ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 276 The Undercurrent When We Meet
Davos was thinking wildly, and instead of sailing northwest with the fleet, the boat went straight forward, passed the second water gate, and headed towards the real port of Tarantum.

Although it was during wartime, the port of Tarantum was still very busy, even busier than usual, because the continuation of the war increased the city of Tarantum's demand for various materials. Therefore, despite the full assistance of the port personnel, Davos The boat still took a long time to dock.

Davos was not in a hurry. He observed the port carefully and compared the differences with the port of Thurii...

After landing on the shore, Davos and his party, especially the fully-equipped guards led by Martius, attracted the attention of many Tarentum people. They stopped what they were doing and watched curiously. Some of them knew the inside story. People guessed that this might be Dionian reinforcements, but no one expressed welcome, let alone the cheers that were common in Thurii Port. They just watched indifferently, and some people even showed sadness in their eyes.Davos noticed that many women had black cloths on their heads, and the shadow of the failure of the war had already enveloped the people of Tarantum.

Out of the reserve of an old powerful nation, a group of people from the Tarantum Senate did not go to the port to greet him, but waited at the city gate.

"They are coming!" With this shout, everyone cheered up and looked forward.

A young man walked towards him. His expression was calm, his steps were steady, and he exuded a sense of stability that was far different from that of ordinary young people. However, as the consul of a city-state alliance, he was indeed too young.

Eumacus touched Diomeras, who was still thinking, and prepared to remind him.

Diomeras understood what he meant and said first: "Stop talking, I understand, who told us to ask for help from others."

After saying that, he strode forward: "Welcome, young governor of Dionia. Like dry fields looking forward to rain, we are waiting for the arrival of reinforcements from our close ally Dionia. Thank the gods, you are finally coming!"

Umarchus frowned, worried that Davos would be unhappy when he heard this.

Unexpectedly, Davers immediately said with an apologetic face: "I am really sorry! I believe you also know that the Dionia Alliance has been established for less than two years, and it is the first time to send nearly 2 reinforcements. This is almost Two-thirds of the citizens of Thurii are in the autumn harvest season, and it is the first time to transport so many soldiers across the sea. The affairs are too complicated and we have no experience, so we only arrived today. I hope there will be no major delays. "

"Not late! Not late! You came just in time!" Umarcas hurriedly said: "I really didn't expect that Dionia sent such a large team, which really helped us a lot! Lord Davos , we Tarentum people are very grateful for your generous rescue!"

At this time, Polydorus had the opportunity to interject and introduce: "Lord Davos, this is our consul Eumacus of Tarantum."

Judging from what he just said, the consul at least has a good impression of Dionia, and Davos salutes seriously.

"This is Diomeras, the consul of Tarentum." Polydorus continued.

And this...Davos glanced at him: narrow eyes, thin nose, thin lips, serious expression, and a mean look. He was obviously biased against Dionia. According to Aristelas' intelligence, There were many such people in the Tarentum Senate, but Davos still saluted and said hello seriously.

Next, we met with the senators of the Tarentum Senate in turn. The Tarentum Senate came from the Spartan Council of Elders, but compared with the Spartan Council of Elders, which only has 30 places, the senators of Tarantum But there are many more, and the senatorial seats in Tarentum's Senate, like the consuls, are elected every year by all citizens.

"This is -" Before Polydorus could finish his words, the old man in front of him raised his eyebrows, pointed at Davos and cursed: "You still have the nerve to come to Tarantum, when you swore To promote our school in Amendolara, we sent apprentices to Amendolara to help you. Who knew you not only made them betray the school, but also let them use money to lure more apprentices to leave Tarantum! What a loss! My son still regards you as a friend, is this how you repay the Pythagoreans for their selfless help to Dionia! Let me tell you, you are not welcome in Tarantum!"

Davos did not expect to meet someone from the Pythagoreans here. He was quite embarrassed and quickly looked back at Polydorus: "Who is this?"

"Histiavis, the father of Archita," answered Polydorus.

Davos was moved. He took a step forward. No matter how unhappy the old man was, he bowed respectfully: "Achita is my friend. I will definitely avenge him, repel the Messapians, and welcome him back." His body, I hope you can express your condolences, uncle!"

"Without the help of Dionia, we, Tarantum, can defeat the Messapians and take back my son's body!" Histiavis had tears in his eyes, but he still said it.

