Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 1308

[Chapter 257]

The reason is simple: the Dionysian army had to keep the pontoon bridge over the Euphrates firmly in their hands to keep the transportation road open.

When the army began to build the camp, the soldiers discovered a problem: this area is a continuous plain, covered with some yellow grass everywhere, and there are clusters of bushes and reeds from time to time, but not a single tree can be seen.

Unable to make wooden fences, the soldiers had to dig more dirt to ram the walls.

Of course, there are also places that make the soldiers happy. For example, the terrain here is unusually open, and the camps of the various legions can be completely spread out, instead of having to gather together as in Canaan and Syria due to the narrow terrain, and there is almost no maneuvering. space, not to mention Phoenicia.

Another thing that excites the soldiers is that there are many animals living on the plain north of the city of Tabosacus.

Wild asses, antelopes, bustards, and even ostriches, they forage in groups on this wide plain, and even when they see strangers from a distance, they do not panic and run away, because they are good at running with enough limbs or wings. Let them escape from human pursuit.

However, while the Dionysian army was building the camp, they sent the Numibian light cavalry regiment, which was best at hunting on the plains. Thousands of Numibian light cavalry used tactics to round up wild asses and antelopes, and used them in the chase. The bows and arrows shot bustards and ostriches, providing the soldiers with a lot of fresh meat in just two days.

In addition, the cooks in the transport camp also used fishing nets to catch a lot of giant sturgeon in the Euphrates.

Donkey and mutton are nourishing, bustard meat is fresh and tender, sturgeon is delicious, and only ostrich meat is rough.

Since the Dionysian army left Egypt and fought all the way, the original jerky has been eaten up, especially after entering the inland, the daily food is to drink hot water and eat bread. The soldiers did not expect that it would turn into ruins. Eating such delicacies in the territory of the city of Tabosacus, not only exhausted the fatigue, but also had the energy to work.

Two days later, the Numibian cavalry, who had culled animals near the camp, had to move sharply eastward in search of new prey.

One group of cavalrymen even entered the territory of Nisefonia when chasing the wild ass, and then they were shocked to see the endless thick dust mist rolling towards them, and the whole sky was dimmed.

The Persian Army is here!

… Before they panicked and ran back to the camp to report the news, the detective cavalry had already passed this information back to the king’s tent in the camp.

While Davos ordered the legions to be vigilant, he asked the scout cavalry to pay close attention to the movements of the Persian army and report back at any time.

In the afternoon, Davos received news again: the Persian army stopped advancing 20 miles away from the Dionysian camp, began to camp and rest,

and at the same time sent a team of less than 10 messengers to meet Dio.

King of Nia.

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Treybassus was “escorted” by the Dionian cavalry to Dae In front of the Dionysian camp, he stopped and looked intently: the Dionysian camp in front of him was very simple, with only a long earth ditch and a one-meter-high earth wall, which was completely incomparable with the camp in Syria. , but the defense of the camp can take shape in two days, and the Dionians are really good at building fortifications.

Trebassus secretly rejoiced that his army had arrived in time, and at the same time thought about how his army would attack this simple camp if the Dionysian army still could not defend it.

He thought as he walked, and soon came to the gate of the camp.

Said to be the camp gate, in fact, it was just a gap in the Tuweizi, and there were four well-armed palace guards and clerk Henipolis standing at the gap.

“Welcome to your arrival, the messenger of Persia.” Henepolis said welcome, but there was not a trace of enthusiasm on his face, but rather cold.

Trebassus showed a dazed look, which made Henepolis immediately realize that the other party could not understand Greek, and the court clerk who was proficient in many languages immediately repeated it in Persian.

Only then did Trebassus understand, and he raised his head and responded: “I came to meet your king on the orders of the king—”

“Your Majesty knows your intention, agree with you, come with me.” Henepo Reese interrupted him directly, waved a hand gesture to keep up, turned and walked back.

Trebassus’ face twitched a few times, suppressing the displeasure in his heart, and then he entered the camp. He immediately calmed down and began to observe the surroundings carefully.

As far as he could see, the camp seemed a little disordered: the tents were not only built crookedly, but also arranged in an irregular manner, causing the passages between the tents to be crooked; many soldiers in singleclothes wandered among the tents, some He was even shirtless, lying on his back beside the aisle basking in the sun, even when he saw them coming, he didn’t move, and only reluctantly moved away under Henipolis’ scolding…

Trebassus could clearly see I heard them muttering and complaining: “I’ve been building the camp for the past few days, and I’m exhausted! It’s really annoying to be able to lie down and rest for a while, and it’s really annoying!

” How dare you yell at me, the clerk! It annoyed me and slapped him to the ground with a slap!”

