Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 346: Reason

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"Of course not." Sekrian looked contemptuously at the two gagged Carthage captives next to him: "These are the masterpieces of the greedy Carthage merchants!... "

It turns out that Liliqua was originally built by Similco and later rebuilt by Margot. Originally, Carthage was planning to build a military defense system with it as the center to resist Syracuse’s attacks. . But I did not expect that not long after Syracuse was defeated by Dionian, his hegemony was lost. Carthage and Dionian signed a peace agreement. Since then, Sicily has restored peace and the original defense plan is also Miscarriage.

However, out of natural vigilance against Dionia, the emerging kingdom of Greece, Lilibo's status as a military center in Sicily is still retained, and the subsequent retention also includes the dispatch of garrisons to Lilibo, but citizen soldiers The number of people has been greatly reduced.

This period coincided with the Carthaginian Magonis family leaving Iberia, and the Senate was in power by Hanno. Under his vigorous promotion, the Carthaginians began to advance inland, large-scale Occupying the land of the Numibians, the citizens of Carthage were busy sharing the fruits of the war. Therefore, Carthage gave the Lili and defenders sufficient logistical support and additional compensation in order to allow them to perform their duties with peace of mind. But even so, in the hearts of Carthage citizens, going to Lili to defend the city is still a chore.

Seven years ago, a member of the Hanno family was appointed as Lilibo’s garrison general. He was unwilling to go, and even went to Hanno to intercede, but he didn’t succeed because Lili was the garrison general. It has become a big problem, and no one of the Carthage nobles wants to take office. As the ruler of Hanno, of course, he should set an example. He could only come to Lilibo with a grievance. Just a few days after staying, Lampukuba in the port area came to visit. After the two people had a close conversation, the generals of the defending army disappeared. Seriously Perform his duties.

Since the signing of the peace agreement with Dionia, Lilival’s maritime trade has become more and more prosperous, which has also promoted more and more residents of Lilivar. However, due to the high threshold to settle in the city, many people come from The people of the Carthage and Phoenician allies can only choose to live in the port area. Because the farmland opened up outside the city by Lilifa is very small, the food is completely unable to be self-sufficient, but the demand is great, and they can only rely on the sea food trade. The solution is mainly from Carthage. Although the Carthaginians rely on the vast land of Numibia and have sufficient food every year, the price of the food is not low and the competition is fierce.

Lampkuba is also a member of the Hanno family. He settled in the Liliba port area 10 years ago. He was mainly engaged in the food trade. In the past few years, he did not benefit much from the market competition, so he struggled. Going to find other ways to make money, he found that the military barracks in the city have a very sufficient supply of rations, and there is a lot of surplus every year at the end of the year. At this time, the garrison general who took office was also a member of the Hanno family. The relationship between the two was still Yes, so he came to him to discuss cooperation matters secretly.

For the mercantile Carthaginians, being able to use power to obtain money is not a shame. The generals of the Liliba defenders naturally agreed with pleasure, but there is a problem: the transportation of rations from the city to the port must go through the checkpoints of the city gates. This matter will be known to the world. After all, the private sale of military supplies is Violated the laws of Carthage, and the lord at that time happened to be a Margonidian. It is hard to guarantee that he would not make a big fuss about it. At that time, the defending generals and Lampkuba would inevitably be taken by the Senate. Punishment, so they negotiated and decided to adopt an unknown method-that is, digging tunnels.

In fact, at that time, it was very difficult for Gentiles to get in and out of Lilibu City. Due to various needs, several tunnels had appeared in the port area, quietly sending people in, serving as servants of officials, wealthy people, and temporary labor. ......

It’s just that the two of them are more secretive: Lampukuba spent a lot of money to buy land near the walls of the southwest military camp, build tall walls and warehouses, and let his servants secretly dig tunnels; defending generals Let his confidants and his own servants use training as a reason to turn the barracks in the barracks into restricted areas and quietly dig tunnels. The two sides worked together and dug through in less than half a year, and the tunnel was constantly being improved during the process of starting the smuggling of military rations into the port area.

The defending generals used fake soldiers' roster, inflated the number of soldiers, generously approved long vacations for citizens who were drawn, but did not want to benefit their duty... The military rations became their own. On the other hand, Lampkuba filled his own grain depot with these unnecessary rations, and also lowered the price of grain sold, making it impossible for other grain merchants in the port to compete with it, making him ultimately monopolize the grain of Lilibo. The market has become the richest man here.

