Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 164: Sekrian’s Voyage (2)

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Daves sighed, pressed his hands on his shoulders, and said sincerely: "Even if I am facing Syracuse’s strength, the ocean has become the world of their navy, and Dior Nisius, a terrible opponent, as the commander-in-chief, I will lose in such a bad situation! And you successfully saved most of the soldiers of the two legions, and at the same time cooperated with Crotone to hold on to the arrival of the reinforcements, let us There is hope of turning defeat into victory. Not only should I thank you! All the people of Dionian should thank you!"

The tears of Felicius who said this were tears of relief.

"Dracos' death is not your fault! I know him, he never admits to losing, so whether he was taken prisoner after breaking off, or killed by hitting the ground, he did what he thought was the most correct The choice! All we can do is to catch Dionysius and use his head to pay tribute to the heroic spirit of Dracos!"

"Yes!...Yes!" Felicius nodded repeatedly.

"How is the mood of the soldiers of the Fifth Legion?" Davers asked with concern again. The Fifth Legion, this legion composed of Brutis, the soldiers witnessed the death of the commander who created it with their own eyes, and the Bruti area was turbulent during this period. Of course, Daves had to worry about their status.

"The soldiers can't wait to fight the Syracuse and avenge Dracos!" Felicius replied immediately.

"That's good." Daves encouraged him and said, "I ran into your wife Delia when I led the army to leave Turye. She asked me to bring you a message, "She and the child are both Very good, I hope you can lead the soldiers to drive the enemy out of Great Greece as soon as possible!'"

When Felicius came, he was depressed, his head was down, and his stature was shrinking.

Daves looked at his leaving back, but thought in his heart: Felicius was too gentle, and his will was not firm enough. He was really not a general who could be alone. In the future, he will still be engaged in case work in the Military Affairs Department.

He actually has another reason to thank Felicius that he did not say: the failure of the Battle of Ramato caused the Greek power in southern Great Greece to be greatly weakened, and he no longer had the ability to resist Syracuse, but Isn't this the same for Dionia?

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The Dionian fleet continued to travel south, approaching the sea near Lockley.

It can be said that among these port cities on the east coast, only the port of Lokri is still frequented by merchant ships, even busier than before the war. Because the Syracuse Navy blocked and suppressed the ports of the Southern Italian League city-states, merchant ships on the Eastern and Western Mediterranean Sea routes could only transit or trade in the port of Lokri.

"Lower the sail!" Sekrian looked at the shadow of the sail in the distance, his eyes gleaming with a cold light: "Offensive!"

With the sound of the horn, the ships of the fleet gradually unfolded, and the sailors excitedly speeded up the frequency. The merchant ships did not pose any threat to them, giving them the pleasure of growing vegetables and training their actual combat experience. .

Propelled by high-speed oars, the speed of the warship reached a terrible 13 knots. Other merchant ships could not escape without the assistance of strong winds. Compared with the three-layer oar warship, the size of the merchant ship was undoubtedly a child's face. To the adults, they weren't opponents at all, and they quickly capsized under the impact of the warship.

There are broken ships, people calling for help, large and small cargoes floating everywhere on the sea... Seeing this miserable image, the ships in the distance were scared to flee everywhere, and soon they were on the surface of the sea outside the port of Locke. Outside the Onia fleet, no other ships can be seen.

Sekrian led the fleet to cruise around the harbor for several laps before they left.

Lorry was angry at this, but could do nothing, because two days ago the Syracuse took away 30 of their three-layered paddle warships on the grounds of fighting against the Dionian fleet. Seeing the majestic enemy ship outside the port, everyone had a bad premonition.

"It seems that Syracuse's fleet is defeated again!" Demodocas said with a sullen expression.

"Yes!" Panticapace said worriedly: "From then on, the warships of the Dionians will control the east coast, which will deal a huge blow to our maritime trade! I am even more worried. Syracuse also lost to Dionia on the land. You must know that the young consul of Dionia has returned to Turei."

"It is impossible for the Syracuses to lose on land!" Demodocas retorted without hesitation: "You and I have seen the more than 80,000 Syracuses. The army cannot be resisted by any Greek city-state, including Sparta!"

