Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 305: Change of coaches

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Although Margo said it was too extreme, because it was not only the decision of the Hannos to make Anobas the naval commander and send the fleet to guard Sardinia, but he was very right on one point, Sicily The connection with Carthage cannot be severed, otherwise the 100,000 soldiers will have no rations, and it will really be all over! …Pomilka was in the army and was mainly responsible for logistical support. He knew that the army’s rations were consumed so much that the food supply was the most important reason for withdrawing from the east. Therefore, the more he thought about it, the more frightened, he immediately said: "Ma Brother, I will write with you, urging the Senate to immediately reorganize our fleet to ensure the sea route between Sicily and Carthage!"

Marco looked slightly stunned, and he said with hatred: "Even if the Senate follows our advice, whether our fleet can do it is another matter. Our current ration can last for about 10 days. After days, all of our lives are in the hands of the navy, which is really unwilling!"

Pomilka listened, and felt bitter in his heart. He reminded loudly: "Master Margot, the best way for us to turn the tide is to defeat the main force of the Dionian army and win the dominance of the battle in Sicily!"

"It's easy to say, but you have seen it. For the past three days, I have set up a position outside the camp, but the Dionians on the opposite side have no intention of going down the mountain to fight with us."

Margo was a little helpless and a little confused: "I have learned more about the battles that King Dionia participated in in the past. He is a bold, adventurous, and very confident man. He was hired in the early days. When the army leader, he dared to lead a far fewer mercenaries to attack the Lucanian army; when Dionysius invaded Great Greece, it was clear that Dionysius had the advantage, especially in the cavalry. On the one hand, he still boldly fought with the Syracuse...

Not long ago, Dionia had a war with Rome. Rome was so far away from Dioia. He led the army to initiate an offensive... Why did such a person who loves offensively dare not accept our challenge this time? Woolen cloth? ! "

"Could it be that the Dionian army is not ready yet?" Pomilka thought for a while, and said, "Or maybe it's because the army of Kefaluoitian is too close here... King Onia has concerns?"

Marco listened and moved in his heart. He put down his sword and said in a deep voice, "Perhaps... we should let Hasdruba retreat all the troops to the Sikanese territory and lure Dai in the east. The Onian army moved westward and occupied the empty Kefaluo Yitian. In this way, King Dionian felt safe to the north. Perhaps he would be assured of a decisive battle with us?"

"What if the Dionians still can't stick to it?" Pomilka said worriedly.

Marco thought for a moment and said decisively: "Then we will encircle the Dionian army in Kefaluoitian and force them to fight us in the mountains!"

"This is a good idea!" Pomilka's eyes lit up, but he reminded: "I'm afraid Akonis won't be willing to retreat from Kefaluoition."

"The leader of Sikel who took the initiative to take refuge in us?!" Margot picked up the saber on the table, and slashed it on the table with a heavy sword: "This is not for him, he has to withdraw if he doesn't withdraw! "

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After receiving Margot's order, Hasdruba ignored Arcones' pleading and issued an order: all the soldiers and all the Sikelians retreat to the west.

Some Sikelians did not succumb even because their families were in the control of the Carthaginians. They refused to enter the territory of their former enemies, the Sikans.

In this regard, Hasdruba relentlessly suppressed, thus forcing most of the West Kyle to obey.

During the retreat, the Carthaginians also completely destroyed the city of Kefaluoition.

However, Lizaru, who was ordered by Daves, did not take the opportunity to lead the army to the west. He still allowed the army to stay in Enna, and at the same time continued to strengthen the city's defenses.

The main force of Dionia stationed in Minoan City even ignored the Carthaginians' formation at the bottom of the mountain every day, and has been stepping up the construction of camps.

After the engineers listened to Daves’ instructions, the design of the camp was: The entire Dionian camp started from the city of Minoa near the sea, along the entire hill, and extended to the north. , After reaching the narrow lowland to the north (the place where Leotizides had let Agrigento to lure the Holy Legion of Carthage, and finally defeated it), the camp turned to the northeast and continued along With the rolling hills that are not too high, it finally leaned against the upper reaches of the Plettney River to terminate, forming a semi-arc line of defense, and the easy port to the east was in its embrace, with the Katane boat With sufficient materials transported by the team and enough water provided by Lake Gurgo, the Dionian army is ready for long-term defense.

