Vol 8 Chapter 354: Funabashi Castle

On this day, although Carthage's army occupied the outer wall of Celinus, but failed to conquer the city, it paid a lot of casualties. The new wall in the city meant that they would have to carry out a hard siege. This led to a drop in morale among the soldiers.
Especially the Numibians, as the main force of the siege, have always had the most casualties, and the resentment in their hearts naturally grew, and some rumors began to spread among them.
It's not just Kenoms who has fallen into the Sikan territory. Although Marg sent a team member he trusted to the Numibian army, most of their positions are senior and senior team members. Too much, the combat effectiveness of his own Iberian troops is difficult to maintain, so the bottom team leader is mostly the original East Numbians, which gave these Numibis convinced by the Dions A prisoner of opportunity passes into the camp of Carthage through defeat.
The Numibians have always been the main force of the battle whether they attacked Paragonia or Serinus in this war. Therefore, the casualties were the biggest. The dissatisfaction with the Carthaginians in their hearts was growing, and they were full of resentment. Therefore, these spies quietly told their compatriots about the situation of the war and the news that Dionia was willing to support Numbia to rise up against Carthage and gain independence, which naturally caused a great response.
Some rumors even spread to other military forces, such as the defeat of the Carthage navy, the complete closure of the western Sicilian waters by the Daionian navy ... and the Daionian navy's repeated attacks on the African coast, which burned Hadrew. Mentum and Ogierly ...
This seriously affected the morale of the soldiers of Carthage and Phoenicia, and even many soldiers gathered to ask their team officials if the news was true.
After being surprised, Mago had to stop his planned next attack on Celinus and immediately focus on purge the army and boost morale, otherwise the army would At risk of collapse.
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Early in the morning, a Carthage fleet of 30 cargo ships set off from Cadiz and headed for Carthage. Each ship was loaded with silver bricks.
Until the war, Corsica fell, Sardinia fell into turmoil, Sicily was blocked, the trade in the port of Carthage was depressed, and the precious metals on the Iberian Peninsula became the main source of income for Carthage ’s treasury. Carthage mine owners in Iberia have increased mining slaves and expanded the amount of silver mines. After transporting these silver bricks to Carthage, they will be melted into silver coins, mainly for the cost of building warships and paying employment. Salary of soldiers.
Due to the recent strength of the Dionysian fleet, this fleet is very careful and has been sailing eastward along the African coast. Once the enemy situation is discovered, they can immediately enter the harbor of the nearby city-state to dodge. This method is quite effective, so it has been fighting since Since then, noble metal cargo ships from Iberia have never been hijacked by the Dionysian fleet.
After entering the coastal towns and ports for two consecutive nights, the fleet entered the core sea area controlled by Carthage in the early morning of the third day, and the fleet began to gradually move away from the coast, because the city of Carthage was located on the peninsula protruding northward. In the sea, the distance to go straight is the shortest, and in this area the Dionysian fleet has not dared to break into it.
In the morning, the fleet had approached the sea near Carthage. At this time, the crew saw a fleet of black warships appearing to the north, and rushed towards them.
"That's the Dionysian fleet! ... ????" The crew yelled in panic, driving the cargo ship desperately, and fleeing to the port of Carthage. How could the cargo ship be overloaded and not windward, plus There were not many paddlers, so the Dionysian warships grabbed them before cutting off the route to the port.
"General, our warship successfully intercepted Carthage's fleet!" The flagship watchman shouted excitedly.
Midolades was not very pleased. He had planned this operation for a long time. In order to intercept the Carthage fleet from Iberia, he sent several Clippers to Sardinia. Ross is the resident, and every day the task is to disguise himself as a Phoenician cargo ship, mix into the southern waters, and monitor the route from Iberia to Carthage. The fleet was spotted a day after leaving Cadiz and has been under surveillance by Dionysian Fast Food. Midolades was able to intercept it in time in front of the port of Carthage based on the intelligence that had been returned.
Step 1 has been successful, but the key depends on its subsequent development! ... Midorades said in a deep voice: "" Keep watching! "
"Yes!"
The Dionysian warship intercepted the Carthage fleet and did not annihilate it. Instead, they played a cat-and-mouse game. Instead of using the bow's bronze claws, they used the ship's body to pinch off The cargo slurry of the cargo ship, and even the crew on the deck, specially prepared rope hooks, trying to catch the cargo ship when the two ships approached.
