Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Ansitanos continued: "In addition, His Majesty Daves reminds me, 'The war between Dionya and Samona is a contest between the warriors. There are more deaths and injuries, and Dionia will not go. Grief, but if! If you Samonets would dare to aim the guns at the unarmed Dionys and kill them with ease! Then, Dionya will desperately let the vengeful anger pour into Samona. In the area, let the Samona people taste more cruel revenge! 'Please think about the tragic end of the Syracuse sinner Dionysius and his men who hired cavalry in Sicily!"

The Samonah messenger apparently dismissed the warnings and threats of Ansitanos, but the heart was covered with shadows.

At the same time, Ansitanos also brought Davers's apology to Alexis. After all, Daphus’s nod will make the Samonet increase by several thousand troops, which will inevitably give the Dionyrian army The war in the Nigerian region has brought more trouble.

But Alexis took Ansitanos to take the words, and asked King Daphus to rest assured that this move would not have any impact on the military. On the contrary, he is confident that he will capture more Samona prisoners in the future!

The words spoken by Daves were quickly spread throughout the Duni area, driven by Ansitanos. In addition, shortly afterwards, the captive Dani people were put back, and the Dani people were even more grateful to King Daves, and they also had the pride of being a Diaonian to the Kingdom of Dionia. More cherished, and more enemies against the Samonet.

Moreover, this incident is not only for the Dani people, but also for the neighboring Puceti and Mesapi people.

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Just as Alexis’s army was at the confluence of the Dani, the Leo Tiddides in Sicily also led the army to the Minoa area.

On this way, the Dionysian army received warm welcomes from many Greek city-states such as Kamanina, Gera, Pachinus, Agrigento, etc. They changed the previous operations for Dionia. It was gratifying to plan and take the initiative to meet the courageous actions of the Carthaginian army that had already been pushed to the front. Therefore, not only did it provide a large supply of food, but also sent out its own civic soldiers, so that when the army arrived in Minoa, it was already The 15,000 people at the time of the expedition quickly expanded to more than 32,000 people.

As the Dionysian army marched along the coast on the road, its movements were first discovered by the Carthaginians. Therefore, the Carthage army did not fully attack the city in these days, but instead concentrated on strengthening the camp.

At the same time, with the approach of the Dionysian army, Monte Adeno began to feel uneasy. He sent messengers several times to return to Lili, asking Lili俾, the master of the city of Lili, to immediately put Carthage on Sicily. The colonial city and the young and middle-aged citizens of the Phoenician city-state are organized as many as possible. Then they are immediately sent to the Carthage camp in Minoa, and don’t forget to send the Xikan people’s army together. Come.

When the Dionysian army arrived in Minoa, Monte Adeno had withdrawn the Carthage army back into the camp on the west bank of the Pratara River.

Leo Tiddides did not rush to attack. He refused the invitation of the Minorians. After examining the surrounding environment, they began to build camps on several rolling hills not far from the north of Minoa.

The military camps of the two sides gathered for about four miles, separated by the Pretara River, and they remained calm for several days.

To this end, Leo Tizides’s men and allies’ generals were puzzled because of “he has never let the army attack”. In order to unify his understanding, he also made a special explanation: “We have fewer soldiers, more Jiataiji soldiers, and The defense of the Carthage camp is still very strict, and it is too rash to attack. The chances of winning and losing will be too small. We should wait for the Carthage to attack, and use the advantage of defense to kill the enemy and eventually defeat them. ”

"But the Carthaginians have not attacked us now," said Agrigento's commander of the army, Micidas.

Leo Tizides smiled and said with confidence: "Our King Deavers once said, 'This war with Carthage will be a long war, and the time will be dragged and worn. On the outskirts of the country, Oonia can get rid of the effects of the drought and restore the normal food supply in the country. At that time, it will be able to send more troops to Sicily and fight against Carthage... 'So we don’t have to worry, let the ignorant Jiatai The basics continue to consume the time that would have benefited them."

Another point, Leo Tiddides did not say: the food supply of his tens of thousands of soldiers was mostly provided by these Greek city-states on the south coast, greatly reducing the pressure on the food supply of the Sicilian territory of Dionia. Of course, he has reason to leisurely defend in Minoa.

"But... the Carthaginians may continue to increase their strength, and finally launch a storm on us!" The Minoa general who came to the military conference, Pauliard, still said with concern.

