Chapter 345 Shortcut

Having said that, he looked at Sekelian, with a flattering smile on his face, nodding and bowing and said, "S... Sir Sekelian, if I tell you where the tunnel is, you... you will give it to me. What reward?"

Sekelian suppressed the displeasure in his heart and said with a smile: "If you can prove that what you said is true, you have made great contributions to the Kingdom of Dionia, and you will become Dionia in at least two years. A full-fledged citizen, enjoy the many rights granted to you by the kingdom!"

"It's still two years..." Carmelus was still a little dissatisfied, but seeing Cykrian staring at him fiercely, he immediately said loudly: "Of course that tunnel is real! It's in Lampkuba. at home!"

His words aroused the curiosity of the laborers: "Which Lampukuba?"

"Of course it's Lampukuba of the Hanno family! Lillibe's richest businessman, Lampukuba!" Carmelus straightened his chest and looked proud.

"You lied! The people of Lampukuba's family are high, how could you have contact with them! It's even more impossible to know such a secret!" The young Setonus expressed doubts, which was recognized by many workers.

"Of course it's true!" Seeing that Cykrian was also suspicious, Calmulus explained anxiously: "One night three years ago, I was bored alone, wandering in the port area... um ...somehow... walked into Lampukuba's house—"

At this time, Setonus snorted coldly, and the mockery on his face was obviously saying: If you approached unknowingly, you obviously want to go in and steal!

Calmulus was thick-skinned and didn't care, and continued: "His house is too big, I got lost, I couldn't go out for a while, and I was afraid of running into their guards, so I had to find a place to hide, and I happened to overhear it. The general manager of his family and his subordinates are talking quietly, 'the military rations from the southwestern military camp will be transported out through the tunnel at home'... I heard that Lampukuba has great status and power in Carthage, and his servants are in Lilibe. No one dared to provoke me... I knew this big secret, if they knew it, would I still be alive! I was terrified at the time, and after I finally came out, I kept this secret in my heart, and no one dared to say it. They don't even know..."

He pointed at the laborers with contempt, then immediately put on an admiring look, and said to Sekelian: "I didn't expect you to be so powerful, Lord, and easily got this secret from me!"

The excited Sekelian didn't have time to pay attention to his flattery, and immediately asked: "Where is that Lampukuba's house?!"

"I know, I'll take you there!..." Many workers rushed to answer, all wanting to make merit and get rewards.

"Wait!" Calmulus shouted: "Lord Sekelian, Lampukuba's house is very large, and it is not easy to find a tunnel! It is better to interrogate Lampukuba and his family directly!"

Seeklian looked at him and felt that although this guy has a bad character, his brain is still very good, so he turned around and said to the soldiers: "Take him and immediately go and arrest Lampukuba for me!"

"Yes!" The soldiers responded loudly, and they couldn't contain their excitement: Lord Sekelian's seemingly joking order actually held the key to the door to victory!

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The warships of the 3rd Fleet docked at the pier one after another, and Leotizides disembarked and prepared to gather the soldiers of the Eighth Legion who had landed one after another.

But he saw the soldiers of the Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade hurriedly running towards him.

"Sekirion wants me to see him? What's the matter?" Leotizides was surprised after hearing what the team members said.

"General, it's a very important matter about capturing this city. You'll know when you go!" The team member said sternly, but he couldn't hide the excitement in his tone. He also reminded: "It's better to bring less people, Avoid attracting the attention of the enemy at the head of the city."

Leotizides was aroused, and he asked Tagluo to be responsible for gathering the troops. He brought a detachment of soldiers from his flagship, followed closely with the members of the Mountain Scouting Brigade, and walked quickly to the port area.

Although Liliba is Carthage's military center in Sicily, as the only and truly directly subordinate town of Carthage in Sicily, the Carthaginians have poured a lot of money and manpower into it over the past 20 years, and it has also promoted It is prosperous in maritime trade, so the area of ​​​​the port area is not small, warehouses, shops, and markets are row upon row, the streets are straight, and the houses are densely packed, but they are neatly planned, and the further you go, the larger the area of ​​the houses. , is getting more and more luxurious... It's just that there are hardly any people in such a big place. Most of the people in the port area have been driven to the vicinity of the city gate. Of course, this is not only the credit of the soldiers of the Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade, but also the Sicilian Fleet. The role of the infantry.

