Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Just as they were talking, part of the light infantry of the Eighth Legion had already approached the city wall and fired bows and arrows at the city head. Without digging trenches and moats, they soon came to the bottom of the city, and while raising a long shield to defend against the attack on the city, they put the ladder on the top of the city, and the siege began...

The Dionian Legionnaires attacked at two points on the walls of the port area. One is at the connection between the natural breakwater and the land on the southernmost side - the tower gate. The soldiers of the Second Legion tried to break through it and rushed directly into the city wall walkway of the city; The legion mainly used the method of ant-attached siege to contain many troops of the Lilibi defenders. The distance between the two is about a mile. One of the Dionian troops is above the city and the other is below the city. It is impossible to cooperate with each other. If the attack of the Second Army was relatively violent at the beginning, after Leotizides was obtained After the notification, the attacks of the two legions became more stable than aggressive, and of course the casualties of the soldiers dropped sharply.

Imisere, who was frightened at the beginning, became confident after seeing the soldiers repelling the sieging Dionias several times. He even began to think that with about 8,000 soldiers on the city wall, The Dionian siege could be easily repulsed without even the arrival of Margo's reinforcements.

Until a team officer ran up to the city head in a panic, and reported to him in a panic: Sir, there are many... many Dionysians... Dionysian soldiers have entered the town!!

Imisere gave him a powerful slap in the face, and then angrily shouted: Are you dazed! The Dionysians are on this side! If you talk nonsense again and shake the heart of the army, I will cut you off. Head! Since the signing of the peace agreement with Dionia, the maritime trade of Lilibe has become more and more prosperous, and it has also prompted more and more residents of Lilipi, but due to the high threshold to settle in the city, many come from The people of Jiataiji and the Philippine allies choose to live in the port area. Since there is very little farmland outside the city, the grain cannot be self-sufficient at all, so the demand is very large. Although people who are too anxious to rely on the vast land of Lumibia, have sufficient food every year, but the food is shipped to Lilipi by sea, the price is not low, and the competition is fierce. La La La is also a member of the Hanluo family. He settled in the Lilipi port area 10 years ago, mainly engaged in food trade. He did not benefit much from the competition in the market for a few years, so he racked his brains to find other places. He made money through the doorway, and as a result, he found that the supply of military rations in Chen Lei's military camp was very sufficient, and there was a lot of surplus at the end of the year. I came to him to discuss cooperation matters in secret. After Leotisides solemnly instructed, he walked into the warehouse with the captain of the guard. There were a lot of things piled up in the warehouse, and a dim light flickered in a corner in front. Sekelian and seven or eight soldiers formed a circle, and there were several soldiers guarding the two prisoners. Hearing the footsteps, Cykrian turned his head to look back, and said proudly: Come and see Prosus, I have brought you a great opportunity to make great contributions! Leotides ignored his pride and strode over. The soldiers hurriedly made room. What appeared in front of Leotides was not a dark hole as he had imagined, but more like a black hole. It is a cellar, with a step-by-step stone staircase, a wall lamp, a hard floor, stacked stone walls and iron pillar supports, and a straight underground passage leading to the dark front... Leochic Des stood at the entrance of the passage that was wide enough for three adults to observe for a while, and then stepped on the stone ladder and went to the warehouse. The first sentence he said was: such a tunnel can never be dug out in a short time. . of course not.

