Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 292: Into the west of Sicily

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"I am very happy after receiving the order of Master Cypros in Herna!" Breru said sincerely, "Master Lizaru, Master Epithenis, you don’t know that Carthaginians are The Sikel tribe has done a terrible disaster! Your arrival gives us a chance to avenge the Carthaginians! Everyone is looking forward to your coming!" Crayru said, pointing to the Sikel soldiers following him in the rear , One by one, they all looked eagerly at the Dionian marching troops with the flags deployed, the uniforms, and the majestic and majestic.

The two corps commanders are also looking at the auxiliary units recruited by Kleilu: most of them are Light Infantrymen wearing short-sleeved shirts and holding javelins, and a small number of them are armed with leather shields and spears. , Light armored soldiers wearing black leather helmets and leather armor.

Seeing that the two corps chiefs were puzzled by the dress of these light armored soldiers, Crelu explained: "They are all citizens of West Kell who have joined the kingdom in the past few years. Training can also be regarded as a reserve soldier of the legion."

"How many people do you have?" Lizaru asked directly.

"A total of 4,700 people, 780 of them became Dionian citizens. The others are all tribesmen." Crelu replied.

Lizaru and Epithenis looked at each other, a smile appeared on their faces. Previously, King Davos said that Krelu would summon the Westkells and assist them in the fight, but they did not expect that Krelu would summon so many soldiers, including the full-strength Third Army and the Lukanian Reserve Corps. 16,000 people, plus nearly 1,000 Roman soldiers who were added to the legion, add up to a total force of 23,000.

For them, this is already a huge number, giving them full confidence in defeating the enemies in the mountains.

"Two Legion Commanders, it's getting late, let's quickly let the soldiers into the city." Crelu reminded.

"I think we should camp outside the city. We have two legions. I'm afraid we can't live in this city." Epithenis shook his head and said. When he saw the city from a distance, he I have been observing that although Agilion was once the center town of the Western Kyle, the city wall is not too high, and it is still wooden, and it seems that the area is not too large. Considering that there are still residents in the city, this is the reason. Suggest.

Who knows, Breru hated and said, "You don’t know, when the Carthaginians were retreating, they forced the Sikel tribes in and around Agilion to follow them to the west, and they were all rebelled by them. I cut off my head... Now Agilion is an empty city, and there are enough empty houses in the city to house the soldiers..."

No wonder the eyes of these Sikel warriors are so eager! Epithenis glanced again at the soldiers standing behind Crelu. He thought it was a good thing, because hatred would give people strength. In the future, when these Sikel soldiers fight with the Carthaginians, they will inevitably do their best to fight. go.

"Do you know where the Carthaginians retreated?" Lizaru was more concerned about the movements of the Carthaginian army.

"According to some Sikel tribes, the Carthaginians retreated to Enna. What's the specific situation? I just gathered the army and haven't done more detailed investigations yet." Crelu explained.

"Take ten Sikel fighters who are very familiar with mountain terrain from your team, and lead our reconnaissance team to investigate the details of the enemy as soon as possible, so that we can make an offensive plan as soon as possible." Lizaru immediately When making a request to Crelu, he also said to Epithenis: “We still don’t rely too much on Izam. He must first serve His Majesty, and there will inevitably be a delay when he conveys information to us. It’s not as good as our own. It’s faster to get information."

Epiteans nodded in agreement, and said: "Let's go to the city. Soldiers have been marching for a long time, and it's time to rest."

"Enter the city!" Lizaru waved back.

Standing at the front of the marching column, the flag bearer of the Third Legion waved the flag of the Legion and led the soldiers into the gate of Agilion.

The Sikel soldiers standing on both sides of the city and the road welcomed them in their own way.

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Later, the army led by Daves arrived at Jera.

This famous Greek city-state on the south coast has now been burned to ruins by the Carthaginians. This is Margot’s idea. Even if he led the army to evacuate, he didn’t want the Dionians to take advantage of it. Empty city.

Not only did Gela suffer this tragic encounter, but Ekonum, Agrigento, and Minoa did not escape the same fate, except for Agilion. The request of the tribal chief Aconis, after all, Agilion is the town where his fathers lived, and he is also looking forward to the future when the Carthaginians drive away the Dionians, he will re-appoint Agilion as a Westkel Of course, he does not want it to be destroyed, and this is not conducive to his establishment of prestige among other Xikaiel tribes.

