Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 95: Landing in Messenia

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Half an hour later, the Dionian soldiers saw the city on the coast and said it was an important town. In fact, it was just a small stone town, stuck between the mountains and the coast. On the ground, a row of warriors in red cloak stood on the head of the city. The stabbing guns in their hands reflected the sunlight. From a distance, they could not see whether their faces were afraid or excited. They stood motionless all the time. A kind of posture seems to be a stimulus to the soldiers of Dionia, making their fighting spirit soar.

"Quite all of me! You will be landing on Messenia beach soon. You have a chance to fight the Spartans!" Max yelled at the excited soldiers on the troop carrier: "But now you Give me a quiet stay, save your energy, and when the boat reaches the shore, give me the first one to rush up!"

"Don't worry, squad leader! We will never fall behind the other squads, we will definitely break through the enemy's defenses first!" a soldier said loudly, and immediately received a positive response from other soldiers.

"I hope so." Max seemed to answer indifferently, but he was excited in his heart because morale was available.

He held the ship's side with one hand and looked down at the blue water. He couldn't help but recall the embarrassment when he landed on Trina Naval Base on a warship for the first time, but then he followed the army to Sicily and defeated Carthage. An army of 100,000 people then landed in Africa and conquered Carthage, already overcoming the seasickness problem.

After the end of the Western Mediterranean War, Max and some Roman noble soldiers were arranged to live in the Turíy region. Fortunately, he was incorporated into the First Corps. Later, he went north to conquer Gaul and was promoted to squad leader due to his military exploits. , Thus entering the ranks of Dionian officers.

More fortunately, he has adapted to the life of Dionia, and is unwilling to associate with the former Roman nobles who still hold grudges against the kingdom. As a result, many of the rebellious incidents in Turri a few years ago The Roman nobleman was arrested, but he was not implicated, not even subjected to a cross-examination and censorship, among which his superiors played a significant role.

Adoris is his immediate boss, the captain of the third squadron of the First Army, and Max goes around and returns to his command. It's really fate, and Adoris really takes good care of him...

Max was still thinking about these past events. The cheers of the soldiers on the ship made him come back to his senses: "Cross the cape, the fleet is turning around, we are almost there!!..."

The southern coastline of the Peloponnese has an "M" shape. It forms two bays, with Laconia Bay on the east and Messenia Bay on the west. When the fleet bypasses the mountains, After the formation of the cape, the warships of the First Squadron of the First Fleet sailing in the forefront were divided into two parts. The east side of the bay began to line up ship formations to prevent possible enemy ships from harassing and to ensure the safety of landing ships.

Countless troop carriers were gradually spreading out as they were heading north, spreading out on the entire bay. Coupled with the heavy ships following the troop carriers, the entire bay was almost filled with ships.

Max’s boat is at the forefront. He looks ahead. As the boat moves forward, the vision in his eyes becomes clearer: the outlines of lush mountains are on both sides, the center is flat and wide plains, white sandy beaches, and the middle is white. Practicing to divide it into two from south to north... Such a fine bay has no seaside towns, only a few villages, simple docks, and few ships, but there are flocks of seagulls in the sky, flying up and down and crying, Quite a bit of fun...

Getting used to the prosperity and bustle of the Turiyi Port, and seeing this hardly-developed bay, Max not only brightened his eyes.

But this mood quickly passed, because there were already some Spartan soldiers on the beach.

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The Spartans experienced three wars before and after conquering Messenia. Especially in the first two wars, the Messenian soldiers relied on the fortresses and towns to resist the Spartans' attack. The war lasted for a long time and caused a lot of trouble to the Spartans, so after the thorough conquering of Messenia, the Spartans demolished all the towns on this plain, resulting in this area being compared with Peloponnese. The rest of the Nissa Peninsula can be regarded as the largest plain with only villages and no towns.

But there is a larger military camp in the middle of the plain. It is where the Spartans train their fighters. It is also a base where they can form an army and suppress the Black Rolls rebellion at any time.

During the war with Thebes, due to the participation of Athens, the strength of the Athenian navy posed a threat to the seas controlled by Sparta. In order to ensure the safety of Messiania, Sparta also went to Messiania. Some additional fighters were sent, but after the signing of the Kalias contract, Sparta immediately withdrew the extra citizens. Now there are less than 500 Spartan fighters remaining in the entire Messenia area.

