Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Pomirka froze and asked, "Shall we take the city of Serinus first?"

Older brother blushed slightly, he said seriously: "After this period of siege, I believe you also know that not only is the city defense strong, but the main force of Dionysia is also in the city of Serinus, Their morale is very good, even if our number of soldiers is much better than them, but to capture this city, we need to spend more time, and time is very important to me!"

Pomilka remembered the promise made by Marco in the Senate, and he no longer hesitated, and immediately expressed his willingness to go.

With a few smiles, Marco said generously: "You led 10,000 Carthage civics, 15,000 civics composed of Phoenician allies, and 25,000 Numbian soldiers , A total of 50,000 people, which is 10,000 more than when Monte Adno attacked Minoa! I hope you will head to Minoa tomorrow, and don’t make Monte Adno’s original mistakes, as soon as possible Capture Minoa City!"

Pomilka was not excited because he was about to lead such a large army, but asked with concern: "Master Marco, according to this arrangement, there are not many soldiers left by you, just in case Dioni in the city The Asians attacked the city again—"

Although Pomilka didn't go on, he had already expressed his worries. In his opinion: if he left the army following the proposal of Marco, he would have less than 20,000 from Ibil The army brought by Asia, this army of mixed races seems to be very combative, but it is not easy to manage and lacks loyalty.There are also nearly 10,000 civic soldiers formed by the Western Sicilian Confederacy. These Sicilians lack training and are more suitable for handymanship such as transporting the barracks and building camps, rather than fighting in battle; the remaining nearly 10,000 Numbia The soldiers were the soldiers in the camp that had been attacked by night. Obviously, Dionysia’s attack terrified these dark-skinned Numbians. In order not to let their panic affect the morale of other troops, Marco They were specifically separated out, and they have been busy training for the past few days, and they are even preparing to send them to Lili to replace the defenders there.

But Marco was not worried about this. He said confidently: "If the Dionysians acted as you said, that's what I want."

Pomirka no longer persuaded, he accepted the order.In fact, even if he didn’t accept it, Marco would force him to accept it, because he had forcibly replaced a lot of Carthage generals and was taken over by the team leader of the Iberian army he trusted, not only letting the army formed by Carthage The soldier felt very uneasy. After the news reached Carthage, it also aroused criticism from the Senate. The Hanoists even criticized his practice, claiming that he did this in order to turn the entire army into Magoni The German family's private army to facilitate his dictatorship.

Marco let the neutral elder Pormirka temporarily take over the army of Carthage, both to appease the soldiers and to reassure the elders.

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On the second day, Pormirka led the army out of the camp and moved east along the coast.

Marco did not cover up this military operation, so the large-scale movement of the Carthaginians in the barracks was clearly seen by Leotizides on the city head, and he was anxious in his heart, because he could guess this Why did the Carthage army leave? He did not think about it: taking this opportunity to lead the whole army out of town to attack the Carthage army still in the camp, but the previous night attack has already sounded the alarm for the Carthage people. They Since I dare to do so, obviously I am prepared.

Leotizides held the only main force of the Kingdom of Dionysia on Sicily. In the case of the enemy, he can only take actions with great odds, so he is now anxiously looking forward to The arrival of the Katane fleet.

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Hasdrubal allowed soldiers to rob and slaughter the entire city of Agrigento, on the one hand, in order to pay tribute to his father Himilco (Similco also led the army to occupy the city of Agrigento), let him under his command The soldiers of the country were able to be released and harvested after arduous mountain marches and hard battles; on the other hand, they also obtained enough food.

His purpose was achieved.The territory of Agrigento is either mountainous or hilly. Although not known for agriculture, it is a famous animal husbandry city on Sicily. Therefore, Hasdruba received a large number of livestock, enough to sustain 20,000 people. The army ate for half a month.

So after a full day of rest, while Pormirka marched towards Minoa, Hasdruba left 1,000 soldiers stationed in the city of Agrigento, led 16,000 soldiers, and moved east along the coast , The goal is Gerald.

