Chapter 236 Night Attack

Carthage is not Rome. Years of war with Syracuse made its army have rich experience in siege, and it has enough technical ability to realize the siege plan. Seeing that the ballista's attack effect was not obvious, Marco ordered to build a city wall 100 meters away from Serinus City, not only to completely surround Serinus City, but also its height should not be too low. In the city wall of Serinus, this can not only prevent the raid of the Dionians, but also suppress the long-range attack of the opponent's city head, which is conducive to the next attack.

With Marco's order, nearly 100,000 soldiers in the entire military camp and countless laborers who transported baggage began to act under the guidance of the engineer.

The Dionian defenders, who had detected the enemy's intentions, had made several raids out of the city, but were repelled by the well-prepared Carthaginians.

Three days later, a prototype of an earthen wall surrounding the city of Serinus was rising from the ground.

Just when the Dionian soldiers were astonished, at the castle of Serinus, the commander of the Sicilian theater of the kingdom of Dionia, Leotizides, met with the commander of the Sicilian fleet, Myrtias.

Ever since Leotidius, without the approval of the Ministry of Military Affairs, incorporated the crew of the Sicilian fleet into his own army, which violated the interests of the Dionysian navy, and was discovered by the newly appointed Mircias, the two sides had a deadlock. , Myrtias moved to the port and did not meet Leotides again. The reason why he came to the city to discuss this time was a last resort.

Because Myrtias was worried about the occurrence of the storm, he stopped the cruise of the warships in the western waters of Sicily, which led to the easy landing of the Carthaginian army in Sicily. This was a great military mistake. If Leotidides fell into trouble at this time and reported it to the Ministry of Military Affairs, saying, "He has repeatedly reminded the Sicilian fleet not to stop the blockade of the western waters because of bad weather, but the commander of the Sicilian fleet has always been stubborn, which led to the war in Sicily. There has been a huge change...", this will not only increase the disgust of King Davos and the Ministry of Military Affairs towards Miltias, but also likely ruin his future military career, so Miltias came with a soft attitude. .

When Leotizides saw him, he did not mention the "landing of the Carthaginian army", but said bluntly: "Myrtias, I am going to attack the Carthaginian camp at night, and I need you all. Navy help."

Hearing this, Myrtias' thoughts turned sharply, and then hesitantly said: "...Attack on the Carthaginian camp at night? Are you planning to raid from the sea? The Carthaginians are in Serinus. There are a lot of sentries on the coast, but they are prepared... It is said that it is a camp of more than 100,000 people! How many soldiers do we need to invest in raiding, it may cause chaos in the Carthaginian camp! If it is unsuccessful , there is a danger of the whole army being wiped out!"

Leotides heard the heartbeat contained in Miltias' hesitant words, and in order to convince this colleague of his own position, he had to take some time and patiently explain: "I will not Let the soldiers land on the nearby coast, that is really easy to be found by the Carthaginians, and this is the place I chose."

Leotides pointed to a sketch on the table roughly depicting the surroundings of the city of Serinus and the Carthaginian camp.

Myrtias hesitated for a moment, then leaned close to Leotidides, looked closely, and found that the place where his finger was located was exactly between Serinus and Germer.

Since taking office as the commander-in-chief of the Sicilian fleet, Myrtias has commanded the flagship, repeatedly cruising the southern coast of Sicily, and being familiar with the sea environment here. This is also a skill that senior generals of Dioria must possess. At this moment, a rough picture of this place appeared in his mind,

There is indeed a small beach there, which is easy to land on, but he reminded: "The coastal road from Germer to Serinus is uneven, and it is not easy to walk during the day. I am afraid it is more difficult at night!"

"That's why I chose to land here." Leotizides said confidently: "The coastal environment there is complicated, and the Carthaginians who have just landed in Sicily are still ignorant of the coast leading to Germes. Unfamiliar, this is to prevent our landing from being discovered by the enemy. I asked the fishermen in the port, tonight will be a full moon night, after the landing soldiers can use the moonlight to sneak into the mountains near the coast, about two or more In an hour's march the Carthaginian camp could be approached."

Leotizides moved his finger to the pattern of the Carthaginian camp and continued: "According to my careful observation at the top of the city during this period and the reports of the soldiers who raided the city, I think that Margo led the The Iberian army camp should be to the north of us, and the army camp from Carthage should be on our east and west sides. Most of their soldiers should be Numibians, and they are also the main force in building the earth wall these days. They must be very tired after a busy day, and must fall into a sound sleep at night.

