Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

If it was more than 10 years ago, the labor at the port of Lilibe was more of a Greek freeman, and there were few slaves in Numbia, but the Kingdom of Dionysia occupied eastern Sicily, absorbing the Greek freemen and Carthage. The conquest of Numbia changed this situation.

In the light drizzle and the cold sea breeze, the laborers rushed to the pier with shaking.It was just dawning at this time, although the port was open, but no ships had yet come in. The laborers took the opportunity to sit under the eaves of the warehouse on the shore, and took a break while grasping.

It didn't take long for them to hear noisy footsteps, and hundreds of Carthage soldiers flooded into the port and began to drive away the port's idlers, etc., and strengthened the patrol of the pier.

Looking at the terminal, which suddenly became heavily guarded, the workers felt awkward.

"Look at it! Lord Imisere is here!" Someone shouted in surprise, and the surrounding atmosphere became more tense.

At this time, the officer in charge of labor ran over and scolded angrily: "Hurry up, lazy! Before Lord Marco led the army to the port, you immediately cleared me all the obstacles and garbage on the pier to ensure the road. Unobstructed and clean! And the dilapidated ships docked at the pier immediately pulled me away! Hurry! Hurry! If anyone is lazy, I will let him know my strength!..."

With the roar of the officials, the supervisors threw their leather whips "slap", and the workers immediately ran to the dock like a frightened rabbit, led by the foreman.

Among them, a rickety middle-aged laborer's bleak eyes turned out at the moment: Carthage's army actually chose to cross the sea in such a climate, landing on Lili Peng, it is really bold enough!I wonder if Flarios sent the Clippers to detect this action of the enemy?!

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About an hour later, the first troop carrier entered the port of Lilithium. The sailors on the ship had already collected their sails. They shouted their horns, paddled their oars, and drove to the pier trestle closest to them.

Then sailed into the second ship, the third ship...

Before long, the sea on the port was filled with troop carriers.

Seeing that a ship leaned against the trestle, the foreman led a dozen laborers to run quickly, hooking the ship's side with a hand-held iron hook, making it fully close to the trestle, and then tying the ship's cable to the wooden pile, Then board the board and let the soldiers get off the boat.

The workers who are usually very skilled in this set of procedures to help docking and docking have become difficult under the disturbance of the cold wind and drizzle, because the trestle becomes slippery, and the ship must be made larger under the turbulence of the waves It can only be pulled by the strength of the worker. It has become a common phenomenon that the workers keep slipping on the trestle and falling into the sea. Even if the ship collides in the port, it is not uncommon for soldiers to fall into the water...

Although Imiseray made some preparations for the landing of the army, the chaos in the port still inevitably appeared and continued...

However, no matter how chaotically organized the port is, the soldiers of the ship still boarded the pier uninterruptedly, and gathered densely to the shore of the port. In the noise and noise, they lined up in columns and left the port one after another. Enter Lili Bicheng...

In the eyes of the middle-aged laborer with a sloppy waist: The first to go ashore should be Carthage soldiers (in fact, they are more Phoenicians), but the ruthless Carthages in these rumors seem very calm In the whole process of landing, there was little noise and chaos, and he was very obedient to the command of the team officer. Then there were many dark and slender Numibian soldiers (in fact, some Mauritanians), These rumors of free and nomadic people were able to obey the command and landed on the shore more quickly during the landing process; of course, there were also soldiers with loose movements. These naked, shirtless, tattooed, and fierce-looking natives are said to be The Celtics from the Iberian peninsula, because they were not used to taking a boat, were vomited by the turbulent waves, and they were all crooked and pale when they went ashore, but their tall and strong body still made him feel nervous. The most important thing for this laborer is the murderous air emitted by these soldiers, which is only possessed by the veterans who have passed the battle.

It seems that this time Carthage's army is not easy to deal with!He looked at the troop carrier that was still in and out of the harbour entrance, hiding his concerns in his heart...

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In this landing, Marco arranged the landing site of the main force of Iberia who followed him for many years at and near the port of Lilibe. In fact, the entire Carthage army-a large army of more than 80,000 people The landing sites are all over the coast from Mazara to Eurex, not only the ports of various towns, but also the beaches that can be used for boating, because Marco hopes to be able to transfer soldiers, weights, horses, etc. in the shortest possible time. Sent to Sicily to avoid being attacked by his fleet after being discovered by the Dionysians.

