Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 1175

[Chapter 124 Rush to the battlefield]

“His Royal Highness, we can’t retreat!” Plintors immediately objected: “Now that the Spartan army is about to fight us, if we retreat at this time, it will not only make the soldiers complain, but also make our previous efforts. In vain, let the Spartan army breathe, let the other Greek city-states look down on us, it is more likely that they will speed up their alliance with the Spartans to fight against us together, we want to defeat the Spartan army, It

will undoubtedly become more difficult!

Not only can we not retreat now, but we should speed up the attack on the Spartan army before these city-states in Greece are ready for military preparations. As long as we can defeat Sparta, the situation will change. It has to be in our favor!”

After all, Clotokatax was the first time to lead an expedition. He lacked experience, and when bad news came one after another, he panicked for a while. Under the heavy pressure, he would inevitably choose to be conservative. Lin Thors’ reminder, he immediately realized that if he did this, it would undoubtedly lead to the continued prolongation of the war, which would not only greatly consume national strength, increase casualties, but also make his father, who has always forged ahead in the war, disappointed in himself. …

Thinking of this, he cheered up and immediately changed his tune and said, “Lord Printoles, you are right, we should step up our attack on the Spartan army, but what should we do?!”

“His Royal Highness, first of all, we should send The messenger informed our troops stationed in Messenia to strengthen the defense of the northern border and to be ready to mobilize the Messenians.” Send out some reconnaissance cavalry and reconnaissance soldiers, and go west to investigate not only the situation in the Elise area, but also the movements of the Arcadia Alliance army, just in case.

Then, Your Highness, you must write to Cycrian, The predicament we are in now, we urge him to attack the Spartan coast and achieve landing as soon as possible.

At the same time, we lead the main force eastward into the territory of Tygea, not to take the initiative to attack the Spartan camp, but to attack the Spartan camp at the same time. The Spartan frontier pretended to build a new camp and forced the Spartan army to leave the camp to fight with us.”

“If the Spartan army cannot close the camp and want to unite with the Ellis army, we will have a decisive battle with us. ?” Klotokatax couldn’t help asking.

“Then we will really build a camp there, block the way back home for the Spartans, and then send some soldiers to cooperate with the fleet soldiers of the First Fleet to invade the Spartan territory from the north… I think the Spartans I don’t want to see this happen.” Plintols said calmly.

After listening to Printols’ words, Clotokatax fell into deep thought and did not respond for a long time.

Printols couldn’t help but ask: “Your Highness, do you think there are any shortcomings in my plan?”

Clotokatax heard that Printols was a little dissatisfied, and said apologetically: “Lord Printols,

your suggestion is very good, I have no objection! I’m sorry, I was a little distracted just now, because your plan inspired me and gave me an idea.”

Clotoccata Cox’s voluntary confession not only made Plintors’ quarrel go away, on the contrary, he felt ashamed that he was too small, so he asked earnestly, “Does your Highness have any good ideas?”

“I saw Greece in detail when I was in Turii.

The past history of the main city-states in the country. The reason why Elise showed goodwill to us before was because although it was a member of the Peloponnesian League, it was once because of Leprion’s actions during the Peloponnesian War. Attribution, and had a grudge with Sparta. Before the Corinthian War, the Spartan army invaded the territory of Alice and forcibly occupied some of its territories. After the ‘Great King’s Peace Treaty’ was signed, Sparta even supported Pisa, Forcibly transferred the right to host the Olympia Games, which was originally owned by Alice, to Pisa… Since then, the Alice people have hated Sparta to the core, so when they learned that our army was going to fight against Sparta, They were very happy and sent Ionicus to Messenia with the fleet.

The reason why Alice now agrees to join the Greek alliance against us is probably because Pisa voluntarily surrendered to it and gave it a chance at last Fully unify the western part of the Peloponnese. But it forgets that if we are really defeated and withdraw from the Peloponnese, once Sparta regains its strength, it will still compete with it for dominance of the western region …

So we should send the diplomat Karias to Ellis and make a promise to them, ‘Not necessarily to ask Ellis to support us, but as long as Ellis can remain neutral, Dionysus will support Ellis Become the leader of the western Peloponnesian region’…Even if the Eleans do not agree with our proposal in the end, they will hesitate and quarrel because of this, thus delaying the military mobilization against us… Lord Printoles, how do you feel?