It seems that they are going to capture the cargo ship and bring it back to the base. After all, the silver bricks of the twenty ships are a huge wealth, but this will take a long time, because the place where they happened is a distance away. The sea outside the port is not far. Not only the sentries on the breakwaters of Carthage port can see it clearly, but even the other Carthage or Phoenician cargo ship crews who entered the port saw this terrible scene. He hid in the port, so when the sentry quickly reported the situation to the port officials, and when the port officials immediately reported to the Carthage Senate, the news of "the attack of the Dionysian fleet" was already in the port. And urban spread.
Some time ago, the Onionians burned the Phoenician allies in Africa several times, which made the people of Carthage feel terrified. Now these terrible enemies have actually attacked Carthage, and the people are even more disturbed. Rumors of "Dionians are going to attack Carthage" raged.
After receiving the news from the port, the Carthage veterans were shocked. They did not expect that the Dionian fleet was so bold that they dared to come to the Carthage port to spread the wild. This was the first time since the establishment of the city of Carthage. Never before!
Coupled with the news that
riots in the city
followed immediately, neither Hanoi, Pretakuba, or Isyaruba had no differences at this time, and quickly reached a consensus: order Moore Barr led the Carthage fleet to attack immediately, repulsing the maddened Theonian fleet, protecting the wealth of Carthage, and giving the people confidence!
After the Senate ordered the Carthage fleet to strengthen the defense of the city and its allies against the African coast, Naval Commander Morbar had no longer led the fleet to the western waters of Sicily, but instead took a seat in the Carthage military port and sent a number of fastboats to patrol to The coasts on the east and west sides with Carthage as the center (because of the destruction of the city of Ogilvy, and the scope of patrols was further expanded), once the enemy situation was found, he led the fleet to attack, and he could arrive in time or even Defeat the Dionysian Fleet, which has been sent ashore by infantry ...
Morbar's plan was good, but the Dionian Fleet has not reappeared on the African coast since those two attacks. Today, after getting the news that the "Dionian Fleet attacked the Iberian fleet in front of the port of Carthage", he was not as angry as his men. Instead, he was lost in thought, since he became the commander of the navy. Later, in view of the larger advantage of the Dionysian navy, he has always avoided confrontation with the enemy, and now the Dionysian fleet directly comes to the door, which is obviously to persecute the Carthage fleet.
Although many of his men asked him, "This Dionian fleet in front of the port has fewer warships than our Carthage fleet, and we are fighting in front of our house ~ EbookFREE.me ~ It is entirely possible to defeat it completely, and thus restore some of the slump ... "
However, Morbar was still concerned, so he had not made a decision.
But what he didn't expect was that the onslaught of the Dionysian fleet had caused a great uproar among the people of Carthage. Hundreds of elders led by Hano, Pretakuba, and Isaruba came to the military port in person. Put the resolution passed by the Senate into his hands.
Naturally, Morbar could not make any further excuses, but he already had a plan for combat in advance. A military order was laid out, and soon he led hundreds of warships that had slipped from the dry dock into the military port and were ready to leave the port.
The elders then boarded the city walls on the breakwater, preparing to pay attention to this naval battle that was crucial to Carthage.
Immediately after the first Carthage warship sailed out of the port, the Dionian Clippers ordered to monitor the port immediately issued a semaphore, responsible for intercepting the Ionian Fleet's Dionysian 3rd Fleet, 1st Fleet No longer playing to toss the enemy, and began to ruthlessly, so one after another, the cargo ships were quickly damaged by the hull, and the white flowers of silver bricks followed the broken cargo ship and sank into the sea, allowing them to stand on the city walls. The veterans who watched it all regretted it. They also made the captains and crew on the deck of the Carthage warships out of the harbor angry, so some warships couldn't wait to line up and went straight. They rushed to the Dionysian fleet to save their compatriots.
Morbar, who was leaving the port later, saw this and coughed angrily. Since he took office, he has been paying close attention to the training and discipline of the newly formed fleet, hoping to compete with the Dionysians, but obviously the time is too short and the effect is It was not ideal. In this case, he had to use another prepared battle plan in advance: "Inform Barricos and follow us now!"