ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 1013 Infiltrate
Tormid was stunned. He really didn't think of this level just now.

Davos stood up and said decisively: "It seems that we have to send more troops to reinforce Selinus. We will not add troops one after another. We will directly send the Sixth Army, the Roman Reserve Group, Potentia and Samo All the reinforcements were sent to Selinus and put under the command of Amyntas."

Tormid was shocked: "Your Majesty, you have sent the Sixth Army and the Roman Reserve Brigade to Selinus, but only the Fourth Army and the Ninth Army are left. In case Mago sends a large army to attack Mi Noah…”

Davos said calmly: "I don't think Mago will give up easily the efforts he has made in Selinus during this period. If he is really desperate and leads his army to attack Minoa, I will I really hope he wastes his little time like this. Besides, we can let Alexis implement our plan."

"If you do this, Minoa's defense will be even worse -" Tormid reminded loudly again.

Davos smiled slightly: "Margo dares to put his army that was originally used to defend Segesta into the siege battle, and we can't leave Lizaru and Epithenes idle, we can transfer them Coming to Minoa.”

When Tormid and Printoles heard this, they were shocked: a few days ago, His Majesty was still talking about not tightening the rope too tight to prevent the Carthaginian army from jumping over the wall. Is it necessary to order the lagging Third Army and the Lucarian Reserve Army to move forward to Minoa? Is this the beginning of the final decisive battle? !
Looking at Davers' calm face, the two responded forcefully: "Yes, Your Majesty!"

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In the early morning of the second day, Mago gathered his army and launched another attack on the city of Selinus.

By noon of the battle, the earth wall built by the Carthaginians was connected to the wall of Selinus. Fortunately, the Dionysian defenders used the wooden wall panels that had been prepared to increase the height of the connecting wall, so that the Carthaginian soldiers could not Can immediately rush into the city walkway.

But the wooden city wall was not strong enough after all. Forced by their captains, the Carthaginian soldiers braved the rain of javelins thrown from the city towers and continued to burn them with fire and hit them with wood. After suffering many casualties, in the afternoon Break through the wooden wall and pour into the upper walkway.

The Dionia defenders have to deal with long-range attacks from the mountains outside the city, ant attacks from enemies below the city, be wary of tunnel attacks that the enemy may come at any time, and send heavy troops to prevent the enemies from rushing to the city through the earth walls. The troops are already stretched thin, and even Amyntas was armed with shields and spears, ready to participate in the battle himself.

At this critical moment, a total of 16 people from the Sixth Legion and the Roman Reserve Group (including Roman noble soldiers organized into the legion) arrived by sea, and finally repelled the somewhat exhausted Carthaginians.

Although the Carthaginian army was repelled, Mago was not depressed: Dionia's increase in troops to Selinus made him feel excited. He originally planned to "attack Selinus and attract Dionia." The plan of "the main force comes for a decisive battle" has been initially realized, and judging from the situation of today's battle, after connecting to the wall of Selinus, the defensive advantage of the Dionysians has been greatly reduced.When the entire army is gathered to attack the city tomorrow, the Celts and Lusitanians will be sent to attack along the city wall. I wonder if the Dionians can still stop it?Will they send more reinforcements?Should I build a few more causeways to connect the city walls so that more soldiers can directly climb to the top of the city and engage in head-on battles with the Dionians? ...

Mago sat in the big tent, thinking about tomorrow's siege plan.

At this time, the adjutant walked into the big tent and reported to him: "Master Mago, there is news from Segesta. The Dionians raided the territory of the Sican people. The Sikel army and our troops stationed there 3000 Numibian soldiers were also defeated."

Mago frowned and asked, "When did this happen?"

"This afternoon."

Originally, the territory of the Sikan people was guarded by Hasdrubal, who led more than 3 soldiers, mainly to keep an eye on the Dionian army coming from the east of the mountainous area. After the Er people entered the territory of their old enemy, they had some conflicts with the Sikan people, but because of the presence of Hasdrubal, the conflicts were always able to be eliminated.

Some time ago, due to the Dionians' attack on Palermos, the Sikelians were unwilling to go with the army. Before Hasdrubal led his army to reinforce, he also specially separated the Sikelians' station from the Sikelians. , leaving thousands of Numibian soldiers behind, hoping that peace would remain here until his return.Unexpectedly, Hasdrubal's troops were later transferred back to the Carthaginian camp of Selinus by Mago, and the Sican territory seemed to have become a corner forgotten by the Carthaginians.Since it was difficult for the three forces in the territory to unite, it was natural that they would be defeated quickly after being attacked by the Dionian army.

Mago's brows immediately widened again and asked, "Do you know how many people the Dionians sent out?"

"According to what the scouts observed, there are about tens of thousands of people."

"Only more than 1 people." Mago was a little disappointed. He deliberately left a loophole in the territory of the Xikan people in order to attract the Dionians to attack: "Where are these Dionians now?"

"They retreated westward."

