Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Carthage is not Rome. Years of war with Syracuse has made its army's siege experience more abundant, and it has enough technical capabilities to realize the siege plan.Marco sees that the attack effect of the ballista is not obvious. After thinking about it, he ordered to build a wall 100 meters away from the city of Celinus, not only to completely surround the city of Celinus, but also its height should not be low In the walls of Celinus, this not only prevents the Dionysian raid, but also in turn suppresses the long-range attack of the opponent's city head, which is conducive to the next attack.

Under the order of Marco, nearly 100,000 soldiers in the entire barracks and countless laborers carrying heavy loads began to act under the guidance of engineers.

The Dionysian garrison discovered the enemy's attempt and had several out-of-town raids and was repulsed by the already prepared Carthage.

Three days later, a prototype of the earth wall surrounding the city of Serinus rose upright.

Just as the Dionysian soldiers were shocked, in the main residence of the city of Serinus, the commander of the Sicilian theater of the Kingdom of Dionysia, Leotizides, met with the Sicilian fleet commander Miltias.

Since Leotizides did not approve the Ministry of Military Affairs, the crew of the Sicilian Fleet was incorporated into his own army, which violated the interests of the Dionysian navy and was discovered by the newly appointed Mirkias. At that time, Miltias moved to the port and did not meet with Leotizides again. This time, the reason why he came to the city to discuss was also compelling.

Because Miltias was worried about the storm and stopped the cruise ship's patrol in the western waters of Sicily, the army of Carthage easily landed in Sicily. This was a huge military error.If Leotizides fell to the ground at this time and reported to the Military Department, he said, "He has repeatedly reminded the Sicilian fleet not to stop the blockade of the western seas because of the bad weather, but the Sicilian fleet commander has always been stubborn and did not listen, leading to the Sicilian war situation. There have been huge changes...", which will not only increase the disgust of King Deverus and the Ministry of Military Affairs on Miltias, but also likely ruin his future military career, so Miltias came with a soft heart. .

Leotizides saw him, but he did not mention the "Carthage Army Landing", but said straightforwardly: "Mirtias, I am going to attack the Carthage camp at night. I need you. Navy's help."

Upon hearing this, Miltias' thoughts changed sharply, and then hesitantly said: "...night attack on the camp of Carthage? Are you going to attack from the sea? Carthage is in Serinus. There are a lot of sentries on the coast, but they are guarded... It is said that it is a camp of more than 100,000 people! How many soldiers do we have to invest in the raid, can it cause chaos in the Carthage camp! Once unsuccessful , There is a danger of the entire army annihilating!"

Leotizides heard the hint of emotion in Miltias' hesitant words. In order to convince this colleague who was equivalent to his position, he had to take a moment to explain patiently: "I will not Let the soldiers land on the nearby coast, so it is really easy to be discovered by the Carthaginians. The place I chose is here—"

Leotizides pointed to a sketch on the table that outlined the surroundings of the city of Serinus and the camp of Carthage.

Miltias hesitated, leaned close to Leotizides and took a closer look, and found that his finger was just between Serinus and Germe.

Since taking over as commander of the Sicilian Fleet, Miltias has commanded the flagship, repeatedly cruising on the south coast of Sicily, and is familiar with the sea environment here, which is also a skill that the senior general of Dioria must possess.At this moment, a rough picture of this place appeared in his mind. There was indeed a small beach and easy to land, but he reminded: "The coast road from Germe to Serinus is undulating, and it is not very good during the day. I’m afraid it’s more difficult at night!"

"That's why I chose to land here." Leotizides said confidently: "The coastal environment there is complicated, and the Carthage who had just landed in Sicily had no problem with the coast to Germe. Unfamiliar, this can prevent our landing from being discovered by the enemy. I asked the fishermen in the port that it will be a full moon night tonight. After landing, the soldiers can use the moonlight to dive into the forest near the coast. An hour of marching can approach the Carthage camp."

Leotizides moved his finger to the pattern on the Carthage camp and continued: "Based on my careful observations at the head of the city during this period and the return of the soldiers who raided from the city, I think that Marco led The Iberian army camp should be to the north of us, and the army camps from Carthage are on the east and west sides. Most of their soldiers should be Numisbians, and they are also the main force in the construction of earth walls in these days. They must be very tired after being busy during the day, and they must fall asleep at night.

