Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

In the barracks account, Lizzaro saw Prentals, and he immediately greeted the assistant staff officer who had helped him win in Campania.

"Okay, gossip later, let's quickly discuss how to complete the task given by His Majesty." Amintas urged.

"How is the situation in Latium now?" Lizaru asked first, this is the basic quality that a senior Dionyan commander should have. Without understanding the surrounding situation and the enemy, there is no way to win the battle. of.

Therefore, Amintas did not think of the pestle, pointed at the map, and explained carefully: "Since the Romans attacked the Helnikians last month, they have conquered many towns in a row, and now have taken Helni The central town of the basic people-Filanti Tirum is completely besieged and is stepping up its attack. Its strength has been increased from 40,000 to 70,000. According to the Walsi people, the situation of Filti Tirum is very critical and adhere to It will not be a few days. Once the town is collapsed, not only will the Helnikians die, but the Walseys will also suffer severe losses, because the Walseys have sent a large number of soldiers to rescue Helniki, and now Being trapped in the city of Filanti Tirum, so Walsey’s territory is already very empty, and it is up to our first army to help them."

Lizzaru stared at the map for a while before pointing to the north of Walsey’s territory and asked, “Since the Roman army is focused on attacking the Helnikians, the defense here must also be empty.”

"The citizens of these Latin allies in the west of Rome have been transferred to attack Helniki. There are really not many troops, but here! Here! There are also ten thousand Roman troops stationed here!" Amintas pointed his finger. Three clicks on the map.

Lizzaru took a closer look, and the names of the three city icons were: Villitre, Satnikum and Antium, and they just intercepted the access road from the northwest of Wall into the Latham area.

Lizzaro estimated it and was surprised: "The Romans would even build such a large army?!"

"According to the Walsi, this time Rome not only mobilized all its own young and middle-aged citizens, but also provided all the Latin allies and the northern Etruscan allies with a lot of reinforcements, so it is doing its best In this war, I think this is also the reason why His Majesty led the army in order to solve the Romans first!" Prentals emphasized aside.

"But these three cities are in the way. If one of them is to be defeated, it will not be successful in a day or two. I am afraid that it will delay His Majesty's attack plan." Lizaru pointed to the map and said worriedly.

"Are you stupid!" Amintas criticized unkindly: "We don't need to attack them at all, we just need to bypass them and enter the coastal area of ​​Latium to protect your army from landing on the coast. ."

Lizaru, who just thought into the tip of the horn, slapped his head and smiled awkwardly. He thought for a while and said, "If you do this, you can only let the soldiers carry rations, and leave the auxiliary troops in the barracks. To ensure that the march is fast, and if you encounter an enemy out of the city to intercept, you can also fight quickly, but only in this way...our barracks and even the entire Walsey territory are completely open to the Romans!"

Pringles laughed: "Don't worry too much about this. Once our army successfully landed, the entire Latium area will be alert to our offensive. Where else will we invade Walsey! And we will also arrange in the barracks The rest of the crew went to Selce, took a fleet, and turned around the newly occupied land of the army."

Lizaru no longer had any worries and asked anxiously, "When will we act?"

"Just waiting for the army led by His Majesty to reach the Latham region by boat, but before that, we still have to discuss with the senior Walsey, they need to provide some help for this army offensive."

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The news that "The Great Battle of Serinus was finally disturbed by the storm and the warships of both sides were almost annihilated" was spread throughout the western part of Sicily early the next morning. The acting commander of the Carthage Army, Pomilka, learned of this The news was shocked, and the messengers were urgently dispatched to take the news quickly back to Carthage. At the same time, the coastal city-states were notified to search and rescue on the coast of the territory, and all the survivors were sent to Lili.

The Dionysian camp outside the city of Serinus was overcrowded. Not only were the tents full of survivors of the shipwreck, but the passages and vacant areas outside the tents were also filled with struggling moans; and Outside the camp are dense corpses, white flower bodies or people who have not yet been determined to be dead or unconscious. Doctors and nurses have been treating them for more than ten hours and are still busy; and more than 20,000 Dionysian troops and their Allied officers and soldiers are also helping the medical camp to save their fellow citizens and comrades in the navy.

