Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 1280

[Chapter 229 Landing in Asia Minor]

“Mediterranean Overlord of Ancient Greece ()”

This is because although Misia is a relatively wealthy area in the western part of Asia Minor, it has the fertile Alisbi Great Plain and the shipping trade of the Hellespont Strait, and has enough financial resources and materials to form a strong army. Resist the invasion of the Dionysian army, but Theopumps, who has been here for more than a year, obviously has not yet unified the entire region, and many towns do not respond to his orders at all, resulting in the landing of the Dionysian army 4 days later , he had only assembled less than 6,000 soldiers.

Even though Theopumpus learned from the intelligence that Dionysus had landed more soldiers than his army, as a nobleman from central Persia, facing the “Greeks” whom they regarded as barbarians ( Persia and Dionysus have been officially hostile for more than 5 years, but many Persian nobles still disdain to understand Dionia, and even regard it as part of Greece), he led the army west without hesitation, and a few days later Approaching the camp of the Tenth Legion near the coast.

He was quickly surprised to find that the camp built by the Dionysian Landing Army in just a few days did not seem to be easy to attack. He was hesitating whether to camp on the spot first and then make plans. The entire army of the Tenth Army of Onia suddenly rushed out of the camp.

In this regard, the two sides launched a small battle, and the battle was decided after half an hour.

Due to the sudden advance attack of the light infantry brigade of the Tenth Legion, which disrupted the long-range attack of the Persian archers, there were few casualties to the Dionian legionnaires, and the Persian infantry formation without heavy infantry could not stop the Dionian legionnaires at all. The impact of the Persian cavalry from the two flanks was attacked by the javelins of the two heavy infantry battalions deliberately placed on the two flanks. The casualties were not small, and the Persian army finally collapsed.

After Theopemps fled back to Zerea, the capital of the Misia region, he did not dare to act rashly. While strengthening the defense of the city, he urgently sent messengers for help.

Since Dionia officially declared war on Persia, Dionia’s intelligence agents have begun to preach in the Greek city-states of Asia Minor: the great King Daphus will execute the oracle of Hattis, and will Persia against Greece for hundreds of years. The bullying of people will be returned to Persia, and the compatriots in Asia Minor will be rescued from Persian rule, and they will regain the right to freedom and independence!

Many Greek city-states in Asia Minor are feeling injustice because of the Persians’ breach of contract. Although this rumor makes them excited, they are also uneasy, because Agesilaus’ campaign in western Asia Minor brought these Greek city-states several years of experience. Unrest and war, so even if the Dionysian army was victorious in this small battle, these city-states were still taking a wait-and-see attitude and did not take the initiative to approach Dionys, who had already established a firm foothold in Misia. sub-army.

Stephoros once sent messengers to visit Aerion and Abydos (both city-states on the eastern shore of the Hellespont), the closest cities to the camp, but they refused to accept it.

Stephros did not get angry because of this and sent troops to siege the city or destroy the villages and towns outside the city. On the contrary, he held a grand sacrifice ceremony on the beach near the city of Aerion according to the instructions of King Davos. The objects are the heroes of the ancient Trojan War, not only Agamemnon and Achilles, but also Hector and Paris. After the sacrifice, there was also a sports competition, which made the whole sacrifice event very powerful. It was huge and attracted many nearby Greek people to watch it, causing a lot of heated discussions.

The purpose of Davos has been achieved. It is through these Greeks in Asia Minor that he wants to spread this sacrificial event and spread a message to the Greek city-states in western Asia Minor: Dionia is equal to the Greek city-states on both sides of the Aegean Sea. treat.

But why choose to hold sacrifices near the city of Aerion?

According to legend, the city of Aerion was built on the ruins of Troy.

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Messiah’s messenger came to Babylon,

Artaxerxes felt nervous when he learned that “the vanguard of the Greek coalition had landed in Asia Minor”.

At the same time, the messenger mentioned that the local forces in Misia did not actively respond to the call and were suspected of rebellion, which also attracted his attention. Trebassus suggested to him: appoint the son-in-law of the King of Persia, the former Frigi The governor of Asia, Phanabazos, was the temporary military commander of western Asia Minor. With his former prestige, he might be able to integrate the military forces in western Asia Minor and repel the invading Greek coalition.

The King of Persia hesitated for several days, and after hearing the news that “Theopemps was defeated in the battle”, he finally issued a decree: let Fanaba, who was finally transferred to Babylon by him ten years ago, was transferred to Babylon. Zoth heads to western Asia Minor.