Different from the situation in the west, in the east of Sicily, Leotizides has led an army to Syracuse. After reaching Leotini and converging the allied forces, the entire army was divided into two parts, the main force Composed of the Seventh and Eighth Legions, led by Leotizides himself, they continued to the south, over the mountains, and arrived near the Great Port to the west of Syracuse.

In addition, more than 8,000 soldiers, composed of allied armies and friendly city-states, were led by Zanteparis and headed south along the coast, via Taonis, to the eastern city of Syracuse.

The Syracuses have been paying close attention to the movements of the Dionians in the north. When they learned that the Dionian army had left Katane again and arrived in Leottini, they were vigilant. The realization that this may be directed at Syracuse.

The news spread, and the people in Syracuse were panicked.

After the news was confirmed, the Syracuse Council found out that it was fooled. These days, both the democrats and the neutrals are arguing over the issue of "who should be responsible for irritating Dionia". It was wasted. For a lot of time, he didn't even prepare for defense.

In the face of life and death, Theagennis, Falekus and others had to put aside their contradictions and differences, and deal with the coming attack of the cunning Dionians with all their strength. They carried out an emergency military mobilization of the citizens in the city, and at the same time sent cavalry to quickly notify the villages and towns outside the city, so that the people immediately took their belongings and rushed to take refuge in the city.

One day later, the sentry on the east wall first saw the enemy coming along the coastline.

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The report of the disastrous defeat of the new fleet was sent back to Carthage, and the veterans were shocked.

In this report, Annobas assigns the blame to Admika. Dodge said: It was Admika's slow action that caused the plan of double-sided attack to fail to be implemented. Instead, he was Dionia. The fleet broke each one.

Subsequently, the elders received a joint complaint from Margot and Pomilka.

Is it an Anobas command error, or Admika's poor execution?

The veterans had a debate. Although Hanno defended him, as the navy commander, Annobas lost consecutive battles and was unable to escape the blame.

So the controversy didn't last long. The Senate passed the resolution to "remove the Annobas naval commander and let him return to the city for trial."

Carthage was born in the sea and prospered by the sea. Although they are also beginning to develop inland, the ocean is still their foundation. Now the repeated failures of the Carthage navy have shown The victory of the Dionian fleet is not accidental. It is already a fact that the Carthage naval power is at a disadvantage. This not only puts the 100,000 army on Sicily in danger, but also threatened the survival of the basic city of Carthage.

For the first time, all the veterans discussed the solution to the dilemma of Carthage at sea unselfishly and actively.

The first thing is to establish a new candidate for the navy commander as soon as possible.

Although Annobas was impeached, it is undeniable that he is indeed a good admiral. Therefore, a personal choice proposed by the elders was excluded because his talent was inferior to him. In the end, it was Esiah. The name of a person mentioned by Ruba caused everyone to worry about his body instead of questioning his abilities.

Morbar, a Carthage nobleman, former senator of the Senate, participated in the naval battle of Carthage against the Greek city-states on the north coast of Italy when he was young, and later served as naval commander several times, led by Syracuse In the battle of the Greek United Navy of Sicily, there were more victories and fewer losses; he also bravely led a fleet along the route opened by his predecessors, westward past the Pillar of Hercules, and traveled south along the coast to the west coast of Africa. In the middle part, he brought back some rare and exotic beasts and races with weird clothes and shiny black skin, so he became a hero of Carthage; Take the initiative to withdraw from the Senate and live in seclusion in Utica.

After getting several elders who knew him to confirm his health, the elders unanimously agreed to send a messenger to Utica to inquire about the wishes of the old man, who does not belong to any faction, to see if he is willing to serve as Carthage. Commander of the Navy.

Secondly, the Senate discussed "whether the new fleet to defend the Sardinian waters should be transferred back". After all, this new fleet was originally designed to protect the Sardinian route, but now it has been crippled and has no effect. It doesn't make much sense to stay in Sardinia. Instead, it is in danger of annihilation. Now that the Dionian army has landed on Sicily, the pressure on the Carthage army has increased, and the problem of logistical supplies has become more prominent. It is necessary to ensure that the sea route between Sicily and Carthage is unobstructed in order to guarantee the island. The 100,000 troops above can fight with all their strength without any worries. This has become the consensus of the Carthage elders. For this reason, they not only decided to relocate this remaining new fleet and bet on it in the direction of Sicily, but also to incorporate the newly launched warships into it, and at the same time urge the shipyards to speed up the construction of subsequent new warships.