Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 484

[Chapter 151 The Arrival of Kerethorpes]

When Arobmas realized that there was something wrong with the situation in the city, these rumors had spread all over the city, and there was a meaning inside and outside the words: the former consul Henepolis was a good person, and Arobmas wanted to Laos civilians have become slave-pressed tyrants again!

Arobmas was furious, and he sternly demanded that his subordinates immediately arrest those who spread the rumors, and make things calm down as soon as possible.

But at this moment, news came that “Salu, the chief executive of Vig City, led his army to march towards Laos”, and at the same time, Bagul, the chief executive of Grummentum, led the army in the Lucania region. The newly assembled 3,000 reserve soldiers also arrived in Niutum.

Alob Marston gets nervous.

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On the third day after the Battle of Taranto, the ship of the Spartan messenger Chrysopus sailed into the Gulf of Taranto.

Before setting off, Kerisopes carefully understood the situation of the Great Greece War. He knew that the Syracuse Navy had blocked the entire Gulf of Taranto, which prevented the sails of the Dionysian Alliance from entering the sea, so he also prepared the encounter. Preparations for the Syracuse patrol boat, but he did not expect that what he encountered was Dionia’s patrol boat. The sail of the patrol boat was painted with a pattern of “flamboyant black hair wrapped around a double fork”, which impressed him deeply. .

At this time, the Dionia patrol ship was no longer refitted with a cargo ship or a 50-pulp clipper, but a real top-level warship in the Greek city-state – a three-layer puddle.

The patrol boat stopped Kerethorpes’ ship, and after inquiring about its purpose and whereabouts, ignoring the protests of Kerethorpes, it went on board and searched again to confirm whether there were more armed personnel hiding or not. arms.

At this time, Kerisopes asked loudly, “When I passed by here a few days ago, I also saw many Syracuse warships cruising in the bay. Where did they all go?”

This question was a little rude, and the captain on the side sweated nervously. The captain of the Dionysian patrol ship who boarded the ship looked at the visitor coldly, if not for his Spartan messenger. His identity has long been scolded, and he sneered a few times: “Where did you go? Where else can you go! Either you fell into the sea and fed the fish, or you were imprisoned in

Turii !”

He, who has always been steady, also widened his eyes in surprise: “You defeated Syracuse’s navy?!”

“You don’t seem to believe it yet.” The captain stood on the side of the ship and spit into the sea Thick phlegm, said proudly: “Two days ago, our King Davos led us to defeat Syracuse’s navy with less victory, and their defeated soldiers fled back to Siri Court, but it won’t be long before we They will be wiped out completely! By then, this sea will be owned by us Dionians!”

Kerethorpes was shocked,

he did not expect this to happen on his way out of Sparta by boat A naval battle that was enough to change the whole situation of the Great Greek War!

At the same time, he also noticed another thing that surprised him: “You said that Davos became king?!” The

captain immediately lowered his face: “Be careful, Spartans! What you mentioned The name is the king of the Dionysian League, the son of Hades, the victorious great Greek general, the protector of the Dionysian people, please show enough respect and awe, or we will impound your ship , you will not enjoy the treatment of an emissary, but enter Turii as a criminal!”

Hearing the threat of the Dionysians, Phoebedas would have been furious long ago, but Kerethorpes was enough Steady, he no longer speaks, but his heart seems to have set off a storm, churning continuously…

On the voyage to Turii, Kerethorpes and the Pythian crew and sailors still had difficulty accepting the news of the “Dionian fleet defeating the Syracuse navy” ( There is only one profession for a Spartan citizen – a soldier, so the profession of sailors in the Laconian Gulf is also held by Pisias who are not Spartan citizens. As sailors, because it means unpredictable danger), but when they were approaching Turiyi, they were surprised to see countless three-deck oars covered the sea densely, as if they were rehearsing formations, shouting, The sound of the sound enveloped the entire sea…

Kerethorpes and everyone on the passenger ship were shocked by the magnificent sight before them, and similar questions rose in everyone’s heart: these are the three belongings of Dionia. Layered oars?

Didn’t they just end the battle with the Syracuse Navy, how could there still be so many warships?

Are they also aided by the Persians?

…

that’s what it is.

The Dionysian fleet originally had about 150 triple oars, and later captured more than 150 warships of Syracuse, and then captured 35 triple oars of Tarantum. The Nigerian Navy now has more than 330 triple-decker oars.

The past two days, Sekelian has been worried.