Speaking of that, Demodocus is still a little irritable in his heart. He is very clear in his heart: Thanks to Dionysius’ support, Demodocus has been in control of Lockley’s supreme power for many years. The de facto "tyrant". For this reason, he fiercely suppressed political opponents and cruelly suppressed those who opposed him, and the people were dissatisfied with him. During this period of time, this dissatisfaction has intensified, because in order to ensure the supplies of the combat army and part of the Syracuse army, he levied a higher amount of "war special tax" among the city-states to increase the revenue of the national treasury to purchase war. Supplies. Once Syracuse's army is defeated, it is difficult for him to imagine what those seemingly gentle and peaceful people will do under the instigation of his political opponents?

"Now the city is too empty. If Dionian's army land here, we will be very dangerous!" Demodocas said suddenly: "The troops stationed in Medema must be transferred back. "

Panticapace was taken aback: "What about Medema City?"

"Lijim's army has been severely damaged. Even if they want to attack the city of Medmar, they will not be able to take it soon. We can reinforce them at any time." Demodocus replied.

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The Dionian fleet continued to sail south and soon reached the southernmost tip of Greater Greece.

Sekrian's ship was at the forefront of the team, cautiously leading the fleet around the top of the peninsula, turning its head to the north, and entering the Strait of Messina.

After sailing for a while, he approached Lijim.

It was dusk now. Although Sekrian was more curious about the city of Messina, the port of Messina was at the narrowest part of the strait, at least a dozen miles away.

Previously, when the Syracuses rebuilt the city of Messina, which was destroyed by the Carthaginians, they moved the city site and the port was abandoned for a time. Allied-dominant immigrants took possession of it and developed vigorously. Before the outbreak of the Great Greek War, Syracuse also sent a fleet to maintain port security, control ships entering and exiting the strait, and block Lijim port by the way. Although a few days ago, all the three-tiered paddle warships in the Messina fleet were transferred to Siritim to participate in the naval battle with Dionia, there are only more than 30 small and medium warships left in the port, but this is not Lijim either. What can be resisted. If it weren’t for the Siracusa’s clippers who had spotted the arrival of the Dionian fleet from afar, and quickly withdrew the warship back to the port, the fleet led by Sekrian would have been able to see Syracuse when it arrived at the port of Lijim. Zha's warship was cruising outside the port, and a battle would be inevitable.

Considering that it was getting late and there were matters to be dealt with by King Davos, Sekrian temporarily suppressed the urge to let the fleet continue north and took the lead in sailing towards Lijim Port.

The Lijim people have not seen foreign ships entering the port for two months. When they heard that Dionia's fleet was coming, they gushed out of the city and rushed towards the port with great joy.

Under the guidance of the Lijim patrol boat, the Sekrian fleet entered the military port, and the Dionian sailors were still disembarking. The Lijim people rushed in and surrounded the warship, asking loudly about the situation outside.

No wonder they are so eager, because Lijim has been tightly sealed by the Syracuse fleet for more than a month, and they don't know anything about the outside world. Generally speaking, it is difficult to completely blockade a seaside city. After all, warships cannot be soaked in the sea for a long time. They need to be repaired regularly, towed to the shore to bask in the sun, to clean the ship maggots, and to go ashore. Rest, just drink water. But Messina is too close to Lijim, the two cities are only a dozen miles apart across the strait, and the Syracuses are determined to blind Lijim's eyes completely, causing them to panic. Therefore, the fleet stationed in the port of Messina was divided into several groups, and Lijim was blocked in turn without interruption. In addition to the land access between Lijim and the outside world, the east side was blocked by Lockley, and the west side was stationed in Medmar City, blocking the way. Since the last battle, Lijim-Taurena The coalition forces withdrew completely south of the Maro River.

Therefore, the arrival of the Dionian fleet gave the Lijim people a great surprise, especially when they learned that the Dionian fleet had completely defeated the Syracuse Navy and became the new master of the coast near Great Greece. At that time, cheers broke out in the military port. The Lijim people crowded the Dionian sailors, singing and dancing, and greeted the Dionian people into Lijim city as if they were holding a parade.

That night, Lijim's chief general, Atilly Cruise, hosted a banquet for Sekelian.

At the banquet, at the request of the guests, Sekrian told the story of the Great Battle in Taranto, which caused everyone to cheer and admire...

At this time, Attily Cruise coughed a few times and asked loudly: "General Secklean, Lijim generously loaned all our three-tiered paddle warships out of friendship with Dionia. , Even because there was no fleet, it was blocked by the Syracuse for a long time. Now that Dionia has successfully defeated the Syracuse navy with our help, should we return our warship?"