Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 1305

[Chapter 254 Persian Strategy (2)]

“Enough time?” Ojuntas also said coldly: “I don’t think so! The news that came before was not that the Dionysians split part of their army to the west to capture Issus and Castablum. Waiting for the city to open the road from Silesia to Syria. Farabazos is just harassment, and he does not dare to block the Greek coalition forces. As long as the Greek coalition forces pass the Taukis Mountains, they can reach Syria smoothly all the way. The meeting of the Nia armies will undoubtedly greatly boost the strength of the enemy!”

Speaking of which, Orontas turned around, bowed respectfully to the Persian king, and said solemnly, “Your Majesty, the melee capabilities of the Greek soldiers. It is very strong, and this time the Dionias also gathered the most powerful Spartan, Athenian and Thebes armies in the Greek city-states, although according to the battle report of Phanabaszos, it was the Greek mercenaries. The mutiny led to the defeat of the entire battle, but it may also be that the Greek army led by Spartan, Athenian and Thebes soldiers first defeated the left flank guarded by our army, which led to the sudden change of the whole battle situation, so we must Before the Greek coalition forces arrive, they must defeat the Dionysian army in Syria as soon as possible, in order to secure the final victory of this war!” At

that time, Ojuntas was ordered to intercept the Greek expeditionary force, but suffered a disastrous defeat, and the Spartans were terrifying. The impact left a deep impression on him, so this big man who had been governor of Amelia for decades and was like a soil emperor was able to temporarily abandon the arrogance of the Persian nobles and issue a warning.

His words immediately made Artaxerxes’ face become ugly, because he also had the same memory: in the battle with Cyrus the young, he witnessed tens of thousands of Greek heavy infantry charging with his own eyes. rout his left flank, nearly leaving him in despair at the time.

As for the other generals present, the Greek army was able to repel Darius and King Xerxes twice, and maintain the advantage of winning more or less in the battle with the Persian army in the following decades. It is obviously It is more worthy of their attention than the Diotian army, which has not won a brilliant victory over the Persian army so far (the first battle in Cyprus, the disastrous defeat of the Persian fleet, did not shock the Persian nobles, because naval warfare is not the Persian’s expertise, the whole There were almost no Persians in the Persian fleet. As for the battle in western Asia Minor, Artaxerxes did not announce the real situation, so the battle report of Phanabazus made them have a wrong judgment. The defeat came mainly from the betrayal of the Greek mercenaries).

Seeing that everyone in the room was focused on him, Trebass’s heart tightened, and he knew very well: at the beginning of today’s meeting, Mardonios, Halpergus, and Ojuntas He successively questioned the strategy adopted by the previous Persian army, which was actually an expression of dissatisfaction with him.

The conflict between Trebassus and these top Persian nobles has a long history, and the fundamental reason is jealousy.

The King of Persia regarded Trebassus as his confidant and obeyed him. This was obviously incomparable to several important ministers of the kingdom who were far away from the royal court. Of course, this also involved the contradiction between the old Persian nobles and the emerging nobles.

Since the army reunited, they have expressed their dissatisfaction with Trebassus many times, but with the protection of the Persian king, the matter finally came to an end, but today their joint attack has allowed Trebassus from Artaxerxes. There was something wrong in the look in his eyes: the monarch, who was mediocre in military performance, was shaken about whether to continue the strategy he proposed!

Fortunately, he had prepared in advance,

took out something from his arms without haste, and said softly: “This is the most capable subordinate sent by Lord Marktonos. After many investigations, it took a lot of time. The carefully drawn map of the Dionysian army camp, I specially copied a copy, you can take a look.”

He then unfolded the white cloth in his hand and placed it on the central open space.

Marktonos, who was originally on the sidelines, walked over first, looked down at the cloth placed on the ground, and said, “This is indeed the map of Camp Dionia drawn by my men.”

Mardonios, Orontas, and Halpergus walked over slowly and looked at them casually, but soon their faces showed surprise, and they bent down to examine them carefully.

Seeing this, Artaxerxes asked the eunuch to bring a table and put the map on it.

