Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 1300

[Chapter 249 Conquest of Canaan and Tyre]

Before the Dionysian army fully surrounded Jerusalem, the Jewish high priest took the initiative to go to the Dionysian camp, and humbly expressed to King Davos that “the Jews are willing to surrender to the Kingdom of Dionia”.

Davos was more cautious about this special race in the Mediterranean world that believed in the only God. He quickly accepted the Jewish surrender, and also made a promise and admonishment: “As long as the Jews are loyal to the Holy Kingdom of Dionysus, then the Jews can They have the right to live in accordance with their own laws and religions, but at the same time, Jews cannot affect the life rights of other races under the rule of the Dionysian Holy Kingdom because of their own customs, otherwise Dionysus will definitely intervene!”

Second King Daphus was greeted at the gate of Jerusalem by the high priest wearing a purple robe and the thousands of Jerusalemites he led. Daphus imitated Cyrus in those days, and once again put his promise and The warning is read in public.

The people cheered. At the same time, the Jewish priests also bound the governor of Canaan appointed by Artaxerxes, Nehemiah, who worked hard for the reconstruction of the Canaan region, and his subordinates, and pushed them before Daphs and handed over to him.

Davos did not punish the Persian governor, who was also a Jew, in public. On the contrary, after he brought him back to the camp, he asked Nehemiah kindly: If he is willing to serve the kingdom of Dionysus, wait until he is familiar with Dionysus. After the government and legal system of Asia, he will be sent to govern the region of Canaan.

The Jewish character was lively but not conservative and stubborn. Nehemiah obviously inherited this characteristic. Surrendering Dionysus could not only survive, but also fulfill his long-cherished wish of rebuilding Jerusalem and seek revenge for those Jewish priests who betrayed him, so he Delighted to kneel down in front of Davos.

With Nehemiah as a guide, the Dionysian army quickly conquered the entire Canaan region, and then successfully invaded the Samaria region east of Jerusalem under his leadership, quickly captured many towns, and captured the Sanballat, the regional governor, also gave Nehemiah a big sigh of relief.

Canaan and Samaria were successively conquered by Dionysus, making Gaza an isolated Persian enclave.

The Persian defenders panicked, and they desperately wanted to leave this dangerous place and return to their hometown.

At the strong request of the soldiers, the defending generals had to ask the soldiers to bring enough drinking water, quietly left Gaza City, and marched to the northeast, trying to bypass the area occupied by the Dionysian army and pass through the east. Trade road on the edge of the desert, to Damascus.

Unexpectedly, the Dionysian army has been paying close attention to the movements of Gaza City, and soon discovered the attempts of the Persian defenders.

On the second day, the four cavalry regiments of Dionia and the Numidian light cavalry regiment caught up with the advancing Persian defenders. The light cavalry regiment attacked with bows and javelins, and the

cavalry regiment launched an attack, and soon it was The Gaza defenders were defeated, and Gaza City was successfully brought under the control of the Dionysian army.

After completely stabilizing the rear, Davos led the army to continue northward, and soon entered the Phoenician area.

It can be said that the Phoenicians were the earliest enemies of Dionia in these areas attached to Persia. When the Phoenicians made the decision to send a fleet and travel thousands of miles to support Carthage, I am afraid they never thought of it. One day, the army of Dionia will come to the city, and the first city that the army of Dionia will attack is the advocate of that year, Tyre.

After Phoenicia surrendered to Persia, the successive kings of Persia promised that as long as Phoenicia paid a certain share of gold and silver every year, and their fleet was ready to be dispatched, they would allow the Phoenicians to live in their original way.

For hundreds of years, the Persian kings have rarely intervened in the administrative affairs of the Phoenicians. One of the important reasons is that the high mountains of Lebanon separate Phoenicia from the inland Persia. Land transportation is very inconvenient, and this terrain It also had a great impact on Phoenicia. They did not have vast and fertile arable land and could not raise a larger population. They could only do their best to develop at sea, thus becoming prosperous and prosperous because of maritime trade.

However, due to the conflicting commercial interests of the various city-states in Phoenicia, although they established an alliance of Phoenician city-states very early, they were never able to form a unified country.

Therefore, the king of Persia was satisfied with the independent state of the Phoenician city-states, and the Phoenician city-states also took advantage of Persia’s long-standing favor to them and made a lot of profits in trade with the inland, so they were very interested in Persia. Rather faithful.

Tyre was the most powerful of the Phoenician city-states, and its city was built on a small island about eight miles off the coast, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack.

