Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 340: Capture the lighthouse

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If you enter the water gate of the port of Carthage, there are many commercial piers on the coast, which can be docked by merchant ships (of course, the inner circular naval port is protected by city walls, and ordinary ships cannot enter). However, Lilibo was first established as a military fortress. Therefore, a 5-meter-high city wall and spaced towers were also built on the coast. Only in the innermost part of this rectangular harbour, there are more than 10 piers. It is about one mile away from the pier. Once an enemy ship actually breaks into the harbor, the city walls and tower guards on both sides will launch rockets, making the enemy ship inevitable.

At this time, the cruise ship led the way in the front, and the cargo ships filed in from the rear. They searched next to each other, and lined up slowly toward the pier.

As he drove to the pier, the captain of the patrol ship suddenly heard the bell sounding "Clang! Clang! Clang!..." from behind. He was taken aback for a moment, and then he remembered that this was the alarm bell from the lighthouse: There is an enemy Invasion? !

He immediately turned his head and looked back, only to see that the originally orderly line of ships had become disorganized, and some cargo ships spread out, rushing towards the dock quickly.

You got fooled! This fleet is disguised by the enemy! ... The captain of the patrol ship clearly understood, and suddenly panicked in his heart.

Actually, the lighthouse keeper, who has been watching the fleet entering the port, discovered that this time the fleet was abnormal, not because these cargo ships were out of order and speeding up towards the pier, but before that, he found a lot of cargo ships. Suddenly he stopped moving forward and stopped by the embankment of the natural breakwater. Then the linen in the center of the ship was lifted automatically, and many people got out of it.

The transported materials have become people! ...Of course the tower guard understands that he has been fooled. After ringing the alarm, he is still a little curious: Why do these cunning enemies park the cargo ship there?

Although the narrowest width of this natural breakwater is 40 meters, after the wall was built on the ground on the outside, no wall was built on the inner side, but the embankment was rebuilt with special stone bricks, soil, and sand. In order to make it sturdy, straight, steep, and 7 meters high, it is almost impossible to climb from the ship to the natural breakwater. Moreover, in addition to the city walls, towers and lighthouses, there is also a small military barracks on the breakwater. 100 light infantrymen are stationed regularly, which can handle any emergency in time. Although it is night that the light infantry in the barracks are already asleep, the alarm bell has sounded, and I believe they will soon be dressed neatly and rush out of the barracks to rescue.

But the tower guard apparently forgot that besides the military camp, there is a building on the natural breakwater—a small temple. It not only provides a sacred place for soldiers stationed on the breakwater to pray to the gods, but also Every day when the port opens in the early morning, the tower guards must go to the temple to pray sacred and blessing safety. This has become a necessary sacred ritual for Liliba Port.

The temple is small, but it combines the characteristics of the temples of Carthage and Greece. It is a typical temple colonnaded building, and it is very close to the inner embankment.

All the cargo ships of this fleet are indeed from Carthage-the rescue fleet that was captured in Palermos last night, but its crew is mainly from Alenia, and they will soon The former used the same method to lead the fleet into the ports of Saint Ibínia and Sarros. It was a lot of experience that was able to deceive the vigilant captain of the patrol ship. The seven cargo ships in the front are indeed all loaded with materials, while the linen covered in the cargo ships behind are all soldiers from the Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade.

At this moment, Terentus is leading his men, standing on the cargo ship that is turbulent with the sea, swinging the rope hook in his hand, and looking up at the outline of the temple on the embankment by the light from the crew lighting torches. , Struggling to throw upwards, one by one the rope hooks drew an arc in the air and flew towards the temple, some of which were successfully wrapped around the pillars. Terentus and the others immediately grabbed the rope hook, and then swiftly climbed up the embankment...

In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen enemies climbed onto the embankment, but none of the soldiers in the barracks came out yet...The tower guard who was watching from the top of the tower was dumbfounded and immediately moved up to the personnel on the lower level of the tower. Shout: "Go and close the door, go! The enemy is coming up!"

Seeing them running down the tower in a panic, the tower guard began to beat the hanging bronze bell.

Standing under the temple, Terentus looked up at the lighthouse where the bell came not far away, then pointed at the men who climbed up with his fingers, and shouted: "Ten of you, go with me to take the lighthouse. Fokinekas, you lead the others, kill me the enemy in the barracks, and then meet at the lighthouse!"

"Yes, Captain!" Fokinekas responded loudly.

"Come with me!" Terentus waved his hand and rushed towards the lighthouse, followed by 10 soldiers.

Right under the lighthouse, the thick tower door has been closed.

Terrentus was not flustered, he stretched out his hand backwards: "rope hook."

