Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 929

[Chapter 276 The Persistence of Leotides]

Cypros looked at the expressionless face of Leotizides, suspecting that his last sentence was intentional, because the main purpose of his coming here was for the people of Katanai to demand to repel the terrorists in Qatar. Regarding the raging Carthaginian cavalry on the plain of Tania, he coughed dryly, and quickly thought of a new topic: “I haven’t received a new battle report for several days, what is going on in the south of the plain of Catania now? A situation?”

When it comes to the military, Leotidides’ interest comes, of course, the premise is that Cypros, as the wartime governor, is qualified to understand the whole war situation, and Leotidides is also Needing to explain his next strategy to him in order to gain his support, he reached out and asked Cypros to sit down.

Then, Leotidides pointed to the map and said to him: “In the past two days, the reconnaissance cavalry we sent out either disappeared or was injured and fled back, and there was no new information at all. The Carthaginian cavalry Not only are they sabotaging the plains of Catania, they are blocking our connection to the south of the plains of Catania, we don’t know what’s going on with the 7th Legion now, or what’s going on in Paragonia Now, I don’t know what happened to Leotini. The only thing I know is that Taunis was surrounded by the Syracuses, but the Syracuse army did not attack with full force… This is the speedboat of the Sicilian fleet every time. I believe you already know all the reports that must be done in a day, except for this.”

Leothyides pointed out Paragonia, Hena, Leotine, and the north side of the map on the wooden map. The new military camp of Catania in the distance, and then drew a large circle in the west and south of Catania City, which almost covered most of the Catania plain, and said in a solemn tone: “This large area has been completely Overshadowed by the Carthaginian cavalry, we now neither know the situation of the Seventh Legion and the allies in the south, nor the position and movement of the enemy army, so under such circumstances, we sent the army out of the city to attack the Carthaginian cavalry, Maybe not long after leaving the city, he will directly collide with the Carthaginian army.” At the

end, Leotizides turned his words around to the previous issue, Cypros didn’t care, Leotizides’ words Having made him feel the seriousness of the whole battle situation, he asked worriedly: “So, according to your judgment, what might the Carthaginian army be doing now?”

Leotidas stared at the map, reproached himself, and said confidently: “Although I… ignored before that the huge Carthaginian cavalry would cover the entire battlefield, making it impossible for us everywhere to easily. Getting in touch prevented some of the previous plans from being implemented, but I can still guess the movement of the Carthaginians, they were either attacking Paragonia or Leotine, because they only had these two Option.

By capturing Palagonia, the Carthaginians could not only open up the flat road from Camerina to the Catania plain, to facilitate the transportation of their military provisions and goods, but also support the encirclement of Hena nearby. Another Carthaginian army, after all, Hena and Palagonia are not too far apart. As long as Hena is captured again, the entire southwest area of the Catania Plain will be completely under the control of the Carthaginians.

If the Carthaginians attack Leotine, as long as they capture it, the Carthaginian army will either continue to the north, bypass Lake Leothine, and

attack

Our new barracks; either lead the army to the east, join forces with the Syracuses, and take Taunis with all their might, and if Taunis falls, their allied forces will go straight to Katanai.”

After listening to Leotides , Cypros looked dignified, lost in thought, and then asked uncertainly: “Listen to what you mean, the

Carthaginians are most likely to choose to attack Paragonia?” He

is indeed the most capable in Sicily The Chief Executive, even if he is not in command of the battle, he can find the correct answer through his excellent political sense…Leotizides nodded approvingly in his heart and said: “I think that although the Carthaginians and Syracuses are now They have united against us Dionia, but after all, they have been fighting each other for decades, and the relationship cannot be very close. If Carthage chooses to attack Leotine and Taunis, then its military rations will be transported. Relying on the Syracuses for the most part, I don’t think any army commander can completely trust the food transportation line, which is related to the life and death of the army, to an ally who was a mortal enemy a few years ago.

After the capture of Palagonia, the rear of the Carthaginians was completely controlled by their own people. They could not only attack our Catanes with confidence, but also attack Hena, Agilion, and Herbita. The Kell Mountains are all occupied. At that time, they will not only threaten Katanai, but also Naxos and Sikuli, and the Carthaginians will have more choices.

Cypros

was even more worried, and he asked urgently, “Can Paragonia hold on?

