ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 890 The Return of Cyklian
The strong military strength gave Mago enough confidence that he would not care about some casualties, and his words also cheered up the generals.

Mago then said to the adjutant: "Immediately send someone to notify Admika in the southern camp and ask him to organize 1 soldiers, and then rush to the eastern camp as our backup."

"Yes, my lord!"

Mago looked around at everyone, and then said in blunt Celtic language: "Rutam, you and your tribe are the vanguard."

The Celtic leader Rutam, whose appearance and attire were obviously different from others, replied in a low voice: "Oh!"

Rutam is a Lusitanian, a fierce and warlike race that lives widely in northwest Iberia. It once brought great trouble to Mago's expansion in the Iberian Peninsula, and even threatened his expansion in Iberia. In the end, Mago had to conclude a peace agreement with them.This time he impressed several large tribes of this race with huge benefits, causing them to form an army of about 8000 people and follow Mago to conquer Sicily.Lutam is just one of the tribal leaders. Since the melee in the dark night relies more on personal force, it is conducive to their performance.

About ten minutes later, the troops from the Chinese army camp gradually left the south gate of the camp and marched along the built earthen wall toward the east camp, which was falling into chaos.

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When evening came, Leotizides went to the top of the east city and looked at the Carthage camp with all his concentration. He waited until there was a loud noise of killing and a commotion in the camp opposite, and then he felt temporarily relieved. tone, and then immediately ordered the [-] heavy infantry composed of the Eighth Army and reserve soldiers who had been waiting in the city to rush out of the city and continue to attack the enemy camp, which began to fall into chaos.

At the same time, the careful Leotizides did not forget that when the enemy's attention was attracted by the night attack, he sent soldiers from the mountain reconnaissance team, climbed over the earth wall, and lurked around Carthage. He stayed in front of the camp and reported what he saw in a timely manner, allowing him to fully understand the enemy's response in detail.

Therefore, even if he learned that the raiding troops had merged and completely crushed the enemy's resistance, causing the camp to fall into complete chaos, he was not excited.On the contrary, he felt uneasy after learning that most of the Carthage camps in other areas had gathered soldiers and did not rush to rescue them. Instead, they were stationed at the borders of their respective camps.

Sure enough, the raiding force wanted to drive away the defeated troops and overwhelm the neighboring camps, continuing to expand the chaos, but the progress was somewhat slow.

At this time, another urgent news came: Carthage's central camp had sent troops, and they were rushing east along the earth wall.

Leotizides immediately realized that the Carthaginians wanted to cut off the return route of the night attack troops and surround and annihilate them.

The Dionian soldiers who participated in the night attack were the main force under Leotizides. She had been standing at the top of the city, paying attention to the progress of the battle, just to avoid such a thing from happening.

"Woo! Woo! Woo!..." The buglers who had been standing at the top of the city immediately blew the retreat trumpet.

Before departure, the assault soldiers who had been repeatedly instructed by the commander heard the sound of the trumpet and reminded each other to stop chasing the defeated soldiers one after another...

Before retreating, they did one last thing—burn the camp.

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Before the rescue force led by Mago arrived, the news that "the Dionians actually retreated back to the city" really surprised him. In his opinion, after the Dionians successfully attacked at night, they would definitely take advantage of the victory to pursue them. Defeating the soldiers and expanding the results of the battle gave him time to surround them, but the Dionysian's calmness and decisiveness made his plan fail, and the hurried reinforcements had to become a fire brigade.

As the vanguard, Lusitalian pursued them unwillingly, but was attacked from a distance by the well-prepared city defenders. After suffering some casualties, they had to retreat in frustration.

In this night attack, the Dionians only suffered more than 400 casualties, but it caused nearly 4000 casualties in the Carthaginian army, half of which were caused by the Carthaginian soldiers pushing and trampling each other as they fled in the dark.At the same time, 1/3 of the eastern military camp was burned to ashes, and the Carthaginian army suffered heavy losses.

After Mago returned to the big tent, he could not fall asleep. He was brooding about this failure. The tenacity of the fighting will and the change of tactics of the far inferior Dionians frightened him and made him realize The huge force paralyzed him, making him slow to respond to the battle situation.

After learning from the painful experience, he used this as an excuse the next day to forcefully dismiss most of the Carthaginian generals, allowing senior officers who had followed him in the Iberian Peninsula for many years to take over the Carthaginian army, and began to It is reorganized and trained.

At the same time, he suspended the construction of the earth wall and stepped up the repairs of the crude camp.

Of course, the fire last night caused the Carthaginians to lose a lot of supplies, and Mago sent a messenger to notify the lord of Lilibi, Imisele, to deliver a batch of supplies to the camp.

There is no shortage of supplies in Lilibi City for the time being, but there is a shortage of manpower, so labor from the port has to be temporarily recruited.

