Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 76: Dionia VS Carthage (1)

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Ansitanos continued: "In addition, His Majesty Daves also asked me to remind you,'The war between Dionian and Samona is a contest between warriors. No matter how many casualties, Dionian will I will not complain, but if! If you Samonaes dare to aim your guns at the unarmed Dionian people and kill them wantonly! Then Dionian will desperately let the anger of vengeance pour out. In the area of ​​Samone, the people of the Samone people will experience even more cruel revenge!' Please think about the tragic end of the Syracuse tyrant Dionysius and his mercenary cavalry in Sicily back then!"

Samonet’s messenger dismissed Ansitanos’ warnings and threats on the surface, but was overshadowed in his heart.

At the same time, Ansitanos also brought Daves’s apology to Alexis. After all, Daves’s nod will increase the Samonais by thousands of troops, which will inevitably give Dionia. The army's operations in the Downey area brought more trouble.

But Alexis asked Ancitanos to speak, please rest assured that King Daves, and said: This action will not have any impact on the army, on the contrary, he is confident that he will capture more Samo in the future. Chennai captive!

The words spoken by Daves, driven by Ancitanos, quickly spread throughout the Downey area. In addition, soon afterwards, the captured Dauni people were released back. Dauni people were even more grateful to King Davos, and they were more proud of being a Dionian, and to the kingdom of Dionian. More at home, and at the same time more like-minded and hated towards the Samonais.

Moreover, this incident has not only affected the Dawnis, but also the neighboring Puchetti and Mesapi people.

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Just when the entire army of Alexis converged at Downey, Leotizides in Sicily also led his army to Minoa.

On the way, the Dionian army was warmly welcomed by many Greek city-states such as Kamanlina, Gela, Pachinus, Agrigento, etc. They changed Dionian’s The previous battle plan and the brave actions of the Carthaginian army that had taken the initiative to meet the immediate threats were delighted. Therefore, they not only provided a large amount of food, but also sent their own civic soldiers to make this army arrive in Minoa. , Has rapidly expanded from 15,000 people at the time of departure to more than 32,000 people.

Because the Dionian army marched along the coast with great fanfare along the way, the Carthaginians had already discovered its movement. Therefore, the Carthaginian army did not go all out to attack the city in the past few days, but instead focused on strengthening the camp.

At the same time, as the Dionian army approached, Monte Arderno began to feel uneasy. He sent envoys back to Lilibo several times and asked Lilibo City Lord Semimre to immediately remove the The young and middle-aged citizens of the colonial cities of Carthage and the Phoenician city-states were organized, the more the number, the better, and then they were immediately sent to the Carthage camp in Minoa, and don’t forget to bring the Sikan army as well. Sent together.

When the Dionian army arrived in Minoa, Monte Arderno had already withdrawn the Carthage army back to the camp on the west bank of the Plettara River.

Leotizides did not attack rashly. He refused the invitation of the Minoans. After inspecting the surrounding environment, he began to build camps on several rolling hills not far north of Minoan City. .

The military camps of the two sides gathered for about four miles, separated by the Plettara River. They faced each other for several days and remained calm.

For this reason, Leotizides’s subordinates and allied generals were puzzled because "he has not allowed the army to attack." In order to unify the understanding, he also made a special explanation: "We have few soldiers, Carthage soldiers More, and the Carthage’s camp is fairly tightly defended. If you rush to attack, the casualties will be large and the chance of winning is too small. We should wait for the Carthaginians to attack, so as to take advantage of the defensive advantage to kill and injure the enemy in large numbers, and finally Beat them."

"But, the Carthaginians have not attacked us now." Agrigento's commander general Mitch Damus said puzzledly.

Leotizides smiled slightly and said confidently: "Our King Daves once said,'This war with Carthage will be a long war, the more time goes on. Procrastination, Dionia will be able to get rid of the effects of the drought and restore the normal food supply in the country. By then, it will be able to send more troops to Sicily to fight Carthage...'So we don’t have to worry, let ignorance The Carthaginians continue to consume the time that would have benefited them."

There is another point that Leotizides did not say: Most of the food supply for his tens of thousands of soldiers was provided by these Greek city-states on the south coast, which greatly reduced the need for food in the Sicilian territory of Dionia. Under the pressure of supply, he certainly has reason to defend Minoa leisurely.

"But... the Carthaginians may also continue to increase their military strength, and finally launch a fierce attack on us!" Minoan General Polyad, who came to the military meeting, said still worried.

