Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 352: Dive in

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Tolmeide was stunned, he really didn't think of this level just now.

Davers stood up and said decisively: "It seems that we have to send more troops to reinforce Silinus. The reinforcements of Samona and the reinforcements were sent to Serinus and handed over to Amintas for command."

Tormid was startled: "Your Majesty, you have sent the Sixth Army and the Roman Reserve to Serinus, but there are only the Fourth Army and the Ninth Army by your side, in case Margot sends The army attacked Minoa..."

Davos said calmly: "I think Margo will not easily give up his efforts in Serinus during this period. If he really desperately leads the army to attack Mino Ya, I really hope he wastes his little time like this. In addition, we can let Alexis carry out our plan."

"By doing this, Minoa's defense will be even more--" Tolmid reminded loudly again.

Daves smiled slightly: "Marco dared to throw his army originally used to defend the direction of Segesta into the siege battle. We can't leave Lizaru and Epithenis idle, either. They are transferred to Minoa."

Tolmeide and Plintors were shocked when they heard this: A few days ago, His Majesty was still talking about not tightening the rope too tightly to prevent the Carthaginian army from jumping over the wall. This is just past. In a few days, we will order the delayed Third Army and the Lukalia Reserve Army to move forward to Minoa. Is this the beginning of the final battle? !

The two looked at Daves' calm face and responded forcefully: "Yes, Your Majesty!"

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In the early morning of the second day, Margo assembled his army and attacked the city of Silinus again.

At noon, the earthen wall built by the Carthaginians was connected to the city wall of Silinus. Fortunately, the defenders of Dionian increased the height of the wall at the junction with the wooden wall panels that had been prepared. The Ji soldiers failed to rush into the aisle at the head of the city immediately.

But the wooden wall was not strong enough after all. Under the persecution of the team officers, the Carthage soldiers braved the rain of javelins thrown by the towers of the city’s head and kept burning with fire and ramming them with wood. After paying a lot of casualties, In the afternoon, he broke through the wooden city wall and poured into the city walkway.

The Dionian garrison must deal with the long-range attack on the earth mountain outside the city, the ant-attached attack of the enemy under the city, guard against the enemy’s possible underground attack at any time, and send heavy troops to prevent the enemy from rushing to the city through the earth wall. Being stretched, even Amintas was holding a shield and spear, ready to participate in the battle himself.

At this critical moment, a total of 16,000 people from the Sixth Army and the Roman Reserve Brigade (including the Roman noble soldiers incorporated into the Army) arrived by sea, and finally repelled the already tired Carthaginians.

Although the Carthage’s army was repelled, Margo did not feel depressed: the fact that Dionian increased his troops to Silinus made him feel excited. The plan of "the main force of Onia to come to a decisive battle" has been initially realized, and judging from the situation of today's battle, after connecting with the wall of Serinus, the defensive advantage of the Dionians has been greatly reduced. Tomorrow, when the whole army is assembled to attack the city, the Celtics and Lusitania will be sent to attack along the wall. I wonder if the Dionians can stop it? Will they send additional reinforcements? Did he build a few more causeways to connect the city wall, so that more soldiers could directly ascend to the top of the city and engage in frontal battles with the Dionians? ...

Marco sits in the big tent, thinking about tomorrow's siege plan.

At this time, the adjutant walked into the big tent and reported to him: "Master Margot, there is news from Segesta that the Dionians have raided the Sikan territory, and Sikel's army is staying with us. The 3,000 Numibian soldiers there were also defeated."

Marco frowned and asked: "When did this happen?"

"This afternoon."

Originally, the territory of the Sikans was guarded by Hasdruba led by more than 30,000 soldiers, mainly to target the Dionian army coming from the east of the mountain, but the Taknian tribe was the leader After the Sikelians entered the territory of their old enemies, there were some conflicts with the Sikans, but because of the existence of Hasdruba, the contradiction can always be eliminated.

Some time ago, because the Dionians attacked Palermos, the Sikelians were unwilling to go with the army. Before leading the army to reinforcements, Hasdruba also specially cut the Sikelians’ station and west. People separated, leaving thousands of Numibian soldiers, hoping to keep calm here before he returns. Unexpectedly, afterwards, Hasdruba's troops were transferred back to the Carthage camp of Silinus by Margo, and the Sikanese territory seemed to be a corner forgotten by the Carthaginians. Since it is difficult for the three troops in the territory to unite, it is only natural that they will be quickly defeated after being attacked by the Dionian army.

Marco's brows stretched out immediately, and asked: "Do you know how many people were dispatched by the Dionians?"

"According to the situation observed by the scout, there are about tens of thousands of people."

"Only more than 10,000 people." Margo was a little disappointed. He deliberately left the flaw in the Sikan territory to attract the Dionians to attack: "Where are these Dionians now? "

"They retreated westward."

