Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

"Several years ago, the smoke from the top of Mount Etna..." Laodicean could see God Antonios, and was prepared to talk about the anecdotes of the eruption of Mount Etna that he saw with his own eyes, but he heard Seckley An Gao shouted: "Naxos, come and tell me where is the beach to land?!"

"Okay! Okay!" Laodicean hurried to the bow.

Antonius spurred his spirits. This was his first independent battle and the first cross-sea landing operation. Whether he can defeat Syracuse, the performance of his army is crucial, so he knows his shoulders well. Heavy burden, my heart is both nervous and excited: "Brothers, quickly put on your armor, pick up the shield spear, we will land soon! Don't stay after landing, give me an immediate charge towards Naxos! Capture it , Our loved ones are waiting for news of our victory! It’s time to win honor for the First Army and for yourself!"

Antonios shouted loudly for the soldiers lying on the deck and resting.

"Relax, the regimental commander. The brothers have been bored on the ship for the past two days. They have long wanted to fight in battle. How could a wooden walled town stop our attack!" Melisanda replied loudly.

The unit to which Melissanda belongs is assigned to the flagship, which is certainly not a coincidence, but was specially arranged by Antonios.As a close comrade-in-arms of Philius, under normal circumstances he does not mind giving some care to Felix's adopted son.

"Your boy, be careful, don't fall into the sea when you land." Antonios smiled and tapped a few times on his shoulder.

The soldiers whistled and booed immediately, coaxing their young captain.Melisanda fell into the sea twice during the Battle of Crotone, and has become the talk of the soldiers before and after meals. Of course, this does not affect his men’s respect for this team leader, because Melisanda has always been Fight bravely, lead the way, and share the pains with the soldiers.

At this moment, Melisanda stared at him: "Who dares to shout again, and I won't let him play next time I play rugby!"

Melisanda's threat made the soldiers' boos even louder.

For the playfulness of the soldiers, Antonios shook his head helplessly, and once again turned his attention to the land.

At this time, the sound of the bugle echoed in the fleet, and Sekerian's flagship took the lead to turn left and approached the bay.

In front is a curved bay.White sand beaches, clear blue waters, and dozens of fishing boats on the calm sea are net fishing.

The fleet rushed in with such force, breaking the tranquil scene here.

The fishermen saw the rapidly approaching behemoth—the three-layer paddle warship. They panicked and wanted to drive the boat to avoid. It was too late. The bronze angle of the bow hit the fishing boat in two pieces like a knife and a cheese...

The sailors stopped paddling until they were approaching the beach, and the warship washed up on the beach by inertia.

The soldiers immediately put on the pedal and quickly descended to the beach. Some impatient soldiers jumped to the bow of the ship, threw shield spears and helmets on the beach, and jumped directly from the deck to the beach.

Soon, the empty beach was full of heavily armed Dionysian soldiers.

"The enemy is here! The enemy is here!..." The fishermen drying the fishing nets and handling the fish on the beach fled in fear.

Before boarding the ship at Lijim Port, Antonios had recruited team officers from all levels of the First Corps to open a combat meeting. Therefore, after the soldiers of the various detachments of the First Fleet disembarked, they did not make a unified team at all. Under the guidance of the guides equipped on the warships, march towards Naxos.

Now Naxos is not a city, but a big village.This is to say that after Dionysius became the lord of Syracuse six or seven years ago, he began a military operation to conquer the southeastern corner of Sicily and the central east in order to accumulate power and counterattack the Carthaginians. Among them, Sicily The only plain on the island, the Catania Plain, has become the center of gravity of his strategy, so for the two most resolute city-states in Syracuse, Katana and Naxos, he was in After breaking through the city, the harshest punishment was imposed.The entire city of Naxos was destroyed, the walls were stripped, and all the Naxos people captured were reduced to slaves.

In the south of Naxos, just 25 miles away from Naxos, another small city-state Sicully was rewarded for his early surrender to Syracuse. Dionysius took Naxos’s The land was handed over to Scully for governance.The Scully got a larger and more fertile area of ​​Naxos than their own territory, and naturally rejoices, but the tragic fate of the Naxos also terrified the Scully, they guessed Dioni Huss’s intention to destroy the city’s walls, but did not dare to directly ask the tyrant, so they did not restore the old city of Naxos, but moved south two miles away from the ruins, in Alcantara A town was built on the north bank of the river. In order to avoid the displeasure of Dionysius, they did not build a stone wall, but made a simple fence with a wooden fence, and named this new town-Mei Yarrow (meaning "big").

