Chapter 53 Sicily's Strategic Deployment (1)

? At this time, Philisius strode into the venue, nodded to everyone, smiled, and declined Cypros to give up the throne, but stood beside him.

Miron frowned slightly when he saw this.

Felixius glanced at everyone and said humbly: "Before I came, His Majesty once solemnly told me, 'Go to Sicily, you can only bring your eyes and ears!'. So, I am not here to supervise everyone, It will not interfere with any of your deployments, and any needs and suggestions you may have can be conveyed to Your Majesty and the Senate through me.

But before you meet, I have His Majesty and the Senate sign two important public appointments to announce! ' Philisius said this, his expression became serious, and his right hand held up a scroll of papyrus tied with black rope.

The eyes of the crowd were immediately focused on it, and only Cypros and Leotizides remained calm, because they both knew the content in advance.

Philisius unfolded the papyrus scroll and read aloud: "Since Carthage may launch a massive attack on our Sicily island, in order to better concentrate all the forces of the cities and allies in Sicily, it will be more effective and faster for the combat troops. Provide logistical assistance and support to better coordinate the defense between the cities. After discussions with the Senate, I decided to appoint Cypros as the wartime governor of the Sicily region of the Kingdom of Dionia, and to serve as the administrator of Catane. Sir, in charge of all administrative affairs in Sicily, actively cooperate with the combat troops to fight against the Carthaginians, and hope that the chief executives of the cities in Sicily will obey the administrative orders of the governor. Summer name - King Davos!"

As soon as Philisius finished reading, there was a slight sigh and breath in the venue: Wartime Governor! This is a top-level official position with far more power than the chief executive. This is the second time that Dionysus has appeared since the founding of the country, which shows its preciousness. The last wartime governor, Sedorum, was already one of the five rotating presidents of the Senate, and he often participated in important discussions in the palace.

Everyone looked at Cypros with envious eyes, while Philisius handed the appointment letter to Miron on the right side of Cypros and let him pass it down to distinguish the authenticity.

Miron glanced at the papyrus scroll in a complicated mood, and the two seals of King Davos and the Senate clearly came into view. Although he was jealous, he had to admit that Cypros was compared with himself. , the advantage of becoming a wartime governor is even greater. After all, the population and land under his control have far surpassed other towns in Sicily. Catane has replaced Syracuse and became the largest city in Sicily. . Moreover, Cypros has been in Sicily for almost seven years, and he is more familiar with the situation here than himself.

After all, Miron fought side by side with Cypros, and they had a good relationship with each other. After Naxos took office, he also received a lot of help from Cypros, so he sighed lightly and said softly: "I have no objection. "

Even as the chief executive of Dionia's second largest city in Sicily,

Miron, whose qualifications and achievements are equally outstanding, said so, and others would not object.

Philisius took out a scroll of papyrus again.

The eyes of everyone suddenly became hot again: Who will it be this time? ! What will be the job? !

"Appointed Prosusus, commander of the Eighth Legion, as commander of Sicily, in command of all Dionian land armies in Sicily and their allies, fighting against the Carthaginians. Signature - Davos."

The content of this appointment is very brief, that is because it is a military appointment, Davos can make a decision directly without going through the Senate, and in Sicily there is only Prosus, a high-ranking army general, and other administrative officials will not To argue with him, Davos does not need to explain in detail.

Therefore, after listening to this, everyone did not have any strange emotions, but felt a little disappointed: Is the appointment just over?

After Philisius finished reading, he turned to look at Leotidides. He was the first high-ranking general to be appointed commander, but the failure of the Battle of Lamato River made his military career overshadowed. Shadow, facing the latecomers, there is only hope and encouragement in his eyes: "Congratulations, Commander of the Prosous Army! I hope you will win the war in Sicily under the protection of Hades!"

Prossus nodded his thanks, took the appointment letter, his face still had no expression, but his heart was surging: after staying in Dionia for more than ten years, he finally became the regional commander-this In the highest position in the Dionian army (the commander-in-chief and commander can only be held by King Davos), he can command tens of thousands of soldiers to fight, and he will never be inferior to a Spartan king!

