ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 484 The Arrival of Crythorpes
When Arobmas realized that something was wrong with the situation in the city, these rumors had spread throughout the city, and there was a meaning behind them: the former consul Henepolis was a good person, and Arobmas wanted to The common people of Laos have become slave-extracting tyrants again!

Arobmas was furious, and he sternly demanded that his men immediately arrest the people who spread the rumors and calm down the matter as soon as possible.

But at this moment, news came that "Salu, the administrator of Vig City, led his army to march towards Laos". At the same time, Bagule, the administrator of Grumentum, led an army in the Lucania region. The newly recruited 3000 reserve soldiers also arrived at Niutum.

Arobmas suddenly became nervous.

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On the third day after the Great Battle of Taranto, the ship of the Spartan envoy Chrysops sailed into the Gulf of Taranto.

Before setting off, Chrysosops carefully understood the situation of the Magna Graecia war situation. He knew that the Syracuse Navy had blocked the entire Taranto Bay, which prevented the sails of the Dionian Alliance from entering the sea, so he was also prepared for the encounter. The Syracuse patrol boat was preparing, but he did not expect that what he encountered was the Dionia patrol boat. The patrol boat's sail was painted with a pattern of "flaunting black hair entwined with double forks", which impressed him deeply. .

At this time, the Dionysian patrol ship was no longer a cargo ship or a fifty-propulsion speedboat, but a true top-notch warship in the Greek city-state - a three-layer propeller.

The patrol boat stopped Chrysopus's boat, and after asking about his purpose and whereabouts, he ignored Chrysopus' protest, and went on board to search again to confirm whether there were more armed men or arms.

At this time, Chrysops asked loudly: "When I passed here a few days ago, I saw many Syracuse warships cruising in the bay. Where have they gone?"

Chrysops's question was a bit rude. The captain on the side sweated nervously. The captain of the Dionia patrol ship who got on board looked at Chrysops coldly. If he was not worried about his Spartan envoy He sneered a few times and said, "Where have you gone? Where else can you go! Either you fell into the sea and were fed to the fish, or you were imprisoned in Turii!"

When Chrysops heard this, he, who was always steady, opened his eyes in surprise: "You defeated the navy of Syracuse?!"

"You look like you still don't believe it." The captain stood on the side of the ship, spat a mouthful of phlegm into the sea, and said proudly: "Two days ago, our King Davos led us to defeat the enemy with less and more. Syracuse's navy, their defeated troops fled back to Xiliting, but it won't be long before we completely eliminate them! By then, this sea will belong to us Dionians!"

Chrysops was shocked. He did not expect that on his way out of Sparta by boat, a naval battle that could change the entire Magna Graecia war situation would actually occur!At the same time, he also noticed another thing that surprised him: "Did you just say that Davos became the king?!"

The captain immediately grimaced: "Be careful, Spartans! The names you mentioned are the kings of the Dionian Alliance, the sons of Hades, the victorious Magna Greek generals, and the people of Dionia. Protector, please show enough respect and awe, otherwise we will impound your ship, and you will not enjoy the treatment of an envoy, but enter Thurii as a criminal!"

Hearing the threat from the Dionians, Phoebias would have been furious, but Chrysops was steady enough. He stopped talking, but his heart seemed to be stirred up by a storm...

On the way to Thurii, Chrysops and the crew and sailors served by the Pythians still found it difficult to accept the news that "the Dionian fleet defeated the Syracuse navy" ( There is only one occupation for Spartan citizens - warriors. Therefore, the profession of sailors in the Gulf of Laconia is also held by Pythians who are not Spartan citizens. The Spartans will not allow helots to be used. (acting as sailors, because this means unpredictable danger), but when they were approaching Thurii, they were surprised to see countless triremes densely covering the sea, seeming to be rehearsing formations, shouting, and trumpeting. The sound enveloped the entire sea...

Chrysops and everyone on the passenger ship were shocked by the spectacular sight before them, and similar questions arose in everyone's mind: Are these triremes belonging to Dionia?Didn't they just end the battle with the Syracuse Navy? Why are there so many warships?Could it be that they also received aid from the Persians? …

That's just the way it is.The Dionian fleet originally had about 150 triremes, and later captured more than 150 warships in Syracuse, plus 35 more triremes in Tarantum. The Nian Navy now has more than 330 triremes.

Sekelian has been very worried these two days.He not only had to arrange for shipwrights to repair the warships damaged in the battle, but at the same time, because so many warships were added, Thurii did not have so many sailors to man them. If there were only ships but no people, no matter how many ships there were, they would be of no use. , he racked his brains and finally thought of a way to recruit sailors.