"What? Run away?!" Margot frowned again. He was still hesitating just now: Is it for Hasdruba to lead tens of thousands of soldiers to eat this enemy? Or simply ignore it, lure more Dionians into the Sikan territory, and even start attacking Segesta, which is not far from the Sikan territory, and then gather an army to annihilate it... As a result, Dioni After the sub-human sneak attack, he actually slipped away.

Marco feels powerful and has nowhere to do it, staring at the adjutant, and shouting: "The next report is not allowed to be intermittent, and I have to finish it all at once!"

The adjutant felt wronged in his heart, and he could only just claim it.

The Dionians are not fooled, it seems they still have to attack Serinus! ...Margo made up his mind, and then said to the adjutant: "There is no need to station troops in Xikan territory. After gathering the ruined soldiers, bring them all back to the camp."

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When Alexis led a part of the Tenth and Fourth Corps to raid the Xikan territory, the scout reported the news to the camp. Margot was leading the army to attack the city, and the adjutant did not dare to attack. Disturb him at the critical moment of the city battle, but there is a troop that has the independent power to send troops, that is, the cavalry.

Marco has a total of seven thousand cavalry, most of which are Numibian cavalry. They are quick to move and run like the wind. They are used to throwing javelins to injure the enemy, and they rarely fight head-on. Since Margot led his army back to western Sicily, the Dionian army could not hold on, but took advantage of the sea, and often sent fleets to land behind to harass. So Margot asked the cavalry to patrol the western coast every day. Once the enemy was found, he could launch it first. Attack, delay the enemy's actions, and facilitate the main force to rush to annihilate them, because of the characteristics of the Numibian cavalry, he is not worried that they will suffer big losses.

So, after receiving the news that the "Dionians attacked the Sikanian territory", the cavalry idled in the camp quickly rushed to the Sikanian territory, but they did not expect that the Daionians would soon They retreated to the mountains, but the cavalry who wanted to kill the enemy had no choice but to do the chores of gathering the defeated soldiers.

As soon as Margo returned to the camp, he stood in front of the leader of the Masili tribe, Tinum, in a military tent in the Numibian cavalry camp on the northwest side of the Carthage camp. Numibia was defeated.

"I thought it was someone who wanted to see me, but I didn't expect it to be you—Kenomus, how your father would be willing to let you participate in this terrible war!" Tinum said with a slight surprise.

"In the eyes of the Carthaginians, we Numibians have no distinction between high and low, but only one identity—their slaves. In recent years, the population of our tribe has been decreasing year by year. The number of our troops, even if I don't want to participate in this war, I must get it!" Kenoms said angrily.

The leader Tinum was silent for a while, and said for a while: "Carthage is really harsh to your tribe!"

Kinomus looked at him and sneered in his heart: He knew that the other party was far less dissatisfied with Carthage for a long time, because Tinum was from Sinumibia and he was from East Numibia.

It turns out that there are East and West divisions in Numibia because of Carthage. The Carthages called the Numibians living in the interior of the Phoenician confederation along the coast of Africa and the Numibia as East Numibia, and Numibia, which lived inland to the west and far away from Carthage’s sphere of influence. People call them Sinumibians.

A long time ago, the East Numibians were close to Carthage and Phoenicians, and they had convenient and frequent exchanges with each other. Not only did they trade frequently, but were also influenced by the culture of Carthage. The various tribes of Numibia have gradually changed from the original nomadic life to the semi-agricultural and semi-pastoral life. Due to sufficient food and relatively rich material, East Numibia has a large population. The Western Lumibians are always in a nomadic state. Not only are food poor and the population is small, but they also often fight for pastures. There are frequent battles between tribes. Sometimes because of climate change, the reduction of pastures, and the lack of food, they can only work eastward. The Mibia asked for food assistance, and the Masili tribe became acquainted with the Kenomus tribe for this reason.

But since 20 years ago, the Carthaginians were no longer satisfied with territories confined to the coast. They coveted the vast inland land, and began to gradually change their previous strategy of treating the Numibians, and continued to dominate the east. The various tribes of Numibia used tactics of provocation, division, and separation, and began to use force to conquer from north to south, and this force of conquest reached its peak after Hanno took power. For the Sinumibians, Carthage adopted a policy of bribery and wooing, provided cheap food to the tribes, and hired their tribes as auxiliary cavalry to participate in the Carthage war, even if they were still in Sinumi. The Biya people deliberately promote the contradiction between the East and West Numibians (because in the past, East Numibians were rich, West Numibians were poor, and West Numibians often turned to East Numibians. The Asians ask for help, so the Easterners often face the Westerners with arrogance and contempt), and also let them participate in the war to conquer the Eastern Numibians, so although they are of the same race, the Tinum will have this kind of The mentality is not surprising.