Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 722

[Chapter 67 Leotizides Changes Plan]

“Yes, there has been a change.” Leotidides’ tone was always flat and lacking in passion: “Sikele’s harassing troops defeated Carthage’s 40,000 siege army.”

Cypros thought he was listening .

Wrong, he asked in surprise: “Is this true?! You are talking about the thousand poorly equipped Sikel light infantry?!”

“I never tell lies in war.” Leotizid Siglos stared at Hipros with piercing eyes, but his tone was still calm: “I decided to change the plan I designated earlier and lead the Eighth Legion to Minoa to meet the Carthaginians.

” Your Majesty’s favorite commander! It’s much better than the shit plan you made before!” There was a voice of appreciation from the door, and Admiral Sekelian strode into the conference room.

Leotides raised his eyebrows.

Cypros asked in surprise: “You want to lead the army directly to the battle with the Carthaginians?! This is too risky! The Carthaginian army has more than 40,000 people, do you want to wear all the soldiers in Sicily? All the citizens of Onia gathered?! If the battle fails, the kingdom’s territory in Sicily will be in danger! I think it is more safe for you to continue to implement the previous plan!”

After all, according to the regulations, Governor Cypnos participated in the military meeting , the right to raise objections, so Leotizides had to explain in detail: “The previous plan was based on judging that the Carthaginians would send an army of 80,000 to 100,000 people, but they did not expect that they would send only 60,000. and 20,000 of them went to the north coast. According to previous information, half of the 40,000 Carthaginian army was composed of Numibians who were oppressed by Carthage. , their morale is not high, only a thousand Western Celtic attacks can force them to retreat, which shows that the ability of their commanders is not good.

According to the intelligence, the commander of Carthage, Monte Ardeno, covets Enjoy, don’t like to be in battle, don’t like to be close to the soldiers, so he can’t give full play to the advantage of having a large number of troops. Even if we have a small number of soldiers, the combat power and morale of the Eighth Corps and its reserve troops are far superior to the opponent’s, it is completely possible beat them.

And we can’t watch this Carthaginian army slowly conquer one after another of our allies by virtue of its large number of soldiers, and combine the entire army through battles and victories to improve the fighting spirit and combat effectiveness of the Carthaginians… Wait until Carthage The Taichi army has conquered the south coast, and fighting them will become very difficult.

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“Your idea is correct. The previous plan was completely passive beating.”

I just arrived yesterday. I heard about your previous plan and wanted to talk to you for a long time.

“Sekelian said in a stern tone of commander to his subordinates.

Although, as the elder of the Senate, Sekelian’s qualifications and kingdom duties are indeed higher than Leotidides, but he still let Leotidze. Si felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, but he thought that his future military operations would depend on the navy,

so he suppressed his emotions and said lightly: “I am also based on what is said in the “Dionysian Military Law” , ‘All military plans must be formulated according to the actual situation.

‘Now that things have changed, of course the plans I’ve made have to change with it.

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Cypros is not like Cornelus, who loves to worry about gains and losses. Once he was persuaded, he immediately asked: “How many people are you going to take to fight?”

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“The entire Eighth Corps and Fourth Cavalry Corps, as well as some reserve soldiers, are estimated to be around 15,000.”

The other reserve soldiers were stationed in the camp, and the allied troops of Leotine and Taunis were not dispatched, and they also needed to guard against the Syracuses.

After Leotizides finished speaking, Cypros was surprised again: ”

Lord Prosius, isn’t 15,000 too few?”

!

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“Not much at all.”

“Leotizides said confidently: “I will entrust Lord Kleilu of Hera to organize the warriors of the Sikelians and take the mountain road to reach Minoa.

And I led these 15,000 soldiers to disembark at the port of Kamanlina by sea, and marched westward along the south coast. All the way, the troops of the friendly city-states that I passed through were integrated into the team, and when I reached Minoa , I estimate that the number of troops should be at least 30,000…”

“Hey, when I was in a hurry just now, I forgot about the friendly city-states of Kamanlina, Gera, Agrigento…” Cypros revealed that he was short, but a reassuring smile appeared on his face: “Lord Prosus, you made the right decision! Through this frontal battle with Carthage, we can just show the kingdom’s blessing to the city-states that are close to us, and deepen our friendship with them through battles. !…”

Leotizides did not think as much as Cypros thought, he just wanted to win, he turned to Sekelian and said: “I hope that the troop convoys and the delivery of food and baggage can get Seko. Lord

Lean, the protection of the fleet you lead!”

