Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Until the sun sets and the night comes, this incomplete Sicilian fleet slowly enters the port of Serinus with the captured warships and captive Phoenician crew...

In this naval battle, there were only 43 remaining 130 warships in the East Phoenicia fleet, while 31 of the 120 vessels of the Dionysian Sicilian fleet (including 6 damaged), and also captured 23 monks and nuns. Base battle ship. In addition, only 2,000 of the 6,000 soldiers carried by the Sicilian fleet returned to Serinus safely, most of which were legion-prepared soldiers.

The Dionysian Sicilian fleet eventually won a tragic victory, but they lost in strategy. Because on this day, Hassdruba led the 17,000 soldiers from the Iberian army to use the coffins and ladders to attack the city of Agrigento again.

In the face of the rations that have been exhausted, and the city can be hungry, the soldiers are all brave and do not die. In particular, the fierceness of the Lusitania fighters and the Celtic warriors in the northern Iberian mountains brought great trouble to the Agrigento defenders.

Agrigento’s civic soldiers suffered a lot of losses in the previous Minoa battle, and then because of the Carthagin army’s siege of Serinus and Leo Tizides’ help, Agger Li Zhentuo sent a reinforcement again, so there were not many defenders in the city. Although he defeated the enemy’s attack in the battle of the defending city yesterday, he also killed and injured many soldiers. Today, he has not waited for the reinforcements for a long time. In the afternoon, the Agrigento finally resisted the enemy's attack and was attacked by the Carthage.

The indulgence of the soldiers of Hasdruba was robbed and killed in the city. Except for some Agrigento people who fled to the port and fled by boat, the rest were slaughtered.

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On the second day of the second day, Seklelyn came to the capital of the city of Serenus and saw Leo Tiddides, who was sitting in the hall.

"Prosuos, I haven't seen you for a long time. I hope that you will call me this time, not to borrow the fleet infantry, or to change our temporarily idle sailors into light infantry." Seclany's remarks are obviously expressing The dissatisfaction of Leontiez’s previous practices.

Leo Tiddides did not respond to his sarcasm, and looked at him indifferently and spit out a sentence: "Mirtias is dead."

Seklely heard it and immediately expressed dissatisfaction: "Who did you listen to?! Yesterday we searched for a long time, never found it, where did you come from?"

"Look at this." Leo Tizides interrupted his words coldly and pushed the wooden box on the table.

Seclín immediately focused on the wooden box that was not like the Greek style, and suddenly there was a terrible thought in his heart. He walked heavily and stepped forward, carefully opening the lid.

"The Carthage commander Margot sent the messenger, saying that when their army attacked the crew and soldiers who sailed ashore on the beach, only Miltias led the unarmed crew to bravely attack them. Before the death of the war, two Carthage soldiers were also cut down. A Celtic leader from Iberia admired his bravery and specially cut his head as his own trophy... After Margo knew about it, I specially redeemed it, but the corpse could not find it, so I could only send his head to us..."

Behind the ear, Leo Tizids’s straightforward, lifeless voice rang, and Seckley stared at the vaguely in the wooden box and recognized the face of the same old-fashioned face. After a moment, he whispered. One sentence: "Mirtias, you stupid..." Then gently cover the box.

After sitting back in the wooden chair, it is difficult for him to suppress the resentment in his heart: "The Sicilian war began only a few months, and our Dionysian Navy not only suffered heavy losses, but also killed both Fralios and Miltias. The fleet commander...the **** Carthage! What the **** Ma Ge!..."

Sekleian yelled loudly to vent his grief.

"The Carthage messenger also brought a request." Leo Tizides ignored his anger and continued: "They captured thousands of our crew members and hoped to exchange them with us. Base sailor."

"The Carthaginians want to get beauty, I haven't let the Phoenicians who attacked my fleet suffer enough!" said Seclair.

"So you want to reject the Carthaginian proposal?"

"No, change them!" Seklelyan's eyebrows pick: "The life of our navy crew is very precious. So these are the comparisons of the Phoenicians from Persia. Let them go back. I believe it will be a few. God, they will also be our captives."

After the naval battle, the Sicilian fleet brought the captives back to Serenus. After interrogation, Seklely was relieved: the fleet was originally from the Phoenician city states such as the Eastern Mediterranean Tyre and Sidon, but not It is Carthage that has made a number of warships earlier than Daionia. In the condition of the mother state of Carthage, it is obviously impossible for them to frequently send fleets to help Carthage.

