Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 50: Sneak attack on Crimea

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After listening to Daves’s words, Agarcia looked at the distant fleet, remembering the complaints of Criano and others about him during this period, nodded and said: "You are right!"

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Half an hour later, this troop carrier was already far away from Turri and heading south on the channel leading to Syracuse.

Tima Song, who was sitting in the first ship, gave an order, and the soldiers on the ship immediately took action, controlled the captain and sailors, and said loudly: "We won't hurt you, we just want you to go off course!"

While appeasing the frightened captain and sailors, they raised red flags on the mainmast and scattered them on the ships. The team officers who had only been secretly notified by Timathon a day before they left saw the signal flag flying on the first ship. Immediately began to act, and soon took control of these forty ships.

"Go to the beach between Crimea and Castellon!" Timathon gave orders to the captain.

"What do you want to do?!" The captain yelled boldly although he was flustered.

The soldier who escorted him immediately gave him a kick: "Hurry up and do what the leader orders!"

Seeing the captain's humiliation, the sailors began to restlessly, and finally flinched after being stabbed by the mercenaries.

"We are all registered freemen of the Alliance of Dionia, are you not afraid to draw the Alliance's anger?!" The captain looked at the injured sailor struggling on the deck and shouted angrily.

This is indeed a problem! Timathon spent more than two months in the Alliance, and he knew something about Dionia's laws: even sailors like these who are only registered and have not yet become prospective citizens, if they are unfairly treated in the Gentiles, follow the law. According to regulations, the Dionian League is obliged to negotiate with the city-state concerned, not to mention the protection of official citizens. If they were to be killed, the senators who were once comrades-in-arms in the Dionian Senate would say that they might irritate the guy who "only talks about the law but not personal affair" and wants to use the power of Dionian to keep it. Crimea's wish may be frustrated.

He asked the two wounded sailors to bandage their wounds and said to the captain as kindly as possible: "In the name of Zeus, I mentioned that Ma Song has no intention of infringing upon the Alliance. Just send us ashore, you You can leave by boat!"

The captain made the helmsman turn the rudder with suspicion.

Tima Song's opponent whispered and hurriedly ordered: "Find a way to inform the rest of the ship's companions to try not to hurt anyone!"

Why do you want to say as much as possible? Because this is a makeshift team, and it is also a mercenary. It is only because they do not want to be bound by the alliance, and because the two leaders, Timathon and Crianno, are highly prestigious, they are willing to obey their command, but To say that he could control them, Tima Song asked himself that he didn't have this ability.

Another half an hour later, under the guidance of two guides who were bought with a lot of money, the fleet was obstructed in order to prevent it from being discovered by the Crimesa, and chose to be on the side closer to Castellon with sparsely populated people. Beaches.

While the captain was still worried about whether there would be damage to the bottom of the ship, the soldiers pushed them off the ship.

"You said you would let us go!" The captain yelled at Timathon in a panic.

"I said. But not now, in order to prevent you from rushing back to report the letter, let me stay here for a while!" Timathon said coldly. He ordered the soldiers to drag the boat to the beach, then **** the captain and sailors and threw them into the grass on the shore. Of course there would be sailors resisting during the implementation process, and there would naturally be casualties, but he had no thoughts at this time. Worrying about this, he, Crianlo and other team officers quickly assembled the mercenaries, and then took out some of the wood hidden under the tents given by Daves and his former comrades, and everyone worked together to quickly make the growth ladder. .

Tima Song knew that Daves was very careful. He asked for tents and food not only to hide some siege equipment, but also to paralyze Daves. At this moment, after every soldier had carried his ration for two days, He once again said to the captain lying in the grass: "The materials on your ship belong to your Archon Daves. Don't forget to return it to him when you return."

Then ignoring the loud pleading of the crew, led the mercenaries to the south.

A group of 1,700 people moves on the plains during the day, and it is difficult to hide any traces, especially in the sunny season of spring sowing. Timathon originally imagined that they would land at night, but that meant that this fleet of more than forty ships could only roam the sea during the day. Being too close to the coast will easily cause vigilance and suspicion from the patrol boats in Crotone and Crimea and the passing merchant ships; too far from the coast, it is difficult to distinguish the direction in the dark, and make accurate landings, and it is easy to happen Accident.

So, Timathon and the others are preparing to attack and catch Crimea by surprise. The key is to act fast! Even if Crimea got the news, he could not react quickly.

