Chapter 138 The Military Meeting of the 1st Fleet

The distinguished First Fleet commander put his hands on his hips, looked at the squadron commanders under his command, and said in a deep voice: "We received a letter from Prince Clotokatax the day before yesterday, and now Their situation is not very good, the city-states of Greece are preparing to unite quietly against us Dionia!

If the army on land cannot defeat Sparta as soon as possible, it is likely to be surrounded by the Greeks, but now that Sparta has received assistance from Persia and its strength has increased, the young prince did not dare to launch a storm. , so I wrote to us for help.

Now the main force of the Spartans has been attracted to Taigea, and the defense force in its territory has been greatly weakened. It is our 1st fleet that re-landed the coast of Sparta, captured Sparta, and created the greatest glory of our navy. Great time! I asked you to go back and think about it for a day yesterday, how was it? Have you figured out a way? ! "

As soon as he finished speaking, the First Fleet Infantry Commander Sepedorus stood up and said decisively: "My lord, I have a way to successfully land our fleet infantry and avenge the brothers who died last time!"

"Come and listen!" Sekelian looked at his fleet infantry commander with a look of relief, glad that his fighting spirit hadn't weakened because of the last failure.

"I think there are several reasons for the failure of the last landing." Sephiroth said in a low tone with a bit of remorse: "First of all, we have underestimated the enemy. Although the Spartans have suffered consecutive defeats, they have It also has a certain strength. We all saw that day, at least 5,000 infantrymen of Sparta were put into battle, and our fleet infantry was all light armored equipment, how could it be possible to confront it head-on! According to the army just sent Letter, at least more than 6,000 Spartan soldiers left the territory and went to Taigea, most of them were heavy infantry, so that we will face a lot less offensive pressure when we land next time;

Secondly, the Spartans put a lot of wooden stakes on the coast, so that our warships could not get close to the coast, and we could only land by small boats. Each ship can carry a maximum of 20 troops, which cannot transport a large number of soldiers to the coast at one time. And when our fleet infantry could only land on the coast in loose formations, the Spartans had already formed a dense phalanx to attack the soldiers who landed, and they soon defeated us.

As far as I know, the various squadrons are collecting cargo ships these days, and the number is said to be over 200, which greatly improves our ability to project troops to the coast at one time.

In addition, the infantry of our fleet have also come up with a way, they can disembark at a place farther from the coast and the water is still deeper, and then wait in place until the second and third batches of troop-carrying boats arrive, and their comrades After we meet and form a phalanx, we will march to the coast together—"

"But what if the Spartans attacked while our soldiers were still waiting?" a squadron commander asked: "And the soldiers have been standing in the water for a long time,

Will consume a lot of physical strength in vain. "

Sephiroth smiled confidently: "My fleet infantrymen are all good swimmers and are good at fighting in the sea. The Spartans want to go into the sea to fight, and I can't ask for it. As for standing in the sea for a long time, I really will. Lose some stamina, but that's still much better than rushing to attack with a small number of people before they're in formation.

Also, last time we were unfamiliar with the sea conditions of the Laconia Gulf. During the landing operation, the wind and waves suddenly became stronger, and the ballista on the battleship could not be accurately aimed, so we did not give good help to the fleet infantry. I I believe this time will not happen again such a bad situation. "

Sekelian listened attentively. Seeing that Sepedorus suddenly said nothing, he asked in a hurry, "That's all?"

Sephiroth straightened his chest and said aloud, "Of course it's more than that. This time to attack Sparta, I suggest that you change your strategy, and it is best to use the strategy of His Majesty Davos in the battle of the Trionto River. The strategy adopted is to send a small number of soldiers to cross the river first, and then cooperate with the large army to attack together."

"Battle of the Trionto River?" Sekelian thought about it carefully, his eyes lit up, and he immediately asked, "Are there any specific measures?"

"In the past few days, I have carefully surveyed the entire coast of the Spartan territory by boat." Sephiroth pointed to the brief map of the Spartan waters drawn on the wooden table, and said solemnly: "In the middle is Sparta. The focus of human defense is also the focus of our fleet infantry offensive.

The western headland, an extension of the Tigertos Mountains, had no place to land, but the Spartans still did not relax their vigilance, for they had to guard against a sneak attack by our Messenian army.

