Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 1282

[Chapter 231 Seeing Off the King (1)]

“Mediterranean Overlord of Ancient Greece ()”

But the Samos never imagined that under the orders of the fleet commanders such as Sekelian, about 80% of the crow warships in the Dionysian fleet docked on the nearby beach, and the infantry of the fleet disembarked from the warships and gathered. Nearly 15,000 people surrounded the city of Samos.

The Samos on the top of the city were all shocked when they looked at the densely packed and well-equipped Dionian soldiers outside the city.

At this time, Cykrian sent a messenger to enter the city of Samos, and threatened the Samos men aggressively at the council: submit to Dionia immediately, if they dare to let go of the Asia Minor fleet, even if they surrender, they will be punished. !

The threat of the messenger frightened the councilors of Samos, reminding them of the rumor that Dionysus destroyed Tygea in the Greek War, so they dared not fight back against the arrogance of the messenger, but said politely: The council needs time to deliberate on this important issue before making a decision.

After learning of the performance of the Summers Council from the messenger, Cykrian also consulted with Midorades and Stefankas, and then reached an agreement: he led the First Fleet and the 15,000 men. The infantry of the fleet continued to surround the city of Samos; while the Second and Third Fleet immediately went north to Milia.

Before night fell, Cykrian even made another decision: tow all the warships to the beach, and only send the clippers to take turns to watch the port of Samos.

This was a very bold decision, and the Asia Minor fleet could take advantage of this favorable opportunity to rush out of the port and quickly escape back to Halicarnassus.

In fact, the generals of the Asia Minor Fleet did ask Samos to leave the port, but the Samos council was still arguing about the daytime request of the Dionysian messenger, and there was no unified opinion, how dare the Asia Minor fleet Leaving brought disaster to himself, so he found various reasons to shirk, and the generals of the Asia Minor fleet also disagreed, and there was no strong request to leave immediately at night, so it was temporarily ignored.

By the early morning of the second day, Cykrian led the First Fleet warships to re-block the port, while the army on the shore, led by First Fleet Infantry Commander Sethefidorus, felled trees on the island, partly using Come to build a camp, some of which are used to build siege equipment, and put on a posture that is ready to attack the city at any time.

The Samos civic soldiers in Chengtou saw all this and felt even more uneasy.

Also disturbed are the generals of the Asia Minor Fleet, who once again made a request to leave the port quietly at night, and their attitude was very firm.

Therefore, after the Samos tried to perfunctory but failed, their attitude became tough: they refused to open the port water gate and let them go.

The two sides also came close to clashing.

Compared with the riots that almost happened in the city, Sekelian outside the city was also not at ease, because the rations carried by the crew had already been eaten. Barely hungry.

But Cykrian is full of confidence in victory. He not only trusts Midorades and Stefanakas, but he once fought alongside Leoticides, and he firmly believes that the current commander of the Greek coalition must be We will seize this opportunity and come to our aid in time.

To this end, he spent the evening visiting tents, encouraging the crew and the fleet infantry to persevere.

Early in the morning of the third day, the hungry Dionysian crew still drove their warships to sea and blocked the port of Samos. If the Asia Minor fleet rushed out of the port at this time and fought the Dionysian First Fleet to the death, the outcome is still unknown. , but the Asia Minor fleet feared that the number of enemy warships outnumbered itself, and chose to continue to hide in the port.

The delay of the Samos is more like handing over their fate to the gods. Of course, they hope that the Persian reinforcements can arrive in time.

But at noon, a huge fleet came from the north, and the expectations of the Samos were completely dashed.

Leoticides sent not only a fleet of rations, but also the second, third, and fourth fleets with the soldiers of the entire tenth legion,

For a time, thousands of warships gathered in the waters near Samos, which not only shocked the Asia Minor fleet in the port of Samos, but also showed its powerful naval strength to the coastal city-states nearby such as Ephesus.

The 8,000 soldiers of the Tenth Legion and the remaining fleet infantrymen all landed on Samos. Nearly 30,000 Dionysian soldiers lined up outside the city and spread over most of the mountains and fields of Samos. Not to mention the mighty ballista.

The Samos are completely desperate. Since its establishment, it has never faced such a powerful enemy. Athens, which has attacked it, is completely incomparable, so the Dionysian soldiers have not yet begun to attack the city, they have made a quick decision –surrender.

The generals of the Asia Minor fleet at the port learned that the Samos had betrayed Persia, and immediately led the crew to launch a riot in the port, trying to seize the water gate, so that the fleet’s warships could rush out of the port and make a last desperate fight, which was better than the first battle. It’s better to be captured directly.

