Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 407

[Chapter 74 Dionia’s March and Syracuse’s Rush]

When the trumpeters blared their heart-pounding high-pitched whistles and the Spartans sang terrifying odes to ancient heroes and charged them in unison, the Greek city-state soldiers often collapsed psychologically. Turned and fled without fighting, and was reluctant to risk confronting Sparta.

The Spartans have relied on this atmosphere of terror and bloody killings created by the army as a whole on the battlefield, which has shocked other city-states in mainland Greece for hundreds of years.

The sheer number of Syracuse’s troops did not disturb Phoebe Das in the past.

But the tenacious obedience and uniform attire of Dionysian’s army sparked fear in his heart at this time. He seemed to see another Spartan army, although they were dressed in black instead of red, their soldiers were more numerous than Much more Sparta… The

Mediterranean only needs one Sparta!

Phoebe Das thought strongly in his heart.

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The Third Legion led by Alexis had just arrived in Picosis, and Davos didn’t even have time to say a few words to him, but told him directly. After obtaining his consent, he immediately ordered him to lead the Third Army to the north to attack Poseidonia.

This sea-facing area from Picocis to Poseidonia is not as flat as the east coast of southern Italy, from Turui to Crotone and then to Locri. It is mostly mountains and hills. The ground is rough and undulating.

The Third Army had to pass through Elia on the way of the difficult march.

As a city-state of the Dionian League, the chief general of Elia, Kanios, did not hesitate after receiving the news. He personally summoned 1,500 civic soldiers, and then joined the ranks of the Third Army.

After all, after the Samonites occupied Poseidonia, Elia was directly under the front of the fierce Samonites. The Elia hoped that Dionia could repel this evil force from the north. Wolf, let Elijah restore peace.

Half a day after the 3rd Corps left, Davos led the 1st and 2nd Corps also heading north.

Antaoris, the chief executive of Picossis, was not idle either. He wanted to help prepare the provisions for the 30,000 soldiers.

The food consumed by such a huge army must also be amazing. The city of Picosis alone cannot satisfy it. Fortunately, Dionia has a reserve granary in Grummentum, which can temporarily meet the needs of so many people. the needs of the era of combat.

If the combat time is prolonged, Cosenza’s granary must be called, which is why Davos has to speed up his actions.

Antaoris also has to prepare trucks and manpower to transport food and luggage to Davos’ front-line camp under the command and leadership of the Legion’s Transportation Battalion.

This is a complicated and tedious work that continues to be manned, but under the operation of the experienced baggage battalion, with the assistance of the capable Antaoris, and the active cooperation of the Grummentum Administrator Bagul down, everything is going well.

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In the afternoon,

after meeting with Elia’s army, the Third Army turned to the northeast, preparing to bypass this relatively large mountain by the sea just north of Elia. Poseidonia is just north of the mountains.

Halfway through the trip, the Third Army stopped advancing and began to build a camp.

The movement they made was very big, and it was easily discovered by the spies of the Samonites.

“What did you say?! The Dionysians appeared to the south of Mount Stella and camped on the banks of the Arlento River?” Heaney was taken aback.

“Yes, Chief. There are more than 10,000 of them! And we quietly approached their camp, and found that the banner erected in their camp said ‘Third Army’!” The spy’s anxious words were mixed with Kind of proud.

“Dionia’s Third Legion! Aren’t they supposed to be in Grummentum?! How did they get here?!” Piscini lost his appetite at the moment, and put the mutton he had just eaten into his hands. Throwing it on the table, he lowered his head and wiped his mouth full of oil stains on his dirty leather robe.

“I think the Dionysians must have heard that Poseidonia was captured by us, so they hurried over and wanted to retake it.” Another leader, Mobuk, speculated.

“Dionia came to 10,000 people, and we only have 3,000 soldiers! And they came so fast, the place in Poseidonia that was destroyed by our ballistas before has not been repaired, how can we prevent it? Their attack!” Piscine paced the room irritably.

“So we have to send someone to Potentia immediately and ask the big boss for help!” Mobuk reminded.

“Of course! And…you go and inform the soldiers immediately, no matter how late tonight, you have to fill the gaps in the city walls for me!” Piscini slammed his fist on the wood. on the table.

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At dusk, Alexis dispatched all the members of the reconnaissance team to drive and hunt the Samone spies in the surrounding area.

