Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 74: Dionia’s march and Syracuse’s advance
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When the trumpeters played the heart-pounding high-pitched whistle, the Spartan warriors sang trembling odes to the ancient heroes, and charged them in unison, often these Greek city-state soldiers would be psychological Collapsed, turned and fled before fighting, and did not want to risk Sparta. The Spartans relied on the atmosphere of terror and **** killings created by the army as a whole on the battlefield, frightening other city-states in the Greek mainland for centuries.
Siracuse's army is huge, and Phoebe did not feel uneasy in the past. But the tenacity, obedience and uniform attire of the Dionian army aroused his inner fear at this time. He seemed to have seen another Spartan army. Although they were wearing black instead of red, their soldiers were more numerous Spartans are much more...
Only one Spartan is needed in the Mediterranean! Phoebe Das thought strongly in his heart.
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The 3rd Army led by Alexis just arrived at Picosis, Daves didn’t even have time to say a few words to him, but directly told him about his battle plan and got his approval. After that, he was immediately ordered to lead the Third Army northward to attack Poseidonia.
This sea-side area from Picossis to Poseidonia is not as flat as the east coast of South Italy, from Turri to Crotone, and then to Lokri. It is mostly mountainous, In the hilly area, the ground is rugged and uneven.
The Third Army plans to pass Elia on the difficult march.
As a city-state of the League of Dionia, the chief general of Elia, Kanios, did not hesitate after receiving the news. He personally assembled 1,500 civilian soldiers and then joined the ranks of the Third Army. After all, after the Samoneites occupied Poseidonia, Elia was directly under the front of the fierce Samoneites. The Elia expected Dionians to repel this evil force from the north. Wolf, let Elia return to peace.
Half a day after the Third Army left, Daves led the First and Second Army also marching north.
Anta Oris, the chief executive of Picosis, is not idle either. He wants to help prepare the supplies for these 30,000 soldiers. The food consumed by such a huge army is inevitably amazing. Picosis alone cannot satisfy it. Fortunately, Dionia has a storage granary in Grumentum, which can temporarily satisfy so many people. The need for combat in the era. If the fighting time is extended, Cosenza's granary must be called, which is why Daves wants to speed up his action. Anta Auris will also prepare a pack wagon and manpower, and under the command and leadership of the Legion's barracks, will transport the food to the front camp of Davers. This was a complicated and tedious task that continued to be manually operated, but under the operation of an experienced barracks, with the assistance of the capable Anta Auris, and the active cooperation of the Grumentum Chief Executive Bagul Next, everything is going well.
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In the afternoon, after meeting with the Elia’s army, the Third Army turned to the northeast, preparing to bypass the wide mountain range just north of Elia, where Poseidonia was To the north of the mountain.
In the middle of the journey, the Third Army plan stopped advancing and began to build a camp.
The movement they made was so loud that they were easily spotted by the Samonaite spies.
"What did you say?! The Dionians appeared on the south side of the Stella Mountain and camped on the banks of the Arento?!" Pent, who was in the mansion of the city lord of Poseidonia, was eating food. The head of Nepal, Piscini, was taken aback.
"Yes, the leader. They have more than ten thousand people! And we quietly approached their camp, and we found that the flag raised in their camp reads'Third Legion'!" The spy said anxiously Also mixed with a bit of contentment.
"Dionia's Third Army! Shouldn't they be in Grumentum?! Why did you get here?!" Pichini lost his appetite at the moment, and just took a few mouthfuls from his hand. Throwing his mutton on the table, he lowered his head and wiped all the grease stains on his already dirty leather robe.
"I think the Dionians must have heard that Poseidonia was captured by us, and hurried over, wanting to recapture it." Another leader Mobuc guessed.
"There are 10,000 people from Dionia, and we only have 3,000 fighters! And they come so fast, the city of Poseidonia that was destroyed by our ballistas hasn’t been repaired yet, why? Can prevent their attack!" Pisciny paced back and forth in the house irritably.
"So we have to send someone to Potentia immediately to ask for help from the Chief!" Mobuque reminded.
"Of course! And...you go and inform the soldiers immediately, no matter how late tonight you are, you will fill in the gaps in the walls!" Pichini slammed his fist. Smashed on the wooden table.
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At dusk, Alexis sent all the members of the scout team to chase out and kill the Samona spies in the surrounding area.