Clotokatax

‘s suggestion made the eyes of Printols, who only focused on the military, light up, and he sincerely praised: “Your Highness, your suggestion is really wonderful!

I think we should not only send Kalias to Elis, but also to send him to other city-states, thus disrupting the situation in Greece that is starting to work against us…”

… ………………

Krotokatax and Printoles were scrambling to implement their plan, but on the second day they received news from the scout that the Spartan army was attacking Tai Gea City.

The initiative of the Spartan army made Printols feel that this was a good opportunity for a decisive battle with the Spartan army, so under his proposal, Clotokatax left 3,000 soldiers Stationed at the camp and led the army to the rescue.

The road leading to Taigea is a narrow, undulating mountain road with higher hills on both sides. Instead, he suggested to send a mountain reconnaissance team to find out the surrounding situation, and it turned out that there was a Spartan army ambushing in the mountains.

Therefore, Klotokatas sent a mixture of light armor and light infantry. The troops took the initiative to attack the Spartan army ambushing on the hills. The

battle was not fierce. This Spartan army did not have Spartan soldiers, mainly mercenaries, and there were no heavy infantry. After the whereabouts were revealed, facing the well-trained Dionysian light armor and light infantry, they quickly chose to retreat.

However, the battle between the mountains delayed time, and as dusk approached, the Dionysian army could not Camp and rest anywhere.

In the early morning of the third day, the Dionysian army continued to march, but in order to prevent the ambush and harassment of the Spartan army, the marching speed was not fast, and the leading troops did not enter the Tygea territory until the morning.

The Tygea-Mandinian plain is a rare and large flat land in the Arcadia region. It is a long and narrow area running north-south, with rivers crisscrossing it, and the land is relatively fertile. The famous wheat-growing area on the peninsula is also the granary of the Arcadia region.

The soldiers trekked through the mountains and came to the plain with a wide view. They saw the green wheat fields all over the place, undulating like waves in the breeze, and they were all refreshed.

Clotokatax had no leisure to enjoy the scenery, because he had already received a report from the scout: the Spartan army was storming the city of Tygea, and the battle was very fierce. Judging by the situation, the Tygerians suffered heavy casualties, and there were already some Couldn’t resist.

In advance, Printols and the generals have analyzed: Taigea has been under the protection of the Spartans for a long time, unlike the Mandinians who built their own city walls as meticulously, and its city walls have not been maintained for a long time. There are no trenches and other defense facilities outside the city, but Taigea is one of the largest states in Arcadia after all, with a large population, so it should be able to hold on for a while.

How could it be gone so soon?

But the situation reported by the reconnaissance cavalry who returned one after another was the same: the Spartan army completely surrounded the city of Taigea, the Spartan soldiers had attacked the city of Taigea several times, and there were corpses everywhere under the city of Taigea… …

It seems that there is no doubt that under the storm of tens of thousands of Spartan soldiers, the city of Taigea is in danger!

Klotokatax and Printoles must not allow the city of Tygea to fall into the hands of the Spartans, because first of all it is still spring, and the food in the houses of the Tygea people is still abundant, which can be done. Greatly alleviated the food shortage of the Spartan army; secondly, Sparta captured the city of Taigea in the center of the plain, and established a firm foothold on this plain, and could continue to threaten Mandinia to the north, Gained some strategic initiative.

So Clotokatax gave the order: “Speed up the march and advance to the city of Tigea!”

At the same time, UU reading www.sonicmtl.com The Dionysian prince also added an order: “Try not to step on the wheat fields!”

The city of Taigea is only a dozen kilometers away from its southwest edge, and its terrain is flat. Onia’s army was advancing faster, and by noon the vanguard could already see the outline of Taigea City.

At this point, Clotokatax received another report from the scout: most of the Spartan army had withdrawn and began to make formations with the soldiers facing west.

The Spartans are now preparing for battle with us!

… Seeing that the goal he was looking for was about to be achieved so quickly, Clotokataxes was excited at first, and then nervous. After all, the upcoming battle will determine the success or failure of Dionia’s army and thousands of soldiers. life and death.

Of course, Printols was much calmer. He suggested that the army suspend its advance, and at the same time asked to check the Spartan army’s formation at a close distance.

After hearing this, Klotokatax also expressed his intention to go, and also used the reason that “my father often observed himself in battle” to stop the persuaders.

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