Chapter 341 The Response of the Lilibi Defenders

Liliba is a military fortress. It was originally built to deal with the army of Dionysius, the powerful tyrant of Syracuse, so half of its city is occupied by military camps. There are three military camps in total, located in the southeast of the city. , Northwest and Southwest. When Lilibe was just built, there were 30,000 soldiers stationed in the city. After the peace agreement was signed with Dionysus, the number of soldiers stationed in Lilibei city decreased year by year. At the minimum, there were only 1,000 soldiers. After the war in Asia, the number of defenders once again soared to more than 10,000 people.

After Marco led the army to land in Sicily, he successively transferred many soldiers from the city. There are about 10,000 troops in the city of Lilibe, of which 2,000 are Carthaginian soldiers, and the other 8,000 are Numibians. It seems that the number is not large. There are few, but their source is mainly the troops that suffered a disastrous defeat in the previous battle with Dionia, had low morale, and had a large gap in formation. Margo replaced them with Lilibe in the hope that Imisere would restore them. Reorganize, train, restore morale.

Ymiserai has faithfully carried out this order, and so far, he has done well and has gained some prestige among the defenders. He is now riding to the Southwest Barracks, which is next to the port and houses 2,000 Carthaginian soldiers.

The port of Carthage is integrated with the city, and is not separated by an inner wall, which makes the transportation and trade of goods in the city more convenient, and also reflects the self-confidence of a Western Mediterranean power. As a military fortress, Lilibe is not only separated from the port and the city, but the inner wall is not just a checkpoint. It is a real city wall, tall and strong, and there are also many towers and surrounding city walls. No difference.

By the time Imisere arrived at the military camp, the soldiers in the camp had basically assembled, but a few young Carthaginian generals rushed to the playground at this time, without their helmets and incomplete armor.

Imisere was a little dissatisfied, but he did not rebuke, but eagerly asked the team officers in charge of gathering the troops: "What happened in the port?!"

"The sentries came to report just now, saying that the Dionians pretended to be our Carthaginian fleet, sneaked into the port, and were attacking the dock, but they...seem not too many, and they didn't wear armor..." One Said the captain.

Hearing this, Imisere was slightly relieved, and he issued an order: the heavy infantry should immediately enter the port and destroy the enemy who invaded the dock; the light infantry would go up to the city and attack the enemy and enemy ships in the port from a long distance.

After giving the order, he was still a little uneasy, and sent a messenger to notify the other two barracks, so that after the soldiers were all assembled, go up to the city to defend.

Even though the Dionysian fleet infiltrated the port, Imisere still had confidence in the port's defense, so he had the illusion that Dionia sent so few troops to attack the port, perhaps just to attract The garrison's attention, and the real offensive is on land?

When the officers all went to carry out the order, Imisere then criticized the young generals: "Master Margo doesn't want you, saying that you only talk big and lack the ability to lead troops, so I put You threw it to me, now prove your chance, fight bravely! Fight for the honor of the nobles of Carthage! Don't let others look down on your family for this!..."

A few generals are just saying: The city lord will never be disappointed!

Imisere watched them put on their armor again with the help of the servants, and felt a little regretful: they were not strictly required in the city before, and only when they actually fought, did they realize that they were so unbearable.

Fortunately, he listened to Marco's advice and promoted those civilians who had combat experience and heroic combat to middle-level team officers, and usually relied on them to lead troops for training.

The Southwest Barracks was built near the city gate leading to the city from the port. Imisere soon reached the top of the city. The sentries had already set up burning torches on the battlements, so he could directly overlook the situation of the pier: There was already chaos there. Countless people who were awakened screamed and fled. Many people were still naked. Dozens of Dionian soldiers armed with leather shields and daggers drove them to the city gate. The crowd gathered, they banged on the city gate desperately, begging the defenders to open the city gate and let them in... And on the trestle of the pier, there were also some people escorted by dozens of Dionian soldiers, who forcibly let them in. They boarded the docked cargo ship...

"Sir, there are too many people in front of the city gate! If we open the city gate at this time, they will all rush in, and the soldiers under the city will not be able to stop it, and it is very likely that these Dionians will also be mixed in, together. rushed in..." a team officer said worriedly.

A young Carthaginian general immediately retorted: "What is there to worry about, there are only a few enemies, and even if they are let into the city, they will just come to die."

