Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - v9 Chapter 229： Landing in Asia Minor

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This is because although Missia is a relatively affluent area in western Asia Minor, it has the fertile Arisby Plain and the shipping trade of the Hellespong Strait. It has enough financial resources and materials to form a powerful army. Resist the invasion of the Dionian army, but Theopumps, which has been more than a year, obviously has not integrated the entire area. Many towns did not respond to his orders at all, resulting in the landing of the Dionian army 4 days later. , He only summoned less than 6000 soldiers.

Even though Theopempus learned from the information obtained that the number of Dionian landing soldiers was more than his army, as an aristocrat from central Persia, he faced the “Greeks” they regarded as barbarians ( Persia and Dionian have been officially guilty for more than 5 years, but many Persian nobles still disdain to learn about Dionian, and even regard it as part of Greece), he did not hesitate to lead the army westward, a few days later Approaching the camp built by the Tenth Army near the coast.

He was quickly surprised to find that the camp built by the Dionian Landing Army in just a few days did not look very easy to attack. He was hesitating whether to camp on the spot and make plans. Dai, who was already prepared. The whole army of Onia’s Tenth Army suddenly rushed out of the camp.

The two sides started a small battle on this, and the battle was decided after half an hour.

As the 10th Army Light Infantry Group’s forward attack disrupted the Persian archer’s long-range attack, it did not cause any casualties to the Dionian Army soldiers, and the Persian infantry array without heavy infantry could not stop the Dionian Army soldiers. After the attack, the Persian cavalry who attacked from the two flanks were attacked by the javelins of two heavy infantry brigades placed on the two flanks by Stie Frost. The casualties were not small, and the Persian army collapsed.

After Fleeing to Zerea, the capital of the Missia region, Theopumps did not dare to act rashly. While strengthening the defense of the city, he sent a messenger for help.

Since Dionian officially declared war on Persia, Dionian intelligence personnel have begun to preach in the Greek city-states of Asia Minor: The great King Davos will execute the oracle of Hattis, and Persia will fight Greece for a hundred years. Human bullying is returned to Persia to rescue the compatriots of Asia Minor from Persian rule and regain their freedom and independence!

Many Greek city-states in Asia Minor are feeling injustice because of the Persians’ breach of contract. Although this rumor makes them excited, they are also uneasy, because Agsilius’s campaign in western Asia Minor brought these Greek city-states for several years. Turbulence and war, so even if the Dionian army won in this small battle, these city-states are still taking a wait-and-see attitude and do not take the initiative to approach Dioni, who has established a foothold in Misia. Asian army.

Stefros once sent envoys to visit Ilion and Abydos, which are the closest to the camp (both city-states are located on the east bank of the Hellespong Strait), but they are closed.

Stiflos did not become angry because of this, and sent troops to attack the city or destroy the villages outside the city. On the contrary, he followed the instructions of King Davos and held a grand sacrifice ceremony on the beach near Ilion City. The target of the heroes of the ancient Trojan War, not only Agamemnon and Achilles, but also Hector and Paris, after the sacrifice, there were also sports competitions, which made the whole sacrifice activity vigorous. It is huge, attracting a lot of nearby Greek people to come to watch, causing a lot of heated discussion.

Daves’ goal was achieved. It was through these Asia Minor Greeks that he would spread this sacrificial activity and spread a message to the Greek city-states in western Asia Minor: Dionia is equal to the Greek city-states on both sides of the Aegean Sea. treat.

But why did you choose to hold a sacrifice near the city of Ilion? According to legend, the city of Ilion was built on the ruins of Troy.

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Missia’s messenger rushed to Babylon, and Artaxerxes was immediately nervous when he learned that the vanguard of the Greek coalition had landed in Asia Minor.

At the same time, the fact that the local forces in Missia mentioned by the messenger did not actively respond to the enlistment and were suspected of rebellion also attracted his attention. Trebasus suggested to him: appoint the son-in-law of the king of Persia, the former Frigie Asian Governor Fana Bazos is the temporary military commander of Western Asia Minor. With his former prestige, he may be able to integrate the military forces of Western Asia Minor and repel the invading Greek coalition forces.

The king of Persia hesitated for several days. After learning the news that “Theopempus had failed in the battle”, he finally issued a decree: let him be transferred to Phanaba in Babylon ten years ago. Zos traveled to western Asia Asia.

After learning about the crisis facing Western Asia Minor, Fana Bazos, a veteran in his 60s, rushed to Western Asia Minor day and night. At the same time, he sent a messenger in the name of the military commander of Western Asia Minor to request the governors of the Western Asia Minor regions to lead them as soon as possible. The army met at Gerdium, the capital of Phrygia.

