Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 987

[Chapter 325 Davos’ Strategic Adjustment]

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“Yes, Hadrummentum.” Seklian said loudly: “Don’t look at it is far away from us, but because of the long distance, the Carthaginians must have neglected to take precautions. More importantly, the Sicilian fleet used to be It was attacked and suffered heavy losses, and even Myrtias was killed in battle, and it was only after the interrogation that the prisoners learned that the fleet that attacked us was from the Phoenicians of the Eastern Continent, and their fleet was stationed here!”

Sekley Ann tapped Hadrumentum’s icon with a strong finger, and said bitterly: “Since these East Phoenicians who have never been to the Western Mediterranean before can successfully attack our army from Hadrummentum. Fleet, of course we can also successfully attack Hadrummentum, destroy their remaining warships, capture them all, and avenge our dead brothers!” The

three listened and nodded solemnly.

So, the three made active preparations according to Sekelian’s request.

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On the second day, at the Dionysian camp in Minoa, Davos read Sekelian’s letter and couldn’t help sighing: “This Cykrian, ready to take risks again!”

Tormid took the letter and read it together with Printols, and said with relief: “Your Majesty, Cykrian’s thoughts are not in line with your next plan. ?!”

“If the Sissi fleet successfully attacked Hadrummentum, maybe… the Carthaginian Senate will really force the Carthaginian army in Sicily to attack us.” Plintors also said with consideration. .

“Since Cykrian is willing to take risks, let him attack. When the Third Fleet arrives, let Midorades take on some more cruising tasks.” Davos thought for a while, and said solemnly: “But remind me He, don’t underestimate the fleet commander of Carthage. When raiding the coast of Africa, you need to fully consider all kinds of unexpected situations and make adequate preparations…”

“I’ll reply to him right away.” Tolmi De said.

At this time, Martius walked into the big tent: “Your Majesty, a letter from the Third Fleet.”

Midorades received our order so quickly?

!

Davos was subconsciously surprised, but he immediately understood: it was impossible, it would take at least three days to travel from Minoa to Alenia, and even to the Trina Naval Base would take at least two days. God, it was impossible for Midorades to receive the order and respond in such a short period of time.

So he opened the letter curiously, and then exclaimed: “Midorades and Tiger Tinos actually raided Saint Ibinia in Sardinia, and also captured Saros!”

Upon hearing this, Thormid and Printols hurriedly came over to read the battle

report.

“This Midoradus is very surprising!” Davers sighed again.

“Your Majesty, the navy has an extra senior general who can win battles. This is the blessing of Hades, and it increases the kingdom’s chances of defeating Carthage!” Thormed immediately congratulated Davos.

“This is really a happy trouble!” Davos looked at the two of them and asked, “Now that the Third Fleet and the Ninth Legion have won such a great victory in Sardinia, they are allowed to continue in Sardinia. Should

Nia expand the results of the battle? Or should the Third Fleet be transferred back as originally planned?”

“Your Majesty.” The only Phoenician army on the island of Nia, and it has also captured the important Sardinian towns of Saros and the port of St. Ibinia, so it can be said that it has successfully completed the ‘Destruction of Sardinia you handed them to them’ The mission of transporting precious metals to Carthage’, the island’s St. Ibinia and other Phoenician city-states, under the threat of the Ninth Legion, could no longer risk metal smelting and transport, and the island no longer had any The strength can compete with the relatively neat Ninth Legion, and after stabilizing the order of Saros, Tiger Delos can continue to attack the nearby weak Phoenician towns…”

“What do you mean… The plan of the Third Fleet to transfer to Sicily remains unchanged, and let the Ninth Army independently undertake the task of conquering Sardinia.” Davos tapped his finger on the back of the chair and asked.

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

Davos pondered for a while, then whispered: “Carthage needs the precious metals of Sardinia to support their war, and our treasury is in urgent need of gold and silver! It’s just that Tigertinos only knows how to fight, but he doesn’t know how to manage towns…”

He thought for a while, then turned to look at Henepolis, who was sitting quietly recording, and said loudly: “Heney, you immediately write to the Senate. , let them immediately elect an elder with strong political ability to serve as the chief executive of Saros. His main task is to manage the Phoenician towns conquered by the Ninth Legion, restore the production of precious metals there, and provide the kingdom with sufficient Sardinian Nia precious metals.”

