Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 276: Leotizides’ persistence

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Sipoulos looked at the expressionless face of Leotizides, and suspected that the last sentence he asked was deliberate, because the main purpose of his coming here was to ask the people of Katane to strike. When he retreated from the Carthage cavalry raging on the Plain of Catania, he coughed dryly, and soon thought of a new topic: "It has been several days without receiving a new battle report, and now it is south of the Plain of Catania. What kind of situation is it?"

As soon as the military is mentioned, Leotizides’ interest comes. Of course, the prerequisite is that Cypros, as the war governor, is qualified to understand the entire battle, and Leotizides also needs to ask He clarified his next strategy in order to gain his support, so he stretched out his hand to the side and asked Cipros to sit down.

Then, Leotizides pointed to the map and said to him: "In the past two days, the scouts we sent were either missing or wounded and fled back. There was no new news at all, Carthage. The human cavalry is not only destroying the Catania Plain, they are also blocking our connection with the southern part of the Catania Plain. We don’t know what is going on with the Seventh Army now, and we don’t know what’s going on in Paragonia. What's going on, let alone what's going on with Leottini. The only thing I know is that Taunis was surrounded by Syracuse, but the Syracuse army did not attack with full force... This is from the Sicilian fleet. I believe you all know what the Clippers must do every day, except for this——"

Leotizides clicked on the wooden map with his hands on Paragonia, Herna, Leotini, and the new barracks of Katane not far to the north, and then in Katane again A large circle was drawn to the west and south of the city, which almost encompassed most of the Catania Plain, and said in a solemn tone: "This large area has been completely obscured by Carthage’s cavalry, and we don’t understand it now. The situation of the Seventh Army and the Allied States in the south does not know the position and movement of the enemy's army. Therefore, under such circumstances, send troops out of the city to attack the Carthage cavalry. Army."

Speaking of the end, Leotizides turned to the previous question again. Cipros didn’t care. Leotizides’ words had already made him feel the severity of the whole battle, and he was a little worried. Asked: "So based on your judgment, what might the Carthage army be doing now?"

Leotizides stared at the map, a little self-blame, and confidently said: "Although I...I ignored that the huge Carthage cavalry would cover the entire battlefield and let us all I can’t get in touch easily, and some of the plans I’ve made before cannot be implemented, but I can still guess what the Carthaginians are doing. They are either attacking Palagonia or Leottini, because they only have These two options.

Taking Paragonia, the Carthaginians could not only open up the flat road from Carmenlina to the Catania Plain, facilitate the transportation of their rations, but also support nearby He The other Carthaginian army in that, after all, Herna is not too far away from Palagonia. As long as we capture Herna again, the entire southwestern area of ​​the Catania Plain will be completely under the control of the Carthaginians. Below, their army can safely and boldly reach our city.

And if the Carthaginians attack Leottini, as long as they capture it, the Carthaginian army will either continue northward, bypassing Lake Leottini, and attack our new barracks; or lead the army eastward, and The Syracuses joined together and attacked Taunis with all their strength. Once Taunis fell, their coalition forces would approach Katane. "

After listening to Leotizides’s words, Cipros looked solemn and lost his thoughts, and then asked uncertainly: “Listen to what you mean, the Carthaginians chose to attack Palagon’s Most likely?"

As expected to be the most capable chief executive of Sicily, even if he does not direct the battle, he can still find the right answer through his excellent political sense...Leotizides nodded approvingly in his heart, and said: The Taigi and Syracuses have now united against us Dionia, but after all, they have fought with each other for decades, and the relationship cannot be very close. If Carthage chooses to attack Leottini and Taonis With this route, most of its military food transportation will rely on the Syracuse people. I think it is impossible for any army commander to hand over the food transportation line that is related to the life and death of the army to the enemy a few years ago. Allies.

After capturing Paragonia, the Carthaginians’ rear was completely under their control. Not only could they safely attack our Katane, but they could also attack Hena, Agilion, and Herbita. Occupying the entire Sikere Mountains, by then they are not only threatening Katane, but also Naxos and Sikuli, and the Carthaginians have more options. "

Siplos felt even more worried, and he asked urgently: "Can Paragonia hold on?!"

