Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

The battle lasted for four hours, and finally Tarantum lost 15 warships, including four three-tier paddle warships, and four troop carriers; the Mep United Fleet lost 23 warships, including seven three Layered paddle warship.Eventually, the Naval Mapp took the initiative to retreat, and the navy Tarantum, who was busy rescuing the fallen soldiers, had no intention of pursuing it. He just wanted to leave the strange sea as soon as possible and reach Brindisi to complete the reinforcement mission.

At the time of the fierce battle at sea, the Maple Allied Forces had learned that Tarantum was about to reinforce Brindisi from the sea, and launched the largest siege battle regardless of fatigue.Twenty thousand Maple coalition soldiers carried the ladder and pushed the siege car, attacking Brindisi wave after wave...

There are only a few hundred people left in the Tarantum garrison, which has been fighting hard for two days, and it is only supported by the free people in the city to go to the city to support it until today.In the face of the flood of enemies, freemen who lacked combat experience panicked...

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The navy of Tarantum rushed to the port of Brindisi and had just put the soldiers ashore, but they had not gathered them for the whole team.The city of Brindisi was broken, and the defeated soldiers, freemen, and their families ran to the port in panic, trying to find a windsurfing board, and leave the occupied city as soon as possible.The soldiers who came to the reinforcements also felt bad and demanded to re-board and leave.Everyone scrambled to run on the ship, and then the defeated soldiers and their families cried for help. The entire port and dock were full of black crowds, the order was chaotic, and many people fell into the sea during the push...

Faced with this situation, the naval commander had no idea for a moment, and let the warships under his jurisdiction save people.However, the pursuit of the Maple Allied Forces pushed people eager to escape to each other, scrambling to climb up the ship, which caused the two warships to capsize due to overload.

The navy commander felt bad and had to urgently order the fleet to leave the dock.In the process, soldiers and sailors fought, and several warships failed to leave the dock.

At this time, the Maple Allied soldiers had already been killed. They were like hungry wolves and rushed to the Tarantum who shivered with fear. They used their spears and swords to kill them who had surrendered their hands. The blood flowing quickly It dyed the sea of ​​the port...

The soldiers, sailors, and survivors of the navy of Tarantum could not bear to witness this tragic scene, and fled the port in haste.Unexpectedly, their disaster was far from over, and was quickly intercepted by the previously defeated Mep United Navy. Despite the large number of ships in Tarantum, the fleet full of people lost speed and flexibility and became a Mep Allied warship. Target.

During the fierce battle, the Tarantum battleship was knocked over, but the people who fell into the water did not have a boat to rescue. The sailors were terrified by the port’s tragic phenomenon. They only wanted to go home, and the two sides offensive and defensive translocation. Recently Tarantum The remaining 45 warships and part of the troop transporters left the battlefield.

However, the winning Mep United Fleet is still hotly pursued...

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On the fourth day after Polydorus appealed to Dionia, the Mep Allies who recaptured Brindisi, after a short break, moved westward, and by the afternoon, surrounded Manduria and Tarantum again The whole city was in panic, and the messengers sent to Dioria for help one by one...

In the early morning of the fifth day, Dionia's reinforcements finally set off.

It was already early September, and the morning weather started to cool down.

The soldiers of the 1st and 2nd legions and their families said goodbye, and lined up in Victory Square.

After counting the number, Commander Daveus announced his departure.

The whole army first marched to the northwest of the city and came to the foot of the Temple of Hades, kneeling down prayerfully.

Bronze bells ringing in the temple, the priest Plessinas led dozens of male and female priests of the Temple of Hades to sing the Hades carols for the soldiers and bless them.

If in other city-states, it may be necessary to divination and fortunes before the expedition, but Davers canceled this procedure. He believes that war is a major event related to the life and death of the alliance, and victory depends on the strength of the strength, strict training, and Careful planning, rather than relying on the illusory divine grace, he did not want the soldiers to develop this bad habit.

At the end of the prayer, the whole army turned around and headed east again.The families of the soldiers and the people who sent them off were arranged on both sides of the road to see off the troops they sent off.

What made Polydorus sigh: Few families cried and cried out that the soldiers were not willing to go out. They blessed the soldiers' safety and encouraged them to obtain war achievements.Other people are more envious of the good luck of the soldiers, and they are not convinced that they will perform better if they go by themselves.