It was the night when the 20,000 troops led by Daves entered the city of Elia quietly. The Elia people who had been informed by Alexis in advance had already vacated a place to live in by the Dionian army.
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On the same day, in Lokri, Syracuse’s army finally assembled, and Dionysius and others were surprised by the return of the scouts: it only took a day and a half for the camp of Dionia It has already begun to take shape.
This news further strengthened him to implement his new plan: divide the army into two parts, of which more than 20,000 people are commanded by Fascipesas, united with more than 10,000 soldiers in Lockley, a total of 40,000 people. Attempt to attack the Dionia camp to contain them. And he himself led more than 50,000 troops, went west through the ancient road between the mountains, reached the west coast of Great Greece, and then turned to the north to march...
In order to prevent drag and delay the advancement, Dionysius’ army did not carry a large amount of luggage, but instead let the fleet in Loké set off from the port with a load of supplies, bypassing the Strait of Messina, and then along The west coast of Great Greece traveled north with the army on the land.
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When the Lijim saw one after another, the continuous Syracuse ships passing by the distant sea non-stop, the fear in their hearts was conceivable, and some even yelled in panic: "Tin The Rakuza are here! They are going to log in!!!..."
It turned out that this was just a false alarm, but it did cause a lot of panic to the Lijim people at the time, and even many members of the council asked for the transfer of the troops in Taurena to defend the Syracuse. Landing offense.
Attilly Cruise had no idea for a while, and immediately sent an envoy to Taurena.
Fidun in Taurena first got the scout's reward: they found that the Siracusa army had crossed the mountain trail and headed towards Medema. The forward cavalry had already passed Medmar and was still continuing. forward.
Then the emergency report from the port lighthouse: It was found that the Syracuse fleet consisting of thousands of cargo ships was passing through Taorena and sailing north.
An hour later, the Lijim merchant ship hurriedly entering the port of Taurena from the north reported that the fleet in Syracuse did not enter Medema, but continued to the north.
"It seems that Syracuse is preparing to attack Trina north, and we are now safe for the time being." General Krilotas, who was in charge of Taurina's leadership, breathed a sigh of relief.
Fidun's expression was not relaxed. He said with a gloomy face: "If the southern Italian Allied forces in the north are defeated, it will be a matter of time for Lijim and Tao Ruina to be attacked."
"Then it depends on whether our allies can withstand Syracuse's attack, and even defeat them..." Krilotas was evoked by Feidun's words, and he said with some expectation. Then he seemed to feel that this kind of hope was a little bleak, and he sighed and said: "It's a pity that Davis, the Archon of Dionia, has led his main force to defend against the Samonaites! If he can lead the team back in time, the Allies The odds of winning can increase a lot!"
"So we can't let the Syracuse attack so easily!" Feidun said with a solemn expression.
Krilotas was startled.
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In the afternoon, Lijim's messenger rushed to Taurina and severely demanded that Fidden lead his army back.
Fidun was deliberately delaying time, while urgently sending his men back to Lijim.
Wait until dusk, Feidun was still unable to summon the soldiers, but he postponed it to the next day on the grounds that "it was dark and could not march."
Early in the morning of the next day, Atili Cruz, who discovered that the Syracuse fleet had already left Taurena and had not launched an attack on Lijim, canceled the recall of the army at the request of Feidun’s squat. Order.
His subordinates rushed back to Taurena with his urgent letter, and stopped Lijim's army from marching back and forth.
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On this day, in order to speed up the march of the huge mixed army of Syracuse, Dionysius thought of many ways, the most effective is that he sent people to each army to promote: Who He rushed to Hibernian first, and after breaking down the enemy's city, he would allow them to advance to the city, and the army that arrived last would not have the right to share the spoils.
Dionysius’ troops are not as disciplined as the Dionian troops. Because of the large number of mercenaries, in order to maintain high morale, his troops often burned, killed, looted and looted the city after breaking through the city. This is true of Motia, and so are Katana and Naxos in the Greek city-states of Sicily. In fact, Syracuse’s destruction of the Greek city-states in Sicily is no less than that of the Carthaginians, which is why the Sicilian Greeks feared but hated Dionysius.
Dionysius’ words really had an stimulating effect. The various troops rushed forward, and the Numibian cavalry and Celtic cavalry rushed forward.