Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 255: Persian strategy (end)

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"It's ridiculous!" Maldonos interrupted Trebasus loudly, and angrily reprimanded: "It's shameful enough to retreat without a fight, and let the enemy occupy our land! Also! Let us drive the people out and destroy their property. Do you think they hate the army enough and want to provoke them to riots!"

"My lord, now the Dionian army is in prison and the situation is tense. Trebasus' use of this ridiculous strategy will only disrupt the kingdom and affect the army's operations. I ask him to be severely punished!" Halper Gus immediately launched an accusation.

Altaxerxes was also unhesitating, but remembered that Trebasus had always been quite resourceful, and his favorite minister, resisting the unhappiness in his heart, asked coldly: "Terriba Seuss, why do you want to do this?"

Terrebasus ignored Maldonios and their accusations, and said calmly: "The King, King Dionia is a greedy man. In the past few decades, he has annexed city-states and controlled them. The entire Western Mediterranean. This time he invaded the kingdom, not just trying to occupy Asia Minor, Syria, Phoenicia, Canaan, his target must be our entire kingdom, so he brought nearly 200,000 troops from thousands of miles away. .

However, the daily consumption of this 200,000 army is very huge. It is far from enough to rely on the supply of these areas under his occupation. However, the transportation routes of food and materials from the Western Mediterranean, thousands of miles away, are too great. It takes a long time and consumes a lot of time and manpower. Moreover, once the Dionian army continues to advance eastward from Syria, it will be more difficult to transport supplies. The best way for the Dionian army is to scrape it on the spot. Food and supplies.

Mesopotamia is rich in the world, and now the people have just completed a good harvest of food, which can fully meet the needs of the Dionian army, but -" Trebasus said in a heavy tone: "Once we take With the measures I just mentioned, assuming a posture of standing firm and clearing the country and returning to Babylon, the King Dionian would be very anxious because he would worry that his army would not be able to attack the Mesopotamian plains. Babylon is a famous fortified city with heavy defenses. Can't they be conquered in a short time? So in order to avoid such a bad situation, he will take the initiative to attack and seek a decisive battle with us! "

"Huh? It's so simple? But what if the Dionian army is not fooled? Still huddled in the camp!" Orontas sneered and questioned.

"Master Orontas, don't you understand what I mean?" Trebasus also responded with a sneer: "The king of Dionian expedition for thousands of miles? Want to conquer our huge kingdom? Only a quick victory. Maintaining such a large force in Syria for a long time without taking any action will only greatly consume Dionian’s national strength? That King Dionian wouldn’t be so stupid!"

"Maybe he will wait for the Greek coalition forces to unite before attacking eastward." Halpergs then questioned.

"Then we can have enough time to evacuate all the people west of Babylon? Do not leave a grain for the Dionian army? Then the larger Dionian army will march for more than a thousand miles? Babylon? Can’t get supplies nearby? And our mighty cavalry can bypass the main force of the Dionian army and continue to attack their heavy transport convoy. In this way, I am afraid that the Dionian army will not reach Babylon before. Collapse... That ambitious King Dioria would never want to see this happen? So I think he will lead his army to chase after him!"

Halpergs sneered and said, "I will definitely chase?! Trebasus? Dionians are not yours? Will listen to you like this? What you said is just speculation. But the kingdom has to pay such a high price based on your guesses? It’s not worth it at all!"

Terrebasus was not to be outdone, and ironically said: "Master Halpergs actually started to care about the people of Mesopotamia. This is really rare! I remember that the army you led was related to The people in this area have the most disputes, and they have not changed after the king issued a new military order."

Halpergs became angry and scolded: "What are you, how dare you—"

"Okay!" Altaxerxes slapped the seat hard and shouted solemnly: "This is not a place where you verbally abuse and show offenses! Trebasus, you are sure that the Dionian army will leave the camp , Do you take the initiative to fight with us?!"

After the argument just now, I saw the three Mardonos sneered silently. Trebasus was already riding a tiger. He took a deep breath and resolutely said: "Just follow me just now The said plan is carried out, and the Dionian army will take the initiative! We will pay a considerable price, but as long as the Dionian army can be defeated, you will not only be able to regain Syria, Phoenician, and Canaan. , Western Asia Minor, Cyprus, they can also take the opportunity to retake Egypt, regain control of Greece, and threaten the mainland of Dionia again... So all this is worth it!"

