Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 321: Catch the turtle in the urn

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Of course, the Saint Iberian did not relax their vigilance. When the infantry of the Dionian fleet climbed up the river bank and appeared in this relatively flat hilly area, they were spotted by the guard of the Saint Iberian sentry. , They immediately notified the city of the terrible news.

The Saint Iberian people were panicked and ran into the city to take shelter. However, the Mano River is only more than 10 miles away from the city of San Ibínia, not too far away. As a metal processing center, San Ibínia is full of smelting plants outside the city, and some are even directly built a few miles away. Below the mountain (so that it is convenient to obtain timber), when the infantry of the Dionian fleet arrived outside the city, many people working in the smelting plant and mine, and slaves failed to escape into the city in time, and the infantry of the fleet split out. A small number of them arrested them, and most of the soldiers bypassed the city of Saint Ibnia and went straight to the port of the Temo River.

The port is not connected to the city of Saint Ibania. Although the lower Temo River is different from the Mano River, there are some relatively flat land on both sides of the river bank that can be developed into a port, but the Temo River is not The Iberian city on the hills has a height difference of tens of meters, so the Saint Iberian just built a wide, flat stone road to connect with the port to facilitate the transportation of goods.

The infantry of the Third Fleet followed the road and approached outside the port.

The port is so important, of course, it also has a city wall to protect it, although the focus of its defense is on the river mouth to prevent the intrusion of fleets on the sea, and there is also a city wall on the side close to the city, but there are no guards and trenches. In addition, Dionia came too quickly, and the panicked Saint Ibinians hurriedly fled into the city. As a result, there were not many defensive personnel in the port. However, their defenders still boarded the city and made a tenacious defense.

The infantry of the fleet took a dozen ladders brought from the warships, and set them on the wall of the port to start the storm.

After the battle lasted more than ten minutes, about 100 sailors from the five cargo ships that entered the port earlier suddenly assembled, took out the weapons hidden on the cargo ship, and started attacking the defenders in the port.

The Saint Ibinians were caught off guard. Under attack from inside and outside, the Dionian army quickly invaded the port, and successfully occupied the breakwater and tower at the mouth of the river, and raised the barrier. The wooden gates of China, the 160 warships of the Dionian Fleet that had already stayed on the surface of the nearby sea (after the naval battle, the 3rd Fleet was supplemented by some new warships, making the number of warships increase instead of decreasing). Into the port.

After discovering the enemy's situation, the Saint Ibinians immediately sent messengers on horseback to rush to the south for help.

The Phoenician town closest to St. Ibínia is tharros. It is located on the central coast of Sardinia’s west coast. It not only has an excellent port, but also has a fertile riverside plain. The city of Niah is about 70 miles away. Although there are mountains and ridges in the middle, the roads near the sea are relatively flat.

In the past, due to the large metal production of Saint Ibene, the capacity of its river port was small, which often caused a backlog of goods. Under coordination, part of the precious metal cargo was transferred south to Sarros, and then transported to Carthage through its port. For this reason, the Sarros also worked hard to build a wide and flat road connecting Saint Ibínia, on the Manliu River. Two wooden bridges were also built.

It is the union with Saint Ibínia, coupled with its own good conditions, through decades of rapid development, Sarros has become one of the most Phoenician towns on the island of Sardinia, not weak Caralis is a Phoenician town on the southernmost tip of Sardinia. It also has a good port and a fertile riverside plain. In addition, it is closest to Carthage across the sea. There are more frequent trade exchanges with Carthage), so since the Dionian fleet harassed Sardinia, the Phoenician coalition forces temporarily formed in the Phoenician towns on the island have been stationed in the city of Sarros. Previously, the new fleet of Carthage was also stationed in the port of Salos, the main purpose of which was to protect the safety of Saint Ibnia.

Hearing that the Dionians were actually attacking Saint Ibnia, this coalition of 10,000 citizens from various Phoenician towns on the island immediately stepped on the flat road and marched northward. Go to the rescue.

On the way forward, I encountered the messenger of Saint Libnia again and got the latest news: The Dionians had occupied the river port and were still wrecking the smelting yard outside the city.

The commander of the coalition forces was a young nobleman from Carthage. He was originally a Judge of Kalaris (the citizen soldiers from other Phoenician towns were also basically led by the Carthage Judge of that town), Hearing this news, I was both worried and excited: I was worried that if Saint Ibnia was harassed and destroyed by the Dionians, resulting in a significant reduction in metal production, he, as the commander of the Phoenician coalition forces, would inevitably be met by Cartesian. The Chi Senate’s reprimand might even lose the fat man of the Sardinian Judge and be ordered to return to Carthage; he was excited that he learned from the letter that there were only about three or four thousand Dionian troops who had come. People, if they can arrive in time, it should be easy to defeat them. If you count the last victory, his outstanding performance will surely attract the attention of the people of Carthage and the Senate, and lay the foundation for him to enter the Senate in the future.