The Macedonian King Alexander, who had successfully attacked Persia in his previous life, suffered setbacks and spent half a year here.

It is because of this memory that Davos was very cautious when he led his army to approach Tyre. After preparing to lead the generals to take a warship to carefully survey the defense of Tyre City, he would then consider whether to attack the city directly or first through a long-term siege. forcing him to surrender.

But before he set off, Tyr’s messenger arrived first.

The messenger of Tyre is also an acquaintance – the former Carthaginian Sufi Tepanlacco.

After seeing Davos, not only did he not show the arrogance and hostility towards Dionysus that he once had, but he was even a little flattering, so the atmosphere of the whole meeting was relatively relaxed.

Davos asked about the recent situation of Hanno and others by the way, and Taipanlako’s expression became a little heavy.

It turned out that after Dionia forced Carthage to expel the Hannoites, most of them chose to settle in the former mother state of Tyre, and Tyre also accepted them, but the power of Hanno and others in Carthage was not only impossible to maintain in Carthage. It reappeared, and the top management of Tyre also deliberately suppressed it, making it difficult for them to gain some power.

The people of Tyre once admired the wealth and power of Carthage, but now they often despise these bereaved dogs, although they are well-off (Ocleton, who took refuge in Dionia, persuaded the Council of Carthage to allow them to bring He took away part of his property), but he lived a depressing life, especially Hannuo, who used to be so utterly unbearable that he could not bear such loneliness, and died in depression after a few years.

But since Dionysus declared war on Persia, the top management of Tyre began to pay attention to Taipanlacco and the others. Discuss together how to deal with an attack by Dionian forces.

The reason why Taipanlako was sent as a messenger was because he was familiar with the Dionians and was more easily accepted by the Dionians.

The purpose of Taipanlacco’s mission was to surrender to Dionia on behalf of Tyre.

For this good news, Davos did not appear happy, but rather cautious, because in his memory, when Alexander led his army to Tyre, the people of Tyre also voluntarily relented, but when Alexander proposed to go to the city of Tyre When the Temple of Merke worshiped Hercules, Tyre immediately refused. It turned out that they chose to swindle surrender because of military pressure. They wanted to wait for the final battle between the Alexander army and the Persian army before making a final decision choice.

So Davos made the same request, and Taipanlacco said that he could not make a decision and needed to ask the council of Tyre before replying.

After he left by boat, Davos immediately reminded the generals: prepare for battle, and don’t be fooled by the surrender of the Tyre.

Unexpectedly, in the afternoon, Taipanlacco came to the Dionysian camp again and sincerely expressed to Davos: The Council of Tyre is ready to welcome the visit of King Davos at any time.

Davos did not refuse, and led a team of elite soldiers to the island on the second day, and the people of Tyre greeted him respectfully.

In the Holy Kingdom of Dionia, Hercules is one of the most popular gods, so Davos solemnly worshipped its statue here, and the people of Tyre were always peaceful during the whole sacrifice process , which made Davers believe their sincerity.

Based on the situation he observed in Tyre City, Davos analyzed the reasons why the Tyre people made diametrically opposite choices in the history of the previous life.

That’s because Alexander in the history of the last life was victorious in the land battle, but his navy was very weak, and even disbanded his already weak fleet at one point, causing the Persian fleet to harass him many times. The rear of the conquest caused him a lot of trouble. Alexander could only gain the dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean by successively capturing the Persian towns along the Mediterranean coast. There was no way out.

It is precisely because of this that the people of Tyre bullied him that he did not have a navy, and it was difficult to conquer their city in the sea, so they dared to delay the time by cheating.

In fact, because of the lack of a navy, Alexander did encounter great difficulties in attacking Tyre. Even if the surrender of Cyprus later provided him with a fleet, it took him more than 7 months to capture Tyre. Time, time consuming and laborious.

However, the Dionysian Holy Kingdom is different. It has a strong navy and twice defeated the Persian fleet in Samos and Cyprus. It not only established absolute superiority in the sea, but also completely controlled the waters of the Near East.

Not long ago, the army that landed on Cyprus has conquered the whole island. The first and second fleets have been stationed in the Cyprus naval port, which is very close to Tyre. They can block and attack Tyre at any time, posing a great threat to the city of Tyre.

In addition, although the Macedonian army in the previous life was very powerful, its number was only 40,000 to 50,000 people. Compared with the Persian army, it was too disparity. Therefore, the Tyre people were not confident that Macedonia could eventually defeat Persia.

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