Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 174: The soldiers are coming to the city of Athens

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Because there is not enough time to build a complete defensive camp, the Athenian army relies more on its condescending geographical advantage to defend, but whether it is Lucanians, Samonas, or Gauls are fierce The mountain races, fighting in the mountains are their strengths, not to mention that they now have Dionian high-quality armor and weapons as their backing, and the number is still dominant. After fighting for most of the day, they broke the defense line.

Especially the hideous appearance of the Gauls holding large swords and slashing fiercely made the Athenian soldiers terrified. They couldn't help preaching the terrible enemy army during the rout, which led to the people of Fili, a town not far from Mount Parnitha. He was also frightened, and fleeing with the defeated soldiers with his family and mouth, so that the army led by Lizaru successfully occupied the town, and then continued south, and soon encircled another small town, Megalo Uno.

The people of this small town had no time to escape and had to make a desperate resistance. Megalouno’s resistance was not in vain. They bought some time for the Athenian soldiers and mercenaries defending to the south, especially These mercenaries in Jason have rich combat experience. Seeing the great momentum of the Dionian army, they have no hope of Athens' plan to defend against the enemy outside the country. They have long been "retreat as soon as there is a turmoil." This made Patroclus’s plan of “containing in the south and attacking in the north, once the defense line is breached, the army will quickly move south and encircle the enemy in the south defense line” plan was not fully realized, but in the end more than 1,000 were captured and escaped. Of mercenaries.

Efekratus led more than 10,000 soldiers along the coastline and finally entered the city of Athens more smoothly when the Athens border defense line was defeated.

He didn’t wash away the dust, so he ran into the Athens City Hall. The 9 generals in the room were urgently discussing his arrival, and they immediately surrounded him like a long drought. One sentence is: "How many soldiers did you bring back Efekratus?"

"16,000 soldiers."

"Why do you have such a strength?" Callistratus was stunned. He thought: Even if Thessaly's army leaves, Ifekratus will be able to bring back at least thirty or forty thousand troops, because according to him It is known that in the heyday of the Greek coalition army, it was as high as 100,000 (some city-states in Arcadia and Alice were close to the battlefield, and there were a large number of citizens who participated in the war as an aid, but they did not actually have much combat power).

Effikratus seriously gave a brief account of the battle in Peloponnese.

After listening, everyone looked depressed, and some even couldn't help but say: "It's over...Athens is over..."

"The Ellis, the Arcadians, the Phokiss, the Locris...they are simply stupid! They should understand that it's all about this time. There is no point in going home busy, there is only unity. Get up and defeat Dionia, a powerful enemy, to ensure the safety of your city-state!" Someone said angrily.

"Oh...When the danger really comes, these narrow-eyed city-state citizens can only see the dangers of their own mother state. How can they be able to fight against the enemy and fight against the strong enemy! In the final analysis, the Greek alliance is just a haste The alliance formed is destined to be impossible for long!" Kallistatus sighed helplessly.

Everyone was silent.

At this time, Efekratus had the opportunity to ask: "By the way, when I entered the city just now, I saw some rout soldiers yelling and yelling, saying that the city was defeated and defeated. Panic, what happened?!"

Kalisstratus told Iphikratus with a heavy heart that "the Greek army was defending at the border and suffered a crushing defeat."

This veteran of Greece, who has always been calm and wise on the battlefield, yelled angrily after listening: "You all know that the number and strength of the incoming Dionian army is so large, why should we be counted? Many young and middle-aged citizens are sent to die in the city! Who is it?! Who made this stupid suggestion?!"

Efikrantes' eyes widened, glaring at everyone, and some people lowered their heads unconsciously.

Calalistratus stepped forward and said in a deep voice: "It is our common decision, but it is also the request of the people! When the remnants of Thessaly fled into Athens, we knew that Dio was in the north. The Neaian army will soon come, and Kabrias has made a suggestion, "Hurry up and notify the people of the Attica area to avoid the city, rely on the wall to defend against the attack by the Dionian army, and wait for your army to return. Counterattack again...'

