Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - v9 Chapter 249： Conquer Canaan and Tyre

Before the Dionian army fully encircled Jerusalem, the Jewish high priest took the initiative to go to the Dionian camp and humbly expressed to King Davos the willingness of “Jews to submit to the Kingdom of Dionian.”

For this special race in the Mediterranean world that believes in the only god, Daves was more cautious. He quickly accepted the Jewish surrender and made promises and warnings: “As long as the Jews are loyal to the Holy Kingdom of Dionia, then the Jews can They have the right to live in accordance with their own laws and religion, but at the same time Jews cannot affect the rights of other races under the rule of the Dionian Kingdom because of their own customs and habits, otherwise Dionian will definitely interfere!”

The next day King Daves was greeted by the high priest wearing a purple-red robe and thousands of Jerusalemites under his leadership at the gate of Jerusalem. Daves imitated Cyrus of the year and once again made what he did. Promises and warnings are read out in public.

The people cheered. At the same time, the Jewish priests bound the governor of Canaan appointed by Artaxerxes, Nehemiah, who worked hard for the reconstruction of the Canaan area, and his subordinates, and pushed them to Daves for his disposal.

Daves did not severely punish the Persian governor, who was also a Jew, in public. On the contrary, after he brought him back to the camp, he asked Nehemiah cheerfully: If he is willing to serve for the Kingdom of Dionia, wait until he gets acquainted with Diony. After Ya’s government and legal system, he will be sent to govern Canaan.

The Jews were prosperous and not conservative and stubborn. Nehemiah obviously inherited this characteristic. Surrendering to Dionia will not only be able to survive, but also may fulfill his long-cherished wish to rebuild Jerusalem and seek revenge on the Jewish priests who betrayed him, so he Happily knelt down in front of Daves.

With Nehemiah as a guide, the Dionian army quickly conquered the entire Canaan area, and then under his leadership smoothly invaded the Samaria area east of Jerusalem, quickly captured many towns, and captured the The regional governor Sanballa also made Nehemiah let out a sigh of relief.

Canaan and Samaria were successively conquered by Dionia, making Gaza an isolated Persian enclave.

The Persian defenders panicked, and they desperately wanted to leave this dangerous place and return to their hometown.

At the strong request of the soldiers, the defending generals had to let the soldiers bring enough water, quietly leave Gaza City, marching northeast, trying to bypass the area occupied by the Dionian army and pass the east. The business road on the edge of the desert, head to Damascus.

Who knows, the Dionian army has been closely monitoring the movements of Gaza City, and soon discovered the Persian defenders’ attempts.

On the second day, the four cavalry regiments of Dionian and the Numibian light cavalry regiment caught up with the marching Persian garrison. The light cavalry regiment used bows and javelins to harass, and the cavalry regiment launched an assault. After defeating the Gaza defenders, Gaza City also smoothly fell under the control of the Dionian army.

After thoroughly stabilizing the rear, Daves led the army to continue northward and soon entered the Phoenician region.

It can be said that the Phoenicians were the first to be enemies of Dionia in these areas attached to Persia. When the Phoenicians made the decision to send a fleet to support Carthage, they probably never thought of it. One day Dionian’s army will come to the city, and the first city that Dionian’s army will attack is Tyre, the advocate of the year.

After Phoenicians returned to Persia that year, the Persian kings promised that as long as the Phoenicians paid a certain share of gold and silver each year, and their fleet was ready to be dispatched at any time, they would allow the Phoenicians to live in the original way.

For a hundred years, the Persian kings have indeed rarely interfered with the administrative affairs of the Phoenicians. One of the important reasons is that the high mountains of Lebanon separated Phoenicians from the inland Persia. The land transportation is very inconvenient, and this terrain It also had a great impact on Phoenicians. They did not have vast and fertile arable land and could not raise more people. They could only do their utmost to develop at sea, and thus became prosperous and prosperous because of maritime trade. However, due to the certain conflicts in the commercial interests of the Phoenician city-states, although they established a Phoenician city-state alliance very early, they have never been able to form a unified country.

Therefore, the Persian kings are more satisfied with the state of independent government of the Phoenician city-states, and the Phoenician city-states have also made use of the advantages that Persia has always treated them and made a lot of profits in the trade with the inland. Still more loyal.

