Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Leotizides showed a rare smile at the moment and asked, "How is the barracks today?"

Since the occupation of Serinus, Leotizides has temporarily assumed the responsibility of managing the entire city (although most of the people in Serinus have been escorted to Katana), naturally there are not many Time and energy are devoted to the army, so he usually lets Carlsidis manage the barracks for him. So far, there have been no major mistakes.

"Everything is okay. The Navy's defeat did not affect the morale of the brothers. On the contrary, they hoped that the adults would allow them to attack the enemy camp again and make a few more exploits." Karsidis replied.

Leotizides shook his head gently: "The Carthaginians have been deceived once, and the same strategy is difficult to work again, but I am going to carry out a major military operation--"

Speaking of which, he looked at Calcidis.

Calcidis stood calmly, and did not show a very urgent look.

Leotizides promised in his heart, and his face was as indifferent as ever: "Now the Carthaginians divided their army into four parts, partly besieging Serinus, partly attacking Minoa, partly attacking Enna , There is a part that is attacking Jera, the situation is very serious. If you are me, what will you do at this time?

For high-ranking team officers like Carl Sedis, the information returned by spies and clippers is generally open to them, so Carl Sedis understands the current battlefield situation and has his own thinking, so he thought I thought, saying: "The number of Carthage's army is far greater than ours, but since they scattered their offensives, we can use the advantages of the sea to break each of them."

"Break each... well..." Leotizides asked quietly, "Where do you think you should start?"

"Gera." Karsidis said without hesitation: "The Carthage army there is said to have not much strength, and it is alone, and it is close to the coast. It is the best target!"

Leotizides nodded: "You and I thought about going together. I'm going to lead the Eighth Army and the 4th Cavalry Army by boat to Jera to defeat the Carthage army as soon as possible. After I left , You will be led by 5,000 legionary soldiers to stay here."

Calcidis did not immediately respond, but showed hesitation, which made Leotizides who knew him strange.

After a moment, Carl Sidis resolutely said: "Master Commander, there are too many 5,000 soldiers, and 3,000 are enough. In this way, sir, you have more soldiers to defeat the Carthage army, I am confident to stick to it When you lead the team and win!"

Leotizides looked slightly stunned, sitting on a wooden chair, staring straight at Calcidis for a while, then stood up, walked in front of him, reached out and patted him on his shoulder: "My After the second army left Celinus, not only to defeat the Carthage army in Jera, I am afraid that they will not come back for a long time, and Celinus is very important to us, we must do our best Keep it, so you are left with so many soldiers, you don’t have to worry about the less troops I lead. When the east comes, I have soldiers available."

After listening to this, Carl Sidis immediately solemnly said: "Master Commander, please rest assured, as long as I am in, the city of Serinus, I will swear to guard Serinus!"

Leotizides twitched his face, and his tone was rare and mildly: "If you can't hold on, you don't need to die. There is a naval fleet in the port, bringing the soldiers home safely. This war will be very long. , In the future we will have the opportunity to regain Serinus..."

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Katane's fleet arrived at the port of Serinus, and Leotizides led the army to prepare to board the ship. It happened to meet the messenger sent by Minoa to ask for help.

It turned out that after Pormirka led the Carthaginian army to the Minoa territory and set down the camp, they began to attack the Minoa city.Unlike Monte Adno, Pomirka came to the front line and urged the siege, coupled with the iron command from the generals of the Iberian army, the soldiers did not dare to slack off and attacked violently, which brought a lot to the Minoa garrison. pressure.

At this time, Leotizides got this news, and there was no good way. He could only comfort the Minoa people for a while, and he would lead the army to rescue as soon as possible.

Under the escort of the Sicilian Fleet, the fleet of Leotizides' troops entered the port of Gera smoothly.

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At the same time, Breru, the 7th Army Commander at the Lockley Barracks, received an order from the Ministry of Military Affairs: The 7th Army Corps went to Katana on the same day. Anxious!

"It's finally our turn!" Breurou's body jumped up from the seat and shouted excitedly to the adjutant: "Quickly send someone to notify the Chief Executive of Lockley and ask them to prepare for the expedition. Also Yes... Notify the brigades of this news and let them immediately recall the soldiers who went out!"

"Yes, the regiment leader!"

Not long afterwards, there was continuous cheering in the barracks.

Breru smiled when he heard it.

