ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 982 Raid on Saint Ibinia City
Davos stared at the confident Sekerian. After a moment, he smiled: "This is the Sekerian I know. I am looking forward to the victory news you will bring me!"

After Sekerian left, Davos thought for a while, and then sent someone to call Thormid and Printors.

"What do you think of transferring the Third Fleet to Sicily?" Davos asked directly.

Tormid knew that Davos had called Sekerian before. Although he didn't know what Davos talked about with him, he heard that Sekerian was in a good mood when he left, so he asked carefully. : "Your Majesty, why did you think of calling in the Third Fleet?"

Davos glanced at him and said: "Our current strategy is to cut off the Carthaginian army's sea transportation line, so that the Carthaginian army will fall into a dilemma of lack of food, and eventually be defeated by us. But since the Sicilian fleet suffered yesterday Judging from the setbacks, although our navy has an advantage, it is not an absolute advantage. The Carthage Navy still has considerable strength and can still pose a great threat to our fleet, and the coastline in the western sea is complicated and tortuous. , our dominant fleet is busy cruising the long sea area every day. It is very passive and suppresses the Sicilian fleet from exerting its advantages. However, if we allow them to take the initiative to attack, they will not be able to block the sea area, allowing the Carthaginians to continue to attack Sicily offers aid…”

"The main reason is that the navy in Sicily is not strong enough to take into account both attack and blockade at the same time." Printols said.

"That's right." Davos nodded and said: "The original mission of the Third Fleet was to harass Sardinia and block the waterway between Carthage and it. But if we transfer the Third Fleet to Sicily, we can If we have enough warships to cut off Carthage's external shipping routes, the effect will be even better, because our ultimate goal is to defeat Carthage. As long as we concentrate all our efforts on destroying this Carthaginian army on Sicily, everything will be better. The problems have all been solved..."

After listening to Daves' analysis, Tormid was convinced, but he reminded: "Your Majesty, after the 3rd Fleet is transferred to Sicily, who will be in charge of commanding the entire navy?"

Davos understood what he meant: if it were before, there would have been no problem for Cyklian to be the commander-in-chief of the entire navy, but in this war, Midorades stood out and won successive victories, becoming another star in the navy. Naturally, my heart energy is much higher than before.

Davos pondered for a while and said: "Medorades was once a subordinate of Sekerian, so it is more secure to let Sekerian be the commander. However, Midorades has a more stable character, so it should be... arranged like this They asked the Third Fleet to be mainly responsible for cruising the Sicilian waters, while the Sicilian Fleet was mainly responsible for attacking... Of course, this is just a suggestion, and how to implement it requires Sekerian and the others to come over and discuss it together."

"Your Majesty, it is better to station the Third Fleet on the north coast." Printors suggested: "The reason why the Carthaginians were able to successfully transport the baggage to Sicily this time was because the Sicilian fleet was fooled. On the other hand, the coast north of Elyx is far away from Selinus where the Sicilian fleet is stationed. Starting from the port of Selinus, it will take more than three hours at the fastest by the time the fleet reaches Elyx. It takes more than 5 hours to reach Palermos, and the Carthaginians may continue to use the middle period of time to target the coast north of Elyxes and transport rations for the Sicilian army. If the three fleets are stationed on the north coast, they can better monitor the sea near Palermos, Solus, etc., making this attempt of the Carthaginians impossible to realize.

"The sister city-state on the north coast, Theedium, is closest to Sorus and Palerus, but it is a small city. I am afraid there is no good military port to accommodate our third fleet. The situation in other sister city-states on the north coast is similar. , the only town on the north coast that can accommodate the Third Fleet is Messina, but it is too far to the west, not as good as Selinus." Tormid raised his own objection.

Printors' proposal greatly moved Davos. Even with Tormid's reminder, he still said: "There is no military port on the north coast. You can build a simple one first. Isn't that what we do here?" ."

Seeing that Davos agreed with this suggestion, Tormid did not object again, but brought up another matter: "Your Majesty, you asked the Ninth Legion to assist the Third Fleet in attacking Sardinia. I'm afraid they have already Start the operation. If you transfer the 3rd Fleet back at this time, will the Ninth Corps be allowed to return to Apulia?"

"The Ninth Legion..." Davos thought for a while and said: "Then let the Ninth Legion move with the Third Fleet... The Carthaginian army is now concentrated on the south coast and the territory of the Sikan people, and the north coast With empty defenses, the Ninth Army can completely raid Sorus or even Palermos. Once successful, it will not only give the Third Fleet a better port, but also shorten the fleet's cruising distance, which will be more conducive to blocking the western sea area. . Even if it fails, the Carthaginian forces can be dispersed...Henepolis, immediately write to Midorades and Tagetinus in my name, asking them to lead the army to Theedi as soon as possible Umm.”

