Douluo: The Adventures of King Skin

"War brings peace."

——Aristotle

Of course, the Turkish Strait in later generations is not called this name now.

The middle Sea of ​​Marmara is now known as Propentis.

To the north is the Bosporus, but Bosporus is actually the Greek name for the strait.The Kingdom of Bosporus mentioned before was named after it straddled the Kerch Strait of the Azov Sea. Its full name was actually Cimmerian Bosporus.

The Dardanelles in the south is now called the Hellespont, its west side is the more famous Gallipoli Peninsula, now called Ceson, and its east side is the former famous Troy, now called Troyad.

Because the famous Istanbul has no shadow yet, the Hellespont in the south is the more prosperous place. The Iorians and Ionians established 12 city-states here to control the trade of the Black Sea, and later Became an area controlled by the Atticans.

Lysimachus' capital, Lysimachus, was located at the junction between the peninsula and the mainland, and he also chose to cross the sea into Anatolia from here.

He crossed the sea with tens of thousands of troops, and Prepelous served as his deputy to help him manage the part of the army that originally belonged to Cassander.

Residents of Lampsacus and Parim, the two cities on the other side that bore the brunt of the attack, hurriedly sent envoys to express their willingness to surrender.Lysimachus was too lazy to pay attention to this kind of nonsense. He just announced that the two cities would be restored to freedom, and then led his army to attack the fortified Sigam.

When he captured the city by force, he did not embarrass the local residents too much and only placed a garrison in the city.

As far as the current situation is concerned, Dmitry's fleet currently has indisputable control over the Aegean Sea. It is an exaggeration to say that no ships are allowed to go to sea, but it is absolutely impossible to maintain the logistics of tens of thousands of troops through sea routes.

This was mainly due to their timid ally Ptolemy.

In the previous naval battle in Cyprus, he was beaten by Demetrius, and he was frightened to death ever since. Although he still had a considerable fleet, he did not dare to go north to fight for sea control.So much so that although there was only the Hellespont Strait between Troyard and Lysimachus' base camp, it became a natural chasm that was difficult to cross.

Fortunately, except for Abydos, who is still resisting in Troyard, the entire area has been captured by Lysimachus. The raid has successfully achieved the initial goal. He has successfully stood firm on this side of the strait. steps.

Then he decided to divide his forces into two groups.

He gave Pripylus [-] infantry and [-] cavalry, and sent him to lead this partial division south along the coast to conquer the wealthy Ioris and Ionian city groups.These places still maintain a high degree of independence under Antigonus, and given their adaptable style and some of the work done in the early stage, there should not be much fighting.

And he stayed to deal with the hard nail Abydos.

This city-state has a complete defense system and cannot be captured as simply and crudely as Siegham did. He must stop and patiently build various siege equipment.

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In Thessaly on the other side of the Aegean Sea, an army of 6 people gradually gathered in the new city of Demetrias established by Demetrius.

Among them, 1 Macedonian spear phalanx infantry and 1000 companion cavalry are his basic strength. 5000 heavy infantry and pikemen, more than [-] light infantry, and more than [-] light cavalry are all mercenaries. There were [-] men from the Greek Allies.

The Aetolians have always been the vanguard against Macedonia and the main force of the Allied Forces. In addition, Boeotia, Arcadia, and Achaia all sent large armies. On the contrary, the Atticans were a bit favored and arrogant. I sent a few hundred people to express my opinion, and there were even fewer people from other Corinthian alliance city-states. They really just came to wave the flag and shout.

Seeing that the war is about to happen on its own land, the Thessaly Supreme Council intends to stay out of the matter and maintain "outsider neutrality". This is really a country without a country.

For Pyrrhus' sake, Dmitri didn't particularly mind.

After all, he now has 6 people under his command, and because there are sea routes to provide supplies, most of these 6 people are actual combat troops. Maybe Alexander never led so many troops in his expedition to Persia.

Even he, the young master of virtue, has never fought such a battle of wealth!

The Supreme Council was still afraid of offending others, so it sent a large sum of military rations in a cheap way. Dmitri looked at it and said, are you slapping me in the face? Do I look like someone who is short of money?

It was also the invitation to buy that people were addicted to it. They patted their chests and said that this time they went north to conquer Cassander, all the expenses would be paid by Mr. De!

Creon and others who came to show their hospitality immediately said that our Thessaly has beautiful mountains and rivers, not only food, but also beef, mutton, wine, swords, armor, BMWs, technicians... everything is available!Why buy it from the sea when it’s so close?

Turning around, a commercial port was established in Iolkos next door, and began to resell military supplies imported from the sea. Even if [-] soldiers had to eat horses, it was not a small sum, and even though the profit was small, it was not a small sum...

The person who was in contact with these profiteers who were trying to make a fortune for the country was Pyrrhus.

He was appointed by Dmitry to manage the general affairs of the army, that is, the logistics steward.

Although Thessaly did not participate in the war, he did not want to miss this opportunity for actual combat and continued to take hundreds of officers to intern and work in the Dmitry Camp in the name of exchanges.

He relied on his staff to establish a paperwork system, but he was still too busy to do anything.

——Of course it is Achilles who does not touch the ground, he only seals the seal.

Creon and his gang made a lot of money by reselling military supplies, and Pyrrhus was jealous.

Exactly a year ago, he imported a batch of silk from the Phoenicians, but it was too expensive, and the consumption level in Thessaly was too low to sell it. As a result, he has been hoarding it until now, and has become a treasure since Pyrrhus sailed on the merchant sea. A rare piece of dark history.

Now he suddenly saw a business opportunity again, so he had people work overnight to make a large banner and give it to Dmitri as a king's flag.

He always felt there was a reason why European flags started so late.

If you don't have silk, you can only use linen. But if this material is thin, the texture is too strong, if it is thick, it is too heavy, and it cannot float at all. If it is too large, it will be very heavy and difficult to lift. In short, it is not very suitable. .

Now use light silk to make a large flag. The background color is noble gay purple, and in the middle is a gold-embroidered Virgina sun. It shines in the light, and the backlight is translucent. When the breeze blows, the ripples appear, and the tassels flutter. It is big and beautiful. Eye-catching and very classy!

Of course Dmitri liked it very much.

Not only does he like it, but the generals below also want it. If he thinks he is a figure, why can't he get a general's flag?And the battalion also wants it, the fleet also wants it, the Allies also want it...

Didn’t the market open up immediately?

Just when Pyrrhus was thinking about how to sell the flag to Cassander, news about Xiaoya came.