ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 996 Hasdrubal’s old trick repeats itself

On this day, the Dionian army that landed on the territory of Palermos was not only busy defending the southern mountain roads and coastal trails, but also building camps and transporting baggage transported by cargo ships. They were busy until evening.

The night was uneventful.

On the second day, Leotizides was not in a hurry to attack the city of Palermos, but continued to let more than 2 soldiers build camps.The Third Fleet, which was guarding the fleet on the nearby sea yesterday, did not appear again, and the lively camp did not return to calm until the evening.

However, there was no peace in the mountains south of the Dionian army camp. The Carthaginian army was blocked on the mountain road leading to the Palermos territory. The storming might not be successful but would cause heavy casualties, but Hasdru Ba did not give up. He knew that once the Dionians occupied Palermos, it would further reduce the space for the Carthaginian army to move. What's more, he was not a person who easily bowed his head in the face of difficulties.Now time was very tight, and he was worried that the Palermo people who lacked soldiers would not be able to defend for a few days, so he repeated his old trick and sent 4000 Lusitanian tribesmen warriors to cross the mountains and march forward. Go to support Palermos and repel the Dionian army.

The Iberian army led by Hasdrubal had been stationed in Palermos for a few months, and he was familiar with the terrain there. He walked eastward at the south entrance of the mountain road and climbed over several tall mountains. The streams in the river converged into a small lake, and the lake flowed to the low-lying land in the east, gradually forming a small river. After flowing eastward for ten miles, the small river turned north again, and flowed into the sea in a meandering way. The place where it flows forms a narrow valley, which is difficult to walk, but through it can enter the territory of Palermos.

The Lusitanian warriors trekked in the mountains and valleys all day long, and it was not until dusk that they saw the small river flow out of the mountains and flow into the flat territory of Palermos. Sicheng is more than 10 miles away.The Lusitanian fighters stopped advancing. They hid in the densely wooded mountains. After eating the rations they carried, they lay down on the grass to rest to recover the energy consumed during the day.

Late at night, the warriors who were still sleeping soundly got up reluctantly under the urging of their leaders and walked out of the mountain in a daze.

In the process of marching eastward, they gradually regained their sobriety, especially through the moonlight, seeing the blurred outline of the Dionia camp in the distance, many soldiers began to get excited.

This time they came to Sicily to fight. They first followed Hasdrubal and captured Theedium, and then successively slaughtered Agrigento, Econoume and Gela, plundered a lot of loot and enjoyed the Greek experience. Women, killed many Greek men... but they themselves suffered few casualties. The main reason was that Hasdrubal never let them participate in difficult siege battles, such as the attack on Enna and the attack on Paragonia. They all stood by and watched, and there was only one frontal battle, and they were still facing soldiers from the Greek city-states on the south coast, so they did not feel much pressure.

Although Hasdrubal once said, "The Dionian army is a powerful enemy!" But they did not take it too seriously. On the contrary, they were eager to defeat the Dionian army and cut off the heads of the Dionian soldiers. Prove their strength, and now is the chance.

The Carthaginians, Greeks... these so-called civilized people are afraid of the night, but they are not afraid. On the contrary, they like to use the night to cover their whereabouts, quietly approach the enemy, and then launch fatal attacks.This is how they dealt with the Carthaginians in Iberia, finally forcing the Carthaginians to sign a peace agreement, and now they are going to apply this tried and tested attack method to the poor Dionians, thinking of the upcoming Being able to taste the blood of the Dionians, the Lusitanian warriors clenched their daggers and quickened their pace.

But during the march, except for the sound of footsteps, almost no one made a sound, and 4000 people quietly approached the Dionia camp.

The huge Dionia camp is also very quiet. A burning torch is erected at every other section of the wooden fence to illuminate the surroundings, but there are no sentries patrolling. There are several towering sentry towers behind the wooden fence. Sentinels could be seen, but they were all asleep.

The Dionysians thought that they had blocked the mountain road and could attack the city of Palermos with confidence and boldness. No more enemies would threaten them. They could attack the city of Palermos with confidence and boldness. That's why the security of the camp was so lax. ! ... After discovering that the situation in front of them was favorable to them, the Lusitania leaders were very happy. They led their soldiers no longer to hide and approached the camp in a loose formation.

Due to time constraints, the Dionysians had not yet set traps around the camp, so the Lusitanians easily arrived at the trench at the east gate of the camp, and then some warriors carefully climbed over the trench and came under the wooden fence. .

