Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 53: fallen

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"So we don’t need to worry about Crotone, but what should worry most is whether Dionia will accept our occupation of Crimea and become their ally?" This is the most important thing for Creano. Concerned about the issue

"I don't know..." Timathon thought for a while, but was still not sure: "If it were other city-states, I’m afraid they wouldn’t accept such an occupation of the city. After all, they are all Greeks. The foreign mercenaries are full of vigilance. However, Dionia is different after all. It is through this way that Daves and the others have their current status. If we want to succeed, we can only take risks to gamble! If we want to be safe, Why not stay in the Dionian League!"

At this moment, Timathon has cheered himself up, but Kriano sees success in sight, and is a little concerned about gains and losses: "I hope Agarcia and the others can convince Daves!"

"If Crotone really sends reinforcements, tomorrow we can pretend to be Dionia's army and delay for a while!" Timathon gritted his teeth viciously. Anyway, he has deceived Dionia once. I don't care about the second time. He pointed to the chaotic scene of the street in front of him, and said anxiously: "No matter what decision Dionia makes, whether Crotone sends reinforcements, we must first do our own affairs well, conquer the whole city as soon as possible, and imprison the city. The people of Remisa sent out outposts to detect the movement in the south, so that the brothers can prepare for defense! A scene like this must end as soon as possible, otherwise it will always be worrying!"

"Forcibly issue an order to prohibit robbery and murder, otherwise the military law will deal with it..." Criano smiled helplessly: "That's what Davers did. He did it in Persia. We can't learn... Moreover, during the siege, the brothers died of more than two hundred people, and many were injured. They have to let them vent. Timathon, don’t irritate them, let’s take your time..."

"To be honest, in Persia, we laughed at Daves's behavior, saying that he was a fool...To this day, I know that the real stupid is us!...I...have to admire Daves, Thinking about things is always more long-term...When we settle down, we must take a good look at the military discipline!!" Tima Song sighed and made up his mind.

He immediately sent a messenger to look for the officers of each team and asked them to try their best to gather the troops. But he and Criano rushed to the Acropolis of Crimea with their guards and sent people to surrender loudly in front of the city.

The Crimean’s reply is: "Never!!!"

So the two sides confronted until the afternoon.

Seeing more and more enemies surrounding the besieged city and starting to prepare siege equipment, the Crimesans who were trapped in the guarding city looked more and more desperate. They realized that the enemy's attack was imminent, and many people began to cry. . Anta Auris and the others looked tragic, ready to coexist and die with the Acropolis.

At this moment, there was a commotion in the fairly quiet enemy camp.

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"Crottone's army has approached the north gate?! How could this be possible?!" Kriano felt like five thunders, panicked and didn't want to believe that the news was true.

Toricos was both flustered and puzzled: "Our spies are in the south...really there are no traces of the Crotones in the south?!"

"The leader, it's...really! The Crotones are forming a team outside the city, and they're going to be...the siege soon!!" The captain of the Timathon guard who was in charge of defending the northern city shouted anxiously.

Tima Song barely managed to maintain his composure. How could he not believe it if he believed in him? After a little thought, his expression changed: "Oops! We were negligent. They may have come by boat just like us! "

"How many people are there...?" Kriano asked nervously, hoping to spit out a relaxed number from the captain of the guard.

"I'm afraid there are four to five thousand people..." The captain of the guard smashed everyone's fluke, and everyone's eyes focused on Timathon.

At this critical moment, Timathon asked, "Brothers, shall we withdraw?"

"I...I..." Kriano looked at the acropolis ahead, struggling for only a moment in his heart, and then shouted unwillingly: "We are not Crimea! We can use the wall to block it. They! As long as they persist until tomorrow! As long as they persist until tomorrow... Timathon, you said that if we want to become the master of Crimea, we can only risk gambling! Risking my life to gambling! Even if I die in battle, I will Don’t want to return to the Dionian League and make them laugh!!"

"Me too, it's a big deal, what's to be afraid of! We can block the Crotones by the wall!" Tolix looked savage, and he said the voice of most team officers and soldiers.

"Yes, we fought with Crotone!" Everyone immediately agreed.

Tima Song no longer hesitated, staring at the soldiers present, and gave a powerful voice command: "Kriano! Tolix! And you go quickly to gather the soldiers who are still scattered in the city, and quickly take them to drive. Go to the city wall!"

"Yes!"

