Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

If Garraguso was only afraid of Dionia's power before, now he is a little more admirable, in their hearts: Siracusa has nothing to fear, and can defeat Dio, who can defeat the strong enemy Samona with less. The Nia will surely win the final victory.

Therefore, without a request from the Dionians, Garraguso voluntarily went south to harass Metapontum.

The people of Metapontum found that the northern area, which had been peaceful and peaceful after joining the Dionysian League, returned to Tarantum, but the northern area was once again ravaged by the Garracusos, and they began to regret themselves. choice, and complaints about the town hall organized by Italokas and Tarantum are growing, of course, for later.

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At this time, while strengthening the defense of the city, the Heraklians urgently sent people to ask Turii for help.

After receiving Heraclea's request for help, the Dionysian Senate made a quick decision despite being shocked, and ordered that the only remaining newly-built 7th Legion in the city of Turii rushed to Heraclea for rescue.

But at this moment, the strength of Turiyi has been used to the extreme, and the seventh army is taken away. Apart from the naval fleet and the free people in the port on the Subari Plain, Turiyi no longer has a decent defense force.

In view of the lack of defense in Turii and the lack of young and middle-aged people, it is not appropriate to deploy manpower to form new troops. In this case, the entire daily affairs of the city-state of Turii will be completely paralyzed. Therefore, the Senate made a decision: Immediately form the first army in the Bruti area. The Eighth Legion, rushed to Turii, was in charge of defending the center of the alliance.

This resolution was passed quickly.

Petaru, Kadulke, and Bergam, who usually don't talk much in the Senate, all took the initiative to express their willingness to go to the Bruti area and recruit and form troops.

However, Kunogolata, the rotating chairman of the city government, politely declined on the grounds that Heronimus has been in charge of military training in various regions, and has a good understanding of the situation of the reserve soldiers in the Bruti region.

In order not to displease these Bruty elders, he specially explained: Several lords, I think you should also know that compared with the armies of other city-states, Dionysian's legion is more effective in mobilizing citizens and forming legions. The way of the corps is very different, only the people of the military can understand and implement it, and there is an express provision in the Dionysian Law, only the military can be responsible for the formation of the legion...

Several Bruty elders muttered dissatisfiedly and sat down angrily.

Hieronymus became the only candidate to go to the Bruti region to form a legion, and the logistics he was in charge of was temporarily handed over to Mersis.

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The rivers and swamps in Heraclea slowed the march of the troops led by Diomilas.

He managed to reach the north bank of the Basento River, where he joined the forces of Eumacas, bringing the total strength of Tarantum here to over 15,000.

After a brief deliberation, Tarantum split up again.

Diomilas led 8,000 men rushing upstream along the banks of the Basento, attempting to ford across the river in shallow water.

Triphias stood at the head of the city, saw the enemy's division of troops, and immediately understood the enemy's intentions.

Even though the strength was far behind the opponent, Triphias still made a decisive decision to send a mixed force of more than 3,000 light and heavy infantry to follow the Tarantum on the other side and try to prevent the Tarantum from crossing the river.

This forced Diomilas to cautiously continue to go upstream where the water depth was shallower and the river surface was narrower, and at the same time, he had to choose a section with a longer section of the river to avoid being easily intercepted by the Heracleans.

After all, the Heraklia region is a small plain formed by many rivers, the terrain is very flat, and it is the dry season. In fact, it didn't take long for Diomilas to find the right spot.

Diomilas had the troops march along the river in an array about a mile long, wading across the river together to the sound of attacking bugles.

In the face of such an offensive situation, the Heraklians did not have the intention to fight head-on. Their purpose was to delay the time when the Tarantum approached the city, so they just threw javelins and fired arrows at the Tarantum. The arrows, combined with the silt at the bottom of the river, caused some confusion and casualties among the Tarantums.

By the time the Tarantums came ashore, the Heraklians had long since fled.

Diomilas reorganized his team and was ready to march east. He had to get to the city of Heraclea as soon as possible, first burn the bridge over the Agri River not far from the south of the city, and cut off Dionia's most powerful reinforcement to Heraclea. Take the fast road, then take a pontoon bridge on both sides of the Basento River, and join the Eumacas troops to cross the river and besiege the city of Heraclea.

But at this moment, a few Tarantum cavalry galloped across the Basento River, and across the Basento River, told Diomilas: Dionia's reinforcements have arrived at the Agri River pontoon the south side.

Diomilas was taken aback: How could the Dionian reinforcements be so quick? !

Of course, he didn't know that the road connecting Heraclea and Turii made it only take more than an hour for the messenger from Heraclea to reach the city of Turri. The naval base assembled the seventh army, and it only took more than an hour to set off.