After he learned that the tunnel was hidden in Lampkuba's residence, while he sent someone to arrest the insider, he also quickly dispatched thousands of fleet infantry on the crow warship to completely destroy the people in the port area. Evicted from the port area to avoid leaks.

Therefore, Leotides and the others walked in the empty blocks, because there was no light and it was too dark, and they tripped over the dead bodies on the road from time to time.

"Why haven't we arrived yet? Where are we going?" The squad leader couldn't help asking. He fell twice along the way, his helmet was crooked, his nose was swollen, and there was a lot of resentment in his heart.

At this time, Leotidides did not stop him, because he was still thinking about what the mountain scout team said before "taking Liliba", and he didn't notice that he was approaching the city wall of Liliba.

The mountain scout team who led the way said repeatedly: "It's almost there! It's almost there!"

After walking more than 10 meters, he stopped, pointed to the open door beside the road and said, "We're here, let's go in, Lord Sekelian is still waiting for you inside."

However, Leotidides stopped and carefully observed the surrounding environment. He suddenly found that the wall of this house was much higher than the walls of other houses, more than four meters high, and although the gate could not clearly see the texture , but it is very thick, and the people living here are by no means ordinary people! …”

At this moment, someone came out to greet him: "Lord Leotizides, you are finally here, Lord Sekelian is waiting anxiously!"

This man was the infantry captain of the Sicilian Fleet, and Leotizides had seen it before, and then he was completely relieved, stepped forward, and said, "What the hell did Cykrian find out? mystery?"

"A tunnel leading to the city!" The captain whispered excitedly: "Lord Sekelian learned from those dock workers, and he specially asked the mountain scouts to arrest the people in this house and killed several people. A prisoner, only forced to ask."

So this is what His Majesty said! ...Leotizides was refreshed, and immediately said, "Take me to see it!"

The area of ​​this mansion should not be small. The captain took him into the courtyard. He did not go to the main courtyard, but went through the side door. There is a corridor, which is wide enough to pass a large carriage. It is close to the courtyard. The wall faces straight to the east.

Leotides looked at the city wall that was getting closer and closer, and he could even hear the deafening shouts coming from the side, and he seemed to understand.

After walking for a few dozen meters, there were tall buildings similar to warehouses in front of them. The captain pointed to one of them and said, "Lord Sekelian is inside."

Leotidides didn't go in immediately. He looked around carefully again, then pointed to the left and asked, "Is the gate to the city from the port over there?"

The captain didn't expect him to ask such a question, he turned his head to look at the left side, and then said: "Yes, it is over there, there are thousands of people gathered there, the mountain reconnaissance team and our fleet infantry, in order to drive them away, It took a lot of effort, but the effect is obvious, before you came, the Carthaginians never dared to open the city gate..."

Leotidides turned his head to look behind him on the right again. The flames were still burning on the top of the city a few hundred meters away, where the tower gate should be located.

Leotides recalled the map of the city of Liliba that he drew after the interrogation of the Carthaginian crew, and he could now make a clear judgment that behind the city wall in front of him was probably the southwestern barracks of Liliba.

Leotides looked at the dotted torches on the top of the city tens of meters in front of him, took off his helmet subconsciously, covered the purple and red crown with his body, and said to the squad leader next to him. : You go to guard the gate of the courtyard. If there are troops coming in later, tell them not to light the torches, not to make any noise, to advance in a column formation, and to take off the helmets with the crowns..."

After a solemn exhortation, Leotidides followed the brigade leader into the warehouse.

There was a lot of stuff piled up in the warehouse, and dim lights flickered in a corner ahead. Sekelian and seven or eight soldiers formed a circle, with a few soldiers guarding the two prisoners.

Hearing the footsteps, Cykrian turned his head to look back, and said proudly, "Prossus, come and see, I have brought you a great opportunity to make a great contribution!"

Leotidides ignored his complacency and strode over.

The soldiers hurriedly made room, and what appeared in front of Leotidides was not a dark hole as he had imagined, but more like a cellar, with one-step stone stairs, wall lamps, With hard ground, stacked stone walls and iron pillar support, a straight underground passage leads all the way to the dark front...

Leotidas stood at the entrance of the passage, which was wide enough for three adults to run side by side, and observed it for a while, before stepping on the stone stairs and going up to the warehouse. The first sentence he said was: "Such a tunnel is absolutely not It can be excavated in a short time.”

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