Chapter 100 Unification of the Carthaginian Navy

This made the Serinus people angry, and they shouted angrily: "As long as the Carthaginians dare to leave, Serinus will immediately surrender to Dioria!"

Hearing the threat, Milefio hesitated again.

Just when the two sides were still arguing, the soldiers of the Eighth Legion who landed had arrived at the city of Serinus.

Upon hearing the news, Milefio, who climbed to the top of the city, saw the enemy outside the city wearing black armor and black armor, neatly dressed, and morale. The scene of the pursuit made him feel chills. He lacked confidence in whether he could lead the remnant army out of the city to repel the enemy, or successfully avoid the enemy's attack and return to Lilibe smoothly.

After an urgent discussion with the equally timid team officers, Milefio decided to stay in the city and urgently dispatched a messenger to Lilibe for help.

The messenger arrived at Lilibe, and reported to Monte Adenno that "the army of Dionysus is advancing on Serinus, and the return route of the troops led by Milefio has been cut off", and informed Serinus. The army is running out of rations now, and he hopes that Monte Ardeno can send troops to rescue him.

Monte Ardeno, who had recovered a little from yesterday's fiasco, did not speak sarcastically as Milefio imagined. On the contrary, he considered the possible punishment for his defeat by the Senate, and for the sake of his own life, He had to restore his relationship with Milefio, so he immediately gave an order to rescue, so that the generals quickly gathered the army, this time he will personally lead the army to Serinus to rescue.

But this time, including the time spent in the middle, was enough for the main Dionysian force to reach Serinus, so Monteardno saw the Dionysian army waiting outside the city. Only fight hard.

The bugle sounded, and not long after the two sides fought, the Numibian soldiers with low morale were quickly defeated. Although this time fighting in a vast area, the ability of the Numibian cavalry was brought into play, but it did not affect the overall situation at all.

The reinforcements led by Monte Ardeno were defeated and fled back to Lillibe in a hurry. The Dionysian army suffered minor losses, which made Milefio, who was standing at the front of the city watching the battle, completely rested his thoughts of going out of the city to attack.

And Leotidides did not let the soldiers desperately pursue the rout of Monte Adeno, but let the army build a camp outside the city of Serinus, which seems to be the cause of Carthage and Syracuse. The city-state, the culprit of more than a decade of war, is under complete siege.

During this period, Monte Adeno, who had fled back to Lillibe, did not give up his efforts. He sent a messenger to Palermos and ordered Hasdroba to lead the Iberian troops to rescue Serinus.

Hasdrogba didn't follow Monte Ardeno's orders very much.

Now that I heard that the main force of Carthage had been defeated by the Dionysians despite the superiority of their troops, they even ignored Monte Ardno.

Poor Milefio watched the Dionysian camp outside the city expand and strengthen day by day, and even heard the spies report that "the Dionias are building a super siege tower in the camp", his mood is naturally Anxiety every day.

The only fortunate thing is that Dionia's blockade of the sea is not too tight, and the clippers sent by Serinus escaped the enemy's interception many times and went to Carthage for help.

A few days later, the Carthaginian senate finally stopped arguing and reached a resolution: to revoke Monte Ardeno from the position of commander of the Carthaginian army and escort him back to Carthage for trial. The Iberian governor Marco was appointed as the new commander-in-chief of the army. During his absence, the elder Pomirka temporarily took his place and dealt with the affairs of the Sicilian army urgently.

Pomirka, he was neither of the Margonid faction, nor of Hanno, but of the neutral faction of the senate. However, unlike Ace Yaruba, he has a good relationship with the other two factions. Perhaps it is for this reason that his election as acting commander is also recognized by most of the elders.

After being appointed, Pomirka immediately rushed to Lillibe by boat, and along the way, announced the resolution of the Senate to Monte Ardno. Monte Ardno, who had already expected this result, was detained by the guards without any resistance. After all, As a prestigious family patriarch in Carthage, his resistance or even escape would seriously affect the future of his relatives and the prestige of the family.

Pomirka personally escorted Monte Ardeno to the port.

Before boarding the ship, the gray-faced Monte Ardeno couldn't help reminding: "...Dionys is different from the enemies we have encountered before. Their soldiers are brave and their generals are cunning. The combat effectiveness of our Numibian troops is really worrying, so even if there are more troops than them, we must be vigilant when fighting!  …”

Pomirka thanked him for the reminder.

In the end, Monte Ardeno sighed: "The Senate has been worried for so long, but let Marco, the leader of the alien race, become the commander of the Carthaginian army! This is not a good thing for Carthage!"

Pomirka watched in silence as Monte Ardeno got on the passenger ship, and then he turned back to Lililibe. The next thing he had to do was to resolve the conflict between the Carthaginian fleet and the Iberian fleet. .

