Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

"The barrier of Agilion was lost, and Prosius was unable to recapture it. The Sikels faced the persecution of the Carthaginian army, and they did not know that reinforcements were coming, and the Carthaginians were still very good at Fighting in the mountains... Faced with such a dilemma, it is difficult to speculate about the choices that the Sikels will make." Tolmed said solemnly: "But if these live in Sikel on the western edge of the Sicilian territory The tribes have surrendered to the Carthaginians, which will certainly cause great trouble to our Sicilian territory!"

Daveus knocked hard on the wooden table with his hands, and said with a deep voice: "I decided to let the whole army land on Katana, and repel Carthage's army from the front!"

"Your Majesty, did you plan to let the army land in the west of Sicily where the defense was empty, and cut off the return of Carthage's army?" Matonis questioned.

"Yes, I have proposed such a plan, but the premise of implementing this plan is that the Carthaginians lost their maritime power and could not pose a threat to our landing fleet." Daves pointed at Sicily on the wooden table map The island explained in a gentle tone: "But now that the situation has changed, the new fleet of the Carthaginians has been put into use, and it is unknown how many warships are being built in the shipyards of the Phoenician Confederacy... I believe everyone is still right The situation when we landed in Latham is still fresh. The number of ships full of our legions is so large that it is impossible to hide the eyes and ears of the Carthaginians. It is impossible to achieve the purpose of surprise attacks. Then the Carthaginians will Make every effort to mobilize all the sea forces to prevent us from landing.

Before landing at Latium, everything went well, and we spent almost half a day, and if landing in western Sicily, the Carthaginians desperately obstructed, and the landing time may be very long. After all, it belongs to the Carthaginians. The scope of control is more conducive to their combat.Even if we can bring the Sicilian Fleet and the 3rd Fleet together, it may not be able to take advantage of it... And even if the final landing is completed, such a large army requires huge food consumption, and the next food supply may have to rely on Maritime transportation, this will be a big problem again!"

Daveus looked around the crowd and saw that they did not refute, but fell into thought, and said aloud: "And the Sicilian territory is being destroyed and threatened by the Carthage army, the people eagerly hope that we will come to rescue, and if we set them I don’t care about the safety of the country and would rather take a huge risk to land in the west of Sicily, what would they think! Therefore, the top priority is to drive the Carthaginians out of the Sicilian territory so that the people can quickly rebuild their homes!"

Everyone heard this and felt reasonable and nodded in support.

At this time, Epitanes interjected: "Your Majesty, the plan to land the entire army in western Sicily was cancelled, but one or two legions can be allowed to land."

Daveus glanced at him and said, "This issue is no longer discussed today. Three days ago, the Military Department had informed the reserve soldiers of various cities to gather at the military camp of Siriting. Your task in these two days is to add them as soon as possible. Your legion, let the army be fully reorganized. Two days later, we will set off for Katana."

"What about the Roman soldiers who surrendered?" Amintas asked.

Daveus had considered for a long time, and said: "Still keep them in their respective teams, and each squad has one more Roman organization. With the addition of reserve soldiers, the proportion of Roman soldiers in the army will be diluted, I think This is more conducive to the stability of the team, and it is also more conducive to the accelerated integration of these Romans..."

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"Master Marco, look! Our soldiers have occupied the city!" The adjutant danced with excitement.

No wonder he behaved this way. Tens of thousands of Carthage soldiers besieged this seemingly small city of Paragonia. The attack of more than half a month, except for many soldiers killed and wounded, has not been able to make great progress. Now I finally gnawed off this hard bone.

Marco, who has been sullen for a few days, finally smiled, he said loudly: "Blow me the trumpet of the attack, let the soldiers seize the opportunity, continue to attack the city, and break the second of the Dionysians. Dao City Wall, destroy all the Dionysians in the city!"

"Yes!"

"Woo!..." Marco listened to the loud trumpet sound and watched hundreds of soldiers rush into the city of Paragonia, but the sound of fighting in the city became weaker and weaker...

Marco squeezed his fists tightly, and he desperately hoped to break through the inner wall that caused a lot of trouble for siege soldiers this time.

The Carthage soldiers who occupied the city quickly rushed down the wall from all directions, roared into the city, chasing the fleeing enemies, but they were very excited. They rarely paid attention to the flow in the ditch beside the criss-cross streets. It's not smelly sewage, but sticky tar, and the deserted houses are piled with a lot of freshly harvested straw...

