Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 20: Recalling Mep’s past (1)

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Two races that originally had the same ancestry because the river possessed insoluble hatred, when the Puchetti, under the leadership of King Tremoni, put aside previous prejudices, and became ties with the Mesapi. After being an alliance, the Puchetti's strength grew rapidly. They quickly regained the previously lost Canusion, and they also crossed the Ofanto River several times and invaded the land on the north bank.

When the Dawneys were worried about their increasingly powerful opponents in the south, six years ago, there was a shocking news from the south: Puchetti, a century-old enemy, was defeated by a kingdom called Dionia, and King Tremoni died in battle. ! After a few more years, the territory of the Puchetti of the University of Nova Scotia completely changed its owner.

Although the Daonians also knew that Dionians were a powerful kingdom, and the entire southern Italy was its territory, they were always at ease. Some Daonians even believed that the Dionians belonged to them. My friend, because Dionia has fought the Puchetti many times in the past, and even defeated the Maple coalition forces in one fell swoop seven years ago. But when the Dionians conquered Puchetti and extended their territory to the south bank of the Ofanto River, the Daoni finally panicked.

When Dawney's messenger walked tremblingly into the magnificent Chamber of Turiyi, King Dionia welcomed him warmly, and readily agreed to sign a two-year friendly peace agreement with Dawney.

The Dawneys put down their worries and spent two years relaxing. When they renewed their contract again, this time the Dionian Senate made a request-let Dawney take Ofanto The land along the Hebei coast was assigned to Dionia. Their reason is that the Puchetti people have always insisted that these lands were originally owned by them, but they were later seized by the Dawnees. Now the Puchetti people have become a member of the people of the Kingdom of Dionian, Dio. Niya has reasons to seek justice for his citizens.

Of course, the Dawnies could not agree to this request, so the contract renewal failed, the negotiation broke down, and the war started.

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As a Puchetti, Elems has experienced and witnessed the turbulence and changes in the past few years, which is far beyond comparison in his peaceful first half of his life:

More than ten years ago, King Tremoni launched the largest attack on the Daunis, and the result was a disastrous defeat. He also lost Kanusian, an important town on the south bank of the Ofanto River. During that time it was Elem. During the most difficult period that Sri Lanka experienced, not only was food scarce and not enough to eat, but he was also worried about the further invasion of the Dauni. Fortunately, Tremoni recognized the reality, took the initiative to be soft, signed an armistice agreement with the Dauni, and soon formed an alliance with Mesapi, not only won half of Brindisi, but also the Tarantum army. Frustrated one after another.

When Elems and his comrades thought their good days were coming, Dionia's army appeared. In the Battle of the Anleen Hills, Ehrems and his comrades were abruptly defeated by the Dionians while occupying a favorable geographical position. Although the loss was not great, they gave the self-proclaimed brave and brave them against Dionians. Fear forced the Maple coalition forces to sign an armistice agreement with Tarantum, which allowed the Dionians to leave the Apuria area. Both the Puchetti and the Mesapis breathed a sigh of relief. .

In the following years, with the help of Mesapi and the nourishment of the Brindisi Sea Trade, Puchetti gradually recovered his strength. King Tremoni couldn’t wait to launch another war against the Daunis. Elems also took up weapons and went to the battlefield... This time they won the victory, regained the city of Kanusian, and drove the Dawneys back to the north bank of the Ofanto River.

Just as Tremoni was preparing to lead his army to continue the attack on the north shore of Ofanto, the Mesapi sent messengers and invited their king to send troops to attack Tarantum. It turned out that Tarantum had stupidly tore up the covenant with Dionia and sent troops to attack Dionia, but suffered a crushing defeat. Almost all soldiers on the expedition failed to escape. Moreover, the Dionians were attacked by another force stronger than it, and it was difficult to say whether they could win. Even ordinary people like them thought this was a great opportunity. Of course, King Tremoni readily agreed to Mesapi's suggestion. When the news came out, Elems and other compatriots all cheered. After all, the Tarantums are much better than the Daunis, and they are also richer than the Daunis.

