Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - v9 Chapter 231： Seeing off the king (1)

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But the Samos never expected that under the orders of the fleet commanders such as Sekerian, about 80% of the ravens in the Dionian fleet docked on the nearby beach, and the infantry of the fleet came down from the warship and gathered. Nearly 15,000 people surrounded the city of Samos.

The Samos on the head of the city were all shocked when they looked at the dense, well-equipped Dionian soldiers outside the city.

At this time, Sekerian sent a messenger into the city of Samos and threatened the Samos aggressively at the council: Immediately submit to Dionia. If they dare to let go of the Asia Minor fleet, they will be punished even if they surrender. !

The threat of the messenger frightened the Senators of Samos and reminded them of the rumors that Dionia destroyed Tygea in the Greek War, so they did not dare to counterattack the messenger’s arrogance, but politely said: The council needs time to discuss this important issue before it can make a decision.

After Sekerian learned of the performance of the Summers Council from the messenger, he also discussed with Midolades and Stefakas, and then reached an agreement: he led the first fleet and the 15,000 people. The fleet of infantry continued to encircle the city of Samos; while the Second Fleet and Third Fleet immediately went northward to Milia.

Before night fell, Sekrian even made another decision: to drag all the warships to the beach, and only send the clippers to stare at the port of Samos in turn.

This is a very bold decision. The Asia Minor fleet can take advantage of this favorable opportunity to rush out of the port and quickly escape back to Halicarnassus.

In fact, the generals of the Asia Minor Fleet did ask Samos to leave the port, but the Council of Samos is still arguing over the requirements of the Dionian messenger during the day and has not reached a unified opinion. How dare you let the Asia Minor Fleet Leaving brought disasters to myself, so I found all kinds of reasons to shirk it, and the Asia Minor Fleet generals also had different opinions. There was no strong request to leave at night immediately, so it was for the time being.

By the early morning of the second day, Sekrian led the First Fleet to re-block the port, and the army on the shore, under the leadership of the First Fleet Infantry Commander, Sesifidorus, cut down the trees on the island. Come to build the camp, part of it is used to build siege equipment, and put in a posture ready to attack the city.

Seeing all this, the Samos citizen soldiers in Chengtou felt even more disturbed.

There are also the generals of the Asia Minor Fleet who are uneasy. They are asking once again that they want to leave the port quietly at night, and their attitude is very determined.

Therefore, after the Samos tried to perfuse but failed, their attitude became tough: they refused to open the port water gate and let them leave.

The two sides almost clashed because of this.

Compared with the riots that almost happened in the city, Sekerian outside the city is also not easy, because the rations carried by the crew have already been eaten, and the dinner is the fish that the fleet crew has spent the past two days to fish from the coastal waters and boiled fish soup. Reluctantly to satisfy hunger.

But Secorian was confident of victory. Not only did he trust Midolades and Stefakas, but he had fought side by side with Leotichides. He firmly believed that the current commander of the Greek coalition must Will seize this opportunity to win and come to help in time.

For this reason, he visited various tents throughout the evening, encouraging the crew and fleet infantry to stick to it.

Early in the morning of the 3rd day, the hungry crew of Dionia still sailed out to sea and blocked the port of Samos. If the Asia Minor fleet rushed out of the port to fight to the death with the first fleet of Dionia, the outcome is still unknown. , But the Asia Minor fleet feared that there were more enemy warships than itself, and chose to continue to huddle in the harbor.

And the delay of the Samos is more like handing over fate to the gods, of course, they even more hope that Persian reinforcements will arrive in time.

But at noon, a large fleet came from the north, completely disappointing the expectations of the Samos.

Leotichides not only sent a fleet to transport food, but also let the Second, Third, and Fourth Fleet carry soldiers from the entire Tenth Corps. At a time, thousands of warships gathered near Samos. The sea area not only shocked the Asia Minor fleet in the port of Samos, but also demonstrated its powerful naval power to nearby coastal cities such as Ephesus.

8,000 soldiers of the Tenth Regiment and the remaining infantry of the fleet all landed on Samos. Nearly 30,000 Dionian soldiers lined up outside the city and spread over most of the mountains and plains of Samos. Not to mention the amazing ballista.

The Samos were completely desperate. It had never faced such a powerful enemy since its establishment. Athens, which once attacked it, was completely incomparable. Therefore, the Dionian soldiers made a quick decision before they started to attack the city. –surrender.

The commanders of the Asia Minor fleet at the port learned that the Samos had betrayed Persia, and immediately led the crew to riot in the port, attempting to seize the water gate, so that the fleet’s warships could rush out of the port and make a final desperate fight. It’s good to be captured directly if you hit.

