Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 889

[Chapter 236 Night Attack]

Carthage is not Rome. Years of war with Syracuse made its army have rich experience in siege, and it has enough technical ability to realize the siege plan.

Seeing that the ballista’s attack effect was not obvious, Marco ordered to build a city wall 100 meters away from Serinus City, not only to completely surround Serinus City, but also its height should not be too low. In the city wall of Serinus, this can not only prevent the raid of the Dionians, but also suppress the long-range attack of the opponent’s city head, which is conducive to the next attack.

With Marco’s order, nearly 100,000 soldiers in the entire military camp and countless laborers who transported baggage began to act under the guidance of the engineer.

The Dionian defenders, who had detected the enemy’s intentions, had made several raids out of the city, but were repelled by the well-prepared Carthaginians.

Three days later, a prototype of an earthen wall surrounding the city of Serinus was rising.

Just when the Dionian soldiers were astonished, at the castle of Serinus, the commander of the Sicilian theater of the kingdom of Dionia, Leotizides, met with the commander of the Sicilian fleet, Myrtias.

Ever since Leotidides, without the approval of the Ministry of Military Affairs, incorporated the crew of the Sicilian Fleet into his own army, which violated the interests of the Dionysian navy, and was discovered by the newly appointed Mircias, the two sides had a deadlock. , Myrtias moved to the port and did not meet Leotides again. The reason why he came to the city to discuss this time was a last resort.

Because Myrtias was worried about the occurrence of the storm, he stopped the cruise of the warships in the western waters of Sicily, which led to the easy landing of the Carthaginian army in Sicily. This was a great military mistake.

If Leotides fell into the ground at this time and reported to the Ministry of Military Affairs, he said, “He has repeatedly reminded the Sicilian fleet not to stop the blockade of the western waters because of bad weather, but the commander of the Sicilian fleet has always been stubborn, which led to the war in Sicily. There has been a huge change…”, this will not only increase the disgust of King Davos and the Ministry of Military Affairs towards Miltias, but also likely ruin his future military career, so Miltias came with a soft attitude. .

When Leotizides saw him, he did not mention the “landing of the Carthaginian army”, but said bluntly: “Myrtias, I am going to attack the Carthaginian camp at night, and I need you all. Navy help.”

Hearing this, Myrtias’ thoughts turned sharply, and then hesitantly said: “…Attack on the Carthaginian camp at night? Are you planning to raid from the sea? The Carthaginians are in Serinus. There are a lot of sentries on the coast, but they are on guard… It is said that it is a camp of more than 100,000 people! How many soldiers do we have to invest in raiding, it may cause chaos in the Carthaginian camp! If it fails , there is a danger of the entire army being wiped out!”

Leotizides heard the heartbeat contained in Miltias’ hesitant words, and in order to convince this colleague of his own position, he had to spend a lot of time. After a while, he explained patiently: “I won’t let the soldiers land on the nearby coast, it is really easy to be discovered by the Carthaginians, and the location I chose is here.”

Leotidize pointed to the table. A rough sketch of the surroundings of the city of Serinus and the Carthaginian camp.

Myrtias hesitated for a moment, leaned close to Leotides, looked closely, and found that the place where his finger was located was exactly between Serinus and Germé.

Since taking office as the commander-in-chief of the Sicilian fleet, Myrtias has commanded the flagship, repeatedly cruising the southern coast of Sicily, and being familiar with the sea environment here. This is also a skill that senior generals of Dioria must possess.

At this moment, a general picture of this place appeared in his mind, and

there was indeed a small beach there, which was easy to land on, but he reminded: “The coastal road from Germer to Serinus is uneven, and it is not very good during the day. Let’s go, I’m afraid it will be more difficult at night!”

“That’s why I chose to land here.” Leotides said confidently: “The coastal environment there is complicated, plus the fact that Carthage just landed in Sicily not long ago. People are not yet familiar with the coast leading to Germer, so that our landing can be avoided by the enemy. I asked the fishermen in the port, tonight will be a full moon night, and the soldiers after landing can use the moonlight, Sneak into the mountains near the coast, and in about two hours’ march, you can approach the Carthaginian camp.”

Leotizides moved his finger to the pattern of the Carthaginian camp and continued: “According to my careful observation at the top of the city during this period and the reports of the soldiers who raided the city, I think that Margo led the The Iberian army camp should be to the north of us, and the army camp from Carthage should be on our east and west sides. Most of their soldiers should be Numibians, and they are also the main force in building the earth wall these days. They must be very tired after being busy during the day, and must fall asleep at night.