At this moment, a cavalryman galloped over, shouting repeatedly: "The fleet is back! The fleet is back!..."

The elders of the Senate who heard the news immediately left Davos and his party behind without saying a word and ran towards the port.

Polydorus hurriedly explained to him. After hearing this, Davos expressed his understanding and offered to go together to see the situation.

Standing on a high ground outside the port, looking down at the beach: At the most crowded central pier in Tarantum Port, warships are lining up and slowly entering...

Polydorus opened his eyes wide and counted the number of ships. The more he counted, the more panicked he became. In the end, his voice was trembling: "There are only... only 19 warships and 25 passenger ships..."

If Davos hadn't supported him in time, he might have collapsed to the ground.

Davos also frowned. According to Glass Dorus, when the Tarantum fleet left the port, it had 80 warships, a hundred troop transport ships, and carried 4000 soldiers. Now it only has 1/4. When the ship came back, Tarantum's losses were huge. Not only the warships and soldiers, but also the sailors. A full three-row warship required nearly two hundred sailors. You can imagine the manpower of the Tarantum port. How much damage has been caused...

This also gave Davos a warning: Before gaining absolute control of the sea, you must be cautious when using ships to transport soldiers across the sea!

Everyone in the port was in great grief. Even from such a distance, Davos could still hear the deafening cries, which made him a little moved even though he was used to seeing life and death.

Polydorus was still craning his neck and looking forward, hoping that some lagging warships would not enter the port in time. In the end, he finally gave up, held Davos's hands tightly, and said repeatedly: "Davos Lord Si, Tarantum really needs Dionia’s full help!”

Davos nodded and thought to himself: Counting this naval battle, the war between Tarantum and Messape may have resulted in tens of thousands of casualties among Tarantum soldiers, who were indeed injured.

As the Tarentum Senate was busy dealing with the aftermath, the upcoming joint operations meeting could only be postponed.

Davos didn't take it seriously, and he could go back to build a camp with the soldiers.

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The failure of a major naval battle will have repercussions in all aspects.Compensating for the casualties is only the most basic. There are also repairs to the remaining warships, accelerating the reconstruction of the new fleet, appeasing the merchants at the port, making sure that the sea trade route has not been cut off by the enemy... etc., these complicated aftermath matters are not meant to be It could be solved in a day or two, but the urgent war situation forced Tarantum to temporarily put it aside on the next day. A joint operations meeting needed to be held immediately to launch a land counterattack against the Map coalition forces as soon as possible. , reduce the enemy's threat to Tarantum City.

Considering that the governor of Dionysia was left out in the cold due to emergencies yesterday, Umarcas decided to invite him in person.

Umarchus rode his horse and rushed to the northwest corner of the bay. The sight before him surprised him. In front of him stood a huge military camp, with trenches, fences, gates, watchtowers, tents... everything was available. This was amazing. In just one day, the Dionians built a "city" in this relatively sparsely populated area. This efficiency is really too high!

Of course Umarkas didn't know that Dionysia attached great importance to camp construction during combat. Under the initiative of Daves, army engineers had standardized some camp facilities through research and repeated trials, such as camp gates and sentry posts. The materials required for the building are all made in advance in Turii and transported by the boat on the boat from the baggage camp. After arriving at the destination, they are assembled according to the actual situation, which saves time and effort, and can be taken away when the camp is broken.Of course, the prerequisite is strong logistical transportation capabilities and good road conditions.

While Umarchus was in shock, he heard someone calling him. When he looked carefully, he saw that it was Timias, a theater owner in Tarantum. He couldn't help but asked strangely: "Why are you here?"

"Of course it's business." Timias pointed to a few women around him who were dressed in coquettish clothes, and said helplessly: "The war with Messapian failed, and the citizens had no time to watch the theater, and they had no time to accompany the girls. Playing, I have had no profit for two months now. I heard that nearly 2 reinforcements from Dionia have arrived, so I came here to see if there was any opportunity to make money, but the guards here refused to let us in! "

Hearing this, Umarchus felt a little embarrassed. The theater in Timias mainly made money by performing some vulgar and obscene plays to attract the public. It also provided prostitutes and male prostitutes for the rich part-time, because most of them were actors. He was more popular because of his high quality, but he didn't expect that his pimp would actually come to the Dionia camp.So, he advised: "There will be a war soon. Don't disturb the Dionians' rest here."

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