Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 249: Conquer Canaan and Tyre
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Before the Dionian army fully encircled Jerusalem, the Jewish high priest took the initiative to go to the Dionian camp and humbly expressed to King Davos the willingness of "the Jews are willing to submit to the Kingdom of Dionian."
Daves was more cautious about this special race in the Mediterranean world who believed in the only god. He quickly accepted the surrender of the Jews and made promises and warnings: "As long as the Jews are loyal to the Holy Kingdom of Dionia, Then Jews can have the right to live in accordance with their own laws and religion, but at the same time Jews cannot affect the rights of life of other races under the rule of the Holy Kingdom of Dionian because of their own customs, otherwise Dionian will definitely intervene! "
The next day King Daves was greeted by the high priest wearing a fuchsia robe and thousands of Jerusalemites under his leadership at the gate of Jerusalem. Daves imitated Cyrus of the year and once again The promises and warnings he made were read out to the public.
The people cheered. At the same time, the Jewish priests bound the governor of Canaan appointed by Artaxerxes, Nehemiah, who worked hard for the reconstruction of the Canaan area, and his subordinates, and pushed them to Daves. He disposes.
Daves did not severely punish the Persian governor, who is also a Jew, in public. On the contrary, after he brought him back to the camp, he asked Nehemiah cheerfully: If he is willing to serve for the Kingdom of Dionia, wait until he gets familiar with it. After Dionia's political system and legal system, he will be sent to govern the Canaan area.
The Jews have a lively character and are not conservative and stubborn. Nehemiah obviously inherited this characteristic. The surrender of Dionia will not only survive, but may also fulfill his long-cherished wish to rebuild Jerusalem and seek revenge on the Jewish priests who betrayed him. , So he readily knelt down in front of Daves.
With Nehemiah as a guide, the Dionian army quickly conquered the entire Canaan area, and then under his leadership smoothly invaded the Samaria area east of Jerusalem, quickly captured many towns, and also The arrest of the governor-general of the region, Sanbala, also made Nehemiah let out a sigh of relief.
Canaan and Samaria were successively conquered by Dionia, making Gaza an isolated Persian enclave.
The Persian defenders panicked, and they desperately wanted to leave this dangerous place and return to their hometown.
Under the strong request of the soldiers, the defending general had to let the soldiers bring enough water, quietly leave Gaza City, marching to the northeast, in an attempt to bypass the area occupied by the Dionian army. , Go to Damascus through the commercial road on the edge of the desert to the east.
Who knows, the Dionian army has been paying close attention to the movements of Gaza City, and soon discovered the Persian garrison's attempt.
On the second day? The four cavalry regiments of Dionia and the Numibian light cavalry regiment caught up with the marching Persian garrison. The light cavalry regiment attacked with bows and javelins, and the cavalry regiment launched an impact? Quickly defeated the Gaza defenders? Gaza City also fell smoothly into the control of the Dionian army.
After stabilizing the rear completely? Daves led the army to continue northward, and soon entered the Phoenician region.
It can be said that the Phoenicians were the first to be enemies of Dionia in these areas attached to Persia. When the Phoenicians made the decision to send a fleet to support Carthage from thousands of miles away? Never imagined that one day Dionian's army would come to the city? And the first city that Dionian's army was going to attack was the advocate of the year-Tyre.
After Phoenicians returned to Persia, the Persian kings promised that as long as the Phoenicians paid a certain share of gold and silver each year, and their fleet was ready to be dispatched at any time? They would allow the Phoenicians to live in the original way.
It is true that the kings of Persia rarely interfere with the administrative affairs of the Phoenicians for a hundred years? One of the important reasons is that the high mountains of Lebanon separated Phoenicia from the inland Persia? Land transportation is very inconvenient? This kind of terrain also has a great impact on Phoenicians? They don't have vast and fertile arable land? They can't raise more people. They can only do their best to develop on the sea and become prosperous because of sea trade. However, due to the certain conflicts in the commercial interests of the Phoenician city-states, although they established a Phoenician city-state alliance very early, they have never been able to form a unified country.
So the king of Persia is more satisfied with the independent state of the Phoenician city-states? And the Phoenician city-states also took advantage of the advantages that Persia has always treated them? They made a lot of profits in the trade with the inland? Therefore? They are relatively loyal to Persia.