Familiar with the situation in Asia Minor, Phanabatus also wrote letters to the Greek city-states on the western coast of Asia Minor. In the letter, he argued that the king of Persia felt that some of the governors of western Asia Minor did not fulfill the promise he made to the Greek city-states Very angry, this time he was sent to Asia Minor, one of the main tasks is to urge these governors to fulfill the promise of the Persian king.

At the end of the letter, he also swears by the name of Ahura Mazda.

The fame of Phanabazos in Western Asia Minor made his letter work. Some city-states that were dissatisfied with the new governor’s approach were shaken, and some city-states that had a strong connection with Persia firmly supported Persian confrontation from the West. Dionia, a strange kingdom in the Mediterranean, eventually led to the formation of the “Persian and Asia Minor United Fleet” advocated by Fana Bazos. It has about 400 warships and nearly 60,000 crew members.

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After the 10th Army of Dionia successfully landed in Asia Minor and defeated the Persian troops of Missia, Leotichides worried that the failure of this small battle would prompt the Persians to step up their reinforcements to Missia. The landing troops depended on only one army. I am afraid that it will be difficult to support independently for a long time, and once it suffers failure, the Greek coalition forces will lose a favorable landing site, so he decided to send troops to land in Missia one after another.

Therefore, when the harvest in September ended and the Greek city-states began to gather troops, Leotichides personally led the 11th Army, the 20th Army and Thessaly Cavalry Army to Missia by boat, and the 10th The corps converged.

At this time, he had keenly sensed that the nearby city-states such as Ilion, Abedos, and Tenidos were further alienated from the Dionian army, such as refusing the ships of the Dionian army to use their ports to load and unload supplies. , Ban their merchants from selling supplies to the Dionian army… etc.

The hostility displayed by the Greek city-states in Asia Minor made Leotichides heightened his vigilance. In order to reduce the pressure on logistical supplies and to allow the subsequent Greek coalition forces to land more smoothly, he decided to change the strategy established by the kingdom before. After the messengers of the Dionian army once again asked Ilion to open the port and were refused, Leonid Leotichides flagrantly led his army to surround Ilion and asked him to submit to Dionian, but he was refused, so he issued an order. Command: Siege!

According to legend, the city of Troy was thick hundreds of years ago, and the Greek coalition forces failed to capture it for 10 years. However, at that time Troy was not only a big city, but also one of the overlords of western Asia Minor, with the support of many allies. , So it was able to defend for so long; although Ilion today is considered a medium-sized town, it is far from being compared with its predecessor, Troy.

And Leotichides has three infantry regiments and one cavalry regiment, totaling 26,000 people, and the fourth fleet temporarily under his command. From sea to land, the city of Ilion is tightly surrounded. . What’s more, the siege technology of the Dionian army is far from comparable to that of the Greek coalition forces hundreds of years ago. Therefore, on the fifth day after the siege, the Ilionians could not bear it. Can surrender to the Dionian army.

Leotichides accepted their surrender and sent some troops into the city of Ilion, thus taking control of this important hub in the Strait of Helles.

The news of “Irion was captured” quickly spread to the surrounding areas, frightening the neighboring Greek city-states, and they had to send envoys to express goodwill to the Dionian army.

Leotichides took the opportunity to propose: Let them provide a certain amount of military rations and supplies in exchange for a promise to ensure the safety of their city-state, and obtained consent.

At the same time, Leotichides also sent troops to go deep into the inland areas of Missia, surveying the terrain and understanding the enemy’s situation while grabbing wheat fields and increasing food reserves.

The Governor of Misia Theopempus was unable to stop the Dionian army, and had to send messengers many times to ask Fanabazos for help.

At this time, Phanabazos, who was staying in Geldium, was still waiting for the confluence of the armies of various regions of Asia Minor, and could only issue orders to the already formed Asia Minor joint fleet, hoping that they could take action to attack or harass Dior. The support fleet of the Nigerian army to relieve the pressure on the land.

Before landing in Asia Minor, Leotichides specially sent a messenger to notify the allied states of Greece, asking them not to lead their troops to meet up in Thessaly, but to go directly to the landing opened by the Dionian army in Missia. Therefore, since the end of September, the troops formed by the city-states of the mainland of Greece have successively sailed to Asia Minor. Therefore, there is a troop transport fleet that crosses the Aegean Sea every few days, not to mention that there are ships transporting supplies to and from each day. Between two continents.