Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 984

[Chapter 322 Sneak attack on Saros]

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In fact, the military attack planned by Midorades and Tigertinos this time is a replica of the last time the Third Fleet used a strategy to capture Alenia.

Midorades has long had the idea of attacking the financial processing center of Santa Ibinia, but the failure of the previous attack on Sardinia made him realize the lack of his own strength. The special terrain of the city of Santa Ibinia made Even if the fleet infantry attacked successfully, it would be difficult for him to escape successfully under the attack of the Phoenician coalition forces that arrived later, but with the addition of the Ninth Army, his strength was greatly enhanced and he decided to implement this plan.

After negotiating with Tigertinos, he further refined the plan in order to obtain a greater victory.

They carefully learned the specific situation on the island from the prisoners captured in the previous raids on Sardinia, and when they cruised Sardinia many times, they surveyed the topography of the coast, formulated the method of landing, and made a landing on the island. Lenia went through a number of rehearsals before starting to practice.

The first few cargo ships that entered the port of St. Ibinia were captured by the previous Third Fleet, but the crew who drove the cargo ships were from Alenia. They were all mixed descendants of Phoenicians and Greeks. Or the accent is the same as the Phoenician, but in Alenia, he has a low status, no social status, and can only sell coolies in the port.

After the Third Fleet occupied Alenia, they were allowed to apply to become citizens of Dioria. Before becoming full citizens, they could lease land and own land after becoming citizens. Naturally, they had their support and were eager to make meritorious deeds.

On the deck of the battleship of the Third Fleet, which had been wandering near the coast, there were no other soldiers except the infantry of the fleet. This made the spies of Santa Ibinia City have a wrong judgment. In fact, the soldiers of the Ninth Legion were hiding in the cabin. They didn’t get out of the hold until the warship squeezed into the harbour.

Attacking the city of St. Ibinia was just a way for Midorades to lure the Phoenician coalition to come to aid, but neither Midorades nor Tigertinos had this idea for the time being to capture it. After all, St. Ibinia was far away from the Philippines. The Nikians are in the core area of Sardinia, and the traffic with other Phoenician towns is not convenient. If you just want to destroy the precious metal supply from Sardinia to Carthage, the capture of St. Ibinia will undoubtedly achieve the goal. , but since the Phoenician coalition had been hit hard as planned, a large number of routed soldiers were captured, and the way back was cut off, making it impossible for other routed soldiers to escape to the south in time, resulting in an empty southern Sardinia defense, Midorad. Naturally, the appetites of Si and Tigertinos increased, and they immediately aimed at Saros. Once they captured the Phoenician town in Sardinia, they gained an excellent port and The abundant supplies will be more conducive to the Ninth Legion’s next battle in Sardinia.

With the experience of capturing Alenia last time, the Dionian soldiers followed the plan after some preparation.

In order to allow the Alenians who joined the Kingdom of Dionia to go all out, Midorades also made a promise: as long as the plan is successful this time, he will apply to the Ministry of Household Registration, so that they will immediately obtain the status of reserve citizens .

So these Alenians happily maneuvered 15 cargo ships parked in the port of Santa Ibinia, the ships

were piled with dazzling silver ingots, and sailed away from the port.

In order to ensure sufficient cargo capacity, this Carthaginian cargo ship transporting precious metals has a wider hull and a longer hull, and requires at least 20 sailors. The number of Alenia involved in this operation is simply not enough, not to mention the Some Alenians were going to pretend to be officers of the Phoenician coalition, so most of the sailors were served by fleet infantry, and the Alenians were mainly captains and helmsmen.

The 15 cargo ships slowly headed south, following the speed of the Dionian army of the fake Phoenician coalition on the coast road.

When it was dark in the evening, the fleet arrived at the port of Saros.

Faced with the questioning of the Carthaginian patrol ship, the captains who had already had one experience replied calmly: “The coalition has defeated the Dionysian army that attacked St. Ibinia. Considering the safety, Lord Jizebe (Phoenician) Commander of the Allied Forces) Let us transport the smelted silver nuggets to the city of Saros for storage.”

Hearing the news of the victory of the Phoenician Allied Forces, the crew of the patrol boat were excited, and the dazzling silver nuggets of the ship also attracted Their eyeballs, not only were they completely unsuspecting, but they didn’t even notice the sailor played by the Greeks, obscured by the night.

Thus, the fleet was allowed to enter the port.

