Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 563

[Chapter 230]

When the news spread, the Anti-Spartan League was excited, and Agesilaus was shocked. He had a premonition that the situation was not good, and immediately ordered: the troops gave up the ports and cities they had previously occupied in the Gulf of Corinth, in order to avoid being destroyed by each .

But the order came too late.

Under the leadership of Aifikrates, the revitalized Allied forces attacked separately and successively recaptured the Port of Pileon and Sidon… In this way, the Spartan Allied Forces were stationed in many ports occupied by the Gulf of Corinth. The town, and the army that was almost deep into the Pioxia area, were cut off from their way back.

Agesilaus urgently ordered his brother Teleutias to lead a fleet from the sea in an effort to bring back these scattered garrisons and place them at Lykeion and Sigion, focusing on the defense of these two important towns in the Corinthian region and port.

As a result, the offensive momentum of the Spartan coalition was severely frustrated and had to be turned to defense.

The anti-Spartan allies attacked Lekion several times, but they were all repelled and had to stop the attack.

The two sides entered a stalemate again.

But the adventurous Ifikrates was not resigned to the status quo. He led his light infantry, carrying rations, and without the rear, boldly invaded the central part of the Peloponnese, the most loyal subordinate area of Sparta—— Arcadia, began to raid villages, looted food, destroyed farmland, and repeatedly ambushed the Arcadian troops that came to attack them, and finally made the Arcadians dare not fight them, and could not ignore them Its frenzied sabotage can only ask Agesilaus for help.

Agesilaus was embarrassed when he received the Arcadians’ request for help. At this time, the Spartan coalition was facing the offensive pressure of the enemy with high morale and was feeling the strain, and Ifikrates’s troops It was the most troublesome thing for him. In his heart, he had already regarded this person as a formidable enemy: if there were fewer soldiers sent to rescue, he might only be defeated by this cunning Athenian general; The enemy took the opportunity to counterattack.

But Arcadia had to save, because Sparta, the leader of the Peloponnesian League, was very different from Athens, the former leader of the Delian League.

Athens’ attitude towards its allies can be said to be domineering: pay tribute, dispatch armed colonies, and support democrats close to Athens. Athenian merchants have privileges in allies, and local disputes must be resolved in Athens courts, and once they join The alliance, if you want to withdraw, will be attacked by the Athenian army…

The attitude of the Spartans towards the allies is much better.

As long as it does not betray it, Sparta often negotiates and decides affairs with its allies, because it does not have the huge population of Athens, nor the strong financial resources of Athens, nor the powerful navy of Athens, or even among the soldiers of the Spartan League. The real Spartan warriors will always occupy a minority. Sparta relies only on the illustrious name established by the Spartan warriors for a hundred years, but without the allies, Sparta cannot do anything.

Therefore, although the Spartans became domineering and domineering after defeating Athens, their attitude towards allies changed, but the essential thing remained the same – Sparta needed allies.

As the king, Agesilaus knew this very well, so he finally decided: to return to Sparta, explain to the council of elders the reason for the setback of the battle during this period, and at the same time ask the council to send more reinforcements to Arcadia .

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The next morning, as soon as Davos finished his breakfast, Guard Captain Martius entered the tent: “Your Majesty, Midorades asks for an interview.”

Davos’s heart moved: “Let him come in.”

Midorades walked into the tent with an uneasy expression, and immediately knelt on one knee: “Your Majesty, I am here to apologize to you! After you gave the order yesterday, I will More warships were dispatched to patrol outside the Siriting port. As you would expect, an enemy ship did rush out of the port in the middle of the night. Our warship tried its best to block it, but the enemy was very skilled in manipulating the ship and escaped us. Surrounded by , we fled to the south. Our two fast ships have been chasing, so far no news has come back…”

“Why did the Syracuses risk the great danger of sailing in the middle of the night to escape from Dionia? What about the blockade of the fleet?” Henepolis, the secretary at the side, recalled the conversation with Davos yesterday, and couldn’t help shouting: “Dionysius! It must be Dionysius running away!”

Midorades was shocked when he heard the words, and hurriedly looked at Davos, only to see the wise young king’s brows slightly wrinkled, then stretched out again, and said with a smile, “Don’t rashly judge Divers just based on this piece of information. Onysius ran away. Midorades, the sea outside the port of Sirius is so wide that even if we put all our warships on it, it may not be able to fill it up, not to mention that only four or five fast ships can be dispatched at night. The ship is patrolling, the enemy is determined to escape, and the fleet cannot be stopped.”

“Your Majesty!” Midorades was deeply grateful for Davos’ understanding.

