Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 199: Raid Mayaro
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"A few years ago, there was a lot of smoke from the top of Mount Etna..." Laodicean saw that Antonios could see, and he was going to talk about the interesting facts about the eruption of Mount Etna that he saw with his own eyes, but he heard Go to Sekrian and shout: "Naxos, come and tell me where is the beach where I want to land?!"
"Okay! Okay!" Laodixian hurried to the bow.
Antonius rallied his spirit. This was his first independent lead operation and the first cross-sea landing operation. Whether he could defeat Syracuse or not, the performance of his army was crucial, so he knew himself well. The burden on my shoulders is both nervous and excited in my heart: "Brothers, hurry up and put on your armor, pick up the shield and spear, we are about to land! Don't stay after landing, give me an immediate charge towards the city of Naxos Conquer it, our relatives are waiting for news of our victory! The time has come to win the honor for the First Legion and for yourselves!..."
Antonius loudly cheered the soldiers lying resting on the deck.
"Don't worry, Legion Commander. The brothers have been bored on the boat for the past two days. They have long wanted to fight and fight. How can a wooden walled town be able to stop our attack!" Melisanda shouted. Responded.
Melisanda's team was assigned to board the flagship. Of course, this was not a coincidence, it was a special arrangement by Antonios. As a close comrade-in-arms of Felicius, he doesn't mind giving some care to Felicius' adopted son under normal circumstances.
"You kid, still have to be careful not to fall into the sea when landing." Antonios smiled and patted him on the shoulder a few times.
The soldiers whistled, booed, and booed at their young squad leader. Melisanda fell into the sea twice during the Battle of the Inner Sea of Crotone. It has become a conversational resource for the soldiers before and after meals. Of course, this does not affect the respect of his subordinates to the squad leader, because Melisanda has always Fight bravely, take the lead, and share the joys and sorrows with the soldiers.
At this moment, Melisanda stared at him: "Whoever dares to scream, I won't let him play next time I play rugby!"
Melisanda's threat made the soldiers boo louder.
For the soldiers' play, Antonios shook his head helplessly, and once again turned his attention to the land.
At this time, the sound of bugles reverberated in the fleet, and Sekrian's flagship took the lead to turn left and approached the bay.
In front is an arc-shaped bay. More than a dozen fishing boats are fishing with nets on the white sands, blue waters, and calm seas.
The fleet broke in aggressively like this, breaking the tranquil scene here.
The fishermen saw the fast approaching behemoth-the three-layer paddle warship, panicked and wanted to steer the boat to avoid it, but it was too late. The bronze corner of the bow smashed the fishing boat into two easily like a knife cutting cheese. ...
The sailors stopped paddling until they were approaching the beach, and the warship rushed to the beach by inertia.
The soldiers immediately got on the pedals and quickly descended to the beach. Some impatient soldiers jumped to the bow, threw their shield spears and helmets on the beach, and jumped directly from the deck to the beach.
Soon, the empty beach was covered with heavily armed Dionian soldiers.
"The enemy is coming! The enemy is coming!..." The fishermen who were drying fishing nets on the beach and handling the fish flee into the city in horror.
Before boarding the ship at Lijim Port, Antonios had already recruited officers from all levels of the First Fleet for a combat meeting. Therefore, after the soldiers of the first fleet disembarked, they did not form a unified team at all, under the leadership of the team leader. Next, under the guidance of the guides equipped on the warships, march towards the city of Naxos.
The current Naxos is not actually a city, but a big village. This starts with Dionysius becoming the tyrant of Syracuse six or seven years ago. In order to accumulate strength and counterattack the Carthaginians, he began a military operation to conquer the southeastern corner and east of Sicily. Among them, Sicily The only plain on the island, the Catania Plain, became the focus of his strategy, so he was in the area against the two most resolute city-states that resisted Syracuse—Katana and Naxos in this area. After breaking through the city, the most severe punishment was imposed. The entire city of Naxos was destroyed, the walls were stripped off, and all the captured Naxos people were demoted to slaves.
Sikuli, another small city-state just 25 miles from Naxos, south of Naxos, was rewarded for surrendering to Syracuse early. Dionysius will Soth's land was handed over to Sikuli to govern. The Siculians obtained a larger and more fertile land of Naxos than their own territory. They were naturally happy, but the tragic fate of the Naxos also frightened the Siculians. They guessed Dionysian. Husseus had the intention of destroying the wall, but he did not dare to ask the tyrant directly, so they did not restore the old city of Naxos, but moved south to a place two miles away from the ruins, in Alcantara. A town was built on the north bank of the river. In order to fear that Dionysius was upset, they did not build a stone wall, but made a simple fence with a wooden fence, and named the new town-Mei Yarrow (meaning "big").
