Vol 8 Chapter 303: Military conference

"Here," Tormide pointed the wooden stick to a town icon on the west side of Minoa: "It is the city of Serenus, which has been occupied by us. There are 4,000 former soldiers in our Sicilian territory. There are more than 10,000 sailors who help defend the city."

"The Sicilian fleet is preparing to withdraw all the sailors in the city of Serenus back to the Katana naval base." Sekleian interrupted his words and said: "I have received an order from the military department to let the crew who lost the warship They took a boat trip to the Naval Base of Castellon or Tarantum, ready to receive the already built warship..."

Seeing that Tolmide had some sorrow on his face, Sekleian emphasized another sentence: "This morning, I just reported this matter to my Majesty."

Daves nodded and explained: "Secleyan did tell me, because I was busy going to the port to meet the arrival of Alexis. I didn't have time to tell you, I agreed to Sekkian to remove the sailors. In a small town in Paragonia, only 3,000 soldiers guarded, and the army of Carthage was besieged for more than 20 days, and it took a lot of casualties to attack. There are 4,000 soldiers stationed in the city of Serinus. There are sea routes that can be reinstated at any time. Now the main army of Carthage is confronting us. It is impossible to have the ability to assemble the army and attack Serinus... Even without the assistance of the sailors, the city of Serinus is like this. The situation should also be safe."

"Understood, Your Majesty." Tormide looked at Sekrian and continued: "According to the return of the Clippers, the Carthaginians built camps outside the city of Sellinus, and they were besieged, about More than 10,000 Carthage and Phoenician soldiers were stationed...

Let’s take a look at the eastern side of Sicily, the new ally of Carthage, Syracuse, who sent 15,000 people to attack Tony before, but according to our estimation, Syracuse can build more than 20,000 people. The army went out to fight. Therefore, His Majesty has arranged for the commander of Prosous to lead the 7th and 8th Army and the Sicilian allied forces, ready to attack the city of Syracuse directly."

"Your Majesty." Alexis interjected: "The ship that transported us had a short mooring at the port of Katanay. I met with Governor of Cypress and Commander Prosuous and learned from them. By the time, the reserve soldiers from the Rocky area have already added the Seventh Army, while the Leonidini, the Tonys Allied forces, and the citizens of the friendly city states such as Agrigento, Jela, and Minoa also do. Well prepared, they estimated that about 25,000 soldiers could be attacked in Syracuse. I think that when we arrived here, Commander Prosuous had led the army to march into Syracuse."

"I didn't expect you to be a messenger for free." Daves joked.

Everyone burst into laughter.

"I just introduced the situation of our army with Carthage, in the navy." Tolmide’s words just opened, and Seclean stood up and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the situation of the Navy is still for me.


Davers looked at him and then nodded to Tommy, and Tolmed handed the stick to Sekleian.

Seklelyn did not pick up and pointed at the map and said: "I can't use this thing because I only painted an island, no ocean, and our warships cannot be parked on land."

There was another laugh in the account.

Seklely looked straight and looked around at everyone. He said, "You have just listened to Tolmide’s remarks. In the Army, we have no advantage in several directions. Maybe it is slightly better in the east, but Prosous will lead the army to attack the sturdy city of Syracuse, and the difficulty will be even greater.

But on the navy, since the sea storm a few months ago, Carthage’s warships were almost completely destroyed. They then quietly invited the sea reinforcements from their mother-in-law, but they were also defeated by the Sicilian fleet. Not many Phoenician warships have never appeared in the waters around Sicily, and it is estimated that they have been scared.

Not long ago, Carthage built a fleet of newly built ships of about 190 to guard the route of Sardinia. His Majesty had sent a third fleet to deal with it, even this new fleet of Carthage. There are dozens more battleships than the Third Fleet. I also believe that the Third Fleet can finally defeat him and win!

In the waters of Sicily, in addition to the 70 ships of our Sicilian fleet, there are 50 warships in Syracuse, but they basically huddled in the port and did not dare to fight with us. Now the rate of Prosuous The army attacked Syracuse, and it is believed that the ship of Syracuse will soon have no place to stand, and there is no need to consider them.

