Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

On this day, although the Carthaginian army occupied the outer walls of Serinus, they failed to conquer the whole city. Instead, they paid a lot of casualties. The new wall in the city means that they still have to work hard to siege the city. War, which caused the soldiers to have low morale.

Especially the Numibians, as the main force of the siege, they always have the most casualties. The resentment in their hearts is naturally stronger, and some rumors began to spread among them.

Kenomus is far more than a single man who is involved in the collapse of the Xikan territory. Although Marco sent a team officer of his trust to the Numibian troops, most of their positions are middle and senior team officers. Too much, the combat effectiveness of his own Iberian forces is difficult to maintain, so the bottommost team captain is mostly the original East Numbian, which gave these Numbi who were persuaded by the Dionysians The opportunity for the Asian captives to enter the Carthage camp through the defeat.

In this war, whether the Numbians attacked Paragonia or Serinus, they have always been the main force of the battle, so the casualties are the largest. The dissatisfaction with the Carthages in the heart has accumulated over the years, and the resentment is very strong. Therefore, these spies quietly told their compatriots about the situation of this war and Dionysia’s willingness to support Numisbia to rise up against Carthage and gain independence, and naturally caused a great reaction.

Even some rumors spread to other armies, such as the defeat of the Carthage navy, the complete blockade of the western Sicily by the Dionysian navy... and the example of the Dionysian navy repeatedly attacking the coast of Africa and burning Hadru. Mentum and Ogiergi...

This severely affected the morale of the soldiers of Carthage and Phoenicia. Many soldiers even gathered and asked their team officers whether the news was true.

After he got the incident, Marco was shocked. He had to immediately stop the planning of the next attack plan against the city of Serinus, and put the next focus on the army and morale, otherwise the army would Facing the danger of collapse.

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In the early morning, a Carthage fleet of 30 cargo ships set off from Cadiz to Carthage, each of which was loaded with silver bricks.

As the war progressed, Corsica fell, Sardinia was in conflict, Sicily was blocked, and the port of Carthage was in a sluggish trade. The precious metals of the Iberian Peninsula became the main source of revenue for Carthage’s treasury. Iberian carthage mine owners have increased mining slaves and expanded the mining of silver mines. After these silver bricks are transported to Carthage, they will be melted into silver coins, mainly used to build warships and pay for employment Salary of soldiers.

Due to the recent strength of the Dionysian fleet, this fleet has been very careful and has been sailing eastwards close to the coast of Africa. Once the enemy is found, they can immediately enter the harbor of the nearby city-state to take refuge. This method is quite effective, so it has been fighting since the beginning. Since then, precious metal cargo ships from Iberia have never been hijacked by the Dionysian fleet.

After the fleet entered the coastal town and port for two consecutive nights and entered the core waters controlled by Carthage in the early morning of the third day, the fleet began to gradually move away from the coast because the basic city of Carthage is located on the peninsula protruding to the north. On the way, the distance towards it is the closest, and in this sea area the Dionian fleet has not dared to break in.

In the morning, the fleet had reached the sea near Carthage, but the crew saw a fleet of countless black warships appearing to the north, and hurried towards them.

"That's the Dionysian fleet!!!..." the crew screamed in panic, desperately driving the cargo ship, and fled towards the port of Carthage. But the cargo ship was too heavy and not upwind, and the oarsman also Not many, as a result, the Dionysian warships were ahead of them, cutting off the route to the port.

"General, our warship successfully intercepted Carthage's fleet!" the flagship telescope shouted excitedly.

Midolades was not too pleased. He had planned this operation for a long time. In order to intercept the Carthage fleet from Iberia, he sent a number of clippers to Sardinia’s Sa. Ross is the station, and every day the task is to disguise as a Phoenician cargo ship, mix into the southern waters, and monitor the route from Iberia to Carthage.The fleet was discovered a day after leaving Cadiz and has been under surveillance of Dionysian fast food.According to the information returned by Midolades, he was able to intercept Carthage Port in time.

Step 1 has been successful, but the key depends on its subsequent development!...Midolades said in a deep voice: | "Continue to watch closely!"

"Yes!"

The Dionysian vessel intercepted the Carthage fleet, and instead of destroying it, they played a cat and mouse game. Instead of using the bronze angle of the bow, they used the hull to pinch off The pulp of the cargo ship, and even the crew on the deck specially prepared rope hooks, trying to grab the cargo ship when the two ships approached.

