Chapter 50 Attack on Crimesa

After listening to Davos's words, Agarcia looked at the distant fleet, remembered the complaints of Crianno and the others to him during this time, nodded and said, "You are right!"

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Half an hour later, the troop convoy had left Turii and was heading south on the channel to Syracuse.

Tima Song, who was sitting on the first ship, gave an order, and the soldiers on the ship immediately moved to control the captain and sailors, and said loudly: "We will not hurt you, we just want you to change your course!"

While reassuring the terrified captain and sailors, they raised red flags from the main mast and scattered across the ships. The officers, who had been secretly notified by Timasson only a day before their departure, saw the signal flag flying on the lead ship and immediately began to act. , and soon took control of the forty ships.

"Go to the beach between Crimesa and Castellon!" Timasson ordered the captain.

"What do you want to do?!" Although the captain panicked, he still shouted boldly.

The soldier who held him immediately gave him a kick: "Hurry up and do as the leader ordered!"

Seeing the captain's humiliation, the sailors began to agitate, and finally backed off after being stabbed by the mercenaries.

"We are all freemen registered by the Dionysian Alliance, aren't you afraid of attracting the wrath of the alliance?!" The captain shouted angrily as he looked at the injured sailor struggling on the deck.

This is indeed a problem! Timasson had been in the Union for more than two months, and had some knowledge of Dionia's laws: even sailors like these who were only registered but not yet reserve citizens, if they were unfairly treated in foreign countries, according to the law It stipulates that the Dionysian Alliance is obliged to negotiate with the city-states involved, not to mention the protection of official citizens. If they really kill them, the elders of the Dionia Senate who were once comrades-in-arms are fine, I am afraid they will anger the guy who 'only talks about the law but not the personal relationship', and he wants to use the power of Dionia to protect Crimissa's wish was probably about to fail.

He asked people to help the two wounded sailors bandage the wounds, and said to the captain as kindly as possible: "I swear in the name of Zeus that I, Tima Song, have no intention of infringing on the alliance, as long as you send us ashore, you can drive Ship away!"

The captain asked the helmsman to turn the helm suspiciously.

Tima Song commanded his opponent in a low voice and hastily: "Find a way to inform the rest of the ship's companions to try not to hurt anyone!"

Why do you say as much as possible? Because this is a makeshift team, and it is a mercenary. It is only because they are unwilling to be bound by the alliance and because of the high prestige of the two leaders, Timasson and Crianno, that they are willing to obey their commands. To say that he can control them, Tima Song asked himself that he did not have the ability.

Another half an hour later, under the leadership of two guides who had been bought with a lot of money, in order to prevent the Cremisas from discovering, the fleet was obstructed and chose to stay on the sparsely populated beach on the side closer to Castellon. shore.

While the captain was still worried about damage to the bottom of the boat, the soldiers pushed them off the boat.

"You said you wanted to let us go!" the captain shouted to Tima Song in panic.

"I said it. But not now, in order to prevent you from rushing back to report the letter, stay here for a while for me!" Tima Song said coldly. He ordered the soldiers to drag the boat to the beach, then tied the captain and sailors, and threw them in the grass on the shore. Of course, there would be sailors resisting during the implementation process, and there would naturally be casualties, but he didn't have any thoughts at this time. Worrying about these, he, Krianlo and other team officers quickly gathered the mercenaries, and then took out some wood hidden under the tent presented by Davos and his former comrades. Everyone worked together to quickly make a growth ladder. .

Timasone knew that Davos was very careful. He asked for tents and food not only to hide some siege equipment, but also to paralyze Davos. At this moment, after each soldier had carried two days of rations, he asked him again. The captain lying in the grass said: "The supplies on your ship belong to your Archon Davos, don't forget to return it to him when you go back.

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Then, ignoring the loud pleas of the crew, he led the mercenaries to the south.

A procession of 1,700 men was operating on the plains during the day, and it was difficult to hide any trace, especially during the sunny season of spring sowing. Tima Song and the others initially envisaged landing at night, but that meant that this fleet of more than 40 ships could only roam the sea during the day. Too close to the coast will easily arouse the vigilance and suspicion of the patrol ships in Crotone and Crimea and the merchant ships passing by; too far from the coast, it is difficult to distinguish the direction and make accurate landings in the dark, and it is easy to happen. Accident.

So, Tima Song and the others were preparing to make a surprise attack and caught Crimea by surprise. The key is to act fast! Even if Krimisa got the news, he couldn't react quickly.

