Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

The soldiers of the Roman reserve brigade, which had been relatively quiet, began to cheer, accompanied by the screams of many Roman noble soldiers. The Roman nobility still believes that the reason why Rome died and the Roman civilian soldiers surrendered to Dionia, and opposed Come here to be inseparable from them, and Sextus as the leader of the Roman civilian soldier is naturally the biggest traitor.

Sectus was deaf to these scoldings. He signaled the 10 Roman soldiers who were behind him to prepare, then took a deep breath and led them to start singing loudly: "Tiber, you are the mother of the Romans, For centuries, have been embracing Rome in your arms, selflessly giving us a sweet **..."

Hearing this familiar song, Max froze, subconsciously humming, but his eyes slowly turned red...

"Oh, the Tiber River" is an ancient ballad that the Romans could sing from a young age, but it sounded here and now. For the Roman noble soldiers who are about to leave Rome and live in other towns, there is no bitter taste.

The curse is low, the singing is loud, the gentle and lyrical ballad echoes in the wilderness, and there is a choking voice...

"Look, the soaring river is roaring, the lone wolf is howling on Mount Capitolin, Romans, working on the land touched by the Tiber, hard but happy..." Max sang emotionally, suddenly He saw the Dionysian soldiers around him also patting their hands, and then hummed.

"It's a nice song, isn't it!" The team officer raised his glass and smiled at him kindly.

Dionysian soldiers raised the glass of wine against the Roman soldiers beside each campfire...

This night, the soldiers enjoyed drinking, dancing, and venting their unrest, sadness, fear, boredom, and other negative emotions in the last war.

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In the early morning of the second day, senior generals headed by Amintas and Matonis gathered in the military conference room of Trina Naval Base.

"Martonis, didn't you sleep last night?" Daveus frowned, looking at the sleepy second legionary on the wooden chair.

"...Your Majesty." Matonis quickly stood up, yawning, and defended: "Last night, Amintas pulled me to drink with him, the campfire was over, he didn't stop...I Completely drunk, I don’t know when I returned to the camp..."

Hearing Matonis's euphemistic accusations, Amintas glanced at him obliquely, straightening his chest, and proudly said, "Boy, now you know who is old!"

"Who the hell fell to me yesterday!" Matonis scoffed.

"Okay, haven't the two of you had enough trouble! Would you like me to give you a few more bottles of wine and let you both drink enough!" Daveus lowered his face and the two immediately calmed down, but their eyes were still on each other Glared.

"Last night, you brought the soldiers to the heart, but don’t forget to thank Midolades, who arranged for the infantry of the fleet to maintain the order of the banquet, and to guard the drunken soldiers to prevent accidents. It happened..." Daveus said this with a serious expression. Although he dared to hold such a large-scale bonfire party because the whole army was in the hinterland of the kingdom, there are still some security issues that need to be considered, such as The legions of soldiers relaxed their vigilance after entertaining, would the Roman noble soldiers who surrendered take the opportunity to take the trouble... Therefore, he let thousands of fleet infantry stand by and stay close to the camp, fortunately, this night spent smoothly, also Let him have more confidence in the command of these Roman noble soldiers.

"Your Majesty, the army is stationed here, responsible for security is the responsibility of our 3rd Fleet." Midolades said modestly.

Daphes slightly jawed his head, and took out a letter, letting Hernipporis pass it.

Midolades opened his eyes and suddenly opened his eyes: "Carthage will send a new fleet of nearly 200 warships to protect Sardinia?!"

As soon as these words came out, the other generals were also surprised and rushed to read the secret letter.

"Why? Are you afraid?" Daveus said lightly.

Midolades smiled, and he said loudly in excitement: "Your Majesty, this is really great! Our 3rd Fleet is finally able to fight a real naval battle!"

Daveus looked at him and asked seriously: "The Carthaginians have nearly 200 warships, and the third fleet has only 150 ships. Are you sure you can defeat them?"

"Of course!" Midolades replied without hesitation: "Although there are many Carthage warships, they still use traditional naval tactics. Many previous naval battles have shown that our naval tactics occupy Great advantage. Moreover, Carthage formed a new fleet so quickly, and after a period of running-in, he hurriedly sent to the battlefield. When the battle is really up, will their warships be very good? Cooperation is a problem.

