Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 253: Persian strategy (1)
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Daves was listening attentively, and was happy for it. Suddenly he saw Mariji kneel down with a "plop" and said with a guilty expression: "Your Majesty...actually I am a Babylonian, just to make myself …Appears noble, so I always call myself a Persian, and later I want to confess, and feel that if the people of the kingdom know that I lied, it will damage the majesty of the Ministry of Commerce and not conducive to the implementation of the decree, so just...please Your Majesty, forgive me for the sins that I have concealed for a long time!"
Daves laughed, stretched out his hand to pull him up, and said loudly, "You are not a Persian. Cause some harm, now I am relieved! It is equivalent to a decisive battle with the Persian army, I will appoint you as the messenger of Dionian, go to lobby your compatriots to submit to the kingdom, and share the fruits of victory together!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Mariji bowed deeply to Daves with joy.
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The next day King Daves held a military meeting. Not only did he require generals above the legion commander to attend, but he also invited Alexis, Phillips, Tormid, Armintas, and Veterans of former mercenaries, such as Pithenis, attended the meeting. After listening to Izam's detailed report on the Persian army, they jointly discussed whether to change the current defensive posture and launch an offensive against the Persian army. ,
Almost at the same time, the Persian king Artaxerxes also convened a military meeting in the city of Taposaku. Although there were more troops than Dionia, there were only a few people participating in the meeting: Persia The king’s confidant Trebasus, the governor Harpergus from the Susa region, and the commander-in-chief from Persepolis, Maldonos (both of them were the great kings who rebuilt Persia. Descendants of the six allies of the soldiers, their status is extremely honorable), as well as the Governor of Armenia, Orontas, who is also the son-in-law of the Persian king, and a young general who leads the undead army. Born to the Achaemenid royal family, although he is a distant branch, he married a daughter of Artaxerxes and is close to the king of Persia.
The last one is the Royal Secret Spy Director Mark Tonos. At this moment, he is talking loudly about the intelligence of the Dionian army: "... Since the turmoil in Egypt last September, the Dionian army has successively landed in Egypt. , Until the King of Dionia arrived in Egypt in January of this year, and then they invaded Canaan, captured Phoenicia, and occupied Syria. During this time, we could detect the so-called'Dionian Legion’ The flags are...first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth, fifteenth, sixteenth , Seventeenth, Eighteenth, Nineteenth (Po River area? Dominated by Gaul), 21st Army (Affilija area, dominated by Phoenicians and Numibians)... Calculated based on the fixed number of combat personnel in each of Dionia’s corps, the total is 144?000.
In addition? There are also five flags of the Dionian Cavalry Corps in the Dionian army? The number of them exceeds 10,000... The total number of this army, led by King Dionian himself, exceeds 150,000. This is consistent with our secret spy’s long-term observation of the Diorian army in Syria and the judgment of the total number of Diorian troops..." Marktonos talked freely about the Diorian army’s situation. Rushu Jiazhen? Is he able to obtain such accurate information? Thanks to the department he is in charge of-the Persian Royal Mission Agency.
Cyrus created Persia, but Darius made Persia truly an empire. He perfected Persia’s political system? He established a complete administrative bureaucracy system? Reformed Persia’s fiscal and monetary system? And established As the leader of popular belief, Ahura Mazda has also established a huge road system within the country? It makes the communication between the central and regional more convenient...Of course Persia has such a vast territory? Even some The region is still self-governing. If we want to rule our subjects more effectively and prevent the recurrence of the great rebellion in the Gambisis period, we must have a more detailed and accurate grasp of the situation of officials and people in various regions so that we can respond in time? So Darius The establishment of a royal secret spy agency dedicated to the king? This was more than 100 years earlier than the Intelligence Department of the Kingdom of Dionian.
Although more than 100 years have passed? This intelligence agency has become bloated and inefficient? But it is still the most trusted eyes and ears of the Persian king. It not only monitors the movements of domestic subjects, but also pays attention to neighboring areas such as Egypt and Greece. The situation? So as soon as the Dionian army appeared in Egypt and Asia Minor, it immediately became its focus. After such a long period of time, it was within one's own country. With the capabilities of the imperial secret spy agency, it was natural to understand the situation of the Dionian army more clearly.
