ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 195: Sneak Attack on Crimesa
After listening to Davos's words, Agarcia looked at the fleet of ships going away, thinking of the complaints made by people like Crisano to him during this period, nodded and said: "You are right!"

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Half an hour later, this troop transport fleet had moved away from Turii and was heading south on the channel to Syracuse.

Timasong, who was sitting on the first ship, gave an order, and the soldiers on the ship immediately took action, controlled the captain and sailors, and shouted: "We will not hurt you, we just want you to change course!"

While placating the terrified captain and sailors, they hoisted the red flag on the mainmast, scattered among the various ships, and the officers, who had been secretly notified by Timasson a day before leaving, saw the signal pennant flying on the first ship and immediately began to move. , and quickly took control of these forty ships.

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

"What do you want to do?!" Although the captain was panicked, he still had the courage to shout.

The soldier who was holding him gave him a kick immediately: "Hurry up and follow the leader's instructions!"

Seeing the captain's humiliation, the sailors became restless and finally backed down after two men were stabbed to death by mercenaries.

"We are all free citizens registered with the Dionia Alliance. Aren't you afraid of attracting the wrath of the Alliance?!" The captain looked at the injured sailors struggling on the deck and shouted angrily.

This is indeed a problem!Timasong has been in the alliance for more than two months and has some understanding of the laws of Dionia: even these sailors who are just registered and have not yet become preliminary citizens, if they are treated unfairly in foreign countries, according to the law It stipulates that the Dionia Alliance is obliged to negotiate with the city-states involved, not to mention the protection of official citizens.If they are really killed, the senators of the Dionia Senate who were once comrades-in-arms will probably anger the guy who 'only talks about the law but not personal relationships'. If he wants to use the power of Dionia to keep his life, Krimisa's wish may come true.

He asked people to bandage the wounds of the two injured sailors, and said to the captain as kindly as possible: "I swear in the name of Zeus, I have no intention of invading the alliance. As long as we are sent ashore, you can sail The ship leaves!"

The captain doubtfully asked the helmsman to turn the helm.

Timasong ordered his subordinates in a low voice but hurriedly: "Find a way to inform the companions on the other ships and try not to hurt anyone!"

Why do you say try your best?Because this is a makeshift team, and they are mercenaries. It is only because they do not want to be bound by the alliance, and because of the high prestige of the two leaders, Timazon and Crisano, that they are willing to obey their command, but To be able to control them, Timazong asked himself that he didn't have the ability.

Another half hour later, under the guidance of two guides who had been bribed with large sums of money, the fleet chose to dock at a sparsely populated beach closer to Castellon in order to prevent being discovered by the Crimeans. shore.

While the captain was still worried about whether there would be damage to the bottom of the ship, the soldiers pushed them off the ship.

"You said you would let us go!" the captain shouted to Timasong in panic.

"I said it. But not now. In order to prevent you from rushing back to report the news, you should stay here for a while!" Timasong said coldly.He ordered the soldiers to drag the ship to the beach, then tied up the captain and sailors and threw them in the grass on the shore. Of course, there would be resistance from the sailors during the implementation, and there would naturally be casualties, but how could he have any thoughts at this time? Worrying about this, he, Crisolo and other team officers quickly gathered the mercenaries, and then took out some wood hidden under the tent given by Davos and his former comrades. Everyone worked together to quickly make a long ladder. .

Timasong knew that Davos was thoughtful. He asked for tents and food not only to hide some siege equipment, but also to paralyze Davos. Now that every soldier had carried two days of rations, he asked again The captain lying in the grass said: "The supplies on your ship belong to your Archon Davos. Don't forget to return them to him when you go back."

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

With a team of 700 people operating on the plains during the day, it would be difficult to hide any traces, especially during the sunny season of spring planting.Timasong and the others initially planned to land at night, but that meant that this fleet of more than 40 ships could only roam the sea during the day.If it is too close to the coast, it will easily arouse the vigilance and suspicion of patrol boats in Crotone and Crimea and the merchant ships passing by. If it is too far from the coast, it will be difficult to identify the direction and make accurate landings in the dark, and it will easily happen. Accident.

So, Timasong and the others prepared to make a surprise attack to catch Crimesa off guard. The key was to act quickly!Even if Crimesa got the news, he would not be able to react quickly.