Tyre is the strongest among the Phoenician city-states? And its city is built on a small island about eight miles from the coast, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. The Macedonian King Alexander, who had successfully attacked Persia in the history of the previous life, suffered a setback here, and it took more than half a year. It is precisely because of this memory? Daves was very cautious when he approached Tyre, preparing to lead the generals to take a warship to carefully survey Tyre’s defenses, and then consider whether to attack the city directly or first through a long-term siege. Force it to surrender.
But before he set off, Tyre's messenger arrived first.
Tyl's messenger is still an acquaintance-the former Carthage Sofitel Tepanrak.
After seeing Daves, he not only did not show the arrogance and hostility to Dionia he once had, but even a little flattering, so the atmosphere of the whole meeting was relatively relaxed.
By the way, Davers asked about the current situation of Hanno and others, and Tapanlaco's expression became a little heavy.
It turned out that after Dionia forced Carthage to expel the Hannos, most people chose to settle in their former mother, Bon Thiel, and Thiel also accepted them, but Hanno and others had the power in Carthage. Not only could it not be reproduced, but the high-level Tyre also intended to suppress it, making it difficult for them to gain some power. The people of Tyre once envied Carthage’s wealth and power, but now they often despise these bereaved dogs, although they have nothing to worry about. He left part of his own property), but his life was relatively depressing, especially Hanno. He could not bear this kind of loneliness, and died in depression within a few years.
However, since Dionian declared war on Persia, the high-level Tyre began to attach importance to Tepanlako and the others. Not only did they often ask them about Dionia, they also elected Tepanlako and others to become members of parliament. Discuss together in the parliament how to deal with the attack of the Dionian army.
The reason why Tepan Lako was appointed as the messenger was also because he was acquainted with the Dionians and was more easily accepted by the Dionians.
Tepan Lako's mission was to surrender to Dionia on behalf of Tyre.
For this good news, Daves did not appear happy, but was a little cautious, because in his memory when Alexander led the army to Tyre, the Tyres also took the initiative to bend, but when Alexander offered to go to Thailand When the Melker Temple in the city worshipped Hercules, Thiel immediately refused. It turned out that they had only chosen to surrender in the face of military pressure. They wanted to wait for the Alexander army to conduct a final battle with the Persian army. Make the final choice.
So Daves made the same request, and Tapanlaco said that he could not make a decision and needed to ask the Tyre Council for advice before replying.
After he left by boat, Daves immediately reminded the generals: Be prepared for battle and don't be fooled by the surrender of the Tyres.
Who knows that in the afternoon, Tepan Lako once again came to the Dionian Camp, and sincerely said to Daves: The Tyre Council is ready to welcome King Daves to visit at any time.
Daves did not decline either. On the second day, he led a team of elite soldiers to the island, and the Tyre greeted them respectfully.
Hercules is one of the most popular gods in the sacred kingdom of Dionian. Therefore, Daves worshipped its statues here more solemnly, and the Tyrians always Very peaceful, which made Davers believe their sincerity.
Based on what he observed in Tyre City, Daves analyzed the reasons why the Tyres made the opposite choices in the history of the previous life.
That’s because in the history of the previous life, although Alexander fought and won successive battles on the ground, his navy was very weak. He even disbanded his already weak fleet at one time, causing the Persian fleet to harass the rear he conquered many times. It caused him a lot of trouble, and Alexander could only gain the dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean by capturing the Persian towns on the Mediterranean coast one by one. There was no way. Because of this, the Tyres bullied him for not having a navy, and it was difficult to conquer their cities in the middle of the sea, so they dared to delay time by surrendering. In fact, because of the lack of a navy, Alexander did encounter great difficulties when attacking Tyre. Even if the surrender of Cyprus later provided him with a fleet, it took him more than 7 months to capture Tyre. Time, time-consuming and laborious.
But the Holy Kingdom of Dionia is different. It has a powerful navy and defeated the Persian fleet twice in Samos and Cyprus. It not only established absolute maritime superiority, but also completely controlled the Near East waters. Not long ago, the army that landed in Cyprus has conquered the entire island. The first and second fleets have been stationed in the Cyprus naval port, very close to Tyre. They can blockade and attack Tyre at any time, posing a great threat to the city of Tyre.
In addition, although the Macedonian army in the previous life was very powerful, its number was only 40,000 to 50,000. Compared with the Persian army, it was too far apart. Therefore, the Tyres lacked confidence in Macedonia's ultimate victory over Persia.