A soldier hurriedly handed the prepared rope hook to his hand. He grabbed the rope hook head and aimed at the stone window with light above. With a little effort, he threw the rope hook in, and then went back. Pull, let the rope hook hook on the edge of the window, and begin to climb upwards.

Other soldiers also began to throw rope hooks at other windows on the lighthouse.

Terentus was climbing up quickly, and suddenly heard the soldiers below yell: "Captain, be careful!"

I saw a figure appearing in the upper window, he instinctively pressed his body against the stone wall, he heard a gust of wind, and then the back pain was fierce, the javelin thrown by the enemy fell on his back, sharp The tip of his gun cut his clothes.

The situation is very critical. The second javelin will strike again soon. Terentus, who is in mid-air, will inevitably evade. His desire to survive makes him burst out with a powerful force at this time. He slammed his feet on the rock wall, alternated his hands quickly, and squeezed the rope, climbing up at a speed several times faster than before. When he approached the window, the enemy had already taken out the second javelin and was about to throw it at him.

He quickly drew out his short sword and stab forward hastily.

The enemy was unable to dodge, scratched his cheek, and screamed back a few steps.

Terentus grabbed the gap, grabbed the edge of the window with his left hand, and pushed hard, the whole body rolled into the tower, turned over on the ground, and the short sword in his right hand stabbed out again, just in time. The enemy's chest.

In the blink of an eye, the rabbits flew up and down, and the two sides decided the outcome.

The enemy fell down with a look of astonishment, as if he didn't want to believe this fact.

Terrentus was able to escape his life in such a dangerous situation and quickly turn defeat into victory. It can be said that he has used his ability of hard training for more than 10 years to the extreme.

When he was out of danger, he felt soft and numb in his hands. Recalling that he had almost gone to the Underworld, his body could not help but sweat.

But he didn't rest from time to time to ease his emotions, but instead rushed to other enemies with his dagger.

Usually in the middle of the night, there is only one tower guard in the lighthouse of Lilibo Port. During this time, a few people have been added to open the water gate and let the Carthage fleet transporting food in and out. There are no soldiers in the tower itself, but for the sake of defense, the designers of the city did not build stone ladders for the upper and lower walls on this natural breakwater. Instead, they merged the end of the wall with the lighthouse, so that the breakwater barracks To go up the wall, the soldiers must pass the lighthouse, and the sentries patrolling this section of the wall at night can also directly enter the lighthouse.

Fortunately, there were only 5 survivors in total. How could they be the opponents of the ferocious mountain scout team members? They were quickly killed by the mountain scout soldiers, and the others were also captured, but there were also 10 team members in the raid. One was stabbed with a javelin and was dying.

The Terentus belt and the soldiers took the prisoners, rushed to the lower level of the lighthouse in front of a huge grinding disc-like device, pushed it together, and the lowered water gate slowly rose again.

Next, another team member rushed to the top of the tower, took out the prepared torch to light it, and then raised it high.

In this way, there were two burning flames on the lighthouse. The flames pierced the dark sky and spread to the sea far away. On the west side, more than one hundred of the Dionian Sicilian fleet were moored. A warship, and a small number of warships were chasing the fleeing Carthage cargo ship.

"My lord, there is our signal from the Lilibe Lighthouse!" The captain who had been waiting anxiously on the flagship deck exclaimed excitedly.

"Then what are you waiting for, immediately speed me up, and the goal is profitable!" Sekelian's face couldn't hide his excitement.

The soldiers of the Second Legion on the deck also understood the success of the attack on the Lilibo port.

In the north, more than 100 warships of the Third Fleet were also full of soldiers and rushed towards Lilibal Port.

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Because I have been thinking about "delivering reinforcements to Palermos last night" in my heart, so in the evening today, Imisele sent his servants to the port several times and asked: I went to Lili in Palermos Has the cargo ship returned?

All the answers were: "No."

His confidant encouraged him: "The cargo ship rescuing Palermos must not only avoid the cruise of the Dionian fleet on the south coast, but also not be discovered by the Dionian fleet on the north coast, which is closer to it. It’s impossible to return so early..."

It made sense to think about it, and he didn’t send anyone to pay attention to the port. Later, when he was exhausted physically and mentally, he fell asleep. When he was awakened by his servant, he still asked in a daze, "Cargo Ship Are you back?"

"Master, the bell is ringing at the port!"

"The bells?!" Imisele was startled, and his sleepiness was completely awakened: "An enemy invaded the port?!"

He jumped out of bed suddenly, grabbing his clothes, and shouting to his servant: "Go get ready for the horse! Go!"