Chapter 332 Amyntas Takes on Another Heavy Responsibility

"Very good defensive measures!" Davos said again approvingly: "It seems that in the face of the upcoming siege of such a large Carthaginian army, you are not afraid, but are actively using your brains, Thinking of a better defense, that's great!".

Davos stepped up to the top of the city and looked out of the city.

In his field of vision, not only was the dust filled, but also the voices were full of people. Through the gray dust and mist, countless figures in the distance of a hundred meters from the city were like hard-working ants constantly busy, they were digging A long earth ditch surrounds the city of Serinus. At the same time, the excavated earth is piled up and compacted at the back. Behind this unfinished earth wall is a contiguous camp, and a tent is like the stars in the sky. There are countless, and in the distance there is another earthen wall that has been built around the city of Serinus...

Davos stared for a while, and the expression on his face became serious: "It seems that the Carthaginians are serious this time, they are really ready to attack the city of Serinus!"

"I'm afraid the Carthaginians have no choice but to attack the city of Serinus," Alexis said.

Davos nodded and didn't speak. When he walked down the tower, he deliberately observed the soldiers patrolling at the top of the city, all of them were nervous and their muscles were tense.

After arriving at the city lord's mansion, Davos immediately held a military meeting.

"The situation in Serinus is serious, and the Carthaginian attack is imminent. What do you think?" Davos asked straight to the point.

"Your Majesty, you must give Serinus reinforcements immediately. I am willing to lead the First Army to come to Serinus for defense!" Amyntas volunteered to fight. He was staying in Minoa during this period of time, and he also saw it: Davos does not plan to fight with the Carthaginians in a short period of time, and Serinus will definitely become the focus of the next war.

"I agree with Amyntas, Serinus must get reinforcements!" Alexis also said: "However, one legion is still too small, at least two legions are reinforced, which can ensure that the defense is completed. At the same time, there are still forces that can take the initiative to attack and disrupt the Carthaginian attack.

Just now, Karsidis gave me a good inspiration. In the past, we used to set up multiple obstacles outside the city and camp in the defense to achieve the purpose of hindering and killing the enemy. Now that the Carthaginian army is overwhelmed, it is no longer possible to go outside the city. Make detailed arrangements, but you can build defensive measures in the city, why not build a few inner walls and set up more traps? After all, what we want to protect is the port. There are no residents in the city. We can use it as a battlefield to achieve the purpose of killing a large number of Carthaginian soldiers and giving them a major blow! However, to demolish the houses in the city and build the city walls, traps and other facilities in a short period of time, it also requires a lot of manpower..."

Davers listened carefully,

While thinking about it, he said to Amintas sternly: "Have you heard all these suggestions from Alexis just now? What do you think?"

Amyntas said impatiently: "Alexis' proposal is very good, but those are all after the enemy begins to attack the city. If I were the commander of Serinus City, I would ask Your Majesty to send a cavalry. The legion gave me command, and the Carthaginians are now building walls at such a close distance that they are actually using cavalry as an obstacle, and I will send cavalry legions to raid them from time to time.

In addition, I would like to ask Your Majesty to transfer all the ballistas and abdominal bows to me, and I will let them all be placed at the head of the city, carry out precise attacks on the Carthaginians, and continue to cause damage to the Carthaginians... "

After listening to Davos, he pondered for a moment, and said decisively: "Amintas, I appoint you as the commander of Serinus, leading the first army, sixth army, first cavalry army and Serinus's army. The defenders, a total of 22,000 people, hold the city of Serinus for me, if it falls, don't come to see me!"

Davos certainly has his own considerations for choosing Amyntas as the commander of Serinus: although Amyntas sometimes loses his cool because of being too belligerent in the offense, his performance in defense is not good. Much calmer, on the contrary, he can give full play to his experienced expertise, which was very obvious in the defense of Ostia.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will make Serinus the hell of the Carthaginians!" Amyntas exclaimed excitedly.

"I will notify Sekelian and ask him to mobilize some of the crew to assist your troops in completing the construction of the defense facilities of Serinus City as soon as possible."

After Davos finished speaking, he looked at Karsidis again: "Karsidis, you will still command the original 4,000 soldiers, and have the right to attend every military conference in Serinus City, because you are familiar with Serin. The situation of Nus City and the enemies outside the city can provide Amintas with good advice."

