I am the son of the traveler

153 Sea Battle
The news of the disastrous defeat in the Battle of Ausr soon spread throughout the capital city of the Gilis Federation after the messenger sent by Jisan before fleeing into the town returned to Liskam, causing an uproar.

Citizens can be heard discussing this matter everywhere in the streets and alleys of Liscomb. Their words are full of pessimism about the war situation. He listened silently to the discussions of passers-by, with no expression on his face.

Saroyan was the young man who was in the Gillis Parliament a few days ago. Since the end of the last routine meeting, he seldom went to the House to attend meetings. Property for sale.

The corruption in the parliament has made Saroyan no longer report any hope. Instead of staying here and slowly being disappointed, or waiting for the bad news from the front line, it is better to pack up his property and live in a place far away from the war in the north .That's what he thought, and that's exactly what he did. His request to go to the north to serve as the governor has been sent to the House, and the members who are friendly with him have also agreed to operate for him. If he guesses correctly, there may be a There was heated discussion about his request.

Going to the north to take up office may seem like a foolish move to outsiders, but in fact it is the best way to stay away from the political arena. However, most of them were intercepted by killers hired by political opponents on the way, or died in office, and never had a chance to return to Liscombe City.

Saroyan's purpose is not just to stay away from the corrupt political arena. It can be seen from the tragic defeat of Gisan's troops in the town of Osr that the Gillis Federation no longer has much strength to continue to stop the Macedonian army from marching towards Liskam. , the Republic army that has retreated from the front line of the Principality of Harlan is still at least three days away from the capital. This army sent out to defend against foreign enemies has a total of 5000 soldiers, including [-] long-term mercenaries. And [-] soldiers who belong to the standing army. In addition to these [-] soldiers, more than [-] soldiers are mobilized conscripts. They have been away from their hometown for a long time, and their hearts are full of homesickness and low fighting spirit.

Although the parliamentarians have high expectations for this "last army", Saroyan does not think that they can defeat the Macedonian army that has not been defeated after King Antigonus ascended the throne, and they can still win with fewer enemies and more. Not to mention that the number of Macedonian troops in Ausir already outnumbered the republic's military power in the east.

Saroyan's calculations are very loud. Don't look at the fact that the House of Representatives can still jump. When the Macedonian army eliminates the surrounded Jisan's troops, it will directly rush to Liskam. Liskam will definitely If the capital falls, the whole country will fall into chaos, then he can take the opportunity to raise the flag in the north, accept the right to rule the country, and turn the tide-it is impossible to drive the Macedonians into the sea, but he still has the confidence to fight with the Macedonians. People deal with each other and get a chance to negotiate peace.

……

Saroyan's request was quickly passed by the Gillis Council. Most members believed that Saroyan was scared after seeing the Macedonians defeating the Jisan Army, and wanted to find an excuse to leave the city before the Macedonians approached the city. He was full of contempt, and Saroyan didn't care what those people thought of him. After he learned that his request was allowed and he was appointed as the governor of Shame County in the north, he asked his family to tidy up and walk out with his friends seeing him off. The gates of Liscomb.

Before leaving, he persuaded his friend to find an opportunity to go north with him, away from this right and wrong place that was about to be invaded by war, but his friend was unwilling to leave. He looked at Saroyan sincerely and said: "I The family fortune is here, I can't leave Liscomb, and, Saroyan, my friend, you need a helper in the House, and I am that helper, and I will help you solve all unfavorable proposals against you .”

Saroyan was moved by his friend's heartfelt words and convinced him. So Saroyan formally bid farewell to his friend, took his family and wealth, and left the city of Liscomb in a carriage.