While the three of them were looking at the map, Trebassus said in a deep voice: “Five years ago, the Dionysian army invaded Greece, and the Greek city-states united to form an army of nearly 100,000 people. There was a chance to repel the Dionian army, but the Dionians built complex defensive camps to lure the Greek army to attack. The number of Greek soldiers was two or three times the number of Dionian soldiers in the defensive camps, but After being besieged for more than two months, they did not achieve much. Instead, the Dionysians took advantage of the Greeks’ long-term unsuccessful attack and empty rear defense to send troops to land in Thessaly. In the end, Greece fell to Dionysus. Ah, ah…”

This sigh seemed to be twisted in Artaxerxes’ heart, and made him lean back in his chair: if it wasn’t for the rebellion of the Asian Minor, Persia would have been recaptured by him, and there was even a close proximity to Asia Minor. Support, Greece will not surrender so soon!

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“The Dionysian army tried to repeat the old trick this time, you see – its camp is surrounded by mountains on both sides, and the rear is a bay, we can only attack from the front, and the width of this front is narrow, Obviously not conducive to our advantage of having more soldiers.”

Trebassus gestured on the map and said earnestly: “Look again – the camp they built actually built two layers of wooden walls, and the wooden fence in front is very It is only about one meter low, and the wooden wall behind is 4 meters high. The two walls are 30 meters apart, and there is a trench in the middle. Although our spies cannot detect the depth of the trench, but according to the Dionian army in Burrow. In the case of the Pennesian defense operations, it is difficult to cross easily, and it will be more difficult for our soldiers to reach the wooden wall behind it, and it will take a lot of time. And you see – the wooden wall behind The towers on the walls are densely packed, and the Dionians will inevitably place a large number of archers on them to carry out fierce long-range attacks on our attacking troops.

In addition, Harpergus-sama’s subordinates also mentioned a piece of information that needs our attention.

During this period of time, the Dionysian army sent a large number of soldiers to set traps in front of the camp without stopping… According to what we have learned, we can know that the Dionysian camp is very well-defended, and our army is only To attack the real wooden wall of the camp, you may have to pay a lot of casualties, let alone a long siege. It only takes one or two failed storms, and those affiliated troops may lose their fighting spirit. If the demihumans launch a full-scale counterattack, the situation of our army will be very dangerous!

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three great Persian nobles have been in command of the army for a long time, and they are all proficient in military affairs. Comparing this map, they naturally understand that Trebass’s words are not alarmist. Although they hate this person, they do not bluntly refute, but stare at him. Map, thinking hard, hoping to find a solution to the problem.

After a brief silence, Orontas asked reluctantly: “Are we going to stay here forever and do nothing, just watch Dionia The army and the Greek coalition join forces?

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Trebasus waited for the other party to ask this question, and he replied calmly: “The Dionysian army invaded our country aggressively, and successively captured Canaan, Feifei, and Syria. We originally thought they would continue. Headed east to Mesopotamia, so the king himself led his army to Taposacus, but the Dionysus suddenly stopped advancing, trying to consume us through defense, while waiting for the Greek coalition. At the rendezvous, of course we can’t let the Dionians do what they want, so we must force them to leave the camp and take the initiative to attack us, and the whole war will be better for us.

Halpergus sneered: “Since the Dionysian army was able to suddenly turn from a smooth offensive to a defensive situation, it can be seen that their king was more cautious and wanted him to abandon the camp that he had built and lead a far greater number of troops than us.

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Trebassus replied confidently: “I have learned about King Dionia in detail. This is a very confident and bold Greek. He has led an army that was smaller than the enemy’s many times and launched an attack on his own initiative. This is one of the reasons why Dionia expanded rapidly and became our opponent in just a few decades. It can be seen that he is not a person who dare not take the initiative to attack because of the small number of troops. On the contrary, he loves The risk is only because the king led the army to arrive in time, and the difference in strength between the two sides was too great, so he temporarily took the defensive position to wait for reinforcements, but as long as we pay some price, I believe he will have to give up the defense and take the initiative to seek us for a decisive battle!”

“What price?!” Artaxerxes asked eagerly.

Trebassus looked at the Persian king with a very serious expression, and said in a deep voice: “Your Majesty, the reason why Phanabassus was able to hold back the Greek coalition was mainly because he burned and evacuated the villages and towns along the advance route of the Greek coalition. , so that the Greek coalition cannot collect any grain and materials, making it difficult for them to transport and supply. Now we can also adopt a similar tactic, evacuating all the people in the area near Taposakus, burning villages and materials that cannot be taken away, Let the area between Tabosacus and Syria become a white field-”

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