Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - v9 Chapter 250： Persian guest

At the same time, the Tyrians also discovered that King Davos personally led more than 100,000 troops. There is also a Greek coalition of 60,000 to 70,000 people in Asia Minor. A powerful army of more than 200,000 people has defeated the Persian army many times. Unstoppable. The Persian army may be larger in number, but in terms of combat effectiveness, it does not seem to be an opponent of the mighty, majestic, uniform Dionian army. This is the feeling of General Thiel, who has fought with the Persian army many times.

More importantly, many Tyrians became prisoners of Dionia during the naval battle in Cyprus and are still being held in Cyprus.

Tyre’s surrender greatly delighted Daves. He immediately sent a messenger to let the three armies that had landed in Cyprus and the Dionian First and Second Fleet to discuss as soon as possible a plan to land in the Syrian Gulf and capture Miria Andrews. City’s military plan.

At the same time, Tyre’s surrender also had a huge impact on other Phoenician city-states. They were not as powerful as Tyre, and they did not have a city built in the sea to defend, and they did not dare to fight against Dionia, so Sidon City-states such as Adulas and Aduras also surrendered quickly, and the Dionian army successfully conquered the Phoenician region.

Daves did not immediately lead the army northward. He waited until the Cypriot army successfully landed in the Syrian Gulf before giving the order to go north. But the route of the march is no longer along the coast, because the Lipanus Mountains form a barrier from north to south on the north and east coast. The more you go north, the more difficult it becomes, especially for a group of people like Dionia. A huge army.

Daves did not choose to bypass the Lipanus Mountain and go to the edge of the desert to the east. First, the distance was farther. Second, there was a hot climate, sparsely populated and difficult to supply water. There were no big towns except in At its southern end, Damascus is very close to the Phoenician region.

Perhaps Damascus will become a battleground for military strategists in the Near East in the future development of history, but at this time Daves really did not take it seriously. Although it is still a small town, it has nothing. The Persian garrison, the second did not show hostility to the Dionian army, instead sent envoys to express a neutral intention to Daves.

Therefore, Daves did not spend time to capture Damascus, but let the Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade closely monitor the movement of Damascus. He led his army out of the Phoenician region and headed east into the Lipanus Mountains.

The snow water of the Amanus Mountains in northern Syria converges into a river-the Eurontes River, which flows from north to south, through the Lipanus Mountains, and finally into the northern part of the Phoenician region, thus in the middle of the mountains. A relatively wide and narrow plain-the Amike Plain was formed. This is the marching route of the Dionian army to the north.

Fearing that the Persians would be heavily intercepted in the north, Davist ordered the army in Cyprus to land in Syria first to ensure the smooth march of the main force north.

But in fact, Daves was too worried. Not long ago, part of the garrison in Syria had been transferred to Fanabazos in Asia Minor by the king of Persia, which caused the army to be empty and unable to stop the main force of Dionia. It can’t even provide enough defense for the region.

The Cypriot army easily landed on the Syrian coast and quickly captured the city of Mile Andrews, and then quickly moved eastward to encircle the town of Sochi at the northern end of the Amik Plain.

When the main force of Dionia arrived near Sochi, the town had been conquered.

After Davos led the army through Sochi and entered Syria, he stopped advancing and began camping and recuperating.

The camp under construction starts from the foot of Amanus Mountain in the north, to the foothills of Lipanus Mountain in the south, is close to the Eurontes River in the east, and is backed by the bay in the west, occupying a good defensive terrain.

Daves also sent a large number of scouts to cross the Eurontes River to detect the movement of the Persian army to the east.

At the same time, he sent some troops to attack the coastal pass to the northwest—the Syrian Pass. Once it was occupied, he continued to attack westward, attacking the cities and towns of Issus, Castablum, and Philotas in turn to get through. From the coastal passage of Asia Minor, to receive the Greek coalition forces as soon as possible, and after the two armies join together, they will attack east together. This is Daves’ next plan.

What Davers didn’t know was that the Greek coalition forces, which had attacked quickly before, were now in some trouble.

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After the Greek coalition was frustrated in the attack on Haskarnassus, in order not to waste time and reduce the wastage of troops, Leotichides decided to leave some troops to surround the city, and the main force of the army continued to advance eastward.

