Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

"Here--" Tolmed pointed the wooden stick to a town icon west of Minoa: "It is the city of Serinus, which has been occupied by us, and there are currently 4,000 reserve soldiers in our Sicilian territory. Stationed, there are more than 10,000 sailors to assist the city-"

"The Sicilian Fleet is preparing to withdraw all sailors in the city of Serinus to the Naval Base of Katane." Secrian interrupted him and said directly: "I have received an order from the Ministry of Military Affairs to let the crew of the ship lose We took a boat to the naval base of Castellon or Tarantum, ready to receive the newly built warship..."

Seeing Tolmid's face stunned, Seckrian emphasized again: "This morning, I just reported this matter to Your Majesty."

Daveus nodded and explained: "Secrian did tell me, because he was busy going to the port to welcome Alexis, and I had no time to tell you. I agreed that Seclian would remove the sailors In a small city such as Paragonia, only 3000 soldiers guarded it, and the army of Carthage was besieged for more than 20 days, and it took a lot of casualties before it was captured. There are 4,000 soldiers stationed in the city of Serinus, and There is a sea route to help at any time, and now the main army of Carthage is confronting us. It is impossible to gather forces to attack Serinus... Even without the assistance of the sailors, the city of Serinus is like this It should also be safe in the situation."

"Understood, Your Majesty." Tormid looked at Secrian and continued: "According to the Clippers' return, the Carthage built a camp outside the city of Serinus and besieged it, about More than 10,000 Carthage and Phoenician soldiers are stationed...

Let’s take a look at the east side of Sicily, Carthage’s new ally, Syracuse, which previously sent 15,000 people to attack Taunice, but according to our inference, Syracuse can form 20,000 people The above army went out to fight.Therefore, His Majesty has arranged Commander Prosius to lead the 7th, 8th Legion and Sicilian Allied forces in preparation for direct attack on the city of Syracuse—"

"Your Majesty." Alexis interjected: "The fleet that transported us used to have a short mooring at the port of Kataney. I met with Governor Cipros and Prosius Commander, and I learned from them. By the time, the reserve soldiers from the Lokri area had already supplemented the 7th Legion. At the same time, Leotini and Tonis Allied forces, as well as citizens of the friendly city-states such as Agrigento, Gela, Minoa, etc. also did Ready to prepare, they estimated that about 25,000 soldiers could be assembled to attack Syracuse. I think that when we arrived here, Prosius Commander had led the army to march in Syracuse."

"I didn't expect you Alexis to be a messenger for free." Daveus said jokingly.

Everyone laughed for a while.

"I just introduced the situation between us and the Carthage Army. In terms of the navy--" Tolkid said, Sekerian stood up and said aloud, "Your Majesty, let me tell you about the navy's situation. Right."

Daveus looked at him, then nodded to Tolmed, and Tolmed handed the stick to Secklian.

Seckrian didn't pick it up, pointing at the map and saying, "I can't use this thing, because only one island is drawn, and without the ocean, our warships cannot be parked on land."

There was another laugh in the account.

Seckrian straightened his chest, looked around the crowd, and said aloud: "You have just heard from Tolmed. We have no advantage in the army in several directions in the army. Perhaps it is slightly better in the east, but Prosius will lead the army to capture the strong city of Syracuse, the difficulty will only be greater.

But on the navy side, since the maritime storm a few months ago, Carthage’s warships were almost completely destroyed. After that, they quietly invited reinforcements from their mother, Bentaire, but they were also defeated by the Sicilian fleet. Few Phoenician warships never appeared in the waters around Sicily, which is probably scared.

Not long ago, Carthage formed a fleet with about 190 newly built warships to protect the route of Sardinia. His Majesty has sent a third fleet to deal with it, even if this new Carthage fleet There are dozens more warships than the Third Fleet, and I firmly believe that the Third Fleet can finally defeat him and win!

In the waters of Sicily, in addition to the 70 ships of our Sicilian fleet, there are 50 ships of Syracuse, but they basically shrink in the port and dare not fight us. Now Prosius The army attacked Syracuse. It is believed that the warships in Syracuse will soon have no place to stand, so there is no need to consider them any more.