When the team transporting baggage was about to arrive at the Carthage camp, an accident occurred: a laborer from the port broke away from the transport team on the pretext of having a stomachache and tried to escape from the team. He was discovered by patrolling cavalry on the way. Under their pursuit, the laborer Jump off the cliff and fall into the sea.

To the Carthaginians, this was a trivial matter, and no one mentioned it again after the transport team arrived at the camp.

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In the past two days, Miltias' uneasy mood has improved a bit, because the Sicilian fleet made great efforts in the night attack the night before, not only winning a great victory, but also suffering minor casualties. He believed that after receiving this good news, the Ministry of Military Affairs , will reduce dissatisfaction with him.

After breakfast, he was ready to go to the dock to command the fleet to leave the port and cruise in the waters of western Sicily.

Although the Carthaginian army landed in Sicily, to support such a huge army, it was not enough to rely on the help of the Carthaginian allies in western Sicily. More supplies also required continuous transportation from the continent of Africa across the sea. Coming over, this requires the Sicilian fleet to cut off the route between Carthage and Sicily. Over time, the Carthaginian army will fall into the dilemma of insufficient supplies, so Miltias does not dare to slack off anymore.

But before he could leave the house, the door was suddenly pushed open, and the guards rushed in: "General, good news! Lord Sekerian... is still alive! He... he is back!"

Miltias was shocked. Looking at the guard's excitement, he subconsciously asked: "Who do you think is alive?!"

"Miltias, blessed by Hades, of course I am still alive!" Along with this familiar voice, a familiar figure appeared at the door.

"Ah... Lord Sekerian!" Miltias hastily gave a military salute.

At this time, Sekerian looked thin and tired, and was tightly wrapped in a red cloak. He said eagerly: "Get me some food quickly, I'm almost starving to death."

"Go and notify the kitchen to reheat the wheat porridge, toast the bread, and fry some fish..." Miltias quickly ordered the guards.

"Whatever is hot, just bring the bread and wheat porridge. I'll fill my stomach first." Sekerian said impatiently, then turned to the fleet officers who accompanied him here and said: "Brothers, hurry up. Go back and perform your mission. If you delay, you will be punished. I will have a good chat with you after I have rested."

A large group of crew members gathered outside the door listened to Sekerian's words of persuasion, reluctantly left the house and returned to the dock. The news that "Czekerian came back alive" quickly spread throughout the fleet, and every crew member was excited. Because the naval commander and hero they thought was dead came back, it was a miracle!
Watching Seclian devouring breakfast, Miltias choked on what he wanted to say, until Seclian burped, then stopped eating, put his hands on the wooden table, and stared blankly A clay pot containing wheat porridge.After a moment, he said in a low tone: "On the way here, the brothers all told me...Florarios died in the battle, and almost the entire Sicilian fleet was destroyed by the storm, and many brothers drowned..."

Miltias watched Seclian's whole body slowly lean forward, as if he was about to collapse on the wooden table. Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly heard a "pop" sound, and Seclian's right hand suddenly He slapped it on the wooden table, almost knocking over the earthen pot on the table, but he straightened his back again: "However, we still have dozens of warships preserved, but the Carthage fleet was completely destroyed. We also took the opportunity to occupy Selinus, so my Sicilian fleet won that naval battle!"

With confidence and sternness returning to Cykerian's face, Miltias certainly would not argue with him about whether the decisive battle with the Carthaginian fleet on the stormy day was right or wrong. Instead, he took the opportunity to raise his doubts: "My Lord , we have been looking for you for a while, but have not found you, where have you been?"

"I'm in Lilibi." Sekerian said calmly.

"You...you were captured by the Carthaginians?!" Miltias was surprised: Why did the Carthaginians who came to exchange prisoners before never mention this? !

"Of course not." Sekerian recalled painfully: "... After the storm, I woke up and found myself lying on the beach, surrounded by drowned and unconscious crew members... I wanted to save them, but I saw When the Carthaginians rushed to the beach, I didn't want to be captured by them and swam back into the sea...

But I was tired and hungry at the time, and I was exhausted after swimming for a long time. There happened to be a few slow-moving Carthaginian ships nearby searching for survivors of the shipwreck... In desperation, I dived into the water, taking advantage of the darkness of the night. While the Carthaginians were not paying attention, he grabbed the side of a large ship that was about to return, and was taken into the port of Lilybae.

Due to the storm and shipwreck, the harbor of Lilibi was in chaos, so I was able to board the pier quietly. Later, with the help of the Greek compatriots in the port, I temporarily lurked in Lilibi... I later recalled that I was lying on the pier at that time. The beach is probably between Mazara and Lilibi...

Because the Lilibi people were worried about being attacked by our army, the city was always heavily guarded and it was difficult for me to go out.If it weren’t for the Carthaginian army landing this time and requiring us to transport baggage, I’m afraid I would still be waiting for an opportunity in Lilibi City, but——”

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