Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 1008

[Chapter 346 The reason]

“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 Lilibe initially Built by Himilco and later rebuilt by Margo, Carthage was originally 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 so that they could perform their obligations with peace of mind.

But even so, in the hearts of the citizens of Carthage, going to Liliba to defend the city was still a chore.

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 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. As a result, he found that the supply of rations in the military camp in the city was very sufficient, and there was a lot of surplus at the end of the year. The defending general who happened to take office at this time was also a member of the Hanno family. 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 to dig tunnels.

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

several tunnels have appeared in the port area, and people were quietly sent in to serve as officials, servants of the rich, temporary labor…

but 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 fences and warehouses, and let his servants secretly dig tunnels; the defending generals let their henchmen On the grounds of training, his subordinates 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 that did not require 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 prepare. 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 has been blocked?” Leotizides asked when he heard this.

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

” There were footsteps, 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, he said with a smile: “Lord Prosous, you can bring your army here now and go down this tunnel to the city!

” Instead, he seemed calm: “Don’t worry, we have to make some arrangements first to divert the attention of the Carthaginian defenders.”

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“Sir, look quickly. 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. Holding a long ladder, it seems that he is preparing for the ant-affiliated project…

He probed out, and wanted to look more closely, he heard the man next to him shouting: “Sir, be careful!” He dragged behind the dust, and heard the sound of “Boom”. Several stone bullets were smashing on the city wall not far from him. The flying stone flakes 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, he was a little angry because he was in the tower The Dionian soldiers at the gate attacked violently, and the gate was deformed by the ram. If there were not a lot of stones behind it, I am afraid they would have rushed in, and the long-range attack of the Dionian light infantry was also very good. It was very powerful, causing many casualties to the Carthaginian archers behind the tower gate. They also carried the ballista to the aisle of the city gate to launch, posing a huge threat to the harpooneers on the towers on both sides. The light infantry had already been replaced. After several rounds, Ragnaca is now in high spirits commanding the soldiers to carry out all-out defense, and there is no extra energy to take care of others.

So after he saw the enemy situation under the city clearly, UU read www.

sonicmtl.com scolded angrily: “The enemy is so close to us, why don’t we use bows and arrows to attack?!”

Imiserei responded coldly: “You have all taken away the light infantry and went to the tower gate, where are you still here? Archer?!”

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, and he reminded: “Be careful that the Dionysians disperse the people and use sapwood to disperse the people. Breaking through the city gate and rushing in, so to strengthen the defense there, it is best to send someone to block the city gate.”

Although Imisere was a little worried, he thought about it and shook his head and refused: “You can’t block the door, Otherwise, after Lord Magog led his army, he would not be able to quickly attack the Dionysians.”

“Then leave an army under the city, and if the enemy breaks through the city gate, they will stop it…” Ragnar After the card arranged the defensive measures here, he hurried to the tower gate.

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