Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Of course not. Sekelian looked at the two gagged Carthaginian captives with contempt: These are the masterpieces of greedy Carthaginian merchants!...

It turned out that Liliba was originally built by Himilko and later rebuilt by Margo. Originally, Carthage was going to build a military defense system with it as the center to resist the attack of the Syracuses. But I didn't expect that it didn't take long for Syracuse to be defeated by Dionia and the hegemony was lost. Carthage and Dionia then signed a peace agreement. Since then, Sicily has returned to peace, and the original defense plan miscarried.

However, due to the natural vigilance of the emerging Greek kingdom of Dionia, Lilibe's position as a major military town in Sicily is still retained, and it also retains the garrison of Lilibe, but the number of citizens is greatly reduced. .

This period coincided with the departure of the Margonid family in Carthage to Iberia, and the Senate was in power by Hanno. Under his vigorous promotion, the Carthaginians began to advance inland and invaded Numibi on a large scale. In the land of the Asians, the citizens of Carthage are busy sharing the fruits of war, and no one wants to be drawn to Liliba to defend the city, even if it is only on rotation. Therefore, Carthage gave the Lilibi defenders sufficient logistical support and additional salaries to allow them to perform their obligations with peace of mind. But even so, going to Liliba to defend the city was still a chore among the citizens of Carthage.

Seven years ago, a member of the Hanno family was appointed as the general of the garrison of Lilibe. He was reluctant to go and even went to Hanno to intercede, but it was unsuccessful, because the position of general of the garrison of Lilibe became a The big problem is that none of the Carthaginian nobles are willing to take office. Hanno, who is in power, must of course be an example. He could only come to Liliba full of grievances. Just a few days after his stay, Lampkuba from the port area came to visit. perform his duties.

Since the signing of the peace agreement with Dionia, the maritime trade of Liliba has become more and more prosperous, and it has also led to more and more residents of Liliba. However, due to the high threshold for settling in the city, many came from Carthage. The people of allied countries with Phoenicia could only choose to live in the port area. Because Lilibe had little farmland outside the city, he could not provide enough food for himself, but the demand was huge, so he could only rely on the sea food trade to solve the problem. Coming from Carthage, although the Carthaginians rely on the vast land of Numibia, there is sufficient food every year, but the food is shipped to Lilibe by sea, the price is not low, and the competition is fierce.

Lampkuba is also a member of the Hanno family. He settled in the Lilibe port area 10 years ago. He is also mainly engaged in grain trade. He has not benefited much from the competition in the market for a few years, so he racked his brains to find it. He made money in other ways, but he found that the military rations in the city's military camp were very sufficient, and there was a lot of surplus at the end of each year. He came to him to discuss cooperation matters secretly.

For the mercantile Carthaginians, being able to use power for money was no shame. The generals of the Lilibi garrison naturally agreed, but there was a problem: when military supplies were transported from the city to the port, they had to pass through the well-checked city gate checkpoints. This matter would be known to the world. It violated the laws of Carthage, and the city lord of Lilibe at that time happened to be a Margonidian. It is difficult to guarantee that he would not make a big fuss about it. At that time, the generals of the garrison and Lampukuba will inevitably be punished by the Senate. Punishment, so they decided to use an unknown method after deliberation - that is, dig tunnels.

In fact, because it was very difficult for foreigners to enter and leave the city of Lilibe at that time, out of various needs,

Several tunnels have appeared in the port area, quietly sending people in to serve as officials, servants of the rich, temporary labor...

It's just that the two of them did it more secretly: Lampkuba spent a lot of money to buy the land near the southwest barracks city wall, built tall walls and warehouses, and let his servants dig tunnels secretly; the defending generals let their own On the grounds of training, the confidants and their own servants turned the baggage barracks in the general's camp into a restricted area and dug tunnels quietly. With the joint efforts of both sides, the tunnel was dug in less than half a year, and the tunnel is still being perfected in the process of smuggling military supplies to the port area.