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Leotizides hesitated for a moment, and then said with certainty: “Lord Cypros, you should know that when the Carthaginians hadn’t really participated in the war a few months ago, we had already put Palagoni on the ground.” As a fortress to defend against the attack of the Carthaginians, Asia has been continuously strengthening its city defenses and building a large number of defensive facilities. Therefore, Palagonia blocked the Carthaginian attacks for several days before. The Carthaginians Not even breaking through the outer perimeter of Palagonia.

Originally, there were 2,000 Legion Reserve soldiers in the town of Palagonia, and the Seventh Legion sent an additional 2,000 soldiers a few days ago, which was enough for a small defensive fortress.

Even if the Carthaginians are attacking from its north, even if they send all their troops, they will not be able to attack in a short time, and what we need most now is to delay time.

Cypros

understood that Leoticides was referring to the reinforcements of the kingdom that would come, but he still seemed a little worried: “I don’t know much about the military, and I don’t know much about the current changes in the war situation, but if only Passively beaten, hoping that the Carthaginians will do exactly what we want, I’m worried that there will be any accident!

Leotides

raised his head, stared at Cypros, and said in a serious tone: “Does Lord Cypros really think that I’m just sitting at home and doing nothing these days?

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Cypros heard the dissatisfaction in Leotizides’ words, but his expression remained unchanged and he did not respond.

Leotizides

looked at him coldly for a while, and then continued: “This time Carthage The number of the Carthaginian army greatly exceeds ours, and the combat effectiveness is not weak, and the arms are also very complete. We really cannot confront them head-on, but this does not mean that the Carthaginian army has no shortcomings. Their biggest shortcoming is the military rations. transportation!

Even though the autumn harvest has just ended, the Carthaginians have obtained food from the city-states on the south coast, and there may also be assistance from the Syracuses, but for such an army of up to 100,000 soldiers, it is still a long way to go. It is far from enough. According to my inference, the food supply in Sicily may only last a month or two for the Carthaginian army. They need the soil of Carthage to send them more food, but you see”

Leotides His finger pointed at the icon of the city of Carthage on the map, and then crossed the western sea area to the west of Sicily, and then along the southern coastline all the way to Palagonia, his tone was still cold, but his eyes were obviously brighter: ” With such a long grain transportation line, it was difficult for the Carthaginians to ensure its safety.

After the failure of the Carthaginian army to attack Paragonia from the south, I decided that they were going to cross the mountains, so I specially contacted the Sikers and asked them to organize warriors and sneak into the mountains on the southern edge of the Catania plain. Waiting for the opportunity to attack the Carthaginian food team, but unfortunately… There are a lot of Iberian natives in the Carthaginian army. They are very good at fighting in the mountains, so that the Sikel people have not achieved any results so far, but as long as The Sikel warriors have always been active in that area, and the Carthaginians never dared to relax their vigilance, which would involve a lot of their energy.

Moreover, Sekelian led the Sicilian fleet to patrol the south coast at all times. As long as the Carthaginian grain transport team was found, he could land at any time and send the fleet infantry to attack.

I also negotiated with Sekelian, as long as he thinks it is feasible, I can assign thousands of soldiers to his command at any time, and take the Sicilian fleet to retake any city-state on the south coast, and even capture the Phoenician towns in western Sicily… … The larger the Carthaginian army, the quicker the collapse of its army would have been if the grain transport lines were cut off.

Having

said that, Leotidides’ eyes were like electricity, looking directly at Cypros, and said firmly: “So we don’t have to fear the aggressive attack of the Carthaginians. The village was burned down, and it can be rebuilt. The farmland can be rebuilt.” Destroyed, the land is still there, and as long as we hold on to Catane and wait for the moment, the Carthaginian army will reveal their Agreus heel, and by then” Leotides’ right hand slammed hard. Hack down.

After a while, Cypros smiled: “I am relieved to hear what you said, Lord Prosius. You can also rest assured that I will find a way to appease the people.”

After Cypros left, Leotizid Si is still looking at the map, his eyes are focused on the icon of Palagonia, there is a worry in his heart that he didn’t say just now: how long can Palagonia hold on?

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At this time, the adjutant Taglu came in and said, “Your Excellency, Artemis wants to see you.”

Leotizides’ face sank: “I have told him several times, now When the cavalry is not attacking, why can’t he listen.”