Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 74: Undercurrent when meeting

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Daves thought about it. Instead of sailing to the northwest with the fleet, Daves went straight ahead through the second water gate and headed towards the real port of Tarantum.

Although it was during the war, the port of Tarantum was still very busy, even more than usual, because the continuation of the war increased the demand for various materials in the city of Tarantum, so despite the full assistance of the port personnel, Daves’ boat still took a long time to get to the dock.

Daves is not in a hurry. He carefully observes the port and compares it with the port of Turri...

Going ashore, Daves and his party, especially the fully-armed guards led by Martius, attracted the attention of many Tarantums. They stopped their work and watched curiously. Insiders guessed that this might be Dionia reinforcements, but no one expressed welcome, and there was no common cheering in the port of Turri. They just watched indifferently, and some even showed sadness in their eyes. Daves noticed that many women were wearing black cloth on their heads, and the shadow of the defeat of the war had been over the people of Tarantum.

The members of the Tarantum Senate were reserved by the old and powerful state, and instead of going to the port to meet them, they waited at the city gate.

"They're here!" With this shout, everyone was excited and looked forward.

A young man walked towards him. He looked calm and walked smoothly. His whole body showed a calmness that was far different from that of ordinary young people, but he was indeed too young as the governor of a city-state alliance.

Yumakas touched Diomilas, who was still thinking, to remind him.

Diomelas understood what he meant, and said first: "Don't tell me, I understand, why do we want to ask others."

After finishing speaking, he strode forward: "Welcome, Dionian young consul. We are like a dry field looking forward to rain, waiting for the arrival of reinforcements from our close ally Dionian. Thanks to the gods , You guys are finally here!"

Umarcus frowned, worried that Daves would be unhappy when he heard this.

Don’t know that Davers immediately apologized and said, “I’m really very sorry! I believe you also know that the Alliance of Dionia has been established less than two years ago, and for the first time it sent nearly 20,000 reinforcements. This is almost two-thirds of the number of citizens of Turii. It is again in the autumn harvest season. It is also the first time to transport so many soldiers across the sea. The affairs are too complicated and we have no experience. So we just arrived today. I hope not. Delay major events."

"It's not too late! It's not too late! You're here just right!" Yumakas said hurriedly: "I really didn't expect that Dionia sent such a large team, which really helped us a lot! Dai! Lord Firth, we Tarantum people thank you very much for your generous rescue!"

At this time, Polydorus had the opportunity to chip in and introduce: "Master Daves, this is our Archon of Tarantum, Eumarcus."

From what I just said, the consul at least has a good opinion of Dionia, and Daves salutes seriously.

"This is Diomilas, the Archon of Tarantum." Polytorus went on to introduce.

And this...Daves glanced at him: narrow eyes, thin nose, thin lips, serious expression, a mean look, obviously prejudiced against Dionia, according to Aristilas There are many such people in the Tarantum Senate, but Daves still pays his respects earnestly.

Next, I will meet with the elders of the Tarantum Senate in turn. The Tarantum Senate comes from the Spartan Council of Elders, but compared with the Spartan Council of Elders, which has only 30 places, Tarantum There are many more senators in Talantum, and the senator seats in the Senate in Tarantum, like the consul, are elected by all citizens every year.

"This is—" Before Polytorus was finished, the old man in front of him raised his eyebrows and pointed at Daves and cursed: "You still have the face to come to Tarantum. You vowed to promote our school in Amendorara, so we sent apprentices to Amendorara to help you. Who knew that you not only let them defect from the school, but also let them use money to lure more apprentices to leave Tarantu Oh! My son still regards you as a friend. This is how you return the selfless help of the Pythagoras School to Dionian! I tell you, Tarantum does not welcome you!"

Daves did not expect to meet people from the Pythagorean school here, and was quite embarrassed, so he hurriedly looked back at Polydorus: "This is?"

"Achita's father--Histiavis." Polydurus replied.

Daves was moved. He took a step forward. No matter how upset the old man was, he respectfully bowed and saluted: "Achita is my good friend. I will avenge him and repel the Mesapi. Welcome back his body, I hope you can mourn, uncle!"

"Without Dionia's help, our Tarantum can defeat the Mesapi and regain the body of my son!" Histiavis had tears in his eyes, and he was still stubborn.