Our Sicilian fleet has always had an absolute advantage in this sea area, so we can safely send a fleet of ships to transport soldiers and supplies, use warships to attack the route of Carthage, and carry fleet soldiers to attack the rear of the Carthagin army. This is one of the reasons why the Carthaginian army retreated from the east. Even if the newly built warships of Carthage are already in service, our warships will also be put into battle. The newly formed Sicilian fleet will not only control the dominance of the Sicilian waters, but will also increase the naval of the Carthage. Suppress, in order to reach the target of the majesty, threaten the sea of ​​the basic soil of Katai!


When Sekleian finished, no one raised any objection. After all, no one in the naval account had more authority than Seklely.

"Now everyone knows about the current situation." Dafos looked around at the crowd and said slowly: "What advice do you have for the next battle against the Carthage army?"

When Davers said this, the big account temporarily recovered quiet, and many people fell into thinking.

And Samoni’s leading leaders were still in shock. Before the four tribes of Samonah joined forces to declare war on Dionya, the more than 40,000 warriors who had come together to give the courage to the great leaders, but now The Kingdom of Dionia has assembled more than 100,000 soldiers to fight with Carthage. This is not counting the number of navies, and it seems that they still have the strength, and the power of the national power of Dionia is evident!

They were only deeply aware of this: the extravagant hopes of the Samonais were a mistake from beginning to end, and it was entirely caused by the shallow understanding of the Kingdom of Dionia!

Alexis understands that before the start of the military conference, Thormy detailed the situation between the enemy and the enemy, mainly for those who had just come to Sicily and were unfamiliar with the situation, so he coughed and said. "Your Majesty, here at Minoa, because of the Tenth Army and the addition of Potentia and Samona reinforcements, we and Carthage are already equal, can we be here?"

He pointed his hand to the low ground west of Minoa City: "A president of the Carthaginian army, first defeating their main force?"

Daves didn't think about it, just shook his head.

"Your Majesty, is it because the Carthage army in Kefaro Idion, north of Minoa, will return to help?" Melishan asked urgently.

What Melishanda asked was exactly what Amintas and Matonis wanted to know. Davers looked at their looks and said: "It’s because of cavalry! In heavy infantry, I think Our army is better than the Carthaginians, but in terms of cavalry, they not only surpass us in number, but also slightly better than the cavalry in terms of combat effectiveness. You should know if you are fighting the Carthaginians on the ground. Such a large number of Carthage cavalry will inevitably become the decisive force to be able to control the battlefield, so we can't take great risks to fight with the Carthaginians!"

At the same time as Daphus explained, the brilliant victory that Alexander and Hannibal created in a battle in the past history emerged in their minds. They basically decided the final victory by the cavalry.

Everyone fell into thinking, and some people also turned their attention to the captain of the cavalry, Ledes, Kuzius.

They all remained silent and did not refute.

Alexis leaned over and stared at the map. When his eyes moved from Minoa to Kefaro Idion in the north, there was a sudden thought in his mind. He thought about it carefully and then said: "Your Majesty, since we are at a disadvantage in cavalry~EbookFREE.me~ then can we have a battle with the Carthaginians near Kefaro Ianti, so that they can not take advantage of the cavalry, and We have Lukanians and Samonets who are good at mountain operations. Other legionnaires are not training in mountain operations at ordinary times. We should have an advantage in this respect."

The words of Alexis made everyone look bright.

Amintas looked at Alexis, and he was a little annoyed: Why didn’t he have such an idea, is it really not as good as Alexis?

In fact, letting the heavy infantry fight in the mountains is indeed a violation of the common sense of the art of warfare. Most people dare not try. Alexis is conquering the mountainous area of ​​Samone, and with this experience, he dared to raise this idea.

However, Davers said: "Plintors also proposed a similar proposal to you last night."

Alexis subconsciously turned to look at Princeton sitting in the back.

He had a very good cooperation with Printors more than a decade ago. With the help of Prindors, he led the army to conquer Copsa and Enona, and eventually forced the Samonais to sign the agreement. Alexis appreciates Printors very much and thinks that he is flexible, often has amazing and bold ideas, and he values ​​it very much. When the Military Affairs Office of the Ministry of Military Affairs was established, he also took the initiative to recommend to King Davers. But what he didn't expect was that since the outbreak of the war last year, the name of Prindors has illuminated the Department of the Dionynia. Every time Alexis read about the deeds in the military newspaper, he is his. feel happy.