Vol 8 Chapter 351: Mago's determination

Moreover, the defense measures of the Dionian garrison did not stop there. They collected linen from the houses in the city, sewed them into long sections, and then held up wooden poles at the ends of the city-side walkway to support the linen. A linen canopy was formed. In this way, most of the arrows, javelins, and flying stones that hit the city head were blocked by it, and they lost their lethality, which protected the city head guards well.
In addition, the Dionian garrison also erected a lot of wooden frames on the head of the city, hanging copper cans filled with water, and boiled with firewood, it was dumped directly below the city. The boiling water contained feces and was poured on the siege. On Carthage soldiers, the skin ulcerated and could not heal, which was very sinister.
The flintstones passed through the air from time to time, no matter where they fell, they caused a sensation; the arrows and flying stones were constantly crisscrossing in the air, like a cloud covering the city. Dionysian soldiers defended the city and stayed one step; Carthage soldiers continued to impact the city like the tide ...
In fact, the fighting was not just on the ground. In the past few days, Ma Ge has let the soldiers of the miner excavate a few new tunnels under the ground, let them continue to dig into the city, and learned the last lesson. Armed with fully-armed soldiers behind them, the two sides also fought fiercely in the tunnel after being spotted by the Dionysians ...
The siege battle continued from morning to dusk, and the offensive intensity of the Carthage army remained undiminished. Especially after the Phanu infantry was sent, they had attacked the city several times, but they were eventually defeated by Dionysians Rebels were repelled.
When night fell, Carthage's army finally sounded the retreat bugle.
Although O'Clayton had participated in battles at a young age, he never experienced such a large number of war participants, such a grand and fierce battle. He stood on the inner wall and looked at the countless fallen corpses and wounded soldiers below the city I can't be calm for a long time.
Before long, when he saw Ma Ge in the large account of the Carthage camp, the military commander who had just finished the siege battle was eating dinner.
When I saw Okliton coming in, my brother's eyes sharpened suddenly. He put down the bread in his hand and asked directly: "Okriton, how are you going to negotiate?"
Crichton was not surprised that Maggie would know about the negotiation, because as the owner of Magonid, someone would come to Sicily to report to him everything that happened in the Senate. He was surprised that Marco didn't seem to be angry at the Senate for peace talks.
But when he thought about it, he understood: Lili was lost, the sea route was cut off, and the food supply of the army of 100,000 troops became more difficult. Even the always tough Marco had to bow his head in front of reality? !!
俄 For Okliton, he is happy to see this happen, which means that some things can be negotiated.
"One of the conditions that the Dionias proposed to reach a peace agreement is that your army, Lord Margo, surrender to them!" Okridon said word by word.
Brother Ma's eyes suddenly became sharp, but then he converged and said firmly: "This absurd condition, the Senate will never agree!"
"Not only this, the Dionysians also demanded that Carthage cede Corsica, Sardinia, and the whole of Sicily!" Okridon aggravated his tone and continued.
"Dionia is trying to destroy my Carthage!" A little flame was burning in the eyes of Marco, but his expression became dignified: "It seems that the Dionysians do not want peace talks at all!"
"I don't think so." Okridon slowly said, "Like the peace talks provided by the Senate, the Dionysians gave such harsh conditions at the beginning of the talks. Of course, we can continue to bargain with them, but now our record is too poor, so that I ca n’t get good bargaining chips ... "
Magma looked up and stared directly at Okliton.
Okliton frankly met Marco's sharp eyes like a blade, his face was frosty, and said coldly, "Is there a problem with what I said? If it wasn't for you, Marco, you led the army to defeat in the east. Back, the loss of Palermos and Liliyu successively led to the whole battle becoming so bad and the Senate would not choose such peace talks with humiliation!-"
"When did I suffer a major defeat in the East ?!" Ma Ge slaps angrily on the table. The bowls and tins of the table clanged and the food was scattered. "I led my army to retreat from the East. That was Because the supply of military rations is not available, the fundamental reason is not because our navy has failed. We have lost control of the Sicilian waters and have severely threatened the military's maritime transportation lines. This is what you recommended, Anobas. Good thing! The fleet he led defeated again and again, almost consuming all of our Carthage warships, while my commanded army has not suffered great losses so far, but has become passive because of being trapped by military food! " The last word he couldn't help saying was his helplessness and sadness.
