Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 890

[Chapter 237 The Return of Sekelian]

The strong military force gave Marco enough confidence, a little casualty would not bother him, and his words also cheered up the generals.

Marco said to the adjutant again: “You immediately send someone to notify Admika in the south camp, and ask him to organize 10,000 soldiers, and then rush to the east camp as our backup.”

“Yes, my lord!”

Ma Brother looked around at everyone, and then said in a blunt Celtic language: “Rutam, you and your clan are the forwards.”

The Celtic leader Rutam, who looks and dresses clearly different from others, replied in a loud voice: ” Oh!”

Rutam is a Lusitania, a fierce and belligerent race that lives widely in northwestern Iberia, and once brought great trouble to Margo’s expansion in the Iberian Peninsula, and even threatened him Ruled in southern Iberia, eventually Margo had to make a peace agreement with them.

This time, he impressed several large tribes of the race with his rich interests, and made them form an army of about 8,000 people to follow Marco to fight in Sicily.

Rutam is just one of the tribal leaders, because the melee in the night relies more on personal force, which is conducive to their play.

About ten minutes later, the troops of the Chinese army camp gradually left the south gate of the camp, and marched along the built earth wall towards the east camp that was in chaos.

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When evening came, Leotiqides went up to the east side of the city, and watched the Carthaginian camp with all his attention, until the opposite camp began to kill loudly. When there was a commotion, he breathed a sigh of relief for a while, and then immediately ordered the 10,000 heavy infantry, composed of the Eighth Legion and reserve soldiers who had been waiting in the city, to rush out of the city and continue to attack the enemy who had begun to fall into chaos. camp.

At the same time, the meticulous Leotidides did not forget that when the enemy’s attention was attracted by the night attack, he dispatched the soldiers of the mountain reconnaissance team to climb over the earthen wall and lurked in Carthage. He was in front of the camp and reported what he saw in a timely manner, so that he could have a comprehensive and detailed understanding of the enemy’s response.

Therefore, even if he learned that the raiding troops had merged and completely smashed the enemy’s resistance, leaving the camp in complete chaos, he was not excited.

On the contrary, after learning that most of the Carthaginian camps in other areas had assembled their soldiers, they did not rush to rescue, but instead stationed at the borders of their respective camps, which made him feel uneasy.

Sure enough, the raiding force wanted to drive the rout to overrun the neighboring camp, and the chaos continued to expand, but the progress was slow.

At this time, another urgent news came: the central camp of Carthage has sent troops, and they are rushing east along the earth wall.

Leotidides immediately realized that the Carthaginians wanted to cut off the return route of the night raiding troops, surround and annihilate them.

The Dionian soldiers who participated in the night attack were the main force under Leotizides. She had been standing at the head of the city, watching the progress of the battle, just to avoid such a thing from happening.

“Woo! Woo! Woo!…” The trumpet soldiers who had been standing at the head of the city immediately blew their trumpets for retreat.

Before setting off, the assault soldiers who had been repeatedly told by the commander heard the trumpet, reminded each other, and stopped chasing the routed soldiers one after another…

Before retreating, they did the last thing—burning the camp.

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The rescue team led by Marco hadn’t arrived yet, and the news that “the Dionians actually retreated back to the city” really exceeded his expectations.

In his opinion, Dai After the successful night attack of the Onian people, they will definitely take advantage of the victory to chase down the troops and expand the victory, which gave him time to surround them, but the calm and decisiveness of the Dionysian people let his plan fail, and came in a hurry. The reinforcements had to become the fire brigade.

As the vanguard, Lusitalia reluctantly chased after him, but was attacked by the long-range defenders of the city head who had been prepared. After paying some casualties, he had to retreat.

In this night attack, the Dionias only suffered more than 400 casualties, but nearly 4,000 Carthaginian troops were killed and wounded, half of which were caused by the Carthaginian soldiers pushing and trampling each other when they fled in the dark.

At the same time, 1/3 of the eastern barracks was burned to a white area, and the Carthaginian army suffered heavy losses.

After Marco returned to the tent, he was unable to fall asleep. He was still brooding about the failure this time. The tenacious fighting will and the changeable tactics of the far less powerful Dionians shocked him and made him realize Until the huge force paralyzed himself, making his response to the battle situation slowed down.

After a painful remorse, he used this as an excuse the next day to forcefully dismiss most of the Carthaginian generals, and let the senior officers who had followed him in the Iberian Peninsula for many years take over the Carthaginian army, and began to fight against the Carthaginian army. It is reprogrammed and trained.

At the same time, he put a hold on the construction of the earthen wall and stepped up repairs to the humble camp.

Of course, the fire last night caused the Carthaginians to lose a lot of materials, and Marco sent a messenger to notify the lord of Lilibe, Imisere, to deliver a batch of materials to the camp.

There is no shortage of supplies in the city of Lilibe for the time being, but the manpower is insufficient, and the labor of the port has to be temporarily recruited.