How Saroyan will stabilize his rule there after going north is unknown for the time being, but in the town of Osir, the Jisan tribe, who had been besieged by the Macedonian army for several days, finally couldn't bear the pressure, and voluntarily left the city defense fortifications and asked Antioch. King Ke surrendered.Although the mayor successfully ransacked the mayor's house to divert the soldiers' attention for a while, the lack of food and grass cannot be exchanged for the stolen property. The increasingly scarce food made the soldiers more restless, and they gathered together in front of the town hall , issued an ultimatum to his generals: surrender or be killed by them.

Regarding the naked military coup by the soldiers, Jisan was full of anger but dared not speak out. He had no choice but to obey the soldiers' threat, opened the city gate and surrendered to the Macedonian army outside.

After accepting the surrender, Antigonus immediately sent someone to confiscate the weapons and armor of all the Gillis soldiers, and put them under centralized custody before giving them a full meal.The prisoners forgot to resist for a moment when they saw the full amount of food. Their eyes lit up, and under the arrangement of the Macedonian soldiers, they received the food one by one in an orderly manner, and then ran to a corner to grab the food with their hands and eat it.

It was hard for Antigonus to imagine how these Gillis soldiers were treated inside. Although there was not much food in Aosiur Town, it would not make them so hungry.

Doubts turned into doubts, after Antigonus assigned some people to guard the rout of Gillis, he ordered the army to be rectified and prepared to continue marching towards Liscomb. The Royal Navy in the port asked them to sail towards Liscomb together.

Antigonus's move was mainly to prevent the residents of Liscomb from packing up their belongings and running away by sea when they heard that he was approaching with his army. After all, everyone in Liscomb City was his spoils, so what about the spoils they got? Probably let it go by itself.

……

The news that the main force of the Macedonian army was marching towards Liskam soon spread to the capital of the Gilis, but the panic that Antigonus imagined did not appear, because the savior in Liskam's heart had arrived, and The main force of the republic led by the veteran Michelson finally returned to the starting point after passing through the entire country. After hearing the battle report in the eastern region, his face was ugly.

"Jisan was my former adjutant. I know his command ability very well. I didn't expect you to dare to let him command this army."

Wearing armor, Michelson stood in the center of the chamber, looked at every member of parliament sitting on the circular staircase, and said loudly, "The Macedonians are marching towards Liskam. I must have the highest authorization from the parliament. Fully responsible for the military mobilization of the entire Liscomb County!"

"Moreover, I also need the latest information about the Macedonian army. The more detailed the better, it is ridiculous to say that the war has reached this point, and we don't even know the number of Macedonians. This is what led to Jisan's disastrous defeat." one of the reasons!"

Most of the congressmen did not know as much as Mitchelson in the military field, and they did not dare to talk too much. They could only lower their heads and listen to the lesson of this prestigious veteran in silence. After he finished his lesson, they promised that they would definitely Give Michelson a satisfactory answer.

After sending Mitchelson away, they hurriedly held a meeting to discuss whether to agree to all of Mitchelson's demands. When the enemy was in front of them, they finally gave up and unanimously decided to make all of Mitchelson's demands Accept it, as long as he can repel the invading Macedonian army, it will be worth it.Of course, when they reached a consensus, each of them still had an idea in their hearts, that is, if Mitchelson went too far during this period, they would definitely find various reasons to treat Mitchell after the war was over. Sen started.

As a result, the clerk of the House of Representatives quickly published the decisions made by the House of Representatives, and Mitchelson was ordered to become the military governor of the entire Liscomb County, with full power to mobilize the military.

After seeing this announcement, the residents of Liscomb City couldn't help but relax a lot from their fear and anxiety. They expected General Michelson to lead the army of the Republic to repel the Macedonian invaders and bring them good news— - They have received too much news of defeat, either the army was wiped out, or the country was lost. If they can win a victory at this time, it must be an inspirational existence.

Michelson also knew the heavy responsibility on his shoulders. While ordering the army to prepare for war, he issued another mobilization order from Liscomb County. However, due to the previous mobilization, most of the suitable soldiers had been mobilized. The effect of the second mobilization was not very good, and the residents could only support him from the spiritual level, and nothing else had any effect.