Some of them piled on top of each other and climbed up; others took out their lasso, threw it up the wooden wall, accurately caught the top wooden stake, and then grabbed the rope and climbed up... In a short time, more than ten people The soldier climbed over the wooden fence and quickly opened the camp gate.

The Lusitanian warriors who were waiting outside the camp rushed into the camp impatiently. They made loud roars and rushed towards the tents. However, the warriors who rushed into the tents found that there was no one inside.

Just when I was feeling surprised, a high-pitched bugle suddenly sounded in the camp, and black surged in front. Countless Dionian soldiers armed with long shields and spears appeared in the passage between tents. They lined up in dense queues. Forming a shield wall, they moved toward the Lusitanian warriors.

The first reaction of the Lusitanians was not to step forward to engage in battle, but to realize that they had been fooled. "If the sneak attack fails, retreat immediately and come back next time" is their traditional tactic, so the Lusitanian leaders immediately Shouting: "Withdraw the team! Let's withdraw quickly!..."

The soldiers turned around one after another, wanting to run out of the camp gate.

But the previous bugle sound not only allowed the Dionian soldiers to block the sneak attack enemies in the camp, but also notified the troops who were ambushed outside the camp to take action. So when the Lusitanian soldiers rushed out, they found that the camp Countless Dionian soldiers with black helmets and black armor also appeared outside the door, completely blocking their way back.At the same time, soldiers poured in from the passage inside the wooden fence, cutting off their last way out.

"Commander, we have completely surrounded the enemy!" Taglu said excitedly, standing on a watchtower in the camp and observing the situation in the camp.

Although Leotizides did not speak, there was a somewhat relaxed look on his face. He and Xantiparis had already anticipated that the Carthaginians might send mountain races to support them, so He dispatched the soldiers of the mountain reconnaissance team from the two legions to closely observe the anomalies in the surrounding mountains.

Specially trained reconnaissance soldiers were evenly distributed in the mountains to the south. As a result, someone discovered the Lusitanian army trekking in the mountains at noon. They did not alert the snake, but sent people to continue tracking and monitoring. The man returned to the camp and informed Leoticides, so the Lusitanians thought that their actions were secretive, but they did not know that their movements were completely under the control of Leoticides, and they had already set up a network. Waiting for their ignorant moth to hit them.

Seeing that there was no hope of retreat, the Lusitanians decided to use force to carve out a bloody road. They held wooden shields and tried their best to hit the Dionian shield wall blocking them, and then stabbed the exposed defense with Fakkara daggers viciously. Dionian soldiers in the gap.

The soldiers of the Dionysian Legion tried their best to maintain a dense formation, forcing the enemy not to approach with lances, and at the same time, with the strong support of teammates in the rear, they used the long shield with strong defense to press the enemy inward.

What really played the role of killing the enemy was the light infantry behind the Dionian heavy infantry. They threw rounds of arrows and javelins at the enemies in the encirclement.

Most of the Lusitanian warriors had no other protection except helmets and wooden shields, so Dionia's long-range attacks caused a lot of damage to them.

But the warriors who were constantly struck by arrows inspired the bloody bravery of their companions. Like wounded beasts, they violently attacked the shield wall composed of Dionian soldiers, using wooden shields, daggers, fists, and Teeth...use all available methods to kill enemies blocking their way.

Therefore, although Dionia surrounded the Lusitanians with nearly 4 times the strength, the battle continued.

The people of Palermos were awakened by the movement outside the city, and nervously went to the top of the city to watch. They saw bright lights in the Dionia camp and the sound of killing.

They were excited about the arrival of the reinforcements, but at the same time they were worried about their safety. Almost all of them prayed for them at the top of the city to the god Melkat, but they never thought of sending troops out of the city to support them.

Of course, even if they had the courage to send troops out of the city, the 1500 light armored soldiers reserved by Leotizides would be useful.

The prayers of the Palermos people did not work. At dawn, the sound of fighting from the Dionia camp gradually disappeared. 4000 Lusitanian warriors were either killed or injured, but none One person surrendered, corpses were lying around the east gate of the camp, and the Dionian army also suffered nearly 600 casualties.

Early on the morning of the second day, Hasdrubal led his army to the wooden village at the exit of the mountain road with great expectations. Instead of being greeted by an open door, he saw the heads of hundreds of Lusitanian warriors. It became a hill, and Hasdrubal and his men were all horrified.

　Thanks for logging in to MJ. It’s a painful reward!Your support is my motivation to write! !
　　
　
(End of this chapter)