Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

At dawn, two clippers sailed out of the port of Palermos, one to Salos, to notify the Third Fleet, and one to Minoa, to report to King Daveus.

Due to the sudden ban issued by Leotizides, the top of Palermos and the general general of the Solus reinforcements came nervously to ask the reason.

Especially the general of Soros, he also promised to cooperate with the Dionysians last night to persuade Soros. Now the Dionysians suddenly announced the blockade of the city. They are all worried that the Dionysians want to achieve their goals. To break the contract.

As a result, Leotizides patiently explained the reasons to them and asked them to cooperate.

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Since the fleet sailed away from the port of Lilibei last night, no cargo ship belonging to Lilibe has returned, and no news of reinforcements has been heard. The leader of Lilibe, Imisere, has been worried about their safety.

The officials under his control kept comforting him: it was normal to hear no news of reinforcements, because the Dionysians surrounded the city of Palermo, and the fleet carried the reinforcements to the port of Palermo, and waited until the soldiers We all landed on the shore, I'm afraid it's dawn. How dare those cargo ships leave the port again, they must wait until tonight to return quietly...

After hearing the words of his men, Imiserre received some comfort. In addition to the fact that things were happening during the day, he needed to organize labor to deliver materials to the Carthage camp. He must transfer the people to the camp to assist in the construction of siege facilities. Some seriously wounded people were transported back to Lilly, to be treated, to avoid staying in the camp to affect morale... The busy Imiseray temporarily left the incident behind.

When the sun went down and the night fell, and the people of Lilifang began to fall asleep, a fleet of ships was approaching Lilifeng port from the west.

By the cold moonlight, the tower guard in the harbor lighthouse first discovered this situation, he immediately lit an oil lamp, extended out of the tower, and swayed according to the prescribed actions.

The port immediately sent a patrol boat after receiving the signal.

The patrol ship left the port and anchored outside the water gate. After waiting for a while, the fleet approached the port. It seemed that the scale was not small. There were about 60 large cargo ships.

The patrol ship immediately approached the large cargo ship with the Carthage city-state flag flying on the foremost mast.

The patrol captain held the torch high, and by the light of the fire, he clearly saw the situation on the cargo ship: 30 oarsmen, a helmsman, and a captain, all of whom looked like Carthage or Phoenicia; the hull A lot of materials are stacked in the center, which is higher than a large section of the ship's side, and is closely covered with several layers of thick linen.

This scene is no different from the previous ones, the only difference is that the captain of the team leader does not know him.

Before waiting for his question, the owner of the cargo ship first asked: "Hi, the fleet led by Fipolika delivered you military food last night, but they have never seen them go back. Their family members are very worried, you tell Me, are they in trouble?"

"They have other special missions!" Hearing this, the captain of the patrol ship felt that some people might have been right to speculate that the Lilithium cargo ship had not returned, because the Carthage fleet had not returned, but he did not relax. Be alert, but ask loudly, "Who are you?! Why aren't Tassola, Onis, or Thassis leading the team?!"

"Do you think I want to come!" the captain of the cargo ship complained loudly: "If it was not for the Dionysians that attacked Afrika again and burned the city of Ogilgiri, the Senate was angry and made General Morbar strengthen Afrikaans. Coastal defense, and on the advice of Morbar, the Senate has summoned experienced old shipowners such as Tassola and Onis to be the captain and helmsman of the newly built warship. It’s not my turn to deliver materials to you! How dangerous is it to sail such a long distance in the night! We set off more than an hour in advance, and wanted to take advantage of the weather and walk a little longer to reduce some dangers, But in the middle of the night, there was a gust of wind, and the fleet was in chaos during the night, and the collision caused several ships to sink..." When talking about this, the captain looked sad.

Hearing this, the captain of the patrol ship didn’t know what to say for a while. He understood why the fleet arrived earlier than the previous few times. It turned out that the transport fleet was replaced by a group of novices with little nautical experience. No wonder He saw that some sailors weren’t natural, and he didn’t seem to be free from the thrill before.

The captain of the patrol ship quickly turned the subject away, and he pretended to be surprised: "The Dionysian Fleet burned Ogirgil City again?!"

"Not only was it burned, but this time they also took a lot of people from Ogilgiri, terrified us, everyone gathered to protest in the Senate, and we will also come out to advise Sofitel Tepanak Toppled to the ground... Hahaha, these damn veterans, only know how to collect our taxes, but they don’t know how to win, how to protect Carthage... Hey! I heard that a meeting was held in the senate, Aisalu The old man of Pakistan used to firmly support the war with Dionia, but this time he proposed to negotiate with Dionia..."

