Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Leotidides showed a rare smile at the moment and asked, How is the situation in the military camp today?

Since the occupation of Serinus, Leotidides has temporarily assumed the responsibility of managing the entire city (although most of the people in Serinus have been escorted to Katanai), naturally there are not many Time and energy are invested in the army, so he usually asks Calsidis to manage the barracks for him, and so far there has been no major mistake.

Everything is going well. The defeat of the navy did not affect the morale of the brothers. On the contrary, they hoped that the adults would allow them to raid the enemy camp again and make several more exploits. Karsidis replied.

Leotidides shook his head lightly: The Carthaginians have already been fooled once, and the same strategy will hardly work again, but I'm going to carry out a major military operation—

Having said that, he looked at Karsidis.

Karsidis stood with a steady expression, not showing any eagerness.

Leotidides praised in his heart, his face as indifferent as ever: Now the Carthaginians have divided their army into four parts, one part is besieging Serinus, one part is storming Minoa, and the other part is attacking Enna. , and some are attacking Jera, the situation is very serious. If you were me, what would you do at this time?

For senior team officers like Karsidis, the information obtained by spies and clippers is generally open to them, so Karsidis has a better understanding of the current battlefield situation and has his own thinking, so he thought about it. He thought, and said, The number of Carthaginian troops is much larger than ours, but since they are scattered and attacked, we can take advantage of the sea to destroy them individually.

Destroy each... um... Leotidides asked again calmly, Where do you think we should start first?

Gera. Karsidis said without hesitation: The Carthaginian army there is said to be not many, and it is alone and close to the coast. It is the best target to attack!

Leotizides nodded: You and I thought of going together. I am going to lead the Eighth Army and the Fourth Cavalry Army by boat to Gera to defeat this Carthaginian army as soon as possible. After I leave , you will lead 5,000 legion reserve soldiers to stay here.

Instead of responding immediately, Karsidis showed hesitation, which surprised Leotizides who knew him well.

After a while, Karsidis said resolutely: Lord Commander, 5,000 soldiers are too many, 3,000 soldiers are enough, in this way, sir, you have more soldiers to defeat the Carthaginian army, I have the confidence to stick to it. Until you lead the team to victory!

Leotidides looked slightly confused, sat on the wooden chair, looked directly at Karsidis for a while, then stood up, walked in front of him, stretched out his hand and patted his shoulder: I am here. After the second army left Serinus, not only to defeat the Carthaginian army in Gera, I am afraid that it will not come back for a long time, and Serinus is very important to us, we must do our best Keep it, so I left you with so many soldiers, and you don't have to worry about the small number of troops I lead, and when I get to the east, I have soldiers available.

After hearing this, Karsidis immediately said solemnly: Don't worry, Commander, as long as I am here, the city of Serinus is here, and I will swear to defend Serinus!

Leotides twitched his face, and his tone was a little gentle: If you really can't hold on, you don't need to hold on. There is a naval fleet in the port.

Bring the soldiers home safely, the war will be long, and in the future we will have the opportunity to take Serinus back...

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Katanai's fleet arrived at the port of Serinus, and Leotizides led the army to prepare to board the ship, just in time to encounter a messenger sent by Minoa to ask for help.

It turned out that after Pomirka led the Carthaginian army to the Minoan territory and set up camp, he began to attack the Minoan city. Unlike Monte Ardeno, Pomirka went to the front line to supervise the siege, and with the iron-blooded command from the generals of the Iberian army, the soldiers did not dare to slack off, and the attack was fierce, which brought a great deal to the Minoan defenders. pressure.

At this point, when Leotidides got this news, there was no good way to do it. He could only comfort the Minoans for a while longer, and he would lead the army to rescue as soon as possible.

Escorted by the Sicilian fleet, the convoy of Leotidides' army entered the port of Gera smoothly.

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At the same time, the commander of the 7th Corps, Brelu, at the Lochry Barracks received an order from the Ministry of Military Affairs: The 7th Corps will go to Katanai today, urgent!

Finally it's our turn! Braelu's sturdy body jumped up from the seat, and excitedly shouted to the adjutant: Quickly send someone to inform the Chief Executive of Lochry, and ask them to prepare for the expedition. Also Yes... report this news to the major teams and let them recall the soldiers who went out immediately!

Yes, Legion Commander!

It didn't take long for the barracks to burst into continuous cheers.

When Brelu heard this, he smiled.