And these days, the Carthage army put the entire defense on the protection of the earth wall under construction. I am afraid that the rear of the camp is negligent, and our raid is very likely to be successful... I will also gather 10,000 heavy infantry in the city. When the raid forces cause chaos in the Carthage camp, I will immediately leave the city, rush through the earth wall, attack the Carthage camp, and respond to them back to the city. If the situation is very serious to us Favorable, you can continue to attack—"

"What if the raid fails?" Miltias suddenly interrupted him.

Leotizides had already considered it, and he said without hesitation: "I will let them escape east into the mountains and eventually return through Minoa."

Miltiyas stopped talking. He knew that there were allies in the mountains to the east. If he fled into the mountains, there was a high possibility of returning safely.

He carefully looked at the sketches on the table and focused on the target to be attacked at night-the Carthage camp on the east side of the city of Serinus. Probably because the Carthage owns a strong force, the camp was built. One mile away from the city, standing at the head of the city can really see the Carthage camp, so Leotizides can infer the general layout of the Carthage camp, he did not have much doubt.

At this time, Leotizides said: "I will send the light armor brigade of the Eighth Army and 1,000 reserve army soldiers to carry out this raid mission. I hope that the fleet infantry belonging to the Sicilian Fleet can also participate in this operation. "

"No..." Miltias instinctively wanted to refuse. As soon as he spoke, he immediately realized that the Fleet Infantry was able to participate in this night raid. Once successful, it was definitely a good thing for him and could reduce his previous The mistake he made immediately changed again: "Of course there is no problem. Our fleet infantry is best at landing raids. I will let them all join this raid!"

Before, the 4th Fleet led by Miltias had 40 3-layer paddle warships, including 30 crow warships, so there were 1200 infantry in the fleet, plus the previous survivors of the storm. There are about 3,000 infantry in the fleet.As a result, the number of soldiers involved in the raid reached 5,000.

Leotizides is satisfied, which is one of the main reasons why he called Miltias.

With the infantry of the fleet joining the night raid, Mirtias also became much more active. He spent a long time working with Leotizides to perfect the raid plan.

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Marco was awakened in his sleep, and he was taken aback when he heard the news of the "Dionysian attack on the camp".

At this time, there was a faint slap in his ears, and he hurriedly walked out of the big tent while he asked anxiously: "Which camp was attacked?! How many enemies?!"

"It should be in the middle of Dongying, and it is unclear how many enemies there are..." the adjutant answered quickly.

Marco walked out of the tent, the sounds of fighting and screaming became clearer, and there were constant cries of exclamation. The Dionysian night raid had started to scream soldiers from other camps.

Marco looked east, even with the moonlight shining, but the camp of nearly 100,000 troops stretched for dozens of miles. There was only a few miles from the Chinese army camp where the accident occurred. At a glance, it looked dark and could not be seen at all. To what.

Marco listened carefully for a while. Although the shouts and screams were widening, he did not panic. During the conquest of southern Iberia, he had encountered too many night raids. This was already very experienced. He immediately Decisively said to the adjutant: "Send herding soldiers to the camps, notify the generals, let them control the soldiers in their camps, and prepare for defense. Without my order, you should not take soldiers to rescue! Follow the command, I will crucify him!"

The reason why Marco is so bad is that the camps in the east are mainly stationed by the army formed by Carthage. Most of his generals are nobles in the basic city of Carthage. When Marco left Carthage for more than 10 years, some people may Ignored his existence and acted without permission.

The herding soldiers ran away, and the generals of the Chinese army camp were rushed to the account after being urgently summoned.

Marco once again gave orders directly to them: "Immediately gather your soldiers. In addition to Talka leading the troops to defend the camp, other troops follow me to rescue the attacked camp—"

The voice of Marco was still falling, and a deafening roar came from outside the account, and some people in the account heard the color change.

The adjutant rushed in and shouted anxiously: "Sir, the Dionysians sent troops from the city and struck the east camp!"

Marco looked calm and smiled: "Listening to this voice, I am afraid that the soldiers sent by the Dionysians are still a lot. That's really great! We can just knock them out and attack Selinus. It’s a lot easier in the city!"