"That's why I would ask you to rigorously arrange the defensive facilities in accordance with Dionia's camp standards when building your own camp, so as to withstand the attack of the Carthage army!" Leottizi Des said with a serious expression: "Moreover, the Carthaginians have concentrated their troops in Minoa, and the defense behind them must be relatively empty, which is conducive to the attack by the Dionian fleet. And the more enemies here, the more they The greater the demand for food, the more frequent the transportation of their food, which will help the West Kells to attack their food brigades and cut off their food passages. Once such a huge army is short of food, we don’t need to attack. They will be defeated!"

Leotizides' explanation temporarily dispelled the concerns of allied generals.

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In the big tent of the Carthage barracks, Monte Arderno, who has also been absent from fighting, explained to Millefio this way: "The reason I didn’t fight was because...According to the intelligence from the reconnaissance, Dioni There are more than 30,000 people in the demi-human army, and most of them are heavy infantry. We are only 10,000 more than them, and half of them are lowly Numibians. You also have the performance of their previous siege. I see, I don’t think they can withstand the Greek heavy infantry attack, even if they are crowded! So we need more soldiers, truly brave and noble Carthaginian soldiers or Phoenician soldiers—"

"But you still have 10,000 holy infantry under your command. We are enough to repel the more Greek heavy infantry. There is nothing to be afraid of!" Millefio said proudly.

"You are right!" Monte Arderno said in the voice of the opponent: "The ability and courage of the holy infantry are undoubted. I fully believe that you can repel the Dionians, but the attacker The heavy burdens are on your shoulders, which will cause your casualties to increase! The holy infantry are the essence of our Carthage citizens, because we are not only watching this battle, and then we will occupy Sicily, and even Expedition to Great Greece, so I must protect you Carthage’s best army and use your excellent army! Therefore, I will urge Semimre to organize more Carthage or Phoenicia Base soldiers, strengthen our strength in order to defeat the Dionians on the opposite side more smoothly!"

Milefio was persuaded immediately. He hesitated and said: "...Perhaps we can bring back Hasdruba's army."

When Monte Arderno heard this, he immediately shook his head like a rattle: "No! No! No! Millefio, don’t you understand it! It was Hasdruba who didn’t want to obey the command at the time. Acting independently, now we ask him to come back again. Doesn’t this make him mistakenly believe that we have left the Iberian army? Then he is even more arrogant. Then it will not be us who will command him, but he will command us Up!

Before I set off, Master Hanno warned me again and again that the commandership of the Carthage army can only belong to Hanno, not to Magonis, and the glory of victory in this war can only be achieved by We share, it has nothing to do with Iberia! "

In fact, Millefio regretted it as soon as he said it. How could he not know what Monte Arderno said, so he had to remain silent at this moment.

Montadno continued: "What we urgently need is not Hasdruba’s army, but our Carthage’s navy! I don’t know what happened to our fleet and why these days I only saw the warships of Dionia on the sea, where is our navy?! Millefio, I suggest you write immediately to urge Master Hanno, we need a powerful Carthage navy to protect Our empty rear, even defeating the enemy's fleet, harassing their rear, letting the Dionians be enemies on both sides!..."

Milafio obviously realized the importance of this question and agreed without hesitation.

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The armies of Dionia and Carthage are trying to postpone the battle time as far as possible in order to be more fully prepared.

But the two huge military camps stretch seven or eight miles from north to south, and the distance between east and west is only three or four miles. Standing on the highest hill where the Dionian barracks are located, looking west, you can even see Carthage. The battalion's Chinese army account. With so many soldiers gathered at such a close distance, with the characteristics of the city-state army, the generals cannot completely control these civilian soldiers. Often a small conflict and friction will lead the battle in an unexpected direction.

At this time, it was February 14 of the Kingdom of Dionian (379 BC). Although it was still spring, the weather in some seaside towns in the Mediterranean had begun to heat up, especially on this day. The temperature suddenly rose by several degrees. By noon, the ground was scorched by the scorching sun. Whether it was soldiers from the Allied States of Dionian or Carthage, many of them could not bear the discomfort and thirst caused by the high temperature. , And ran out of the camp to fetch water and even take a bath in the Plettara River not far from the camp.

Pletala River is a small river. Except for the section close to the sea mouth, which is more than 30 meters wide, the average river width is less than 20 meters, and in some sections it is even ten meters. And its downstream flows on the flat ground, the water flow is gentle, the water depth does not exceed the knee.

Therefore, the soldiers on both sides of the river are no more than ten meters apart, and they can understand what the other side looks like and what they say (of course they may not understand).