Standing on the wall of the inner city, the leader of the 7th Legion of Dionysian Terminides looked at the city and approached the enemies under the city like a tide, and decisively issued an order: "Close the city gate!"

"Captain, there are many brothers who are retreating to the inner city, and they will arrive soon! Wait a little longer! Wait a little longer!" The 7th Army team officer beside him asked anxiously.

Teminides gritted his teeth and said: "It's too late, and before they reach the city, the Carthaginians rushed into the inner city! By then, everything we worked hard to do was in vain!"

Speaking of which, he increased the volume and shouted loudly: "Guanchengmen!"

After giving the order, he raised his right arm again and waved down vigorously: "Let the rocket!"

A dozen rockets shot into the trench under the city, immediately ignited a circle of flame, and quickly spread out along the ditch connected to it...

"Captain, here!" The guard handed the wet linen to Teminides.

Timminides looked at the soldiers who had been covered in linen around him, stretched out his hand, and covered it with his nose and mouth.

It didn’t take long for the entire outer city to become a sea of ​​fire. The original Carthage soldiers who were advancing aggressively, now panicked and want to retreat, but the narrow streets and crowded people made them unable to do so, so Just as they frantically pushed and shoved each other, even flames and smoke enveloped them...

Amidst the flames of the outer city, there were screams everywhere, and there must be Dionysian soldiers who had not retreated into the inner city in time.

Tyminides closed his eyes in pain, supported the battlements, knelt slowly, and silently chanted in his heart: "Great Hades! You are the protector of the Kingdom of Dionysia, you are just and strict Ruler of the underworld, I entreat you to give these warriors who died for the kingdom a fair trial, so that their souls can get the protection they deserve..."

Not only is Timminides praying alone, all the soldiers on the inner city head are doing the same thing, although the solid wall prevents the fire from spreading inward, but the rolling heat wave is coming and suffocating, but each one People always kneel motionless, facing the burning sea of ​​prayerful prayer of confession...

The Carthaginians who fought in the city's appearance originally thundered because they were about to break the city. They suddenly saw flames rising inside the city and quickly enveloped the city. They were all shocked, and soon changed from shock to panic: "Oh my god! The Dionysians are crazy, they ignited the whole town!"

"Quick! Quickly withdraw all troops!"

"Look at the fire! It's too late! The soldiers desperately rushed inside to block the gates of all the cities for the sake of merit. This cannot be withdrawn in a short time!"

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Seeing that victory was coming, but in a blink of an eye, it turned into despair. Marco Dunton felt uncomfortable, and there was nowhere to vent his anger. He immediately grabbed the spear from the guards, and threw himself at a newly escaped fire city The Numbian soldier who fled in this direction pierced his chest with a spear.

Marco looked around the soldiers with a rueful face and shouted angrily: "Fuck me, shut up!"

The entourage suddenly froze.

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In the evening, Pomirka entered the large camp of Carthage.

During the day, Marco, who was grievous and inaccessible, was eating the cooked leg of lamb in a calm mouth.

Seeing Pomirka coming in, he picked up half of the lamb leg and said, "Agrigento's lamb is really delicious. Would you like a piece?"

"Thank you, I have used dinner." Pomir Kara took a wooden chair and sat across from him, asking softly, "Next... what are your plans?"

"What do you mean?" Marco asked him, looking at him.

"Master Marco, the Dionysians burned the entire outskirts of Paragonia. We suffered heavy losses. According to the statistics just passed, nearly 2,000 soldiers were burned and more than 2,000 soldiers were burned. , From our siege of Paragonia to now, the number of dead and wounded soldiers has reached 7000!" As Pomirka continued to state the facts, the original gentle tone also became heavy: "A little Palagonia Let us have no way to take it, let alone the Dionysian barracks, Leotini, and Katane, which are larger in area and have more soldiers. We can’t fight like this anymore! Otherwise, wait for Dioni When the Asian reinforcements arrive, we are afraid that we will not have enough strength to confront them positively!

"What the hell do you want to say?" Marco asked, impatiently.

"I believe you have received the news from Sardinia,'The huge Dionysian fleet carried soldiers south from Latham to Trina...' I'm afraid the Dionysians have won In the war with Rome, its army is about to land in Sicily. Should we temporarily stop the attack on Katana in order to be fully prepared to fight the main force of Dionia?"