Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 257: Withdraw defense

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Theagennis replied confidently: "This huge war between Dionia and Carthage in Sicily involved all the Sicilian city-states. We Syracuse can Is it an exception? No! Carthage’s army has approached Gela, and Dionia’s army is stationed in Leonia. We must make a choice, otherwise we will be crushed by the forces of both sides.

However, we will not be true allies with the Carthaginians, who have been our mortal enemies for decades, nor will we venture to challenge the Dionians who took our hegemony. What we will do That is-in this fierce war, seize all favorable opportunities to regain the former glory of Syracuse! "

Theagennis said so and did so.

When Cypros of Katane sent an envoy, he angrily questioned at the Syracuse Council: "Your Syracuse fleet attacked Pachinus’ fleet and led your troops to capture Kamanlina. This is a provocation to Dionia! This dangerous behavior must be stopped immediately, withdraw troops from Kamenlina, and at the same time compensate Pachinus and promise that no similar actions will be taken in the future, otherwise Dai Onya will not sit back and watch!"

Theagennis replied calmly: "May I ask you Dionia, Pachinus, and Kamenlina allies? Of course not. You have no covenant with these two city-states, or even There is no agreement, but we have, and it is a full military alliance."

As Kamanlina said, he also brought the covenant he had just signed and showed it to the Envoy of Dionia, and said with a slight sarcasm: "Thank you very much Dionia for his comments on the recent events. I care, but this is an internal affair between us and our allies, and we can resolve it through our own negotiation. You don’t need to worry about you, Dionia, an outsider."

The messenger of Dionia was speechless for a while, and after a while, he said bitterly: "Is Siracusa preparing to join forces with the Carthaginians?!"

"How can we Syracuse join forces with our mortal enemy Carthaginians!" Theagennis said seriously: "We just want to protect ourselves on this war-stricken Sicily."

The messenger of Dionia understood, and he said coldly: "It turns out that you Syracuse are to be crows. You steal the dead after fighting with the beasts, but no matter how much carrion the crow eats, it is still a crow. But May the peace and peace of Syracuse, which Herolis and other heroes who resisted the tyranny of Dionysius, exchanged their blood for ten years ago, will not be lost in your hands!"

The conversation between Theagennis and Dionian messenger at the council was circulated. Many people praised their chief general for his toughness and wit when he spoke to Dionian messenger. , There are also a few people who are worried about the warning raised by Dionian's envoy.

Just when the Envoy of Dionian left Syracuse, many Syracuses came upon hearing the news and verbally abused and humiliated him to vent their dissatisfaction with Dionian.

Theagennis had already anticipated this. He didn't want to break his face with Dionia for the time being, so he sent a patrol to **** him.

When the Envoy of Dionia left Syracuse, his nose was bruised and his face was swollen, and the clothes he was wearing were torn, which was regarded as a great shame.

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When Sekenian led the fleet to Gela, Leontizides already knew that Carmanlina and Pachinus belonged to Syracuse, which forced him to cancel the original plan, and at the same time The successive changes also shaken his confidence in continuing to defend the South Coast.

So, as soon as he saw Sekrian, who had just arrived, he said straightforwardly: "Carmanlina and Pachinus have surrendered to Syracuse. It is estimated that Minoa will not be able to support it for long. Now we I was completely at a disadvantage, but my army was scattered between Selinus and here, and it didn’t do anything to the whole battle. So I decided to evacuate all the troops in the south coast city-states, if Minoa and Gela People are willing to follow us, so we will return to Catania together, join the Seventh Army, rebuild our strength, and look for opportunities to continue to resist the attacks of the Carthaginians and even Syracuse."

Sekrian looked at Leotizides with a serious expression, thought about it seriously, and said in a deep voice: "Other places can be evacuated, but Selinus must keep it!"

"The troops from other places have been evacuated, and Silinus has become a lonely city. How many days can Calcidis be able to defend?" Leontizides didn't seem to have any confidence in this.

Sekrian was very confident about this: "These days, the Carthaginians launched several sieges against Silinus, and they were all repelled, and our defenders didn’t lose much. I think Karl Sidis is very general, not in a hurry, and has a good way of defending the city. Celinus should be able to hold it."

"Calcidis is of course very capable." Leontizides shook his head slightly: "Unfortunately he has too few troops. Once we leave, Serinus will become the focus of the Carthaginian attack. It won’t last long."