You must know that the geographical location of the city of Saros is very special. It is built beside a vast lagoon, which has a long and narrow waterway and a large bay outside. Therefore, Saros has two ports, one built in the bay , One was built in the urban area. Considering the importance of these silver nuggets, the patrol boat made a decision: let these fleets enter the inner harbor.

However, the distance from the bay to the inner harbour is eight miles apart, and it has to pass through a long and narrow channel and two water gates. Because it is night, the patrol boat leading the way is slow to sail, and the crew members of the fleet following behind are very anxious, but they do not care. Dare to show it, because according to the original plan, this fleet docked at the outer port, then occupied the port, opened the water gate, and let the third fleet full of soldiers from the Ninth Legion enter, and then rushed to reinforce the troops in the deceived city.

Now the plan has been disrupted. The captains disguised by the Alenians are all at a loss. Although the sailors disguised as infantrymen of the fleet were a little panic at first, they went ashore many times to attack the Phoenicians. They were very courageous and quickly He calmed down, comforted the Alenians in a low voice, and began to prepare for an emergency.

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At the same time, the sentry at the head of the city of Saros saw thousands of Phoenician soldiers, escorting more than 100 prisoners, and kicked them to the bottom of the city. , and then his team officer told the guards at the head of the city: “Master Jizebe has already led his army to defeat the Dionysians and is on the way back. As the vanguard, they will come back first to tell the people the good news.”

At this time, the news that “the coalition had won” had already come from the water gate of the lagoon, and the sentinels did not suspect him. They not only opened the city gate, but also ran down the city excitedly, wanting to ask the whole After the victory of the battle, they were greeted by sharp spears.

After 1,000 fleet infantry disguised as Phoenician soldiers killed the city head sentry, leaving 100 people and more than 100 people disguised as prisoners to control the north gate, and sent the remaining 900 people along the street, while hacking and killing the encountered The Saros people, creating chaos, rushed toward the center of the city.

On this night, most of the people of Saros did not sleep peacefully, because they were thinking about their relatives in the Phoenician coalition who were out on the expedition, and suddenly heard the sudden killing, and heard the fleeing people shouting: “The Dionysians have come in!” They were all panicked.

At this time, the alarm bell in the central square of the city was also sounded. Although the Phoenician coalition had recruited many Saros citizens, some of them remained in the city. They heard the bell of emergency mobilization, and subconsciously put on their armor and picked up Weapons, quickly rushed to the city square.

Saros is a Phoenician town with a large urban area. In addition, it was night. The fleet infantry of the Third Fleet followed the map and took a lot of wrong paths. When they arrived at the city square of Saros and the municipality next to it. At the time of the meeting, more than 400 Saros civic soldiers had gathered in the square.

Thus, the two sides launched a fierce battle here.

Although the Saros people had few soldiers, they fought to defend their homeland and acted very heroically, making it impossible for the fleet infantry, twice the number of the other side, to defeat them in a short period of time. After the people of Saros experienced the initial panic, Under the organization of city hall officials, they rushed to the square from all directions, but instead surrounded the fleet infantry.

In order to hurry, the infantry of the fleet wore the light armor of the Phoenician coalition, with only a leather helmet, a circular wooden shield, and a spear. They were completely unafraid, and under the command of the team officers, they quickly formed a defensive circle to fight against the enemies on all sides.

The people of Saros were stabbed from time to time, but people from the rear soon took over. The sound of fighting and screams continued to sound, but the people in the city gradually calmed down. , the square became the focus of attention of the people of Saros this night. In order to drive out the foreign enemy, there were constantly courageous people who came to help with rusty spears and wooden sticks.

The entire square was illuminated by torches, and the infantrymen of the Dionysian Fleet were surrounded by the inner three floors and the outer three floors

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The fleet disguised by the Dionians finally moored in the inner harbor. Although it was already night, considering that the cargo ships were all carrying precious silver nuggets, for the sake of To be safe, they must be unloaded at night, transported to a warehouse, and kept for safekeeping.

Therefore, while the port officials went to inform the dock workers who had rested, they also asked the crew of the cargo ship to help unload the cargo together.

Alenia’s captains were afraid of causing a quarrel and arousing the vigilance of the other party after refusing, so they agreed, but deliberately delayed the time.

At this moment, the crew saw a group of people walking towards the dock. They were shirtless and seemed to be laborers to unload the cargo, but many of them had spears and shields in their hands, and they immediately became alert.

There are 15 cargo ships, each with an average of 20 sailors, a total of more than 300 people, including 240 fleet infantry.

As the actual commander of this fleet, the company captain of the fleet infantry shouted decisively: “Prepare for battle!”