ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 994 Amyntas takes on another important responsibility
"Very good defensive measures!" Davos once again said with approval: "It seems that you are not afraid of the upcoming siege of such a large Carthaginian army. Instead, you are actively using your brain. It’s good to think of better defenses!”.
Davos walked up to the top of the city and looked out of the city.

His field of vision was not only filled with dust, but also full of people. Through the gray dust mist, countless figures a hundred meters away from the city were like hard-working ants, busy and digging. A long earth ditch surrounds the city of Selinus, and the excavated earth is piled and compacted behind it. Behind this unfinished earth fort is a continuous camp, with tents like stars in the sky. There are countless of them, and further away stands another earth wall that has been built around the city of Selinus...

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 preparing to attack the city of Selinus!"

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

Davos nodded and said nothing. When he walked down the city tower, he specifically observed the soldiers patrolling the city. They all had nervous expressions and tense muscles.

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

"The situation in Selinus is serious, and the Carthaginians are about to attack. What do you think?" Davos asked straight to the point.

"Your Majesty, reinforcements must be given to Selinus immediately. I am willing to lead the First Legion to defend Selinus!" Amyntas took the initiative to ask for a battle. During this period of time, he was staying in Minoa, and he also saw it: Davos does not plan to fight the Carthaginians in the short term, and Selinus will definitely become the focus of the next war.

"I agree with Amyntas, Selinus must receive reinforcements!" Alexis also said: "However, the strength of one legion is still too small. At least two legions of reinforcements can ensure that the defense can be completed. At the same time, there are still troops who can take the initiative to disrupt the Carthaginian attack.

Chalcedis just now gave me a good inspiration. In the past, we were used to setting up multiple obstacles outside the city and camp in defense to hinder and kill the enemy. Now that the Carthaginian army is pressing down on the border, it is no longer possible to stay outside the city. Make detailed arrangements, but you can build defensive measures in the city, why not build more inner walls and arrange more traps?After all, what we want to focus on protecting is the port. There are no residents in the city. We can completely use it as a battlefield to kill a large number of Carthage soldiers and give 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..."

Davos listened carefully while thinking, and then he said to Amyntas seriously: "Have you heard all these suggestions from Alexis just now? What do you think?"

Amyntas said impatiently: "Alexis's proposals are very good, but they were only after the enemy began to attack the city. If I were the commander of Selinus City, I would ask your Majesty to dispatch a cavalry." The legions are given to me to command. The Carthaginians are now building walls at such a close distance, which is actually an obstacle to their use of cavalry. I will send cavalry legions to raid them from time to time.

In addition, I would like to ask Your Majesty to allocate all the ballistae and abdominal bows to me. I will place them at the top of the city to carry out precise attacks on the Carthaginians and continuously cause damage to the Carthaginian soldiers... "

After listening to this, Davos pondered for a moment and said decisively: "Amintas, I appoint you as the commander of Selinus, leading the first legion, the sixth legion, the first cavalry legion and the army of Selinus. The garrison, a total of 22 people, hold on to the city of Selinus for me. If it falls, don't come to see me!"

Davos certainly had his own considerations in choosing Amyntas as the commander of Selinus: Although Amyntas sometimes lost his cool because he was too bellicose during offense, his performance was excellent when defending. He is much calmer, but can give full play to his experienced expertise, which was very obvious in the defense battle of Ostia.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will make Selinus become the underworld of the Carthaginians!" Amyntas said loudly and energetically.

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

After Davos finished speaking, he looked at Chalsidis: "Chasidis, you will still command the original 4000 soldiers, and have the right to attend every military meeting in Selinus City, because you are familiar with Selinus. The situation in the city of Nus and the enemies outside the city can provide good advice to Amyntas."

Chalcides felt excited when he heard this. His original position was appointed by the commander Leotizides. Now King Davos continues to let him command these 4000 people, which confirms the appointment.Moreover, wartime military meetings like this can generally only be attended by those with positions above the legion commander. Ordinary team officers are only allowed to participate under special circumstances. However, Davos allowed him to participate in Selinus's military meetings normally in the future, which means that He has the qualifications to be on an equal footing with the legion commander.

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

"Alexis still has to command Minoa's army for me, and I can't live without you there!" Davos said half-jokingly, 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, Mago ordered the soldiers to quickly build the inner wall. Seeing that most of the trenches had been dug and the earthen forts were being gradually built and compacted, the situation changed.The originally peaceful city of Selinus suddenly rushed out with hundreds of cavalry from the north gate, east gate, and west gate, attacking the Carthaginian soldiers who were building the inner wall of the camp.

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

Several consecutive raids made Mago realize that the Dionians had increased their troops in the city of Selinus, and began to intensify their attacks outside the city. It was obviously impossible for the Carthaginian army to attack Selinus as before. Nus City, building facilities with all its strength without attracting the attention of the defenders, and advancing towards the city.

Although he wanted to attack the city of Serinus to attract the main force of Dionia to fight against it again, he hoped to do so after completing all the arrangements and when 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 deployed fully armed troops behind the soldiers building the inner wall for defense.

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

Unexpectedly, the city's ballistae and abdominal bows were fired together, focusing on the place where the Carthaginian cavalry and infantry gathered a hundred meters away, causing some casualties and forcing Mago to hurriedly withdraw the defensive troops.

Of course, he did not interrupt the construction of the inner wall. Instead, he sent more soldiers to step up the construction. At the same time, he also pulled in ballistae and launched an attack on the city of Selinus under the cover of the earthen ramparts.

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While Mago was racking his brains to deal with the assault in the city, he received another request for help from the Palermos messenger: a Dionysian army of tens of thousands of people landed on the beach near the city of Palermos!

Mago was surprised: Dionia's army was either on the south coast or in the central mountainous area. Why did another army of tens of thousands of people appear?Could it be that the Dionians were recruited from Magna Graecia?
Mago never thought that it might be the Dionian army attacking Syracuse. Mainly because he had seen the city of Syracuse with his own eyes. He didn't think the Dionian army could conquer it in such a short period of time. to Syracuse.

Although he was a little worried about the military potential of Dionia, Mago now had no time to think about the origin of this Dionia army. He realized that due to the calm conditions on the north coast during this period, he began to ignore this place that was a little far away. The Phoenician city-state in the core area of ​​western Sicily actually took away some citizens of Palermos to come to Selinus to build the city wall. Now Palermos is under attack. If it falls, it will mean that the city of Palermos will be destroyed. The coastline that the Taiji army can use will be further shortened, which is more conducive to the blockade of the Dionian fleet.

He secretly cursed his negligence, and immediately sent messengers to ride north to notify Hasdrubal, who was stationed near Segesta, and asked him to immediately lead his troops to rescue Palermos.

After Hasdrubal received the order, he quickly led [-] soldiers and marched to Palermos.

But how did he know that after Leotizides led the [-]th and [-]th legions to quickly land on the coast, they neither directly attacked Palermos nor started building camps, except for leaving a small number of soldiers to monitor the city of Palermos. In addition to the movements of Saurus City to the east, the large army quickly rushed to the mountain pass leading to the south and the entrance to the coastal path to the west with pre-prepared city construction materials. All soldiers seized the time to dig trenches, traps, and set up deer villages. , build earth forts, drive wooden piles, build wooden towers...

Hasdrubal did not choose to take the coastal path, because it was not conducive to the passage of large armies, and the Dionian fleet controlled the coastline. When his army lined up in a long line and meandered along the coast, they could not look at each other from head to tail, and they could easily be attacked. To attack the landing of the Dionian fleet, he led the army to take the mountain road.

(End of this chapter)