Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 1306

[Chapter 255 Persian Strategy (End)]

“It’s absurd!” Mardonius interrupted Trebass loudly, and scolded angrily: “It is shameful enough to retreat before the battle and let the enemy occupy our land! We have to let ourselves be To drive away the people and destroy their property, do you think they don’t hate the army enough and want to provoke them to riot!”

“Your Majesty, now that the Dionysian army has invaded the territory and the situation is tense, Trebassus uses this ridiculous The strategy will only disrupt the kingdom and affect the army’s operations, and I request that he be severely punished!” Halpergus also immediately condemned.

Artaxerxes was also hesitant, but remembered that Trebassus had always been resourceful and was his favorite, so he suppressed the displeasure in his heart and asked coldly, “Trebasus, Why do you do this?”

Trebassus ignored Mardonius and the others and said calmly, “Your Majesty, King Dionia is a greedy person, and over the past few decades he has annexed one city-state after another. , and controlled the entire Western Mediterranean. This time he invaded the kingdom, not just to occupy Asia Minor, Syria, Phoenicia, Canaan, his goal must be our entire kingdom, so he brought close 200,000 troops.

But the consumption of these 200,000 troops is very huge every day, and it is far from enough to rely on the areas he occupied to provide supplies, and the food and materials are transported from thousands of miles away in the Western Mediterranean, and the transportation route It is too long and consumes a lot of time and manpower, not to mention that once the Dionysian army continues to advance eastward from Syria, it will be more difficult to transport supplies. For the Dionysian army, the best way is to receive it on the spot. Grab food and supplies.

Mesopotamia is the richest in the world, and now the people have just completed a bumper harvest of food, which can fully meet the needs of the Dionysian army, but—” Trebassus said with emphasis: “Once we Taking the measures I just mentioned, and taking the posture of clearing the walls and defending Babylon, the Dionysian king must be very anxious, because he will be worried that his army will not be able to escape the Mesopotamian plain. Supplies cannot be obtained on the spot, and Babylon is a famous fortified city with heavy defenses, which cannot be conquered in a short time, so in order to avoid such a bad situation, he will definitely take the initiative to seek a decisive battle with us!”

“Haha, it’s so simple to say, but if the Dionysian army is not fooled, it will still hide in the camp!” Orontas sneered and questioned.

“Lord Orontas, don’t you understand what I mean?” Trebassus also responded with a sneer, “That King Dionia’s expedition to conquer our huge kingdom can only be done quickly. Victory, maintaining such a large force in Syria for a long time without taking any action will only greatly consume Dionysian’s national strength, that Dionysian king will not be so stupid!”

“Maybe he will wait for Greece .

After the coalition forces meet, they will attack eastward.” Halpergus then questioned.

“Then we can have enough time to evacuate all the people west of Babylon

without leaving a grain of food for the Dionysian army, then the larger Dionysian army will have to march more than a thousand miles to Babylon. On the way, Supplies cannot be obtained nearby, and our powerful cavalry can bypass the main force of the Dionysian army and continuously attack their baggage transport teams. In this way, I am afraid that the Dionysian army will collapse before it reaches Babylon… The ambitious King Dioria would never want to see this happen, so I think he will definitely lead his army to chase after him!”

Halpergus sneered: “It will definitely chase?! Terry Bassus, the Dionysians are not your subordinates, they will listen to you like this. What you said is just speculation, and the kingdom has to pay such a high price based on your guesses, it is not worth it at all Not to be outdone, Trebasus said ironically:

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Lord Halpergus actually began to care about the people of Mesopotamia, which is really rare! I remember that the army you led was with this The people in the area have the most disputes, and after the king issued a new military order, he has not changed his mind.”

Halpergus became angry and scolded: “What are you, how dare you—”

“Okay!” Artaxerxes Slapped the seat hard and shouted in awe: “This is not a place for you to abuse each other and show your personal grudges! Trebassus, are you sure that the Dionysian army will leave the camp and take the initiative to fight us?!”

After the argument just now, he saw the three of Mardonios sneering silently on the side, and Trebasus was already in a difficult situation. He took a deep breath and said resolutely: “Just follow what I said just now. If the plan is implemented, the Dionysian army will definitely take the initiative! We will pay a considerable price, but as long as the Dionysian army can be defeated, then you will not only be able to recover Syria, Phoenicia, Canaan, and western Asia Minor , Cyprus, you can also take the opportunity to retake Egypt, regain control of Greece, and threaten the mainland of Dionia again… So all this is worth it!”