"After a while, you and I will send people to discuss with the Carthage messenger and complete the exchange of prisoners as soon as possible."

"Okay." McClell replied simply, then asked sensitively: "So anxious, what happened?"

"This morning, the messenger of Sipros brought a bad news, and Kefaroyion was occupied by the Carthage."

"Kefaro Ioian?" Seclerian was puzzled. He had been at the naval base in Tarantum before, and he had been in Sicily for a few months, and he was always busy with the Sicilian fleet, so he was Some things inside Sicily are not very clear, and the name of this town is completely new to him.

“Kefalo Ition is a town of the Sikels, in the inner mountainous region of Sicily, in the northwest of Agrigento, on the sidelines of the kingdom and the Carthaginians dividing the sphere of influence in Sicily. , bordering the territory of the Xikan people..." Leo Tizides made a rare explanation, and Seckley worked hard to recall the location of the town.

At the beginning of the first deputy, Mukru, saw this situation, immediately took the map of Sicily, placed it on the table next to Seklei, and pointed out the location of the town.

"This town of the West Kiel is the former residence of the Taknikian tribe." The next sentence of Leo Tizides made Seclín an impression, after all, the case of La Ossian was There have been huge waves in the political arena of the kingdom.

"How lost?" Sekleian had an interest.

"It is believed that when the army of Carthage surrounded Serinus a few days ago, more than 2,000 Sikans invaded the territory of the Sikels. The Sikels have always maintained a strong position against the Sikan people. So I did not hesitate to summon 4,000 soldiers and wanted to completely defeat them..." Leo Tizides’s mouth whispered, seemingly laughing at the stupidity of the Sikels: "The result is in battle, Carthage The army suddenly appeared, the Sikels suffered a fiasco, and the Carthaginians pursued the victory and successfully occupied Kefaro Idion.

Then, the Carthaginians and the Sikans continued to attack the city of Enna to the east. The leader of the Taknikian tribe who fled to the west of Sicily became the guide of the Carthaginians and helped the Carthaginians to persuade the West. Kyle's tribes made the hearts of the tribes of the West Kelly floating. Although the West Prussian had sent the Chief Executive of Khna to send reinforcements to Enna, the situation in Enna was not optimistic.

... In addition, since we did not transport the reinforcements to Agrigento yesterday, I am also worried about the situation of Agrigento. Once it was captured, tens of thousands of Carthage soldiers stood firm in the middle of the South Coast, not only threatening the security of neighboring city-states, but also threatening our security. ”

Seklelyan sat up straight and looked at Leo Tizides and asked seriously: "Do you want our navy to once again transport the reinforcements to Agrigento?"

"Of course I have this idea~www.readwn.com~ Now you are the highest-ranking military commander of the Sicilian fleet (although Seklely is not the Sicilian fleet chief, but after the death of Miltias, the new Sicilian fleet commander Not yet appointed, as the first fleet naval commander, McLelian has the highest military position in the Sicilian fleet, naturally becoming the messenger of this fleet.) Of course I need to discuss with you, with the current situation of the Sicilian fleet, able to carry out the reinforcements. Mission?” Leo Tizides asked with a serious look.

"Of course!" Seclerian simply replied that in the face of military priorities concerning the interests of the kingdom, he has always been divided: "I can use the captured Phoenician warship as a troop carrier, with the Sicilian fleet. Escort, yesterday, the Phoenicians still repelled us under the prevailing conditions. I am afraid that they will not dare to come out in the port these days. If they dare to come, they can just destroy them all! But this time, We can't ship so many soldiers."

"Even if you can transport, I don't have so many reinforcements, just 2,000 people." Although Leo Tizides said that although it was dull, Sekleian felt a bit helpless from the words, he looked at it again. The Sicilian Army commander, who rarely travels to and from the country, said: "It’s okay to transport 2,000 people. I will go back and get ready to go and leave before noon as soon as possible."

Leo Tizides did not express his gratitude, but continued: "There is one more thing, you need to know, when I let the messenger return to Katane, take the words to Cypress and let him send a fleet as soon as possible. To transport the troops here to Jela, you will need your Sicilian fleet to escort."