"The Dionian army is only 150,000 people. Our army has twice the number of it. With such a huge advantage, I don't understand why I didn't take the initiative to attack the Dionian, but I was timid. The tortoise is huddled in Tabosacus!" Maldonos said loudly, his tone of dissatisfaction with Artaxerxes was obvious, but he had no scruples, not only because his ancestor Gobrias was The closest of the six accomplices of Darius who usurped the Persian throne, his family has always been trusted by the royal family, and he was the first Persia to support Artaxerxes in the rebellion of the little Cyrus. The top aristocracy helped the Persian king to gain the support of the native Persian aristocracy and survived the crisis when he first came to the throne. It also made him trusted by Artaxerxes, allowing him to hold a heavy army and guard the true capital of Persia. Susa area.
Altaxerxes was a little embarrassed to face Maldonos' accusation. Although he expressed his contempt for the "barbarian country" Dionia in many public places, in fact, the Persian king's military performance has almost become a joke among the Persian nobles during his reign for so many years. What he can tell is that when he first came to the throne, he put down the rebellion of the prestigious little Cyrus among the Persian nobles, but in fact, he knew very well in his heart that in that decisive battle, he led more troops than the opponent. In the battle, he was at a disadvantage. If Cyrus hadn't been stupid and led his troops to charge, the result would have been completely different.
Therefore, when the aggressive and almost never defeated Kingdom of Dionian in the Western Mediterranean launched an attack on Persia, he was a little guilty, so he stayed in Babylon for more than half a year, watching Canaan and Philippians. Nicki was captured one after another, and he dared to act only when the troops from all regions were gathered, so that he had enough confidence. But when he was about to face the Dionian army, he couldn't help but feel a little panicked. The experience of repeated war defeats in the past appeared before him, so that he did not dare to make a decision rashly.
As the most noble king of kings, Artaxerxes certainly would not show his timidity in front of the minister. He glanced at Trebasus next to him.
Terrebasus immediately understood and said: "The king actually wanted to attack the Dionian army a long time ago, but I was dissuaded by me. Mr. Maldonos, our army is huge, but it is effective in combat. What's the matter? You should have a lot of experience after staying here for so long. The natives and barbarians who make up half of the army look fierce, but they only fight violently. They don’t know how to arrange formations. Knowing how to obey orders, let alone cooperating with our Persian army, attacking the Dionian army in this state, they will only become a burden to us.
So we need to spend some time to train them and let them become our support as soon as possible. Master Maldonos, you have also commanded such training several times, and you should have felt their progress. I believe it will not be long before they can cooperate with our army and launch an effective attack on the Dionian army. "
Maldonios snorted and couldn't remember how to refute it.
Halpergs sneered, and interjected first: "They say Master Trebasus is very wise, I think it's just that! We stay here wasting time, it turned out to be just to make those savages be a little obedient. Some. But don’t forget that the Greek coalition forces in Asia Minor are coming here. Once they are allowed to rendezvous with the Dionian army in Syria, the strength of the Dionian army will inevitably increase. It will not be easy to defeat them. So we can’t waste any more time, we must defeat the Dionian army in front of us as soon as possible!"
"Fanabazos is doing his utmost to stop the advance of the Greek coalition forces, and has achieved very good results. According to the information we have now, the Greek coalition forces have not entered the Silesia area, so we still have enough Time to deal with the Dionian army in Syria."
Hearing Trebasus mentioning Phanabazos, Artaxerxes frowned unconsciously: In fact, through the intelligence of the Mission, he already knew the battle in western Asia Minor. In the real situation, even though he was angry at Fanabazos’s lie about military affairs, he did not punish Fanabazos, and even gave him more support, because he knew very well that in such a bad situation in Asia Minor, he only had Fanabazos can support the overall situation, and Jason, the scapegoat, just gives both sides a step down. Of course, after the war, he will deal with Na Bazos's crime of deceiving the king.
At the same time, he knew that the "Greek mercenaries led by Jason to betray the enemy" was a lie, so he rejected the proposals of some Persian officials and did not anger the Greece he hired. The soldiers, on the contrary, also got the gratitude of these Greek mercenaries.