Chapter 155 The New Action of Dionia's Army

Since it was difficult to break through from the front, the coalition generals decided to find another way after deliberation. They left the main force to continue to attack in the north, to confuse and contain the Dionians, and divided more than 10,000 soldiers to Argos.

This army was drawn mainly from the Thessaly and Athenian armies, and consisted mainly of Illyrian and Thracian hulls, and was led by Iphicrates himself, and was to be prepared from the northeastern frontier of Sparta. Climb over the mountains, then raid Taitia (not Taigea), and after capturing it, as a relay base for the coalition forces, and continue to attack south from here, the situation will undoubtedly be much better.

However, the secret mobilization of the Greek coalition did not escape the eyes of the scout soldiers in the mountains. Plintors, who got the news, immediately guessed the intentions of the Greeks, and he suggested that Clotokatax quickly adjust the military deployment.

When Ifikrates led the light shield soldiers over the mountains and reached Tetia breathlessly, he was surprised to find that the Dionysian army was already lined up here.

Ifikrates resolutely ordered a retreat, but the Dionysian army quickly pursued. Although the Illyrian and Thracian mountain people were good at running in the mountains, many of them were exhausted. He was overtaken by the recharged Dionysian light armoured soldiers. As a result, before the battle was fought, nearly 1,000 Greek coalition troops were captured, and even Ifikrates himself was frustrated.

The generals of the Greek coalition had to discuss again, and finally decided to shift the direction of the attack and concentrate on attacking Messenia, because the terrain in the north was relatively flat and wider than the northern border of Sparta.

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After the conquest of Sparta, the Dionysian 1st Fleet soon received an order from the Ministry of Military Affairs: to stop routine patrols in the Aegean Sea, except for some warships to defend the waters south of the Peloponnesus In addition, its main force must join the 3rd Fleet, cooperate with the already assembled Ninth and Tenth Legions, and launch an attack on the four islands on the west coast of mainland Greece. They are Kerkyra, Lyukas, Kai from north to south. La Lonia, Zakynthos,

Not long after Kerkyra became an ally of Athens, Lucas, Kelaronia, and Zakyntsus all belonged to the Peloponnesian Alliance. Since the Greek city-states share the same hatred of the enemy, although there are fleets carrying supplies to these three islands every day, they have not taken any military action against them, but only dispatched the 3rd fleet to patrol their surroundings from time to time to deter them.

The people of these four islands were frightened every day after learning that the Dionysian army had captured Messenia and declared war on Sparta. What they fear most is still happening.

Kerkyra has suffered many wars in the past two or three years, and like grass on the wall, it has fallen to Sparta and Athens again.

Facing the attack of the more powerful Dionian army, the Kerkyra directly chose to surrender. The Dionysian landing army immediately confiscated the few dozen warships left, and strictly controlled the entry and exit of ships in several ports on the island.

Afterwards, the weak Lucas and Kelaronia also chose to surrender one after another, and only the people of Zakyntsus resisted. However, the two legions of Dionia and nearly 10,000 fleet infantrymen came to attack a small island, completely killing chickens with a knife, and in less than four days, they completely conquered Zakyntsus.

The surrender of the four islands of Kerkyra, Lyukas, Kelaronia and Zakyntsus meant that the west coast of mainland Greece could be completely blocked by the Dionysian fleet.

During this period, the Elisians on the opposite side of Zakyntsus were very nervous, and they hurriedly transferred the troops that attacked Messenia back and deployed them on the coast to defend against the possible landing of the Dionysian army, which was considered a relief. Defensive pressure in Messenia.

Also during this time, Leoticides led his army, boarded the fleet provided by the Phoenician allies headed by Carthage, and under the escort of the Second Fleet, along the coast of Africa, sailed eastward. Yes, we encountered two storms on the way. Fortunately, the Phoenicians traveled through this channel all the time and were very familiar with the sea conditions. They went ashore in time to escape, so that the entire fleet and the fleet did not suffer major losses.

Seven or eight days later, the huge fleet entered the waters near Egypt. In order to prevent accidents, Leoticides led the army to land quickly on the beach near the western part of the Nile Delta.

In fact, there is no need for him to be so nervous. The Persian King Artaxerxes has just arrived in Phoenicia with the undead army. At this time, although thousands of Persian warships have gathered in Tyre, they come from various regions ( Including the Phrygian fleet led by Timothy), lacking a unified command, the appointment of its wartime admiral will be decided after Artaxerxes personally receives the admirals.