However, Imisere was lost in thought: If the Dionias were to follow the crowd into the city and run around in the dark, it would be a bit difficult to kill them, let alone so many people in the port area who would know Are there any spies mixed in with Dionia, in case they go to the city to sabotage...

You must know that as a major military town, the city of Lilibe was strictly controlled. At first, only the defenders, their families, officials and their families, as well as military auxiliary personnel such as blacksmiths, carpenters, and craftsmen could live in the city. In peacetime, due to the prosperity of trade, it was relaxed, allowing the nobles of Carthage to buy land in the city, but it always had a rule that it has always insisted: Except for the army and the residents of the city stationed in Lilibe, if others did not With permission, do not enter the city.

It is precisely because Lilibei controls the entry and exit of the city very strictly, and the security in the city is highly guaranteed, so the protection of some facilities in the city is somewhat lax, such as the baggage camp for storing military rations, although most of the baggage It has been transported to the Carthaginian army camp, but once it catches fire, Imisere's life will not be easy, the interrogation of the Senate, the questioning of Marco...

Imisere's hesitation was seen by another young general, and he immediately suggested: "Sir, there are not many enemies, so you can let the light infantry attack the city."

Imisere was a little hesitant, after all, he was the lord of Lilibe, not only to destroy the enemy, but also to manage the entire city. But the Dionysians were few and mixed with the people. Now that it was night, arrows and javelins fell, and the more casualties would only be the Lilibis, which would lead to greater chaos. There are many casualties among the people, and it will be very troublesome to deal with the aftermath, and it will also affect the operation of the entire port, which will outweigh the losses.

"Go and inform General Ragnaca of the Northwest Barracks, let him lead the troops here immediately, and then open the city gate and attack the Dionians in the port!" After thinking about it, Imisere finally gave the order. The order, he believes that the 4,000 soldiers of the Northwest Barracks, plus the 1,000 soldiers under the city, is enough to break through the congested city gates.

"Sir, it's too late. When Ragnaka arrives with the army, the people in the port will be killed and injured more!" The young general reminded anxiously.

Immisere glared at him impatiently, based on his judgment: if the Dionians slashed and slashed, the people would flee in all directions, and the problem of blocking the city gates would be solved, and the tricks of the Dionians would be solved. would go bankrupt, so they couldn't do it.

So he said coldly, "Remember, I am the lord of this city!"

After saying this, Imisere ignored the young Carthaginian generals, and gave an order to the light infantry officers: "Your mission now is to attack the Dionysian ships in the port with rockets. !"

"My lord, Dionia's ships are too far away, beyond our range!"

At this time, Imisere turned his eyes to the bay, and as expected, he vaguely saw that the ships on the sea were leaning towards the side of the natural breakwater. The sea surface is more than 10 meters, and the range of the archers cannot reach that far, so they have to rely on the long-range attacks on the opposite city walls and embankments.

Imisere's doubts arose: Why were there no torches on the opposite city wall? What are the soldiers in the barracks on the other side doing? !

Imisere's gaze was slanted forward, and the position he was standing was farther from the small military camp on the natural breakwater. If it weren't for a few torches that shook like candlelight, I am afraid that even the location of the military camp could not be found. The shouting was too loud, completely obscuring the faint sounds of fighting and screams from the small army camp on the other side, and Ymiserei never thought that the enemy would land on the natural breakwater that was impossible to land on by boat, so He would not have thought that the small army camp opposite had been attacked. He still thought that those soldiers had only slowly left the army camp because of their snooze.

Because the soldiers in the small barracks were all dispatched by the Southwest Barracks, the officers at the city head didn't dare to defend them when they saw Imisere's unswerving expressions. Besides, they had just arrived at the city head and didn't know much about the situation.

Imisere made no further criticism, as his attention had been entirely drawn to the lighthouse further west. He had been in Lillybee for several years, and had a good understanding of "the way the watchman at the lighthouse at night lit the fuel lamp and notified the port officials of the situation of incoming ships in the port through the unique shaking", but had never seen such a situation: Next to the burning lighthouse flame stood another flame.

"What does that mean?" he asked with his fingers there.

No one could answer.

He began to feel uneasy in his heart, and asked again, "Have the iron chains of the port water gate been put down?"

Still no one can answer, since the opening and closing of the water gate only needs to be operated by the lighthouse personnel, and at night there is no sentry sent to the tower on the side of the artificial breakwater.

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