Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Mazara is a town established by the Phoenicians. It has long been under the jurisdiction of Carthage, but it is only more than 30 miles away from the city of Lili. However, the movement of the Carthage army is slow, and not only has a large number of weights, but also Monte Adno With some Carthage merchants, and even prostitutes, the team was bloated and the formation was somewhat scattered, and the march was relatively slow.

The next day, the team continued to move forward and again reached the city of Serinus at about 40 miles from Mazara at dusk.

Celinus was founded by the Greek colonists and was once famous in Sicily for wealthy agriculture and fishing.During the Peloponnesian War, it clashed with Segersta, not far from it, to the northwest of it, and as a result, became the incentive for the Athenian army to expedite Sicily.In the ensuing long-term battle between Carthage and Syracuse, the pair of Greek colonial towns in the west of Sicily, surrounded by Phoenician towns, Serinus and Segsta, were repeatedly captured. Most of its Greek residents fled to eastern Sicily, and most of them later moved into the Phoenicians. Therefore, only when Daonia and Carthage signed an agreement, Davos would agree to classify Serinus. Carthage governed.

On the third day, the Carthage army reached another town, Thermae, at dusk. Although the Carthage soldiers marching all the way were tired, their expressions were very excited.

Look at the name of this town to know that there are hot springs in this place.At the beginning, because of the hot springs in the Calghero Mountains, Serinus talents built a village here. After the Carthaginians occupied it and strengthened friendly exchanges with Dionyssia, the hot springs in Turui The bath inspired the Carthaginians from merchants, so they vigorously developed it and built several hot spring baths similar to Turiri, attracting countless Carthage people to enjoy the baths of sulfur hot springs. The village quickly developed into a town.

The soldiers simply built the camp and went to take a bath in batches, and Monte Adno even called a few women to accompany himself in the bath.

The next day, the Carthage army, which had been washed by the hot springs, both generals and soldiers were full of energy and moved briskly to the east.

In the afternoon, the army reached Heraklia, the city of Minoa.This is a Greek colonial city, located on the hills on the east bank of the Halikas estuary, overlooking the fertile lowlands on the west bank, and surrounding the east port.For more than ten years, this city-state has been in close contact with Dionia, and even because of its name, it has also established a close and friendly relationship with the city of Heraclea under the jurisdiction of the kingdom.Therefore, the Minoa people refused without hesitation to the persecution of the Carthaginians.

Monte Adnor had long expected this, and he ordered the army to camp on the west bank of the Halikas River.

For the next three days, the Carthaginians were preparing for siege, and the Carthage Clippers sent to the east coast to investigate sent back news: Did not find that Dionysia sent reinforcements to Minoa.

Monte Ador immediately decided in his heart that he decided to launch a full-scale attack on Minoa tomorrow.

He did not know that: The tribes of Sikeir in the city of Enna in the northwestern city of Minoa and the inland center of Sicily had sent a thousand soldiers early, and they were crossing the mountains, trekking the valley, and coming towards Minoa .

The next day, the Carthaginian army crossed the Halikas River and arrived under the city of Minoa. They lined up and surrounded the city of Minoa, then sounded the offensive bugle.

The city of Minoa is not large, and the population is not too large. There are less than 4,000 young and middle-aged civilian soldiers able to fight in the city. There is no moat in front of the city. The hill where it is located is less than 150 meters in height, and the slope is gentle.However, the Minoa people completely obeyed the instructions of the team officers sent by Dionia, not only laid a lot of traps, but also cut down all the trees on the hills, and even dug out the rocks that can be used as offensive cover, as a defense Stones used to hurt the enemy.

Because of the presence of the hills, the large siege equipment produced by Carthage not only needs more manpower to move to the front of the city, but its action must also be very slow. The attack of the ballista is also because of the distance and accuracy. Both the power and power were greatly reduced, so the Numibian soldiers who were the main attackers carried the ladder and rushed to the front, and they were deeply troubled by the trap.

Moreover, the Minoa people pushed down the rounded boulders towards the places where the Carthage army under the city was densely attacked. The stones rolled down the mountain, crushing many Numbian soldiers along the way, and even The destruction of the siege equipment eventually caused the siege troops to retreat...

After learning of the situation in the big tent, Monte Adnor was not in a hurry, and ordered the troops to regroup and continue their offensive.