He had to arrange for boatmen to repair the warships that were damaged in the battle. At the same time, due to the addition of so many warships, Turiyi did not have so many sailors to be equipped with. There are no people in the boats, and no amount of boats will come in handy. , he racked his brains and finally thought of a way to recruit sailors.

At this time, the crisis in Heraclea had been lifted, Metapontum had also recovered, and Castellon had once again strengthened his confidence in following Dionia. After receiving permission from Davos, Sekolian sent someone to Sailors were recruited from the three allies, and more than 60 warships were soon put into service.

However, these newly recruited sailors have no experience in driving three-deck oars after all, so these two days Sekelian has been busy training the expanded fleet, due to the secret weapon of the Dionysian fleet in the naval battle – the crow drawbridge It has been exposed, and he does not need to hide anymore, but let the entire fleet show up in the bay.

So Cleethorpes and the others were curious when they saw that many of the battleships in the Dionysian fleet had a long “plank” erected on the front mast.

It seems that Dionia really defeated Syracuse Zhang Navy!

Kerisopes looked solemnly at the Dionian warships slicing through the waves on the sea, thinking about the impact of this important news on his envoy Turiyi.

After much deliberation, he found that this victory increased the possibility of a truce between Dionia and Syracuse, which cheered him up.

The Spartan passenger ship entered the mouth of the Klaty River and was ordered to disembark at the port.

This is because since the Turii Military Port was built on the banks of the Klaty River, for the sake of confidentiality, the pier in Turii City has been closed, and no ships are allowed to pass through the Military Port to reach Turii City.

If Kerethorpes had been to the port of Turii a few days ago, he would have been surprised by the liveliness of the port today, because the port of Turii had become very depressed due to the previous blockade by the Syracuse Navy at sea. , no merchant ships came and left, and the large number of free people who depended on the port for survival had nothing to do. Most of them were later recruited into the fleet as sailors, as laborers in the logistics and transportation departments of the Ministry of Military Affairs, and assigned to the Ministry of Agriculture. To help the families of citizens who lacked field labor because of the master’s expedition, not only did the port have no merchant ships, but even labor was almost exhausted, and the entire port seemed to have been abolished.

Even after the victory of the naval battle, considering the upcoming military action against Syracuse, for the sake of secrecy, Davos considered again and again, despite Marighi’s objection, still insisted on continuing to block the port until the war with Syracuse began again. time.

Just today, a cargo ship has re-entered the port, and a large number of labors urgently dispatched from the Ministry of Military Affairs entered the dock to unload bags of grain from the cargo ship. These grains are Castron, Herakli After the three allies of Ya and Metapontum learned of the news that “Dionia is in short supply of food and called for donations from the public”, they have made free aid actions one after another.

Kerethopus had experienced the Peloponnesian War, the Asia Minor War, and now the Corinthian War. He knew the damage to trade was great, not to mention the fact that the port of Turii had been blocked before, but it was not. Thinking of how busy the port of Turii would be today, he was surprised to ask the Turii officials who came to greet him after hearing the news.

After learning the truth, Clethorpes couldn’t help but be a little surprised: Did Dionia’s allies support the disadvantaged Dionia so unreservedly just because of a victory in a naval battle?

Out of the port, through the somewhat empty market, the carriage in which Kerethorpes and a few entourages were sitting was about to drive up the avenue.

Here, Kerisopes and his entourage saw a spectacular sight: the road and both sides of the road have been occupied by countless Dionysian people.

There are old and young, men and women, all of them are holding wooden boxes, or carrying packages, or leading pack animals, full of belongings, and marching mighty towards the city of

Turii …

Si was very curious, so he asked the driver.

“That’s the people of Amendolara who went to the Victory Square to donate money, so that our alliance will have the ability to carry this war to the end and defeat those evil Syracuses! We Turians already donated money yesterday. I heard that the Bruti people are also donating, but not in the Victory Square in Turui, but in Cosenza…”

Looking at the proud look of the driver, and then seeing the people on the avenue talking and laughing, as if they Not to give up the belongings of his own family, but to attend an important meeting… This made Clethorpes involuntarily think of the scene when the Spartans sent their relatives to the battlefield, and the words of farewell began. Echoed in my heart: Either return victorious, or be carried back by a shield!

How similar the situation was at this time!

The Dionians are not only not afraid of war, but also have the determination to carry out the war to the end!

However, unlike Sparta’s hundreds of years of historical accumulation, this city-state alliance has only been established for less than six years!

Kerethorpes felt a chill, whether he was worried about his own mission, or for no reason why Syracuse’s clearly dominant army…