Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 209: The Syracuse Allied Forces Strikes

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So, Silos once again slowed down the progress of the siege, cutting down trees and making siege equipment.

For the Dionians about to start their offensive against Medmar, the Lokri, who are facing the Correnian army, want to rescue them, but they are helpless.

What worries them even more is: once the Dionians capture Medema and the Daly coalition forces rush out of the ancient road from west to east, Lockley’s situation will become very dangerous!

Therefore, Loughley sent five fifty-fifty clippers, risking a huge risk, and paying the heavy price of two being hit and sunk and two being captured, breaking through the blockade of the Dionia fleet and entering Siri. Court port.

Only then did Dionysius know: Not only did he use the peace talks to delay the time these days, Daves was also not idle. Not only did he force Corenia to surrender, but he also dared to besiege himself at the same time. The division defeated Locke Lee's army, took Trina and Hibernian lightly, and even Medma was at risk, completely separating Siritim from Locke. From this it can be seen that Daves may not have the sincerity of peace talks at all!

This discovery made Dionysius sad: Obviously, the young consul was not as naive politically, but as insidious as his military command. While paralyzing himself, he was fast Swallow Syracuse’s allied forces in Great Greece, hoping to finally annihilate his army here!

Aware of Davers's true intentions, how could Dionysius sit still, no matter when reinforcements can arrive, he must first prepare.

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On the second day, Antonios met with the subordinates sent by Antrapolis, the head of the Daves Intelligence Department in Sicily, and he brought Antrapolis’ advice: I hope Antonios can Use Mearo as a bait to lure Syracuse and its allies to attack, so as to create the emptiness of the internal defense forces of the city-states such as Katane, Leottini, and Syracuse, for Dionysius Opponents created conditions for riots.

After getting a rough understanding of the layout of the major city-states in eastern central Sicily, Antonios gave his consent after thinking about it in order to reduce the obstacles to future attacks.

While waiting for the enemy to attack, he released the old people, women, and children of Siculi who had been imprisoned before. On the one hand, to reduce food consumption, on the other hand, he also asked these people to bring words to the people of Siculi: The Dionians came to Sicily only to avenge the Syracuses who invaded Great Greece. They did not intend to invade the territory of any city-state, nor did they intend to be enemies of other city-states, and they were willing to overthrow Dionysius with the city-states of Sicily. Sri Lanka’s tyrannical rule.

Antonius also sent a brave Naxos man to Taurromignan to the north and conveyed the same meaning to them. However, the sent envoys did not return. This shows that these Campanian mercenaries are malicious towards Dionia, but these mercenaries did not rush out of the city and down the mountain to attack the east along the Alcatara Valley. Crowd of exiles.

These exiles are entering Meyaro in an endless stream, and are warmly welcomed by the soldiers of the First Legion in the town. Antonios’s available troops gradually became abundant. On the one hand, he let Lao Dixian and Lacey Peratus take care of the placement of these newcomers, and at the same time drew out the young and strong, and distributed them with leather shields and spears. In less than two days, he had nearly two thousand more available soldiers in reserve.

This afternoon, when Antonios was delighted with the strength of his army, he received a return from the scout: an army with a "three-legged" banner and a large number of soldiers was entering the west. Cooley.

Antonius knew that Siracusa’s army was coming.

Soon, his few scouts were driven by the Syracuse cavalry and had to retreat to the north bank of the Alcantara River, and on the south bank there appeared several generals wearing colored crests and helmets guarding Under the protection of, he gestured in the direction of Meyaluo and waited for a long time before leaving.

Antonius knows: The arrival of the war is also the matter of these two days. Even if it is too late today, the Syracuses will not be able to attack. There will be a fierce battle in Meyaro town tomorrow!

He suppressed the tension in his heart, and carefully recalled in his mind the deployment he had made in the past two days in order to find out if there were any omissions or omissions...

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The next day, the weather was clear and windless, and it was suitable for combat. For Antonios, this is not good news. He hopes that it will rain heavily, which will undoubtedly increase the difficulty for the Syracuse to attack Mearo, especially the soaring Alcantara River will make Syracuse. Stabbing people across the river feels a headache.

In the morning, the sentry on the outpost was able to see the billowing dust from the south.

But it was the port that first discovered the enemy's situation, and Syracuse's fleet appeared on the surface of the port.

