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Chapter 1006 Lilibi’s Secret
Also on board the flagship of the Third Fleet was Leotizides. Since he proposed and planned the night attack to King Davos, and through the interrogation of the Carthaginian prisoners, he had some knowledge of the city of Lillibe. He knew more about it, so even though the commander of the Second Army, Matonis, had higher qualifications in the army than him, Davos still accepted Leotizides as the temporary commander of this operation.

As soon as Leotizides entered the port, he could not help but observe the surrounding environment and compare it with the situation revealed by the Carthaginian prisoners: the entire port bay was surrounded by walls more than 10 meters high, and the walls were built about 40 meters apart. There is a tower, illuminated by clusters of torches at the top of the city, and it is full of Carthaginian soldiers. If the Second Legion had not taken down the natural breakwater, I am afraid that the warships entering the port now would have been hit by rockets fired from all directions. .

But even if he had successfully invaded the port of Lilibi and successfully captured the lighthouse, Leotizides did not believe that the Dionysian army could capture Lilibi within one day, so his original plan was to capture Lilibi at night. Attacking the port of Lilibi and destroying it, the Carthaginians were unable to use it to continue transporting baggage and troops for the army in a short period of time.

But then King Davos replied in his letter, proposing to try to capture the whole city of Lilibi as much as possible, and wrote a sentence at the end of the warrant: Sekerian may have a way to break the city.

What can Seclian, who is good at naval warfare, do about sieges on land? ! ... Leotizides has been thinking about this question, and his eyes turned to the natural breakwater in the west: warships of the Sicilian fleet are docking beside the bank, and countless legion soldiers are densely gathered on the bank. Most of them were waiting in line, only a few soldiers quickly ran to the lighthouse under the leadership of the team officer, and at the same time, there were soldiers carrying wounded comrades out of the lighthouse... From time to time, the command of the team officers sounded on the wall of the embankment, and there were also countless soldiers. The black shadow was shaking, and flames were rising in the city further ahead, illuminating the arrows flying in the air, and also illuminating the legionnaires wearing black helmets and black armor, carrying wood. They were preparing to Through the wall of fire…

Seeing this, Leotizides couldn't help but sweat. From his point of view: capturing the tower gate is indeed a key to unlock Lilibi's defense, but the aisle in the city is too narrow for troops to Expand, once the Carthaginians strengthen the defense there, it will be difficult to capture it in a short time, unless there is a miracle!Alas... time is still too tight!
"Go and ask where Sekerian is?" Leotizides said softly to his adjutant Tagru.

Taglu immediately asked several Sicilian fleet warships passing by, and the crew members all gave the same answer: "Lord Sekerian is in the port area."

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The members of the Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade did not understand why the order given to them required them to capture all the workers on the dock after boarding the dock, but to injure as few people as possible.

Despite their doubts, the mountain scouts still faithfully carried out the order. In fact, the task was easily accomplished because the workers were gathered at the dock to unload the goods. When the tower guard sounded the alarm, a dozen or so people marching at the front were A cargo ship has quickly approached the trestle, and the mountain scouts who emerged from the linen cloth quickly jumped ashore. The workers who gathered at the dock became prisoners before they could figure out what was going on.

Under the guard of ten mountain scouts, these workers were escorted to the trestle. Next, they saw the Dionians holding sharp blades, causing chaos in the port area. They were all frightened and did not dare to move.

At this moment, the Dionian soldiers who had been staring at them like fierce gods suddenly stood up straight, beat their left chest with their right fist, and shouted loudly: "Lord Sekerian!"

"Brothers, thank you for your hard work!" With this deep voice, a group of people appeared in front of the workers. The leader was wearing a black helmet with a purple and red crown and a black breastplate. His sharp eyes slowly moved from Sweeping across the faces of the laborers.

The workers all lowered their heads in fear.

"Are all the dock workers here?" Sekerian asked in a deep voice.

"Except for a few who did not heed the dissuasion and tried to resist and escape...we stabbed them down," the team member replied.

Sekolian took off his helmet, handed it to his men, and then strode up to the workers.

The workers were so frightened that they lowered their heads.

Sekelian stopped in front of a thin young laborer, and suddenly his voice became hoarse: "Setonus, look up and see who I am!"

When the worker heard this voice, he trembled all over, and subconsciously raised his head, only to see the man in front of him with his back stooped, his eyelids drooped, and his eyes looking at him blankly.