The army had to pass through the city of Econom on the way forward. Why did Leotizides not transport troops to this city before, and Hasdruba did not target this city?Because this is a small Greek city, its size is only a little larger than that of Germe, and the low wall can only be used to block the beasts, and it can’t stop the enemy’s attack at all, so Leotizides does not have hope for it, ha Sdrouba did not see it as a hindrance.(Note: Historically, the tyrant of Agrigento built a new city in Cape Econom a hundred years later. In the first Punic war decades later, it was on the promontory of this city. The largest naval battle in ancient Western history took place nearby. Carthage and Rome invested a total of 680 warships and carried about 290,000 crew and soldiers. In the end, Rome won.)

Sure enough, when Hasdruba led his army, the residents of Ekonom had fled, leaving only an empty city.Carthage's army entered smoothly.

After a night's rest, continue to march eastward on the second day and enter the territory of Gera at noon.

The city of Gela has a long history. It was only four or five years later than the establishment of Syracuse. It was established by the colonists of Rhode Island and Crete and named after the city of Gela River in the territory.

Due to the large amount of soil washed down by the Jera River from the mountains, a fertile river plain within the Jera Territory was formed. After decades of successful transformation of the river marshland by the Jera people, Jera became prosperous, and this At the time, the city of Agrigento was just established, and the city of Syracuse was still limited to the island of Ortigia, so Hippocrates, the hero of the gigantic food and food, and his successor Dillon launched eastward. After the war of conquest, the Greek colonial cities in eastern Sicily, from Messina to Camalina, all expressed their surrender to Jera. Dillon took a fancy to the geographical location of Syracuse, moved there, and let his Brother Siron took over Gerald and moved half of the population of Gerald to Siracusa, thus creating the beginning of Syracuse's prosperity.After Dillon's death, Hiron moved to Syracuse... After that, Gerah's tyrants gave up their original cities and regarded Syracuse as their center of rule. Gerah was also the strongest in Sicily. The large Greek city-state began to decline.But so far, Gera has also established a very close relationship with Syracuse.

The first contradiction between Gera and Syracuse was that more than 20 years ago, Carthage Commander Shimirko led the army on the way to attack Syracuse, first occupied Agrigento, and then surrounded Gera.Dionysius promised to send reinforcements, but in the end the reinforcements did not arrive, and Gerah was also occupied.The deepening of the contradiction is that after the return of the Jera people to their homes, Syracuse has become the hegemony of the Greek city-state in Sicily. Dionysius is heavily oppressed by the allies, including of course Jera, Jerry The Latin people are very dissatisfied with it, but they can only obey in fear of its powerful force.

Until Dionia defeated Syracuse, although the Gera people were grateful to the Dionyans, they also maintained vigilance against foreigners entering Sicily. Dionysia spent 10 years in friendly relations with the city-states around Sicily So that the Geralds finally let go of their guard.In this war between Dionia and Carthage, Gerald also actively provided material assistance and sent troops to the war.

Now, the Carthage army is forced to the city, which not only makes the Jera people nervous, but also shakes Syracuse and Katana. After all, compared to the series of battles that took place in the west, Jera was far from them. Recently, it is more attractive to the public.

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"Master Commander, Carl Sedis is here." Mukru reported to Leotizides.

"Please come in."

A middle-aged team officer wearing a purple crown helmet strode into the hall of the city's mansion.

His name is Calcidis, born in Katane.After Dionysius defeated Katana, he became a refugee, once fled to the mountainous settlement for a while, and then quietly returned to the port of Katana to make a living by selling labor, he was not afraid of rape and assistance Weak and fair, so prestige is high among the displaced and free people in the port of Kataney.In the Civil War of Italy, Antrapolis was lurking in the port of Kataney and received his vigorous help. In the riots that followed in Kataney, the free people he led were also one of the main forces.After Katane successfully recovered, he also led the troops to assist the First Army in pursuing the defeat of Marcias.

However, after the war ended and Katane merged into the Kingdom of Dionynia, the hero of the Katane people refused to become a kingdom official or a member of the city council, but voluntarily became a protector, and Each year, he is selected by the Katana people for his outstanding performance and participates in the Kingdom's General Assembly of Protectors.At the same time, he was also the captain of the first brigade of the Eighth Army, which won the attention of Leotizides.

"Master Commander, Calcedis is here to report!" Calcedes gave a powerful salute.