This also included some delays in the obstruction of Cykrian, and even the Admiral went to the Senate to protest. It was enough to make him angry that a new regiment was sent to Crimea. Unexpectedly, after only one day, the only regiment participating in the training was also transferred, which made the training results of Sekelian's ten days in vain. , and he also wanted to lead the fleet to defeat the Syracuse Navy with new tactics, a huge surprise to the people of Dionia, and a name for himself. Now that even the infantry on the battleship is gone, his bright ideas have come to nothing.

The anger of Cykrian can be imagined, but the authority of the Senate cannot be changed by a young general who is not a senator.

In Kunogolata's view: the navy is not the main problem, anyway, they are unlikely to be the opponents of the powerful Syracuse fleet, and at most the sea is blocked. But once Tarantum captures Heraclea, their army will set foot on the territory of Amendolara, which will be a disaster for Dionia, who is now fully dealing with the southern war!

Therefore, Kunogolata first euphemistically criticized his shortsightedness and disregard for the overall situation, and then comforted him: Master Davos will lead his army back soon, and your naval fleet will not lack the support of infantry...

Cykrian could only return in a huff. He had not fully recovered from the joy of being promoted to the commander of the Navy a few months ago. At this time, he realized that in the Senate, what he said had no weight...

After the Seventh Corps had assembled, the Corps Commander immediately ordered the troops to march forward in a hurry.

The commander of the corps was none other than Matonis, the sheriff of Turii.

Before Davos led his army to Portentia, Felixius asked him about the two new legions to be formed and the candidates for their commanders.

After consideration, Davos decided to make Mattonis and Olivers the commander of the army. First, they have served as brigade captains for many years, and not only have rich experience in the battlefield, but also have rich experience in commanding large units; second, they have important positions in their bodies, one is the sheriff of Turiyi, the other is The quartermaster adjutant of the Ministry of Military Affairs, the new legion is to defend Turiyi, so they can work part-time. Although the two new legions may be cancelled after the war, but with the corps commander's resume, they will be mentioned again. It's much easier to be an official legionnaire.

It can be said that Davos was very thoughtful for the two, but neither of them was willing to accept it, especially Matonis. He didn't want his teammates to fight hard in the front, and he was leisurely in the back.

But Davos didn't want to persuade his former close comrades at all, and forced them to accept the direct coercive order. Now they finally got the fight: Olivers led the Sixth Army to Crimea, and the horses Tonis led the Seventh Army to the rescue of Heraclea.

Matonis had long been full of grievances and had nowhere to vent, so when he received the order, he not only urged the troops to speed up, but also ran at the front of the team without riding a horse. With him leading by example, the 7th Legion naturally marched very fast, running on the flat road, and it only took nearly three hours to arrive at the pontoon of the Agri River.

In fact, this newly-built regiment is not complete. Since it has just been established, they have no cavalry, reconnaissance team, and engineering battalion, and most of the soldiers are reserve citizens and registered freemen, and they do not have enough money to buy a full set of new models. The legionnaires are equipped, so the weapons are not fully equipped. Some heavy infantry battalions look no different from light armour battalions, and even because of their hasty departure, they have not brought doctors and baggage.

The Tarantum warship in the river, because of the defense of Heraclea soldiers and the escort of the ships, failed many times to destroy the pontoon bridge of the Agri River. Instead, two ships were burned by rockets and had to be moored in Agri. The river entered the sea, but it happened to observe the arrival of the Dionysian reinforcements, and immediately sent a clipper to the north bank of the Basento River to report to Eumacas. .

The Tarantums did not act decisively enough, did not march fast enough, and because of the poor land traffic between Metapontum and Heraclea (compared to the avenues of Dionysius), plus the Heracleans He tried his best to block, but in this marching competition, the Dionians took the lead.

Diomilas had seen the Dionysian army fight fiercely, so he was more cautious. Since the Dionysians were here, they could not rush in. So he ordered the army to stop at the south bank of the Basento River, told Eumacas to build a pontoon on the north bank, and then led the army to cross the river and regrouped with the army. After learning the details of the city of Heraclea, he would do further action.

Although Matonis fought bravely, he was not a reckless person. The Seventh Legion rushed to Heraklia, and the soldiers were exhausted. He could only bring them into the city to rest first.

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Olivers led the VI Corps to Crimea.

The current chief executive of Crimea is Protesilaus. Scomblas recommended him to the Senate towards the end of his term and was supported by Davos, in fact he had been in office for less than a year. At this moment, he has led the officials of Crimesa City to greet him outside the city.