"Focols! You are Focols! You are still alive, great!..." The young laborer screamed and jumped with joy, and couldn't help but grab Sekerian with his hands.

The soldiers following Sekerian immediately fended off his hand with vigilance. The young laborer immediately woke up from his excitement, looked at the other party and the soldiers surrounding him in surprise, and became fearful again.

"Don't worry, they are all my saviors!" Sekelian stood up straight again, said to the soldiers beside him, and asked them to stand far away, so they don't have to worry about his safety.

Then, when he turned to the workers, the workers who had been secretly looking at him curiously lowered their heads again.

He whispered with a sincere expression: "I am Folkers, and I am also the commander of the Dionysian Sicilian fleet, Sekerian. You all know that the storm destroyed Carthage and many of our Dionysian warships, I was also blown near the port of Lilibi by the wind and waves. Without your care during that time, I might not be alive today. You are my savior!..."

These sincere words of Seclian caused a commotion among the workers. The young worker named Setonus couldn't help but asked: "You...are you really Seclian?! The so-called Is Tsukuru the 'undefeated general in naval battles' Sekolian?!"

"There are so many Dionian soldiers here, how dare I lie!" Sekerian laughed.

"Oh my God, I actually lived with the noble general Cyklian, who was favored by Poseidon for a period of time. It's unbelievable!" Cetonus became excited again.

"General Sekelian, you know, none of us are Carthaginians, when you were in this port...we all got along with you friendly, you...you won't let these soldiers hurt us?! "An older laborer asked bravely.

"Uncle Argas... General Sekerian is so good, how could he hurt us!" Setonus immediately defended him.

Sekelian took over the conversation and said with a smile: "Of course I will not hurt you who have suffered and suffered with me! On the contrary, I will apply to His Majesty the King to let you join the Kingdom of Dionia! I believe you all know that becoming a citizen of Dionia can obtain land, serve in the military, and obtain public office, which is far better than being oppressed by the Carthaginians here!"

"If it weren't for the soldiers of Lilibi staring at us every day, we would have found a chance to leave here! Lord Sekerian, we are willing to follow you to Dionia!" A worker immediately responded loudly, and other workers followed suit. Then he nodded in agreement.

Sekerian was not surprised that the workers had such a reaction. Having lived here for a period of time, he knew very well that among these workers there were Greeks, Greek-Phoenician descendants, and Numibians, but none of them were pure. Phoenicians and Carthaginians, these laborers had no sense of belonging to Carthage.

Thinking of this, he said loudly: "According to the provisions of the "Dionia Law", if you want to become a citizen of Dionia as soon as possible, you must contribute to the kingdom. So, now I need your help to capture this place as soon as possible. A town!”

"You want us to also...attack the city of Lilibi?!" Setonus pointed to the towering city wall in front, with a look of fear on his face.

Other workers had similar thoughts. They were excited just now and now lowered their heads, not daring to make eye contact with Sekerian.

"Of course I'm not asking you to fight like our soldiers." Sekerian denied immediately. His eyes searched the crowd, and finally fell on a middle-aged laborer with a wretched figure: "Karmulus, I once I once heard you accidentally mention that there is a tunnel in the port area that leads to the city, where is this tunnel?"

"Ah! You...when did you hear me say that?" Carl Mulus was startled and subconsciously wanted to deny it.

"You said this just after I invited you to the pub for a drink and you were drunk." Sekerian stared at him closely, with a smile on his lips.

This Calmulus had a bad habit of stealing and drinking. He often sneaked into people's homes in the port area late at night to steal, and exchanged stolen items for alcohol. For this reason, he was caught twice by the port patrol, and one of his ears and ears were cut off. With one finger, other workers despised him and refused to get close to him. Only Sekerian considered that this man often sneaked into people's homes in the port area and might know some secrets that others did not know, so he intended to deal with him. Unexpectedly, he actually He obtained such a precious secret, and he always kept it in mind.

There is actually a tunnel in the port area leading to the city? ! ...The workers were very surprised when they heard this. Some people immediately expressed doubts: "Karmulus, you are lying. We have never heard of this. How is this possible!"

"Based on your status, how could you possibly know such an important secret!" When Carl Mulus heard the question, he immediately felt that it was someone else's contempt for him. Instead, he straightened his chest and retorted proudly: "I risked Risking his life, he obtained this important secret——"

(End of this chapter)