The Combined Fleet of Asia Minor, stationed in the port of Halicarnassus, knew very well about this, and even knew that there were hundreds of Dionian warships escorting these fleets, and later nearly 100 warships of the Greek mainland city-states, and in addition to this, they had never heard of any other enemy fleets in the Aegean Sea, and the Combined Fleet of Asia Minor had twice as many ships as the other side, so after discussion, the Fleet of Asia Minor decided to go north to the waters of Misia to capture the fighters.

At the beginning of November, the Asia Minor fleet was heading north, and by the time it reached the waters near the entrance to the Hellespont, the Greek coalition had already fled, and the Minor fleet, which was unwilling to return empty-handed, made a gesture of returning south at dusk, but in fact quietly entered the port of Ilesus on the island of Lesvos, not far south of the landing place of the Dionian army.

The two large pincers resembling crabs on the island of Lesvos, which were not completely closed, formed a bay in the center, the entrance of which was facing south, away from the Hellespont Strait, and for a time evaded the Greek coalition, so that on the second day, when a convoy of 70 cargo ships of the Greek coalition sailed defenselessly to the waters near Ilion, the Asian Minor fleet suddenly appeared and attacked it, destroying almost the entire fleet.

Towards the end of the attack of the Asia Minor fleet, the Dionian Fourth Fleet arrived in a hurry, and the Persian Fleet of Asia Minor immediately gathered its ships and set up a position to fight it.

In view of the disparity in the number of ships, the Dionian Fourth Fleet wisely chose to retreat, while the Persian Fleet in Asia Minor was tired from pursuing the scattered Greek cargo ships back and forth, and the sailors were a little tired and had no intention of fighting again, and then returned to the port of Ilesus.

On the second day, the Asia Minor fleet reappeared in the waters near the entrance to the Hellespont, but found no trace of the Greek fleet or fleet.

In the evening of that day, a military meeting was held among the senior admirals of the Asia Minor Fleet, at which the question of "whether the fleet should return to Halicarnassus as soon as possible" was discussed.

Most of the admirals from the Greek city-states of Asia Minor thought: "The Greek coalition has learned the lesson of yesterday's defeat, and as long as we are here, their fleet will probably not appear." With the large crew of the Asia Minor fleet, it was clear that Lesvos could not provide enough supplies, and it was more troublesome to obtain supplies from the nearby coastal city-states of Asia Minor. What's more, the Asia Minor fleet has been taken aback, and the logistics supply is very important to the Greek coalition, the Kingdom of Dionya will definitely not give up, they will definitely send reinforcements, don't forget that the Dioonians have thousands of warships! ”

The Persian admirals, on the other hand, believed: "The Fleet of Asia Minor, though it has achieved a little success, is not enough to boast to Fanabazos, and still less to attract the attention of the Persian king." Even if the Greek coalition fleet is evading the attack of the fleet, the fleet may not achieve any obvious results in the future, but as long as the fleet exists in this sea area for one more day, it will cut off the supply of the Greek coalition for one day, make the Greek coalition army fearful, and provide assistance to the army of Asia Minor, which is still being formed.

As for the logistical supply problem, they didn't need to worry about it, as long as they asked Fanabazos for help, he would naturally write a letter asking the nearby areas to take the initiative to provide assistance to the entire fleet. So far, there has been no news of the appearance of other fleets in the Aegean Sea, and even if they do intend to attack, it will not be possible to do so in the short term, and the Asia Minor fleet can rest assured that it will stay here for a few more days and gain some more success. ”

Although most of the ships of the Asia Minor Fleet were provided by the Greek city-states, the command was in the hands of the Persians, and they insisted that the admirals of the Greek city-states could not object, so the next day the Asia Minor fleet continued to cruise in this area, but when they returned to their garrison at dusk, they received the astonishing news that a Dionian fleet with a large number of ships had appeared near the sea of Kos, and was heading north along the coast of western Asia Minor.

It turned out that after receiving the order of the Ministry of War, the commanders of the three major fleets of Dionia, Seklian, Midorades, and Stefacas, after some deliberations, made a decision not to let the fleet go to Crete for the time being, after all, thousands of warships were dispatched, and the momentum was too great, and it was difficult not to attract attention, which would inevitably arouse the vigilance of the enemy and could not achieve the effect of luring the snake out of the hole, and in addition, the port conditions of Crete were also quite difficult to support the long-term stationing of the personnel of the three fleets. So they decided to have the three fleets go to Messenia and Ragnia first. As the most important relay station between the sacred kingdom of Dioonia and mainland Greece, the two kingdoms' dependencies have built port facilities over the years to meet the needs of their fleets and crews. The fleet was stationed on the southern coast of the Peloponnese, while keeping a close eye on movements along the western coast of Asia Minor, and quickly attacking as soon as a fighter appeared.