Sekelian looked at the two gagged captives of Jia Taiji beside him with contempt: These are the masterpieces of greedy households and businessmen! ... It turned out that the granulosome was originally established by Hilmic, and later rebuilt by Marco. It was originally centered on him to establish a military defense system to resist the attack of the Greek Kuza people, but I didn't expect it. After a long time, the Greek expansion was defeated by Dionia and the hegemony was lost. Jiataiji and Dioria signed a peace agreement. Since then, Sicily has returned to peace, and the original defense plan has been aborted. Ya, the natural vigilance of Greece's subjugation, Lily pig, still retains its status as a military town, and also retains the garrison garrison, but the number of citizen soldiers is greatly reduced. At this time, I was too anxious to be at home. Magri’s family went far away from Villa. Han Luo took power. Under his vigorous promotion, Jiatai began to advance inland and invaded the land of the Lumibians on a large scale. , The family is too anxious citizens are busy sharing the fruits of the war, and no one wants to be drawn to Lilibi to defend the city, even if it is only on rotation. Therefore, Jia Taiji gave Li Li sufficient logistical support and extra salary to approve the defenders, so that they could fulfill their obligations with peace of mind. Even so, going to Lilibi to defend the city is still a chore in the hearts of Tai Chi citizens at home. Seven years ago, a member of the Hanlow family was appointed Lilybe's garrison general. He was reluctant to go and even went to Hanno to intercede, but it was unsuccessful, because the position of Lily be garrison general became a big problem. , No one from the Taiji nobles is willing to take office. Hanno, who is in power, must be an example. He could only come to Lilibi full of grievances. After a few days of stay, Lala La from the port area came to visit. After the two had a secret talk, the garrison general had all his grievances dissipated and fulfilled his duties earnestly. take up his responsibilities. After Leotisides solemnly instructed, he walked into the warehouse with the captain of the guard. There were a lot of things piled up in the warehouse, and a dim light flickered in a corner in front. Sekelian and seven or eight soldiers formed a circle, and there were several soldiers guarding the two prisoners. Hearing the footsteps, Cykrian turned his head to look back, and said proudly: Come and see Prosus, I have brought you a great opportunity to make great contributions! Leotides ignored his pride and strode over. The soldiers hurriedly made room. What appeared in front of Leotides was not a dark hole as he had imagined, but more like a black hole. It is a cellar, with a step-by-step stone staircase, a wall lamp, a hard floor, stacked stone walls and iron pillar supports, and a straight underground passage leading to the dark front... Leochic Des stood at the entrance of the passage that was wide enough for three adults to observe for a while, and then stepped on the stone ladder and went to the warehouse. The first sentence he said was: such a tunnel can never be dug out in a short time. . of course not. Sekelian looked at the two gagged captives of Jia Taiji beside him with contempt: These are the masterpieces of greedy households and businessmen! ... It turned out that the granulosome was originally established by Hilmic, and later rebuilt by Marco. It was originally centered on him to establish a military defense system to resist the attack of the Greek Kuza people, but I didn't expect it. After a long time, the Greek expansion was defeated by Dionia and the hegemony was lost. Jiataiji and Dioria signed a peace agreement. Since then, Sicily has returned to peace, and the original defense plan has been aborted. Ya, the natural vigilance of Greece's subjugation, Lily pig, still retains its status as a military town, and also retains the garrison garrison, but the number of citizen soldiers is greatly reduced. At this time, I was too anxious to be at home. Magri’s family went far away from Villa. Han Luo took power. Under his vigorous promotion, Jiatai began to advance inland and invaded the land of the Lumibians on a large scale. , The family is too anxious citizens are busy sharing the fruits of the war, and no one wants to be drawn to Lilibi to defend the city, even if it is only on rotation. Therefore, Jia Taiji gave Li Li sufficient logistical support and extra salary to approve the defenders, so that they could fulfill their obligations with peace of mind. Even so, going to Lilibi to defend the city is still a chore in the hearts of Tai Chi citizens at home. Seven years ago, a member of the Hanlow family was appointed Lilybe's garrison general. He was reluctant to go and even went to Hanno to intercede, but it was unsuccessful, because the position of Lily be garrison general became a big problem. , No one from the Taiji nobles is willing to take office. Hanno, who is in power, must be an example. He could only come to Lilibi full of grievances. After a few days of stay, Lala La from the port area came to visit. After the two had a secret talk, the garrison general had all his grievances dissipated and fulfilled his duties earnestly. take up his responsibilities. After Leotisides solemnly instructed, he walked into the warehouse with the captain of the guard. There were a lot of things piled up in the warehouse, and a dim light flickered in a corner in front. Sekelian and seven or eight soldiers formed a circle, and there were several soldiers guarding the two prisoners.