However, the Spartans firmly believed that Messenia would remain stable even with such a small number of people stationed, because of decades of cruel rule and year after year of **** killings (that is, Spartans would allow young people The fighters of the warriors randomly hunt and kill any black Laoshi they see at a fixed time. On the one hand, it can allow young people to see blood and exercise courage; on the other hand, it can prevent the overpopulation of the black Laoshi. They are as tame as cattle and sheep, and even when foreign enemies invade, they can organize Black Rollers and serve as auxiliary soldiers to expand the size of the army and resist.

The current situation is like this. The Spartan patrol ship hurriedly withdrew to Messenia and reported to the barracks: The huge fleet of Dionia appeared in the offshore area, and it was threatening.

The commander of the barracks, Dolios, experienced brutal Aggo military training since he was a child, and became one of the best fighters, so he was elected to the King’s Guard as an adult and fought big and small during his 20-year military career. Dozens of times, he has made many battles, and he has rich military experience. He was appointed as the military commander of Messenia the previous year and was responsible for the defense of the region.

After hearing the news, Dolios immediately aroused his vigilance. Not only did he quickly assemble the soldiers in the barracks, but he also sent people to notify the sheriffs of the villages (these sheriffs were old and debilitated and were retired from the army. Spartan warriors, they were appointed to manage the various villages of Messenia. There were three main tasks: supervising the work of Black Rollers, preventing them from being lazy, collecting most of the harvest after the autumn harvest, and supervising the daily life of Black Rollers, If there is an abnormality, immediately notify the barracks to hunt them), and ask them to organize the young and strong Black Lao Shi.

The messenger sent by the Spartan barracks took a small boat to meet the Dionian warship entering the bay, preparing to question why it suddenly invaded the territory of Sparta without prior notice.

However, the messenger could not board the Dionian warship at all, and the boat was knocked over. The hostility of the Dionian people has been revealed.

Dolios, who received the news, immediately led the Spartan fighters to the sea, and at the same time ordered the sheriffs of the villages to also bring the Black Rolls team to arrive as soon as possible.

Hurrying to the beach, Dolios glanced intently and couldn't help being dumbfounded: His vision was full of Dionian ships, boundless...

This kind of overwhelming great momentum made the experienced Dolios numb his scalp.

For decades, the Messenia area ruled by Sparta has not been invaded. During the Peloponnesian War, the Athenian fleet harassed it many times, but the number of soldiers who landed is not many. Most of the time before the Spartan reinforcements arrived, they fled in a hurry. Even if they attacked the camp once, they were defeated by the Spartans who had fewer soldiers than their own...

At that time, the Athenian army rarely fought face-to-face with Spartan fighters on land. It was the first time for Dolios to encounter a landing operation on such a large scale as today. Fortunately, the Black Rolls team arrived one after another. , The number of the entire army gradually increased to 3,000. Even though most of the Black Rollers only held a spear, not to mention the armor, they did not even have a shield, which made Dolios feel very comfortable.

But he frowned again, because he saw the ships spread out on the sea so open, depending on the situation, he was ready to make a full landing: the coast that could land on was more than twenty miles, and he only had so little force in his hand. , How can it be completely defensive! What's more, the number of Black Rollers in this team is several times that of Spartan fighters. Once they are released from the control of Spartan fighters and go on defense alone, it is difficult to guarantee their loyalty. And if the Spartans are dispersed among the Black Rolex teams, it will greatly weaken the combat effectiveness of the entire army, especially in the face of the rumored Diorian army...

Dolios didn't dare to take this risk, so he decided not to disperse the army, and first concentrate on defending the beach west of the Pamisus estuary.

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"The number of soldiers in Sparta seems to be quite large!" Tisias, who had been transferred from the flagship of the First Fleet to another warship with Leotichides at this time, said loudly, the warship he was on. It's less than two miles from the coast, so you can see it more clearly.

"Many of them are Black Rollers, they will not fight for the Spartans!" Ionikus put his hand on his forehead, looked ahead, and reminded loudly.

The staff officer on the side, Muklu, pointed to the coast, and reminded the army commander: "My lord, the Spartans are gathered together, and there is no decentralized defense."

Leotichides looked at the coast attentively. The battle that was about to begin suppressed his slightly fluctuating emotions before, and he said smoothly: "Notify the warship to attack! Let the soldiers do well. Prepare to log in!"