ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 1279 Landing in Asia Minor
This is because although Mysia is a relatively wealthy region in western Asia Minor, it owns the fertile Alispi Plain and controls the shipping trade of the Hellespont Strait. It has enough financial resources and materials to form a powerful army. Resist the invasion of the Dionian army, but Theopampus, who has been in office for more than a year, has obviously not integrated the entire region. Many towns did not respond to his orders at all, resulting in the Dionian army landing 4 days later. , he only summoned less than 6000 soldiers.

Even though Theopompus knew from the intelligence that the number of soldiers landing in Dionia was greater than his army, as a noble from the central region of Persia, facing the "Greeks" who they regarded as barbarians ( Persia and Dionia have been officially at odds for more than five years, but many Persian nobles still disdain to understand Dionia and even regard it as part of Greece). He led his army westward without hesitation. A few days later Approaching the camp built by the Tenth Legion near the coast.

He was soon surprised to find that the camp built by the Dionia landing army in just a few days did not look easy to capture. He was hesitating whether to camp on the spot first and then make plans. Dai, who had already prepared The entire army of the Onian Tenth Legion suddenly rushed out of the camp.

The two sides started a small battle, and the winner was decided after half an hour.

Since the forward attack of the light infantry brigade of the Tenth Legion disrupted the long-range attack of the Persian archers, no casualties were caused to the soldiers of the Dionysian Legion, and the Persian infantry array without heavy infantry could not stop the soldiers of the Dionysian Legion at all. The Persian cavalry who made a roundabout attack from the two wings were shot at by the two heavy infantry brigades deliberately placed on the two wings by Stefros, causing a lot of casualties, and finally the Persian army was defeated.

After Theopempus fled back to Zelea, the capital of the Misia region, he did not dare to act rashly again. While strengthening the defense of the city, he urgently sent messengers for help.

Since Dionia officially declared war on Persia, Dionia's intelligence personnel began to preach in the Greek city-states of Asia Minor: the great King Davos will execute the oracle of Hades, and he will destroy Persia's war against Greece for a hundred years. Human bullying was returned to Persia, and the compatriots in Asia Minor were to be rescued from Persian rule and regain their right to freedom and independence!
Many Greek city-states in Asia Minor were feeling aggrieved because of the Persians' breach of treaty. Although this rumor made them excited, they were also uneasy because Agesilaus's campaign in western Asia Minor had brought several years of trouble to these Greek city-states. There was turmoil and war, so even though the Dionysian army won this small battle, these city-states still adopted a wait-and-see attitude and did not take the initiative to approach Dionisia, which had already established a foothold in Misia. Runners up team.

Stephrous once sent envoys to visit Ilion and Abydos (these two city-states are located on the east coast of the Hellespont) closest to the camp, but they all shut their doors.

Steforos did not become angry because of this, and sent troops to attack the city or destroy the villages and towns outside the city. On the contrary, he followed the instructions of King Davos and held a grand sacrifice ceremony on the beach near the city of Ilion. The targets were the heroes in the ancient Trojan War, not only Agamemnon and Achilles, but also Hector and Paris. After the sacrifice, there were also sports competitions, which made the whole sacrifice event very impressive. It is huge and attracted many nearby Greek people to watch it, which caused quite a heated discussion.

Davos's goal was achieved. He wanted to spread this sacrificial event through these Greeks in Asia Minor and spread a message to the Greek city-states in western Asia Minor: Dionia is equal to the Greek city-states on both sides of the Aegean Sea. treat.

But why choose to hold the sacrifice near the city of Ilion?Because according to old legend, the city of Ilion was built on the ruins of Troy.

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The messenger from Mysia arrived in Babylon, and Artaxerxes suddenly felt nervous when he learned that "the vanguard of the Greek coalition had landed in Asia Minor."

At the same time, what the messenger mentioned about the local forces in Mysia not responding actively to the call and being suspected of rebellion also attracted his attention. Trebasus suggested to him: appoint the son-in-law of the King of Persia, the former Frigis Governor Pharnabazus was the temporary military commander of western Asia Minor. With his former prestige, he might be able to integrate the military forces in western Asia Minor and repel the invading Greek coalition.

The King of Persia hesitated for several days, and after learning the news that "Theopompus suffered a defeat in the battle", he finally issued an order: to let Phanaba, who had been transferred to Babylon by him with great difficulty more than ten years ago, Zoth traveled to western Asia Minor.

After learning about the crisis facing western Asia Minor, Phanabazos, a veteran general in his 60s, rushed to western Asia Minor day and night. At the same time, he sent a messenger in the name of the military commander of western Asia Minor, requesting the governors of various regions in western Asia Minor to lead the army as soon as possible. The army met at Geldium, the capital of Phrygia.

