Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 993

[Chapter 331]

The people of Taunis gathered and collectively suggested to the council: the entire city-state should be completely merged into the Kingdom of Dionia, and the citizens of Taunis should become citizens of Dionia.

The council soon decided to convene an emergency citizens’ assembly to vote on the issue of “whether to join Dionia.”

Voting results: The resolution was passed with more than 90% of citizens in favor.

Taunis immediately sent messengers to Syracuse, showing Cypros the strong will of the Taunis people.

Cypros certainly welcomed it very much, but he said: This matter is of great importance, and he needs to ask King Davos for instructions and report to the Senate.

This matter was quickly learned by the people of Leotinian, who followed suit and sent messengers to Cypros soon after.

During this period, Davos’s “Order of Leotidides to lead his troops to the north coast” and the subsequent arrival of the Third Fleet made Leotides and Zantiparis no longer have to worry about having nothing to do .

Cypros, Leotides, Zantiparis, and Midorades soon convened a military meeting.

“Your Majesty has sent a letter asking us to carry out military operations on the north coast as soon as possible.” As the host of this military meeting, Cypros was very modest: “I hope that a plan can be discussed at this meeting and submitted to To Your Majesty. Of course, this plan is up to you to decide. Although your expedition will increase the consumption of military rations, and will also cause the cities and towns to lack labor during winter sowing, I will try my best to ensure the army’s food and material supply.

” As soon as Lost finished speaking, Leotidides said, “Your Majesty asked us to choose a foothold on the north coast in his order, so that the Third Fleet can easily cruise the western waters of Sicily. My plan is to capture this place. ‘

said Leotides, pointing to somewhere on the map.

Palermos!

Zantiparis was startled, and quickly said: “Will it be too dangerous? Palermos is a big city-state, not far from the army of Carthage, in case we can’t capture it in a short time. This city, and the army of Carthage will soon come to help, we will be in trouble!”

“Neither Siedium, Solus, nor the ruins of Himera have a large enough port to accommodate the Third Fleet, It also takes manpower and time to rebuild, and only Palermos has the conditions for the Third Fleet to settle in.” Leotizides said this to Midorades, and then he turned his head and praised. Tiparis said: “It’s not long since you arrived in Sicily, and you don’t know much about the topography of Palermos. It is surrounded by tall mountains, and there are only three roads on land that connect with the outside, and

a relatively long and narrow road.

The mountain road connects Eryx to the south, a rough seaside road connects Eryx, and an eastward seaside road leads to Solus. As long as we block the southward mountain pass and the seaside path, it can be easily blocked Reinforcement of Carthage. As for Solus, if we send troops to rescue him, we can just annihilate him, and then take Solus along with him.”

“I heard you say that some of the Carthaginian army can be overturned. Aboriginal warriors from the mountains.” Zantiparis reminded.

“Yes, these natives are from Iberia. They once crossed the mountains in the battle of the Carthaginians against Seedium and attacked the rear of the defenders of Seedium, which led to the fall of this friendly city-state. . But as long as we raise our alert, the sudden attack of the Carthaginians is impossible, and the heights of the mountains around Palermos are above five or six hundred meters, which is not so easy to climb, even if those Iberian natives can Come here, I believe that we are already exhausted, we are waiting for the work, just in time to defeat them.” Leotiqides said confidently.

“Prosusus, you convinced me.” Zantiparis said seriously. The reason why he asked repeatedly just now was just out of caution and wanted to remind Leotizides to pay attention to these problems, although They are also mercenary generals in the expedition to Persia, but he is very different from Amyntas. He has a mild personality and puts his position in the right place. He did not have less seniority than himself because of Leotizides. , he refused to obey the young commander’s orders. On the contrary, in the battle against Syracuse, he had been doing his best to implement the orders given by Leotidides, and earnestly assisting him in fighting, as a retired military officer. The veteran at home was able to get what he wanted and was promoted to the commander of the Dionysian Army, and he was very satisfied.

“I also agree with Lord Prosous’s plan.” Midorades nodded and said, of course, he could not ask for the port of Palermos to dock the Third Fleet.

He looked at Leotidides, then at Zantiparis, a little curious, he had never worked with Leotides before, but had heard something about the young commander , When I saw it today, it was just as rumored that he ignored the superiority and inferiority, liked to go his own way, and acted arbitrarily. Fortunately, he was a navy.