“Either marching, or building camps, it’s endless! We’ve got enough wealth, Why do you have to go east, you can just retreat!”

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Yes, Trebassus understood Greek, but he pretended not to know, and wanted to find out more about Dionia’s camp. False and real, he saw that the Dionia officer who led the way became more and more ugly, but he had to forcibly endure it. In the end, he simply stopped ordering the casual soldiers to give way, which also allowed them to move forward. Speed becomes slow.

Trebassus remained silent, with a deliberately impatient look on his face.

After finally passing through a camp, there was a loud noise from the front: dozens of soldiers gathered together, first cursing, and then actually moving.

It didn’t take long for heavily armed patrols to arrive, waving sticks to disperse them.

“What happened?” Trebassus asked curiously.

Henipolis concealed the embarrassment on his face, and said perfunctorily: “It’s nothing, nothing, uh… A group of soldiers are energetic, they have a wrestling match in private, and the result is too much…”

Trebassus didn’t ask any more. But in fact he heard it clearly just now: the two teams of soldiers fought for the captured prey.

When they finally arrived in front of the great tent of the Dionian army, Trebassus heard the quarrel coming from the tent, and he listened carefully: it seemed to be arguing whether to continue marching eastward?

“Your Majesty, bring the Persian messenger here!” Henipolis shouted, and the tent quickly regained its tranquility. A strong and heavy voice came out: “Bring him in!”

Trebassus walked into the large tent. The tent was greeted by twenty or thirty Dionian generals in armor and helmets with bright tassels. They turned their heads fiercely to look at the tent, and in the center of the tent sat high above the same. The old man in armor but wearing a crown, his expression is solemn and majestic.

Trebassus took two steps forward, bowed slightly, and said in a loud voice, “The masters of Bosnia, Mesopotamia, Armenia, Asia Minor, Egypt, Arabia, India… The King of Kings, son of Ahura Mazda, the great King Artaxerxes has sent me to bring you, the noble King Dionia, a letter from his own hand, and look forward to your reply !”

Terebasius finished, and Henepolis translated it in Greek.

Davos laughed: “What you just said is wrong, your king is too self-deceiving, he should know that he is no longer the master of Egypt, and now Canaan, Phoenicia, Syria, including most of Asia Minor, have It

does not belong to Persia.”

After listening to Henepolis’s translation, Trebassus responded calmly: “The war has just begun, and it is uncertain who will win or who will lose. Maybe in the end, King Artaxerxes will return. Will become the master of Dionia!”

After listening to the translation, Davos’s face changed slightly.

Before he could speak, a general suddenly stood up beside him and scolded angrily: “Damn Persians, you dare to come here to talk nonsense, you are not afraid that I will cut your head off and kick it as a ball!”

Davos He waved his hand: “Sit down, Matonis! It is a tradition that the two armies do not hurt the messenger when they fight. Don’t let the Persians laugh at us, the Dionysians, for being unreasonable.”

Matonis refused to listen, and continued to greet Trebasu. Si glared angrily.

“Sit down!” Davos looked a little ugly, and after shouting a few times, Matonis sat down angrily.

This situation was seen by Trebassus.

After a while, Davos, who had calmed down his emotions, said not to be outdone: “Yeah, the war has just begun, the outcome is uncertain, maybe in the end the whole of Persia will be owned by Dionia! – Artaxerxes Where is the letter to me?”

Trebassus immediately took the letter out of his pocket.

Davos looked around, UU reading www.sonicmtl.com and then smiled disdainfully: “The letter, I won’t read it, why don’t you read it out loud, let us all listen, and face our powerful Elite army, what will the Persian king who often defeats say?” The

generals burst into laughter.

After listening to the translation, Trebassus did not retort. The fierce gaze of the Dionysian general just made him a little palpitated. In order to avoid trouble, he unfolded the letter as if he had not heard it, and read aloud with a serious expression: ” Lord of the Eastern Mediterranean, King of Kings to King Dionia of the Western Mediterranean, Dionia was just a small state of Zonger a few decades ago, but he was aggressive and aggressive, never stopped invading other countries, relying on Looting, annexing and expanding themselves, threatening and enticing to control other states, and putting the surrounding city-state forces at risk.

Persia has always had the heavy responsibility of maintaining the order in the Mediterranean, and it has long since taught Dionysian a lesson and returned peace to the Mediterranean.

I didn’t expect that Dionysus would brazenly invade our Persian border, occupy my territory, and kill my people. The people were terrified, and the gods were furious!

Today, I lead an army of one million vengeance, and set up a battlefield east of the territory of Tabosacus, to fight with you Dionia, to completely resolve the enmity between the two countries-do you dare to come?

!

”

Terry Bassus emphasized his tone and finished the last sentence word by word.

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