However, after passing Karia and entering the Lycia region, the Greek coalition forces could no longer advance along the coast, because Lysia and the adjacent Pisidia region were both mountainous and the roads were difficult to navigate, and the army could only go north. After passing Lysia and Pisidia, then in Cappadocia through the pass of the Taurus Mountains, into the fertile Silesia region, most of the roads to be traversed are the roads built by the Persian royal court to rule the empire The straight road in the western part of Asia Minor. Although this road is easier to follow, it has to enter the inland of Asia Minor.

During this time, the military commander of Persian Asia and Asia, Fana Bazos, reorganized part of the defeated army and received some reinforcements sent by the royal court (Fana Bazos’ report was sent to Artaxerxes. Afterwards, the Persian king believed in the letter that “the battle failed because of the sudden rebellion of the Persian mercenaries”, so he did not remove his post, but sent additional reinforcements, ordering him to do his best to stop the Greek allied forces. In Asia Minor), his strength has been partially restored, but it is ironic that Phanabazos did not dare to face the Greek coalition again this time. Instead, he decided to implement the advice of Jason, who was killed by him: Small groups of troops used terrain to constantly harass the transportation lines of the Greek coalition forces.

The Governors of Asia Minor, who had already tasted the strength of the Greek coalition forces, did not resolutely oppose this time, allowing this strategy to be implemented.

As the Greek coalition forces failed to capture Halicarnassus, an important town with a large port, more of the Greek coalition’s grain-carrying fleets could only land at the port of Miletus. The supply line was stretched, and Fanabazos His defensive tactics posed a huge threat to this long supply line. The Greek coalition forces entering the inner road were unable to collect food and grass on the spot, but had to send heavy troops to protect the supply line, which severely slowed down the eastward advance.

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In September, Davos sent a response force to capture Issus, take Castablum, and even marched west to Maras, separated from the rich Silesia by the Alain Plain.

But the Greek coalition forces had not even passed through Pisidia and reached the Cappadocia region, and the two sides were far apart.

During this period of time, the scouts sent to the east to investigate have returned: they found a huge Persian giant near the city of Taposakus (the city is located on the Euphrates River, more than two hundred miles from the Euphrates River). Barracks, and there are constant Persian troops coming from the east…

The Persian army is finally coming! …… Both Davers and his generals immediately became energetic. Not only did they order their soldiers to reinforce the camp and strengthen their defenses, but at the same time, Daves also sent a messenger to the Plains of Alain and informed them to prepare. The troops receiving the Greek coalition returned immediately.

Before long, many Persian cavalry appeared on the east bank of the Orontes River, trying to cross the river to spy on the Dionian barracks.

The Dionian cavalry drove them away, and several small-scale fights occurred. However, the main forces of both sides stayed in Syria and the other was stationed near Taposakus. Both sides stood still and confronted each other for more than a month.

In the evening of this day, a visitor was ushered in Daves’ tent.

“Izam, you are finally back! I haven’t received your message for so long. I thought you missed your hometown and didn’t want to go back to Dionia again. Hahaha…” Although Daves was joking, he was still in the mood. But very excited, strode forward and gave Izam a powerful hug.

“Your Majesty, to be honest, I went back to Dukeya and saw my brothers speaking familiar words, wearing familiar clothes, eating familiar food…I always feel scared inexplicably–” Mu said with a face of relief: “I’m afraid that my decades of experience in Dionia are just a dream! Now that I see your Majesty, I am completely relieved!”

Then he said with a little guilt: “I found that I can’t live without Dionia’s prosperous life. UU reading www.uukanshu.com is completely unable to adapt to Dukeya’s poverty…”

Daves comforted him and said: “Under conditions, people are willing to enjoy happiness and will not take the initiative to endure pain. But Dukeya’s poverty is mainly caused by the cruel oppression of the Persians, as long as we defeat Persia. , I believe this terrible situation of the Dukya people will gradually improve! Oh, yes, you have come back all the way and haven’t eaten yet?”

“Your Majesty, before I came to see you, I went to see Lord Maliji, and I had eaten some food with him. This time, if Lord Maliji had not found a Persian caravan to provide cover for my actions, I could not have done this. Successfully got Dadukya!”

Daves looked at Marij, who was calm beside Izam, and said with a smile: “I’m afraid you don’t know. Marij used to be the royal merchant of Prince Cyrus. Is there any problem among merchants in western Persia? With the help of the Ministry of Intelligence, he quietly supported several trusted friends in Persia after he defeated Carthage more than ten years ago. A friend of the kingdom also quietly sold Dukeya weapons and food prohibited by Persia…”

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