ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 1003: The response of the Lilibi defenders
Lilibi is a military fortress. It was originally established to deal with the army of the powerful Syracuse tyrant Dionysius, so half of the city is occupied by military camps. There are three military camps in total, located in the southeast of the city. , northwest and southwest.When Lilybi was first built, there were 3 soldiers stationed in the city. After the peace agreement was signed with Dionia, the number of soldiers stationed in Lilybi decreased year by year. At the least, there were only 1000 soldiers. After the Asian War began, the number of defenders once again surged to more than [-] people.

After Mago led his army to land in Sicily, he successively transferred many soldiers from the city. There are currently about 10000 troops in Lilibi, of which 2000 are Carthaginian soldiers and the other 8000 are Numibians. It seems that the number is not large. There are few, but their sources are mainly troops that suffered a disastrous defeat, low morale, and large gaps in their organization in the previous battle with Dionia. Mago replaced them with Lilibi in the hope that Yimisere would reintegrate them. Reorganize, train, and restore morale.

Yimiserei faithfully carried out this order. So far, he has done a good job and has gained some reputation among the defenders.What he was riding on now was the Southwest Military Camp, which was close to the port and housed 2000 Carthaginian soldiers.

Carthage's port and city were integrated and were not separated by internal walls. This made the transportation of goods and trade within the city more convenient, and also reflected the confidence of a powerful country in the Western Mediterranean.As a military fortress, Lilibi not only separates the port from the city, but the inner wall not only serves as a checkpoint, it is a real city wall, tall and strong, with many towers and peripheral city walls. No different.

By the time Yimisele arrived at the barracks, the soldiers in the camp had basically assembled, but a few young Carthaginian generals rushed to the playground in a panic, without helmets and incomplete armor.

Imisele was a little dissatisfied, but he did not reprimand him. Instead, he eagerly asked the team officers responsible for gathering the troops: "What happened at the port?!"

"The sentries just came to report that the Dionysians pretended to be our Carthaginian fleet, sneaked into the port, and were attacking the dock, but they... seemed not to be many in number, and they were not wearing armor..." The famous team officer said.

After hearing this, Imisele felt a little more relaxed, and he issued an order: the heavy infantry immediately entered the port and destroyed the enemies invading the dock; the light infantry went to the top of the city to attack the enemies and enemy ships in the port from a distance.

After giving the order, he was still a little worried, so he sent messengers to notify the other two military camps, asking the soldiers to gather and go to the top of the city to prepare defenses.

Even if the Dionysian fleet sneaked into the port, Yimisele was still confident in the defense of the port, so he had the illusion that Dionysia sent so few troops to attack the harbor, perhaps just to attract The attention of the defenders, while the real offensive was on land?
After all the team officers went to carry out the order, Yimiserei criticized the young generals: "Master Mago doesn't want you, saying that you only talk big words and completely lack the ability to lead troops, so he You threw it here, now is your chance to prove yourself, fight bravely! Fight for the honor of the Carthaginian nobles! Don't let others look down on your family again!..."

Several generals only said that they would never let the city lord down!
Yimisele watched them put on their armor again with the help of their slaves, and felt a little regretful: he had not strictly required them in the city before, but only when they were fighting did he realize how unbearable they were.

Fortunately, he listened to Mago's advice and promoted those civilians with combat experience and bravery to mid-level team officers, and he mainly relied on them for daily troop training.

The southwest military camp was built near the city gate leading from the port to the city. Yimisele quickly reached the top of the city. The sentries had erected burning torches on the battlements, so he could directly overlook the situation at the dock: There was already chaos there. Countless people who were awakened screamed and fled. Many of them were still naked. Dozens of Dionian soldiers holding leather shields and daggers drove them towards the city gate. There were already many people under the city. The people gathered, banging on the city gate desperately, begging loudly for the defenders to open the city gate and let them in... And on the pier at the pier, there were still some people escorted by dozens of Dionian soldiers, forcing them to let them in. They boarded a docked cargo ship...

"Sir, there are too many people in front of the city gate! If we open the city gate at this time, they will all rush in, and the soldiers under the city will not be able to stop them. It is very likely that these Dionians will be mixed in, too. Rushed in..." a team officer said worriedly.

A young Carthage general immediately retorted: "There is nothing to worry about. There are only a few enemies. Even if we let them enter the city, they will only come to die."

