v8 Chapter 240： East Phoenicia Fleet

Carthage’s mother, Tyre, received the help of the Carthage messenger, and did not neglect, and quickly contacted other nearby Phoenician city states, such as Sidon, Aka, and Yavadi, who finally agreed to assist Carthage. After all, the reason why the Phoenicians under Persia in the past years have been able to live comfortably, one of the main reasons is that each year they offer a large amount of gold and silver to the Persian royal court, and these gold and silver are mainly made of Taiji traded them at a lower price.

Don't look at the Phoenician city-states of the Persian kingdom. There are not many sites, but they have hundreds of warships. Because the Persians are inland and are not good at sailing, their navy is provided by aliens. The Greeks, mainly from the Phoenicians and Asia Minor, and the Persian kings have regained Egypt in the past few years, and have been preparing for the entire army. The Phoenicians are the main force of the Persian Navy and there is no lack of training.

But there is an important problem. The Phoenician city-states of the Eastern Mediterranean are under Persian, and their ships are also part of the Persian Navy. Of course, it is impossible to leave privately and travel to the Western Mediterranean, so Tyre, Sidon... must also be sent. The messenger went to the Persian court and sought the permission of the Persian king Alta Xerxes.

Since the signing of the King's contract, Persian's biggest enemy, the Greek city-states, has not only become an enemy of Persia, but has allowed Persia to arbitrate and mediate conflicts and disputes in Greek city-states, which is equivalent to surrendering to Persia. Alta Xerxes consciously obtained the great achievements that the great princes could not obtain. In addition, the political situation in Persia was stable at this time, and the king’s throne was very stable. Therefore, he was full of enthusiasm and he was quiet. Moved and ordered to attack Egypt, although suffered a small setback, but did not hurt.

Under his orders, the Kingdom is preparing for a fuller attack on Egypt.

The messenger of Tell met Alta Xerxes and conveyed to him the request of the Phoenicians.

This is not the first time Alta Xerxes has heard the name "Diaonia". Although the two countries are separated by a thousand miles, the prosperous maritime trade in the Mediterranean has made the news spread quickly, and the Kingdom of Dionia quickly The magical story of the rise is also widely spread in Asia Minor, and there are also natural circulations in the territory of Persia.

The Persian king Alta Xerxes began to pay attention to the newly emerging kingdom of the distant West because his intelligence department discovered that Dionia was originally established by the Greek mercenaries who followed the small Cyrus rebellion. After all, Greece The story of the mercenary’s successful escape in the Persian territory was popular in Greece and spread in Asia Minor, but it was a shame for Artaxerxes and his Persian army.

Under the further exploration of the royal intelligence department, Artaxerxes knows more. For example, he knows that the Kingdom of Dionia is as tolerant to the gods and religions of the aliens as Persia; he knows that the Kingdom of Dionia is like Persia. Similarly, stricter control over the land of conquest; he even knew that Dionya and Egypt had formed a military alliance not long ago...so in the heart of Artaxerxes, the Kingdom of Dionia is Persian The enemy, but this country is too far apart, and the strength is too insignificant (Alta Xerxes and many Persian officials think so), so in the past did not put it too seriously.

But now that something is involved in Dionia, Alta Xerxes is certainly willing to find some trouble with it, so he did not think too much, he agreed to "the Phoenicians sent the fleet to assist Carthage", and They are also generously allowed to use the Persian flag when necessary.

With the promise of the Persian king, the East Phoenicians quickly dispatched a fleet of 130 large and small warships, including 90 three-layered warships, and another 30 cargo ships carrying food supplies. The fleet played Under the banner of the Persian Navy, unimpeded along the small Asiatic coast all the way west, the Greek city-states who saw the fleet along the way felt a little nervous, and secretly speculated: What other military actions did the Persians have?

The most nervous is undoubtedly the Athenians, because at this time it is uniting against Sparta with Thebes. The Persian fleet sailed west at this time, and they could not help but panic: Is Persian wanting to support Sparta and join the war? ? If so, the prospects for Athens will be very bad!

The Eastern Phoenician fleet is like a stone falling into a water bottle, which stirs up waves, but it does not cause too much attention for the Diaonians, because Diaonia is fully coping with several wars, temporarily I don't have the energy to pay attention to the Eastern Mediterranean, and in the hearts of the Diaonians, it is impossible for the Persian fleet to attack the Western Mediterranean, so that they can stir up the situation in the Eastern Mediterranean.