The eastern headland is an extension of the Parnon Mountains, which is narrower and longer than the western one. There is also no place for the fleet to dock, but there are usually few Spartans patrolling here. Now the Spartans The main force has been transferred to Taigea, and they don't have enough manpower to defend the east...

I saw several places where we can choose soldiers who are good at climbing to swim over from the boat, over the rocks, climb the cliffs, and then let down the ropes for the subsequent soldiers to reach the cape... I think there are high mountains and dense forests, It is enough to hide two or three hundred soldiers in a short period of time without being discovered. When our main force attacks from the front on the second day, they will attack from the side and rear of the Spartans, and they will definitely be able to defeat the Spartans! …”

"I think this method is very good and can be implemented!" After hearing this, Cykrian immediately expressed his support excitedly: "Just follow the suggestion of Sephadurus to formulate a new landing plan. Make suggestions and improve it, and we must succeed in the next landing operation!"

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Xenophon was old and didn't get that much sleep, and he woke up early.

After washing and eating the breakfast specially prepared by the servants, he left Agesilaus' mansion.

It was just dawn, and there were already scattered candlelights in Sparta City. If it was at this time in the past, there would be a lot of black Luos on the streets carrying farm implements and rushing to the fields to work, but at this time, there were pedestrians. Rare, the occasional dog bark is particularly clear in this quiet town.

It's just that Xenophon was walking on this quiet street, but he was interrogated three times by heavily armed Spartans who came out of nowhere. Xenophon responded by going out for morning exercises.

The Spartans built the country with martial arts, were proud of their fitness, and were ashamed of being bloated and fat, so it was almost a tradition that Spartans received training from childhood and continued to exercise according to their own habits when they were old. Although Xenophon was not a Spartan citizen, he had lived in Spartan territory for decades and had the same living habits as the Spartans.

In addition, he was not only a hero of two expeditions to Persia, but also participated in many wars between Sparta and other Greek city-states, and made numerous exploits. He also wrote a book and said that the words were filled with praise for the Spartan political system and tradition, so he was a guest of Sparta and enjoyed a lot of prestige among the Spartan citizens. And this time Sparta was facing a crisis, he took the initiative to stay in Sparta and was willing to fight with the Spartans, which made the people grateful. Therefore, the Spartans on duty not only did not embarrass him, but all of them Kindly reminded him to pay attention to safety during morning exercise, not too far from the city to avoid accidents.

In a strict sense, Sparta City is not a city. Although there are many temples, houses and a large population, it has no city walls. When one piece and one piece of farmland in the west, it also means that Xenophon has left the city.

Xenophon walked south along the road on the east bank of the Eurotas River. After more than three hours, the sky was already bright, and he saw the countless tents in front of him with sore legs, and he knew that his destination had arrived.

When the Spartans learned that "the Dionysian army invaded Messenia by sea", on the advice of Agsilaus, they focused their defense on the coast and established A camp was set up, and the main force of the mobilized army was placed here. At the same time, a large number of Periasis and Helots were also organized to nail stakes and build sentry towers in the coastal waters with the soldiers... It is precisely because of this. With a series of decisive measures, the Spartan army succeeded in thwarting a Dionian landing.

This seaside camp has no walls and no trenches, this is because it only serves as a resting place for the soldiers, ready to fight, and is not intended to be a solid fortress, once the Dionians land. If it succeeds, it is meaningless for the Spartans to station the camp, because everyone knows that there is no wall in Sparta, and the Dionysian army can bypass the camp and attack the city directly, which will be a disaster for Sparta. . Therefore, rather than fortifying the camp, time should be spent on facilities to prevent the landing of the Dionysian fleet.

Xenophon saw twos and threes of Spartans lying outside the tent basking in the sun, and some people gathered together, happily playing a ball game unique to Sparta...

Seeing this situation, Xenophon breathed a sigh of relief temporarily: The reason why the Spartans dared to relax like this, it seems that there has been no enemy situation until now. You must know that yesterday Dionia's warship had a large-scale warship. Approaching the coastal waters, the army in the camp was urgently preparing for the battle, probably seeing that the Spartans were heavily guarded, and the Dionysian warship finally left after a stalemate in the coastal waters for a long time.

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