Seeing the low morale of the Numibian soldiers slowly moving towards the city of Minoa, the anxious Millefio broke into the big account and asked Monte Adno to send the troops of the Holy Order he led When he was the main attacker, he was rejected by the commander. He said persuasively: "Attacking such a dangerous and fortified city cannot be successful in a day or two, we must be patient! Our holy legion troops, Cartha The basic civic soldiers and even the Phoenician soldiers of the Allies are precious and cannot be consumed in the long and arduous siege. The Numbians are not only crowded but also lowly, they have killed a batch, and then brought in a batch That’s it, it is also conducive to the stability of the Numisbia..."

Miller Fior was silent.

In the afternoon, the Carthaginian army attacked the city and began a fierce ant attachment to the city.

When the battle was heated up, a horn sounded outside the northern city of Minoa and behind the battlefield. Thousands of Sikel warriors rushed out of the mountains to the north and killed the Carthage army in the fierce battle.

The negligent Monte Adno was affected by the information reported by the Clippers. After the siege began, neither spies nor scouts were sent to check the enemy situation around the battlefield, nor did it set up a special reserve force behind the siege troops as escorts, especially It is north of Minoa City.

The Sikel warriors only wore cloth robes, armed with spears and javelins, so the speed was fast. In a blink of an eye, they climbed up the hill and ran down the city to attack the Numibian soldiers who were attacking the city with full strength. The Mibians suddenly collapsed.

The defeat of the Numisbians outside the northern city quickly affected the troops in other directions. The soldiers shouted in panic: "The enemy's reinforcements are coming! The enemy's reinforcements are coming!..." Beyond the Scykels who chased them, these mountain people stared at the tens of thousands of Numbian soldiers, rushing across the Halikas River like a tide, and even wrapped in the Carthage who came to stop them. The base troops fled into the big camp together.

Millefio, with the cavalry and infantry of the Regiment, bypassed the defeat and went to block the enemy's reinforcements. As a result, he found that these simple equipment and few enemies did not enter the city of Minoa, but ran into it quickly. In the mountains.

The tens of thousands of troops in Dagong Carthage were repulsed by the Sikel Mountain people of only a thousand people!Filomio felt extremely ashamed and angry.

However, Monte Adnor was calm, in his opinion: although the Sikel attack led to the defeat of the siege troops, the casualties caused were not large (less than 1,000 people), for such a scale For siege warfare, it's nothing.On the contrary, the attacks of the Sikels are revealing the intentions of the Dionysians. As long as the Carthage army strengthens the security, the Sikels can no longer cause any damage to the army.

After listening to Monte Adno’s comfort, Millefio returned to the camp and felt uneasy in his heart. He vaguely felt that Monte Adno was not aggressive enough to command such a large army, and he seemed unable to command such a large army, so he wrote immediately. To his father-in-law Hannuo, he expressed his concerns to him.

Two days later, a clipper from Carthage brought Hannuo’s autograph. In the letter: Hanno warned Monte Adnor to go all out to deal with this war and get some results as soon as possible to let the Senate Knowing that he appointed Monte Adno as military commander is the right decision!

At the same time, he also warned Monte Adorno: Don't neglect the carelessness and let the military suffer!Otherwise, even if some people in the Senate do not impeach him, he cannot face the anger of the people!

After reading the letter, Monte Adnor felt the pressure, he finally stopped drunk in the big tent, he personally reorganized the army, and directed the soldiers to attack Minoa.

The Minoans seized the rest of these two or three days and rearranged the defensive facilities destroyed by the Carthage, which caused great trouble to the Carthage army again.

While the Carthage attacked the city, the Sikels wandered on the edge of the battlefield and attacked from time to time. On one occasion, they almost burned the Carthage camp.Although Monte Ador had been prepared for this for a long time, and the damage caused by them was not great, they had restrained the energy of the Carthaginians.In the army of Carthage, not only the cavalry, but even the infantry came from the plains and deserts of Africa, and there was no way to completely use the Sikel forces with no expenditure.

After thinking hard about Monte Adno, he remembered the Sikan people who were attached to the Carthaginians living in the western mountains of Sicily, so he sent a command to Semilime of Lilibe to let him quickly organize a Western The troops of the Kan sent to Minoa to fight.

The news that "One Thousand Sikail warriors defeated Carthage's 40,000 siege army" also reached the ears of Dionysia Sicilian commander Leotizides, who was closely watching the battle in Katanai. I was also surprised.

After inquiring in detail about the course of the battle, he stared at the map and fell into contemplation.

After a long time, he took out the information about this Carthage army given to him by the intelligence department, and read it several times, and finally made up his mind.

Soon, during the war in Sicily, the governor, Cyprus, hurriedly rushed: "Sir Prosouth, so anxious to see me, has the situation changed?"