Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Only Sekerian is still complaining: "As long as there are precautions?! Easy to say, this route from Katane to western Sicily will be used frequently by our fleet, whether it is our warships going to the western waters. Patrols, cruising, or our fleet to deliver the weight and soldiers to Serinus, all passing through Syracuse. Their fleet is like a lurking viper, which may attack us at any time. This tells us how to prevent our fleet ?!"

Ciplos's expression became serious, he said in a deep voice: "Your Sicilian fleet needs the support of materials and personnel. As long as I can do it, I will try my best to do it for you! But control the waters of Sicily and protect the territory. Coastal security is the responsibility of your fleet, and you are praised by your Majesty as'the great naval hero of the Kingdom of Dionysia'. This should be your consideration, but you asked me to be a layman!"

Seckrian was speechless.

Cipros looked at Breru again, and the expression on his face became gentle again: "Master Breru, on behalf of the people of the Sicilian Territory, thank you very much for leading the 7th Army to our reinforcements. I believe you will be able to work with Prossou Lords of Sri Lanka unite and cooperate to successfully complete the mission entrusted by His Majesty! Make brilliant achievements!"

Cipros said this more cleverly, considering the age, qualifications and status of the kingdom in Breru (Breru is a veteran and one of the representatives of the Bruti people, far from Leo without a power background Tizides can compare), so there is no mention that Breru should obey the command of Leotizides, the Sicilian commander. He believes that Breru, who has been in the army for more than ten years, will not be reluctant, but It will be conducted in accordance with military law, because since the establishment of Dionysia, there have never been instances of high generals not following orders.

"Relax, our 7th legion came to Katane to fight, and I will strictly follow the military law!" Breru said straightforwardly.

Leotizides nodded when he heard this.

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Hasdrubba did not continue to lead the team eastward after occupying Jera, because he might encounter the Syracuse people further. He vaguely remembered that the Carthage Senate had sent envoys and Syracuse. In several close talks, without knowing the details, he did not know how to deal with the relationship with Syracuse, so he simply stayed in Jera, waiting for the arrival of Marco’s army, and at the same time divided some of the troops, heading north Participate in the siege of Enna.

After the Carthage army led by Pomirka captured Minoa, they also stayed in place to rest.

Marco was very happy after receiving the news that "the army under his command captured Minoa, Agrigento and Gera" and "Siracusa regained Kamalina and Pachinus". Because this means that the Carthage army can successfully pass the south coast and directly attack the Sicilian territory of Dionysia.

However, he is also very depressed, because Serinus has not yet been captured.Because the defenders of Celinus not only fought stubbornly, but also responded to the law, several times repelled the strong attacks of Carthage's army, forcing Marco to retreat the army to restore low morale.

Judging from the current battle situation, it is unlikely that Marco’s existing 40,000 complex forces alone will capture Serinus in a short period of time.If you look at it from a sound perspective, you should first capture Serinus and then march east.But in that case, a lot of time will be delayed, which will not only give the Dionyan army that has suffered a series of defeats a valuable rest time, but also a variable over time.What's more important is that he promised to "take the whole island of Sicily in one year" in the Senate.

After thinking about it, Marco finally made a decision: to leave 5,000 Phinu infantry and 1,000 Rumbian cavalry, and let the Lilithan lord Imiseray organize 5,000 Sicilian Allied soldiers, all stationed in the camp and continue Siege of Serinus, he led nearly 40,000 troops to march east along the south coast.

Not only slaves and free people accompanied, but also a large number of people from the city states of Mazara, Eriks, Segsta, etc. They were not only responsible for delivering food to the entire Carthage army, but also for Survival, because the Dionysian army had harvested and destroyed the farmland of these city-states (except Palermos and Solus on the north coast) during the period of Serinus, which made them face the danger of famine.

Marco announced to them that as long as they transported the load for the Carthaginian army, they would be allowed to reap the farmland of the Greek city-states and villages of Minoa, Agrigento, and Gerah, as future one, according to their performance. The family’s food reserves in the year, so they will actively participate.

Marco solved the problem of the army’s heavy food transportation, but it also made the entire marching team too bloated and slow to move. It took two days to reach Minoa.