Yimiserei fell into deep thought: If the Dionians follow the crowd and rush into the city, fleeing around in the dark, it will indeed be a bit difficult to kill them, not to mention who among so many people in the port area knows Are there any spies who have sneaked into Dionia? What if they come to the city to cause havoc...

You must know that as an important military town, the city of Lilibi was very strictly controlled. At first, only the defenders, their families, officials and their families, as well as blacksmiths, carpenters, craftsmen and other military auxiliary personnel could live in the city.In peacetime, due to the prosperity of trade, Carthage's nobles were allowed to purchase land and live in the city. However, there was always a rule that they insisted on: except for the army and the residents of the city who were stationed in Lilibi, if other people did not No one is allowed to enter the city without permission.

It is precisely because Lilibi has very strict control over the entry and exit of the city that the security in the city is highly guaranteed. Therefore, the protection of some facilities in the city is somewhat lax, such as the baggage camp where military supplies are stored. Although most of the baggage is It has been transported to the Carthage army camp, but once it catches fire, Imisele's life will not be easy. The Senate's interrogation, Mago's questioning...

Imisele's hesitation was noticed by another young general, who immediately suggested: "Sir, the enemy is not large in number, so we can let the light infantry attack on the city."

Yimisere was a little hesitant. After all, he was the lord of Lilibi City. He not only wanted to destroy the enemy, but also managed the entire city.But there are few people in Dionia, and they are mixed with the people. Now it is night, and arrows and javelins fall. The more casualties will only be the Lilibi people, and it will also lead to greater chaos.If there are too many civilian casualties, the aftermath will be very troublesome, and it will also affect the operation of the entire port. The gain outweighs the loss.

"Go and notify General Ragnaka in the northwest military camp and ask him to lead his troops here immediately. Then open the city gate and attack the Dionians in the port!" After thinking about it, Yimisere finally gave the order. Order, he believed that the 4000 soldiers in the northwest military camp, plus the 1000 soldiers under the city, were enough to break through the congested city gate.

"Sir, it's too late. When Lagnaka arrives with his army, there will be more casualties among the people at the port!" the young general reminded anxiously.

Yimiserei glared at him impatiently, and based on his judgment: if the Dionians massacred people, the people would flee in all directions, and the problem of blocked city gates would be solved, and the Dionians' tricks would be solved. would go bankrupt, so there's no way they can do that.

So he said coldly: "Please remember, I am the lord of this city!"

After saying this, Imisele ignored these young Carthaginian generals and gave an order to the light infantry officers: "Your current task is to use rockets to attack the Dionian ships in the port. !"

"Sir, Dionia's ships are too far away and are beyond our range!"

At this time, Imisele turned his attention to the bay. Sure enough, he vaguely saw that the ships on the sea were leaning towards the natural breakwater. From the city wall here to the natural breakwater there, it was about 300 meters. Even if the city wall was higher than The sea surface is more than 10 meters, and the archers' shooting range cannot reach that far, so they have to rely on long-range attacks on the opposite city wall and embankment.

Yimisele's doubts arose: Why were there no torches lit on the opposite city wall?What are the soldiers in the barracks opposite doing? !

Imisele's eyes were cast diagonally forward. The position he was standing was further away from the small military camp on the natural breakwater. If it weren't for a few torches that were shaking like candlelight, he might not even be able to find the location of the military camp. Due to the crowds under the city, The shouts were too loud, completely covering up the faint sounds of fighting and screams coming from the small military camp on the other side. In addition, Yimisele never thought that the enemy would land on the natural breakwater by boat, so landing was impossible. He would not have thought that the small military camp opposite had been attacked. He still thought that the soldiers were just running out of the military camp slowly because they were snoozing.

Because the soldiers in the small military camp were all dispatched by the Southwest Military Camp, the officers at the city head saw Yimisele's unswerving expression and did not dare to defend them. Besides, they had just arrived at the city head and did not understand the situation well.

Imisele made no further criticisms, for his attention was completely absorbed by the lighthouse further west.He had stayed in Lilibi for several years, and was quite familiar with "the way in which the keeper of the lighthouse lights the oil lamp at night and uses the unique shaking to notify the port officials of the situation of ships coming from outside the port", but he has never seen anything like this: Next to the burning lighthouse flame stands another flame.

"What does this mean?" he asked, pointing his finger there.

No one could answer.

Uneasiness began to grow in his heart, and he asked again: "Have the chains at the port's water gate been put down?"

Still no one could answer. Since only lighthouse personnel were required to open and close the water gates, there were no sentries stationed in the towers on the artificial breakwater at night.

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