Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 1146

[Chapter 95 Landing in Messenia]

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 in the narrow land between the mountains and the coast. On the top of the city stood a row of warriors in red cloaks. The thorns in their hands reflected the sunlight. From a distance, it was not clear whether their faces were fearful or excited. They always stood motionless. Such a kind of The gesture seemed to be a stimulus to Dionia’s Legionnaires, sending their fighting spirit soaring.

“Calm down for me! You’ll be landing on Mesenia Beach soon, you have a chance to fight the Spartans!” Max yelled at the excited soldiers on the troop carrier: “But now you all give me the opportunity to fight the Spartans! Stay calm, save your physical strength, and when the boat docks, give me the first to rush up!”

“You can rest assured, squad leader! We will never fall behind the other squads, we will definitely be the first. 1 break through the enemy’s line of defense!” a soldier said loudly, and immediately got a positive response from other soldiers.

“I hope so.” Max seemed to answer indifferently, but he was excited because morale was available.

He held the side of the ship with one hand and looked down at the blue water. He couldn’t help recalling how embarrassed he was when he landed at the Trina Naval Base for the first time on a warship, but then he followed the army to land in Sicily and defeated the 100,000 people in Carthage. The army, which then landed in Africa and conquered Carthage, had already overcome seasickness.

After the end of the Western Mediterranean War, Max and some Roman noble soldiers were arranged to live in the Turii region. He was fortunately incorporated into the First Army, and later went north to conquer Gaul. Entered the ranks of Dionian officers.

Fortunately, he adapted to the life of Dionia and was unwilling to associate with those former Roman nobles who still harbored grudges against the kingdom. As a result, many Roman nobles were killed in the treason incident in Turii a few years ago. Until the arrest, he was not implicated, not even a single questioning and scrutiny, in which his superiors played a big role.

Adoris is his immediate boss, the captain of the third brigade of the First Army. Max went around and returned to his command. It was really fate, and Adoris really took care of him…

Max is still thinking about it.

These past events, the cheers of the soldiers on the ship brought him back to his senses: “The cape has been crossed, the fleet has turned around, we are about to arrive!!…”

The southern coastline of the Peloponnese Peninsula forms an “M” It forms two bays, the Laconia Gulf to the east and the Mesenia Gulf to the west. After the fleet circled the cape formed by the mountains, the first fleet of the first fleet sailed at the forefront. The fleet of warships was divided into two parts. A small number of warships turned to the north and approached the beach in front. Most of the warships turned to the south and began to line up in the east of the bay to prevent possible enemy ships. Ensure the safety of landing ships.

Numerous troop transport ships gradually expanded and spread out on the sea surface of the entire bay as they traveled northward

. Coupled with the baggage ships that followed the troop transport ships, the entire bay was almost filled with ships.

The boat Max was riding was in the front row. He looked ahead, and as the boat moved forward, the scene in his eyes became clearer: the outlines of lush mountains on both sides, the flat and wide plains and white sandy beaches in the center, and a white sandy beach in the middle from the south. To the north, it is divided into two parts… There are no seaside towns built in such an excellent bay. There are only sparse villages, simple wharves, and rare ships, but there are seagulls in the sky, flying up and down and chirping, quite a few. Dividing interest…

He was used to seeing the prosperity and noise of the great port of Turiyi. Max’s eyes not only lit up when he saw this bay that was hardly developed.

But this mood quickly passed, because some Spartan soldiers had appeared on the beach.

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The Spartans went through three wars before and after their conquest of Messenia. Especially in the first two wars, the Messenian soldiers relied on fortresses and towns to stubbornly resist the attacks of the Spartans, which made the war continue. For a long time, it caused a lot of trouble for the Spartans, so after the complete conquest of Messenia, the Spartans demolished all the towns on this plain, causing this piece to be compared to the Peloponnese. The rest of the region is considered to be the largest plain with only villages and no towns.

But in the middle of the plain there was a larger barracks, where the Spartans trained their warriors, and where they could form an army at any time to suppress the Helots rebellion.

In the war with Thebes, due to Athens’ participation in the war, the strength of the Athenian navy posed a threat to the seas controlled by Sparta. In order to ensure the safety of the Messenia area, Sparta also sent additional troops to Messenia. Some warriors, but Sparta withdrew the extra citizens immediately after the signing of the Kalias contract, and today there are less than 500 Spartans remaining in the entire Mesenia region.

