Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 1023

[Chapter 361 Decisive Battle of Serinus (2)]

Afterwards, Margo’s heart hung up again: the cavalry was the biggest basis for him to be confident that he could defeat the main army of Dionia in the battle. Now the majority of the Numibian cavalry in the entire cavalry army actually rebelled. Make him anxious!

“Did the Mauritanian cavalry and the Lusitania cavalry also participate in the rebellion?!” Margo first thought of this question.

“Their camps are kept quiet, neither participating in the rebellion, but not helping us to quell the rebellion.”

“These damn savages!” Margo scolded secretly, in fact he knew very well, like Mauritania and Lusitani A temporarily hired army like the Asian cavalry could not be very loyal to Carthage, but their bystander attitude made him feel the urgency of the situation, and he immediately said: “Go and tell Sticamo immediately and let him lead the army first. To quell the rebellion of the Numibian cavalry, try not to let them escape from the camp! In addition, he must also separate a force to guard our baggage camp! And… please rest assured, Kisgow leads The reinforcements will be back to the camp soon!”

Marco watched the scout Juechen leave with anxiety on his face.

After a while, he saw the army led by Kisgow file out of the city gate, and just after he breathed a sigh of relief, he saw cavalry galloping down the city again: “Report, Lord Margo, that the Dionysian army is found in the east. , is approaching the camp!”

East of the camp?

!

The Dionian army entrenched in Minoa finally came out?

!

… This has always been Margo’s expectation, but now it makes him nervous. Obviously, the Dionians want to take advantage of the chaos in the Carthaginian camp and launch an attack.

“How many are they here?” Marco asked anxiously.

“We didn’t get a report from the scout in advance. This was found by the sentry

at the head of the camp. We couldn’t make an accurate judgment, but it looked like a large number.”

The Asian cavalry is in charge. Now that they have rebelled, I am afraid they have already colluded with the Dionysians. When the sentry of the camp found the traces of the Dionysian army, it means that the enemy is very close to the camp, so the situation is a bit critical… Thinking of this, Marco said eagerly, “Go find Kithgo immediately and let him lead reinforcements to defend against the Dionian attack on the camp.”

Then, he said to the adjutant: “Send someone to inform Hasdruba, and let him quickly lead the army back to the camp!”

After giving the order, Margo still has time to stay in the city, he and Bo Mirka led a group of people hurriedly down the city and rushed to the camp. As the commander of the army, he must sit in the camp, stabilize the morale of the army, and defeat the enemy’s conspiracy.

When he was about to enter the camp, Marco suddenly restrained his horse, looked at the towering earth wall in front of him, and looked at the entourage around him, all of them looked anxious, including Pomirka, who smiled. , said confidently: “Don’t panic, the conspiracy of the Dionysians will not succeed! A few days ago, we have purged the Numibians, and there are also those experienced Iberian team officers, so There is no possibility of chaos in the Numibian camp.

As for the Numibian cavalry, they can’t function in the narrow camp, and Stikamo will easily defeat them! I am very happy to see that they have been hiding in the rice like a mouse. The Dionysian army on Mount Noah appeared here. In this way, we can not only block their attack with the built city wall, but also after the various troops gather, we can also take the opportunity to launch a counterattack, defeat them, and reverse the entire battlefield. The situation! Everyone, this is a great opportunity, and

you will have the opportunity to become the heroes who save Carthage!”

Marco’s words were like a beam of sunshine that drove away the haze in the hearts of the surrounding followers, and all of them began to light up and were eager to try. Looking forward to the next battle…

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East of the city of Serinus, the Dionian army lined up in a long dragon, slowly advancing along the road of the coast .

In the center of the procession, under the two golden flags of the kingdom, was King Davos of Dionia. Not to go to a fight.

Thormid behind him couldn’t help but reminded: “Your Majesty, we are about to enter the territory of Serinus, should we not approach the Carthaginian camp first? In case the Carthaginian army attacks us , we can also easily retreat.”

“Hasn’t the mountain reconnaissance team already figured out the enemy’s situation! Today Marco has sent the main force to attack the inner city of Serinus, and there are not many troops left behind in the Carthaginian camp, not to mention—” Davos pointed to the sky ahead A bunch of black smoke rose, and he said sternly: “The Numibians have already followed the agreement and started to act. Of course, we have to follow the agreement to attract the attention of the Carthaginians and make Margo wrong. Judge.”