"So I will ask you to rigorously and carefully arrange the defensive facilities in accordance with the standards of the camps of Dionynia when building your own camp, so as to resist the attack of the Carthagin army!" Leo Tiddides Seriously said: "And the Carthaginians have concentrated their troops in Minoa, and the defense behind them must be relatively empty, which will help the Dionia fleet to harass them. And the more enemies here, the more they are on food. The greater the demand, the more frequent the transportation of food will be, which will help the Sikels to attack their grain team and cut off their grain roads. Once such a huge army lacks food, we will attack without them. Rout!"

The interpretation of Leo Tizides temporarily dispelled the fears of the Allies.

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In the big account of the Carthage military camp, Monte Adeno, who has never been in the battle, explained this to Milefio: "The reason why I did not play is because... according to the intelligence of the reconnaissance, the Dionyrian There are more than 30,000 troops in the army, and most of them are heavy infantry. We only have 10,000 more than them, and half of them are low-lying Numisians. You have seen the performance of the previous siege. I don't think they can withstand the attacks of Greek heavy infantry, even if they are many people! So we need more soldiers, really brave, noble Carthage soldiers or Phoenician soldiers -"

"But you have our 10,000 sacred infantry, we are enough to repel the Greek heavy infantry, there is nothing to fear!" Millefio said proudly.

"You are right!" Monte Adeno said in the tone of the other side: "The ability and courage of the sacred infantry is beyond doubt. I fully believe that you can defeat the Diaonians, but the pressure of the offensive is all overwhelming. On your shoulders, your casualties will increase! The Holy Infantry is the essence of our Carthage citizens, because we are not only staring at this battle, but also occupying the Sicilian Islands and even expedition to the Great Greece. Therefore, I must protect the best army of you, Carthage, and use your excellent army! Therefore, I will urge him to organize more Carthage or Phoenician soldiers. Grow our strength so that the Diaonians across the road can be killed more smoothly!"

Millefio was immediately convinced, he hesitated and said: "...maybe we can transfer the army of Hasbrod."

As soon as Monte Adeno heard it, he shook his head like a rattle: "No! No! No! Millefio, you still don't understand it! Had Druba was not willing to obey the command, but to act independently. Now that we ask him to come back again, is this not to make him mistakenly believe that we will not be able to leave the Iberian army, then he is not more arrogant, then it is not that we command him, but he is to command us!

Before I set off, Hanno’s adult had repeatedly told me that the commanding power of the Carthagin army could only belong to Hanno and could not belong to Magonid, and the glory of winning this war can only be shared by us. Nothing to do with Iberia! ”

In fact, Millefio’s words were regretted when they were just exported. For what Monte Adenno said, he would not know, but he had to be silent at the moment.

Monte Adeno continued to say: "Now what we need urgently is not the army of Hasbrodaba, but the navy of our Carthage! I don't know what happened to our fleet, why are these days only on the sea? Seeing that the warships of Dionia are arrogant, where is our navy?! Millefio, I suggest that you write a letter immediately, urging Hannover, we need a powerful Carthage navy to guard our emptiness. Behind, even defeating the enemy fleet, harassing their rear, let the Dionyns face the enemy on both sides!..."

Millefio is clearly aware of the importance of this issue and has not hesitated to agree.

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Both the Dionya and the Carthaginian army are attempting to postpone the fighting time as far as possible in order to be better prepared.

But the two huge military camps stretched seven or eight miles from north to south, only three or four miles away from each other. www.readwn.com~ stood on the highest hill where the Daonian military camp was located, looking west, and even saw Cana The big army of the Taiji camp. At such a close distance, there are so many soldiers gathered. With the characteristics of the city-state army, the generals cannot completely control these civic soldiers. Often a small conflict and friction will lead the battle to an unexpected direction.

This time is already the Kingdom of Dionia in February 14 (379 BC). Although it is still spring, the weather in some seaside towns in the Mediterranean has begun to heat up, especially on this day, the temperature in Minoa has suddenly increased. After a few degrees, at noon, the ground was hotened by the hot sun. No matter the soldiers of the Dionysian or the Carthaginian soldiers, many could not stand the discomfort and thirst caused by the high temperature. Out of the big camp, to the Pulitala River not far from the camp, drowning, and even taking a shower.

The Pletara River is a small river. In addition to the section close to the estuary, the river is more than 30 meters wide, the average river is less than 20 meters wide, and some areas are even only ten meters. Moreover, it flows down the flat land, the water flow is gentle, and the water depth does not exceed the knee.

Therefore, the soldiers on both sides of the river are only more than ten meters apart, and they can hear what the other party looks like and what they say (of course, they may not understand). ()

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