Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 70: Three Race History

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Polytorus whispered: "...In the ancient times, the king of Arcadia, Lycaon, was arrogant and disrespectful to the **** Zeus. One day he came up with an evil idea, thinking He wanted to tease Zeus, so he killed a servant, made his meat into a meat soup, and invited Zeus to a banquet. Zeus saw through his tricks, destroyed the palace with lightning, turned Lycaon into a wolf, and destroyed it. His kingdom..."

"I know this legend. King Arcadia blasphemed the Lord God. It is normal for him and his kingdom to be punished by Zeus, but what does this have to do with the Mesapi?" Felicius was curious. Chip in.

Polytorus looked at Daves and saw that he was also interested, so he smiled: "Yes, everyone in Greece knows the story of Lycaon, but his story is not over... …Lykaon had three sons. When the kingdom was destroyed, they took their tribesmen and slaves, crossed the Adriatic Sea by boat, and fled to settle in southern Italy."

Polytorus glanced at the crowd, and said in a deep voice: "The names of these three sons are Dawney, Puchetti and Mesapi."

"Oh." Felicius was surprised.

"After hundreds of years, the tribesmen led by these three sons have developed and grown. They named their tribes after the first three leaders to distinguish them from each other... There is a saying that we, Tarantum, have been fighting with them for a long time, so we know it."

After Polytorus finished speaking, Capps asked worriedly: "There is another Dani?! These three races were originally from the same race. When we fight with the Maple coalition, will the Dani? Join suddenly too?!"

Polytorus hurriedly explained: "Although they were once the same race, they have developed for hundreds of years. Whether Mesapi, Puchetti, or Dawni, they have dozens of tribes and hundreds of thousands. Big races above humans each have their own fixed territories. Not only do they have different polities, they also have conflicts of interest, and even become mortal enemies.

The Dawneys are north of the Puchetti. It is said that they own a large river plain, the land is fertile, and there are four or five large towns. The Puchetti is sandwiched between the Dauni and the Mesapi. It has neither fertile land nor good port cities and trade channels like the Mesapi. The development is the most difficult, so it has always been with Dauni before. People compete for land on both sides of the Ofanto River, so the two races are enemies of life and death, and it is impossible to unite together. In the south, the Puchetti and Mesapi people also have conflicts from time to time, but because of the existence of our Tarantum, the battle between them is not so fierce..."

Daves looked down at a sketch of Tarantum and the surrounding forces that Polydurus had previously drawn at his request, and listened to him. At this time, he suddenly asked: "What are the differences in the political systems of the three races of Downey, Puchetti, and Mesapi?"

Polytorus did not expect Daves to ask this, frowned, and after thinking about it for a while, he said: "Well... now the polity of the Mesapi city-states is somewhat similar to that of our Greek city-states, but More than ten years ago, they were still a unified kingdom. King Atas once warmly treated the Athenians who were about to attack Syracuse, and sent a large number of soldiers to join..." Lidorus sneered: "Mesapi’s territory is surrounded by our Greek city-states, and there are frequent trade contacts. Therefore, the Mesapi people have been influenced by the democratic ideas of the Greeks for a long time, and the nobles and tribes, as well as the towns, have been shouting. In order to limit the power of the king, Attas was a fool and had close contacts with the Athenians. How did he know the insidiousness of those Athenians, and as a result, the army of Athens was not a few years after the fall of Syracuse, the Mesapi nobles A riot was launched, Atas’ rule was overthrown, and he himself died... Then, the towns of Mesapi became independent one after another, and now they are basically ruled by nobles. They elect a consul and nobles every year. The parliament rules the city-states together. These Mesapi city-states and Udia are led to form the Mesapi city-state alliance. They rarely fight each other and are more united—"

Polytorus's tone was a bit low when he said this, making Daves realize that this emerging Mesapi city-state alliance seemed to make the Tarantum even more headaches.

"Puchetti and Dawni are still ruled by the king..." Polytorus quickly turned to the other two races: "The difference is that the king of Puchetti is more powerful, while the Dawni The king of... is said to be subject to the constraints of each city lord..."

Daves listened thoughtfully, and then asked: "Since Mesapi and Puchetti have been in conflict, how can they form an alliance?"

Polytorus smiled bitterly: "You can ask me... However, according to the analysis of our Senate, the reason why the Mesapi people are willing to form an alliance with Puchetti is probably due to our Tarantum. I'm scared of the attack!"

