Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

"Adult, he seems to be here for something else," Taglu said softly.

"Then let him in." Leotizides rubbed his eyes, but his expression didn't relax.

So asitmis just stepped into the door, he warned in advance: "I hope you are not here to talk to me about cavalry strikes, I have already told you, it is not yet time."

"Master Commander." Asitmis stunned and explained: "I thought of a way to reduce the threat of the Carthage cavalry."

Leotizides finally turned his head, looked at him, and asked, "What way?"

Asitmis said seriously: "Master Commander, the Carthaginian cavalry is huge, but most of them are Numbian cavalry. As far as I know, these Namibians ride on short horses, but they run Powerful, and they also have a characteristic that they are more able to endure hunger and starvation, and eating grass can make them carry the Numbians to fight, but they must eat constantly..."

Leotizides moved his heart, leaning forward slightly and asked, "What do you mean?"

Asitmis saw interest in the bad-tempered commander, he was refreshed, and his speech became more fluent: "The Carthaginians scattered thousands of cavalry on our plains in Catania , I am afraid not only to destroy our village, to hide our eyes and ears, but also to solve the food problems of these horses. It is autumn now, the grass on the ground has begun to wither, since the Carthaginians have burned our village, we can also Through the night, you can burn the grass on the plains with confidence, so that the Carthage cavalry would not dare to move so often on the plains."

"Burn the grass on the whole plain..." Leotizides pondered for a while, hesitatingly said: "Ashitmis, you are a Katane, you should be familiar with the situation here, even if The plain was burned down, and with one or two rains, grass would soon grow on this land."

"But Katane's September and October rarely rain." Asitmis apparently considered this question, and he quickly answered.

Leotizides also quickly made a decision: "Tagru, you will immediately invite Cipros, I need to discuss with him."

"Yes, sir." Taglu immediately ran out, because Cipros had just been able to intercept it on the road shortly after walking, thinking in his heart: Cipros is the Governor of Sicily, everyone is open-minded, every The second time is to take the initiative to talk about the problem. I feel that the commander adults seem to be accustomed to this and shouted at Cipros. This is not a good thing. Looking back, I have to find an opportunity to remind him!

In the kitchen, Leotizides looked at the map and muttered, "Although I don't know if this method really works, I have to give it a try. Even if the situation is not good for us, we don't You should lose confidence and look for opportunities..."

"Master Commander, you are right!"

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As Leotizides analyzed, Marco did target the offense to Paragonia.

The defense in the north of Paragonia is also tight, but it is more open than the south, which is conducive to the development of the army.

Marco learned some lessons from the previous failed attack in the south. When he built the camp, he ordered the engineers to start assembling the ballista. After the attack was ordered, dozens of ballistas began to bombard the sentry tower in the trap zone.

At the same time, he also ordered tens of thousands of Numbian infantry formed by Carthage to dig all the soil. Because of the hard soil in the foothills of Paragonia, the soldiers had to dig the soil further away, and then It was transported over again, and any traps or trenches were buried in the north of Palagonia, paving a wide and safe passage.During the period of cleaning up the outer periphery, in order to prevent the enemy from sneaking out of the city, he also let his elite troops line up in front, ready to attack at any time.

Moreover, he also transferred 10,000 soldiers stationed in Jera, which increased the number of soldiers in the Carthage camp to 60,000, to ensure that he has sufficient strength, and can attack Paragonia at the same time. At the same time defend against attacks from the new military camps of Leotini and Dionia.

Although the defenders have not stopped the harassment, the casualties of the Carthage soldiers are not large, the morale has been maintained, and although the speed around the siege of Paragonia is slow, it has been steadily advancing.

Three days later, the Carthage army advanced to within 100 meters of the city, forcing all the defenders of Dionynia to retreat back into the city and no longer attack.

Marco was finally able to approach this small city that caused him a lot of trouble. After walking around it for a long time, he couldn't help but be surprised: "This is the village of Syracuse?!"

The adjutant at the side explained: "Sir, I remember that the Syracuse people only said that Paragonia was a village. Since a few months ago, the Dionysian army had stationed in Paragonia and relocated the villagers, Anyone is forbidden to come here, and they don’t know what’s going on in Palagonia now."