However, the Spartans were convinced that even with just such a small presence, Messenia would remain stable due to decades of brutal rule and year after year of bloody killings (i.e. Spartans would allow young warriors to Hunting and killing any Helots you see at a fixed time at will, on the one hand, can let young people see blood and exercise their courage; on the other hand, it can prevent the overpopulation of Helots), and the Helots have long been like cattle and sheep. Tame, and even when foreign enemies invade, they can organize Herosh to act as auxiliary soldiers, expand the size of the army, and defend against it.

This is the current situation. The Spartan patrol ship hastily withdrew to Messenia and reported to the barracks: There was a huge fleet of Dionia in the coastal waters.

Dorios, the commander of the barracks, had experienced brutal Aggo military training since he was a child, and became one of the best warriors in it, so he was elected to the King’s Guard as an adult and fought dozens of times in his 20-year military career. , has made many military exploits, and has rich military experience. The year before last, he was appointed as the military commander of Mesenia, responsible for the defense of the region.

After hearing the news, Dorios immediately aroused vigilance, not only quickly assembled the soldiers in the barracks, but also sent people to notify the sheriffs in various villages (these sheriffs are old and frail former Spartans who retired from the army) Soldiers, they are appointed to manage the various villages in Mesenia. There are three main tasks: to supervise the work of Herosh, to prevent him from being lazy, to collect most of the harvest after the autumn harvest, and to supervise the daily life of Heroth and find out that there are abnormalities Immediately notify the barracks to hunt and kill), and let them organize the young and strong Helots.

The messenger sent by the Spartan army camp took a small boat to meet the Dionysian warship that entered the bay, and was about to ask why it suddenly invaded the territory of Sparta without prior notice.

However, the messenger was unable to board Dionia’s warship at all, and the boat was overturned, and the hostility of the Dionysians had been revealed.

Dorios, who got the news, immediately led the Spartans to the sea, and ordered the sheriffs of the villages to arrive as soon as possible with the Black Rose team.

Rushing to the beach in a hurry, Dorios fixed his eyes and couldn’t help but be dumbfounded: The sight is full of Dionia’s ships, boundless…

This kind of overwhelming momentum made the battle-hardened Dorios can’t help but shudder. numb.

The Messenia area ruled by Sparta for decades was not without invasions. During the Peloponnesian War, the Athenian fleet harassed it many times, but the number of soldiers who landed was not large, and most of the time they Before the Spartan reinforcements arrived, they hurriedly fled by boat. Even if they attacked the camp once, they were defeated by Spartans who had fewer soldiers than themselves.

At that time, the Athenian army was on land. He rarely fought head-to-head with the Spartans. It was the first time Dorios encountered Dorios in such a large-scale landing operation. Fortunately, the Heroth team arrived one after another, and the number of the entire army gradually increased to 3,000. Even if most of the Heros only held a spear, not to mention armor, not even a shield, it made Dorios a lot more comfortable.

But he frowned again, because he saw the ships on the sea spread so far, and it seemed that they were preparing for a full-scale landing: the coast that could be landed was more than 20 miles away, and he only had such a small number of troops in his hand, how could it be possible Completely defend!

What’s more, the number of Heros in this team is several times that of the Spartans. Once they are freed from the control of the Spartans and go to defense alone, it is difficult to guarantee their loyalty.

And if the Spartan warriors are scattered among the various Heros teams, the combat effectiveness of the entire army will be greatly weakened, especially in the face of the rumored Diorian army that is not weak in combat…

Dorios dare not Take this risk, UU reading www.

sonicmtl.com So he decided not to disperse his army, but to concentrate on this beach west of the mouth of Pamisus.

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“The number of soldiers in Sparta seems to be quite large!” At this time, he had followed Leoticides from the flagship of the First Fleet to another battleship. Ticias on the boat said loudly that the warship he was on was less than two miles from the coast, so he could see it clearly.

“Many of them are Heros, they will not fight for the Spartans with all their strength!” Ionicus put his hand on his forehead, looked forward, and reminded loudly.

The staff officer Mukru, who was on the side, pointed to the coast ahead, and also reminded the army commander: “Sir, the Spartans are gathered together, and there is no scattered defense.”

Leoticides looked at the coast attentively. The battle suppressed his slightly fluctuating emotions before, and he said in a gentle pace: “Notify the warships to attack! Let the soldiers prepare for landing!”

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