It seems that they are preparing to capture the cargo ship and bring it back to the base. After all, the silver bricks of the 20 ships are a huge asset, but it takes a longer time because the place where it happened is at a distance. The sea outside the port is not far away. Not only the sentinels on the port of Carthage port can see it clearly, but also the other Carthage or Phoenician cargo ship crews who entered the port saw this terrible scene, and they were afraid of it. Evacuated into the port, so when the sentinel quickly reported the situation to the port officials, and then the port officials immediately reported to the Carthage House of Elders, the news of the “Dionian Fleet Attack” was quickly at the port And spread in urban areas.

Some time ago, the Dionysians burned the Phoenician confederacy in Africa several times to make the people of Carthage clearly afraid. Now these terrible enemies have actually attacked Carthage, and the people are even more terrified. The rumors that "The Dionysians are going to attack Carthage" are very popular.

After receiving the news from the port, the Carthage veterans were shocked. They did not expect that the Dionysian fleet was so bold that they dared to come to the port of Carthage to sow wildly. This is since the establishment of the city of Carthage. Things never happened before!

Coupled with the fact that they immediately received the news of "a riot in the city", no matter whether it was Hanno, Pretacouba, or Isyaluba, there was no disagreement, and a consensus was quickly reached: order Mor Barr led the Carthage fleet to attack immediately, repulsed the rampant Dionysian fleet, protected Carthage's wealth, and gave the people confidence!

Since the Senate has ordered the Carthage Fleet to strengthen its defense against the city and its allies' African coast, the naval commander Morbar no longer has to lead the fleet to the western waters of Sicily. Instead, he sat in the Carthage military port and dispatched many Clippers to patrol The east and west coasts centered on Carthage (because the city of Ogilgil was burned down, and the scope of the patrol was further expanded), once the enemy situation was found, he led the fleet to attack, and he could arrive in time, even Defeat the Dionyan fleet that has sent fleet infantry ashore to loot...

Morbar’s plan is good, but the Dionysian fleet has not appeared on the coast of Africa since those two attacks.Today, after getting the news that "The Dionian fleet attacked the fleet from Iberia in front of the port of Carthage", he was not as angry as his men. Instead, he was in deep contemplation because he had been the commander of the Navy Afterwards, in view of the greater dominance of the Dionysian navy, he always avoided fighting the enemy directly, and now the Dionysian fleet directly came to the door, which obviously was to force the Carthage fleet to fight it.

Although many men asked him to fight, saying: "This Dionysian fleet in front of the port has fewer warships than our Carthage fleet, and we are fighting in front of our own house, it is entirely possible to completely Break it down and save some of the decline..."

But Morbar still had some concerns, so he had not made a decision.

But what he did not expect was that the attack of the Dionysian Fleet had set off an uproar among the people of Carthage. Hundreds of veterans headed by Hanno, Pretakuba, and Ethaluba came to the military port in person. Put the resolution passed by the Senate into his hands.

Morbar was naturally unable to make any excuses, but he had a plan for combat in advance, and every military order was arranged. He quickly led hundreds of warships that had slipped from the dry dock into the military port and were ready to leave the port.

The veterans then ascended the wall on the breakwater, preparing to pay attention to this naval battle that was vital to Carthage.

As soon as the first Carthage warship sailed out of the port, the Dionysian Clipper, who was instructed to monitor the port, immediately issued a slogan, which was responsible for intercepting the 1st Squadron of the Ionian Fleet 3rd Fleet. No more tossing enemies like playing, and began to fight hard, so one after another cargo ship was quickly smashed into the hull, and the white and silver bricks followed the broken cargo ship into the sea, letting them stand on the city wall The veterans who watched all felt sorry for them, and also made the captains and crew on the deck of the Carthage warships that were leaving the port and arrayed, angry, so some warships could not wait to line up and went straight. They rushed to the Dionysian fleet to save their fellow countrymen.

Morbar, who was out of the port, was coughing with anger, and he had been coughing continuously. Since he took office, he has been paying close attention to the training and discipline of the newly formed fleet, hoping to compete with the Dionysians, but obviously the time is too short, the effect Not ideal, under such circumstances he had to use another prepared combat plan in advance: "Inform them to Barrickos and follow us now!"