Antonius, who received the news, did not show any abnormal emotions, but he knew clearly: The Syracuse people are advancing by sea and land, obviously to cut off the retreat of the First Army, cut off the support of the First Army, and carry out encirclement and annihilation.

So, he hurriedly asked: "How many three-layer paddle warships are there?!"

"The exact number is not clear, it does not seem to be less than our fleet!" the port lighthouse sentry replied. The fleet on the sea is not like the troops on the land, which can occupy more than a dozen miles of the sea surface when sailing, and it cannot be found out only by relying on the fixed watch tower on the shore.

Antonius certainly knew something about this. He couldn't get enough of his strength in the battle at sea, so he could only rely on Secorian.

"Let the people and patrols in the port immediately withdraw to the town!" Antonios immediately issued an order. The port is not in the town of Meyaro, and there is no city wall protection. Under the situation of the army's pressure, there is no need to waste limited manpower to protect a port that is impossible to defend. He must concentrate his forces to deal with the upcoming land attack. Even if the Siracusa fleet is going to land on the coast near the port and burn it as a port for his First Corps to transfer supplies, he can't take care of it at this moment...

However, the Siracusa fleet did not land in the port, nor did it burn the port, because the Sicilian merchant ships that went to and from this route in the past two days had already informed Syracuse of what they had discovered: The fleet meeting of Dionia every morning Depart from Lijim, arrive at Meyaro Port, patrol until the afternoon, and then return to Lijim, so unless the naval commander of Syracuse is a fool, at this time, landing in the port, the warship moored at the dock will become the subsequent rush The arriving Dionian fleet practiced the impact target.

The commander of this Syracuse fleet is called Paronisus. He is a nobleman of Syracuse. He was also one of the friends who supported Dionysius’ superiors together with Herolis. There was a lot of talent in ship command, so when the navy led by Leptinius defeated Carthage, the people of Syracuse called for him to be the new naval commander.

But when Dionysius led his army to invade Great Greece, he still appointed his younger brother as naval commander, which made Paronius feel dissatisfied. He thought: This is Dionysius helping himself His younger brother restores his reputation. Everyone knows that Dionia's fleet is weak and victory is easy.

Who knows, news of the Syracuse Navy’s fiasco came time and time again, and Paronisus sighed in shock. This time, in order to eliminate the Dionians who landed, and considering the resentment of the civilians and freedmen in the Gulf towards the city-states, Felixstosti chose Palonisus as the naval commander, just to use him in the water. The prestige in his hand made the attack on the sea smoother, and Palonisus also wanted to use a big victory to prove to Dionysius that the choice he made was wrong.

At this time, the warships of Syracuse were moored on the sea outside the port, with their bows facing north, waiting for the arrival of the Dionian fleet.

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The Dionian fleet is heading south along the east coast of Sicily.

The repeated missions of escorting the Lijim fleet and patrolling the sea near Meyaro have made Sekrian a little bored day after day. Watching Dionia's land forces aggressively attack the enemies of Great Greece and attack the city. The battle results are brilliant, but the navy that first laid the foundation for the victory of the Dionian Alliance can only assist the army in escort, patrol and other trivial tasks. Sekrian felt very helpless. If it were not because this expedition to Sicily was of great importance, He would rather stay at Lijim and let his subordinates do this boring task for him.

Just as he was sitting on the deck, wondering whether he should continue to explore the great port of Siracusa with the fleet after escorting the fleet this time, the looker on the mast suddenly shouted: " There is a fleet ahead! There are many warships!"

Sekrian got up immediately after hearing this: The fleet that can appear in this sea area can only be Syracuse!

He finally got excited: "The fleet of Syracuse is coming to attack, blow the offensive bugle, we will go up!"

At this time, the captain of the ship said with some worry: "General, the Syracuse people are here prepared, I am afraid there are more warships than us, and there are no'crows' on our warships, you see... …Is it temporarily--"

"Shut up!" Sekrian yelled, staring at him, and reprimanded: "Why didn't I realize that you are a coward! I wouldn't dare to go on sea battle without the crow suspension bridge?! Are you worthy of being a brave sailor! Just go as a heavy infantry soldier!

Decades ago, the weaker Athenian navy could defeat the Persians, and the inexperienced Spartan navy could defeat the Athenians. Today, Secorian can defeat Syracuse in the most orthodox naval battle without relying on infantry. prick! "

Sekrian looked ahead proudly, and the captain lowered his head shamelessly.