At this moment, a cavalry came galloping in, shouting repeatedly along the way: "The fleet is back! The fleet is back!..."

The senators in the Senate who heard the news left Daves and his party behind immediately and ran to the port.

Polytorus hurriedly explained to him, Daves expressed his understanding after listening, and offered to see the situation together.

Standing on a high place outside the port, looking down at the beach: At the central pier of Tarantum Port where the crowds are the most crowded, warships are lined up and slowly enter...

Polytorus opened his eyes and counted the number of ships. The more he counted, the more he became flustered. In the end, his voice was trembling: "Only...only 19 warships, 25 passenger ships..."

If Davers hadn't held him in time, he would have collapsed to the ground.

Daves also frowned. According to Glass Dorothy: When the Tarantum fleet left the port, it had 80 warships, 100 troop carriers, and 4,000 soldiers on board. Today, only When 1/4 of the ships came back, Tarantum’s losses were huge. Not only were the ships and soldiers, but also the sailors. A three-tiered paddle warship would require nearly two hundred sailors. You can imagine this pair of Tarantus. How much loss did the port’s manpower cause...

This also gives Daves a warning: Before gaining absolute dominance of the sea, you must be cautious when using ships to transport soldiers across the sea!

Everyone in the harbor was in great grief, and Daves could still hear the ear-splitting crying so far away, which made him accustomed to seeing life and death a little moved.

Polytorus was still craned his neck and looked forward, expecting that the backward warship did not enter the port in time. In the end, he finally gave up, holding Daves' hands tightly, and said repeatedly: "Master Daves, Tarantum really needs Dionia's full help!"

Davers nodded and thought to himself: Counting this naval battle, the war between Tarantum and Mesapi may have caused tens of thousands of casualties of Tarantum soldiers, and it has indeed been traumatized. bone.

Since the Tarantum Senate was busy dealing with the aftermath, the upcoming joint operations meeting could only be postponed.

Daves didn't take it seriously, so he could just go back and build a camp with the soldiers.

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The failure of a major naval battle will have various effects. Compensation for casualties is only the most basic. There is also repairing the remaining warships, speeding up the reconstruction of new fleets, pacifying the merchants in the port, making sure that the sea trade route has not been interrupted by the enemy... etc. These complicated aftermaths are not. It can be resolved in one or two days, but the urgent war situation forced Tarantum to temporarily put it aside on the second day. It is necessary to convene a joint combat meeting immediately to launch a land counterattack against the Maple coalition forces as soon as possible. , To reduce the enemy's threat to Tarantum City.

Considering that the Archon of Dionia was left out in the cold due to an emergency yesterday, Eumarcus decided to invite him himself.

Yumakas rode to the northwest corner of the bay. The sight in front of him surprised him. In front of him stood a huge military camp, trenches, fences, camp gates, outposts, tents... everything you should have , This is just a day later, the Dionians built a "city" in this relatively sparsely populated area, this efficiency is too high!

Yumakas certainly didn’t know that because Dionia attaches great importance to the construction of camps during combat, under the initiative of Daves, military engineers have standardized some camp facilities through research and trial and error, such as: The materials required for the gate and the outpost are all made in Turiyi in advance, and are transported by the heavy camp on the ship. After arriving at the destination, they can be assembled according to the actual situation. It saves time and effort and will be taken away when the camp is out. . Of course, the premise is to have a strong logistics transportation capacity and better road conditions.

Yumakas was surprised when he heard someone calling him. When he took a closer look, it was Timias, a theater owner in Tarantum. He couldn't help but ask a little strangely: "Why are you here? ?"

"Of course it's doing business." Timias pointed to a few coquettish women around him, and said helplessly: "The war with Mesapi failed, where the citizens still have the mind to watch the drama, and they don't have any mind. Playing with the girls, I have no income for two months now. I heard that Dionia’s reinforcements have come to nearly 20,000 people, and I came here to see if there is a chance to make money. As a result, the guards here refused to let us. Go in!"

Hearing this, Umakas was a little embarrassed. Timias’ theater mainly relies on performing some vulgar and indecent plays to attract people to make money. At the same time, he also provides prostitutes and male prostitutes for the rich, because most of them He is an actor, high-quality and more popular, but he did not expect that he pimped and pulled to the Dionia camp. So he persuaded: "There is going to be a war soon, don't disturb the rest of the Dionians here."