Chapter 276: The Persistence of Leotides

Cypros looked at the expressionless face of Leotizides, suspecting that his last sentence was intentional, because the main purpose of his coming here was for the people of Katanai to demand to repel the terrorists in Qatar. Regarding the raging Carthaginian cavalry on the plain of Tania, he coughed dryly, and quickly thought of a new topic: "I haven't received a new battle report for several days, what is going on in the south of the plain of Catania now? A situation?"

When it comes to military affairs, Leotizides' interest comes. Of course, the premise is that Cypros, as the wartime governor, is qualified to understand the whole war situation, and Leotizides also needs to explain himself to him. The next strategy in order to gain his support, so he reached out and asked Cypros to sit down.

Then, Leotidides pointed to the map and said to him: "In the past two days, the reconnaissance cavalry we sent out either disappeared or was injured and fled back, and there was no new information at all. The Carthaginian cavalry Not only are they sabotaging the plains of Catania, they are also blocking our connection to the south of the plains of Catania, and we don't know what's going on with the 7th Legion now, or what's going on in Paragonia. Now, I don't know what happened to Leotini. The only thing I know is that Taunis was surrounded by the Syracuses, but the Syracuse army did not attack with full force... This is the speedboat of the Sicilian fleet every time. I believe you know all the reports that you must do every day, except for this.”

On the wooden map, Leotidides pointed to Palagonia, Hena, Leotine, and the new barracks of Catanay not far to the north, and then to the west of the city of Catanay. He drew a large circle with the south, which almost covered most of the Catania plain, and said in a solemn tone: "This large area has been completely covered by the cavalry of Carthage, and we now neither know the seventh The situation of the legion and allies, let alone the position and movement of the enemy army, so in such a situation, sending an army out of the city to attack the Carthaginian cavalry, maybe not long after leaving the city, it will directly collide with the Carthaginian army."

At the end of the day, Leotizides turned his words to the previous question again. Cypros didn't care. Leotizides' words had already made him feel the seriousness of the whole battle, and he asked worriedly. : "So according to your judgment, what might the Carthaginian army be doing now?"

Leotidas stared at the map, reproached himself, and said confidently: "Although I... ignored before that the huge Carthaginian cavalry would cover the entire battlefield, making it impossible for us everywhere to easily. Getting in touch prevented some of the previous plans from being implemented, but I can still guess what the Carthaginians were doing, they were either attacking Paragonia or Leotine, because they had only those two choose.

By capturing Palagonia, the Carthaginians could not only open up the flat road from Carmanlina to the plain of Catania, to facilitate the transportation of their military provisions and goods, but also to support the others who were besieging Herna nearby. A Carthaginian army. After all, Hena and Palagonia are not too far apart. As long as Hena is captured again, the entire southwest area of ​​the Catania Plain will be completely under the control of the Carthaginians. Their army can confidently and boldly reach our city.

And if the Carthaginians attacked Leothine, as long as they captured it, the Carthaginian army would either continue to the north, bypassing Lake Leothine, and attack our new camp; The Zaren reunited and attacked Taunis with all their might, and once Taunis fell, their allied forces would approach Katanai. "

After listening to Leotidides' words, Cypros looked dignified, lost in thought, and then asked uncertainly: "Listen to what you mean,

Are the Carthaginians most likely to choose to attack Palagonia? "

He is indeed the most capable administrator in Sicily. Even if he is not in command of the battle, he can find the correct answer through his excellent political sense...Leotizides nodded approvingly in his heart and said: "I think although the Carthaginians And the Siracusa people have now united against our Dionia, but after all, they have been fighting each other for decades, and the relationship cannot be very close. If Carthage chooses to attack Leotine and Taunis this route , then most of its military food transportation will depend on the Syracuses. I think it is impossible for the commander of any army to completely trust the food transportation line that is related to the life and death of the army to allies who were mortal enemies a few years ago.

After the capture of Palagonia, the rear of the Carthaginians was completely controlled by their own people. They could not only attack our Catanes with confidence, but also attack Hena, Agilion, and Herbita. The Kell Mountains are all occupied. At that time, they will not only threaten Katanai, but also Naxos and Sikuli, and the Carthaginians will have more choices. "

Cypros was even more worried, and he asked anxiously, "Can Paragonia hold on?!"