So, he did not hesitate to give the order: let the whole army speed up.

In the afternoon, the Phoenician coalition finally arrived in the city of Saint Ibnia. The infantry of the Dionian Fleet who had received the news hurriedly assembled and began to retreat towards the Temo River.

The Phoenician Allied Forces are in hot pursuit.

On the river bank, the infantry of the Dionian Fleet stopped retreating and began to line up.

The Phoenician coalition forces also stopped pursuing them, and also launched a battle 300 meters away, preparing to completely defeat the Dionian army through a frontal battle.

When the Phoenician soldiers were taking the opportunity of the formation to let themselves after a few hours of rapid marching, which caused their very tired bodies to be slightly rested and relieved, suddenly there was a commotion in the front of the army.

"Look! Dionia's heavy infantry! Where did they come from?!"

"We are fooled! The Dionian army is more than a few thousand people. They hide their heavy infantry in the river port!"

"Oh my God, these heavy infantry keep coming out, how many people are there!"

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The young commander-in-chief of the Phoenician coalition forces has been watching the enemy in front of him while his soldiers are lined up, mainly because he is worried that these less than his own, all light armoured Dionian troops will suddenly flee (he Regarding the infantry of the Dionian Fleet as light armoured soldiers), he suddenly saw the Dionian army just lined up starting to move to the right, giving way to the avenue leading to the river port in the city of Saint Ibania. Then a line of Dionian Legionnaires, dressed in black helmets and black armor and armed with long shields, appeared in front of him, and quickly followed the troops in front to move to the right.

The soldiers of the Dionian Army continued to emerge, and the Dionian Army, which had a short array, soon approached the Phoenician Army.

At this time, how could the commander of the Phoenician coalition not know that this was a conspiracy of the Dionians? This sudden change not only made the soldiers panic, why didn't he panic, but now he blames Saint Ibene People didn’t investigate carefully and gave wrong information, which led to his lack of preparation... All of these have no meaning, and he has no time to think about where the regular Dionian army comes from, because according to what he said. The news received: The King of Dionia has led all Dionia's army in Sicily with the Carthage army under Mago's command.

At this moment, the first thought that came to his mind was to retreat, but he immediately dispelled this idea, because if the coalition forces retreated, the Dionians would inevitably take advantage of the situation to attack the city of St. Sardinia’s metal smelting center, the city’s planning and construction are all to facilitate the collection, transportation, trade, smelting of ore... it does not exist as a fortress town, and it is not even comparable to the defense capabilities of ordinary towns. It was impossible to withstand the attack of the Dionian army with so many soldiers. Once the city of Saint Ibnia was captured, he would definitely feel the anger of the Carthaginian Senate.

Moreover, the soldiers are already very tired after a few hours of fast marching. It is a taboo to retreat before the battle. Once the Dionians launch an offensive, it is very likely that the whole army will be defeated.

The only way he can think of now is: taking advantage of the fact that the Dionians have not yet formed a good position, there may be many soldiers under the river bank who have not been able to enter the battlefield, quickly launch an offensive, and perhaps win opportunity.

So he bit the bullet and gave an offensive order.

Half an hour later, the luck of the Carthage general was shattered. The weak Phoenician army was defeated by the energized Ninth Army and the fleet infantry. Part of the defeated Phoenician soldiers Fleeing to the city of Saint Ibnia, more people wanted to escape back to the city of Sarros, but when they fled to the bank of the Manno River, they found that the two wooden bridges had been occupied by Dionian soldiers.

It turned out that just after the Phoenician coalition forces crossed the Manno River, the warships of the Third Fleet once again entered the Manno River mouth, allowing the Dionian Corps soldiers of the two companies to climb ashore and occupy the Manno River. The only two wooden bridges.

The way back was blocked, and the pursuers from the rear rushed there. Many Phoenician soldiers surrendered in despair, and some soldiers returned and fled to the city of St. Ibnia.

The Saint Iberians were very panicked when they heard the news of the defeat of the Phoenician coalition forces. They thought that the Dionians would attack their town immediately after the victory, but time passed by. The Phoenicians who kept fleeing broke down, but never saw Dionian's army, they were all surprised.