The generals of the garrison turned a large amount of surplus military rations into their own by falsifying the roster of soldiers, inflating the number of soldiers, and giving generously to the citizens who were selected but did not want to come to Lili to be on duty. And Lampukuba used these military rations for no money to enrich his own grain depot, and also lowered the price of selling grain, making it impossible for other grain merchants in the port to compete with it, so that he eventually monopolized the grain of Liliba market and become the richest man here.

The defending generals earned a lot of money and naturally did not want to leave again, and repeatedly asked to continue to hold the position. Some elders of Carthage knew that there might be something tricky about this, but many people were bribed by him, and besides him, the candidates for the generals of the Lilibe garrison have always been difficult to give birth, so everyone just turned a blind eye and closed. at a glance.

Therefore, the general of the garrison stayed in Lilibe for four or five years. Until last year, the relationship with Dionia was tense and the cloud of war was looming. The Senate strictly ordered the cities in western Sicily to increase their vigilance, rectify their armaments, strengthen training and preparations. fight.

The new city lord of Lilibe, Imisere, sent a patrol to completely block the tunnels that had existed for many years and were well known to everyone, and also issued a notice: If anyone finds another tunnel digging, they will be sentenced to death for treason!

The defending general felt that the situation was not good. After discussing with Lampkuba, he asked his henchmen to block the tunnel entrance on the side of the barracks, and then bribed the elders with a lot of money to transfer himself back to Carthage to avoid becoming the upcoming Victims of war.

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

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

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

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

Sir, walk more than 150 meters in the tunnel, and you can see the blocked place. It is indeed as the prisoner said, it is blocked with soil. I don't think it takes long to dig to see the exit.

The words of the mountain scout team made Sekrian excited, and he said with a smile: Lord Prosous, you can bring your army here now and follow this tunnel to the city!

At this time, the person who went that day seemed calm: Don't worry, we have to make some arrangements first to divert the attention of the Carthaginian defenders.

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

He didn't need to remind him, Imisere had already noticed: in front of him, thousands of Dionian soldiers in black armor and black armor appeared in the range of the city's fire. With a long ladder, it seems that it is going to be attached to the project...

He probed out and wanted to take a closer look, when he heard his subordinates shouting, Sir, be careful! As soon as he dragged him behind the dust, he heard a boom, a few stones The bullet was hitting the city wall not far from him, and the flying stone fragments injured several defending soldiers.

The frightened Imisere immediately shouted: Go and call Ragnaca, the Dionians are going to attack the city!

When Ragnaca was forcibly called in, he was a little angry, because the Dionian soldiers at the tower gate attacked violently, and the gate was knocked out of shape by the wood. They had already rushed in, and the long-range attack of the Dionysian light infantry was also very powerful, causing a lot of casualties to the Carthaginian archers behind the tower gate. They also carried the ballista to the city gate aisle for firing, giving the sides to both sides. The javelinmen on the tower posed a huge threat, and the light infantry had already changed several times. Ragnaca was now in high spirits commanding the soldiers to carry out all-out defense, and there was no extra energy to take care of others.

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

Imisere replied coldly: You have all taken the light infantry out of the tower gate, where are the archers here?!

Ragnaca then remembered the measures he had taken before. He saw that the city owner was a little dissatisfied, he coughed twice, and his tone softened: It doesn't matter if there are no light infantry, the Dionian ballista looks terrible. , but we can't destroy our thick and tall city walls. If they want to attack the top of the city, they have to rely on those wooden ladders. When they come to the bottom of the city, we can use wood, stone, asphalt... to attack them and cause them damage. Casualties, but—

Ragnaca looked at the place where countless people gathered more than 100 meters to the left-that was where the gate of the city was located, and he reminded: Be careful that the Dionysians disperse the people, smash through the gate with a bark and rush in. , so to strengthen the defense there, it is best to send someone to block the gate of the city.

Although Imisere was a little worried, he thought for a while, then shook his head and refused: You can't block the door, otherwise, after Lord Margo arrives with his army, he won't be able to quickly attack the Dionysians.

Then leave an army under the city. If the enemy breaks through the city gate, they will intercept it... After Ragnaca arranged the defensive measures here, he hurried to the tower gate.

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