When the team carrying the baggage was about to arrive at the Carthaginian camp, an accident occurred: a laborer from the port left the convoy under the pretext of being unwell, trying to escape from the team, and was found by the patrolling cavalry in the middle. Under their pursuit, the laborer Jump off cliffs and fall into the sea.

To the Carthaginians, it was a trivial matter, and no one mentioned it again when the convoy arrived at the camp.

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These two days, Myrtias’s uneasy mood has improved a little, because the Sicilian fleet made great efforts in the night raid operation the previous night, not only won a big victory, And the casualties were minor. He believed that the Ministry of Military Affairs would reduce its dissatisfaction with him after receiving this good news.

After breakfast, he was ready to go to the dock, command the fleet to leave the port, and go to cruise in the western waters of Sicily.

Although the Carthaginian army landed in Sicily, to support such a huge army, the help of the Carthaginian allies in the west of Sicily was not enough, and more materials needed continuous transportation from the African continent across the sea. Come over, this requires the Sicilian fleet to cut off the route between Carthage and Sicily. Over time, the Carthaginian army will fall into the predicament of insufficient material supply, so now Myrtias does not dare to slack off.

But before he left the house, the gate of the courtyard was suddenly pushed open, and the guards rushed in: “General, good news! Lord Sekelian… is still alive! He… he is back!”

Myrtias thought in his heart Startled, looking at the excited look of the guard, he asked subconsciously, “Who are you saying is alive?!”

“Myrtias, blessed by Hades, of course I am still alive!” Accompanied by this familiar voice, the door appeared A familiar figure appeared.

“Ah… Lord Sekelian!” Myrtias hurriedly gave a military salute.

At this time, Sekelian’s face was thin and tired, and he was tightly wrapped in a red cloak. He said eagerly: “Get me something to eat, I’m starving to death.”

“Go to the kitchen and put the Reheat the porridge, reheat the bread, and fry a few fish…” Myrtias hurriedly instructed the guards.

“It’s hot, just bring the bread and porridge, and I’ll fill my stomach first.” Sekelian said impatiently, then turned around and said to the fleet officers who accompanied him here: “Brothers, hurry up Go back to carry out your tasks, you will be punished for delaying, and I will have a good chat with you when I have a good rest.”

A large group of crew members crowded outside the door listened to Sekelian’s persuasion and left the house reluctantly. , returning to the dock, the news of “Sekelian came back alive” quickly spread throughout the entire fleet, and every crew member was excited, because it was a miracle that the Admiral and the hero they thought had died came back!

Seeing Sekelian gobbling down his breakfast, Miltias choked up everything he wanted to say, until Sekerian burped and stopped eating, putting his hands on the wooden table and staring blankly. A clay pot with porridge.

After a while, he said in a low tone: “On the way here, the brothers told me… Flarios died in battle, the entire Sicilian fleet was almost destroyed by the storm, and many brothers were drowned…”

Miltias watched Seklian lean forward slowly, as if he was about to collapse on the wooden table. He was about to speak when he heard a “pop”, and Sekerian’s right hand suddenly slammed. He patted it on the wooden table, almost knocking over the pot on the table, but he straightened his back again: “However, we still have dozens of warships preserved, but the Carthaginian fleet was completely wiped out, We also took the opportunity to occupy Serinus, so my Sicilian fleet won that naval battle!”

Self-confidence returned to Sekelian’s face, and of course Myrtias would not argue with him, and in the stormy day Whether the decisive battle of the Carthaginian fleet was right or wrong, UU read the book www.sonicmtl.com but took the opportunity to raise the doubts in his heart: “Sir, we have been looking for you for a while, but have not been able to find it, where have you been? ”

I’m in Lillibee.” Sekelian said lightly.

“You…you were captured by the Carthaginians?!” Myrtias was taken aback: Why did the Carthaginians who came to exchange captives never mention this?

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“Of course not.” Sekelian recalled painfully: “…after that storm, I woke up and found myself lying on the beach surrounded by drowning and unconscious crew…I wanted to wake them up, but I saw When the Carthaginians rushed to the beach, I didn’t want to be captured by them and swam back into the sea…

But I was tired and hungry at the time, and it didn’t take long for me to be exhausted. There happened to be a few slow-moving Carthaginian ships. Searching for survivors of the shipwreck nearby… In desperation, I dived into the water, took advantage of the darkness of the night, and while the Carthaginians were not paying attention, I grabbed the broadside of a large ship that was about to return, and was taken in. Lilibe Port.

Because of storms and shipwrecks, there was a lot of chaos in Lilibe Port, so I was able to board the wharf quietly. Later, with the help of my Greek compatriots in the port, I temporarily lurked in Lilibe… I later recalled , the beach where I was lying at that time was probably between Mazara and Lilibe…

Since the Lilibe people were afraid of being attacked by our army, the city was always heavily guarded, and it was difficult for me to go out. After the Taiji army landed, we need to transport the baggage, I am afraid I am still waiting for the opportunity in Lilibe City, but——”

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