Breru, once the leader of the Brutians in the city of Bisinia, and later the annexation of Bisinia to Dionia, he became a patriarch, but did not engage in government affairs like Bachilippi, but chose to join Dio Nia Legion. During the South-Italian War, he was the first captain of the Fourth Legion. As a result, he was captured by Dionysius along with the legion commander Drakes. Drakes was killed, but he was imprisoned because of his identity as the leader of Bruti. and was finally rescued. As the only senior officer of the Dionian Legion who was captured by the Syracuses in the South-Italian War and survived, he regarded this as the greatest disgrace, and he fought heroically throughout the subsequent wars, because His exploits were promoted to commander of the Seventh Army Corps.

In this war, other legions have participated in the war, but only the 7th legion is still idle. Breru has written to the Ministry of Military Affairs many times to complain about the injustice. Not long ago, the Ministry of Military Affairs sent a message that the Carthaginian army had landed in Sicily again, reminding him to make preparations.

Brelu began to issue a summoning order for the seventh legion to the surrounding towns. Now the seventh legion in the barracks is full, and the soldiers have high morale, waiting to go into battle to kill the enemy and make contributions.

But soon, the reply from the city hall of Loclery poured a can of cold water on Brelu first, because there were not enough passenger ships to transport troops in the port of Locley, and it needed to wait another day or two to make preparations.

Breru was frustrated.

At this time, the adjutant reminded: Lokeli has no ship, isn't there Lijim!

Breru's eyes lit up: in the past the soldiers of the Seventh Legion came from Locri, Hibernian and Colonia, but after Lijim and his son Bontaurina were fully incorporated into the kingdom last year, these two cities were also The Ministry of Military Affairs was assigned to the source of the Seventh Legion, but because the relationship had not been sorted out and the outbreak of war, the Seventh Legion had not issued a notice to let the military training officers of Lijim and Taurina arrange their citizens to go to Lokrie The barracks participated in rotation training. Although there were no citizens of Lijim in the Seventh Legion for the time being, Lijim, as a port city guarding the Strait of Messina, had no shortage of ships and could completely help transport troops.

Brelu said immediately: Send a messenger to Lijim as soon as possible and ask them for support!

The next day, Lijim responded to the request of the 7th Legion, and nearly two hundred passenger ships sailed into the port of Locley at dusk.

Early on the third day, Brelu led the 7th Corps of more than 8,000 people to leave the barracks and enter the city of Loclery. The people of Loclery gathered on both sides of the street to say goodbye to their relatives. Different from the people in other cities in the kingdom to send off the army, they seldom shouted, did not get too excited, and did not rush into the streets to hinder the march, but stood by the streets in an orderly manner and kept waving their hands. .

Although after joining the kingdom of Dionia, Lokri no longer enforced the cruel laws enacted by Zaleukus, and there have been no more disabled people for more than 10 years, the citizens of the city have integrated restraint and obedience into his own blood, which also made Lokri, who was Dionian's enemy, hardly cause any trouble to King Davos and the Senate after he was merged into the kingdom. Of course, it is also an important reason why the Lokrey citizens, who believe in Persephone and pay attention to the rule of law, are easy to identify with the Kingdom of Dionia.

Before the army entered the port, they also passed by the shipbuilding workshop in Lokrey: seven or eight large dry docks were juxtaposed on the beach, and many boatmen were building three-tier oared warships inside; There are piles of thick tree trunks that have been cut down, and from time to time there are teams of carriages carrying trees into the workshop; in a number of temporary wooden sheds, carpenters are constantly processing the rough tree trunks into pieces. Straight and smooth shipboard... People in the entire workshop are focused on the work in their hands, and few people are distracted to watch the Seventh Legion passing through here.

This lively and orderly shipbuilding scene is not only found in Locle, but also in other seaside towns with shipbuilding capabilities, such as: Turui, Crotone, Trina, Siritin, Lijim, Tower Rantum, Katanai, Naxos... The entire Dionysian kingdom is making every effort to create more warships as soon as possible, so as to continue to gain maritime superiority in the war with Carthage.

In the morning, the convoy, carrying soldiers from the 7th Legion, left the port of Locri and headed for Catane on the eastern coast of Sicily.

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After receiving the order of King Davos, Midorades was very excited, but he did not immediately lead the fleet to attack Corsica, because he aimed at Alleni first. Alenia, as the only Phoenician town in Corsica, has small but fertile agricultural land, rich mining And the larger port, no doubt let Midorades extend three feet.

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