Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 301: Two strong meet

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Only the Carthaginian sailors who survived the Carthage flagship were not driven off to the sea. They were evenly distributed on the decks of the warships and held by the crew members who had been captured by the Carthaginians and were lucky enough to survive. The wooden stick and whip will return all the insults suffered before to the enemy.

Only two captives were left on the flagship-Admika and the Captain of the Carthage flagship.

Midolades asked the captain of the captive to stab the sailor to death with a spear, avenging his commander.

When Midolades turned his gaze to Admika, the former commander of the Iberian Fleet and a member of the Magonis family had a haggard face, but his expression was calm: "Let’s do it."

Midolades laughed: "You are the biggest trophy in this naval battle, how could I easily let you die."

Speaking, he asked his men to take a helmet and let the crew pee in, then brought it to Admika, and said coldly: "Either drink the urine inside, or cut you off, choose."

At last, Admika's face changed drastically.

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In this day’s naval battle, Carthage’s new fleet lost a total of 70 warships and nearly 13,000 crew members; Dionia’s 3rd Fleet lost 56 warships, and 7 warships of varying degrees Damaged, did not capture any enemy ship.

After Annobas fled back to the port of Sarros, he was busy reorganizing the warship that had fled back, and did not lead the fleet out to meet Admika. The main reason was that he had the primary responsibility for the failure of this plan. For a while, he didn't know how to face this Iberian admiral, who seemed to be his subordinate, but actually his competitor, without seeing it. Not upset.

Who knows that in the night, news suddenly came: the Dionians had defeated the fleet led by Admika, and even Admika himself was captured.

Anobas was shocked: The news he had previously received was that the Dionian fleet had returned north to Alenia. Unexpectedly, these terrifying Dionians dared to return again and fight Admika's fleet!

If the last time he could blame the destruction of the fleet on the storm, this time he had to face the terrifying combat power and vigorous fighting spirit of the Dionian Navy.

In the next few days, the remaining new fleet of Carthage shrank in the harbor, letting the Dionia fleet provoke it, and never went to war.

The route from Sardinia to Carthage was cut again.

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The army led by Daves left Gela and continued to march west along the coast, sleeping in Ekonum and Agrigento. Both towns were destroyed by the Carthaginians. Daves There was enough time for the soldiers to build camps, and the Carthage army never appeared.

On the fourth day, the army arrived in Minoa, and the city built on a hill was more severely destroyed.

"Your Majesty, it seems that we can only build camps on the flat ground across the river." Tolmid suggested.

Davers stood on a hill, overlooking the lowlands to the west. Although the fields had been harvested at this time, the field of vision was still golden.

He asked: "This is the last time Proseus led an army to defeat the Carthaginians?"

"Yes, Your Majesty." Tolmid fingered to the north: "It is said that the camp of the commander of Prosius was built there."

Davers turned and looked for a while, then turned to look forward, and asked, "How far is the city of Serenus from here?"

"About a hundred miles." Tolmead replied.

Davos thought for a moment and issued an order: "We will camp on the mountain and inform the engineers to quickly survey the terrain, let the troops speed up the march, and quickly go up the mountain to clean up the city of Minoa..."

"Yes!" Although Tolmead disagreed slightly with Davers's caution, he knew Davers had made up his mind, so he didn't offer the opposite opinion.

Just as they were about to turn back and enter the destroyed Minoan city, a team of Dionian scouts came galloping over on the flat ground to the west, across the Plettney River, and rushed to the foot of the mountain. Anxiously shouted: "Report! Carthage's cavalry is here! There are many, many!"

Some soldiers immediately reported back when they heard it, and everyone was shocked when they heard about it.

Davers said in deep thought, "It seems that the Carthaginians finally couldn't help it."

"Your Majesty, I will inform the troops that have already ascended the mountain to immediately prepare for defense."

Davos nodded, and Tolmead turned and left.

Daves looked around, then pointed to a large section of the city wall to the west of Minoa City that was still standing in front, and said, "Let’s go to the city to check the enemy’s situation."

The chief of the court guard, Martius, immediately dissuaded him: "Your Majesty, the city of Minoa is seriously damaged. I am afraid that the wall is not strong and it is easy to be dangerous."

"Send someone to confirm." Daves did not give up.

Martius had to send a team of guards to explore the city wall, and then reported back: "That section of the city wall is still relatively strong."

Davos immediately walked towards the wall, and the others could only follow.