Polytorus’s face was a hint of pride, Daves nodded, he looked at the map again, but he was thinking: Before, Tarantum’s attack on Mesapi, I heard Tarantum’s casualties were even greater, but they occupied Brindisi and Manduria. Once the newly occupied territories were stabilized, they could cut the connection between Mesapi and the north. Tarantum Mu’s naval power is one of the best in Great Greece, so Tarantum can encircle the Mesapi and slowly cannibalize it. The Tarantums died in battle, and there are free people to add to them, but the Mesapis died one less, and they will only become weaker and weaker. This is probably the original plan of the veterans of Tarantum.

"As for the Puchetti, maybe they would rather be a Mesapi with the same blood next to their territory than a foreigner! Besides, after forming an alliance with the Mesapi, the Puchetti can I'm doing my best to deal with the Dauni..."

This is just Polyodorus’s speculation. Daves thinks: There must be other reasons, otherwise Pucheti himself will be in a bad situation, and he will take the risk to offend a great Greek power!

"Puchetti sent a large army out to fight, aren't they afraid that the Dawni would take the opportunity to attack?" Capus asked.

"I heard that Puchetti attacked Downey last year but was defeated and lost the land they occupied on the south bank of the Ofanto River. Puchetti finally signed an armistice agreement with Downey."

"A truce agreement can guarantee that the Dawnies will not take advantage of the false attack?"

Polytorus shrugged and said angrily: "Who knows what these natives are thinking in their stupid minds, the Puchetti are already on our land anyway!"

Dracos yawned and was not interested in what Polytorus said, but saw that Daves listened carefully and was embarrassed to interrupt.

At this time, he saw Polydorus stop talking, and couldn't wait to ask: "What are the characteristics of Mesapi and Puchetti's army?"

Speaking of this question, Polydorus clearly had emotions again: "The Mesapis used to be the same as the Puchetti. They have a lot of cavalry, but their infantry is not good, they don’t have good armor, and they have a formation. Loose, undisciplined, and unaware of phalanx, so I never dared to fight us head-on, only knowing about sneak attacks and intrusions, like cowardly robbers! But the Athenians--"Polytorus's voice was doubled:" We are a child state of Sparta. Of course, we were on the side of our mother state in the Peloponnesian War, but the Athenians went to help the aliens, provided armor and weapons for the Mesapi, and sent people to help them. Train heavy infantry and urge the Mesapis to fight us! The Mesapis mastered the tactics of our Greeks, and with the support of Athens, the damage to our Tarantum would be even greater! If it weren't for the Achita— — "Speaking of this, Polytorus looked dim.

Dracos did not take into account the changes in Polidorus’ mood at all, and continued to ask: "What are the combat characteristics of the Mesapi Cavalry?"

Polytorus glanced helplessly at the other people. Seeing that everyone was very interested, he said: "The Mesapis are good at riding. It is said that they can control the horses without holding the reins and relying on their legs to control the horses. Direction, and they are good at throwing spears right away, which poses a certain threat to our heavy infantry."

Daves and Felicius looked at each other.

Polytorus saw it in his eyes and hurriedly said: "Although the Mesapi cavalry is better than ours, the cavalry is only an auxiliary in the battle, and the heavy infantry really plays a role on the battlefield. Mesapi Even if people had the help of the Athenians, their heavy infantry could not be compared with the real Greek heavy infantry!"

Drax asked again: "How many people are there in the Maple coalition? How many citizens can you send to the war in Tarantum?"

Polytorus looked at him, spread his hands, and said, "I'm just a messenger. The Senate decides how many citizens to send to the war. I can't be the master. As for the number of people in the Maple coalition...our company It is not clear whether Achita is alive or dead, let alone the specific number of the Maple coalition forces. However, I personally estimate that it should not exceed 30,000, and the citizens of Tarantum who can now fight are counted in Brindi. The garrison in West and Manduria includes at least 16,000 young and strong citizens, and 14,000 from your Dionia, plus 3,000 from Metapontum and Heraclea, our coalition forces The total number is far more than 30,000, it shouldn't be difficult to defeat the Maple coalition!"

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Send Polydurus away, Daves and the others return to the mansion and continue to discuss.

"Master Daves, if Tarantum can send tens of thousands of people to join us, as the messenger said, then we can first assist Manduria." Dracos pointed to the map. Confidently said: "We have twice the strength of the Mesapi and Puchetti coalition forces. Not only can we defeat them, but we can even consider eating some of them. In this way, when we go north to reinforce Brindisi, we will A lot easier."