Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Poldorus whispered: "...In the antiquity, the king of Arcadia was arrogant and arrogant towards the god Zeus. One day he came up with an evil idea and wanted to tease Zeus , So he killed a servant, made his meat into a soup, and invited Zeus to a feast. Zeus saw his tricks, destroyed the palace with lightning, turned Lycaon into a wolf, and destroyed his kingdom ..."

"I know this legend. King Arcadia blasphemed the Lord God. It is normal for him and his kingdom to be punished by Zeus. But what does this have to do with the Mesapi?" Felicius interjected curiously.

Poldorus looked at Daphes and saw that he also showed an interesting look, so he laughed: "Yes, everyone in Greece knows the story of Lycaon, but his story is not over... Weng had three sons. When the kingdom was destroyed, they took their own people and slaves, crossed the Adriatic Sea by boat, and fled to settle in southern Italy."

Polidorus glanced at the crowd, and Shen Sheng said: "The names of these three sons are called Dawn, Pucciti, and Mesapi respectively."

"Oh." Felius was a little surprised.

"After several hundred years, all the tribes led by these three sons have grown and developed. They named their tribes after the names of the first three leaders, to distinguish them from each other... That is to say, we Tarantum has been fighting them for a long time, so we will know."

After Polydorus finished, Capps asked worriedly: "There is another Dawn?! These three races were originally from the same ethnic group. When we are fighting with the Maple Coalition, will the Dawn join suddenly? ?!"

Polidorus explained: "Although they were once of the same race, the development of hundreds of years, whether Mesapi, Puchti, or Dawn, has dozens of tribes and more than one hundred thousand people. The big races each have their own fixed territory. Not only do they have different political systems, they also have conflicts of interest with each other, and even become dead enemies.

The Dawns are north of the Puchti people. They are said to have large river plains and fertile land. There are four or five large towns.The Puchti people are sandwiched between the Downey and the Mesapi people. It has neither fertile land nor the port cities and trade channels as good as the Mesapi people. It is the most difficult to develop, so it has always been with the Done. People compete for land on both sides of the Ovanto River, so the two races are life and death enemies, and it is impossible to unite together.And in the south, the Puchti and Mesapi people sometimes have conflicts. It is only because of our Tarantum that the fighting between them is not so intense..."

Daphes listened to his narrative while looking down at a brief sketch of Tarantum and his surrounding forces that Poldorus had sketched at his request.At this moment, he suddenly asked: "What is the difference between the three races of Dawn, Pucciti, and Mesapi?"

Poldorus didn't expect Daphes to ask this, frowned, and thought for a while, before saying: "Well... Now the polities of Mesapi city-states are somewhat similar to our Greek city-states, but in more than a dozen Years ago, they were still a unified kingdom. King Atas once warmly treated the Athenians who were going to attack Syracuse, and sent a large number of soldiers to join..." said, Polydorus Face sneer: "Mesapi's territory is surrounded by our Greek city-states, and there are often trades. Therefore, the Mesapi people have long been influenced by the Greeks' democratic ideas. The nobles and tribes and towns have always shouted to be restricted. The king’s power, but Atas was a fool, and had close ties with the Athenians. Where did he know the insidiousness of those Athenians, and as a result, the Mesapi nobles launched a few years after the destruction of the Athenian army in Syracuse The riots, the reign of Atas was overthrown, and he himself was killed... Then, the towns of Mesapí were successively independent, and now they are basically ruled by nobility, and they elect an executive officer every year to rule together with the noble council City-states, these city-states of the Mesapi people and Udie formed the city-state alliance of Mesappi. They rarely fought each other and were more united—"

When Polidorus said this, his tone was rather low, making Davers realize that this new Mesapi city-state alliance seemed to make the Tarantum more headache.

"While Pucciti and Dawney are still ruled by the king..." Polidorus quickly turned to the other two races: "The difference is that Puchetti's king is more powerful, and the Dawn's king... …It is said to be subject to the constraints of the city lords..."

Daveus listened thoughtfully and then asked: "Since Mesapi and Pucciti have always been in conflict, how can they form an alliance?"

Polidorus smiled bitterly: "You can ask me now... However, according to the analysis of our Senate, the reason why the Mesapi people are willing to form an alliance with Puchti is probably given by our Tarantum attack. Scared!"