The beach where the First Army landed was part of the former port of Naxos, but it has now disappeared. The soldiers went to the coast, and within a few steps to the south, they could see that there was a large area near the sea, where there was a lot of grass and rocks.
Laodixian stared there blankly, tears streaming down: That was his former home-the city of Naxos!
"Laodixian, don't stop! Run! We still need you to show the way!" Melisanda urged in front.
Laodixian hurriedly followed. Although he is more than middle-aged, he still insists on exercising, practicing fighting and fighting, hoping to return to his homeland one day, so he thinks he has good physical strength, but after running with the Dionia soldiers for a while, he started to be a little different. Up to the speed of the Dionian's advance.
Know that these soldiers are fully armed and marching in a hurry. Such physical strength and speed are really scary. No wonder the Syracuse can not beat them! Lao Dixian, who was amazed, did not know that in the military training of the soldiers of the Dionian Army every five days, one of the items was the armed emergency march, which was different from the “armed long-distance running” in the Olympia Games. Only wearing helmets, bucklers, and bare-body competitions, while Dionian’s armed rush march is really fully armed, so if Dionians can participate in the Olympia Games, in the "armed long-distance running" project, It will definitely be able to compete with the Spartans who always win the championship.
"...that...that is Meyaro..." Laodicean pointed to the faint outline of the town in the distance, and said breathlessly.
"Well, you will follow." Melisanda didn't have time to wait for him anymore, directing the soldiers to advance in that direction.
Although Antonios did not explicitly state, the various teams naturally competed according to the Legion’s tradition: Who will reach the enemy town first? ! See who attacked the enemy town first? !
Therefore, the First Army is united in units, not as if it is marching in a hurry, but as if it is in a competitive game, spread out in a wide front, rushing to the South Pole quickly, from first to second, uneven.
The leader is a team of hundreds of people. They can maintain a relatively complete formation while running fast.
"Damn, which team is that?" Melisanda scolded unwillingly at the leader diagonally ahead.
"Captain, it seems to be the first company of the fourth squadron." A soldier replied.
"It's the company of'lunatics'." Melisanda curled his lips.
"Madman" is the nickname of Leotizides, because he is known for the intense and demanding training of his soldiers. Of course, his company often wins in military competitions.
"Brothers, speed up, we can't fall behind!" Melishanda shouted unwillingly.
Where the First Army passed, the people of Mayaro fled in panic, but the soldiers did not shoot them with spears, but drove them towards Mayaro.
Although only a wooden wall was seen in the town of Meyaro, a moat was dug outside the town because it was close to the Alcantara River. Only the east and north gates were connected to the outside by suspension bridges. The Siculians in Meyaro have just received the Merchant Ship's urgent report: a fleet of hundreds of warships sailing from the north, the sail pattern seems to belong to the Dionian Alliance.
The Siculians were shocked. They had just received the news that the "Dionians defeated Syracuse in the battle". In a blink of an eye, the Dionians' fleet appeared on the east coast of Sicily. They did not think that the Dionian fleet, which defeated the Syracuse Navy not long ago, came with good intentions, but they did not have time to discuss countermeasures. Someone had fled back from the sea and shouted in panic: "The enemy is here! The enemy is here!..."
The Siculians were frightened by the quick attack speed of the Dionians, and hurriedly summoned some citizens to defend against the enemy.
At this time, more and more people fled to the town, causing congestion in the suspension bridge and the north gate.
Serofennis claims to be a freedman and was hired by a citizen of Sikuli a few months ago to help his employer cultivate the fields. It is noon. He, who should have appeared in the riverside field outside the town, appeared in the town at this moment and stopped a citizen who fled into the town: "This uncle, what happened?"
"There are... enemies... there are enemies... killed from the sea, take up your weapons and go... go..." the man said in a panic.
Serofennis interrupted him: "The enemy?! What kind of enemy?!"
There was a look of fear in the eyes of the people: "Black! All black! Like a devil from hell!"
Serofennis blinked and looked back at a group of Sikuli citizens before they even had time to wear their helmets and breastplates. They hurriedly picked up the shield spears and rushed to the crowded north gate.