Also...According to tradition, the newly built warships need to go through sea trials and repairs for a period of time before they can have quality assurance. These new warships of Carthage obviously have not undergone rigorous testing and are very fierce in fierce battles. There may be problems..."

After listening to it, Daveus turned and asked Tormed: "What happened to our new warship?"

"Two days ago, the news sent by the Ministry of Military Affairs said,'There are 26 warships built in Turiri, 23 in Tarantum, 20 in Brindisi, 15 in Crotone, and Trina 17 ships...'To date, 213 3 layer paddle warships have been built in the Kingdom, and they are being tested in succession. According to normal procedures, they can be put into use at the end of this month. The situation of the warships again asked: "Your Majesty, do you need to allow these warships to serve in advance?"

Daveus shook his head: "No, just follow the normal procedure. But when these warships are in service, you must first allocate 50 ships to the third fleet."

Upon hearing this, Midolades immediately rejoiced: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Daveus tapped the table with his hand, and said rightly: "The Carthaginians sent this newly built fleet to Sardinia instead of Sicily, which shows the importance of Sardinia to them. Not to mention, The presence of such a fleet in the waters of Sardinia is a great threat to the area of ​​Latium that we have just conquered and to the west coast of our entire kingdom! Therefore, your task now is to give Midolades— —Find it, annihilate it! Then continue to attack the coast of Sardinia and cut off Sardinia’s contact with Carthage!”

"Your Majesty, the Third Fleet will surely fulfill the task you have given!" Midolades responded decisively.

"But before that, the 3rd Fleet had to protect the army and land in Sicily." Daveus glanced at the generals in the room and said slowly: "Following this news about the new Carthage Fleet, there is also a copy of Sicily The report...The Carthaginians captured Agilion."

Agilion was captured?!The generals were surprised. During their stay at Satnikum camp, considering that they would go south to fight soon, they had a detailed understanding of the battlefield situation in Sicily, knowing that the army of Carthage had been blocked at Para Gonia and Henna were not allowed to enter, but now when they were about to land in Sicily, the situation suddenly changed.

"What is Prossius doing?! How could he lose Agilion so easily! The Carthaginians occupied it and were able to break into the Etna area, not only Katane was threatened, Naxos Si was also threatened!..." Amintas said angrily.

"Prosius, as the commander of Sicily, was able to defeat not only the army that Carthage first assembled, but also the capture of Serinus, disturbing the enemies in western Sicily. Then he faced the sudden difficulties of the 100,000 Carthaginian army led by Marco and the Syracuse. With such a disparity in strength, he was able to resist the attack of the Carthage and protect the main towns of Sicily. Security has earned us time to land in Sicily in a timely manner... Prosius can only do this by relying on the military power of the Sicilian territory. It has been very difficult, and we should not be too harsh." Daveus said softly At the same time, his generous approval of Prossius (Leotizides) embarrassed Amintas.

Despite the dissatisfaction of the other generals, all remained silent at the moment.

"Your Majesty, Aguirion's fall has little effect on us." Printols always sat in the corner in previous military conferences, but his glorious record in Latium has made his position obvious. Not only did he sit beside a large wooden table engraved with a map, not far from Davers, but he also began to speak proactively: "We can see from this map that the Carthaginians captured Agilion. It does not have much impact on our Sicilian territory. This is a mountainous area, and it is difficult to transport food. Even if the Carthage pass through Agilion to enter the Etna area, as long as Naxos and Katana keep their guards, they The offensive is bound to be unsustainable, not to mention the cities of Henna and Herbita threatening their rear."

"Printols, don't forget the Sikel people." Tolmed finally caught an opportunity to refute his colleagues: "Although Agilion was not incorporated into the kingdom, it was Sikai The former center of the Kyrgyzstan was of great significance to the Sikeir, but now it falls into the hands of the Carthaginians. I am afraid that the tribes of the Sikeir in the east will shake our confidence in us."

"Isn't it that the Sikel tribes in the east have been in close contact with us and are almost going to be merged into the kingdom? Wouldn't it be so easy to surrender to the Carthaginians?" Olivers objected.