Moreover, these days, the Carthaginian army has focused its entire defense on protecting the earth wall that is being built. I am afraid that the rear of its camp will be neglected. There is a good chance that our raid will be successful… At that time, I will also gather 10,000 heavy infantry in the city. When the raiding force causes chaos in the Carthaginian camp, I will immediately leave the city, rush through this earth wall, and attack Carthage. Base camp, take them back to the city, and if the situation is favorable for us, we can continue to attack.”

“What if the raid fails?” Myrtias interrupted him suddenly.

Leotidas had already thought about it, and he said calmly: “I will let them flee east into the mountains, and finally return through Minoa.”

Myrtias stopped talking, he knew that in the east There are allies in the mountains of the Sikel people, as long as they escape into the mountains, there is a high possibility of returning safely.

He looked at the sketches on the table carefully, focusing on the Carthaginian camp to the east of the city of Serinus, which was the target of the night attack. Perhaps because the Carthaginians had strong troops, the camp was built at a distance of One mile away from the city, standing at the front of the city can indeed roughly see the Carthaginian camp, so Leotides can infer the general layout of the Carthaginian camp, and he does not have much doubt.

At this time, Leotides said: “I will send the light armoured battalion of the Eighth Army and 1,000 reserve soldiers to carry out this raid, and I hope that the fleet infantry of the Sicilian fleet can also participate in this operation. ”

“No…” Myrtias instinctively wanted to refuse. As soon as the words were out of his mouth, he immediately realized that the fleet infantry could participate in this night attack. The mistake he made, he immediately changed his words: “Of course there is no problem, our fleet infantry is best at landing raids, and I will let them all join this raid!

” There are 40 3-tier oar warships in the fleet, including 30 crow warships, so there are 1,200 infantry in the fleet, plus those who survived the storm before, he has a total of about 3,000 infantry in the fleet.

This brought the number of soldiers involved in the raid to 5,000.

Leotidides was satisfied, and this was one of the main reasons why he had called Myrtias.

With the fleet infantry joining the night raid, Myrtias also became a lot more active, and he spent a long time working with Leotides to perfect the raid plan.

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Margo was woken up in his sleep, and he was shocked to hear the news of the “Dionysian attack on the camp”.

At this time, a faint sound of fighting was heard in his ears. As he hurried out of the tent, he asked anxiously, “Which camp was attacked?! How many enemies are there?!”

“It should be in the middle of Dongying. , it is not clear how many enemies there are…” The adjutant replied hastily.

Marco walked outside the tent, and the sound of fighting and screams became clearer, and there were constant exclamations. The night attack of the Dionians had begun to startle the soldiers in other camps.

Marco looked to the east, even with the moonlight shining, the camp of nearly 100,000 troops stretched for more than ten miles, and the distance from the central army camp alone was several miles away from the accident site. Almost a piece, can’t see anything at all.

Margo listened carefully for a while. Although the screams and screams were expanding, he did not panic. During the conquest of southern Iberia, he had encountered too many night raids, and he was very experienced in this. Decisively said to the adjutant: “Send messengers, rush to each camp, notify the generals, and let them control the soldiers in their camps and prepare for defense. Without my order, don’t privately bring soldiers to rescue! If anyone does not Obey the order, and I will crucify him!”

The reason why Margo spoke viciously was because the eastern camp was mainly stationed by the army formed by Carthage, and its generals were mostly nobles from the city of Carthage. Marco has been away from Carthage for more than 10 years, and some people may ignore his presence and act without authorization.

The messengers rushed away, and the generals of the Chinese army battalion were urgently summoned and quickly rushed to the big tent.

Margo directly gave them an order again: “Go and gather your soldiers immediately. Except for Tarka leading the troops to defend the camp, the other troops will follow me to rescue the attacked camp.”

Margo’s voice did not fall, suddenly outside the tent.

There was a deafening roar, and some people in the tent changed their expressions.

The adjutant rushed in and shouted eagerly: “My lord, the Dionians sent an army from the city and attacked the camp to the east!”

Marco looked calm and smiled: “Listen to this voice, Dio I’m afraid there are still a lot of soldiers sent by the Nyas, that’s great! We can just kill them all in one go, and it will be much easier when we attack the city of Serinus!”