Standing at the head of the city, looking westward, the field of vision is even wider.

The Carthage cavalry came very quickly, they poured into the flat lowland like the tide, and their forward had galloped across the Platani River.

"There are so many cavalry in Carthage, I think at least 5,000 riders!" Henipolis exclaimed next to him.

"Accurately speaking, those alien cavalry should be recruited by Carthage. The real Carthage cavalry probably only accounts for a very small part of it." Daves opened his eyes and pointed to the mountain under the sky. The Carthage cavalry unit shrouded in dust and fog said seriously: "Look, those cavalry with very simple equipment but the largest number should be Numibians. They are good at throwing javelins; and there... The cavalry with leather helmets and long swords should be Iberians; as for the Carthage cavalry...oh, I finally found them. There, they are wearing shiny armor; I heard that Margot also hired some from Mauritania. Cavalry, but the Mauritanian cavalry and the Numibian cavalry are similarly dressed, so it's hard to distinguish..." Daves said as he said.

"In this way, Carthage’s cavalry is a piece of cake. Although our cavalry corps is small, we should not lose to them?" Henipolis, who doesn’t know much about the military, It's very confident in the kingdom's legionary troops.

Daves was silent for a moment, and said frankly: "In terms of cavalry, we are weaker than the Carthaginians."

In previous battles, several cavalry regiments suffered various losses of soldiers, and they were not well supplemented afterwards. After all, cavalry is different from infantry because it costs too much and is not easy to train. But even if the four Dionian cavalry regiments are fully organized and assembled together, Daves does not think they are sure to defeat the enemy cavalry under the mountain. If the cavalry wants to win, they mainly rely on riding skills, quantity and training. Dionian cavalry is naturally stronger than the opponent in training, but in the other two points, Dionian is not dominant.

Henipolis choked immediately after hearing this, and then said comfortingly after a while, "It's nothing. Our Dionian army mainly relies on the infantry corps, and they are much better than Carthage. ."

At this time, Plintors, who was also watching the enemy, said in a deep voice: "Carthage's infantry is also here."

Daves did not speak, but stared at the battlefield intently: I saw a continuous stream of Carthage infantry from the west into the lowland plains in the distance. The originally empty field was being filled by the Carthaginian army. Full...

Davos held the cracked battlements in his hand, and whispered thoughtfully: "It seems that Margo is really ready to fight us here."

Henipolis blinked his eyes when he heard this, and asked curiously: "Here? We are on the mountain, and they are under the mountain? This is not a good choice, right? Why not wait for us to march to the bottom of the mountain. Lowland, they will fight again?"

Daves did not answer, but looked at Plintors.

Plintors understood that this was King Davos’s examination of his own school, and after thinking about it, he said: “If the Carthaginians let us enter the lowlands below, we can send troops to block the road to the west. It’s easy to organize defenses along the coastal roads, but it’s more troublesome for the Carthaginians to attack, and their superior forces cannot be deployed."

"Then why didn’t the Carthaginians simply occupy the city of Minoa? So they would have a defensive advantage, and our army would be in a difficult situation." Facing Plintors, Henney Boris's question was more direct and bold.

Plintors’ answer was also very quick: “If that’s the case, I don’t think you will advance to Minoa at all, your Majesty, but return to Agrigento and even Gela. This way , The Carthaginians should be anxious. I think the reason why they abandoned these towns on the south coast and retreated to the west is to lure our troops to attack west, so that it is convenient for them to fight and to facilitate their supply of rations... …"

Henipolis suddenly realized: "The Carthaginians chose this place as the battlefield because he thought it was acceptable to us and them?"

Davers smiled faintly, and then said: "I heard that Margo is a decisive, persistent person, but not meticulous and patient enough. It is rare that he considers so thoughtful and takes care of our feelings very carefully. !"

"Your Majesty, are we going to fight Carthage here?" Hernipolis immediately became excited.

Daves glanced at Priintoles with a solemn expression, and said softly: "It's a pity, I don't plan to follow the script written by Margo."

Henipolis said "Oh".

At this time, several high-ranking generals including Amintas, Matonis, Olivers, Trotiras hurriedly ran under the city wall, panting and shouting: "Report to your Majesty, the First Legion is ordered Arrive!...The Second Legion is ordered to come!...The Fourth Legion is ordered to come!...The Sixth Legion is ordered to come!...The Roman Reserve Brigade is ordered to come!..."