We all approved this decision at the time, but..." A trace of shame flashed in Calistratus' eyes: "But in the subsequent citizens' assembly, most of the citizens disagreed, and they refused without resistance. Abandoned his homeland and allowed the Dionians to trample and trample... You know, during the Peloponnesian War, the entire Attica region except Athens was almost destroyed by the Spartan coalition forces into ruins. Citizens don’t want to let such a tragedy happen again...

That’s why we formulated such a plan to set up a line of defense on the western border, first block the Dionian army for a period of time, and wait for your army to return, then find a chance to fight back...Who knew that the Dionian army came like this? So fast, the offense is so fierce...Oh..."

After Kallistatus finished speaking, the other generals couldn't help shaking their heads and sighing.

Effikratus looked at them, and knew that what Callistratus said was not entirely true, but it was meaningless to care about these at the moment. He breathed out a few breaths to let his own Feeling calmed down a bit, then asked: "What about now? What are your plans now?!"

Kalisstratus said in a deep voice: "While the Dionian army is still far from the city of Athens, we have sent people to notify the villages and towns of Attica so that the people will immediately take refuge in the city! We have decided First rely on the city wall to defend against Dionia’s offensive, and wait for your army to come back and find a chance to counterattack, but I didn’t expect...you will bring back so little troops..."

Seeing the unconcealed disappointment on Calistratus’ face, Iphikratus said with an unprecedented solemn expression: "From the perspective of my battle with the Dionian army during this period of time, Indeed, as the rumors said, the Dionian army is very powerful and has a large number of soldiers. In addition to the Dionian army that has entered Attica, there are also tens of thousands of Dionyans under the city of Corinth. The sub-army. According to my judgment, Corinth may fall shortly, and the two armies will converge... It is impossible for us to defeat such a powerful Dionia on our own, unless Persia sends an army to support—"

"Don't have expectations of Persia!" A general exclaimed angrily: "The Persians deceived us. They won't give us any support at all. The Persian envoy ran away!"

Effikratus was shocked and looked at Callistratus hurriedly.

The chief general nodded painfully: "The Persian king has led the army to attack Egypt, and there is no spare capacity to take care of us...We are fooled..."

Efekratus sat down on a wooden chair. He had served as a commander in the last Persian war against Egypt. He knew very well that Persia would do its best to launch a war against Egypt. And it will not be over in just a few months.

At this time, El Mijian’s Agul Rios said loudly: “During the Peloponnesian War, the citizens of Athens relied on the defense of the city wall to hold on for decades and were not attacked by the Allied Spartans. , We can definitely do it today! The number of Dionian troops is indeed huge, but because of their size, they will consume a lot of materials. Can the Dionian people support such a huge consumption for a long time?!"

His words refreshed the spirits of some people. Cabrias, who has been in charge of the navy, finally couldn't help but reminded: "The reason why we were not afraid of the siege of the Spartan coalition was because we controlled the sea. The people’s urgently needed supplies can be transported in by merchant ships at any time, but the Spartan army has no way of doing this. But now, Dionia is not only a strong army, but also a strong navy. During this time, their fleet was in the Salon Bay every day. Cruising nearby and intercepting incoming and outgoing merchant ships have already had a great impact on our maritime trade!

Our warships have ventured out many times, and both sides have suffered casualties, but our warships are too few, and in the case of unable to obtain the ship wood from the outside world, we can not build new ships (the Attica area has very few forests). There will be fewer and fewer attacks. When the Dionian fleet completely blockades our port, where can we get enough food to meet the needs of the entire Athenian people! "

Agur Rios was speechless for a while, just when someone hurried in, he hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?"

"General Agul Rios, generals, the Dionian army has landed in Aegina, I beg you to send your troops to rescue!"

"What?! Aegina was attacked!" The generals were all taken aback, and Caprias asked urgently: "When did this happen?!"

"According to the person who reported from Aegina...probably...about two hours ago, the Dionian fleet suddenly blocked the port of Aegina, and there were tens of thousands of Dionian soldiers in Egypt. The beach on the southwest corner of the island of Ina landed and attacked the city of Aegina...The garrison on the island has not seen our reinforcements, and the situation is very critical, and the warships stationed at the port have to venture out of the port. , Finally broke through the blockade of the Dionia fleet, and came to report the news——"

"Where is our patrol ship? Why didn't we find the report in time?!" Callistratus asked angrily.