At this time, Mitchelson began to complain about his former adjutant Jisang, how could he be so stupid that he could defeat an army of more than 1 people in a short period of time, even if [-] pigs were scattered to let the The Macedonians were arrested, and if they were not arrested for the last half month or a month, they would not be able to finish their arrests.

If he hadn't found out about Jisan's details, he even had reason to suspect that Jisan was a Macedonian spy who broke into the parliament and deliberately pulled so many soldiers out to give them their heads.

Thinking back to the time when Jisan was his adjutant when he acted so hip, he found an excuse to transfer back to Liscomb, but he didn't expect that the stupid pigs in the parliament didn't know what he was fascinated by. Yao also thought he was very talented in military affairs.If he had known that this kind of thing would happen, he should have left Jisang and continued to wait obediently at the border.

It is useless to regret it now. He can only use the [-]-odd troops under his hand to resist the main force of the Macedonians. Instead, the army chose to use the tall and strong walls of Liscomb City to defend against the option of field battles.The city of Liscomb is a coastal city. As long as the port is not blocked, there will be no shortage of food, so it can continue to consume, but the Macedonians are different. They come here to fight far away from the country. All kinds of surprises are possible.

Mitchelson forgot that Antigon still had a strong navy in his hands. If he knew, he didn't know if he would continue to maintain such confidence...

……

"The monsters from the Ograre Peninsula are approaching Puze Town!"

"The indescribable ogre is approaching Nalyn Harbor with his evil army!"

"The despicable and shameless Macedonians have captured the Lyle stronghold!"

"Antigon, King of Macedon, has arrived at the outskirts of Liscomb!"

"..."

For four consecutive days, the residents of Liscam City spread the news brought back by the scouts from the front line. As the Macedonian army gradually approached, their panic deepened, and many wealthy people had begun to sell off their real estate. property.They were preparing to hire a ship to escape from the city. Although the noble councilors said they wanted to live and die with the capital, they secretly used their connections to allow the family to leave.However, soon after the ships of many wealthy people left the port, they were quickly driven back by the arriving navy of the Kingdom of Macedon. The naval commander loyally carried out Antigonus's order and blocked the passage to Liscam, preventing any access. Any vessel enters or exits.

The news of the Macedonian Navy's blockade of the sea channel quickly spread throughout the city of Liscomb, which undoubtedly aggravated the panic of the citizens. Seeing that the war was about to start, the Federation Council panicked and quickly ordered the people stationed in the port to panic. The navy took the initiative to tear through the blockade of the Macedonian fleet.

The naval battle broke out.

Seeing the warships of the Gillis sailing out of the port one after another, Antipatros, the commander of the Kingdom's navy, instantly saw the opponent's intentions, and he immediately ordered the fleet to spread out and prepare to meet the enemy.In addition to the 14 warships after Antigonus took over the kingdom, his warships also added more than 50 raid triremes transformed from immigrant ships and more than a dozen Gillis seized from the port of Mehers. The sailors on these triremes are all recruited from the Silurian tribes who surrendered to the Kingdom of Macedonia. The Silurian people are indeed a nation born with sailor characteristics. Even if they give up The traditional small boats of this tribe were replaced by Greek-style triremes, and they were able to quickly adapt and integrate into the new environment.

Compared with the number of warships of the Macedonian Navy, the number of warships of the Gillis is significantly less. Because of the capacity of the Liscomb port, the warships of the Republic Navy cannot all berth here, but are scattered and stationed in various places along the eastern coast. In the port, there are only 54 assault triremes and one quinquereme among the Gillis warships that are actively attacking now.

It is worth mentioning that, like the Macedonians, there are only two naval warfare tactics of the Gillis, either playing bumper boats and bumping each other with the ram angle of the bows, or the two ships sticking together, having a wave of life-and-death boarding battles.

(End of this chapter)