Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Chapter 95 Landing in Messenia

Half an hour later, the Dionian soldiers saw the city on the coast and said it was an important town. In fact, it was just a small stone town, stuck in the narrow land between the mountains and the coast. On the top of the city stood a row of warriors in red cloaks. The thorns in their hands reflected the sunlight. From a distance, it was not clear whether their faces were fearful or excited. They always stood motionless. Such a kind of The gesture seemed to be a stimulus to Dionia's Legionnaires, sending their fighting spirit soaring.

"Quiet down for me! You will be landing on Mesenia Beach soon, you have a chance to fight the Spartans!" Max yelled at the excited soldiers on the troop carrier: "But now you all give me Stay quiet, save your physical strength, and when the boat docks, give me the first to rush up!"

"You can rest assured, squad leader! We will never fall behind the other squads, and we will be the first to break through the enemy's line of defense!" a soldier said loudly, and immediately received positive responses from other soldiers.

"I hope so." Max seemed to answer indifferently, but he was excited because morale was available.

He held the side of the ship with one hand and looked down at the blue water. He couldn't help recalling how embarrassed he was when he landed at the Trina Naval Base for the first time on a warship, but then he followed the army to land in Sicily and defeated the 100,000 people in Carthage. The army, which then landed in Africa and conquered Carthage, had already overcome seasickness.

After the end of the Western Mediterranean War, Max and some Roman noble soldiers were arranged to live in the Turii region. He was fortunately incorporated into the First Army, and later went north to conquer Gaul. Entered the ranks of Dionian officers.

Fortunately, he adapted to the life of Dionia and was unwilling to associate with those former Roman nobles who still harbored grudges against the kingdom. As a result, many Roman nobles were killed in the treason incident in Turii a few years ago. Until the arrest, he was not implicated, not even a single questioning and scrutiny, in which his superiors played a big role.

Adoris is his immediate boss, the captain of the third brigade of the First Army. Max went around and returned to his command. It was really fate, and Adoris really took care of him...

Max was still thinking about these past events, and the cheers of the soldiers on the ship brought him back to his senses: "The cape is over, the fleet has turned around, we are almost there!!..."

The southern coastline of the Peloponnese is in the shape of an "M", which forms two bays, the Gulf of Laconia to the east and the Gulf of Mesenia to the west. After the corner, the battleships of the First Squadron of the First Fleet sailing at the forefront were divided into two parts. A small number of battleships turned to the north, approaching the beach in front, while most of the battleships turned to the south, in the east of the bay. The plane began to line up the ship array to prevent possible harassment of enemy ships and ensure the safety of the landing ships.

Countless troop transport ships are heading north,

It gradually expanded and spread out on the sea surface of the entire bay. With the addition of the baggage ships that followed the troop carrier, the entire bay was almost filled with ships.

The boat Max was riding was in the front row. He looked ahead, and as the boat advanced, the scene in his eyes became clearer: the outlines of lush mountains on both sides, the flat and wide plains and white sandy beaches in the center, and a white sandy beach in the middle from the south. To the north, it is divided into two parts... There are no seaside towns built in such an excellent bay. There are only sparse villages, simple wharves, and rare ships, but there are seagulls in the sky, flying up and down and chirping, quite a few. Divide the fun...

Accustomed to seeing the prosperity and noise of Turiyi Grand Harbour, Max's eyes not only lit up when he saw this bay that was hardly developed.

But this mood quickly passed, because some Spartan soldiers had already appeared on the beach.

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The Spartans went through three wars before and after their conquest of Messenia. Especially in the first two wars, the Messenian soldiers relied on fortresses and towns to stubbornly resist the attacks of the Spartans, which made the war continue. For a long time, it caused a lot of trouble for the Spartans, so after the complete conquest of Messenia, the Spartans demolished all the towns on this plain, causing this piece to be compared to the Peloponnese. The rest of the region is considered to be the largest plain with only villages and no towns.

But in the middle of the plain there was a larger barracks, where the Spartans trained their warriors, and where they could form an army at any time to suppress the Helots rebellion.

In the war with Thebes, due to Athens' participation in the war, the strength of the Athenian navy posed a threat to the seas controlled by Sparta. In order to ensure the safety of the Messenia area, Sparta also sent additional troops to Messenia. Some fighters, but after the signing of the Kalias contract, Sparta withdrew the extra citizens immediately, and today there are less than 500 Spartans remaining in the entire Mesenia region.