There was a trace of pride in the look on Polydorus's face. Daveus nodded. He looked at the map again, but he was thinking: Before, Tarantum's attack on Mesapi, I heard that Tarantu Mum’s casualties were greater, but they occupied Brindisi and Manduria. Once the newly occupied territory was stabilized, Mesapi’s connection with the north could be cut off, while the navy of Tarantum The strength is one of the best in Greater Greece, so Tarantum can encircle the Mesapi and slowly nibble at it.The Tarantum died in battle, and there are free people to add, but the Mesapi people died one by one, and they will only become weaker and weaker. This is probably the original plan of the veterans of Tarantum.

"As for the Puchti people, maybe they would prefer the Mesapi people with the same bloodline to be adjacent to their territory, rather than the foreigners! Besides, after the alliance with the Mesapi people, the Puchti people can do their best to deal with the road. Nepalese..."

This is just Polydorus's guess. Daveus thinks: there must be other reasons, otherwise Pucciti's situation is not good, and he is willing to take the risk to offend a big Greek power!

"The Pucciti sent a large army to fight, aren't you afraid that the Duni will take the opportunity to attack?" Capps asked.

"I heard that Pucciti attacked Danny last year and was defeated and lost the land they occupied on the south bank of the Ovanto River. Pucciti finally signed an armistice agreement with Danny."

"A truce agreement will ensure that the Downey will not take advantage of it?"

Poldorus shrugged and said angrily: "Who knows what these indigenous people are thinking in their stupid minds, anyway, the Puchti people are already on our land!"

Draco yawned and was not interested in what Polidorus said, only to see Daveus listen carefully and embarrassed to interrupt.

At this time, he saw that Polydorus had stopped speaking, and could not wait to ask: "What are the characteristics of the Mesapi and Puchti troops?"

Speaking of this issue, Polidorus clearly had emotions again: "The Mesapi people used to be like the Puchti people. They had a lot of cavalry, but their infantry was not good, they had no good armor, and their formations were loose and lacking. Discipline, I don’t know the arrangement of the square, so I never dared to fight us head-on, only knowing sneak attacks and intrusions, like timid robbers! But the Athenians—” Poldorus’ voice volume doubled: “We are The sub-state of Bada, of course, stood on the side of the motherland during the Peloponnesian War, but the Athenians actually helped the interracial people, provided armor and weapons for the Mesapi, and sent them to train heavy infantry. , Encourage the Mesapi to fight against us! The Mesapi have mastered our Greek tactics, and have the support of Athens, and the damage to our Tarantum is better than ever! If there is no Aceta—" said At this point, Polydorus looked dim.

Dracos did not take into account the changes in Polidorus' mood, and continued to ask: "What are the combat characteristics of the Mesapi cavalry?"

Polidorus glanced helplessly at everyone else, and was very interested in seeing everyone. He had to say again: "The Mesapi people are good at riding. It is said that they can control the horse's direction of the horse without relying on the reins and relying on their legs alone, and They are good at throwing spears at once, which poses a certain threat to our heavy infantry."

Davos and Felix looked at each other.

Poldorus looked at it and was busy: "Although the Mesapi cavalry is stronger than our cavalry, the cavalry is only an aid in the battle. After all, it is the heavy infantry that really works on the battlefield. Even if the Mesapi people were once With the help of the Athenians, their heavy infantry is still not comparable to the real Greek heavy infantry!"

Drax asked again: "How many people are there in the Maple Alliance? How many citizens can you send to Tarantum to fight?"

Poldorus looked at him, spread his hands, and said: "I am just an emissary. The number of citizens sent to the war is determined by the Senate. I can't be the master. As for the number of people in the Mep Allied Forces... we even have Archita It’s unclear whether it’s life or death, not to mention the specific number of the Mepp coalition. However, I personally estimate that it should not exceed 30,000, and the citizens we can now fight in Tarantum are counted in Brindisi and Man. There are at least 16,000 young and strong citizens in Duria, and 14,000 of your Dionysians are added. Together with 3,000 from Metapontum and Heraklia, the total number of our coalition forces is far With more than 30,000 people, it shouldn’t be difficult to defeat the Maple Alliance!"

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After sending off Polydorus, Davos returned to the mansion and continued to discuss.

"Sir Daffers, if the messenger said that Tarantum can send tens of thousands of people to meet us, then we can go to help Manduria first." Dracos pointed to the map, confident. He said: "We are twice as powerful as the Mesapi and Pucciti Allied Forces. Not only can we defeat them, we can even consider eating a part of them. In this way, when we go north to reinforce Brindisi, it will be a lot easier. "