Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 247: Approaching Jera

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Pomilka was taken aback, and asked: "Should we not capture the city of Silinus first?"

Marge's face turned red, and he still said seriously: "After this period of siege, I believe you also know that not only is the city defense strong, but the main force of Dionia is also in the city. In the city of Sri Lanka, their morale is very good. Even if we have far more soldiers than them, we need to spend more time to capture this city, and time is very important to me!"

Pomilka remembered the promise Margo had made in the Senate, he no longer hesitated, and immediately expressed his willingness to go on the expedition.

Marco showed a few smiles and said generously: "You will lead 10,000 Carthage citizen soldiers, 15,000 citizen soldiers from the Phoenician allies, 25,000 Numi There are 50,000 soldiers in Biah, which is 10,000 more than when Monte Arderno attacked Minoa! I hope you will lead your army to Minoa tomorrow, and don’t commit the crime of Monte Arderno. Wrong, take down Minoa City as soon as possible!"

Pomilka was not excited about leading such a huge army, but asked with concern: "Master Margot, according to this arrangement, there are not many soldiers left by your side. The Dionians once again went out of the city to assault—"

Although Pomirka did not go on, he has already expressed his concern. In his opinion: if he leads the army to leave according to Margo’s proposal, Margo will only have less than 20,000 left. The army brought from Iberia. This multi-ethnic army seems to be very combative, but it is not easy to manage and lacks loyalty. There are also nearly 10,000 citizen soldiers formed by the Western Allied States of Sicily. These Sicilians lack training and are more suitable for handy duties such as transporting luggage and building camps instead of fighting; the remaining nearly 10,000 Numibia The soldiers were the soldiers from the camp that had been attacked by night before. Obviously, Dionia’s attack frightened these dark-skinned Numibians. In order not to let their panic affect the morale of other troops, Margot They were specially separated, and they have been busy training these days, and even preparing to send them to Lilibo to replace the defenders there.

But Margo is not worried about this, he confidently said: "If the Dionians act like you said, that's what I want."

Pomilka stopped persuading, he accepted the order. In fact, even if he didn’t accept it, Margot would force him to accept it, because he had forcibly replaced many Carthage generals and was taken over by the officers of the Iberian army he trusted, not only allowed the army formed by Carthage The soldiers felt very uneasy. After the news reached Carthage, it also aroused criticism from the Senate. The Hannoists even criticized his approach, claiming that he did this because he wanted the entire army to become Magoni. The private army of the German family to facilitate his dictatorship.

Marco asked the neutral veteran Pomilka to temporarily take over the army of Carthage, not only to appease the soldiers, but also to reassure the veterans.

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On the second day, Pomirka led the army out of the camp and marched east along the coast.

Marco did not cover up this military operation, so the large-scale movement of the Carthaginians in the barracks was clearly seen by Leottizides on the front of the city. He was a little anxious because he could guess It was not that he hadn't thought about why this Carthage army left. He took this opportunity to lead the whole army out of the city to attack the Carthage army still in the camp, but the previous night raids had already sounded the Carthaginians. Wake-up call, since they dare to do this, they are obviously on guard.

Leotizides holds in his hand the only main force of the Kingdom of Dionia on Sicily. In the case of few enemies, he can only take actions with a high chance of winning, so he is anxious now. Looking forward to the arrival of the Katane fleet.

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Has Druba allowed soldiers to looting and slaughter the whole city of Agrigento, on the one hand to pay tribute to his father Similko (Similko also led his army to occupy the city of Agrigento), Let the soldiers under his command be released and harvested after going through arduous mountainous marches and battles; on the other hand, it is also to obtain enough food.

His goal was achieved. The territory of Agrigento is neither mountainous nor hilly. Although it is not known for agriculture, it is a famous livestock city on Sicily. Therefore, Hasdruba has obtained a large number of livestock, enough to support 20,000 people. Food for the army for half a month.

So after a day’s rest, at the same time Pomilka marched towards Minoa, Hasdruba left 1,000 soldiers to garrison the city of Agrigento and led 16,000 soldiers along the coast. Go east, the target is Jera.

