Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

The fact is just as Okritton feared. The last time when the two met, the atmosphere of harmony ceased to exist. In this meeting, Marco not only rejected the request to "stop the attack", but also rebuked loudly: At the time of the country’s hardship, the Hannos not only did not unite to defeat the powerful enemy, but tried to provoke civil strife and betray the interests of the city-state. This is simply treason!

The two of them quarreled, and Okritton left angrily.

Marco vented his anger, but he was not in a good mood: the original siege master Numisbians suffered too many casualties because of this time, coupled with the suspicions and censorship of the generals and team officials over the past few days, even now the generals No matter how intimidating and tempting they are, they basically do not work.

Time is very important to Marco, and he was too worried to get angry, and decided to let the Iberian army he trusted as the main force of the siege.

Although the Dionyan army has been stepping up the construction of the defensive facilities in the city of Serinus during this time, the time is short and it cannot be compared with the completely stone outer wall. Two days after the fierce battle, the noon on the third day Good news came from the front: Report Lord Marco, General Hasdrubal has led the army to capture the west inner city!

In fact, there is no need for herding soldiers to report. Marco, who stands at the front of the outer wall and pays attention to the battle situation, can clearly see the Iberian soldiers who are directly in front of him. Drogba, don't stop at the head of the city, continue to attack forward, capture the port as soon as possible, and seize the whole city!"

"Also remind General Hasdrubal, be careful of the Dionysian counterattack!" Pomirka interjected.

Marco glanced at him, then waved to the herald soldier: that's it!To Hasdruba, let's go!"

"Master Marco, after the capture of Serinus...you won't start a new attack anymore?" Pomilka asked softly.

The excitement on Marco's face disappeared quickly. He sneered coldly and sneered: "The Senate has threatened me. I will stop sending us military supplies. Where can I start a new battle!"

Pomilka sighed and said worriedly: "We can only supply military supplies for less than 10 days. If Carthage stops sending us military supplies, then we can just..."

Marco said calmly: "Our navy has been completely defeated. I heard that the Dionysian warships have even been cruising in the waters of Carthage every day. It is impossible for Carthage to transport military food here. , What use is it if the Senate threatens us!

Besides, even if the Dionysian fleet really lifted the blockade during the negotiations, would the Senate really dare to supply us with food?You know, in this army, not only the indigenous people of Numbia and Iberia, but also the citizens of Carthage and Phoenicia. If they starve to death, they are not afraid to cause the anger of the people of Carthage!"

Marco, who holds the military power, plays a rogue, and the nursing home does not temporarily take him... Pomilka is speechless, he sighs: "Master Marco, you will anger many veterans when you do this, and return to Carthage Ji, I'm afraid I will be interrogated by the Senate..."

"I'm not afraid of their interrogation!" Marge's face was filled with anger, and he said in a deep voice: "I'm worried that some people will impose on me the name of the culprit who caused Carthage to be forced to conduct peace talks." On his head, the honor of the great Margonide family is tarnished! I will never allow this to happen!

You think about it, since we landed in Sicily, we captured Minoa, Agrigento, Ekonum, and Gera, won the battle of Gera, and entered the territory of Dionia in Sicily. , And even deterred the main army commanded by King Dionia not to fight us!On the contrary, Monte Adno’s army suffered a fiasco in the battle of Minoa, and the navy commanded by Annobas repeatedly failed... who recommended them?!

Now, we have captured the heavily guarded city of Serinus. If the Senate has to hold the charge on you and me, the people will understand that the real sinner will never win for Carthage. We, but some incompetent and shameless elders!"

Speaking of which, Marco took a breath and looked at the soldiers cheering the victory in front of the city, hesitating and saying, "Since Okriton said that the Dionysians were very willing to conduct peace talks, we won Celinus will increase their willingness to negotiate, and will allow Okritton to have more chips and pay less in the negotiations..."

One of the biggest fears in Marco’s heart did not speak out: if the Dionysians stopped peace talks and continued to fight, his army would collapse because of lack of food.

But at this time, for him who has fallen into a double political and military dilemma, in order to defend the honor of himself and his family, he does not have much choice.

Pomilka obviously thought of this too, so he was not completely touched by Marco's words, and he said softly, "I hope things will develop as you say..."

The two quickly fell into silence, each supporting the battlement and looking silently in front.

I don’t know how long it took, the herald soldiers rushed to the scene: "Report Lord Marco, the Dionysians built a strong wall in front of the port, dug trenches, and set up deer villages, and the number of enemies in the city increased, our attack Blocked, General Hasdruba asks you for instructions."

