Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

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Of course, the St. Ibinians did not relax their vigilance. When the Dionysian Fleet infantry climbed up the river bank and appeared in this relatively flat hilly area, they were found by the alert St. Ibinian sentries, and they immediately The city was informed of the terrible news.

The people of St. Ibinia panicked and ran into the city to avoid it. However, the Manno River is only more than 10 miles away from the city of Santa Ibinia, and it is not too far away. As a metal processing center, there are smelting fields outside the city, and some are even built directly a few miles away. Under the mountains (so that it is convenient to obtain wood), when the infantry of the Dionysian fleet arrived outside the city, there were still many people who worked in the smelting plant and mine, as well as slaves who failed to escape into the city in time. A small number of them were captured, but most of the soldiers bypassed the city of Santa Ibinia and headed for the port on the Temo River.

The port is not connected with the city of Santa Ibinia, although the lower Temo River is different from the Mano River, there are some flatter land on both sides of the river bank that can be developed into a port, but the Temo River is not the same as the one built on the hills. The city of Ibinia has a height difference of tens of meters, so the people of St. Ibinia just built a wide flat stone road to connect it with the port to facilitate the transportation of goods.

The 3rd Fleet infantry followed the road and approached outside the port.

The port is so important, of course, it is also protected by a city wall, although its defense focuses on the estuary to prevent the fleet from breaking into the sea, and there is also a city wall on the side close to the city, but there are no sentries and trenches, and Dio Nia came too fast, and the panicked St. Ibinians were busy fleeing into the city, resulting in few defenders in the port, but their defenders still climbed to the top of the city to defend stubbornly.

The infantry of the fleet took a dozen ladders brought from the warship and put them on the city wall of the port to start a storm.

After more than ten minutes of fighting, about 100 sailors from the five cargo ships that had entered the port suddenly gathered, took out the weapons hidden on the cargo ships, and began to attack the defenders in the port.

The St. Ibinians were caught off guard. Under the internal and external attacks, the Dionysian army quickly entered the port, and successfully occupied the breakwaters and towers at the mouth of the river, and raised the wooden gates to block the river. , the 160 warships of the Dionysian Fleet that had been staying on the nearby sea (after the naval battle, the 3rd Fleet was supplemented by some new warships, so that the number of warships did not decrease but increased) smoothly squeezed into the port. .

After discovering the enemy's situation, the St. Ibinians immediately dispatched messengers on horseback to rush to the south for help.

The nearest Phoenician town to St. Ibinia is tharros, which is located on the central seaside of Sardinia's west coast and has not only an excellent port, but also a fertile riverside plain, which is a short distance from the city of St. Ibinia. About 70 miles away, although there are mountains in the middle, the road near the sea is relatively flat.

In the past, due to the large metal production in Santa Ibinia,

However, the capacity of its river port is small, which often leads to a backlog of goods. Later, under the coordination of the Carthaginian judges stationed in Sardinia and supervising the various Phoenician city-states, part of the precious metal cargo was transferred south to Saros, and then It was transported to Carthage through its port. For this reason, the Saros people also worked hard to build a wide and flat road to St. Ibinia, and also built two wooden bridges over the Manliu River.

It is the union with St. Ibinia, coupled with its own good conditions, that through decades of rapid development, Saros has become one of the best Phoenician towns on Sardinia, no weaker than Kararis. (caralis, Caralis is a Phoenician town at the southernmost tip of Sardinia, it also has an excellent port, a fertile riverside plain, and because it is closest to Carthage across the sea, it is closely related to Carthage. There are more frequent trade exchanges between the islands), so since the Dionysian fleet harassed Sardinia, the Phoenician coalition temporarily formed in the Phoenician towns on the island was stationed in the city of Saros, before Carthia. Key's new fleet was also stationed in the port of Saros, whose main purpose was to protect the safety of St. Ibinia.

Hearing that the Dionians were actually attacking St. Ibinia, this coalition of 10,000 civic soldiers from various Phoenician towns on the island immediately stepped on the flat road, marched north, and rushed to the rescue.

On the way forward, he met the messenger of St. Liberia again, and got the latest news: The Dionysians occupied the river port, and they were still destroying the smelting ground outside the city.

