Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Will the Carthaginians agree?Before, you firmly rejected their request to redeem the captured soldiers of the Carthage Holy Corps!Mukrud only dared to talk about this doubt and buried it in his heart, but did not say it.

"It's still necessary to attack Serinus as soon as possible!" Leotizides whispered, whether from the strategic point of attacking the west of Sicily, or from the perspective of facilitating grain transport... even if it is safer From the perspective of holding so many captives, capturing Serinus is a top priority.

Mukru was busy and reminded: "Legion commander, the soldiers were busy all night last night, and they were very tired. Today they have no physical strength to attack the city. And yesterday the Carthaginians sent thousands of soldiers into Sellin. Nus, their defense has been enhanced. And—"

"And we have lost the Sicilian fleet and can no longer block the port. The Carthaginians can carry out reinforcements from the sea at any time!" Leotizides took the conversation and said solemnly, this is what he was most worried about: Dai The disappearance of the Onia army’s superiority in the Sicilian sea will add a lot of difficulty to the onshore attack, because the more the army attacks the west, the closer it is to Carthage, and the stronger the other side’s reinforcement from the sea, and the loss of the fleet The Dionysian army could not stop them. They could only hope that after the news of "the destruction of the Sicilian Fleet" was returned to Turri, His Majesty would be able to send a third or fourth fleet to regain Sicilian maritime superiority.

Just as Leotizides frowned, the guards came in and reported, "The Captain of Theocassis, who patrolled the seaside, asked to see that there was an urgent military report."

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"You mean in the port of Serinus, there are our 42 three-tier paddle warships?!" Rao Leotitzides has always been indifferent, and he was impressed when he heard the news.

"Yes, Master Commander." Dioccass also said excitedly: "At the time of the storm, the second squadron of the First Fleet was attacking Carthage's ship outside the port of Serinus. The squadron and squadron leader Stefakas led the surrounding warships into the port of Serinus, and landed smoothly, occupying the southwest corner of the port. They were prepared to send the Clippers last night after the storm subsided. Came to inform us, but the wreckage of the ship caused by the storm blocked the port and made nighttime navigation dangerous, so it was not until this morning that I ventured to open a passage from the port to send a clipper to report.

In fact, the harbour of Serinus, like other Greek city-state harbours, has water gates for preventing waves and entrances, which can be blocked with iron chains, and towers are built on the breakwater to attack enemy ships.But yesterday when the Carthage fleet entered the port, the water gate was blocked by panic, which made the Serinus people unable to close the port. In addition to the storm, the port personnel only wanted to go home and evade quickly, resulting in the slack defense of the port. Let the Dionysian warship easily break into the port and land ashore smoothly.

Leotizides quickly calmed his mood swings and asked calmly: "How many of them are they? Can they resist the enemy's attack?"

"According to the messenger, the squadron leader Stefakas is very confident about this, because 30 of the 42 warships entering the port are crow warships, so they have about 1,200 fully armed fleet infantry, and Nearly 7,000 sailors, they sank a lot of Carthage troop transporters, robbed Carthage’s grain transport fleet after landing, and even took off the armor and weapons of many drowned Carthage soldiers to obtain With more than 400 sets of heavy infantry equipment and more than 30 bows and arrows, they also let some sailors sharpen one end of the wooden paddle as a lengthened wooden gun, and their warships also controlled the sea surface in the port... from the messenger said, When he left the port, the Carthaginians did not attack them..."

"After several of our siege, the number of Selinus defenders is probably less than 2,000. Even if there are reinforcements this time, it will not exceed 5,000. If the Carthaginians attack with all their strength, it will be given to the port. The navy caused a lot of trouble, but it seems that Carthage’s defending generals are not brave enough to worry about taking advantage of the situation and not taking immediate action..." After listening to the story of Dioccass, Leotizides analyzed He said that he had realized that this was a great opportunity, and asked Mukru with a slightly excited tone: "What time is it?"

"About 8 o'clock in the morning."

"Mukru, you immediately went to inform the soldiers of the Eighth Army and the reserve team to take a rest in the tent. I only gave them four hours of sleep recovery time. At noon, I had to wake up. After lunch, I began to attack the city immediately!" Column Ortizides gave orders decisively.

"Yes, Commander of the Legion, I will immediately convey."

"Diocassis, you go to call the messenger, I will ask the details again." Leotizides said, out of caution, he first had to personally confirm the authenticity of the news, and secondly wanted to further Learn more about the enemy and the enemy in the city.