Pharnabazus, who was familiar with the situation in Asia Minor, also wrote letters to various Greek city-states on the western coast of Asia Minor. In the letter, he argued that the King of Persia felt that some governors of western Asia Minor had not fulfilled the promises they had made to the Greek city-states. Very angry, this time he was sent to Asia Minor. One of his main tasks was to urge these governors to fulfill the promises of the King of Persia.

At the end of the letter, he also swore in the name of Ahura Mazda.

Pharnabazos's reputation in western Asia Minor made his letter effective. Some city-states that were dissatisfied with the new governor's practices were shaken. Some city-states that had deep ties with Persia firmly supported Persia in its fight against those from the West. The strange kingdom of Dionia in the Mediterranean eventually led to the formation of the "Persian-Asia Minor United Fleet" advocated by Pharnabazus. It had approximately more than 400 warships and nearly 6 crew members.

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After the Dionysian Tenth Army successfully landed in Asia Minor and defeated the Mysian Persian army, Leoticides was worried that the failure of this small battle would inspire the Persians to step up reinforcements to Mysia. The landing force only relied on one legion. I was afraid that it would be difficult to support it independently for a long time, and if it suffered a defeat, the Greek coalition forces would lose a favorable landing site, so he decided to send troops to land in Misia one after another.

Therefore, when the harvest in September ended and the Greek city-states began to gather their troops, Leoticides personally led the No. 11 Legion, the No. 20 Legion and the Thessalian Cavalry Legion by boat to Mysia, and met with the [-]th Legion. The regiments converged.

At this time, he had keenly felt that the nearby city-states such as Ilion, Abydos, and Tenedos were further alienated from the Dionian army, such as refusing to allow the ships of the Dionian army to use their ports to load and unload supplies. , prohibiting their merchants from selling supplies to the Dionian army...etc.

The hostility shown by the Greek city-states in Asia Minor made Leoticides heighten his vigilance. In order to reduce the pressure on logistical supplies and to allow the subsequent Greek coalition forces to land more smoothly, he decided to change the strategy formulated by the previous kingdom. After the envoy of the Dionian army once again requested Ilion to open the port and was rejected, Leoticides brazenly led his army to surround Ilion and asked it to surrender to Dionia. However, he was rejected, so he issued an order Order: Siege the city!
According to legend, the walls of Troy hundreds of years ago were so thick that the Greek coalition failed to capture it after 10 years of attack. But at that time, Troy was not only a large city, but also one of the overlords in western Asia Minor, receiving support from many allies. , so it was able to defend for so long; although today's Ilion is considered a medium-sized town, it is far from being comparable to its predecessor - Troy.

Leoticides has three infantry legions and one cavalry legion under his command, with a total of 7000 people. He also has the fourth fleet temporarily under his command, which tightly surrounds the city of Ilion from sea to land.What's more, the siege technology of the Dionysian army is far from what the Greek coalition forces could compare with hundreds of years ago. Therefore, on the fifth day after the siege, the Ilyons couldn't bear it and could only attack the Dionysian army. surrender.

Leotychides accepted their surrender and sent part of his army to the city of Ilion, thus taking control of this important hub on the Hellespont.

The news that "the city of Ilion was captured" quickly spread to the surrounding areas, terrifying the neighboring Greek city-states, and they had to send envoys to express their goodwill to the Dionysian army.

Leoticides took the opportunity to propose that they provide a certain amount of military rations and supplies in exchange for a promise to ensure the security of their city-state, and they agreed.

At the same time, Leoticides also sent troops deep into the inland areas of Mysia, surveying the terrain and understanding the enemy's situation, while harvesting wheat fields and increasing grain reserves.

Theompus, the governor of Mysia, was unable to stop the Dionysian army and had to send messengers to Fanabazus many times for help.

At this time, Pharnabazus, who was staying in Gerdium, was still waiting for the troops from various regions in Asia Minor to converge. He could only issue orders to the already formed Asia Minor combined fleet, hoping that they would take action to attack or harass Dio. The support fleet of the Nigerian army to relieve the pressure on land.

Before landing in Asia Minor, Leoticides sent a messenger to notify the Greek allies, asking them not to lead their troops to join forces in Thessaly, but to take a boat directly to the landing site opened by the Dionysian army in Mysia. land, so starting from the end of September, armies formed by various Greek city-states began to sail to Asia Minor. Therefore, a troop transport fleet crossed the Aegean Sea every few days, not to mention that there were fleets transporting supplies every day. between two continents.

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