Defeat Dionia, retake Egypt, control Greece, and regain the hegemony of the Eastern Mediterranean… … The words of Trebass moved Artaxerxes, the old king longed for a glorious victory to wash away the failures he had encountered in the past, but after all, this decision was very important, and he was a little hesitant, So he turned his attention to the confidant who had been silent all the time: Persitiday, what do you think?

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Persitidayi is self-aware. Although his identity is considered prominent, he is still far behind these important officials of the kingdom, so he did not intend to participate in the quarrel of these important people, but now In the face of the King of Persia’s inquiry, considering that he and Trebassus are both close ministers of the king, Trebassus usually takes care of himself, he considered his words, and said politely: “Your Majesty, our army The advantage lies in the cavalry and the archers. If the Dionysian camp is attacked, the cavalry will be completely useless, and the power of the archers will be greatly weakened.

And if we can lure the Dionian army into battle in Mesopotamia, the vast plains allow the cavalry to gallop at will, and the arrows to shoot at the enemy without any hindrance, we will be more certain to win.

Artaxerxes nodded, and after pondering for a while, he finally made up his mind. He looked around at the crowd, and suddenly raised the volume, making his voice a little hoarse: “I decided to take Trebass’s suggestion and put

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All the people around and west of Cus were evacuated, all the villages were burned, the city of Tabosacus was destroyed, and all the troops were withdrawn to Nisefonia—”

Seeing that the three of Mardonios wanted to speak, he immediately waved his hand to stop him, and at the same time looked at Trebassus sharply, and said sharply: “If the Dionysian army did not catch up as you said, , but continue to hide in the camp, I will not continue to carry out such measures, and you – I will never forgive!”

Artaxerxes only accepted half of Trebasus’s suggestion, It is also a last resort. In the past few years, the failure of attacking Egypt, the rebellion in Asia Minor, and the loss of control over Greece have caused Artaxerxes to lose his prestige and his subjects are dissatisfied, so this time he only dared to make a small attempt. , and did not dare to make most of the inhabitants of the Mesopotamian plains homeless, to avoid allowing themselves to be completely passive.

Although Trebassus was a little disappointed, he also knew the reason why the King of Persia did this, so he could only pretend to accept it calmly.

And Mardonios and the others seemed to have seen the tragic end of their political enemies, and they no longer questioned them.

The high-level Persian army reached an agreement on this.

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After listening to Izam’s introduction to the details of the Persian army, all the incumbent commanders of the Dionian army strongly demanded A decisive battle with the Persian army as soon as possible, and among the retired veterans, except for Philisius and Geogris, who are more cautious and hope to wait for the rendezvous with the Greek coalition before acting, Alexis, Amyntas, etc. People also proposed that “we should lead the army eastward as soon as possible to find fighter opportunities while the morale of our own army is high and the organization of the Persian army is still in chaos.”

The generals were full of fighting spirit and strengthened Davos’ determination.

On the second day, after he issued the order to “prepare for the eastward advance, the soldiers of each legion began to pack their luggage, each baggage battalion began to load materials, and the engineering battalion checked various equipment and prepared some wood…

At the same time, UU read www.sonicmtl. com Davos also informed the Dionian combined fleet commander Midorades: The fleet rushed to the camp as soon as possible, and after the Dionian army left, all the fleet infantry immediately took over the camp to ensure the safety of the rear base. .

Although the Dionysian army was well-trained, it took such a huge army three or four days to go to an unfamiliar battlefield and launch an attack on the Persian army. In time, the entire Dionysian army was ready to go east.

When the main force of the army set out on the fifth day, the scout and cavalry hurried back to report: the Persian army entrenched near Tabosacus was driving the local people to retreat eastward, and at the same time they were burning fields and villages, and even destroying The city of Tabosacus…

This news surprised Davos, but he did not stop the entire army’s operations, convened a military meeting again, and discussed the purpose of the Persian’s move.

In his opinion: no matter whether the Persians are choosing the tactics of fortifying the wall and retreating to defend, or using deceit to lure the Dionysian army to advance rashly, not only will it not change the action plan of the Dionysian army, but it will strengthen the fight against it. determination to fight.

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