Moreover, these days, the Carthaginian army has focused its entire defense on protecting the earth wall that is being built. I am afraid that the rear of its camp will be neglected. Our raid is very likely to be successful... When the time comes I will also gather 10,000 heavy infantry in the city. When the raiding force causes chaos in the Carthaginian camp, I will immediately leave the city, rush through the dirt wall, attack the Carthaginian camp, and return them to the city. If the situation is very difficult for us It's good to continue the attack."

"What if the raid fails?" Myrtias interrupted suddenly.

Leotides had already thought about it, and he said calmly: "I will let them flee east into the mountains, and finally return through Minoa."

Myrtias stopped speaking. He knew that there were allies of the Sikelians in the mountains to the east. As long as they escaped into the mountains, there was a high possibility of returning safely.

He carefully looked at the sketches on the table, focusing on the Carthaginian camp to the east of the city of Serinus, which was the target of the night attack. Perhaps because the Carthaginians had strong troops, the camp was built at a distance from the city. One mile away from the city, standing at the front of the city can indeed roughly see the Carthaginian camp, so Leotides can infer the general layout of the Carthaginian camp, and he does not have much doubt.

At this time, Leotides said: "I will send the light armoured battalion of the Eighth Army and 1,000 reserve soldiers to carry out this raid, and I hope that the infantry of the fleet belonging to the Sicilian fleet can also participate in this operation. "

"No..." Myrtias instinctively wanted to refuse. As soon as the words were out of his mouth, he immediately realized that the fleet infantry could participate in this night attack. The mistake he made, he immediately changed his words: "Of course there is no problem, our fleet infantry is best at landing raids, and I will let them all join this raid!"

Before, there were 40 3-tier oars in the 4th fleet led by Myrtias, including 30 crows, so there were 1,200 infantry soldiers in the fleet. In addition to those who survived the storm before, his men A total of about 3,000 infantrymen in the fleet. This brought the number of soldiers involved in the raid to 5,000.

Leotidides was satisfied, and this was one of the main reasons why he had called Myrtias.

With the fleet infantry joining the night raid, Myrtias also became a lot more active, and he spent a long time working with Leotides to perfect the raid plan.

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Margo was awakened in his sleep and was taken aback by the news of the "Dionians attacking the camp."

At this time, there was a faint sound of fighting in his ears. As he hurried out of the tent, he asked anxiously, "Which camp was attacked?! How many enemies are there?!"

"It should be in the middle of Dongying. It's unclear how many enemies there are..." The adjutant replied hastily.

Marco walked outside the tent, and the sound of fighting and screams became clearer, and there were constant exclamations. The night attack of the Dionians had begun to startle the soldiers in other camps.

Marco looked east, even with the moonlight shining, the camp of nearly 100,000 troops stretched for more than ten miles, and the distance from the central army camp alone was several miles away from the accident site. to what.

Margo listened carefully for a while. Although the screams and screams were expanding, he did not panic. During the conquest of southern Iberia, he had encountered too many night raids, and he was very experienced in this. He decisively said to the adjutant: "Send messengers, rush to each camp, notify the generals, and let them control the soldiers in their camps and prepare for defense. Without my order, you must not bring your own troops to rescue! If anyone does not Obey the order and I will crucify him!"

The reason why Marco spoke viciously was because the camps in the east were mainly the troops formed by Carthage, and their generals were mostly nobles from the city of Carthage. Marco had been away from Carthage for more than 10 years, and some people may Acting without his presence.

The messengers rushed away, and the generals of the Chinese army battalion were urgently summoned and quickly rushed to the big tent.

Margo gave them another direct order: "Go and gather your soldiers immediately. Except for Tarka leading his troops to defend the camp, the other troops will follow me to rescue the attacked camp."

Before Marco could finish speaking, a deafening roar suddenly came from outside the tent, and some people in the tent changed their expressions.

The adjutant rushed in and shouted eagerly: "My lord, the Dionians sent troops from the city and attacked the camp to the east!"

Marco looked calm, and smiled: "Listen to this voice, I am afraid there are quite a few soldiers sent by the Dionysians, that's great! We can just kill them all, and then attack Serinus. It's so much easier in the city!"