In addition, it is almost near the fall, the farmland in Dionia is about to get a bumper harvest, and the merchants of the kingdom no longer buy food from the Eastern Mediterranean. Instead, they draw a lot of people and flock to the Latin region of central Italy in an attempt. The Kingdom’s new conquest area has acquired new business opportunities and gained more profits. The Diaonian merchant ships that naturally shuttled on the Eastern Mediterranean trade routes have greatly reduced, which has also made the Ministry of Military Affairs less informed about this Persian fleet. .

Later, the East Phoenicia fleet of the westbound docked at the port of Kydonia in Crete, which made the Athenians nervous, because the city states of Crete were Sparta's allies, including Kadoni. Asia is closer to the Greek side.

But a few days later, the Athenians got the message "This Persian fleet disappeared in Crete", which made them wonder, but then no one actually saw the fleet on the Greek coast.

In fact, after the Restenian fleet was retired in Cadonia, one day, while the sea surface was blowing a strong northerly wind, it sneaked out of the port and sailed to the southwest, avoiding the frequent routes used by Greek merchant ships. The sub-state of Bada, Nylaniga, then along the coast of Afrika, continued westward, reaching the colonial city of Leptis, the most eastern colony of the Phoenicians in the Afrikaan colony.

After arriving here and being warmly welcomed by the town people, the crew of the Phoenician fleet relaxed. The fleet continued westbound and eventually reached Hadrumetum.

The Phoenician city state attached to Carthage is in the south of Carthage City, but few foreign merchants are patronizing. The Phoenician fleet stays behind the port, but it is no longer west, because the savvy East After talking to fellow countrymen along the way, the Nikki realized that the Dionya Navy, which they were about to fight with, was strong, so they refused to enter Carthage City and were forced to avoid being unable to shirk the pledge of the Carthaginians. It is a confrontation with the Carthage Navy, but it is the time to choose the offensive.

Of course, there is still a reason for not saying anything. Although the East Phoenicians are close to Carthage, they have rarely had high-level political and military exchanges for decades. On the one hand, because of Persia’s The reason, on the other hand, is that the East Phoenicians (especially the Teresa aristocracy) have always been concerned about Carthage who once took away all their colonial trade points in the Western Mediterranean, and they do not want to enter Carthage. "The center of the West Phoenician" city.

Later, the East Phoenicia fleet in Hadrumetum refused to provide escorts for the Carthage army to land in Sicily, because that would inevitably mean they would endure the crazy attack of the Dionysian Navy.

After the Carthage army ventured into Sicily, the attention of the Dionysian Navy focused on the western part of Sicily. At the suggestion of the Carthage commander Margot, the Carthage Senate was consulted with the East Phoenicia Fleet. I finally agreed to Marco's plan.

The fleet quietly left Hadrum Metum and sailed north, barely entering Kossyra.

Kosula is a small island belonging to Carthage. There is a Carthage town of about 2,000 people and a small port on the south side of the island. The island is located between Sicily and Carthage, and to the north is opposite the city of Serinus.

The East Phoenicia fleet was crowded on the island of Kosula. After a few days, the Clippers sent out to explore the news back to the news As expected, the warships of Dionia were full of soldiers. Are leaving the port!

How can the East Phoenician fleet let go of this great good enemy opportunity, so the warships leave the port, raise the sails, sail north by the weak southerly wind, and finally catch up with the Diaonian fleet in time.

The East Phoenician warship lowered the sails and began to speed up the pulp. The entire fleet gradually moved to the sides during the advancement, but they did not implement any special tactics. The situation of the former Daikon fleet is not worth the time. To arrange the tactics, they just increase the number of battleships in the forefront as much as possible, and strive to sink enough enemy ships in the first impact.

The Dionysian Clippers, now in the outer whistle position, have raised two yellow flags one by one from west to east. The rough information of the enemy has been spread throughout the team, and the flagship ship near Miltias has begun to move toward it. The coast retreat, the most eastern warships have just received the signal of "close to the flagship", the entire fleet is chaotic, unable to coordinate, and the warships almost lost their combat capability, causing the crew to panic and low morale.

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At this moment, it was already known that the enemy's Seclerian commanded the Clippers to catch up with a three-layer paddle ship that was returning, and then he anxiously ordered: the Clippers immediately leaned over.

Then he stood at the bow and shouted: "I am Sekerian, who is the captain of this ship?!"

His voice just fell, and there was a noisy exclamation in the cabin of the opposite ship: "Have you heard it? It is the voice of Seclerian!"