"The Dionysians love war!" Polydorus had forgotten who had said this to him, and now it really looks different.He involuntarily glanced at the army commander Davers, who was on his side. The 20-year-old man now appeared calm and serious above his age: plus the Dionysian had a warrior commander , They will have the rise today!

However, under the circumstances of the enemy's army, the strength of the Dionysian army actually made Polydorus feel a little relieved, because the Dionysian army can be relied on!

Hundreds of cargo ships are densely docked in the port, including Dionysia, Tarantum, Metapontum, Heraklia, and even Castellon...

Under the guidance of the port management personnel, the troops entered the docks in an orderly manner, and boarded the ship in turn under the command of the team leader and the team leader. Everything was in order.

The passenger ship that Polidorus took was the first to leave the dock, because he had to return to Tarantum to inform the senate and prepare for the reception of Dionysian reinforcements.

He was also accompanied by Antonios, who needed to coordinate with Tarantum the entry, placement, military food and other matters of the Dionysian army. Originally this task should be undertaken by Philius, but Daveus left Dionys After Asia, Turiyi still needs someone to guard against accidents. As the second person in the army, Philius is naturally the most suitable candidate.Philius can’t go there. The two captains, Capps and Dracos, are people who only know how to fight and are not sociable. Davos can only let the first captain of the First Corps, Antonios, be in charge. Alexis, the second captain, is also a suitable candidate, but only Davies feels: Compared with the slightly clearer Alexis, Antonios is more smooth.

This passenger ship also has some special personnel of the Dionysian Army, such as the engineers of the Legion. Because the location of the Dionysian army in Tarantum has been determined in advance, the engineer will first go to the site to investigate the terrain In advance, plan how to build the camp, the size of the camp, the layout of the tents, the width of the trenches, etc., so that the army can immediately start construction of the camp as soon as it arrives in Tarantum.

The soldiers set foot on the rickety deck, put the tens of pounds of helmets, linen breastplates, bucklers, shin guards, as well as the javelins and javelins in their hands, and put them against the side of the ship, and then put them on the shore Friends wave goodbye.

One vessel after another left the port.

In the morning, the Gulf of Taranto has a strong northeast wind. All the boats put down their sails and used the wind to drive eastward. From time to time, waves hit the hull from the side and back, splashing water and wet the soldiers’ clothes. But did not affect their interest at all.

"I heard that the Tarantum people are very rich. This time we helped them defeat those indigenous people. Will they give us enough silver coins to thank us for our rescue?" said a recruit excitedly.

"Fool, do you know how many soldiers we have going to Tarantum this time? It is 14,000! This is not counted as cavalry brigade, engineering battalion, medical battalion... Even if Tarantum gave us dozens of Tarent, Except for the funds that are handed over to the Legion Fund, how much can be divided into everyone's hands!" Another soldier warned him disapprovingly: "You might as well kill a few more indigenous people and accumulate a few points of combat power to come back, so that the alliance Share more acres of your land!"

"Speaking of this war, I think it's luck! The three legions were lucky, they captured Asprostum, and captured Grummentum. Why are there always wars?! Are they mostly Lucanians? We finally went out to rescue the few city-states in the south, but before the result, the Rockleys made peace. You talk about it, this makes you not angry! We went to Tarantum, hoping that those indigenous people would never learn the Lokis, let us go again!" The words of the other soldier resonated with the surrounding soldiers and aroused their concern.

"Relax, the Mesapi people are not as weak as the Lokri people. I heard that they are very fierce, and the Tarantum people have never taken advantage of them. Otherwise, Tarantum has been around for such a long time. Several sub-states have been established, and this time Mesapi joined forces with the Puchti to defeat Tarantum one after another, and morale is rising, maybe he is still holding the attempt to destroy Tarantum, and How could it be possible to negotiate with us," said a soldier who understood the situation in Tarantum.

"That would be great! Beat the Meshapi people to show us how great Dionysia is, we will be heroes and save Tarantum!" A soldier declared loudly, attracting excitement from others.

"I heard that the women of Tarantum are all pretty good. When we become heroes, can we marry one?" Someone said in amusement and was immediately pushed by someone else: "Don't dream, Pesials . Those citizens of Tarantum are proud and never look down on the people of other city-states in Greater Greece. You think they will marry their daughters to us as "farmers" in their eyes!"

"Is that really the case, Citarsis?" Pecials asked curiously.