To this end, not only Carthage and Utica dispatched a large number of ships, Hadrumetum, ruspina, lgilgili, etc. located on the coast of Africa The Phoenician city-states also provided ships to help transport soldiers.

Therefore, from the west of Sicily to Africa, you can see a wonder: countless ships cover the sea, as if a huge pontoon connecting the two places has been laid out.And on the west coast of Sicily, weary soldiers can be seen gathering on the beach, frightened war horses running around, shouting, horse hissing one after another, from Mazara to Eurex...

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In the main mansion in the city of Serinus, the adjutant Mukru gently pushed open the door of the study. In the room was sitting alone Leotichides, a portrait of the commander of the Kingdom of Dionysia in charge of the Sicilian war A puppet, sitting motionless on a wooden chair, staring attentively at the Sicilian map hanging on the wall.

Following Leotizides for some time, Mukru knew of the commander's quirky habits, so he did not speak, but stood quietly behind Leotichides.

I don’t know how long after that, Mukru felt his eyelids were fighting. He heard Leotizides ask: "Yesterday, the Iberian army of about 20,000 people who had been entrenched in Palermos suddenly When you march south and enter Lili Bicheng, what do you think is the reason?"

"Uh...maybe because the Iberian governor Marco of Carthage took over as the military commander, the conflict between the Iberian army and the Carthage army no longer exists..." Suddenly asked about this matter, Mukruk was not Thinking deeply, it throws out a reason why it thinks it is reasonable.

Leotizides did not look back, and he still sat and continued to ask: "It was a long time ago that Marco became Carthage's military commander. Why did Iberian army in Palermos until yesterday? Did you leave to enter Lilipy?"

Mukruk heard a trace of dissatisfaction in Leotizides' words. This time he thought for a while before answering cautiously: "It may be because we are constantly sending soldiers to harvest Mazara during this time. , Segsta, Lilibis, and even Eriks, half-ripe wheat fields, the Iberian army came from the north coast, I am afraid to strengthen the military strength of the Carthaginians here, and restrain us from harvesting wheat Action..."

After Mukru said these words, when Leotizides did not respond, he thought about it and added a very uncertain sentence: "It may also be...cooperating with the Carthaginian military operations..."

Halfway, Leotizides replied quietly: "Carthage's military operations?...What else can they do besides landing in Sicily?"

Taglu suddenly felt a shock.

At this time, Leotizides stood up, looked at Mukru, and said in a deep voice: "You go to inform the Cavalry Corps to send me the best scout ride, and in the past few days, I will carefully explore Lili Py, E Ricks... The movements of the enemies in these cities will be reported as soon as they are abnormal!"

"Yes!" Mukruk's response was a little low, because he knew: from the present point of view, the only weakness of the Dionysian army compared to the Carthage army is the cavalry. This command of the commander determines the fourth The Cavalry Corps must pay a certain amount of casualties.

"...At the same time, five reserve brigades were dispatched to follow these scout rides to protect our scout rides from being attacked by the Numisbian cavalry." Leotizides' next words made Mukerosson Tone, there are 5,000 legions ready to be backed by heavy infantry, the safety of Dionysia's reconnaissance ride is guaranteed.

"Also, you tell Miltias that he will send more clippers to go deeper west of Sicily and explore the movement of Carthage's army across the sea."

Leotizides finished, but Mukruk was awkward. He said: "Master Commander, I came to the study to tell you that our fleet still did not send any warships like yesterday. Go cruising in the western seas. According to the information I found, the Sicilian fleet chief Miltias said that the admirals under his opponents said,'They are not familiar with the sea conditions here. If they go to sea under such bad weather, they will probably encounter again. Like the previous doom, he must be responsible for the life of the crew of each warship, and they must not be allowed to die without any merit, and in this weather, the Carthaginians are also worried. , No big action...'"

Listening to what Mukru said, Leotizides had a terrible complexion. He snorted softly: "This new Sicilian fleet commander has been frightened by the storm. His courage is comparable to Seckley. There is much more to go! You still have to go to the port and tell Miltias personally that it is my order that he must send a clipper to patrol the western waters of Sicily in these two days!"