The beach where the First Army landed was part of the port of Naxos, which has now disappeared.The soldiers went to the coast, and they didn't run a few steps south to see that there was a large area of ​​wild grass and piles of rocks in the area near the beach.

Laodixian stared blankly there, and tears shed: that was his former home-Naxos Town!

"Laodicean, don't stop! Run quickly! We still need you to show the way!" Melisanda urged in a hurry in front.

Laodixian quickly followed.Although he was more than middle-aged, he still insisted on exercise and practiced fighting and killing. He expected to kill his homeland one day, so he thought that he had good physical strength, but after running for a while with the Dionysian soldiers, he began to fail. The speed at which the Dionysians moved forward.

You must know that these soldiers are marching in full force. Such physical strength and speed are really scary. No wonder the Syracuse cannot beat them!The marvelous Laodisian did not know that in the military training of the Dionysian soldiers every five days, there is an item called armed march, which is different from the "armed long-distance running" in the Olympia Games. It’s a race wearing only a helmet, a round shield, and a naked body, and the armed march of Dionysian is really fully armed, so if the Dionysians can participate in the Olympia Games, in the "armed long-distance running" project, Certainly able to compete with the Spartans who always win the championship.

"...Then that's Meyaro..." Raodixian gasped, pointing to the vague outline of the town in the distance.

"Okay, you keep up with it." Melissanda had no time to wait for him anymore, directing the soldiers to rush in that direction.

Although Antonios did not make it clear, the various teams naturally competed according to the Legion’s tradition: to see who reached the enemy town first?!See who attacked the enemy town first?!

Therefore, the first legion is based on units, not like marching in a hurry, but like playing a competitive game, with a wide front, quickly running toward the Antarctic, from first to second, uneven.

Leading is a team of hundreds of people, they can maintain a relatively complete formation in the fast running.

"Damn, which team is that?" Melisanda looked at the leader in front of him obliquely and scolded.

"Captain, it seems to be the first company of the fourth brigade." A soldier answered.

"It's a company of'lunatics.'" Melisanda pouted.

"Crazy man" is the nickname of Leotizides, because he is famous for the high training intensity and high demands of his soldiers. Of course, the company he leads often wins in the military competition.

"Brothers, speed up, we can't fall behind!" Melisanda shouted unwillingly.

Where the First Army passed, Meyaro's people panicked and fled, but the soldiers did not pierce them, but drove them to Meyaro.

Although the town of Meyaro only saw a wooden wall, because of its proximity to the Alcantara River, a moat was dug outside the town, and only the east and north gates were connected to the outside by a suspension bridge.The Scully in the town of Meyaro had just received an urgent report from a merchant ship: a fleet of hundreds of warships came from the north, and the pattern of the sails seemed to belong to the Dionysian Union.

The Siculians were shocked that they had just received the news that the "Dionyans defeated Syracuse in the battle." In a flash, the Dionyan fleet appeared on the east coast of Sicily. They did not think The Dionysian fleet that defeated the Siracusa navy not long ago came with goodwill, but they have not had time to negotiate a response. Someone has fled from the sea and yelled in panic: "The enemy killed Here! The enemy is coming!..."

The Siculians were frightened by the fast attack speed of the Dionysians, and hurriedly summoned some citizens to defend against the enemy.

At this time, more and more people fled to the town, even causing congestion on the suspension bridge and the North Gate.

Serofinos, who claims to be a freelancer, was employed by a Ciculi citizen a few months ago to help his employer cultivate the fields.It was noon, but he should have appeared in the riverside field outside the town, but he appeared in the town at this moment, stopping a citizen who fled into the town: "What happened, this uncle?"

"There are... enemies... there are enemies... coming from the sea, you take up your weapons...go..." the man said in fright.

Shelovinice interrupted him: "Enemies?! What kind of enemies?!"

There was fear in the eyes of the people: "Black! All black! Like a devil out of hell!"

Shelovinice blinked and looked back at a group of Siculi citizens who had no time to wear helmets and breastplates, and hurriedly picked up the shield spear and hurried to the congested north gate.