Unexpectedly, after the self-aware Samos surrendered to the Dionysian army, they immediately invited the Dionysian army into the city and asked them to personally deal with the tens of thousands of the crew of the Asia Minor fleet entrenched in the port.

Not long after, the riot launched by the Asia Minor fleet was smashed by the Dionysian Tenth Legion, which arrived quickly. So far, the Dionysian army and fleet suffered almost no losses, and the entire Persian Asia Minor fleet was captured. The exciting victory not only meant that Dionysus temporarily gained the dominance of the sea in the western part of Asia Minor, but also changed Persia and Dionia, which had roughly the same naval strength, and Dionia and its allies had changed. Start taking advantage.

The destruction of the Persian Asia Minor fleet and the surrender of Samos had a great impact on the Greek states in western Asia Minor. They suddenly realized that they lost the protection of the navy, and most of the Persian garrison in various regions went to Phrygia. The strength is amazing. The Dionia fleet can land and attack any western coastal city-state at will, so Ephesus, Miletus, Chios… and even Lesbos and many other Greek city-states in Asia Minor changed their estranged attitude and sent envoys one after another. They expressed their friendship to the Dionysian fleet and the Dionysian army that landed, and some even asked them to release some of the crew of the Asia Minor fleet. After all, most of the crew of the Asia Minor fleet came from these Greek city-states.

Leoticides led the generals of the coalition and held a military meeting in Ilion with Cykrian and several other Dionian fleet commanders, as well as the Athenian admiral Cabrias. After discussion, it was decided: as long as Asia Minor The Greek city-states regularly provide a certain amount of military supplies to Dionia and the Greek naval and land coalition forces, and open ports to the coalition fleet, then Dionia and its allies will promise not to attack these cities, and release the crew from these cities. …

In the announcement to the envoys of the Greek city-states in Asia Minor, there was no request for them to submit to Dionia, because Leoticides and Cykion and others knew very well that only the land army in Asia Minor could be completely defeated. , so that the grass on the wall can completely fall to Dionia!

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In the early morning of January 364 BC (the 30th year of the Kingdom of Dionia), the people of the inner city of Turien, who had just finished the New Year, got up early to clean the road in front of their houses.

After breakfast, some people flock to the river port in the city, and some people wait by the road near the house.

When the sky was bright, the road from the foot of the King’s Hill to the inner city pier was already crowded with men, women and children.

Just as everyone was looking forward to it, cheers of “Come! Come!” came from the front, and the people suddenly became excited, everyone pushed me, if it wasn’t for the soldiers on the road to maintain order, I am afraid it would cause a lot of trouble riots.

after awhile.

In the center of the road, there were groups of court cavalry, wearing black breastplates, purple cloaks, helmets with red crowns, riding majestic horses, all of them imposing, marching forward in a neat line.

After them, Dionysian King Davos appeared before the eyes of the people, wearing a golden crown and an ornate armor inscribed with Hades wielding a two-pronged fork. A thick woolen burqa, riding a big black horse, although his hair is gray, his back is still straight, and his eyes are sharp, appearing to be in high spirits.

Beside him is his eldest son, the current kingdom consul, Clotokatax. His achievements in Turii in recent years are obvious to all, especially the successful hosting of the Dionian Games last year. , his ability to govern has been fully recognized by the people of Turii, which is why they were not too worried when they learned that King Davos was going to conquer the great power of Persia in the east.

Behind the two was King Davos’ second son, Apox, who was already a well-known scholar in the kingdom, and was promoted to the deputy dean of Dionysian Academy of Mathematics last year. He was famous for his wisdom. Li Yi people, but because they have been in the academy for a long time, they appear mysterious in the eyes of ordinary people.

Next to Apox is Antebris, the third son of King Davos, who is the most popular among the children of Davos, not only because of his football star, but also because of his personality. Active, willing to meet civilians, very down to earth.

Next to Antebris is Eunice, the second daughter of King Davos (although Cynthia is only the adopted daughter of Davos, she is still gentle and virtuous and has been recognized by the people of Turii as Davos’s daughter. The eldest daughter), as a woman, she should travel in a carriage like her mother and sisters, but she chose to ride a horse. She loves sports and has a man-like personality. She is also loved by the people of Turii, especially for As far as Turiyi merchants are concerned, she, who has taken over the Cristoia Chamber of Commerce in recent years, is even more sought after by her capable and decisive style.