"Okay, Your Majesty." Henipolis quickly cut a piece of papyrus, then picked up his pen and started writing.

At this time, Martius walked into the big tent: "Your Majesty, a battle report sent from Syracuse."

Davos took the papyrus roll tied with a black rope. After reading it quickly, he glanced at the other people in the tent with a smile on his face, and said excitedly: "Okay! Proseus did a good job! Everyone, tell me Good news for you, the main city of Syracuse has been captured by us!"

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On the day when Seclian went to Minoa to accept criticism from Davos, at dawn in the middle of the west coast of Sardinia, five Carthaginian cargo ships arrived outside the port of Saint Ibinia. This situation was very common during this period, because the harassment of the Dionian fleet in Sardinia forced many Carthaginian merchant ships to transport goods to take advantage of the fact that the Dionian fleet had not yet arrived in Sardinia. During the sea cruise, rush to the ports of various Phoenician towns on the island to transport the goods accumulated in the ports.

Since the cargo ships were all Phoenician-looking crew members, and due to time constraints, the patrol boats did not check carefully, and they were allowed to enter the port.

In the early hours of the morning, in the north-central part of the west coast of Sardinia, the Third Fleet, which was originally traveling south along the coast, suddenly approached the seaside.

The coast here is densely covered with reefs, and there are mostly cliffs on the shore. There are no suitable docking places for ships. However, there is a Mannu River (Mannu) that enters the sea from here. There are relatively extensive tidal flats on both sides of the river mouth. At low tide, It is especially obvious that the tidal flat is covered with slippery and soft black mud. People can easily fall into it when stepping on it, and it is very difficult to pass through.

But the Third Fleet was fully prepared. The Crow warships sailed into the river mouth one by one and leaned on the tidal flats on the north bank. The fleet infantrymen held the bundles of wheat straw prepared in advance and carefully got off the ship and placed them on the tidal flats. Planks were then laid on top, and a boardwalk was soon built leading to the river bank.

Walking at the front were the soldiers of the mountain reconnaissance team of the Ninth Legion. They stepped on the wooden boards precariously and finally reached the river bank. Using the climbing tools they carried with them, they easily climbed up the less steep river bank and then hung down for ten seconds. Several rope ladders had been prepared, and the fleet infantry who followed quickly climbed up.

More than half an hour later, 4000 fleet infantry boarded the north bank of the Manno River, and then quickly moved inland, preparing to raid Sant-imbenia not far from the coast.

The city of Santa Ibinia is a metal processing industry center of the Phoenicians on the island of Sardinia. Hundreds of years ago, it was originally a town of the indigenous Nuragi people of Sardinia. Rich in iron and silver ores, they had long used these precious metals to trade with the Etruscans who were located on the Italian peninsula across the Tyrrhenian Sea in central Italy.

After the Phoenicians colonized the island, through trade, marriage, assimilation, war and other means, a hundred years later Sardinia's original indigenous Nuragi people basically retreated into the mountains in the north, and the south became completely Phoenician. The territory of the base people.Apart from Olbia at the northeastern end, Santa Ibinia was the northernmost town of the Phoenicians, who developed it into an important metalworking center on the island of Sardinia. center.

Santa Ibinia is located among the low hills not far from the coast, close to a river called Temo to the north. Because the terrain around it is relatively flat, the mines established by the Phoenicians in the north were The output and the Nuragi people can easily bring all the ore dug in the mountains here for trade.The St. Ibinians then processed and smelted the ore into metal ingots, loaded them on ships through the ports on the Temo River, and transported them to Carthage or other places.Saint Ibinia's annual production of precious metals accounts for almost half of the metal production of the entire island of Sardinia.Because of this, Saint Ibinia was very important to the Phoenicians in Sardinia and to Carthage.

In the past, when the Carthaginian navy dominated the Western Mediterranean, Sardinia was safe. The Phoenicians on the island could fish, farm, and develop metal processing without worrying about invasion by foreign enemies.However, since the war between Carthage and Dionia, the navy has always been at a disadvantage, and the security of Sardinia has also been threatened. Fortunately, the geographical location of Saint Ibinia is not conducive to the Dionia people. Landing at sea, the previous Dionian raids on Sardinia had never occurred near Saint Ibinia.

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