Since the Iberian fleet was funded and established by the Margonid family, Margo did not want the fleet to be controlled by the Senate, so Admika, the fleet commander of the Margonid family, was reluctant to put the fleet under the control of the Senate. The fleet was placed in the Carthaginian fleet, under the command of fleet commander Annobas.

In the name of the acting commander, Pomirka invited Anrobas and Admika to the Lilibe commander's mansion to discuss matters, and solemnly announced to them the decision of the Senate: the Iberian fleet accepted the command of the Carthaginian fleet. The command of Annobas is a prerequisite for agreeing to Marco to take over as the commander of the Carthaginian army.

Admika looked at Ambalos, who gave him a friendly smile.

Admica was not fooled by his smile. He had heard Marco say when he was in Iberia that Annobas was not friendly to the Margonids. Of course, he used to be close to the Margonides family in the Senate, so he became the commander of the Carthaginian navy when Himilco led the army to attack Syracuse more than 20 years ago, and he was in the naval battle. The main fleet of Syracuse led by Leptines was defeated, but the Carthaginian army suffered a disastrous defeat under the city of Syracuse. In order to survive, Similco, who was in a difficult situation, talked privately with Dionysius, and In order to keep it secret, Annobas was not informed. As a result, Shimilco led his cronies to escape successfully on a dozen ships, while the Carthaginian fleet led by Annobas was besieged in the great port of Syracuse and almost lost. At last, under the desperate rescue of his subordinates, he took a fast boat and barely escaped with his life. From then on he hated the Margonides family and became a neutral.

In fact, it is precisely because of this that the Senate will continue to entrust him with the heavy responsibility of commanding the Carthaginian fleet in order to check and balance Marco, who has mastered a powerful military force.

Although Admika knew Marco's desire for the position of commander-in-chief of the Carthaginian army, he was uneasy about bringing the Iberian fleet under Annobas. However, the loss of the naval battle not long ago took away a lot of his stubbornness. He did not dare to directly object, so he inferred: "This fleet was built by Mr. Margo himself. I can't make a decision and must obtain the consent of Mr. Margo. ."

Pomirka did not force it, but immediately sent a messenger to Iberia to seek Marco's advice. During this period, he also sent a messenger to Hasdruba stationed in Palamos, hoping that this The young and promising general was able to lead his army south to rescue the besieged Carthaginian army.

Pomirka's humble tone was very much to Hasdruba's taste, he almost immediately decided to lead the team to set off, but fortunately Kisgo reminded him: "Repel the enemy and save the friendly army, then this credit will be given. Who is it? Maybe the senate will think that Pomilka can also command and move us when he is the commander-in-chief, then there is no need for Lord Margo..."

Hasdruba obeyed the advice and did not respond to Pomirka, and continued to lead the army to stay in Palermos to watch the battle.

Pomirka had nothing to do with it.

But a few days later, Margo's reply came: he agreed with Pomirkad's proposal to let the Iberian fleet follow the command of Annobas, the commander of the Carthaginian navy, but asked Annobas not to interfere in the fleet's operations. manage.

As a result, the Carthaginian fleet and the Iberian fleet were unified under the command of Annobas, making the total naval force of the navy reach about 540 warships, of which 432 were the main three-tier oar warships, which can be described as powerful. .

At the same time, Pomirka's mission to Annobas also came: in view of the critical condition of Serinus, Lilibi had to urgently transport food and soldiers for him, and asked the Carthaginian fleet to escort the fleet.

In fact, during this time, the Dionian army has launched several attacks on the city of Serinus, and Milefior has repeatedly sent clippers to Lilibe for help, although the Carthaginian Senate has already The first mobilized 4,000 Carthaginian civic soldiers were transported to Lillibe, but in view of the current state of the Carthaginian army, Pomirka did not dare to lead the army to rescue from land, and he turned his attention to Dionysus The sub-military force is relatively weak at sea, and through sea transportation, the reinforcements are sent to Serinus, strengthen the defense of Serinus, use it to drag the enemy, consume the enemy's strength, and wait for Marco to lead the army to arrive. .

However, Annobas had rejected Pomirka’s request many times before, on the grounds that the command of the Iberian fleet had not been resolved, and they could not cooperate on the battlefield, which would easily lead to failure. And the strength of the Carthaginian fleet alone is not enough to match Dionia's fleet.

Although the Carthaginian fleet has been docked at the city-state military ports at the western end of Sicily, Annobas has been paying attention to the movements of the Dionysian Sicilian fleet and has some understanding of the strength of its fleet. Of course, on the other hand, he is also urging Pomirka to solve the problem of the Iberian fleet as soon as possible. ()

. m.