“Yes, Your Majesty has always kept his promises!” Henipolis interjected.

Thormid glanced at Henepolis and thought to himself: You said it easily, but although the army led by His Majesty looked quite large, it was actually only a 6,000-strong Roman reserve brigade (they were temporarily wearing The black armor and black armor of the wounded and dead soldiers of the Dionian legions), a small number of Potentia and Samone reinforcements, and the first, second, fourth, and three cavalry legions, all add up to no more than Ten thousand people, but the “soldiers” behind the team are the labor of the various legions, and the sailors who transport the ships pretend to have no combat ability. worry.

At this time, Davos turned around and said with a smile: “Don’t worry too much, we can see the black smoke in the Carthaginian camp, Alexis, Amintas, Matonis, Proso Uth and the others must have seen it, I am afraid that it has already started to act according to the plan, can the Carthaginians still divide their forces to attack us? I doubt it.

” ………………

Between the city of Serinus and the largest port lies a thick wall, which Dionian soldiers and fleet sailors used during this time to raise the original inner wall. , thickened and built, it became the last line of defense for the Dionian defenders to protect the port after Margo’s Iberian army broke through the inner wall of Serinus.

Hasdrubal felt regretful. He felt that without this wall as an obstacle, his army would definitely pursue the victory, defeat the remnants of Dionia, and completely smash the entire city and port of Serinus.

But if he can pass through the city wall and enter the port area at the back, he will be surprised to find that what he thinks of Dionia’s remnant defeat is an illusion, and the entire port area at this time is densely packed with Dio Occupied by Leah Legionnaires, there are black surging everywhere, and the blue water of the port is clearly demarcated.

Among them, there are not only the First and Second Corps, which have suffered hardships and suffered many losses, but also the Third Corps and the Lucania Reserve Corps, who have been staying in the mountains of eastern Sicily, and have been stuck in Minoa before. The Fourth Army, Sixth Army, and Tenth Army, all of them were quietly transported to the port of Serinus through the Sicilian fleet and the Catane transport fleet in the dark night of the previous two days.

At this moment, a huge army of more than 50,000 people gathered together, of course, not only to defend the port of Serinus, and the heavily armed soldiers were eagerly waiting for the command of the army commander.

At this moment, many high-ranking generals of the kingdom known to the people of Dionia are standing on this wall, Alexis, Amyntas, Epithenes, Matonis, Lizaru, Olivers, Trotiras and Melisandar, the battle-hardened and illustrious kingdom commanders and legion commanders, all stared ahead, but turned a blind eye to the swarming Carthaginian soldiers from the city, and the deafening sound of fighting was completely unacceptable. affect their focus.

Suddenly, Melisanda

shouted excitedly: “It’s on fire! The Carthaginian camp is on fire!”

Looking down, he was about to reprimand Melisanda for lying about the military situation. Before he could say anything, black smoke rose from the northwest, one, two, three…

“Young people have good eyesight!” Alexis Swan smiled softly.

“Boy, UU reading www.sonicmtl.com I think you are more suitable to be the watchman of the warship.” Amintas punched Melisanda with a slightly embarrassed punch.

Excited on the faces of every legion commander, Olivers said loudly: “Everyone, Goddess of Hattis, the Numibian cavalry has already acted according to the plan, shouldn’t we also start to act?!”

“I think—” Before Amyntas finished speaking, Alexis said quickly: “Wait a little longer, and wait for the Carthaginian soldiers under the city to retreat, so that it will be beneficial for our soldiers to attack. ”

Amintas coughed dryly. Although there was no single commander in the offensive plan implemented on the port side, what Alexis said was indeed reasonable. The generals agreed and decided to temporarily suppress the excitement. Mood, waiting for the changes in the battle situation.

In fact, they didn’t wait long, and the Carthaginian army under the city began to retreat.

“It’s time to start the attack!” Amyntas’ words got a warm response from everyone.

In order to implement this offensive plan, the defenders of Serinus specially opened two more entrances and exits on the city wall in the past few days: the left side is in charge of Matonis, commanding the second army and the sixth army; In the middle, Alexis was the commander, and there were the 3rd, 4th, and 10th corps under his command; on the right, Amyntas was in charge, commanding the 1st Corps and the Lucalia Reserve Corps.

The middle lane has the most troops and the most complete legion, because it will serve as the main force of the attack, and at the same time, it will also support the friendly forces on both sides at any time.