The commander-in-chief of the coalition was a young noble from Carthage, who was originally a judge of Kararis (citizens from other Phoenician towns were also led by the Carthaginian judges of that town), and heard this The news is both worrying and exciting: the worry is that if Saint Ibinia is harassed and destroyed by the Dionians, resulting in a significant reduction in metal production, as the commander-in-chief of the Phoenician coalition, he will inevitably be attacked by the Carthaginian Senate. He might even throw away the fat messenger of the Sardinian judge and be ordered to return to Carthage; he was excited to learn from the letter that the Dionysian army was only about three or four thousand people. Being able to arrive in time, defeating them should be a piece of cake, and considering the last victory, his outstanding performance will surely attract the attention of the Carthaginian people and the Senate, laying the foundation for him to enter the Senate in the future.

Therefore, he issued an order without hesitation: let the whole army move faster.

In the afternoon, the Phoenician coalition finally arrived at the city of St. Ibinia, and the infantrymen of the Dionysian Fleet who received the news hurriedly assembled and began to retreat towards the Temo River.

The Phoenician army was in hot pursuit.

Above the riverbank, the infantry of the Dionian fleet stopped retreating and began to form.

The Phoenician coalition also stopped the pursuit, and also launched a battle 300 meters away, preparing to completely defeat the Dionysian army through a frontal battle.

When the Phoenician soldiers were taking advantage of the formation to allow their exhausted bodies to rest a little after several hours of rapid marching, suddenly there was a commotion in the front of the formation.

Look! Dionia's heavy infantry! Where did they come from?!

We've been fooled! The Dionysian army is more than a few thousand people. They hid the heavy infantry in the river port!

My God, these heavy infantry keep coming out, how many are there!

...

The young commander-in-chief of the Phoenician coalition kept his eyes on the enemy ahead while his soldiers lined up, mainly worried that the Dionian army, which was smaller than his own and all light armoured, would suddenly flee (he put Dio The Nia Fleet infantry regarded as light armour), but suddenly he saw that the Dionian army, which had just been lined up, began to move to the right, giving way to the avenue leading to the river port from the city of Santa Ibinia, and then a group of The Dionian Legionnaires who were neatly lined up in black helmets and black armor and armed with lances and long shields appeared in front of him, and quickly followed the troops in front and moved to the right.

The Dionian legionnaires continued to emerge, and the length of the Dionian army, which was originally very short, soon approached the Phoenician army.

At this time, how could the commander of the Phoenician coalition not know that this was a conspiracy of the Dionysians? This sudden change not only made the soldiers panic, why didn't he panic, but at this moment, he complained that the St. Ibinians were not careful. Investigating, giving wrong information, causing him to be unprepared... These are all meaningless, and he has no time to think about where the regular Dionysian army in front of him came from, because according to the information he got : The king of Dionia has led all the Dionian armies in Sicily against the Carthaginian army under Marco.

At this moment, the first thought that popped into his mind was to retreat, but he immediately dismissed this idea, because if the coalition retreated, the Dionysians would definitely take advantage of the situation to attack the city of St. Ibinia, which is the city of Sardinia. Asia's metal smelting center, the planning and construction of the city are all to facilitate the collection, transportation, trade, smelting of ores... and not exist as a fortress town, and even it is not comparable to the defense capabilities of ordinary towns, it is completely impossible Can withstand the attack of the Dionian army with so many soldiers. Once the city of St. Ibinia was captured, he would definitely feel the wrath of the Carthaginian senate.

Moreover, after several hours of fast marching, the soldiers were already very tired. It was a taboo to retreat in front of the battle. Once the Dionysians launched an attack, it would most likely lead to the collapse of the entire army.

The only way he can think of right now is: before the Dionians are ready to form a battle, there may be many soldiers under the river bank, unable to enter the battlefield, hurry up to attack, and maybe there is a chance to win.

So, he bite the bullet and gave the order to attack.

Half an hour later, the luck of the Carthaginian general was shattered, and the physically weak Phoenician coalition was defeated by the recharged Ninth Legion and fleet infantry. Some of the defeated Phoenician soldiers went to St. Ibe Niea fled, and many more wanted to flee back to Saros, but when they fled to the banks of the Manno River, they found that the two wooden bridges had been occupied by Dionian soldiers.

It turned out that just after the Phoenician coalition crossed the Mano River, the warships of the Third Fleet entered the mouth of the Mano River again, allowing two companies of Dionysian Legionnaires to climb ashore and occupy the only place on the Mano River. Two wooden bridges.

The way back was blocked, and the rear chasers arrived later, many of the Phoenicians surrendered in despair, and some of them turned back and fled to the city of St. Ibinia.

The St. Ibinians were very panicked when they heard the news of the disastrous defeat of the Phoenician coalition, believing that after the victory, the Dionysians would attack their town immediately, but as time passed by, they kept fleeing. The Phoenician army was defeated, but they were all surprised that they had never seen the figure of Dionysian army.