Fanabazos, a veteran in his 60s, traveled day and night to the western part of Asia Minor after learning of the crisis facing western Asia Minor. The army, to join the Phrygian capital of Gerdium.

Phanabazus, who was familiar with the situation in Asia Minor, also wrote letters to the Greek city-states on the western coast of Asia Minor. In the letter, he argued that the Persian king felt that some governors of western Asia Minor did not fulfill the promises he made to the Greek city-states before. Very angry, this time he was sent to Asia Minor, one of the main tasks is to urge these governors to fulfill the promise of the Persian king.

At the end of the letter, he also swears by the god Ahura Mazda.

The fame of Phanabazus in western Asia Minor made his letter play a role. Some city-states who were dissatisfied with the new governor’s actions were shaken, and some city-states that were already closely related to Persia were even firmer. The unfamiliar kingdom of Dionia in the Mediterranean, which eventually led to the formation of the “Persian Asia Minor Combined Fleet” advocated by Phanabaszos, which had about 400 warships and nearly 60,000 crew members.

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After the Dionysian Tenth Army successfully landed in Asia Minor and defeated the Misia Persian army, Leoticides feared that the failure of this small battle would prompt the Persians to step up reinforcements to Misia, and the landing force was only supported by one legion. I am afraid that it will be difficult to support independently for a long time, and if it fails, the Greek coalition will lose a favorable landing site, so he decided to send troops to land in Misia one after another.

So when the harvest in September was over and the native Greek city-states began to gather their armies, Leoticides personally led the Eleventh Legion, the Twentieth Legion, and the Thessaly Cavalry Legion by boat to Misia, and with the Tenth Reunion of troops.

At this time, he has been keenly aware that the nearby city-states such as Irion, Abydos, Tenidos and other city-states are further alienating the Dionysian army, such as refusing the ships of the Dionysian army to use their ports to load and unload materials , prohibiting their merchants from selling supplies to the Dionian army…etc.

The hostility displayed by the Greek city-states in Asia Minor made Leoticides heighten his vigilance. In order to reduce the pressure on logistical supply, and to allow the subsequent Greek coalition to land more smoothly, he decided to change the strategy formulated by the previous kingdom. After the envoy of Dionia’s army once again asked Aerion to open the port and was rejected, Leoticides led an army to surround Aerion and asked him to submit to Dionia, but was refused, so he ordered Order: Siege!

According to legend, the city of Troy hundreds of years ago had thick walls, and the Greek coalition failed to capture it after 10 years of attack, but at that time Troy was not only a big city, but also one of the hegemons in western Asia Minor, with the support of many allies , so it can be defended for so long; although today’s Aerion is also a medium-sized town, it is far from its predecessor, Troy.

Leoticides had three infantry corps and one cavalry corps under his command, a total of 26,700 men, and the Fourth Fleet was temporarily under his command, which surrounded the city of Irion from sea to land. .

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sonicmtl.com What’s more, the siege skills of the Dionian army were far from what the Greek coalition forces could do hundreds of years ago, so on the fifth day after the siege, the Ilionians couldn’t take it anymore, and could only ask Dio The Nia army surrendered.

Leoticides accepted their surrender and sent part of his army into the city of Aerion, thus taking control of this important hub in the Hellespont.

The news of “the capture of the city of Irion” quickly spread to the surrounding areas, which alarmed the neighboring Greek city-states, and they had to send envoys one after another to express their goodwill to the Dionian army.

Leoticides took the opportunity to propose: let them provide a certain amount of rations and materials in exchange for the promise of ensuring the security of their city-state, and they agreed.

At the same time, Leoticides also sent troops deep into the inland areas of Misia, while surveying the terrain and understanding the enemy’s situation, while grabbing wheat fields and increasing food reserves.

The Governor of Misia, Theopemps, was powerless to stop the Dionian army and had to send messengers to Phanabaszos several times for help.

At this time, Fanabazos, who was staying in Geldium, was still waiting for the confluence of the armies in various regions of Asia Minor. He could only issue orders to the already formed combined fleet of Asia Minor, hoping that they could take action to attack or harass Dio. support fleet of the Nia army to relieve pressure on land.

Before Leoticides landed in Asia Minor, he specially sent messengers to inform the Greek mainland allies, asking them not to lead the army to join forces with Thessaly, but to go directly by boat to the landing opened by the Dionysian army in Misia. Therefore, starting from the end of September, the armies formed by the Greek city-states have successively sailed to Asia Minor. Therefore, a troop transport fleet crosses the Aegean Sea every few days, not to mention that there are fleets transporting supplies to and from every day. between the two continents.