The defending general has made a lot of money, and naturally he is reluctant to leave, and has repeatedly asked to continue to hold the position. Some veterans in Carthage knew that this might be tricky, but many people took bribes from him, and besides him, the candidates for Lili's generals had always been difficult to give birth, so everyone opened their eyes and closed their eyes. At a glance.

So, the defending general stayed in Lili for four or five years. Until last year, the relationship with Dionia was tense, and the war was overwhelmed. The Senate ordered the cities in western Sicily to increase their security, rectify their armaments, and strengthen. Train and prepare for battle.

Lilibo’s new city owner Imisele sent a patrol to completely block those tunnels that have existed for many years and everyone knows, and also issued a notice: if someone digs a tunnel again, he will be sentenced to death for treason!

The defending general felt that the situation was not good. After discussing with Lampukuba, he blocked the tunnels on the side of the barracks with his confidant, and then used a lot of money to bribe the elders and transferred himself back to Carthage to avoid becoming Victims of the coming war.

Lampkuba still retains the authenticity, waiting for the end of the war before continuing to use it...

"So the tunnel end is blocked?" Leotizides asked when he heard this.

Sekrian pointed to the two prisoners and said, "According to their account, they just blocked the exit over there. There are not many places. I have sent soldiers in to investigate... "

As they were talking, footsteps came from the tunnel, and several mountain scouts quickly appeared in front of them.

"My lord, if you walk more than 150 meters in the tunnel, you can see the blocked area. It is really like the captive said, it is blocked with mud. I don't think it will take long to dig to see the exit. ."

Sekrian was excited by the words of the mountain scouts. He smiled and said, "Master Proseus, you can now bring your army here, and follow this tunnel into the city!"

At this time, those who went there seemed calm: "Don't worry, let's make some arrangements first to divert the attention of the Carthage defenders."

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"Lord, look! The Dionians are ready to attack the city!" A team officer pointed at the city and shouted.

Without reminding him, Imisele has already noticed: Thousands of Dionian soldiers in black helmets and black armors appeared on the front of the city in front of him on the right. They were lined up at the front. The soldiers of, carrying a long ladder, seem to be preparing for the ant attachment project...

He looked out, and wanted to see more carefully, he listened to the subordinates beside him shouting: "My lord, be careful!" He dragged him behind the dust and heard a "boom". Several stone bullets were hitting the wall not far from him, and the flying stone fragments injured several soldiers of the defending army.

The frightened Imisele immediately shouted: "Hurry up and call Ragnaka, the Dionians are about to attack the city!"

Ragnaka was a little angry when he was forcibly called, because the Dionian soldiers at the gate of the tower attacked fiercely. , I am afraid that they have already rushed in, and the long-range attacks of the Dionian light infantry are also very powerful, resulting in many casualties of the Carthage archers behind the tower gate. They also carried the ballista to the gate aisle to launch. It posed a huge threat to the javelinmen on the towers on both sides. The light infantry had changed several times. Ragnaka was now commanding the soldiers with full defensive energy in high spirits, and there was no extra energy to take care of others.

So after seeing the enemy's situation under the city, he rebuked, "The enemy is so close to us, why don't we use bows and arrows to attack?!"

Imisele responded in a cold voice: "You have all the light infantry removed from the tower gate. Where are the archers here?!"

Ragnaka remembered the measures he had taken before. He saw that the city lord was a little dissatisfied, he coughed twice, and his tone softened: "It doesn’t matter if you don’t have light infantry, the Dionian ballista It may seem terrible, but it can't destroy our thick and tall city walls. If they want to reach the top of the city, they have to rely on those wooden ladders. When they come to the city, we can use wood, stones, tar... To attack them and cause them casualties, but—"

Ragnaka looked at the place where countless people gathered on the left more than 100 meters away-where the gate of the city was, he reminded: "Be careful of the Dionians to disperse the people and break the city with a wood. The door rushed in, so to strengthen the defense there, it is best to send someone to block the gate."

Even though I was worried, he thought about it and shook his head and refused: "You can't block the door, otherwise Margot will not be able to attack the Dionians quickly after his army arrives."

"Then leave an army under the city, and if the enemy breaks through the city gate, let them intercept..." After Ragnaka arranged the defense measures here, he hurried towards Pylon.