Defeated Dionia, regained Egypt, took control of Greece, and regained the hegemony of the Eastern Mediterranean... The words of Trebasus moved Artaxerxes, the elderly king longed for a glorious victory. Come to wash away the failures he has encountered in the past, but after all this decision is of great importance, he still hesitated, so he set his sights on the confidant who has been silent: Persitiday, what do you think? "

Persitiday is self-aware. Although his status is considered prominent, he is still far behind these important officials of the kingdom, so he did not intend to participate in the quarrel of these important figures. But now facing the question of the King of Persia, considering that he and Trebasus are close ministers of the king, and Trebasus usually takes good care of himself. He considered his words and said euphemistically: "The king, The advantage of our army lies in the cavalry and archers. If you attack the Dionian camp, the cavalry will not be able to function at all, and the power of the archers will be greatly reduced. If you can lure the Dionian army into a battle in Mesopotamia , The vast plains allow the cavalry to gallop at will, and let the arrows shoot at the enemy without any hindrance, and we will be more confident of victory."

Alta Xerxes nodded, and after a moment of indulgence, he finally made up his mind. He looked around the crowd and suddenly raised the volume, making his voice a little hoarse: "I decided—to take Trebasus’s suggestion and put the tower The people around Possacus and to the west all evacuated, burned all the villages, destroyed the city of Taposacus, and at the same time all the troops retreated to Nisefonia——"

Seeing that the three of Maldonos wanted to speak, he immediately waved to stop, and at the same time looked sharply at Trebasus, and said sharply: "If the Dionian army is not as you said To catch up like that, but to continue to hide in the camp, I will not continue to implement such measures, and you--I will never be merciless!"

Altaxerxes only adopted half of Trebasus’ suggestions, and was compelled to do so. In recent years, the failure of the attack on Egypt, the rebellion in Asia Minor, the loss of control of Greece, and a series of failures made Artaxerxes His prestige was greatly lost and his subjects were dissatisfied, so this time he only dared to make a small attempt, and did not dare to make most of the residents on the Mesopotamian plains homeless, so as to avoid making himself completely passive.

Although Teribasus was a little disappointed, he also knew the reason why the King of Persia did this, so he could only accept it pretendingly. And Maldonos seemed to have seen the tragic end of their political opponents, and they no longer questioned it. The high level of the Persian army reached an agreement in this way.

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After listening to Izam’s introduction of the details of the Persian army, all the incumbent Dionian army commanders strongly urged for a decisive battle with the Persian army as soon as possible. Augris is more cautious and hopes to wait for the reunion with the Greek coalition forces before taking action. Alexis, Amintas and others also proposed that "the morale of our own army should be taken advantage of, while the organization of the Persian army is still relatively chaotic. On the occasion, lead the army to the east as soon as possible, looking for fighter opportunities."

The generals were full of fighting spirit, and they strengthened Davers' determination.

On the second day, he issued the order "to prepare for the eastward advance. The soldiers of the corps began to pack their luggage, the heavy camps began to load supplies, and the engineering battalion inspected various equipment and prepared some wood...

At the same time, Daves also notified Midolades, the commander of the Dionian combined fleet: to lead the fleet to the camp as soon as possible, and after the departure of the Dionian army, all the infantry of the fleet will immediately take over the camp. To ensure the safety of the rear base.

Although the Dionian army is well-trained, it takes a lot of time for such a large army to go to unfamiliar battlefields and attack the Persian army. It requires detailed planning and rigorous operation organization. In three or four days, Dionia's entire army was ready to advance eastward.

When the main force of the army was pulled out on the fifth day, the scout hurried back to report: The Persian army entrenched near Taposakus was driving the local people to retreat eastward, and at the same time they burned the fields and villages. Even destroying the city of Taposakus...

The news surprised Daves, but he did not stop the entire army's operations, reconvened military meetings, and discussed the purpose of the Persian move.

In his opinion: Whether the Persians are choosing the tactics of fortifying the walls and clearing the country, retreating and defensively, or using fraudulent retreat to lure the Dionian army into aggressively, not only will it not change the Dionian army’s plan of action, it will increase it. The determination to fight with it.