The army has to pass through the city of Econom on the way forward. Why didn't Leontizides transport reinforcements to this city before, and Hasdruba didn't target this city? Because this is a small Greek city, its scale is only a little larger than Germe. The low wall can only be used to stop the beasts, and can't stop the enemy's attack at all, so Leotizides has no hope for it, ha Strupa did not see it as a hindrance. (Note: Historically, the tyrant of Agrigento built a new city on Cape Econom only a hundred years later. In the first Punic War a few decades later, it was on the cape of this city. The largest naval battle in ancient Western history took place nearby. Carthage and Rome invested a total of 680 warships, carrying about 290,000 crew members and soldiers, and Rome won.)

Sure enough, when Hasdruba led his army, the residents of Econom had already fled, leaving only an empty city. The Carthage army moved in smoothly.

After a one-night rest, continue to march east on the second day and enter the Jera Territory at noon.

The city of Gela has a long history. It was only four or five years later than Siracusa. It was established by the colonists of Rhodes and Crete and named after the Gela River in the territory. .

Due to the large amount of mud washed down by the Jera River from the mountains, the fertile river plains in the Jera Territory were formed. After decades of successful transformation of the river marshes by the Jera people, the Jera became prosperous. At this time, the city of Agrigento has just been established, and the city of Syracuse is still limited to the island of Ortigia. Therefore, the tyrant Hippocrates of Gela and his successor Dillon a hundred years ago. A war of conquest was launched eastward, and eventually the Greek colonial cities in eastern Sicily from Messina to Kamanlina expressed their surrender to Gela. Dillon took a fancy to Syracuse’s geographic location and moved there. Let his brother Hiron take over Jera and move half of the population of his birthplace Jera to Syracuse, thus creating the beginning of Syracuse’s prosperity. After Dillon’s death, Hiron moved to Syracuse... After that, the tyrants of Gela abandoned the original city and made Siracusa their ruling center. Gela also became the strongest in Sicily. The big Greek city-states began to decline. But so far, Gela has also established a very close relationship with Syracuse.

The first conflict between Gela and Syracuse was more than 20 years ago when Carthage commander-in-chief Shimirko led an army to attack Syracuse, first occupied Agrigento and then He surrounded Jera again. Dionysius promised to send reinforcements, but in the end the reinforcements did not arrive and Jera was also occupied. The contradiction deepened after the people of Gela returned to their homes. Syracuse has become the overlord of the Greek city-state in Sicily. Dionysius exploited and oppressed the people of the allied countries. Of course, it also included Gela and Jie. The Latin American people are very dissatisfied with it, but they are afraid of its powerful force and can only obey.

Until Dionia defeated Syracuse, although the Gerans were grateful to the Dionia, they also kept guard against outsiders entering Sicily. Dionia has been with Sicily for 10 years. The friendly relationship between the city-states made the Jera finally let go of their guards. In this war between Dionia and Carthage, Gela also actively provided material assistance and sent troops to participate in the war.

Now, the Carthaginian army is coming to the city, which not only makes the Jera people nervous, but also shakes Syracuse and Katane. After all, compared with the previous series of battles in the west, Jera Being very close to them can attract people's attention even more.

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"Your Excellency Commander, Karsidis is here." Mukru reported to Leonidzides.

"Please come in."

A middle-aged team official wearing a purple crown and helmet strode into the lobby of the lord’s mansion.

His name is Calcidis and he was born in Katane. After Dionysius broke through Katane, he became a refugee. He once fled to a settlement in the mountains to live for a while, and then quietly returned to the port of Katane, earning a living by betraying his labor. He was not afraid of violence and support. Weak and fair, so it has high prestige among the refugees and free people in the port of Katane. During the Yugoslavian War, Entrapolis lurked in the port of Katane and received his great help, and in the subsequent riots in Katane, the freedmen he led were also one of the main forces. After Katana's successful recovery, he also led his troops to assist the First Army in chasing down the defeated soldiers of Massias.

However, after the war ended and Katane was incorporated into the Kingdom of Dionia, the hero in the hearts of the Katanes refused to become a kingdom official or a council member of the city council, but volunteered to be a protector Officials, and every year because of their outstanding performance, they are nominated by the Katanas to participate in the Kingdom’s Guardian General Assembly. At the same time, he was also the captain of the First Brigade of the Eighth Army, and he was highly dependent on Leotizides.

"Your Commander, Calsidis is here to report!" Calsidis gave a powerful military salute.