Leotizides hesitated for a moment, and then said affirmatively: "Master Cypros, you should know that before the Carthaginians actually entered the war a few months ago, we had already put Pala As a fortress to defend against Carthaginian attacks, Gonia has been strengthening its city defense and building a large number of defensive facilities. Therefore, Paragonia blocked the Carthaginian attack for several days. The Kis didn’t even break through the perimeter of Paragonia.

Originally, there were 2000 legionary reserve soldiers in the town of Paragonia. The 7th legion added 2000 soldiers a few days ago. For a small defensive fortress, these troops are It's enough. Even if the Carthaginians attack from its north, even if they send all their troops, they will never be able to attack in a short time. What we need most now is to delay time. "

Sipoulos understood that Leotichides was referring to the reinforcements of the kingdom that was coming, but he still seemed a little worried: "I don’t know much about military affairs, and I don’t know much about the current battle situation, but if Just being beaten passively, hoping that the Carthaginians will do exactly what we think, I am worried that there will be any accidents!"

Leotizides raised his head, stared at Shiplos, and said in a more serious tone: "Master Cyplos really thinks I'm just sitting at home and doing nothing these days?!"

Ciplos heard the dissatisfaction in Leotizides' words, but his expression remained unchanged and he did not respond.

Leotizides looked at him coldly for a while, then continued: "This time the number of Carthage’s troops greatly exceeds ours, and the combat effectiveness is not weak, and the arms are also very complete. We really can’t compete with them. There is a head-on confrontation, but this does not mean that the Carthaginian army has no shortcomings. Their biggest shortcoming lies in the transportation of rations!

Even if the autumn harvest has just ended, the Carthaginians have already received food from the city-states on the south coast, and there may be assistance from the Syracuse, but for such an army of 100,000 soldiers, It is still far from enough. According to my inference, the food supply in Sicily may only last for a month or two for the Carthage army. They need Carthage soil to transport them more food, but you see—"

Leotizides’s finger points to the icon of the basic city of Cartha on the map, and then traverses the western waters, to the west of Sicily, and then along the southern coastline to Paragonia, the tone is still cold. But the eyes were clearly brighter: "Such a long food transportation line, it is difficult for the Carthaginians to guarantee its safety. After the Carthaginians attacked Paragonia from the south and was frustrated, I concluded that they were going to cross the mountains. Therefore, they contacted the Sikelians and asked them to organize fighters to sneak into the mountains on the southern edge of the Catania Plain and wait for the opportunity to attack the Carthaginian food convoys, but unfortunately...there are very few in the Carthaginian army. The few Iberian natives, they are very good at mountain warfare, so that the Sikelians have not achieved any results so far, but as long as the Sikel fighters have been active in that area, the Carthaginians dare not relax their vigilance. This will involve a lot of their energy.

Furthermore, Sekrian led the Sicilian fleet to patrol the south coast at all times. As long as the Carthage's food transport team was found, they could land at any time and send fleet infantry to attack. I have also discussed with Sekrian. As long as he thinks it is feasible, I can assign thousands of soldiers to his command at any time to take the Sicilian fleet to retake any city-state on the south coast, and even capture the Phoenician town in western Sicily... …The larger the Carthage’s army, the faster its army would collapse once the food transportation line was cut off. "

Speaking of this, Leotizides' eyes are like electricity, he looks directly at Cipros, and said firmly, "So we don’t have to fear the aggressive attack of Carthage. The village is burned down and can be rebuilt. , The farmland is destroyed, the land is still there, as long as we hold on to Katane and wait for the opportunity, the Carthaginian army will expose their Agileus’ heels, by then—"Leotizides His right hand slashed down forcefully.

After a while, Cipros smiled: "I'm relieved to hear you say this, Lord Proseus. Don't worry, too, I will find a way to comfort the people."

After Cypros left, Leotizides was still looking at the map, his eyes focused on the icon of Paragonia, and there was a worry in his heart that he didn't say just now: Paragoni How long does Yaneng stick to it? !

At this moment, Adjutant Taglu came in and said, "My lord, Asitmis wants to see you."

Leotizides's face sank: "I've told him several times, now it's not when the cavalry is attacking, why he can't listen."