Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Moreover, the defense measures of the Dionysian garrison are more than this. They collected linen from the houses in the city, sewed them into long sections, and then supported wooden poles at both ends of the city walkway to support the linen. Formed a section of linen roof.In this way, most of the arrows, javelins, and flying stones shot at the city head were blocked by it, and the lethality was lost, and the defenders of the city head were well protected.

In addition, the Dionysian garrison also put up a lot of wooden stands in the city head, hanging copper pots filled with water, and boiled with firewood, then directly poured down the city, the boiling water contains feces, poured in the siege The body of Carthage soldiers caused ulceration of the skin and could not heal.

From time to time, the stone projectile passed through the air, and no matter where it fell, it caused a sensation; arrows and flying stones have been continuously crisscrossing in the air, just like the dark clouds over the city.The Dionysian soldiers were defended by the city and did not retreat; the Carthage soldiers, like the tide, constantly hit the city...

In fact, the battle was not only carried out on the ground. In the past few days, Marco let the soldiers of the miners dig a few new tunnels under the ground, and also allowed them to continue digging into the city, and learned the last lesson. They were equipped with heavily armed soldiers, and after the tunnel was spotted by the Dionysians, the two sides also fought even more violently in the tunnel...

The siege battle continued from the morning to the dusk, and the offensive intensity of the Carthage army was not reduced. Especially after the Phoenic infantry was sent, there were several attacks on the city head, but they were eventually killed by the Dionysians. Was repelled by the reinforcements.

When night fell, the Carthage army finally sounded the retreating bugle.

Although Okreton had fought in his youth, he had never experienced such a large number of battles, such a grand and fierce battle, he stood on the inner wall, looking at the numerous fallen bodies and wounded soldiers under the city in front of him , I can't be calm for a long time.

It didn't take long for him to meet Marco in the large tent of the Carthage camp, the military commander who had just commanded the siege battle was gorging on dinner.

Seeing Okriton came in, Marco's eyes suddenly became sharper. He put down the bread in his hands and asked straightforwardly, "Okritton, how are you going to negotiate?"

Okreton was not surprised that Marco would know about the negotiation, because as the owner of Magonide, someone would risk coming to Sicily to report to him everything that happened in the Senate.He was surprised that Marco didn't seem to be angry because the Senate was going to make peace talks.

But when he thought about it carefully, he understood: Lilifeng was lost, the sea route was cut off, and the food supply of the 100,000 army became more difficult. Even the consistently tough Marco had to bow his head in front of reality?!

For Okritton, he is happy to see this happen, which means that some things can be discussed.

"One of the conditions for the Dionysians to reach a peace agreement is that the army led by Master Marco surrenders to them!" Okritton said word by word.

Marco's eyes suddenly became sharper, but then he converged again, and said firmly: "This ridiculous condition, the Senate will never agree!"

"Not only this one, the Dionysians also asked Carthage to cede Corsica, Sardinia and the whole of Sicily!" Ocreton continued, increasing his tone.

"Dionia wanted to destroy my Carthage!" There was a little flame burning in Marco's eyes, but his expression became solemn: "It seems that the Dionians don't want peace!"

"I don't think so." Okritton said slowly: "Just like the conditions for peace talks given by the Senate, the Dionysians gave such harsh conditions at the beginning of the talks, but only Of course, we can continue to bargain with them in the sky, but now our record is too bad, so I can not get good bargaining chips..."

Marco raised his head and looked directly at Ocreton.

Okreton calmly met Marco's sharp, blade-like eyes, and his face was as cold as frost, and said in a cold tone: "Is there something wrong?! If it wasn't Lord Marco, you led the army and lost from the east. Back, losing Palermos and Lili Pian one after another, causing the whole battle situation to become so bad, the Senate would not choose such a humiliating peace talk!—"

"When did I suffer a big defeat in the east?!" Marco slaps his hands on the table with anger, and the tabletop jars clanged, and the food was scattered all over the place: "I led the army to retreat from the east, that was Because the supply of military food is not good, the root cause is not because our navy is not able to lose control of the Sicilian waters, and the military maritime transport line is seriously threatened. This is what the Annobas you recommended did Good thing! The fleet he led to defeated again and again, almost exhausting our Carthage’s warships, and the army I commanded has not suffered great losses so far, but has fallen into passiveness because of being trapped in military food!" Marco The last sentence that he couldn't help but said his helplessness and sadness.