“This is the duty of our navy!” Seikelian answered readily, and the next words revealed his true purpose: “I can just protect you to lure Carthage. Chi’s fleet will fight us decisively!”

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The news that “the Carthaginian army landed in Sicily and began to march on the territory of Dionia” reached Rome, which made the elders feel Excited, the dictator Camillous thought that the time had come, and immediately issued the order “to march on the Herniki”.

Soon, he led an army of more than 40,000 Roman citizens and Latin Confederate soldiers that had been assembled in Mars Square, left the city of Rome, and marched straight to the southeast.

The Herniki people are the ancient indigenous people in central Italy. They mainly live in the lowland between the Herniki Mountains and the Lepini Mountains, which is about 150 miles long and only about 20 miles wide. A strip of hilly lowland area with a Trerus River flowing in the middle.

To the west and south of the area they lived were the Volsci people who were close to the Lepini Mountains, to the east were the Masi and Equi people who lived deep in the mountains, and to the north were some Latin city-states, mainly Puri nest.

The Roman army passed the city of Gabii, the Latin ally, and camped outside Prieste at dusk.

Hearing the news of the “coming of the Roman army”, the Herniki people were very panicked and hurriedly sent people to the Volsci people for help.

In the early morning of the second day, the Roman army continued its march south, passing the Latin ally Tolerium, and soon came to Signia, a town adjacent to the Herniki and the Latins. .

This is a small town of Herniki at the foot of Lepini Mountain. It has a small population, but the terrain is relatively dangerous, and it is an important passage for the Heniki tribe living in the Lepini Mountains to come out of the mountain.

Camelus immediately dispatched 5,000 men to surround the small town, and began to manufacture siege equipment. Once ready, he began to siege the city.

At the same time, he led 35,000 people across the Treps River non-stop, and arrived at another important town of the Herniki people near the Latin region and on the east bank of the Trerus River in the afternoon – Anagnia ( Anagnia), and set aside ten thousand people to surround it.

And he led the remaining 25,000 people, after bypassing the city of Anagnania, he began to build a large camp a few miles south of it, facing the central town of the Herniki people – Ferentinum (Ferentinum) Covet.

Before, the Herniki people suffered a disastrous defeat in the war with the Volsci to attack the Roman Latin allies. It was not long before their strength had not recovered. Where would they be able to organize enough soldiers to rescue the victims? The encircled towns can only hide in each town, strengthen the city defense, and at the same time look forward to the rescue of the Volsi people.

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When the news of “the territory of the Hernikis was attacked by the Roman army” reached Bolefnum, the Wolsey League that had gathered here The high-level people were very nervous. They had just repulsed the Romans, and they were still discussing how to recapture Antium, Vilitre, and other towns that were captured by the Romans. Another war was waged to the east.

Amyntas, who was invited to participate in the meeting, was puzzled, and he asked in surprise: “The information sent back before said, ‘The Romans were stationed at Antium, Vilitre, and Satnicum, respectively. Ten thousand people?! How could the Romans still have so many soldiers to attack the Herniki?!”

Catemontaros, the consul of Bolefnum, said helplessly: “The Romans do not have so many young and middle-aged citizens, but they still have many Latin allies and many Etruscan city-states conquered by Rome. , he is fully capable of waging another war while at war with us Volsci! This is where the Romans are terrible!”

I’m afraid the Romans are going to concentrate on fighting a big war!

But we Dionia… Amyntas thought of the First Legion that he had just replenished his troops, UU reading www.sonicmtl.

Com secretly sighed: With the combat effectiveness of the Roman army, the First Army with less than ten thousand people was not enough to help the Hernikis repel the Romans’ attack!

Seeing the tangled expression of Amyntas next to him, Plintos hurriedly asked: “Why don’t you contact the Aiqui people and the Masi people to deal with the Romans?! I heard that these two races are close to each other. With the Herniki people, I think the Herniki people were wiped out by the Romans, and these two races that are also at odds with Rome will also face the threat of the Romans!”

Toulouse, the consul of Serscher, responded. : “The Herniki people must have contacted the Aiqui and the Masi people. The question now is whether we should rescue the Herniki people?”

“Of course we will!” exclaimed: “Our cities of Fabrateria, of Frusinum… are just to the south of the territory of the Herniki, and if the Herniki are wiped out, then they too are Will be attacked by the Romans later, and then rescue the Helniki people now!”