Leotides hesitated for a moment, then said with certainty: "Lord Cypros, you should know that when the Carthaginians hadn't really fought in the war a few months ago, we had already put Palagonia on the ground. As a fortress to defend against the attack of the Carthaginians, it has been continuously strengthening its city defense and building a large number of defensive facilities, so Palagonia blocked the Carthaginian attack for several days before, and the Carthaginians even Neither broke the perimeter of Palagonia.

Originally, there were 2,000 Legion Reserve soldiers in the town of Palagonia, and the Seventh Legion sent an additional 2,000 soldiers a few days ago, which was enough for a small defensive fortress. Even if the Carthaginians are attacking from its north, even if they send all their troops, they will not be able to attack in a short time, and what we need most now is to delay time. "

Cypros understood that Leoticides was referring to the reinforcements of the kingdom that would come, but he still seemed a little worried: "I don't know much about the military, and I don't know much about the current changes in the war situation, but if it is passive Being beaten, and hoping that the Carthaginians will do exactly what we want, I'm worried that there will be some accidents!"

Leotidas raised his head, looked at Cypros, and said in a serious tone: "Does Lord Cypros really think that I'm just sitting at home and doing nothing these days?!"

Cypros heard the displeasure in Leotizides' words, but his expression remained unchanged and he did not respond.

Leotides looked at him coldly for a while, and then continued: "This time, the number of Carthaginian troops greatly exceeds ours, and the combat effectiveness is not weak, and the arms are also very complete, we really can't fight them head-on. Confrontation, but this does not mean that the Carthaginian army has no shortcomings. Their biggest disadvantage is the transportation of military supplies!

Even though the autumn harvest has just ended, the Carthaginians have obtained food from the city-states on the south coast, and there may also be assistance from the Syracuses, but for such an army of up to 100,000 soldiers, it is still a long way to go. It's far from enough. According to my inference, the food supply in Sicily may only be able to sustain the Carthaginian army for a month or two, and they need the Carthaginian soil to send them more food, but you see"

Leotides pointed at the icon of the city of Carthage on the map, then crossed the western sea, to the west of Sicily, and then along the southern coastline all the way to Palagonia, his tone was still cold, but his eyes were obvious. There is a lot of light: "It is difficult for the Carthaginians to ensure the safety of such a long food transportation line. After the Carthaginian army attacked Paragonia from the south and suffered setbacks, I concluded that they were going to cross the mountains, so I specially contacted I took the Sikaers and asked them to organize warriors and sneak into the mountains on the southern edge of the Catania plain, waiting for an opportunity to sneak up on the Carthaginian food team, but unfortunately... There are quite a few Ibis in the Carthaginian army. The natives of Leah, they are very good at fighting in the mountains, so that the Sikel people have not achieved much success so far, but as long as the Sikel warriors have been active in the area, the Carthaginians have never dared to relax their vigilance, which will involve They have a lot of energy.

Moreover, Sekelian led the Sicilian fleet to patrol the south coast at all times. As long as the Carthaginian grain transport team was found, he could land at any time and send the fleet infantry to attack. I also negotiated with Sekelian that as long as he thinks it is feasible, I can assign thousands of soldiers to his command at any time, and take the Sicilian fleet to retake any city-state on the south coast, and even capture the Phoenician towns in western Sicily... … The larger the Carthaginian army, the quicker the collapse of its army would have been if the grain transport lines were cut off. "

Having said this, Leotidides looked straight at Cypros with eyes like electricity, and said firmly: "So we don't need to fear the aggressive attack of the Carthaginians, the village was burned down, and it can be rebuilt, and the farmland was destroyed. Destroyed, the land is still there, as long as we hold on to Catane and wait for the moment, the Carthaginian army will expose their Agreus heel, and by then" Leotides' right hand slammed hard. Next hack.

After a while, Cypros smiled: "I am relieved to hear you say that, Lord Prosous. You are also relieved, I will find a way to appease the people."

After Cypros left, Leotizides was still looking at the map, his eyes focused on the icon of Paragonia, and there was a worry in his heart that he hadn't said just now: Paragonia can stand firm how long? !

At this time, Adjutant Taglu came in and said, "Sir, Asitemis wants to see you."

Leotizides' face sank: "I've told him several times, and now is not the time for the cavalry to attack, why can't he listen."