But Okreton apparently did not sympathize with him, but said coldly: "Master Marco, in order to fulfill your request to send troops, the Senate has spared no effort and almost evacuated the Carthage and Phoenician allies. All young and middle-aged citizens have gathered 100,000 troops for you. For this reason, Afrika’s defense gap can’t resist the attack of the Dionysian fleet!

In order to guarantee the food supply of the army you led, the Senate has almost confiscated the surplus food of all the people in Afrikaans.The great sacrifice and effort made by Jia Taiji is not to make you satisfied that the army has not suffered great losses, but just shirk the reason for your unsuccessful succession to the navy. Even if you win a few more victories, the Dionysians feel Under pressure, Dionia did not dare to send the navy to harass the land of Africa. Even now, they will not put forward such harsh conditions even in peace talks!"

Marco was speechless for a while, and only a moment later he regained his proud look: "In a few days, you will receive news of victory!"

After a moment of stun, Okreton understood, and said uncertainly: "You are talking about Serinus? I watched today's siege battle. How many soldiers did we die in? 3000 or 5000? "

Marco said confidently: "We have lost a lot of people, but the Dionysian casualties will not be low. The most important thing is that we repaired the earth wall to the side of the trench and then attacked Selinus. , Our soldiers can directly pass through the city wall and engage in frontal fighting with the Dionysians.

If the Dionysians do not increase troops, we can take advantage of the absolute superiority of the force to seize the city of Serinus; and if they increase troops, then here will become the continuous bleeding wound of Dionia!By then, the negotiation conditions they proposed had to be substantially revised!"

Although the two are political enemies, in the face of a major crisis in Carthage today, Okritton hoped for the first time to see what Marco said would become a reality, so he said rightly: "The Senate is eagerly waiting With the news of your victory, hope not to let us wait too long!"

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Late at night, the Clippers of Serinus entered the port of Minoa. Daveus was awakened by Maltius in his deep sleep. After reading the battle report written by Amintas, he was sleepless. The arrived Tormid and Printols said: "Carthage's army has launched an attack on the city of Serinus in recent days, and the defenders of the Serinus have suffered a lot of casualties, not even Amintas. Stay, write a letter to ask for help."

Tolmed took the battle report with some surprise. After reading it, he handed it to Printols again, and after thinking about it, Shen Sheng said: "Your Majesty, Margaret, the military commander of Carthage, has now concentrated his army in Cyprus. Outside the city of Linus, he concentrated on attacking the city with all his strength. The soldiers under Amintas only had more than 10,000 soldiers. Even if he tried his best to resist the attack of the Carthage army for a long time, his casualties must be heavy. You know, the soldiers of the First Army The overwhelming majority came from Turri. In this war, it has supplemented two soldiers, and the Turrii people have made huge sacrifices..."

Hearing this, Daveus moved, silently.

Tolmed carefully observed the expression on Davis’s face and suggested softly: "I remember when His Majesty was in Latium, because the Roman army attacked the city of Ostia, our army paid a lot of casualties, so Decisively ordered the abandonment of the city of Ostia and burned it, which caused the Roman army to pay nothing after the huge casualties, which dampened their morale. Now that we have occupied Lilithium, it can completely replace the port of Serinus. Can the role played be considered when necessary... adopt the same method and give up Serinus?"

After hearing this suggestion, Davers moved his heart, tapping his finger on the table, and fell into thought. After a while, he looked up and looked at the other staff officer: "Princeles, what is your opinion?"

After seeing the eyes of several other people, Printols thought about it and said, "I agree with Lord Tolmed's suggestion, but it is best not to give up Serinus City prematurely, because your majesty you are now The strategy adopted was to take a defensive posture on the land and lure the Carthage troops to take the initiative to attack, thereby continuously killing the Carthage soldiers and killing their morale... prematurely allowing the Carthage to capture Serinus, even if It’s a ruin, and it also boosts their morale. At the same time, it saves the Carthage people more time for attacking Rilitan..."

After listening to Daphes, he pondered for a while, and suddenly showed a helpless smile: "I am now a little regret to send Amintas to defend Serinus. When I was at Latham, I ordered him to give up Ostia. Sicily...I want him to give up Serinus again, even if he finally obeyed the order, with his fighting style that has always been courageous and never retreating, I am afraid I will always be grudged."