But O'Clayton obviously didn't sympathize with him, but said coldly: "Master, in order to meet your original requirements for sending troops, the Senate made every effort to almost empty the Carthage and Phoenician allies. All young and middle-aged citizens have made up a 100,000 army for you. For this reason, Africa's defensive gap can not resist the attack of the Dionya fleet!
In order to protect the food supply of this army you led, the Senate also drank almost all the surplus food in the homes of all the people in Africa, which caused the state treasury to be empty! The sacrifice and hard work of Tai Chi at home does not just make you satisfied that the army has not suffered a large loss, but just shirks the reasons for failure to succeed, even if you win a few more victories, which makes the Dionians feel Under pressure, Dionia did not dare to send naval forces to invade the land of Africa, and even at the time of peace talks, they would not have proposed such harsh conditions! "
Brother Maggie spoke for a moment, and then he regained his proud look momentarily: "After a few days, you will receive the news of victory!"
Okridon froze, and immediately came to understand, and said uncertainly: "You are talking about Celinus? I watched the siege today. How many soldiers did we kill? 3,000? Or 5,000? "
Mago said confidently: "We have lost a lot of people, but the Dionysian casualties will not be low. The most important thing is that we repaired the earth wall to the trench and then attacked Serinus. , Our soldiers can go directly through the walls to fight the Dionysians.
If the Dionysians do not increase their troops, we can rely on the absolute strength of the army to seize the city of Celinus; if they increase their troops, then this will become the wound of Dionia! By that time, the terms of their negotiations would have to be significantly revised! "
Although the two are political opponents, in the current situation of Carthage facing a major crisis, Okridon hoped for the first time to see what Marco said could be true, so he said positively: "The Senate is eagerly waiting With the news of your victory, hope not to let us wait too long! "
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Late in the night, the Clippers of Celinus entered Minoa's port. Davos was woken up by Martius in his deep sleep. After reading the battle report written by Armintas, he was completely sleepless. Tormead and Printalls who came here said: "The Carthage army has launched an attack on the city of Celinus in recent days, and the Celinus defenders have suffered a lot of casualties, and even Armintas is a little bit bad. Stay, write to ask for help. "
Tormid took the surprise report, and after reading it, he handed it to Prince Thorns, and after thinking about it, Shen Sheng said, "Your Majesty, Martha, the commander of Carthage, has now concentrated his army on Serbia. Outside Linus, he concentrated on attacking the city. His armies were under ten thousand soldiers. Even if he tried his best to resist the offensive of the Carthage army for a long time, his casualties would be heavy. You know, soldiers of the First Army The vast majority came from Turui, who had already replenished two soldiers during this war, and the Turui people have made huge sacrifices ... "
Hearing these words, Davers moved his heart and kept silent.
Thormead carefully observed the expression on Davers's face, and suggested softly: "I remember when Her Majesty was in Ladrum, because the Roman army stormed Ostia, it cost our army a lot of casualties, so Decisively ordered the abandonment of Ostia city ~ EbookFREE.me ~ and burned it down, and as a result, the Roman army lost nothing after suffering heavy casualties, thus hurting their morale. Now that we have captured Lili, it is completely replaceable Can the role played by the port of Celinus be considered when necessary ... to take the same approach and abandon Celinus? "
Daves heard the suggestion, his heart moved, his finger tapped on the table, and he was lost in thought. After a while, he raised his head and looked at another staff officer: "Princes, what's your opinion?"
Seeing the attention of several others, Printos considered and said, "I agree with Lord Tormead's suggestion, but it is better not to give up the city of Celinus prematurely, because Your Majesty is now The strategy adopted was to take a defensive posture on land and entice the Carthage army to take the initiative to attack, thus constantly killing Carthage soldiers and killing their morale ... It was too early for the Carthage to capture Serinus, even if It is ruins, which will increase their morale. At the same time, it will also save the Carthaginians more time to attack Lili 俾 ... "
After listening to Daphs, he groaned for a while, and suddenly gave a helpless smile: "I am now a bit regretful that I sent Armintas to defend Celinus, and I ordered him to give up Ostia when I was in Latin. Sicily ... I want him to give up Serinus again, even if he finally obeys the order, with the combat style that he has always been brave to go forward, never retreat, I am afraid it will always be bitter. "
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