“But enemy ships break in and break out as if our fleet didn’t exist, a humiliation to the Dionysian fleet! A humiliation to every Dionysian sailor and captain!” Diver S’s expression became serious: “Our fleet cannot be complacent just because we have defeated Syracuse many times, forgetting that we are not as good as Syracuse in terms of the manipulation skills of a single warship or the formation conversion and coordination of the entire fleet. , the guarantee of our fleet’s many victories is nothing but ‘raven’, relying on the strength of the legion!…”

Davos’s words made Midorades blushed, and he said in shame: “Your Majesty, please Don’t worry! After I go back, I will definitely step up the training of the fleet with Lord Sekelian. After a year… no, after half a year, you will see the level of Dionia’s fleet has improved significantly!”

Davos nodded with relief. Said: “Very well, I look forward to seeing a more powerful Dionysian fleet in half a year!”

Then he said: “Get up, Midorades. If it was only because one or two enemy ships escaped, Just punish the generals I value highly, I am afraid it won’t be long before Dionia will have no good naval commanders.”

Davos’ joke made Midorades’ nervous mood relaxed a little, he stood up, hesitating. Asked: “But Dionysius—”

Davos interrupted him: “This is not your concern. What you need to do now is to strengthen the vigilance of the port to prevent the escape of the Syracuse fleet. At the same time, send 30 three-deck oars to Lijim as soon as possible, Sekelian’s fleet needs to be strengthened to gain Sicily’s maritime superiority, can it be done in two days?”

“It won’t take two days, Your Majesty. I will be able to deliver the required warships to Lijim today.” Midorades immediately promised.

After sending the admiral away, Henepolis hurriedly asked: “Your Majesty, what if Dionysius really escaped?!”

Davos had already made up his mind on this issue at this moment, and he was not worried. He said slowly: “What’s the panic! Dionysius escaped, which means that the battle in Great Greece is over, which is good for us!”

“But the First Legion in Sicily and your Majesty you arranged there. I am afraid that the riot plan will be affected!” When Davos sent the First Army to Sicily, Henepolis had heard Davos talk about his plan in Sicily, and he expressed his concern at this moment.

Davos looked at him and said softly, “Herny, you overestimate Dionysius, no matter how strong he is, don’t forget that the entire army he will bring will stay in Great Greece, A person fled back to Syracuse, but he was a deserter! What would the people who lost their loved ones in Syracuse think?! What would the people of the Sicilian allies think?! Although I don’t know how the situation in Sicily is going on these two days , but Dionysius is definitely not easy to appease the anger of the people! He ruled Syracuse and Sicily by great force, and now most of his army remains here— -”

Davos pointed to the city of Siridin in front, and said with a sneer: “Without enough troops, can he still suppress the people of Syracuse who want to overthrow him?!”

Henepolis His

eyes lit up: “So it’s a good thing for Dionysius to escape!”

Davos was silent for a moment. In fact, what he said was comforting himself: Dionysius dared to escape alone, there must be a way to deal with it. The predicament of Syracuse, after all, he has been operating in Sicily for many years. Once he successfully escapes back, Davos’s plan to disrupt Sicily may fail, and it may even allow the tyrant to lead the tyrant after annihilating the First Legion. The reinforcements attacked Greater Greece…

So Davos had a sense of urgency in his heart, and he said, “First of all, we have to make sure that Dionysius has escaped!”

To this end, he called Izam of the Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade, and asked him to send soldiers from all directions of Siliting City to pay close attention to the movements in the city and report back at any time.

For the whole morning, the city of Siriting remained calm. No messengers were sent to the Dionysian camp to seek peace, not even the Syracuse scout cavalry that was cruising in front of the city every day. The number of soldiers has not changed, but Dionysius, who usually appears at the front of the city every morning to observe the enemy’s situation, did not appear today…

After learning about the situation, Davos had a bottom line.

In the afternoon, UU read www.sonicmtl.com He once again dispatched the soldiers of the Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade to shout in front of the city of Siriding: “Syracuse, you are here to defend the city seriously, but your tyrant Dionysius has escaped. La!”

“Syracuse surrender! Dionysius has abandoned you, why are you still fighting here!”

“Why did Dionysius run away?! Because we Dionysius Ya’s First Army has captured Sikuli and Catane, and is now attacking Syracuse! If Dionysius does not escape, he will not be able to return home!”

“We did not deceive you, you attacked our camp yesterday. Did you ever see our First Army when we were there?! No, right! They have already landed in the Gulf of Naxos! Dionysius blocked the news just to make it easier for him to escape!”

“Today Dionysius Did Onisius not appear in the city! He has already run away! If you don’t believe it, you can go to his tent and see if he is still there!”

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The shouting of the Dionysian soldiers under the city seemed to calm down The boulders were thrown into the pond, and there were countless waves splashing.