There is a relatively large swamp area between Castellón and Crimisa, which is caused by the annual flooding of the Lacoeli and its tributaries. At the beginning of December last year, Timasone came quietly and checked the terrain. It was completely easy to pass on the side of the coast, and in order to facilitate the land exchange and trade between Crimesa and Castellon, he also built a building. There are ferry and pontoon bridges.

However, what Ling Tima Song did not expect was that by the end of December, the spring came and the snow melted. In addition to the continuous heavy rains in January this year, the river water surged far more than in previous years. Of course, the swamp area also expanded significantly compared with previous years. This brought greater difficulties to the rapid march of the mercenaries.

Just as Tima Song and the others were trudging through the swamp area with a deep and shallow step, at first, in the south of the swamp, farmers or slaves could occasionally be seen driving livestock, chickens and ducks to the edge of the swamp area to graze for food. They found that. The mercenaries marching in the distance all ran away in panic. Later, scattered cavalry began to appear in Tima Song's field of vision, letting them know that the raid was probably in vain.

Timasone immediately summoned Crianno, Torikos and other team officers to conduct urgent discussions in the swamp area: Do you want to cancel the plan to attack Crimesa?

Crianno, Torikos and most other people insisted on moving forward. They all believed that it took so long to wait and carefully prepare to get such a good opportunity. If they gave up easily, they would return to Dionia. , being ridiculed is only second, and more importantly, when their attempts are exposed in front of others, Davos will definitely be vigilant against them, and the Turians will not give them a good face, and they will have to be forced to leave Great Greece, I will never have an opportunity like this again!

Seeing that everyone had the same idea, Tima Song immediately stated his revised plan after thinking: to speed up the march, to rush to the city before the Crimea defends, and to capture the Crimea in the shortest possible time. Sa, defend the possible arrival of Crimesa reinforcements, and obtain the approval of the Dionysian Alliance for their request to join the Dionysian Alliance after they have Crimea. With the protection of the great power of Dionia, their safety is guaranteed!

The officers had no objection to his new plan, so everyone took action.

"Brothers, speed up! Speed ​​up!! As long as you get out of here, Crimea is like a delicious olive waiting for us to pick!!" Timasson loudly encouraged the frustrated mercenaries.

Crianno, Torikos and other team officers are also urging.

The battle-hardened soldiers also knew that the situation was urgent and could not tolerate any hesitation. While cursing the bad environment, they worked hard to move forward... Finally, the large army came out of the swamp.

At this time, the cavalry who had been watching stepped forward and shouted loudly: "I am Timayatis, the patrol captain of Crimea! Strangers, you have invaded the territory of Crimea, please immediately—" He The voice stopped suddenly, a javelin pierced his chest, fell to the ground, and frightened several cavalry not far away from their horses and ran away.

"Damn, who shot the javelin?!!" Tima Song, who was rushing forward, yelled at this scene. He had wanted to coax the Crimea to buy some time for their attack, but he didn't expect to be preemptively sabotaged by these murderous mercenaries who like to do their own thing.

"Since it has already happened, don't blame them anymore, so as not to affect the morale of the brothers!" Krianno reminded in a low voice.

Since landing on the shore, he has encountered a series of difficulties, which made Timasson very depressed, but he had to forcibly hold back: Crianno is right, we must hurry up!

He struggled to spit out a mouthful of phlegm, turned around and asked the guide, "How far is Crimissa?"

Seeing his contorted expression, the guide swallowed his saliva quietly, and said in a trembling voice, "...about...about ten miles away..."

Tima Song looked at the sky and said to the messenger: "Let the brothers work harder, continue to hurry, and rest when we arrive at Crimisa!"

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No one was seen along the way. The farmers and slaves who had been working in the fields apparently got the news and fled into the city.

After half an hour, Tima Song faintly saw the city of Crimea in the distance, and he immediately told the troops to stop the haste and move forward slowly.

The city of Crimea is located south of the headland of Aliche, on the north bank of the Umbria River. More than 200 years ago, it was originally a settlement of indigenous people. Later, it was occupied by the Sybaris and built the city of Crimea. Crimea had to turn to its strong neighbor, Crotone. Decades later, thanks to the establishment of Turii, Athens and Crotone reached an agreement, and the brothers of Crimea and Castellon gained their independence. However, last year's war between Turii and Crotone broke the neutrality of Crimea. It originally wanted to join the powerful Crotone and at least share a little of the victory, but never thought that Crotone would actually Defeated by the weak Amendolara, Crimisa also paid a heavy price of nearly 2,000 casualties.