The captain talked a lot of words. The names of the old and the unfamiliar Carthage and their embarrassment made the patrol ship captain hear interesting. The alert in his heart has been largely eliminated, but after all, this is for him An unfamiliar fleet, the inspection should still be done, so he said: "Captain, what is your name?"

"Haka, many people in Carthage call me the most talkable Haka—"

"Captain Haka." The captain of the patrol ship interrupted him: "I want to check the cargo on your ship."

"what?!"

"This is the rule! Every time the fleet comes, it will receive such an inspection!" The captain of the patrol ship said rightly, but in fact the three people led the team except for the first inspection, and later did not inspect.

"Okay!" Haka hesitated and reminded: "You'd better hurry, don't delay us to hurry back to Carthage!"

The patrol ship leaned over, the captain got on the cargo ship, and then lifted the thick linen.

The linen is wet, which also confirms what the other party said about encountering the hurricane; a bag of flour with a neat size appeared in front of his eyes, and there were no other items, which is why it was covered with linen The reason is to prevent the waves splashed by the sea from falling on the flour. Now it seems that this batch of material is probably worse. It must be transported to the camp and made into bread.

The captain of the patrol ship showed a regretful expression and covered it with linen again.

Captain Haka met and explained to him: "The wind and the waves are in a hurry. We lack preparedness, but we can definitely eat..."

The captain of the patrol ship did not answer, jumped back to his ship, and sailed towards the second cargo ship.

"How many are you going to check?! We are running out of time!" Captain Haka shouted behind.

The captain of the patrol ship did not answer. He quickly checked the second ship, and then rushed to the third ship... Every time he heard Captain Haka urged loudly in the back, he did not respond until he jumped on the fifth ship. When the cargo ship was heard, Captain Haka from the rear shouted angrily: "The captains noticed and immediately turned back to Carthage!"

The following cargo ships that heard the shout really started to turn around, and the captain of the patrol ship was a little panicked.

To know that in the past, the management of the Port of Lilithium had full respect for these Carthage fleets. After all, people sailed in the dark and sailed for such a long distance, and it was necessary to take great risks to transport supplies to Lilithium. Li Ping Port tries to give the other party maximum convenience.This time it was only because of the new crew, and now it was during the war. Because of prudence, the inspection was so careful, but to really offend these shipowners, they returned to Carthage to propagandize, in case there was no cargo ship, they were willing to give Lilly I am afraid that Lord Imisere will not be able to spare him for the delivery of supplies.

The captain of the patrol ship hurriedly jumped back to the ship, headed for the cargo ship headed, and said to Captain Haka: "There is no problem with the inspection, you can enter the port."

Captain Haka cursed and curbed the cargo ship's return.

After receiving the signal from the patrol ship's captain to enter the port, the tower guard informed the personnel below the lighthouse that they collectively turned the winch.

The water gate of Lilibi is composed of 3 layers of sea chains, each separated by 5 meters, and each layer of chain is divided into upper, middle and lower three, each of which is up to hundreds of meters, the total amount of iron consumed is amazing However, it is not worth mentioning to Carthage, which is thriving on the mining industry and the metal trade. Under such heavy obstacles, it is almost impossible for enemy ships to rush into the port.

Haka Shipyard looked at the complex iron chain slowly rising in front of his eyes.The patrol ship first entered the port, and he directed the cargo ship to follow.

The main port of Rilitan is similar to that of Carthage, the mother state. It occupies a long strip of land that extends alone into the sea, like a slightly curved wooden stick, the main part of which is almost the same as the opposite coast. Parallel is simply a natural breakwater.On the outside of this "breakwater", the Lili people built a 5-meter-high city wall, and there are towers, plus the height of the "breakwater" itself, which is more than 10 meters above the sea.

At the far end of this "breakwater", there is a taller building-that is, the lighthouse, which is 15 meters high, is cylindrical, and the top burns the flame that lights the boat and guides in the night, and the lower ones There are also multiple windows on the floor for light infantry to shoot arrows.At the same time, it also has a special mechanical device inside, which can lift the water gate, so it is also a multi-functional bastion.

This lighthouse is nearly 300 meters away from the opposite coast, and it is a little far away, so the Lili people built an artificial breakwater from the opposite bank, extending it, and also built a city wall on top, and finally a tower, which is more than 100 meters away from the lighthouse. A water gate was built in between, because the lifting chain is controlled on the side of the lighthouse, so when opening the door, only the side close to the lighthouse can cross the boat.