Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 331: A surprise soldier

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The people of Taunis gathered together and collectively suggested to the council: to completely merge the entire city-state into the Kingdom of Dionian, and let the citizens of Taois become Dionian citizens.

The council soon decided to convene an urgent citizens’ assembly to vote on the issue of “whether to join Dionia”.

Voting result: This resolution was passed with more than 90% of citizens in favor.

Taunis immediately sent an envoy to Syracuse to show Cypros the strong will of the Taunis people.

Siplos certainly welcomes it very much, but he said: This matter is of great importance, and he needs to consult King Davos for instructions and report to the Senate.

This matter was quickly learned by the people of Leottini, they were following the same pattern, and it didn't take long for them to send envoys to Cipros.

In the meantime, Davos’s “Regarding Leotizides’s Conquest on the North Coast” and the subsequent arrival of the Third Fleet made Leotizides and Zanteparis no longer have to worry about nothing. Things can be done.

Ciplos, Leotizides, Zanteparis, and Midolades soon held a military meeting.

"Your Majesty has sent a letter asking us to carry out military operations on the North Coast as soon as possible." As the host of this military meeting, Cipros was very humble: "I hope that a plan can be discussed in this meeting. , Submit it to Your Majesty. Of course, this plan is up to you to decide. Although your expedition will increase the consumption of military rations, and will also make towns and cities lack of labor during winter planting, I will try my best to ensure the army's food and material supply. "

As soon as Cipros’s voice fell, Leotizides said: "Your Majesty asked us to choose a foothold on the north coast in his order, so that the Third Fleet can easily cruise the western waters of Sicily, my The plan is to capture here."

Leotizides said, pointing his finger somewhere on the map.

Palermos! Zantiparis was startled, and hurriedly said: "Will it be too dangerous? Palermos is a big city, not far from the army of Carthage, in case we can't capture it in a short time. This city, and Carthage’s army will soon come to help, we will be in trouble!"

"Neither Seidium, Solus, nor the ruins of Himera have a large enough port to accommodate the Third Fleet. It must also be rebuilt with manpower and time. Only Palermos has The conditions for the third fleet to be reluctantly settled." Leottizides said to Midolades, and then he turned to Zanteparis and said: "It hasn’t been long since you arrived in Sicily, for Palermo. The topography of Sri Lanka is not well understood. It is surrounded by tall mountains. There are only three roads connected to the outside on land. A relatively long narrow mountain road connects to Erukes to the south, and a rugged road by the sea connects to Eru. X, a seaside road to the east leads to Solus. As long as we block the mountain pass and seaside road to the south, we can easily block Carthage’s reinforcements. As for Solus, if we send troops to rescue, we can just do it. Annihilate it, and then take Solus together."

"I heard you say that there are some native warriors in the Carthage army who can cross mountains." Zantiparis reminded.

"Yes, these natives are from Iberia. They used to climb over the mountains during the Carthaginian battle against Seadium, and attacked the rear of Seadium’s defenders, which led to this friendship. The fall of the city-state. But as long as we increase our guard, the sudden attack by the Carthaginians will not be possible, and the heights of the mountains around Palermos are all over five or six hundred meters, not so easy to climb, those Iberians Even if the indigenous people can come over, I believe they are exhausted, and we are ready to work, just to defeat them." Leotizides said confidently.

"Prossous, you persuaded me." Zantiparis said seriously. The reason why he repeatedly asked questions just now was just out of caution and wanted to remind Leotizides to notice these. The problem, although they are all mercenary generals expedition to Persia, he is very different from Amintas. He has a gentle personality and puts himself in the right position. He is not because of the qualifications of Leotizides. Shallower than himself, he refused to obey the orders of the young commander. On the contrary, in the battle against Syracuse, he had been trying his best to implement the orders issued by Leonidzides, and seriously assisted him in the fight, as a leader. A veteran who had already retired at home was able to get what he wanted and was promoted to commander of the Dionian army. He was already very satisfied.

"I also agree with Master Proseus' plan." Midolades nodded and said. Of course he couldn't ask for the Port of Palermos to garrison the Third Fleet. He looked at Leotizides and then at Zantiparis. He was a little curious. He hadn’t worked with Leotizides before, but he had heard about the young commander. When I saw him today, it turned out to be just as rumored to ignore respect and inferiority, like to behave in his own way, and to act arbitrarily. Fortunately, I am a navy.