Who knows that after the self-aware Samos surrendered to the Dionian army, they immediately invited the Dionian army into the city and asked them to personally deal with the tens of thousands of Asia Minor fleet crews entrenched in the harbor.

Before long, the riots launched by the Asia Minor Fleet were smashed by the 10th Dionian Army, which arrived quickly. So far, the Dionian army and fleet suffered almost no loss, and they captured the entire Persian Asia Minor fleet. The exciting victory not only means that Dionian has temporarily obtained the maritime dominance in western Asia, but also that Persia and Dionian, which have roughly the same naval strength, have undergone changes, Dionian and its allies. Start to take advantage.

The destruction of the Persian Asia Minor fleet and the surrender of Samos had a great impact on the Greek states in western Asia Minor. They suddenly realized that they had lost the protection of the navy, and most of the Persian garrisons in various regions went to Phrygia. The strength was amazing. The Dionian fleet can land and attack any western coastal city-state wantonly, so Ephesus, Miletus, Caius… even Lesvos and many other Greek city-states in Asia Minor changed their attitude of alienation and sent envoys one after another. Expressed friendly intentions to the Dionian fleet and the landing Dionian army, and some even asked them to release some of the crew of the Asia Minor fleet. After all, most of the crew of the Asia Minor fleet came from these Greek city-states.

Leotichides led the coalition generals, Sekrian and several Dionian fleet officers, as well as the Athenian admiral Caprias, held a military meeting in Ilion. After discussion, it was decided: As long as Asia Minor The Greek city-states regularly provide a certain amount of military supplies to Dionia and the Greek navy and land forces, and open ports to the coalition fleet, then Dionia and its allies will promise not to attack these cities and release crews from these cities …

In the announcement to the Greek city-states of Asia Minor, there was no requirement for them to surrender to Dionia, because Leotichides, Sekrian and others were very clear in their hearts: Only the land army in Asia Minor can be completely defeated. , Can let these wall grass completely fall to Dionia!

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In the early morning of January 364 BC (the 30th year of the Kingdom of Dionia), the people of Turíyne, who had just celebrated the New Year, got up early and cleaned the roads in front of their houses. After eating breakfast, some people flocked to the river port in the city, and some waited by the road near the house. By the time it was light, the road from the foot of King’s Hill to the inner city pier was already crowded with men, women and children.

Just when everyone was looking forward to it, the cheers of “coming! Coming!” came from the front, and the people suddenly became excited. Everyone pushed and pushed me. If it weren’t for the soldiers on the road to maintain order, it would probably cause a lot of trouble. Riots.

after awhile. A team of court cavalry appeared in the middle of the road. They were wearing black breastplates, purple cloaks, and red crown helmets. They rode majestic steeds and marched forward in a neat queue.

After them, King Davos of Dionia appeared in front of the people. He wore a golden crown on his head, and he wore a gorgeous armor engraved with the pattern of Hades wielding a double-stranded fork. A thick woolen burqa, riding a black horse, although his hair is gray and white, his back is still straight, and his eyesight is sharp, making him look energetic.

Parallel to him is his eldest son, Cloto Catacs, now the Archon of the Kingdom. His achievements in Turei in recent years are obvious to all, especially the successful hosting of the Dionian Games last year. , His ability to govern has been fully recognized by the Turyi people, which is why they did not have much worry when they learned that King Davos was going to conquer Persia, the great power of the East.

Behind the two of them was Apox, the second son of King Davos. He was already a well-known scholar in the kingdom. He was also promoted to the deputy dean of the Mathematics College of Dionian Academy last year. He is famous for his wisdom The people of Riyi, but because of the long-term expectation in the college, they appear mysterious in the eyes of ordinary people.

Next to Apox is Antebris, the third son of King Davos. Among the children of Daves, he is the most popular among Turrii people, not only because he is a football star, but also because of his personality. Active, willing to contact with civilians, very grounded.

Next to Antebris is Eunice, the second daughter of King Daves (although Cynthia is only Daves’ adopted daughter, she is still recognized by the Turrii people when she is gentle and virtuous and regarded as Daves’s The eldest daughter), as a woman, she should have traveled in a carriage like a mother and sisters, but she chose to ride a horse. She loves sports and has a personality similar to men. She is also loved by the Turian people, especially As far as Turey merchants are concerned, she, who has taken over the Christoya Chamber of Commerce in recent years, is even more popular with them for her capable and decisive style.