At noon, Leotizides led the army to attack the city.

Contact has been made, and the remaining Sicilian Fleet at the port responded immediately, launching an attack from the port to the city.

The Carthage defenders faced a two-sided attack and were in a difficult situation.

In the afternoon of the fighting, Millefio led a few cavalrymen to escape from the south gate, and the Defender of Serinus opened the door to surrender.

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The southwestern area of ​​Latham in March is really rainy season. The mist in the morning and the drizzle of rain are the most annoying weather of the city head sentry. It can't make people sleep more along the wall, and it is a bit damp and cold. The temperature made the sentry who had just eaten breakfast quickly feel hungry again. The Romans' serious character and strict military law prevented them from leaving their posts easily, and they could only slowly patrol the city of Antium while praying Time passed quickly, let the next group of comrades hurry to rotate.

"Do you hear what this sound is?" a sentry suddenly asked nervously.

The other sentry listened immediately.

"Wow! Wow! Wow!..." The slight and continuous sound is different from the tide of the sea, and has a metallic texture.

The sentinel's face changed: there were troops outside the city, and a large number.

Is it an enemy?!The sentry looked up, and the open city was dripping with rain, and no figure could be seen.

The guard of Antium will be Paulus Valerius Portitus, not long ago he was the military and political officer in Rome, but after Camillus was appointed as the dictator, the six Rome Military and political officials will naturally resign.Because Paulus has always been prudent and prudent in his work, the Senate appointed him as the guardian of the newly occupied town of Antium, hoping that he can firmly hold the southwest border and coast of Rome and the Latin Confederacy to ensure that Rome is against Helniki. The complete conquest of man.

The sentinel report quickly caught his attention, and he immediately sent a team of scouts to investigate the city.

Soon, this team fled back in disguise, because they were attacked by many black helmets and black armored cavalrymen shortly after they left the city, and almost all of them were wiped out.

Dionysians!Paulus got nervous: Are they ready to attack Antium?!

He immediately summoned the troops in the city and began to lay out his defenses, preparing to resist the Dionysian attack.

The Roman soldiers stood all over the city, staring nervously outside the city.

This station was more than an hour, the mist was gone, the drizzle stopped, and the sky was bright, but I didn't see the Dionysian army appearing outside the city, and even the sound of "wow, wow" disappeared.

Confused, Paulus decided to send a reconnaissance ride again to find out the enemy's movements.

As a result, the scouts sent out were intercepted again. According to the scouts who fled back, Dionysia’s cavalry was cruising in all directions one mile away from the city of Antium, and they could not break through their interception. The movement of the Mindeonian troops.

Paulus was confused and nervous. Before he could understand the movement of the Dionysian army, he dared not send his army out of the city. After all, the Roman army was still attacking the Helnikians in the east, and the Latium area was empty. The mission is to guard Antioum, and together with the defenders of Willetley and Satnikum, block the attack of the enemies in the south.

When Paulus remained on his toes, the Sartnikum defenders to the north faced the same situation, and they took the same approach.In order to ensure the safety of the territory and the Latin Confederacy, the Roman Senate sent the two newly occupied towns with cautious and heavy-weight generals, so that they did not dare to send troops in the first place to initiate a tentative attack, which may be detected. The movement of the Dionysian army.

In fact, a large force of nearly 20,000 people consisting of the First Army, the Third Army, the First Cavalry Corps, and some of the Second Cavalry Corps of Dionysia is lined up with eight-way columns, and the Cavalry Corps guards the wings of the marching column, and there is no heavy team follow.In the early morning, he set off from Setia’s barracks and marched north. In the morning, he reached the border between Latium and Walsey.

Amintas let the two cavalry regiments block the outgoing passages of Antium and Satnikum, and robbed the scouts to ensure that their main force was from the middle of Antium and Sutnikum Pass quickly and secretly, and then continue to the northwest.

Adrea, not far north of Antium, is an ancient Latin city-state and one of the few coastal towns in the Latin city-state.It has a close relationship with Rome. Twenty years ago, Camillus was dissatisfied with the verdict of the Roman Senate, and he was hiding in Adi.More than a decade ago, the Celtics captured Rome and looted in the Latin area. Camillus first raised the banner of resistance with the support of Adi citizens, and finally recovered Rome. Later, Rome and Adi also established A stronger alliance.