In the big tent, Leotizides, who has been busy until now, has not slept in a bed, sitting on a wooden chair and listening to the report of the adjutant Mukru. Although he was very tired, he still kept his back straight.

"Master Commander, from last night to now, our soldiers found a total of about 150,000 human bodies on the coast, and about 100,000 people were rescued, of which more than 61,500 of us Dionysians were confirmed dead. There are 29,379 crew members in Dionysia..."Mukruh held the record board, and every time he read a set of numbers, his heart was a burst of madness. Behind these huge numbers meant that countless once-lived lives passed away, one family after another. 'S crying...

Leotichides did not seem to react much to this. After listening to the report of the adjutant, he was still expressionless and asked quickly: "How many people are there in our Sicilian fleet?"

Mukruk thought for a while and said uncertainly: "According to the last time I received rations in the Minoa Sicily Fleet, they may have about 11-12 thousand people..."

Leotizides estimated it in his heart and said, "So we have no more than 30,000 crew members to find."

"They are likely to float to the coast controlled by the Carthage, or to the coast of the Confederacy. This will require us to contact Minoa, Agrigento and other south coast city states in the next few days to understand The details." Mukru said.

Leotizides nodded, only then sighed: "The navy is really too young to consume the kingdom's young and middle-aged citizens. This storm cost us tens of thousands of people, enough for us to build five or six legions. !"

Mukru explained: "Adult, but we also easily captured nearly 40,000 Carthage or Phoenicians. If it is a normal battle, how many battles will it take to have so many prisoners."

When Leotichides listened, his brow furrowed, and his sharp eyes looked at Mukru without blinking. Until the other person lowered his head, he slowly asked: "Secrian and Flarios did you find it?"

"...No news yet..." Mukruk looked sad.

"Continue to send people to look for, don't give up. And we'll commission Xerofenice to send spies to the city-state of Carthage in the west." Until this time, there was a slight fluctuation in Leotichides' face: " I heard that Sekerian is very water-based, and once crossed the turbulent Crati River when he was young, he should not have drowned in the sea so easily."

"Yes, Master Commander."

"Is there anything else?"

"Well...the medical camp reminded that there are too many dead bodies inside and outside the camp. If they are parked for too long, the bodies will rot and it will easily cause epidemics."

"As long as they are sure of the death, they will pull to cremation, and let the live sailors take their ashes back to the fleet base in Catania or Tarantum, as for the ashes of the Carthaginians. Leotizides said, remembering something again, and said in a heavier tone: "This matter should be done immediately so that these living sailors can return to their station as soon as possible to avoid consuming our food in vain, but those fleets The infantry will stay and fight with us."

Leotizides had long greeted the infantry in the Sicilian fleet. He had seen their military training in Catania, and believed that their military quality was not weaker than that of the regular soldiers of the Eighth Army. While the Sicilian fleet was destroyed When the news of Seclion and Flarios disappeared, they were added to their own teams to enhance their strength.

Mukruk had not responded yet, and Leotizides emphasized again: "And... 10,000 young and strong sailors were drawn from the navy and given them spears to temporarily serve as our light infantry. "

Mukru was surprised, and he gently reminded: "Master Commander, without the permission of the Ministry of Military Affairs, you have transferred the Navy's Fleet Infantry. It is already illegal to reorganize the rules, and you need to reorganize the sailors. I am afraid the Navy will be dissatisfied with this."

Leotizides disagreed, he said in a deep voice: "We are now deep into the sphere of influence of Carthage. Not only is the supply line stretched, but the enemy will also counterattack at any time, but the ships of the Sicilian Fleet are all gone. We provide protection of the coastline. We are fighting alone, and if we do not strengthen our strength, we may be in trouble at any time. The Sicilian Navy can’t function without a ship, it is better to let idle sailors and fleet infantry temporarily under my command. This is a special period, I believe His Majesty. And the military department will understand my approach!"

As a lieutenant, Mukru can only remind that since Leotizides insisted on doing, he could only execute, and then he immediately turned to other aspects: "Master, how about the 40,000 Carthage captives? Dispose?"

"Stay for the time being and deal with them in the same way as the former prisoners." Leotichides said in a deep voice. "There must be our sailors there, and we can exchange with them at that time."