However, the Spartans were convinced that even with just such a small presence, Messenia would remain stable due to decades of brutal rule and year after year of bloody killings (i.e. Spartans would allow young warriors to Hunting and killing any Helots you see at a fixed time at will, on the one hand, can let young people see blood and exercise their courage; on the other hand, it can prevent the overpopulation of Helots), and the Helots have long been like cattle and sheep. Tame, and even when foreign enemies invade, they can organize Herosh to act as auxiliary soldiers, expand the size of the army, and defend against it.

This is the current situation. The Spartan patrol ship hurriedly withdrew to Messenia and reported to the barracks: There was a huge fleet of Dionia in the coastal waters.

Dorios, the commander of the barracks, had experienced brutal Aggo military training since he was a child, and became one of the best warriors in it, so he was elected to the King's Guard as an adult and fought dozens of times in his 20-year military career. , has made many military exploits, and has rich military experience. The year before last, he was appointed as the military commander of Mesenia, responsible for the defense of the region.

After hearing the news, Dorios immediately aroused vigilance, not only quickly gathered the soldiers in the barracks, but also sent people to notify the sheriffs in various villages (these sheriffs are old and frail former Spartans who retired from the army) Soldiers, they are appointed to manage various villages in Mesenia. There are three main tasks: to supervise the work of Herosh, to prevent him from being lazy, to collect most of the harvest after the autumn harvest, and to supervise the daily life of Heroth and find out that there are abnormalities Immediately notify the barracks to hunt and kill), and let them organize the young and strong Helots.

The messenger sent by the Spartan military camp took a small boat to meet the Dionysian warship that entered the bay, and was about to ask why it suddenly invaded Sparta's territory without prior notice.

However, the messenger was unable to board Dionia's warship at all, and the boat was overturned, and the hostility of the Dionysians had been revealed.

Dorios, who got the news, immediately led the Spartans to the sea, and ordered the sheriffs of the villages to arrive as soon as possible with the Black Rose team.

Rushing to the beach in a hurry, Dorios fixed his eyes and couldn't help but be dumbfounded: The sight is full of Dionia's ships, boundless...

The overwhelming momentum made Dorios's scalp tingle even though he had been through many battles.

The Messenia area ruled by Sparta for decades was not without invasions. During the Peloponnesian War, the Athenian fleet harassed it many times, but the number of soldiers who landed was not large, and most of the time it was Before the Spartan reinforcements arrived, they hurriedly fled by boat, and even if they attacked the camp once, they were defeated by Spartans with fewer soldiers than themselves...

At that time, the Athenian army seldom fought head-on with Spartans on land. It was the first time Dorios encountered Dorios in such a large-scale landing operation today. The number of people gradually increased to 3,000, even if most of the Heros only held a spear, not to mention armor, not even a shield, which made Dorios a lot more comfortable.

But he frowned again, because he saw the ships on the sea spread so far, and the situation was that they were preparing to land in full: the coast that could be landed was more than 20 miles away, and he only had such a small number of troops in his hand, how could it be possible Completely defend! What's more, the number of Heros in this team is several times that of the Spartan warriors. Once it is freed from the control of the Spartan warriors and goes to defense alone, it is difficult to guarantee its loyalty. And if the Spartan warriors are scattered among the various Heros teams, it will greatly weaken the combat effectiveness of the entire army, especially in the face of the rumored Diorian army that is not weak in combat effectiveness...

Dorios did not dare to take the risk, so he decided not to disperse his army, but concentrate on defending this stretch of beach west of the mouth of the Pamisus.

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"The number of soldiers in Sparta seems to be quite large!" Ticias, who had followed Leoticides from the flagship of the First Fleet to another warship, said loudly. The warship he was on was not far from the coast. To two miles, so see is still relatively clear.

"Many of them are Heros, they will not fight for the Spartans with all their strength!" Ionicus put his hand on his forehead, looked forward, and reminded loudly.

The staff officer Muklu, who was on the side, pointed to the coast ahead, and also reminded the army commander: "Sir, the Spartans are gathered together, and there is no scattered defense."

Leoticides looked at the coast attentively. The battle that was about to start suppressed his slightly fluctuating emotions. He said in a slow voice: "Inform the warships to attack! Let the soldiers prepare for the landing. !"

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