"Thank you Your Majesty and the Senate for their trust in me! Now, with Carthage tearing up the friendly agreement, Sicily, not only the territory of Dionia, but other Greek city-states will suffer a huge crisis! I hope, I can get The full help of all your lords and their friendly city-states, assist Commander Prossius, and thwart the Carthaginian ambitions to encroach on Sicily!" The newly appointed wartime governor Cypros made his inaugural statement emotionally: " Next, I would like to ask Commander Prosous to conduct a pre-war military analysis."

Leotides immediately stood up, walked to the large map of Sicily hung on the wall, picked up the slender wooden stick by the wall, and said, "Everyone, according to the analysis of the Ministry of Military Affairs, according to Carthage With its current national strength, it can send at least 100,000 troops, and if you count the troops in the hands of the governor of the Iberian Peninsula, Marco, at least 150,000 troops can be sent to Sicily—"

150,000 people? ! Everyone present, including Miron, couldn't help stunned.

"Of course, although the Carthaginian army has a large number, the combat effectiveness of their soldiers is far less than that of our army. I am afraid that more than half of their soldiers are Numibians, Mauritanians, Iberians, and others from other places. The mercenaries..." Leotizides continued: "I don't think Carthage could have invested so many troops at one time, no more than 100,000 at most!"

This figure is a conclusion drawn by Leotides, referring to the two previous wars between Carthage and Dionysius' Syracuse, and he points the western end of Sicily on the map with a wooden stick: "Carthage Key's army is likely to land in Lilibe or Eryx. There are two routes of their attack. One is along the northern coastline of Sicily and marches towards Messina. There are not many Greek city-states along the way, and their strength is not strong. Strong, but the mountains and forests in the north are high, the coastline is narrow, and the troops cannot be deployed. When the Taichi attacked, it took a long time, so I don't think the northern coastline will be the main attack direction of the Carthaginians.

The other offensive route is the coastline in southern Sicily. The terrain here is relatively flat and can accommodate the expansion of the army. In the past, it was the main offensive route of the Carthaginian and Syracuse troops. I think this time will be no exception. "

Leotidides said with certainty, and the sticks in his hand pointed on the map in turn: "Minoa, Agrigento, Gera, Camerina... Although there are many Greek city-states on the southern coastline, The strength is also relatively strong, but I don't think they can resist the attack of the Syracuse army for a long time, and I am not going to send troops to reinforce these city-states."

As soon as these words were spoken, there were whispered discussions in the venue.

The chief executive of Messina, Amicris, objected: "Although these Greek city-states have not established an obvious alliance with our Dionia, they have always maintained friendly exchanges with our kingdom, trade frequently, and have been active many times. to cooperate with some of our actions in Sicily, such as targeting the Sikels, and isolating Syracuse... So they can be regarded as de facto allies. Once a war occurs, they will definitely ask our Dionia for help, According to the traditional practice of the kingdom, how can we let it go!"

Amicris' words expressed the hearts of the chief executives present. After all, during their tenure in office, they got along well with the high-level officials of these Greek city-states.

Leotidides was unmoved, and said coldly, "Since there is no alliance agreement, there is no breach of the alliance. Our army in Sicily is not large, and the Eighth Legion plus reserves will only be more than 20,000. People, if urgent mobilization is carried out, the number can be increased to about 50,000 people, but in that case, the kingdom's young and middle-aged people in the Sicilian territory are almost emptied, which will seriously affect the upcoming winter planting and the daily order of the entire region. I think this is not what the Chief Executives want to see, let alone what His Majesty wants to see!

What's more, even if so many troops are gathered to reinforce Gera or Agrigento, it is easy to form a stalemate with the army of Syracuse. On the one hand, can our cities in Sicily withstand the pressure on food supply caused by the long-term stalemate? On the other hand, the grain transportation line is stretched, and the troops in the territory are empty. Once the foreign enemy raids again, it will be a disaster for the troops we send and the cities in the territory! "

Everyone was touched by Leotidides' heavy tone, and what attracted their attention even more was that the wooden stick in Leotidides' hand pointed to a city icon on the map - Syracuse.

"Syracuse, the only city-state among the Greek city-states in Sicily that does not interact with us, has a strong strength and occupies an important strategic position in the east. A few days ago, it refused to give us the envoys we sent to ask for an alliance. The response shows that he has resentment against Dionia in his heart. According to the information we received, we have seen Carthaginians appearing in the port area of ​​Syracuse in the past two days, which must arouse our vigilance! Beware that Syracuse becomes the Tarantum of the South Italian War!"

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