When Karsidis heard this, he felt heartened. His original position was appointed by the commander Leotizides, and now King Davos continues to let him command these 4,000 people, which is the confirmation of this appointment. Moreover, wartime military conferences like this can generally only be attended by positions above the commander of the legion, and ordinary officers are allowed to participate in special circumstances. Davos allows him to participate in the military conference of Serinus normally in the future, which means that He has the qualifications on an equal footing with the Legion Commander.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" he said in a trembling voice.

"Alexis still has to command Minoa's army for me, I can't live without you there!" Davos said half-jokingly and half-seriously.

"Your Majesty, I am very happy to serve you!" Alexis said with a relaxed expression.

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After successfully building the outer wall of the camp, Marco ordered the soldiers to quickly build the inner wall. Seeing that most of the trenches had been dug and the earth barriers were gradually being built and compacted, the situation had changed. The originally peaceful city of Serinus suddenly rushed out hundreds of cavalry from the north gate, east gate, and west gate, and attacked the Carthaginian soldiers who were building the inner wall of the camp.

The unsuspecting Carthaginian soldiers dispersed immediately, and when the heavily armed Carthaginian reinforcements arrived, the Dionian cavalry returned to the city in time.

Several consecutive raids made Margo realize that the Dionians had increased their troops on Serinus and began to intensify their harassment outside the city. It was obviously impossible for the Carthaginian army to not attack Serin as before. Nus City, without attracting the attention of the defenders, built facilities with all their strength, and advanced to the front of the city.

Although he wanted to attack the city of Serinus to attract the main force of Dionia to come and fight it again, he hoped to do it after all the arrangements were completed and the city of Serinus lost its defensive advantage. , so he ordered the troops to step up the construction of the inner wall of the camp, and at the same time arranged a heavily armed army behind the soldiers who built the inner wall for defense.

At the same time, he also transferred several thousand cavalry to patrol the outside of the inner wall of the camp, keeping an eye on the movements of several gates of Serinus City.

Unexpectedly, the ballistas and the belly bows were launched together, and they concentrated on attacking the place where the Carthaginian cavalry and infantry gathered 100 meters away, causing some casualties, forcing Margo to hurriedly retreat the defending troops.

Of course, he did not interrupt the construction of the inner wall, but instead sent more soldiers to step up the construction. At the same time, he also pulled in ballistas and attacked the city of Serinus under the cover of the earth barrier.

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When Margo was racking his brains to deal with the raid in the city, he received a call from the Palermos messenger for help: a Dionysian army of tens of thousands of people landed on the beach near Palermos City!

Margo was taken aback: Dionia's army was either on the south coast or in the mountains in the middle. How could there be another army of tens of thousands of people? Could it be that the Dionians had been conscripted from Greater Greece?

Margo never thought that it might be the Dionysian army attacking Syracuse, mainly because he had seen the city of Syracuse with his own eyes. He did not think that the Dionysian army would be able to conquer in such a short time. Syracuse.

Although a little worried about Dionia's military potential, Margo doesn't have time to think about the origin of this Dionysian army. He realized that due to the calm weather on the north coast during this time, he began to ignore this place, which was a little far away. The Phoenician city-state in the core area of ​​western Sicily, on the contrary, also took out some citizens of Palermos to come to Serinus to build the city wall, and now Palermos is attacked, if it falls, it means that the city of Palermos is lost. The coastline that the Taichi army can use will be further shortened, which is more conducive to the blockade of the Dionysian fleet.

He secretly scolded his negligence, and immediately sent a messenger to the north on horseback to inform Hasdrubal, who was stationed near Segsta, to immediately lead his army to rescue Palermus.

After Hasdrubal received the order, he quickly led 30,000 soldiers and rushed to Palermos.

But how did he know that after Leotidides led the seventh and eighth legions to land quickly on the coast, they neither attacked Palermos directly nor started to build a camp, except for leaving a small number of soldiers to monitor the city of Palermos In addition to the movement of Solus City in the east, the large army quickly rushed to the mountain pass leading to the south and the entrance of the coastal trail to the west with the pre-prepared materials for building the city. All the soldiers hurry up to dig trenches, traps, and arrange deer villages. , build earth bases, drive in wooden stakes, build wooden towers...

Hasdrubal did not choose to take the coastal path, because it was not conducive to the passage of the large army, and the Dionysian fleet controlled the coastline. When his army lined up in long lines on the coast, they could not see each other, and it was easy to be attacked. To the landing attack of the Dionysian fleet, so he led the army down the mountain road.

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