Our Sicilian fleet has always had an absolute advantage in this area, so we can rest assured to send a fleet to transport soldiers and supplies, use warships to attack Carthage's route, and carry fleet soldiers to attack the rear of the Carthage army This is one of the reasons for the retreat of Carthage's army from the east.Even though the newly constructed warships of Carthage have already entered service one after another, our warships are also about to enter the battle. The newly formed Sicilian fleet can not only control the dominance of the Sicilian waters, but also increase its control over the Carthage navy. Suppress to achieve the goal required by His Majesty-threaten the waters of the basic soil of Cartha!"

After Seqlian finished speaking, no one raised objections. After all, no one in the navy account was more authoritative than Seqlian.

"Now everyone understands the current situation." Daveus looked around the crowd and said slowly: "Do you have any suggestions for how to fight the Carthage army next?"

As soon as Daphus said this, the quiet within the big account temporarily restored, and many people were lost in thought.

Several of Samone’s leaders are still in shock. Before the four major tribes of Samone united to declare war on Dionysia, the more than 40,000 soldiers who finally came together gave the chiefs courage, but now The Kingdom of Dionysia gathered more than 100,000 soldiers to fight Carthage, which is not counted in the number of navy, and it seems that they still have the strength, the strength of Dionysia's national strength can be seen!

It was at this time that they were deeply aware that the previous expectation of the Samonais was a mistake from beginning to end, and it was entirely caused by a shallow understanding of the Kingdom of Dionia!

Alexis understood that the reason why Tolmed told the situation between the enemy and us in detail before the military meeting began was mainly for those who had just arrived in Sicily and were unfamiliar with the situation, so he coughed and said : "Your Majesty, here in Minoa, due to the joining of the Tenth Army and the reinforcements of Potentia and Samonay, we and Carthage have the same strength, can we be here--"

He tapped the lowlands west of the city of Minoa with his hand: "Run a president with the Carthage army and defeat their main force first?"

Without thinking, Davers shook his head.

"Your Majesty, is it because the Carthage army in Kefaluoitian, north of Minoa, will return?" Melissanda asked urgently.

What Melissanda asked was what Amintas and Matonis wanted to know. Daveus looked at their expressions, Shen Sheng said: "It is because of cavalry! In terms of heavy infantry, I think Our legions are better than the Carthage, but in terms of cavalry, they not only surpass us in number, but also slightly better than us in terms of combat effectiveness. You should know that if you fight the Carthage on flat ground , Such a large number of Carthage cavalry will inevitably become the decisive force that can control the battlefield, so we cannot take great risks to fight with the Carthage!"

While Daveus explained, the brilliant victory created by the historical history of Alexandria and Hannibal in a field battle came to mind, and they were basically determined by the cavalry.

Everyone fell into thought, and some people also turned their attention to the head of the cavalry regiment Ledes and Kuzius.

They all remained silent, without refuting.

Alexis leaned over and looked at the map. When his gaze moved from Minoa to Kefaluo Ition in the north, an idea suddenly appeared in his mind. He thought about it carefully and then said: "Your Majesty, since we are at a disadvantage in terms of cavalry, can we start a battle with the Carthaginians near Kefaluoitian, so that they will not be able to take advantage of cavalry, and we have the ability to fight in the mountains? The Lucanians, Samones, and other legion soldiers are not usually trained in mountain combat. We should have an advantage in this regard."

Alexis' words made everyone's eyes bright.

Amintas looked at Alexis, and was a little annoyed in his heart: Why didn't he have such an idea, is it really not as good as Alexis?

In fact, letting heavy infantry fight in the mountains is indeed contrary to the common sense of tactics. The average person does not dare to try it. Alexis conquered the mountain area of ​​Samone, and he only dared to put forward this idea because of his experience in this area.

However, Davers said: "Last night, Prentals also proposed to me similar to yours."

Alexis turned his head subconsciously to Printos sitting in the rear.

He had a very good cooperation with Prentals more than ten years ago. With the assistance of Prentals, he led the army to capture Copsa and Enona one after another, and finally forced the Samone to sign an agreement.Alexis admires Prentals very much, and thinks that he is flexible and often has amazing and bold ideas, which he values ​​very much.When the Staff Office of the Ministry of Military Affairs was established, he also took the initiative to recommend to King Daveus.But what he didn’t expect was that since the outbreak of the war last year, Printols’s name had illuminated the Dionysian military department. Every time Alexis read about him in the military newspaper, he did feel happy.