That night, the 20,000-strong army led by Davos quietly entered the city of Elia, and the Elia people who had been notified by Alexis in advance had already vacated a place for the Dionia army to live.

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On the same day, in Locri, the army of Syracuse finally assembled, and the return of the scout surprised Dionysius and others: it only took one day In half a time, Dionia’s camp had begun to take shape.

This news made him more determined to carry out his new plan: to divide the army into two parts, of which more than 20,000 people, led by Fasipesas, united with more than 10,000 soldiers of Locri, a total of 40,000 people, tried to attack Dionysian camp to hold them back.

And he personally led more than 50,000 troops, crossed the ancient road between the mountains to the west, reached the west coast of Great Greece, and then turned to the north to advance…

In order to prevent dragging and delay the speed of the advance, Dionysius’s army did not carry a large amount of baggage. , but let the fleet in Lochry set off from the port with a full load of supplies, bypass the Strait of Messina to the south, and then go north along the west coast of Greater Greece, accompanied by the army on land.

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When the Lijim people saw one after another, the continuous Syracuse boats sailed by the sea in the distance, the fear in their hearts can be imagined, and some people even shouted in panic: “Syracuse People are coming! They’re going to land!!…”

Later it turned out that this was just a false alarm, but it did cause a lot of panic to the people of Lijim at that time, and even many members of the council demanded: transfer back to Tao Rui The troops that were there to defend against the landing attack of the Syracuses.

Atili Cruz lost his mind for a while, and immediately sent an envoy to Taurina.

Feidun in Taorena first got the report of the scout: he found that the Syracuse army was crossing the ancient road in the mountains and advancing in the direction of Madma.

Then there was another emergency report from the port lighthouse: it was found that the Syracuse fleet consisting of thousands of cargo ships passed through Tao Ruina and sailed north.

An hour later, the Lijim merchant ship, hurried into the port of Taurina from the north, reported that the Syracuse fleet did not enter Medmar, but continued to the north.

“It seems that Syracuse is going to attack Trina north, and we are temporarily safe.” Krilotas, the general who was in charge of leading the army, breathed a sigh of relief.

Feidun did not look relieved. He said with a gloomy face: “If the southern Italian allies in the north are defeated, it will be a matter of time before Lijim and Tauri are attacked.

” Have you resisted Syracuse’s attack, or even defeated them…” Krilotas was aroused by Feidun’s words, he said with some anticipation, and then seemed to feel that this hope was a little slim, and sighed Said: “It’s a pity that Davos, the consul of Dionia, led his main force to defend against the Samonais! If he can lead his team back in time, the chances of the Allies’ victory will increase a lot!”

“So we can’t Let the Syracuses attack so easily!” Feidun said loudly with a serious expression on his face.

Krilotas was taken aback.

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In the afternoon, Lijim’s messengers rushed to Taurina and demanded that Phoebe return with his army.

Feidun deliberately delayed the time, and urgently sent his men back to Lijim.

At dusk, Feidun was still unable to assemble the soldiers, and as a result, it was postponed to the next day on the grounds that “it was impossible to march in the dark”.

Early the next morning, Atili Cruz, who found that the Syracuse fleet had already left Taurina and had not attacked Lijim, was canceled at the request of Feidun’s squatting men. order to recall the army.

His subordinates rushed back to Taurina with his urgent letter, and only then did Lijim’s army stop the unnecessary marching back and forth. This is a later story.

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On this day, in order to speed up the march of the huge mixed army of Syracuse, Dionysius thought of a lot of ways. The most effective one was that he sent people to Proclaim among each army that whoever arrives first in Hibernian will allow them to advance first after the enemy city has been conquered, and the army that arrives last will not have the right to share the spoils.

Dionysius’ troops were not as disciplined as the Dionysian army, because there were many mercenaries. In order to maintain high morale, his troops often burned, killed and looted in the city after they had conquered the city. So, in Sicily, the Greek city-states of Catane and Naxos are also the same.

In fact, Syracuse did as much damage to the Greek city-states of Sicily as the Carthaginians, which is why the Sicilian Greeks feared but hated Dionysius.

Dionysius’ words really had the effect of motivating, all the troops rushed forward to speed up, and the Numibian cavalry and the Celtic cavalry rushed to the forefront.