Hearing the footsteps, Cykrian turned his head to look back, and said proudly: Come and see Prosus, I have brought you a great opportunity to make great contributions! Leotides ignored his pride and strode over. The soldiers hurriedly made room. What appeared in front of Leotides was not a dark hole as he had imagined, but more like a black hole. It is a cellar, with a step-by-step stone staircase, a wall lamp, a hard floor, stacked stone walls and iron pillar supports, and a straight underground passage leading to the dark front... Leochic Des stood at the entrance of the passage that was wide enough for three adults to observe for a while, and then stepped on the stone ladder and went to the warehouse. The first sentence he said was: such a tunnel can never be dug out in a short time. . of course not. Sekelian looked at the two gagged captives of Jia Taiji beside him with contempt: These are the masterpieces of greedy households and businessmen! ... It turned out that the granulosome was originally established by Hilmic, and later rebuilt by Marco. It was originally centered on him to establish a military defense system to resist the attack of the Greek Kuza people, but I didn't expect it. After a long time, the Greek expansion was defeated by Dionia and the hegemony was lost. Jiataiji and Dioria signed a peace agreement. Since then, Sicily has returned to peace, and the original defense plan has been aborted. Ya, the natural vigilance of Greece's subjugation, Lily pig, still retains its status as a military town, and also retains the garrison garrison, but the number of citizen soldiers is greatly reduced. At this time, I was too anxious to be at home. Magri’s family went far away from Villa. Han Luo took power. Under his vigorous promotion, Jiatai began to advance inland and invaded the land of the Lumibians on a large scale. , The family is too anxious citizens are busy sharing the fruits of the war, and no one wants to be drawn to Lilibi to defend the city, even if it is only on rotation. Therefore, Jia Taiji gave Li Li sufficient logistical support and extra salary to approve the defenders, so that they could fulfill their obligations with peace of mind. Even so, going to Lilibi to defend the city is still a chore in the hearts of Tai Chi citizens at home. Seven years ago, a member of the Hanlow family was appointed Lilybe's garrison general. He was reluctant to go and even went to Hanno to intercede, but it was unsuccessful, because the position of Lily be garrison general became a big problem. , No one from the Taiji nobles is willing to take office. Hanno, who is in power, must be an example. He could only come to Lilibi full of grievances. After a few days of stay, Lala La from the port area came to visit. After the two had a secret talk, the garrison general had all his grievances dissipated and fulfilled his duties earnestly. take up his responsibilities.

The team officer covered his face and anxiously defended: My lord...it's true! The Dionians suddenly appeared in the southwest military camp and attacked our garrison soldiers! I managed to escape with great difficulty!—

Shut up! Imisere raised his hand angrily, and the team officer quickly stepped back.

This man is crazy, quickly arrest me! Imisere stared at the team officer and gave orders to the soldiers beside him.

Seeing him tied up and gagged, Imisere sneered in his heart: Suddenly appearing in the Southwest Barracks? Humph, do you think the Dionians are gods who can fly over this high city wall? !

At this moment, Woo!... A high-pitched bugle sound suddenly sounded in the city. This trumpet sound was obviously different from that of Carthage, causing a huge shock in Imisere's heart.

And this is, the soldiers in the city are shouting in panic: Oh my god! Look, the Dionysians! The Dionysians are coming from behind!  …

Imisere pushed aside the soldiers beside him, staggered a few steps to the side of the battlement, and hurriedly looked into the city: I saw many soldiers in black armor and black armor rushed into the range of the city's fire, and in their Behind, in the dark night, there are more figures surging, like a terrifying black tide that will destroy the city wall.

Imisere felt weak all over, and his fear made him almost unable to stand. At this time, there was only one thought in his mind: Lilly is over!

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Leotizides first asked his detachment soldiers and mountain scouts to quickly find tools for excavation from the houses in the residential area, then entered the tunnel and stepped up to dig the exit. At the same time, according to the planned plan, he divided two-fifths of the Eighth Army to attack the city frontally, attracting the attention of the defenders, while the rest of the soldiers quietly entered Lampukuba's house according to his previous instructions.

In addition, he also sent someone to inform Matonis to immediately bring half of the soldiers of the Second Army gathered on the embankment here to sneak into the city together. Of course, he also notified the thousands of fleet soldiers of the Third Fleet that they were divided into two groups. The batch entered the tunnel quietly.

The exit of the tunnel is the baggage warehouse in the southwest camp. It is originally located in a remote location. In addition, the soldiers of the southwest army camp have basically gone to the city to defend, leaving a guard team of only a few dozen people who did not pay attention at all. In the baggage warehouse.

After the advance troops of the Eighth Legion dug through the tunnel and entered the warehouse, they did not immediately launch an attack with great fanfare, but lurked around and protected the tunnel exit. It was not until the number of people increased to more than a thousand that the guards found the trail. The Dionysian army also took advantage of the situation to launch an attack, almost wiped out this small force, and then occupied the entire southwest military camp.

Dionysian soldiers kept coming out of the tunnel, and after Leotizides also came to the barracks, the number had increased to 2,000. He made some adjustments and immediately issued the order to attack.

The Dionian soldiers quickly launched an attack on the inner wall defenders not far from the barracks, and the sound of the bugles also cheered the Dionian troops fighting in the port, and they also intensified their attack on the city wall. .