There is a relatively large swamp area between Castellón and Crimea, caused by the long-term flooding of the Racoeli River and its tributaries. At the beginning of December last year, Timathon came quietly and checked the terrain. It is completely easy to pass on the side of the coast. In order to facilitate the land exchange and trade between Crimea and Castellon, it was also built. There are ferry crossings and pontoons.

However, what Tima Song did not expect was that at the end of December, spring came, the snow melted, and the heavy rains in January this year, the river surged far more than in previous years, and the swamp area was of course more obvious than in previous years. The expansion of the army has brought greater difficulties to the rapid march of the mercenaries.

Just when Timasong and the others trudged through the marsh area with a deep foot and a shallow step, farmers or slaves occasionally saw farmers or slaves driving livestock and chickens and ducks to the edge of the marsh area to graze for food in the south of the marsh area. They found the mercenaries marching in the distance, and they all ran away in panic. Later, scattered cavalry began to appear in Timathon's field of vision, letting them know that the raid had already failed.

Tima Song immediately summoned Crianno, Tolix and other team officials to conduct an urgent discussion in the swamp area: whether to cancel the plan to attack Crimea?

Most people such as Creano, Tolix and others insisted on moving forward. They all believed that it took such a long time and careful preparation to get such a good opportunity. If you give up easily, return to Dai Ionia, being ridiculed is only second, and more importantly, their attempts are exposed to others. Daves will definitely be wary of them, and the Tureis will not give them a good face. Then they will have to be forced to leave. Great Greece will never encounter such a good opportunity again in the future!

Seeing that everyone had the same idea, Timathon immediately stated his revised plan after thinking: speed up the march, and rush to the city before the Crimea can defend themselves, and take the shortest time. Crimea, then defend against the possible reinforcements of Crimea, and obtain the approval of the Dionian League as soon as possible for them to join the League of Dionian after they possess Crimea. With the asylum of the great power of Dionia, their safety is guaranteed!

The team officials had no objections to his new plan, so everyone took action.

"Brothers, hurry up! Hurry up! As long as you get out of here, Crimea is like a delicious olive waiting for us to pick!!" Timathon loudly encouraged the somewhat frustrated mercenaries .

Cliano, Tolix and other team officials are also urging.

The soldiers who have been fighting for a long time also know that the situation is urgent and can't tolerate the slightest hesitation. While cursing the terrible environment, they marched forward...Finally, the large army came out of the swamp.

At this moment, the cavalry who had been watching came forward and shouted: "I am Timayatis, the patrol captain of Crimea! Strangers, you have invaded the territory of Crimea, please immediately— —" His voice stopped abruptly, a javelin pierced his chest, fell down, and scared the cavalry not far away.

"Damn, who threw the javelin?!!!" Timathon, who was rushing forward, saw this scene and cursed. He wanted to coax the Crimea into a bit and buy some time for their offensive, but he didn't expect to be preempted by these murderous mercenaries who like to do things on their own.

"Since it has happened, don't blame them anymore, so as not to affect the morale of the brothers!" Creano reminded in a low voice.

Since his landing, Timathon has suffered a series of unsuccessful encounters, which made Timathon very depressed, but he had to hold it back: Kriano was right, he must hurry!

He struggled to spit out sputum, turned around and asked the guide: "How far is Crimesa?"

The guide saw his distorted and hideous expression, so he was so scared that he quietly swallowed and said with a trembling voice: "...about...about ten miles away..."

Tima Song looked at the sky and said to the herald: "Let the brothers work harder, continue to hurry, and wait until we get to Crimea to rest!"

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No one was seen along the way. The farmers and slaves who had worked in the fields had obviously got the news and fled into the city.

After half an hour, Tima Song faintly saw the city of Crimea in the distance, and he immediately told the troops to stop rushing and move forward slowly.

The city of Crimea is located on the south of the Alice headland, on the north bank of the Umbria River. More than two hundred years ago, it was originally a settlement of indigenous people and was later occupied by the Sybaris and built the city of Crimea. It has been attached to Sybaris as a sub-state until the defeat of Sybaris a hundred years ago. Crimea had to rely on its strong neighbor Crotone. Decades later, due to the establishment of Turri, Athens and Crotone reached an agreement, and the brothers and sisters of Crimea and Castellon gained independence. However, in the last year Turriy’s war with Crotone broke the neutrality of Crimea. It originally wanted to join the powerful Crotone and could at least share some of the fruits of victory, but it never thought Crotone could actually Defeated by the weak Amendorara, Crimea also paid a heavy price of nearly 2,000 casualties.