"You are going to attack Palermos, I agree! But don’t all take the soldiers away. Don’t forget that there are enemies on Ortigia Island. The main city of Syracuse has just been captured. It's not stable yet, there are still thousands of prisoners in the city..." Cipros reminded.

"I will take the Seventh and Eighth Legions to the North Coast." Leontizides said briefly.

Just bring two legions? ! You have taken away all the regular troops in the Sicilian Territory! ... Cipros was slanderous in his heart, but fortunately he knew Leonidzides and was already prepared: "Can you keep the wounded soldiers in the two legions? On the one hand, it will help them heal their wounds, on the other hand, I think Let them temporarily serve as team officers, responsible for training and commanding the citizens of Syracuse’s port area, as well as the citizens of Taois and Leonid, who will soon join the kingdom.

In addition, can you temporarily lend me thousands of sets of Greek heavy infantry armors and weapons that you have obtained in previous battles to arm these port area citizens to stabilize the city’s order and guard against the enemies of Ortigia Island? . "

Leotizides thought for a while and nodded in agreement.

At this time, Midolades said: "Master Cipros, regarding the captives in Syracuse, I have a suggestion... The Ninth Army captured the city of Sarros in Sardinia, Your Majesty I hope that we can control the production and trade of precious metals on Sardinia as soon as possible. This requires a lot of manpower. Can all the prisoners in Syracuse be transported to Sarros, and the Ninth Army can take the prisoners of Sarros. Shipped to Syracuse, it becomes the labor you need to rebuild Syracuse......"

Siplos' eyes lit up: "This is a good idea! But we must first obtain the consent of your majesty and the Senate."

The Syracuses never thought: Decades ago, they took all the more than 6,000 captured Athenian soldiers to the quarry to work as laborers. In the end, none of them survived, but now the feng shui turns and they become Dioni The slaves of Asia will go to Sardinia to work as mining laborers. The fate is cruel!

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The news that "Carthage's army is besieging the city of Silinus again" was sent back to Minoa, which attracted Daves' attention. He decided to go to Silinus himself despite Tolmeid's dissuasion. Check it out, Alexis and Amintas were also accompanied.

Under the **** of 40 warships, Daves arrived at the port of Serinus.

The former Captain of the First Battalion of the Eighth Army and now the interim military commander of Celinus, Karsidis hurried to the dock to greet him after receiving the news.

"Your Majesty, Serinus Interim Commander Karsidis salutes you!"

"Thank you, Karsidis! Although you and I have met for the first time today, I have been worried about you since I read the report of Prosous! I am worried that you only depend on three or four thousand. An irregular soldier, can he defend such an important city of Silinus. But you do, it’s amazing!” Daves did not hesitate to praise him.

Karsidis was a little embarrassed, he said quickly: "Your Majesty, in fact, after the army led by Prosous Commander left, the city of Serenus has not been attacked by the Carthaginian army. In addition, the Sicilian fleet has also helped us a lot."

"The Sicilian fleet should contribute some strength. This is also their forward base." Daves said casually, looked around, saw the busy workers on the pier and the trestle, and asked: "They are Slave? Or Silinus?"

"Your Majesty, after we captured the city of Silinus, we granted freedom to the city-state slaves here. Many slaves and free citizens who voluntarily applied to become Dionian citizens were left behind by us to serve as laborers in the port, and some It is the people who fled after the fall of Minoa and Agrigento. They are unwilling to seek refuge in Katane, but are willing to come to Silinus to help resist the Carthaginians. The real Silinus People have been escorted to Katana, Naxos... to become slaves to the kingdom. Now there are no Serinus people in the entire city of Serinus..."

"Selinus is at the forefront of the war. It is very important to maintain the stability and security of the city. I am very glad that you did this." Daves said approvingly.

Calcidis led Daves and his party out of the harbor and into the city. Then, they were surprised to see the dust in the city, and some Dionian soldiers were demolishing houses near the city wall.

"What is this doing?" Amintas asked immediately.

"Only our nearly 4,000 soldiers live in the city. Most of the houses are vacant. We plan to dig trenches and arrange traps on the land where houses were demolished. At the same time, we will use the stones and bricks we obtained to build another house The wall, so even if the Carthaginians break through the wall outside us, they will not be able to seize the city of Silinus." Karsidis said firmly.