Vol 8 Chapter 286: Offensive strategy against Syracuse

Duffus had no doubt about the ability of Sipros, so he just mentioned a word, then looked away and looked forward, saying with a heavy tone: "You, before we marched into the Carthage army, we And all the soldiers who are about to fight with the enemy have an important thing to do to go to Paragonia, to pay homage and pay tribute to the first squad and card of the Seventh Corps, who has stubbornly defended the city of Paragonia and eventually died heroically. Tanai two soldiers of the reserve brigade!"

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After the military conference, Daves left Sepros and Leo Tizides alone, and expressed sincere gratitude to the two people for their independence in the case that the main force of Dionia could not reinforce Sicily. The heavy responsibility of the defense not only succeeded in resisting the invasion of the Carthagin army, but also guaranteed the integrity of the Sicilian territory, and also gave the Carthaginians a lot of damage, which greatly exceeded the expectations of Davis.

In the face of Dave's unrequited compliment, Cipros was very modest: "Our Sicily can finally hold on to you, and you will lead the army. Prososus is the most important, if not his decisive attack, in Minor. The Asians defeated the Carthage, and they captured Serinus and disturbed the entire west."

Leo Tiddides interjected: "If there is no support and protection from the Master of Cypress, I would not dare to attack the army, especially after the invasion of the Catania plains by the Carthage army. The understanding of the West Pros and the appeasement of the people in the city, I can stick to Katana to today..."

Davers looked at them with a smile and said: "All said that Prossous is difficult to get close, it is not easy to deal with, I think you cooperate very well!"

Sipros looked at Leo Tiddides and defended him: "Your Majesty, you may have misunderstood this. The Prososus is not social, just because he puts all his energy into military research. It’s up.


"Of course I know." Daphus smiled and then took the subject to the next battle: "What do you think about attacking Syracuse?"

After staying in Katane for so many years, Leo Tizides certainly spent the rest of his life wondering how to attack this neighbor who had had many disputes with Katane, and even several times to make up the south, secret investigation of Syracuse. The city defense, after the appointment of Daves, he had initially conceived the offensive plan in his mind, so he immediately said: "Your Majesty, according to past information, Syracuse can at least organize an army of 20,000 people. If there is a defending city, the number of soldiers will only be more. However, the citizens of Syracuse lack sufficient military training, and for more than a decade they have not experienced major wars and lack sufficient combat experience. They are categorically I dare not go out to fight with us, but only defend the city. Although the wall of Syracuse is tall and strong, I have the confidence to take it down."

Having said that, Leo Tizides turned back and shouted to the adjutant Teglu, who was waiting outside the door: "Go and take the Syracuse city map in my room!"

Leo Tizedes suddenly yelled in front of Daves, this behavior is extremely rude, but Davers does not care, he even stopped the export rebuke of Henipolis, and the serious listening has been indulged in The narrative of the young commander in thought.

"Because you will command the army to go to the west to fight with the Carthaginians, there is no threat of the Carthaginians in the east, and now it is the slack season, we can get from Naxos, Sikuri, Katanay, Leotini, Tonys, Sikels, and even Agrigento, Gera and other escaping people gathered more people and participated in the siege of Syracuse..."

When Leo Tizides was telling his own thoughts, Tagru had already brought the map of the board. He immediately placed it on the table and pointed at it. He said, "Look at you! Thira! Kuza is a big city with a large urban area and a small commonly-built wall. However, more than half of it is built on the coast and in the hills. There are two main sections for the military to attack the city. One section is the east wall, mainly The length of the Hexa Gate and its nearby wall, not far from Tonys, is about one mile long; the other is in the west wall, from Puskamen to the south to the main port of Siracusa, about four in length. Rideo...

The siege plan I envisioned was... the main force consisting of the 7th and 8th Legion camped here. Leo Tizides’ finger pointed to the flat area between the west of Syracuse and the Alappes River. .

"There is a Lucy Meyer Marsh in the vicinity! It is easy for the soldiers to get the disease!" The same as the West Pyrus, who looked at the map, changed his face and loudly reminded: "Before you know that the army of Carthage twice attacked Thira twice." Under the city of Kuza, it was caused by the plague, which eventually led to a fiasco."