Tyre is the strongest among the Phoenician city-states, and its city is built on a small island about eight miles from the coast, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. The Macedonian King Alexander, who had successfully attacked Persia in the history of the previous life, suffered a setback here, and it took more than half a year. It is precisely because of this memory that Daves was very cautious when he approached Tyre. He prepared to lead the generals to take a warship to investigate the defenses of Tyre, and then consider whether to attack the city directly or through a long-term siege. Force it to surrender.

But before he set off, Tyre’s messenger arrived first.

Tyre’s messenger is still an acquaintance-the former Carthage Sofitel Tepanrak.

After seeing Davers, he not only did not show the arrogance and hostility to Dionia he once had, but even a little flattery, so the atmosphere of the whole meeting was relatively relaxed.

By the way, Daves asked about Hanno and others’ recent situation, and Tapanlaco’s expression became a little heavy.

It turned out that after Dionia forced Carthage to expel the Hannos, most people chose to settle in the former mother, Bon Thiel, and Thiel also accepted them, but Hanno and others were not only unable to gain power in Carthage. It reappears, and Tyre’s senior officials intend to suppress it, making it difficult for them to gain some power. The people of Tyre once envied the wealth and power of Carthage, but now they often despise these bereaved dogs, although they have no trouble with food and clothing (Ocleton, who went to Dionia, out of guilt, persuaded the Council of Carthage to allow them to bring He left part of his own property), but his life was relatively depressing, especially Hanno. He could not bear this kind of loneliness, and died in depression within a few years.

However, since Dionian declared war on Persia, the high-level Tyle began to attach importance to Tepan Lako and them. Not only did they often ask them about Dionia, they also elected Tepan Lako and others to become members of Parliament. Discuss together how to deal with the attack by the Dionian army.

The reason why Tepan Lako was appointed as the messenger was also because he was familiar with the Dionians and was more easily accepted by the Dionians.

The purpose of Tepan Lako’s mission was to surrender to Dionia on behalf of Thiel.

For the good news, Daves did not appear happy, but was a little cautious, because in his memory when Alexander led the army to Tyre, Tyre also took the initiative to subdue, but when Alexander offered to go to Tyre. When the Melker Temple worshipped Hercules, Thiel immediately refused. It turned out that they just chose to surrender in the face of military pressure. They wanted to wait for the Alexander army to compete with the Persian army before making the final battle. Choice.

So Daves made the same request, and Tapanlaco said that he could not make a decision and needed to ask the Tyre Council before replying.

After he left by boat, Daves immediately reminded the generals: be prepared for battle, and don’t be fooled by the Tyre’s surrender.

Unexpectedly, in the afternoon, Tepan Lako once again came to the Dionian camp, and sincerely expressed to Davers: The Tyre Council is ready to welcome King Davers at any time.

Davers did not refuse, and led a team of elite soldiers to the island on the second day, and the Tyres respectfully greeted him.

In the sacred kingdom of Dionia, Hercules is one of the most popular gods, so Daves worshipped its statues here more solemnly, and the Tyrians were always at peace during the whole sacrifice process. , Which made Davers believe their sincerity.

Based on his observations in Tyre City, Daves analyzed the reasons why the Tyres made the opposite choices in the history of the previous life.

That’s because in the history of the previous life, although Alexander continued to win battles on the ground, his navy was very weak, and even disbanded his already weak fleet, causing the Persian fleet to harass him many times. The conquered rear created a lot of trouble for him. Alexander could only gain the dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean by conquering the Persian towns on the Mediterranean coast one by one. There was no way. Because of this, the Tyres bullied him for not having a navy, and it was difficult to conquer their cities in the sea, so they dared to delay time by surrendering. In fact, because of the lack of a navy, Alexander did encounter great difficulties when attacking Tyre. Even if the surrender of Cyprus later provided him with a fleet, it took him more than 7 months to capture Tyre. Time, time-consuming and laborious.

But the Holy Kingdom of Dionia is different. It has a powerful navy and defeated the Persian fleet twice in Samos and Cyprus. It not only established absolute maritime superiority, but also completely controlled the Near East seas. Not long ago, the troops that landed in Cyprus have conquered the entire island. The first and second fleets have settled in the Cyprus naval port, very close to Tyre. They can blockade and attack Tyre at any time, posing a great threat to Tyre.

In addition, although the Macedonian army in the previous life was very powerful, its number was only 40,000 to 40,000. Compared with the Persian army, it was too far apart. Therefore, the Tyres lacked confidence in Macedonia’s eventual victory over Persia.

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