Breru, who once was the leader of Bruty in Bisinia, and later Bisinia merged into Dionysian, he became a veteran, but did not engage in political affairs like Bakiripi, but chose to join Dior Legionnaires.He was the first captain of the Fourth Army during the Civil War, and was captured by Dionysius together with the head of the army. Dracos was killed, but he was imprisoned because of the identity of the former Bruti leader. And finally rescued.As the only senior officer of the Dionysian Corps captured and survived by the Syracuse in the Southern Italian War, he regarded this as the greatest shame, and he always fought bravely in the following wars, because His merits were promoted to the head of the 7th Legion.

In this war, other legions have participated in the war. Only the 7th legion has been idle so far. Breru has written to the military department many times to complain about injustice.Not long ago, the Ministry of Military Affairs sent a message saying that the army of Carthage landed in Sicily again, reminding him to make preparations.

Breru began to issue orders for the 7th Legion to the surrounding towns. Now the 7th Legion is full in the barracks. The soldiers have high morale and are waiting to fight for the enemy.

But soon, the reply from Lokri City Hall poured Breru first a pot of cold water, because there were not enough passenger ships to transport troops in the port of Lokri, and it was necessary to wait another day or two to make preparations.

Breru was frustrated.

At this time, the lieutenant reminded: "Lokery has no boat, isn't it still good for Jim!"

Breru's eyes lit up: the soldiers of the 7th Legion used to come from Lockley, Hepianian, and Colonia, but after Lijim and his son Bontorena were completely merged into the kingdom last year, these two cities were also The Ministry of Military Affairs was included in the corps of the Seventh Army, but because the relationship had not been straightened out, and the outbreak of war, the Seventh Army had not issued a notice to let the military trainers of Lijim and Taurina arrange for their citizens to go to Lockley. The military camp participated in the rotation training. Although there are no Lijim citizens in the 7th Army, Lijim, as a port city guarding the Strait of Messina, has no shortage of ships and can help transport the army.

Breru immediately said: "Send a messenger to Li Jim as soon as possible and ask them for support!"

The next day, Li Jim responded to the request of the Seventh Army, and nearly two hundred passenger ships sailed into the port of Lockley at dusk.

Early in the morning of the third day, Breru led the 7th Army with more than 8,000 people to leave the barracks and entered the city of Lockley. The people of Lockley gathered on both sides of the street to bid farewell to their loved ones.It is different from other cities in the kingdom to send farewell troops, they rarely yell, they will not be excessively excited, nor will they rush into the streets to hinder the march, but they will stand by the streets and wave their hands in an orderly manner. .

Although after joining the Kingdom of Dionysia, Lockley no longer implemented the cruel laws enacted by Zalekous, and no more disabled people have appeared in more than 10 years, but the citizens of this city have integrated restraint and obedience In his own blood, this also allowed Lockey, who was the Dionysian enemy, to merge into the kingdom and hardly cause any trouble for King Davers and the Senate.Of course, it is also an important reason that the citizens of Lockley, who believe in Bolsephone and the rule of law, have easy identification with the Kingdom of Dionysia.

Before entering the port, the army passed the shipbuilding workshop in Lockley: seven or eight large dry docks were juxtaposed by the beach, and many shipbuilders were building three-layer paddle warships; the open sand around was stacked Stacked down thick trunks, and from time to time there is a team of carriages carrying trees into the workshop; in a number of temporary wooden sheds, carpenters are constantly processing rough trunks into pieces Straight and smooth shipboard...People throughout the workshop are focusing on the work in their own hands, and few people are distracted to watch the Seventh Army here.

This lively and orderly shipbuilding scene is not only found in Lockley, but also in other seaside towns with shipbuilding capabilities, such as: Turri, Crotone, Trina, Siriting, Lijim, Tower Rantum, Katane, Naxos... The entire Kingdom of Dionysia is making every effort to build more warships as soon as possible, in order to continue to gain maritime advantage in the war with Carthage.

In the morning, the fleet carrying the soldiers of the 7th Legion left the port of Lockley and sailed towards Katane on the east coast of Sicily.

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After receiving orders from King Daphes, Midolades was very excited, but he did not immediately lead the fleet to attack Corsica, because he aimed the first target to Aleni. Compared to the small villages scattered on the island of Corsica by the Phoenicians, Alenia, as the only Phoenician town in Corsica, has small but fertile agricultural land and rich mining. And the larger port undoubtedly allowed Midolades to extend three feet.