After meeting with Pomilka's army, continue to move forward.

When we arrived in Agrigento, we got a good news: Hasdrubal captured Enna, where most of the Sikel tribes chose to submit.

Not long after Marco was happy, he received another piece of bad news: The Dionysians attacked his heavy transport team.

It turned out that the Carthage army was too large, and Marco was eager to rush. The whole team meandered more than 20 miles on the south coast, and the heavy transport team fell to the end of the team. As a result, the Dionysian Sicily Fleet was in Minoa Landing on the beach between Agrigento, the landed infantry of the fleet attacked the team, killed many workers and the Phoenician people, burned a lot of food, and if it was not the Numisbian cavalry arrived, Carthage The loss of the base army will be even greater.

This forced Marco to slow down the march and send troops to protect the load.

After 10 days, the Carthage army finally arrived in Jera.

After a day of rest, Marco led nearly 100,000 troops, continued to march east, and finally surrounded Kamalina.

Upon hearing the news, the Syracuse people were frightened, and they hurriedly sent a messenger to see Marco and said to him: Syracuse has already formed an alliance with Carthage, and Kamalina is now an ally of Syracuse. It has no hostility towards Carthage and will allow the Carthage army to pass smoothly, hoping not to attack it.

Marco disagreed with the request of the messenger, and he proudly said: "As the military commander of Carthage, I don't know when Syracuse actually became an ally of Carthage! If the Syracuse really wanted to do this, Please ask your general to come here and talk to me personally!"

The envoy of Syracuse brought the words back to the council. After the generals and parliamentarians heard it, there was a lot of noise. Many people thought that this was the Carthaginians crossing the river and withdrawing the bridge. Lower Syracuse.

Others took the opportunity to accuse the chief general Ty Agnes, saying that he thought he had made a profit for Syracuse, but he angered the Carthaginians. Now the Carthaginian army has approached Syracuse, if Initiating the war, Te Agnes must take full responsibility for this.

Thera Genis argued that Marco had been in Iberia before, and may not be aware of the secret diplomatic exchanges between Carthage and Syracuse. He was willing to go and talk to Marco personally to eliminate each other. Misunderstanding.

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On the second day, Ty Agnes rushed to Kamalina, and had not yet entered Kamalina’s territory, he had already seen the Carthage camp: countless tents connected, one camp connected A camp, occupying an unknown area, if not countless sturdy soldiers with different appearances walked in it, he thought that he had entered a large city.

Te Agnes was more and more startled, and under the guidance of the Carthaginian guards, he walked for an hour before coming to Marco's account.

As Ty Agnes expected, after he saluted Marco and said his name, the handsome Carthage commander did not show enough politeness and enthusiasm, but said lightly: "Look You Syracuse people have taken this matter very seriously, and actually sent the chief general to talk about it. This will save us some time and can be implemented immediately after reaching an agreement."

"Syracuse and Carthage have already reached a friendly agreement, and General Marco may not know much about it -" Te Agnes explained.

"No, I know very well. Someone in the Senate told me." Marco raised his eyebrows and looked directly at Ty Agnes: "It's said that you always have a vague attitude in the negotiations, although you will never join Dai. Niya attacked Carthage, but he was also reluctant to lead the army to attack Dionysia. He was only willing to provide material assistance, allowing us to camp on the territory of Syracuse to ensure our safe passage through Syracuse. And the territory of its allies..."

"Yes, this is the agreement and signature of your Carthage messengers--" Before the words of Ty Agnes were heard, he heard Marco yell: "This is a shit agreement! See the army outside. Really! Materials do not need to be provided by Syracuse, we can grab it! As for allowing us to safely pass through Syracuse, that is a joke, even if you don’t allow it, my huge army can pass safely!"

"But that will mean war! The war with Syracuse! While fighting with Dionysia, Carthage must also guard against attacks from the side and rear of our Syracuse army, which will undoubtedly slow you down The progress of the capture of Katane makes the Dionysian reinforcements from Great Greece arrive in time." Te Agnes replied calmly.

Marco sneered twice: "If this is really the case, will you Syracuse become an ally of Dionysia?"

Te Agnes hesitated: "If Carthage regards Syracuse as an enemy, we... of course will."