Marco was tense and immediately asked, "What opinion does Hasdruba himself?"

"The general believes that the soldiers have been very tired until now, and they don't know the enemy's defense. They hope that the soldiers will be able to retreat and wait until they are fully prepared tomorrow before attacking."

"Damn Dionysians, how many walls have they built!" Marco, desperately looking forward to victory, scolded gaffe.

"This should be the last line of defense of the Dionysians in Serinus." Pomirka comforted.

Time, time...Marco was silent in his heart. He wanted to put an end to this battle as soon as possible, and then stop the war against Dionia, let the truce negotiations continue, and win the first line of life for the army, but things did not develop as he imagined. So smooth.

"Let Hasdrubal temporarily withdraw his troops..." Marco said haggardly, patting the battlement with a palm.

At this moment, the afterglow in the corner of his eyes suddenly found that black smoke appeared to be far away from the back of the right side. He immediately turned around and saw that there was not only a flash of fire in the northwest of the Carthage camp outside the city of Serinus. Moving, black smoke billowing, and listening carefully, there is a sound of fighting.

"What's going on there?!" Pomilka's exclaimed sounded beside him: "Send someone to check it out!"

At this moment, the intuition tempered on the Iberian battlefield for ten years made Marco feel that the situation was not good, he decisively issued an order to the adjutant: immediately sent someone to notify Stikamo (the commander of 10,000 Carthage civilian soldiers) General, responsible for staying in the camp), the northwest camp has changed, let him lead the army to chaos!…...... Send someone to inform Kisgow (Kisgow is now leading more than 6,000 Phoenician Confederate soldiers as a reserve for the siege, and is waiting in the city of Serinus) to let him lead the troops immediately Return to the camp to assist Stichamo!"

"Yes, sir!" The adjutant immediately arranged for heralds.

"Is it because of the rebellion of the Numbian cavalry?" Pomirka pointed to the place where the smoke rose, worryingly.In order to conquer the city of Serinus before, the Carthage forces built walls on both the north and south sides of the camp. At this time, they blocked the sight of Marco and prevented them from seeing the situation inside the camp, but the main direction was The camp of the Numibian cavalry is located, so Pomirka will have this guess.

"...It's not easy to say." Marco pondered and dared not make any hasty judgments, because in that direction there were not only the Numibian soldiers, but also the Lusitania cavalry, and a small number of Numibian infantry, And because of the success of the Dionysian army's successive raids on Palermo and Lilithia, it left a shadow on Marco's heart, when he suddenly came up with a more terrifying guess: Will it be Dionysian The army sneaked into the camp?!

He couldn't help but shudder several times, shouting again to the adjutant: "I rushed to inform Hasdrubal immediately, let him leave 10,000 people to defend the inner city just captured, and lead the other troops back to the camp immediately !"

As soon as Marco gave the order, he saw several Scouts rushing from the camp to the wall and shouted, "Master Marco! Master Marco!!"

"What's the matter?!" Marco hurriedly poked his head out of the battlement.

"Master Marco, the Numibian soldiers who patrolled the camp in the morning suddenly attacked the soldiers stationed in the western camp gate when they returned to the camp, and occupied the camp gate. Their camp also rebelled at the same time. The Bia cavalry assembled and not only burned their own camp, but also launched an attack on the nearby Carthage cavalry camp.... After getting the news, General Stikamo was gathering the army to go to the chaos, but had not rushed to the west. In the camp, we received news again that the Numibian camp in the east was unstable, and some Numbian soldiers were attacking their team officers and conspiring to launch a rebellion. General Tikkamo believed that the strength was insufficient and he could not settle the entire camp in time. Turmoil, I hope you can send more reinforcements."

"There must be Dionysians in it, we have not cleaned up the spies in the Numbian army! There are also those rebel Numbian cavalry who must have been attacked by the Dionysians. Incited!" Pomirka said at this moment, alert, with regret in his expression.

In the previous rectification of the entire Carthage army, some Numbian spies who were put back by the Dionysians have been picked up. If it was not Marco who was anxious to attack Serinus, Pomirka thought there would be more A few days of rectification can completely guarantee the stability of the Numibian army.However, both of them ignored the Namibian cavalry, and their previous rectification and review were not strict, because when the Numibian army rumors spread, the Namibian cavalry camp was calm, plus The Eastern and Western Numbians are relatively independent and do not have many contacts. Therefore, both Marco and Pomirka have an illusion: Numbian cavalry is worthy of trust.

After hearing the call for help from the cavalry under the city, Marco was relieved first: the movement in the camp was not caused by the raid of the Dionysian army!