"Pasachs! You lead two hundred people and watch the Acropolis! The Crimean people just dare to come out and kill them!"

"Leader, leave it to me, you can rest assured!"

"The rest will follow me to the north gate, let the Crotone a taste of our greatness! Never let them take our city!" Timathon squeezed his fists and roared.

"Roar!!!" the mercenary howled, reviving morale.

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Tima Song is an excellent commander. When the initial raid was aborted, he was able to command the army calmly, mobilize the enemy cleverly, and defeated Crimea in the shortest possible time. . But as a low-level warrior, his eyes blinded by jealousy and eagerness only saw that a weak and neutral city-state in Crimea, Great Greece, could be seized by their power, and he lacked the qualities of a politician. Consider the relationship between the city-states of Great Greece, especially Crotone's attitude towards neighboring Crimea.

Before Dionia, Crotone did not pay much attention to Crimea, on the one hand because of the agreement with Athens, on the other hand, Turri did not pose a threat to Crotone . But after they lost to the Dionian League, the situation changed dramatically. Dionian captured Niutum, Laos joined the Dionian League, and Dionian opened up the east-west coast land business... …and many more. Dionia was rapidly becoming powerful and prosperous, which made Crotone restless. They began to feel the threat of this emerging power in the north. The strategic position of Crimea as a buffer became extremely important, so in the past six months Crotone was stepping up to win over Crimea all the time.

This is the reason why Crimea first thought of asking Crotone for help when he heard an enemy attack. At the same time, when Crotone heard that Crimea was attacked by an enemy from the north, his first reaction was "The Dionians have finally begun to attack!", so Crotone Council almost immediately The proposal to send reinforcements was passed. At the same time, considering that it might be a Dionian, even though the messenger for help said "there were only two thousand enemies", they also carefully sent 10,000 citizen soldiers.

When Timathon thought that Crotone’s reinforcements were all to the north, because usually 5,000 people were already quite a lot for sending reinforcements between city-states, so he sent almost all of his troops. To defend the North City and take care of both the east and the west, but never thought that another fleet would enter the mouth of the Umbria River, break into the almost empty port, and make a forcible landing. Five thousand Crotone soldiers quickly occupied the south gate and easily defeated it. After the two hundred people of Pasachs joined the Crimeans in the Acropolis, they continued to attack northward.

The mercenaries not only have a huge disparity in strength, but are also in a dangerous situation of being attacked by the north and the south. The failure is a foregone conclusion. After learning that "a large number of Crotone soldiers entered the city from the south", the mercenaries lost their fighting spirit, and Timathon and Crianno were helpless at this moment.

When the Crotones came from the south, the mercenaries only resisted a little and fled in all directions.

Tima Song was in the city and saw the mercenaries fleeing from the city being driven and slaughtered by the Crotones like cows and sheep, just as they did with the Crimesa before, the goddess of vengeance was so fast It fell on the mercenary's head, making his heart full of desolation.

"Tima Song, go! Let's go to the north!" Kriano shouted anxiously.

Tima Song shook his head. He looked up to the north, with a relieved smile: Daves, I lost this contest in the end...

He drew his saber without hesitation and slit his neck.

Criano didn't have time to grieve, he took a few people out of the city with a rope hook, trying to escape in the chaos.

But the Crimea people hated them for burning, killing and looting in the city, and pursued them. Crotone people are doing good things to the end, and they are also hunting down. The mercenaries were already under siege, so except for a few who escaped, most of them were either killed or arrested. Criano, Tolix and others eventually raised their hands and surrendered because of the siege, but were angry. Beheaded by the Crimea...

Through the interrogation of the descending soldiers, Crotone and Crimea knew that this group of fierce enemies were mercenaries, from Asia Minor and Ionian, who had been with Dionian Archon Daves I fought in Persia together, and lived in Dionia for more than two months. This attack on Crimea was a premeditated single action by these mercenaries.

Although it seems that it has nothing to do with Dionia, Crotone’s generals and council members believe that they have found the best excuse: Unless Crotone is willing to maintain peace with Dionia for a long time, otherwise Allowing Dionia to develop so rapidly is undoubtedly a huge threat to Crotone. Only when Dionia is still fledgling is to launch a war and destroy this emerging alliance!

The resolution was passed smoothly in the council where the main battle faction occupied the majority. Even the moderate Lycias did not resolutely oppose it. Obviously he was aware of the threat of Dionia.