The Lilibe defenders, who were defending at the head of the city, were caught in a double attack. The 2,000 soldiers of the Southeast Army Camp who were left behind in the city learned the news and rushed to reinforce, but were attacked by the soldiers of the Second Army Corps and the infantry of the Third Fleet who then drilled out of the tunnel, and were quickly defeated.

The Carthaginian soldiers at the head of the city saw that more and more enemies were coming from the city, and the number was staggering. Fleeing, screaming in terror in the dark, echoing with the people in the port area, it made the Carthaginian soldiers worried. They could ignore the lives of the people in the port area, but they couldn't abandon their families in the city, so they gave up in the city one after another. The defense of the head chose to rescue the family members in the city, but the stone stairs in the inner wall had been blocked by Dionian soldiers, so they walked along the aisle of the city wall and fled eastward, and the defense line of the entire city head also collapsed.

Immisere and Ragnaca saw that they could not do anything, and they also fled eastward under the protection of the guards.

Under the order of Leotizides, the Dionian soldiers after the rendezvous did not cut off the return route of the Carthaginian troops, but pursued them in the rear, giving the Carthaginians no respite or reassurance. Taking the opportunity of the whole, along the aisles on the city and the streets of the city, they expel the remaining Carthaginian soldiers and people from the city of Lilibe in one go...

After dawn, the Dionysian army occupied the city of Lilibe, except for some Carthaginian soldiers and the people of the city who were surrounded and surrendered, the rest fled the city.

Leotidides and Matonis did not have time to celebrate this important victory, nor did they have time for the soldiers to take a good rest, but seized the time to clear the battlefield in the city, familiarize themselves with the defense facilities in the city, and arrange the defense areas of the various armies. .

Sekelian sent a fast ship to Minoa to report the good news of victory to King Davos. At the same time, the Sicilian fleet was to arrest all the people in the port area, escort them onto the ship, and send them to the Minoa camp. The fleet was transferred to the rear, so as not to defend against the attack of the Carthaginian army, but also to draw out troops to take care of these port people who could make trouble at any time. The third fleet would escort them to prevent the surprise attack of the Carthaginian fleet.

In the port area, there were only dock workers who were willing to join the Kingdom of Dionysia, and they were needed to load and unload the Dionysian fleet that came to the port of Lilibe in the future.

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Because it was night and the road was not clear, Liliba's messengers dared not let their horses gallop, so it took nearly two hours to arrive at the Carthaginian camp.

When Marco learned of the attack on the port of Liliba, he was shocked and scolded Imisere for neglecting his duties.

Lilibe was too important to the Carthaginian army in Sicily. How dare Margo take it lightly. He decided to let Pomirka sit in the camp for him, and personally led 30,000 soldiers to rush to reinforce.

In the middle of the night, it is not an easy task to gather the soldiers who are still asleep, and it is still such a large number. Even after these months of training, the discipline of the entire army has been greatly improved, but Marco still spends It took more than three hours to lead the reinforcements out of the camp.

At this time, it was already dawn. In order to ensure that the soldiers had enough physical strength to fight after arriving in Lilibe, Marco did not issue an order to march quickly. After all, he had confidence in Lilibe’s city defense, and what he felt The worst-case scenario was that the Dionian army smashed the port of Lilibe and fled. Of course, the best idea is that when the reinforcements arrive, the Dionysians are still attacking the city, then he can wipe out the more than 20,000 elite Dionysian soldiers according to the messenger. Deal a major blow to the main Dionysian army and restore the morale of the Carthaginians.

As a result, halfway through the trip, he saw a large number of Lilibe soldiers and people fleeing in a hurry in front. He learned that Lilibe city had been occupied by the Dionysians.

He finally caught his breath without saying a word, and asked the soldiers to arrest Imisere and Ragnaca who came forward to complain, and then ordered the entire army to speed up.

When he arrived outside the city of Lilibe and saw the drawn-up suspension bridge, the pressing city gate, and the Dionian soldiers all over the city, the last bit of luck in Margo's heart was broken.

He rode his warhorse and walked back and forth anxiously in front of the demoralized team. He was at a loss for a moment: because when he set out with his troops, he did not consider that the city of Lilibe would fall, so he did not bring any siege equipment at all. The city of Lilibe, as the important military town of Carthage in Sicily, with high walls, thick towers, and wide and deep trenches, cannot be easily captured; if he returns to the camp again, he will transfer more troops here. At the same time, the Dionians in the city also have more time and are fully prepared for defense, then he must re-formulate the siege plan, restart the construction of new siege facilities, and spend more time before he can Conquer the fortified city, but will the Carthaginian army have enough time?

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