Seklyan anxiously said: "With the help of our navy, how could there be fewer soldiers under Calcidis! As long as he stays on for a few more days, after September, after the harvest of Catania’s farmland, I Thousands or tens of thousands of crew members who do not have warships in the naval base will be transported. Although these crew members do not have the ability to fight frontally with Carthage soldiers, they can still help defend the city.

Selinus is so important! As long as it is still in our hands, our warships and crew will have a foothold in western Sicily, and the fleet can go to the western waters to hunt for food with confidence, and their Carthage ships will not dare to easily be in the western waters. Transporting soldiers and baggage to the south coast..."

Sekrian was talking about it. Leottizides interrupted him and said simply: "Well, just do as you said. Your Sicilian fleet will provide reinforcements and hold on to Selinus. , Other city-states and troops all evacuated from the south coast."

Sekrian was taken aback, and immediately reacted: "Did you have this plan a long time ago, and you want to lie to me to help you defend the city?!"

Leotizidesmu said blankly: "Now I'm going to persuade the generals of Jera to leave here and go to Katane for refuge, and to persuade the Minoans to go to Sekly Master Ann, you are here. Jera is guarded by our Eighth Army. There is no major problem for the time being, but Minoa is already in danger. I hope you can hurry up."

"Uh... I said, Proseus, you are not Your Majesty Daves, what right do you have to assign me tasks! This matter should be decided by the two of us after discussing..." Expressing his dissatisfaction loudly, but Leotizides has already strode out of the hall...

One day later, under the **** of the Dionian fleet, the fleet full of Minoan people sailed eastward along the south coast. As it passed through the waters of the southeast corner of Sicily, Sekrian was nervous and excited. He scattered all the Clippers out, and ordered the lookers of all the warships to open their eyes and carefully observe the anomalies on the sea.

But to his disappointment, the Siracusa fleet did not appear, and the entire fleet arrived at the port of Katane smoothly.

At the same time, Minoan City was conquered by Pomilka's army, and all the Minoan citizen soldiers who remained behind were killed in battle.

The Gerans also agreed to evacuate to Catania, not because of the persuasiveness of Leotizides, but their thinking is the same as the Minoans: if they are surrounded by Syracuse , The people who have lost their homeland may still consider whether to surrender, but outside the city are the Carthaginians, as well as the aboriginal people who look fierce and savage. The Agrigento people have been slaughtered, the Gela people Don't want to follow in their footsteps.

The Sicilian fleet quickly returned to the south coast from the Catania naval base, escorting this large number of fleets. The fleet not only carries food and luggage, but also has 16,000 sailors. He is here to honor The promise of Leotizides.

Originally, Sekrian was going to do this after the autumn harvest, but after talking to Cipros, Cipros suggested to him: "After you all evacuated from the south coast, the defenders of Silinus It will inevitably face greater offensive pressure. Since this city is so important, don’t delay and send the crew over as soon as possible. You don’t have to worry about their farmland harvesting problems, I will help them solve it."

Sekrian accepted Cipros' suggestion.

The fleet arrived at Selinus smoothly.

Sekrian first unloaded the food and weapons in the fleet from the dock, and let 10,000 sailors stay in the port. While managing and defending the port, he assisted Calcidis to defend the city to make up for it. Its defensive power is insufficient.

After a rest night, he let the remaining 6000 sailors drive more than 30 Phoenician warships that were simply repaired in the harbor (previously engaged with the Eastern Phoenician fleet from Persia Captured at the time), followed the Sicilian fleet, and the fleet, rushed to Gela.

According to the advance notice of the Clippers, Leotizides took the Eighth Army soldiers, the 4th Cavalry Corps cavalry, a large number of Gela people, and the Agrigento people who had fled to Gela before. Prepared, they waited in an orderly line at each dock.

So as soon as the fleet enters the port to dock, everyone will quickly board the ship in turn.

When the Carthage’s sentry told Hasdruba the news that "a huge fleet of ships arrived at the port of Gela", he did not realize at first that the entire city of Gela was preparing to retreat, because in After the victory of the battle, the Carthage army failed several sieges. Even in the siege the day before yesterday, the Dionian soldiers went out of the city assault, which caught Hasdruba by surprise and led to the siege of Carthage. The troops were fragile. This shows that the morale of the defenders in the city is very high. In the past two days, Hasdruba had to let the defeated soldiers rest.