Erams went out with the army again. Sure enough, the Maple coalition forces easily occupied a large area of ​​Tarantum and advanced to the city of Tarantum. Although siege is a headache, they have 40,000 troops, but there are not many Tarantum soldiers in the city. Elems saw with his own eyes that there were even old people and young men on the city as soldiers to defend them. city. After seeing this situation, Elems and his comrades all had confidence in the eventual capture of Tarantum City, but after more than ten days of offensive, Tarantum City remained standing. Especially afterwards, a strange phenomenon appeared. Every time they attacked until dusk, they felt that the Tarantums were almost unable to withstand them. They were rushed to the head of the city by the Maple coalition soldiers many times, but they reached the second. The defenders at the head of Tiancheng seemed to have changed again, full of fighting spirit and strength.

At this time, there was also a message circulating in the camp that "The Dionians have completely defeated their enemies", and someone saw Dionian's envoys entering the Central Army's tent of the Maple Allied Forces. Elems learned later that the messenger had come to give a message and asked them to withdraw their troops immediately, because Tarantum had become the "free city" of Dionia.

Elems still didn’t understand what the "Free City" was, but he knew that King Tremoni and Mesapi must be very unwilling, so he launched it the next day. The largest siege was launched, but the defenders at the head of Tarantum almost doubled. The final result, of course, ended in failure. The actions of the Maple coalition obviously angered the Dionians, and soon there was bad news on the next day. "Their combined fleet was attacked by the Dionian Navy in the Gulf of Taranto, and only five warships fled. Battlefield."

King Tremoni and the Messapi finally decided to retreat before the Dionian army returned to Turri. When the news came, Elems and his comrades were relieved. They were tired of constantly climbing the city wall, but were unable to fight face to face with the enemy. Moreover, from the bottom of their hearts, they were unwilling to be terrible. The Dionians played against each other.

In the following years, Elems lived a very peaceful life, except for the occasional tribe leader who crossed the river to invade Daoliren. But he knew that King Tremoni and the big men were uncomfortable. Although Dionia has always been innocent against Puchettichu, he has repeatedly rejected Puchetti and Mesapi’s envoys." The requirement to form an alliance with Dionia or sign a friendly agreement. Elems obviously felt the tribe leaders' anxiety. Not only did they call up the tribesmen for military training more often, they even forced the tribesmen who were over 35 years old and their physical strength began to decline to participate.

The judgment of the king and the leaders is correct. Four years after the siege of Tarantum, Dionia declared war on Puchetti and Mesapi. The races tore up the armistice agreement and jointly attacked Tarantum to seek justice."

Erams always feels funny when he thinks about it. Didn't Tarantum tear up the covenant and attack Dionia in the same way? Did Dionia want to get justice for Tarantum? ! But considering that Tarantum has become a city in the Kingdom of Dionians, the Dionians can of course only focus their revenge on the independent Puchetti and Mesapi.

Elems, who is almost 40 years old, like his former comrades in arms, inspired by the slogan of "Defend Home", picked up the shield and spear again and rushed to the front.

After a period of preparation, rendezvous, marching, reconnaissance, small-scale battles..., the Maple coalition finally decided to fight the Dionians in Brindisi territory.

Erams will never forget the scene of that day. The Maple coalition has indeed made careful preparations in recent years. The number of its soldiers has reached more than 60,000. This is a huge army that Elems has never seen in his life. The soldiers lined up from north to south, endless... …And the number of Dionian soldiers on the opposite side is more, and they are all uniform armor weapons, standing there quietly, like a hard black rock on the seashore, which is daunting...

Puchetti and Mesapi fighters have never been good at defense, so as soon as the horn sounded, everyone roared and charged forward...

Then the bows and arrows that cover the sky and the sun are shot from the opposite side one after another, seeming to never stop...

Then there is more powerful javelin rain...

Erams watched the comrades beside him continuously hit the ground with arrows. The original thick army formation was shot out one by one, like a tree bark bitten by insects and ants. .

Then he heard the enemies roar in unison, and began to charge, like a dark cloud before a storm pressing on them, making him so nervous that his breathing was about to stop, and his palms were full of sweat.

The two armies collided and carried out a **** fight. With their blood and courage, the young and energetic soldiers at the front of the Puchetti army continued to attack the steel army formed by the Dionian soldiers, but just like the violent tide rage reef, it was in vain in the end.

More than half an hour later, the Dionian army remained motionless, while they slowly retreated. Elems, who was in the rear, could hear from the noisy killing sound that most of the screams came from the mouth of the Puchetti warrior, so he was terrified.

When he heard a warrior yelling in panic, "The enemy is coming from the flank!", he turned around and fled without hesitation. The comrades beside him are all making the same choices as him.