and the fleet commanders just want to maintain order, which is already a headache, where there is still the mind to take the initiative to perform combat missions.

Only Timothy insisted on leading the Phrygia fleet to patrol the waters near Egypt once every four days, not only to detect the enemy, but also to familiarize himself with the sea conditions. Even though this task is relatively easy, the Phrygia crew still has a lot of grievances. .

On this day, the Phrygia Fleet did not make a patrol. In fact, even if it made a patrol, facing the 2nd Dionian Fleet, which had the task of guarding the fleet, the Phrygia Fleet had only a few dozen warships. It is impossible to fight against it.

Hundreds of thousands of Persian troops gathered in Phoenician, and the momentum is so great. Egypt is only separated from Jerusalem by a small area, and the sea is closer. Therefore, the news of "the Persian army is about to invade" has spread throughout Egypt. The arrival of nearly 40,000 Dionian troops at that time undoubtedly gave the panicking Egyptian people a shot.

The Dionian reinforcements were first warmly welcomed by the people of Naukrates, a city with a Greek colonial tradition. Persian officials in the city did their best to satisfy any request made by Leotichides.

Furthermore, after Pharaoh Tanis got the news, he was overjoyed and took a boat to meet him in person. This is an unprecedented honor for the Dionia reinforcements.

For this reason, Leotichides agreed to the Pharaoh's request, so that all the soldiers were fully armed, arranged in neat columns, and walked along the banks of the Nile to Memphis, which was equivalent to an armed parade.

After hearing the news, the Egyptian people welcomed them. The mighty image of the Dionian army greatly enhanced their confidence in fighting the Persians.

After completing the transportation mission, the 2nd Fleet and the Phoenician Fleet began to return to the west, but when they reached the waters of Cyrenaica, the 2nd Fleet did not continue westward, but turned to the north, passing through Croatia. Ritter Island, enter the Gulf of Lagnia, and merge with the First Fleet.

At the end of July, when the Greek coalition forces had been unable to break through the line of defense established by the Dionian army on the northern border of Messenia and Sparta, the Holy Kingdom of Dionian was on the east and south coasts of the Italian peninsula. Suddenly all the port towns in the city became lively. Hundreds of cargo ships gathered in various ports. The people of the towns also helped the old and the young to gather to the port, sending off the army of their relatives aboard the cargo ship. Pray that Hades will bless them and return with honour.

On this day, from Rimini in the far north, to Sipentum in the east and middle, to Brindisi and Odrum in the southeast, to Lokri, Siritium, and Kremlin in the south. Rotone, Turriy, Tarantom... One after another ships full of soldiers sailed out of these port towns, gradually forming long sea dragons, crossing the Adriatic Sea and passing Corfu. , Lucas, Kefalonia, Zakynthos, etc.

These islands are now completely controlled by Dionia, and the fleet can stop and rest on any island to replenish fresh water. Moreover, several fleets of Dionia also made full use of these islands to carry out a relatively strict blockade on the western coast of the mainland of Greece, making the Greek people, especially the Elliss, not aware that there are thousands of ships loaded with Oriya soldiers. Ships are continuously passing by the waters near them.

These troop carriers converged to the Gulf of Messenia and the Gulf of Lagnia, and entered the port one after another, landing on shore.

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Due to the approach of the Greek coalition forces, the Spartans were once again restricted. Their adult men were restricted to temporarily live in the Port of Hilles, while the women and children were forced to return to life in the warrior training camps, and were separated from each other. Thousands of black soldiers who have been allocated the land and are fully armed are in charge of guarding them.

Agsilius was very angry about this, and he once protested to Cloto Kataks, but the prince gave very good reasons: the Greek coalition declared war on Dionia, one of the important reasons is To save Sparta, for the safety of the Dionian army, and to prevent some Spartans from doing something wrong, and putting the entire Spartan people into an extremely bad predicament, such measures have to be taken.

Nowadays, I am a knife and I am a fish. Despite his anger, Agsilius is helpless and has to retreat in anguish.

Once they turned over and became their masters, the Black Rollers were very serious and strict in taking care of their former masters. This made the Spartan warriors feel very aggrieved, and a fire burned in their hearts.

However, today, they were surprised to see that the Gulf of Lagnia was filled with densely packed ships, and heavily armed Dionian soldiers continued to descend from the ships. The entire coast of Sparta was full of people. This How many soldiers are there? !