When Davers agreed to their suggestion, the three fleets were stationed in Messenia and Laconia, with little dispatch in normal times, and occasionally training to cultivate a tacit understanding between the fleets, and only a small number of warships were drawn and carried out in the bay.

Since the waters south of the Peloponnese were now the heart of the Dionian Holy Kingdom's sphere of influence in the Eastern Mediterranean, it was impossible for merchant ships from Persia and Asia Minor to enter, so the Persians were completely unaware that all the Dionian fleets in the Western Mediterranean had moved eastward.

Compared with Dionia's strict control of the western seas of the Eastern Mediterranean, Persia's management of the eastern seas is still relatively loose, especially on the western coast of Asia Minor, where Dionya has arranged a lot of eyeliner, so the Persian Fleet of Asia Minor has just been established, and the Dionian fleet soon knew about it.

A few days after the Dionian fleet went north, the three major fleets of Dionya left the port and headed east together, thanks to the previous years, Dionya vigorously promoted and funded the Greek allies to improve the port facilities and maintain the shipping routes, so that when the Dionian fleet crossed the Aegean Sea, it could not only get timely replenishment of fresh water on the nearby islands, but even sometimes rush at night when the weather was good, so when the Dionian fleet approached the coastal waters of Asia Minor, the Dionya fleet was still cruising in the Hellespont Sea.

When the commanders of the Asia Minor fleet learned of this, they did not have the confidence to fight against the three major fleets of Dionia, which far outnumbered them, and they could not care about helping the army again, so they immediately decided to lead the fleet back south. In order to avoid a head-on collision with the Dionian fleet, after passing through the island of Kaios, the Minor Fleet began to move away from the coast, attempting to sail southwest and make a large circle, thus avoiding the Dionian fleet.

Who knew that in order to prevent the enemy from being missed, the commanders of the Dionic fleet specially arranged for the Second Fleet to go to the near sea, the First Fleet to the remote sea, and the Third Fleet to connect in the middle.

It should be said that the Minor Fleet was somewhat lucky, a merchant ship passing through the western city-states of Asia Minor kindly reminded the Minor Fleet that "there is a Dionian fleet heading towards them ahead", and the Persian generals who learned the news immediately panicked: in the face of the Dionian fleet's approach, it is impossible for the Minor Fleet to continue to detour westward, otherwise the fleet will penetrate deep into the Dionysian sphere of influence in the Aegean Sea, without any supplies, and will soon collapse without a fight, so there is only one way in front of them, Get the fleet close to the coast of Asia Minor as soon as possible and take refuge in the harbor of a town to avoid destruction.

The Asiatic fleet then made a sharp U-turn and sailed straight east, passing through the island of Samos, attempting to enter the port of Ephesus before the Dionian fleet could catch up.

Ephesus was a large city on the western coast of Asia Minor, with high walls and abundant supplies, and the Asiatic Minor fleet could take refuge in it for a long time until the Dionian fleet had to leave.

The Persians had a good idea, but unfortunately the Dionian fleet was already prepared, and the Second Fleet led by Midorades quickly passed through the narrow Strait of Samos, and the ships spread out in a "one" in the waters near Ephesus to intercept the eastward escape of the fleet in Asia Minor.

The generals of the Minor Asian fleet, who had learned of the situation through the clippers, were faced with the dangerous situation of being intercepted in front and pursuing in the rear, and they were like ants on a hot pot, panicked and overwhelmed, and had no choice but to lead the fleet to flee into the nearest port of Samos.

Samos is separated from the western mainland of Asia Minor only by a narrow strait, which leads to the fact that it is one of the Ionian islands like Bosworth, it was once one of the important members of the Delian League established by Athens, and later after the Corinthian War, Athens gradually regained its strength, and it joined the Athenian maritime alliance again, but Athens was defeated by Theoyoua, compared to Dionia, which was far away in the western Mediterranean, which was strange to Samos, the Samos were closer to Persia, Later, it was attracted by some decrees issued by the king of Persia in order to win over the Greeks in western Asia Minor and put down the rebellion more quickly, and finally turned completely to Persia.

When the Asiatic fleet fled into the harbor, the three major fleets of Dionya soon arrived, and the sentries on the lighthouse and watchtower of the harbor felt their scalps tingle as they looked at the Dionian warships laid out in the sea outside the harbor.

However, the Summers, who had provided the Asia Minor fleet with a dozen ships, had a fluke: although the Dionian fleet was strong, they could not attack from land after all, and they could not stay here for long, and they would soon have no choice but to leave.