At this time, the crisis in Heraclea has been resolved, Metapontum has been recovered, and Castellon has once again strengthened his confidence in following Dionia. After receiving permission from Davos, Sekolian sent people to Sailors were recruited from these three allies, and more than 60 warships were quickly put into use.

However, these newly recruited sailors have no experience in driving triremes after all, so Sekerian has been busy training the expanded fleet in the past two days. Due to the secret weapon of the Dionia fleet in the naval battle-the Crow Suspension Bridge Having been exposed, there was no need for him to hide anymore, but to let the entire fleet show up in the bay.

So Chrysops and the others were curious when they saw a long "plank" erected on the front mast of many warships in the Dionysian fleet.

It seems that Dionia really defeated the Syracuse Navy!Chrysops looked solemnly at the Dionian warships chopping up the waves on the sea, thinking about the impact of this important news on his mission to Thurii.

After repeated consideration, he found that this victory increased the possibility of a truce between Dionia and Syracuse, which cheered him up.

The Spartan passenger ship entered the mouth of the Craty River and was ordered to disembark at the port.This is because since the construction of the Turiyi Military Port on the banks of the Krati River, for the sake of confidentiality, the docks in Turiyi City have been closed and no ships are allowed to pass through the military port and directly reach the Turiyi City.

If Chelithorpes had been to the port of Turui a few days ago, he must have been surprised by the bustle of the port today, because the port of Turui has become very depressed due to the previous blockade by the Syracuse Navy , no merchant ships arrived, no merchant ships left, and a large number of free people who depended on the port for survival had nothing to do. Most of them were later recruited to serve as sailors in the fleet, to work as laborers in the logistics and transportation department of the Ministry of Military Affairs, and to be assigned to the Ministry of Agriculture. To help citizens and families who lack farm labor due to the master's expedition, not only are there no merchant ships in the port, even the labor force is almost exhausted, and the entire port seems to have been abolished.Even after the victory in the naval battle, considering the upcoming military action against Syracuse, for the sake of secrecy, Daves considered again and again, regardless of Mariji's opposition, and insisted on continuing to block the port until the war with Syracuse again time.

Only today, one cargo ship after another sailed into the port again. A large number of laborers urgently transferred from the Ministry of Military Affairs entered the dock and unloaded bags of grain from the cargo ships. These grains were produced by Castellon and Herakli. After learning about the news that "Dionia's food is in short supply and calling on the people to raise donations," the three allies of Asia and Metapontum have launched free aid actions.

Chrysops had experienced the Peloponnesian War, the Asia Minor War, and now the Corinthian War. He knew very well how much damage wars would do to trade, not to mention that the port of Thurii had been blocked before, but it was not Thinking that there would be such a busy scene in Turiyi Port today, he was surprised and asked the Turiyi officials who came to greet him after hearing the news.

After learning the truth, Chrysops couldn't help but be a little surprised: Is it just because of the victory of a naval battle that Dionia's allies spared no effort to support the disadvantaged Dionia?
Walking out of the port and passing through the somewhat empty market, the carriage in which Chrysosops and several attendants were sitting was about to drive onto the road.

Here, Cleethorpes and his entourage saw a spectacular sight: the road and both sides of the road had been occupied by countless Dionian people, old and young, men and women, all holding wooden boxes. , some carrying packages on their backs, or leading beasts of burden, loaded with belongings, marching toward the city of Thurii in a mighty manner...

Chrysops was very curious and asked the coachman.

"That's when the people of Amendolara went to Victory Square to donate money, so that our alliance could carry this war to the end and defeat those evil Syracuseans! We Turiyi people had already donated yesterday . I heard that the Brutians are also donating, but not in the Victory Square of Turii, but in Cosenza..."

Looking at the coachman's proud expression, and then looking at the people talking and laughing on the road, it seemed that they were not going to abandon their belongings, but to attend an important gathering... This made Cleethorpes couldn't help but think of I remember the scene when the Spartan people sent off their loved ones to the battlefield, and the words of farewell began to echo in their hearts: Either return victorious, or be carried back by a shield!

How similar the scene was at this time!The Dionians are not only not afraid of war, but also have the determination to carry the war to the end!However, compared with Sparta's hundreds of years of historical accumulation, this city-state alliance has only been established for less than six years!Chrysops felt a chill. He didn't know whether he was worried about his own mission, or he was worried for no reason about Syracuse's obviously superior army...

(End of this chapter)