"Of course I know the dangers of the Lüssie Marais swamp." Leo Tizides explained with confidence: "It is almost November, the weather is getting colder and the mosquitoes have been reduced. And the civilians in Syracuse have been constantly in recent years." The development of the swamp has been much smaller than it was 10 years ago. What's more, our Legionnaires have specialized training on how to deal with this kind of bad terrain in daily military training. I don't think it will be right. What caused the military stationing!..."

Daves heard this and remembered the Samonah war report he had received in Rome before: Alexis led the army into the mountains, and also stationed near the swamp, and there was no big problem.

Therefore, he agreed: "As long as you are fully prepared, I think the military stationed here should not be a problem, you continue to say."

"Another army consisting of some of the prepared soldiers, allies and friendly soldiers of our Sicilian territory is stationed near Tonys. According to the Covenant, such a mixed force must have a commander of the Dionysian commander. Now the senior generals have their own appointments. In order to ensure that the attack on the east side of Syracuse can be carried out very well, I think..." Leo Tizides had a rare hesitation: "Can you let Breu Temporarily in this position?"

He said that Davers and Sipros were surprised.

Davers looked at him quite meaningfully. He thought: He said that Prosuos was indifferent. He didn't expect him to be quite human. He wanted to use this opportunity to make Breu make meritorious deeds and reduce the accusations against him. After the war, the punishment can be alleviated.

Watched by Daves, Leo Tizides is slightly unnatural. He made this suggestion, on the one hand, for the needs of the next fight, and more importantly, to make up for the guilt in his heart, because in this During the military conference, he suddenly realized that in the case of the army of Carthage, no matter who was in the position of Breu, he would face the same dilemma. Breu led the Seventh Army to help him, just for this tank.

Daves coughed: "You want to help Brem's mood, I can understand. But if you let him lead, it will make everyone confused, then the previous punishment has no meaning, so I can't agree. East Army The commander can be served by Zandiparis, who has led a mixed army in Campania to attack the town of Samona on several occasions. There should be no small experience in this. During the attack on Syracuse, you will temporarily perform for him. The position of the head of the Seventh Army Corps."

"Yes." Leo Tizides looked unchanged and continued: "I heard that when the army took the opportunity to land in Katane, there was a team of engineers and skilled craftsmen. The engineering team of 100 people, I hope that you can let this team assist us, create a variety of siege equipment, reduce the difficulty of soldiers attacking the city, and thus put more pressure on the Syracuse."

"Of course, that's fine." Daphus nodded very simply and then asked: "The focus of your offensive is concentrated on these two walls, but I am afraid I will not ignore the other walls of Syracuse. ?"

It is worthy of being a famous player in a hundred battles. It feels very sharp! In the heart of Leo Tizides, he immediately said: "In addition to the wall on the coast ~ EbookFREE.me ~ other wall sections are built on the high ground, the attack is relatively difficult, but I will also send soldiers to attack, Disperse the strength of the Syracuse people and at the same time confuse them..."

On the map, the walls of the east and west sections of Syracuse follow the edge of the Epipley Heights, and the slanting northward extends to the north and eventually merges together to look like a top hat. Ottisids’s hand is pointing to the intersection of the two walls at the ends. He said in a deep voice:
It is said that Athens was the siege of Syracuse that year, and the Syracuse realized that the enemy must not occupy the commanding heights of the city. In the highlands of Epipley, Dionysius then mobilized the people of Syracuse after the Lord, and surrounded the entire Epiporo Heights with the walls, becoming part of the city, and the highest part of the city was Here is the west side of the Uriarus mountain peak.

Dionysius called it the "key" of Epipley and the entire city of Syracuse, so he built a fortress here. However, the Epipley area is sparsely populated, and it is uninhabited because it is 5 or 6 miles from the main city of Syracuse, and the traffic is very inconvenient, although Dionysius believes its location is important. But there have never been enemies attacking here over the years, and the Syracuse people seem to pay no attention to it.

I have been carefully inspected here several times. The walls on the west side of the Juryrus Mountains have been in disrepair for many years. The number of sentinels in the city has never exceeded 10, and most of these sentinels are in the fort, and there is very little time to patrol the entire wall. It seems that they are very confident in the defense of the wall in this area. But in fact, the height of the west side of Yuri Ruth is no more than 200 meters, and it is not difficult to climb."