There is a relatively large swamp area between Castellon and Crimesa, caused by the long-term flooding of the Racoeli River and its tributaries.At the beginning of December last year, Timasun came quietly and checked the terrain. It was completely easy to pass on the coast side. In order to facilitate land exchanges and trade between Crimesa and Castellon, a road was also built. There are ferries and pontoons.

However, what Timasong did not expect was that at the end of December, spring came and the snow melted. Coupled with 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 mercenaries' rapid march.

Just as Timasong and the others were trudging through the swamp area with one foot deep and one step shallow, they occasionally saw farmers or slaves driving livestock, chickens and ducks to the edge of the swamp to graze for food on the south side of the swamp. They discovered The mercenaries marching in the distance ran away in panic.Later, scattered cavalry began to appear in Timasong's field of vision, letting them know that the raid was probably in vain.

Timasong immediately summoned Crisano, Torikos and other team officers over to hold an emergency discussion in the swamp area: Should we cancel the plan to attack Crimesa?

Most people, such as Crisano and Tolikos, insisted on moving forward. They all believed that it took such a long time of waiting and careful preparation to get such a good opportunity. If they give up easily, they will return to Dionia. , being ridiculed is only secondary. What is more important is that their intentions are exposed in front of others. Davos will definitely be wary of them, and the Turii people will not give them a good look. By then, they will have to leave Magna Greece. You will never encounter such a good opportunity again!
Timasong saw that everyone had the same idea, so he immediately stated his revised plan after thinking about it: to speed up the march, rush to the city to attack before the Crimea people are ready to defend, and capture Crimea in the shortest time Sa, then defend against the possible reinforcements of Crimea, and obtain the approval of the Dionia Alliance as soon as possible after they own Crimea and ask to join the Dionia Alliance.With the protection of the big force of Dionia, their safety is guaranteed!

The team officers had no objections to his new plan, so everyone took active action.

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

Crisano, Torikos and other team officers were also urging.

The soldiers who had experienced battles also knew that the situation was urgent and could not tolerate the slightest hesitation. While cursing the terrible environment, they pushed forward... Finally, the large army walked out of the swamp.

At this time, the cavalry who had been watching came forward and shouted: "I am Timayatis, the patrol captain of Crimea! Stranger, you have invaded the territory of Crimea, please immediately——" He The sound stopped suddenly, a javelin pierced his chest, and fell off his horse, scaring several cavalry not far away to run away.

"Damn it, who threw the javelin?!" Timasong, who was rushing forward, cursed at this scene.He originally wanted to coax the Crimesa people to buy some time for their attack, but he didn't expect to be destroyed first by these murderous mercenaries who like to do their own thing.

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

Since landing, Timazong has encountered a series of misfortunes, which made Timasong very depressed, but he had to hold it back: Crisano was right, you have to hurry up!
He struggled to spit out a mouthful of phlegm, turned around and asked the guide: "How far is it from Crimesa?"

Seeing his twisted and ferocious expression, the guide was so frightened that he swallowed quietly and said in a trembling voice: "...about...about ten miles away..."

Timasong looked at the sky and said to the herald: "Let the brothers work harder and continue on the road, and wait until we reach Crimesa to rest!"

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There was no one to be seen along the way, and the farmers and slaves who had been working in the fields apparently got the news and fled into the city.

Half an hour later, Timasong faintly saw the city of Crimesa in the distance. He immediately told the troops to stop rushing and advance slowly.

The city of Crimesa is located south of Cape Aliche and on the north bank of the Umbria River. More than 200 years ago, it was originally a settlement of indigenous people. It was later occupied by the Sybaris people and built the city of Crimesa. It was always attached to Sybaris as a sub-state until the defeat of Sybaris a hundred years ago. The weak Cremisa Misa had to seek refuge with its powerful neighbor Crotone.Decades later, due to the establishment of Thurii, Athens and Crotone reached an agreement, and the brothers Crimesa and Castellon gained independence.However, the war between Thurii and Crotone last year broke Crimea's neutrality. It originally wanted to join the powerful Crotone and at least share some of the fruits of victory, but it never thought that Crotone would actually Defeated by the weak Amendolara, Crimesa also paid a heavy price with nearly 2000 casualties.

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