In order to be able to continue to obtain the allegiance of Akonis, the Carthaginians agreed to his request.

Daves had known the destruction of Gela in advance, but because the Carthaginians retreated in a hurry and did not patiently destroy the city after the burning, the walls of Gela are relatively complete. Of standing.

Yesterday, Daves ordered Sekrian to send ten warships to land here, and the crew carried out a more thorough cleaning and simple repair of the entire city. Therefore, although it was already dusk when Daves led the army to arrive, the tired Legionnaires did not need to build camps. They entered the city directly, entered the allocated areas, set up tents, and could rest.

Furthermore, Davos learned from the news continuously sent back by the Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade: There are no traces of the Carthage army within a radius of tens of miles, and the only city of Kamenlina that may be hostile is only stationed in the city. With more than 1,000 Syracuse soldiers, it is impossible to pose a threat to the Dionian army.

However, Daves reminded the commanders of the corps to strictly follow the requirements for camping in enemy-occupied areas during the war, arrange necessary defense facilities, arrange outposts and patrols to prevent night attacks by the enemy.

On this day, after the commander of the Apulian theater Alexis completed the defensive deployment of the area under his responsibility (the Eleventh Corps warned the Dawney area to deter the Samonaes who had just surrendered At the same time, to prevent harassment on the other side of the Adriatic Sea, the Ninth Army is also responsible for the defense of the two areas of Mesapi and Puchetti), leading the fully staffed Tenth Army and the Third Cavalry, which have been supplemented by personnel. The regiment, and 4 reserve brigades, with a total of nearly 14,000 people, sailed to Sicily by boat at the port of Tarantum.

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The war that lasted for almost a year, the casualties of Dionian citizens are not a few, even the Turíy region, which has a population of nearly 30, has been greatly affected. After all, it provides the first and second The source of the troops of the two legions, and these two legions are precisely the main forces of the battle, and the casualties have been large. After a while, a group of ashes of the dead and severely wounded soldiers were transported to the port by passenger ships.

At this time, the people in the Turiyi Region are most afraid of being approached by officials of the household registration department, because that means their relatives have left themselves.

The Ministry of Military Affairs will inform the next batch of citizens according to the roster to be ready to be called up at any time, and their families will no longer be as full of hope that their relatives will make military merits and win rewards and honors like at the beginning of the war. Become uneasy.

The number of people wearing black veil in and outside the city began to increase, and the cry of mourning echoed on the Subari Plain from time to time, and the people who went to the temples of Hades every day were in an endless stream: there were prayers to kill their loved ones. Someone’s soul can reach Elysée Paradise safely, some pray that relatives who are still fighting can return home safely, and some pray that the war will end as soon as possible...

The priests of Hades are also very busy. They not only have to carry out a grand ashes placement ceremony for these citizens who died for the country, but also comfort their grieving relatives and solemnly assure them: Elysee Paradise is this. The final destination of the heroic warrior soul!

More often, they use divination and oracles to comfort the restless people.

The trade in several markets inside and outside the city began to drop significantly. This was mainly because the relatives of the deceased obviously did not have a strong desire to consume in a short period of time. Of course, this was also related to Dionia's funeral culture.

Although due to the strength of the Dionian Navy, sea routes have basically remained unobstructed, the downturn in the market has also directly affected the prosperity of the port. The reduction will affect their purchasing power, leading to a weakening of their spending power... This is a vicious circle caused by war.

The only fortunate thing is that the harvest has just been harvested this year, and people have enough surplus grain at home. The fluctuation of grain prices in the market has little effect on them.

Only two markets have become more prosperous at this time.

One is the weapon and iron market. Since the army has won final victories in several battlefields, most of the captured weapons are sold to domestic weapon merchants at low prices. The prices are lower than usual if they are sold directly by merchants or sold after melting and manufacturing. In order to build meritorious service and develop better in the kingdom in the future, most of Dionian citizens will buy some weapons and equipment so that they can be used as a backup when going on the battlefield.

The other is the slave market. Among the prisoners captured by the Dionian army, a small part of them were not released for various reasons, such as crossing the Adriatic Sea by boat, attacking the former Mesapi, Puchetti, Apulia, Soldiers recruited by Dawney’s fugitives...these slaves were eventually sold to slave merchants.