Therefore, during this period of time, some Persian admirals were busy running relations and listening to news in Tyre, and they did not have much energy to manage the fleet. Hundreds of thousands of sailors from various regions were idly crowded in various ports of Tyre. Conflicts and contradictions are avoided. Tyre and the generals of the fleets are already very troubled just to maintain order, and there is no need to take the initiative to carry out combat missions.

Only Timothy insisted on leading the Phrygian fleet to patrol the waters near Egypt once every 4 days, not only to detect the enemy’s situation, but also to get familiar with the sea conditions. Even though this task was relatively easy, the Phrygian crew still had a lot of grievances.

On this very day, the Phrygian Fleet did not go on patrol. In fact, even if it did, it would be impossible for the Phrygian Fleet with only a few dozen warships to face the Dionysian 2nd Fleet, which was tasked with guarding the fleet. confront it.

Hundreds of thousands of Persian troops gathered in Phoenicia, and the momentum was so great. Egypt was only separated by a small kingdom of Canaan, and the sea route was closer. Therefore, the news that "the Persian army is about to invade" has spread throughout Egypt. The arrival of 40,000 Dionysian troops undoubtedly gave the panicked Egyptian people a shot in the arm.

The Dionian reinforcements were first greeted warmly by the people of Naukrates, a city with a Greek colonial tradition, whose Persian officials did their best to accommodate any demands made by Leoticides.

And after Pharaoh Tanis got the news, he was overjoyed and went to meet him by boat in person, which was an unprecedented honor for the Dionysian reinforcements.

For this reason, Leoticides agreed to the pharaoh's request to have all the soldiers fully armed and arranged in neat columns to walk along the banks of the Nile to Memphis, which is equivalent to an armed parade.

After the Egyptian people heard the news, they all welcomed the news. The mighty image of the Dionysian army greatly enhanced their confidence in fighting the Persians.

After completing the transport mission, the 2nd Fleet and the Phoenician fleet began to return westward, but when they reached the waters of Cyrenaica, the 2nd Fleet did not continue westward, but turned north, passing through Crete. , into the Gulf of Lagonia to join the First Fleet.

At the end of July, when the Greek coalition had been unable to break through the lines established by the Dionian army on the northern border of Mesenia and Sparta, all the ports of the Holy Kingdom of Dionia on the east and south coasts of the Italian peninsula The town suddenly became lively. Hundreds of thousands of cargo ships gathered in various ports, and the people of the town all gathered to the port with the old and the young. While welcoming the army composed of their relatives to board the cargo ships, they prayed to Hadi. Spooh blessed them to return home with honor.

On this day, from Riminium in the far north, to West Pentum in the east-central, to Brindisi and Oldrum in the southeast, and then to Lochry, Cilitin, Crotone in the south , Turii, Tarantom... Ships full of soldiers sailed out of these port towns one after another, gradually forming long sea dragons, they crossed the Adriatic Sea, passed through Kerkyra, Lucca Sri Lanka, Kefalonia, Zakyntsus, etc.

These islands are now fully controlled by Dionia, and the fleet can stop at any island to rest and replenish water. Moreover, several fleets of Dionia also made full use of these islands to carry out a relatively strict blockade on the west coast of mainland Greece, so that the Greek people, especially the Ailes, did not know that there were thousands of ships full of Olia soldiers. Vessels were passing by continuously in the waters near them.

These troop carriers gathered in the Gulf of Messenia and the Gulf of Lagonia respectively, entered the port one after another, and landed on the shore.

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Due to the approach of the Greek coalition, the Spartans were again restricted. Their adult men were restricted to temporarily live in the port of Hilles, while women and children were forced to return to life in warrior training camps. The land was allocated, and heavily armed Black Rouses took care of it.

Agesilaus was very annoyed by this, and once protested to Clotokataxus, but the prince gave a very good reason: the Greek coalition declared war on Dionia, and one of the important reasons was to save Spar Da, for the safety of the Dionian army, and to prevent some Spartans from doing something wrong, and putting the entire Spartan people into a terrible predicament, such measures had to be taken.

Now that people are swordsmen and I am fish, Agesilaus, despite his anger, is powerless and has to retreat.

Once turned over and became the master, the Heroths took care of the former master very seriously and strictly, which made the Spartans feel very aggrieved, and a fire burned in their hearts.

However, today, they were surprised to see that the Lagonia Gulf was filled with densely packed ships, heavily armed Dionysian soldiers kept getting off the boats, and the entire coast of Sparta was crowded with people. How many are there? soldier? !

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