“You are going to attack Palermos, I agree! But don’t you all take the soldiers away, don’t forget that there are still enemies on Ortigia Island, the main city of Syracuse has just been occupied, not too Stable, there are thousands of prisoners in the city…” Cypros reminded.

“I’ll take the seventh and eighth legions to the north coast.” Leotizides said simply.

Just two armies?

!

You have taken away all the regular troops in the Sicilian territory!

… Cypros murmured in his heart, but fortunately he knew Leotidides and had already prepared: “Can we keep the wounded soldiers in the two legions? On the one hand, it will help them recover, on the other hand, I think Let them temporarily serve as team officers, responsible for training and commanding the citizens of the port area of Syracuse, and the citizens of Taunis and Leotine who will soon join the kingdom.

In addition, the thousands of dollars you have earned in previous battles Can you lend me a set of Greek heavy infantry armor and weapons temporarily to arm these citizens of the port area, stabilize the order in the city, and guard against the enemy on Ortigia Island.”

Leotides thought for a moment, then nodded in agreement.

At this time, Midorades said: “Lord Cypros, regarding the prisoners in Syracuse, I have a suggestion… The Ninth Legion occupied the city of Saros in Sardinia. Your Majesty hopes that we can Control the production and trade of precious metals on Sardinia Island as soon as possible, which requires a lot of manpower. Can all the prisoners in Syracuse be transported to Saros, and the Ninth Legion can transport the prisoners of Saros to Tin Lacuza, become the labor you need to rebuild Syracuse…”

Cypros’ eyes lit up: “This is a good idea! But we must first obtain the consent of His Majesty and the Senate.”

Syracuse People never imagined that: a few decades ago, they took more than 6,000 captive Athenian soldiers to the quarry to work as laborers, and in the end, none of them survived, but now the feng shui turns, they become slaves of Dionia and will go to Sacramento. Dynia is the labor of mining, fate is cruel!

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The news that “the Carthaginian army has resumed the siege of Serinus” came back to Minoa, which attracted the attention of Davos, who ignored Thor Mead’s dissuasion, decided to go to Serinus to check, along with Alexis and Amintas.

Escorted by 40 warships, Davos arrived at the port of Serinus.

After receiving the news, the former First Division Captain of the Eighth Army and the current interim military commander of Serinus, Karsidis, hurried to the pier to greet him.

“Your Majesty, the interim commander of Serinus, Karsidis, salutes you!”

“Thank you, Karsidis! Although today is the first time you and I have met, but after reading the battle report of Prosous , I’ve been worrying about you all the time! I’m worried that you can defend such an important city of Serinus with only three or four thousand irregular soldiers. But you held it, it’s amazing!” Davos did not begrudge his Praise.

Karsidis was a little embarrassed, he said quickly: “Your Majesty, in fact, after the commander of Prosusus led the army to leave, the city of Serinus was no longer attacked by the Carthaginian army. In addition, Sicily, The fleet has also given us a lot of help.”

“The Sicilian fleet should contribute a little bit, and this is also their forward base.” Davos said casually, looked around, and saw the busy labor on the pier trestle. They asked, ”

Are

they slaves?

The slaves and freedmen of the citizens of Onia were left by us to serve as laborers in the port, and some of them were people who escaped after the fall of Minoa and Agrigento. Serinus has come to help defend against the Carthaginians. The real Serinus has long been escorted to Katanai, Naxos… to become slaves of the kingdom, and now the entire city of Serinus has been There are no Serinus people anymore…”

“Selinus is at the forefront of the war. It is very important to maintain the stability and security of the order in the city. I’m glad you did this.” Davos said approvingly.

Kalsidis led Davos and his party out of the port and into the city.

Then, they were amazed to see that the city was dusty and some Dionian soldiers were demolishing the houses near the city walls.

“What is this doing?” Amintas asked immediately.

“There are only nearly 4,000 soldiers living in the city, and most of the houses are vacant. We are going to dig trenches and arrange traps on the land where the houses were demolished. At the same time, we will use the obtained stones and bricks to build an inner wall, so that Even if the Carthaginians break through the city wall outside us, they will not be able to capture the city of Serinus.” Karsidis said firmly.