Marco glanced at him obliquely and said, "You will very well excuse the Syracuse."

The adjutant was too scared to speak again.

Marco stared at the Paragonia in front: a white city was erected in the dense deer village, its area is not large, but the shape is different from the city that Marco has seen, it has an approximate Surrounded by a wall more than four meters high, there are a number of protruding circular wall towers in the wall. What is surprising is that there is a circular building that is two or three meters above the wall, as if it were a large circle. Set with a concentric small circle.

Although Marco has never attacked such a strange city, but with his many years of experience in battle, he also foresees that this small town of Paragonia is somewhat unusual, and subconsciously drives the horse forward and wants to observe more carefully.

Suddenly I heard the guards on the left and right called out, "Sir, be careful!"

I saw a few black dots suddenly appearing in the air ahead and roared.

Marco hurriedly gripped the horse's belly, but the crotch war horse did not move. The guard beside him hurriedly speared his spear to his hip, and the war horse screamed and ran out, almost throwing Marco down.

At this time, a few stone bombs had fallen down, and a few screams screamed immediately, and there was a blur of flesh and blood around Marco just standing.

Marco managed to control a good war horse, turned around and came back late. Seeing this scene, he frowned.: "Go back."

During the retreat, he did not forget to ask the adjutant: "Where did the enemy's stone bomb come from?"

The adjutant shook his head and said he didn't see clearly. Marco stared at him again: even though the young adjutant was a member of the Margonide family, he couldn't help but think of wanting to change him.

"Adult, it seems...it seems to have been shot from the city." said a guard.

Astonished, Marco asked, "Are you sure you are from the city and not from the city?"

"Sir, I have seen it, indeed it came from the city." Another soldier answered.

Marco pulled on the horse rein, turned to look at the blood-stained stone bomb on the ground, and then looked up at the front wall of Palagonia. There was no movement there, but Marco's expression became serious.

At this time, on the wall tower of the city of Paragonia facing Marco, a Dionysian officer wearing a helmet adorned with purple hats was bending over and out through the gap between the battlements Overlooking.

"It's a good game, the stone drop is quite accurate, but unfortunately let the big guy run away!" He turned back with regret.

"Captain, do we need to continue firing?" asked the sight of the ballista.

Ten years ago, the sight of the Dionysian ballista was still exclusively served by students of the Dionysian School of Mathematics, who were responsible for providing launch parameters and correcting trajectory.Ten years later, as long as Dionysian ballistas graduated from schools in Dionysian cities with good mathematics, they can serve as the result of the popularization of education and the improvement of ballistas.

The captain shook his head and said: "He is already alert. It is impossible to think about the raid again. Don't waste stone bullets. When the enemy is attacking the city, you will be busy."

"Captain, you can rest assured. A few days ago, Carthage's ballistas were rampant and destroyed many of our outposts, now it's our turn to show power!"

The sight of the sighting hand just fell, and the belly bow shooter next to him said immediately: "Yes, as long as the Carthage Ballista dares to enter our range, we can destroy it!"

Their words caused a positive response from the surrounding soldiers.

The captain is satisfied that the soldiers can maintain such a strong fighting spirit in the face of the siege of the Carthage army.Of course, he knew very well that the source of the soldiers' confidence came from this city.

Palagonia was still a village with only a few inhabitants half a year ago. When Leotizides decided to use it as a frontier stronghold against the Carthage army, he did not just reinforce the wall on the basis of this village. Digging trenches and laying traps, but completely pulled out the village and built a fortress.

The research and improvement of Dionysia’s military technology by the Ministry of Military Affairs has been ongoing. In recent years, under the inspiration of King Davers, the engineers of the Military Department designed a new defensive fortress and applied it to In the training projects of the military camps at ordinary times-in the construction of the city and the offensive and defensive drills, Leotizides deeply felt the strength of its defense, so he decided to use it in actual combat.

He not only assembled the soldiers of the Eighth Legion, but also invited Cyprus to mobilize the people of Katane. Tens of thousands of people took turns to work, using the stone and wood available in Paragonia and using the ash of Mount Etna." "Daveus Cement", plus a large amount of stone materials provided by Naxos (there are stone mines in Naxos near Taroménion), a large amount of wood materials provided by Hena and Agilion...