Governing the Phoenician towns conquered by the Ninth Legion?

In case, the Ninth Legion conquered all the Phoenician towns on Sardinia, wouldn’t the administrator of Saros become the governor of Sardinia?

… Henipolis wanted to remind Davos when he heard it, but he thought about it and dismissed it.

After all, as a half-scholar, Henipolis had read the information about Sardinia, followed Davos during this time, and even knew some secrets: “…Carthage in order to better control Sardinia Asia, the towns of Sardinia are not allowed to have too much power, so they consciously control the population of various Phoenician towns. The most commonly used methods are two methods: reducing the input of food and encouraging or even forcing overpopulated ones. The towns were built as colonial cities, and new towns were built on the African continent and within the control of Carthage. Therefore, except for Saros and Kararis, which had a population of tens of thousands, other Phoenician towns in Sardinia The population is less than 10,000, and even many towns have a population of less than

5,000. The reason why Saros has a large population is not because they have fertile riverside plains, but because Carthage needs Saros to have enough population for Saint Ibini The smelting and transportation of precious metals in Asia provided labor, and when St. Ibinia was in sudden danger, Saros could provide swift force protection nearby. Of course, the power to send troops was in the hands of the Carthaginian judges.

As for Kararis, because Carthage used it as the main port for the trade of goods in Sardinia, it of course needed enough manpower to load and unload goods, transport goods to other towns, and provide accommodation for Carthaginian merchants , entertainment and other services…

Therefore, according to the estimates of the Dionysian intelligence service, the Phoenician population of the whole island of Sardinia is far less than that of the city of Turii, and it is the same as Crotone and Kata. The populations of large cities like Nye and Tarantom are about the same… Maybe that’s why, His Majesty felt that the position of a chief executive was enough.

Henepolis

looked at Davos, but his mind was full of thoughts.

Of course Davos didn’t know that Henepolis was thinking so much at this moment, and he continued: “Tormide, You write a letter to the Ministry of Military Affairs and ask Hiros to find a way to send 3 to 4 brigades of reserve soldiers to Tegetinos to ensure that the Ninth Legion has enough troops to complete the conquest of Sardinia.

Thormed

did not respond immediately, but hesitated.

“Is there a problem?”

Davos asked.

“Your Majesty, there should be no problem with the Ministry of Military Affairs sending another 4,000 reserve soldiers to Sardinia.”

But according to your majesty’s vision, the more than 10,000 soldiers headed by the Ninth Legion will probably stay in Sardinia for a long time, which will be a huge consumption of military rations. Now the kingdom supplies the Sicilian army with military rations. I

have done my best…”

Davos showed a smile, and he said calmly: “It is because I know that the kingdom has done its best to support this war, so I want Tigertino. After conquering Sardinia, when the chief executive of Saros was in place and the reserve soldiers arrived, the first target of Tigertinos’ attack should be St. Ibinia. After capturing it, the chief executive would reorganize the manpower. , UU read www.sonicmtl.com to mine ores, smelt metals, and then ship precious metals back to Turii, the kingdom’s treasury will be replenished, and this new money can be used to go to Cyrenaica, Egypt, and Eoke. Hai’s purchase of food can not only meet the military ration supply of more than 10,000 people in Tigertinos, but also greatly ease the financial burden of the kingdom… Therefore, in the letter to the Senate and the Ministry of Military Affairs, we should focus on this issue.

”

Henipolis had already guessed what Davos was thinking, so his expression was relatively calm, while Tormid and Plintors suddenly realized, and Tormid repeatedly expressed admiration for Davos’ decision.

“Any war is launched to serve the interests of the kingdom. If it is just for the sake of war, even if we can win, but it is not good for us, then there is no need to start this war.” Davers couldn’t help but say more. One sentence, seeing the two of them thinking about it, he paused for a while, and then changed the subject: “Our original plan was to transfer the Third Fleet to be stationed on the north coast of Sicily, under the command of Sekelian, and jointly The blockade of the western waters of Sicily. But now that Midorades has made new contributions, I am transferring the Third Fleet to Sicily at this time and obeying the command of Sekelian. Will he be a little dissatisfied?”

“Your Majesty, As far as I know, Midorades is not a person with a flamboyant personality, and he has never made any excessive demands to the Ministry of Military Affairs. He should not have any dissatisfaction, and after all, Cykrian is his former commander. “…” Thormed said in relief.