"What? Run away?!" Mago frowned again. He was still hesitating just now: Should Hasdrubal lead tens of thousands of soldiers to eat this enemy?Or simply ignore it, lure more Dionysians into the Sican territory, and even start to attack Segesta, which is not far from the Sikan territory, and then gather an army to annihilate them... As a result, Dionysius After the demi-human sneak attack, he actually escaped.

Mago felt that there was nothing he could do. He glared at the adjutant and shouted: "Next time, don't report the situation intermittently. You must finish it in one go!"

The adjutant felt aggrieved and could only say yes.

If the Dionians are not fooled, it seems they still have to attack Selinus! ... Mago made up his mind, and then said to the adjutant: "There is no need to station troops in the Xikan territory anymore. After collecting the defeated troops, bring them all back to the camp."

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When Alexis led the Tenth Army and part of the Fourth Army to raid the territory of the Sikans, the scouts reported the news to the camp. Margo was leading the army to attack the city, and the adjutant did not dare Interrupt him at critical moments, but there is one unit that has the independent power to send troops, and that is the cavalry.

Mago has a total of seven thousand cavalry under his command, most of which are Numibian cavalry. They move quickly and run like the wind. They are accustomed to throwing javelins to kill the enemy, but rarely fight head-on.Since Mago led his army back to western Sicily, the Dionysian army has not been able to hold on, but has taken advantage of the sea and often sent fleets to land in the rear to harass. So Mago asked the cavalry to patrol the western coast every day. Once the enemy is discovered, they can launch an attack first. Attack and slow down the enemy's movements so that the main force can arrive and annihilate them. Because of the characteristics of the Numibian cavalry, he is not worried that they will suffer heavy losses.

Therefore, after receiving the news that "the Dionians attacked the territory of the Sikans", the cavalry idled in the camp quickly rushed to the territory of the Sikans, but they did not expect that the Dionians would soon withdraw to the territory of the Sikans. After arriving in the mountainous area, the cavalrymen who wanted to kill the enemy and make meritorious deeds had to do the chore of collecting the defeated troops.

And just when Margo returned to the tent of the camp, a Numibi, the leader of the Masili tribe, stood in front of Tinum, the leader of the Masili tribe, in a military tent on the northwest side of the Carthage camp and in the Numibian cavalry camp. Asia defeats the army.

"I thought it was someone who wanted to see me, but I didn't expect it to be you - Genomes. How could your father be willing to let you participate in this terrible war!" Tinum said slightly surprised.

"In the eyes of the Carthaginians, we Numibians have no distinction between high and low. We have only one identity - their slaves. The population of our tribe has been decreasing year by year in recent years. In order to make up for the troops forced on us by the Carthaginians, The number of people, even if I don’t want to participate in this war, I still have to come!” Genomes said angrily.

The leader Tinum was silent for a moment, and then said after a while: "Carthage is indeed a bit harsh on your tribe!"

Genomes looked at him and sneered in his heart: He understood that the other party was far less dissatisfied with Carthage than himself, because Tinum was a Western Numibian, and he was an Eastern Numibian.

It turns out that the reason why Numbia is divided into east and west is because of Carthage.The Carthaginians called the Numibians living inland between it and the Phoenician allies along the coast of Africa Eastern Numbia, while the Numibians living inland to the west, far away from Carthage's sphere of influence People call them West Numibians.

A long time ago, the people of Eastern Numibia were very close to Carthage and the Phoenicians. They had convenient and frequent exchanges with each other. Not only did they often trade, but they were also influenced by Carthage's culture. The tribes in Asia have gradually transformed from their original nomadic life to a semi-agricultural and semi-pastoral life. Due to the relatively sufficient food and relatively rich materials, Eastern Numbia has a large population.The Western Lumibians have always been in a nomadic state. Not only are they poor in food and have a small population, but they also often fight for pastures. Sometimes, due to climate change, reduced pastures, and lack of food, they can only move eastwards. The Mibians asked for food aid, and it was for this reason that the Masili tribe became acquainted with the tribes of Kinoms.

But starting 20 years ago, the Carthaginians were no longer satisfied with their territory being limited to the coast. They coveted the vast land inland. They began to gradually change their previous strategy of treating the Numibians and continued to treat the eastern Numibians. The tribes of Asia used strategies to provoke, divide, and alienate, and began to use force to conquer from north to south, and this force of conquest reached its peak after Hanno came to power.As for the West Numibians, Carthage adopted a policy of bribery, providing cheap food to various tribes, and also hired their tribesmen as auxiliary cavalry to participate in Carthage's wars. They even fought in West Numibians. The Numibians deliberately promote the contradiction between the East and West Numibians (because in the past, the East Numibians were rich and the West Numibians were poor, and the West Numibians would often turn to the East Numibians. The Asians asked for help, so the easterners often faced the westerners with arrogance and contempt), and also let them participate in the war to conquer the eastern Numibians, so although they are of the same race, Tinum has such a The mentality is not surprising.

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