"Hurry up and send someone to check!" The uneasiness in Imisare's heart was even greater, and he ordered in a loud voice: "Send another 300 light infantry, and give me to rush to the opposite city at once." ”

"Yes, sir!"

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While Tyrentus led ten mountain scouts to the lighthouse, the rest of the team rushed to the small barracks not far from the temple, just in time to bump into the Carthaginian officers who had come out of the camp to check on the situation.

For more than 10 years since the Lilipo was built, the alarm bells of the night had never sounded, and the Carthaginian officers who were awakened even thought that the tower keepers had made a mistake and were stabbed unsuspectingly.

As more and more mountain scouts rushed into the barracks, some of the Carthaginian soldiers were wearing armor, some had just gotten out of bed, and some were even sleeping...... So it became a massacre.

After easily disposing of the Carthaginian soldiers, the team immediately ran to the lighthouse.

The 500-strong mountain reconnaissance team that Davers left behind in Katanai suffered more than 100 casualties during the attack on Syracuse, so 360 of them were involved in the operation, 160 of whom were disturbing the port area, while the remaining 200 were climbing the embankment one after another, and they would eventually enter the lighthouse.

When Terrentius saw more and more of his comrades gathered around him in the tower, he couldn't help but be proud: he led the mountain reconnaissance brigade through the Tiber River and into the sewers, making an important contribution to the eventual capture of the city of Rome; In the sneak attack on Keslera, the Mountain Scout Brigade was the vanguard, and he took the lead in capturing the city; In the siege of Syracuse, it was he who led his team to capture the fortress of Yurialus first, opening the door to victory for the capture of the entire city; Now the occupation of the harbor lighthouse and the opening of the water gate have already completed the task, but he is a little dissatisfied.

"Brothers, follow me to take down the sentry post on the wall ahead and win greater merit!" Tyrintus raised his arms and shouted, and the players responded in unison.

He left 10 team members to guard the lighthouse, and with more than 100 team members, through the lighthouse, he entered the walkway of the city wall.

A group of people galloped forward along the aisle, just in time to bump into the oncoming Carthaginian light infantry.

In the dark night, these Carthaginian soldiers heard the sound of chaotic footsteps in front of them, and thought that the soldiers in the small barracks had already gone to the city, and they were unguarded, until they collided with each other, and realized that it was the enemy.

And these Carthaginian light infantry had no other weapons except bows and arrows, javelins, and daggers, and how could they be the opponents of the mountain scouts armed with leather shields and short swords, and they were quickly defeated.

On the way back, they shouted in terror: "The enemy has gone to the city!" The Ionians are in!! ……”

As the routs approached the tower gate, their shouts were heard in the ears of Themisre, and he panicked, because it meant that the Dioonians had captured the natural breakwater and captured the lighthouse, and they could take control of the water gate and let the Dionian ships enter the harbor! Let the Ionian army land in the port!

Imisore didn't have time to think about how the Dioonians had captured the lighthouse, he thought that the Dionians' fleet and army were likely to attack immediately, and he couldn't help but panic without much combat experience, and there was only one thought in his heart: Don't let the Dioonians enter the city!

So he shouted very nervously: "Close the tower door quickly, and don't let the Ionians enter!" The gates of the harbor are not to be opened without my orders! Hurry up and close ......"

When the Carthaginians built the port of Lilipa, they were more thoughtful, blocking the place where this natural breakwater connected with the land, with only the city wall passing through it, and also built a tower on each side of the wall, so that to enter the natural breakwater, it could only be accessed through the walkway in the city, and these two towers were the highest of all the towers in Lilipa, it was four meters higher than the city wall. Moreover, the Carthaginians built a gate here with the walkway as the base and the towers on both sides as the door frame, both to control the entry and exit of the natural breakwater, and also to prevent accidents.

In fact, the Carthaginian soldiers had already entered the two towers, and when they heard the sounds of fighting and then screams from the opposite wall, the cautious officer quickly ordered the soldiers to temporarily close the tower doors until the situation was clear.

When Imisare heard that the tower door was closed, he was reassured, and he hurriedly gave another order: "Go and inform General Sacados of the southeastern military camp and ask him to send 2,000 soldiers here!" ”

"Send someone to urge Ragnarka again, and let him hurry up with the troops!"

After giving these orders, he was still uneasy in his heart, and after thinking about it, he said in a deep voice to his most trusted man: "Hurry up and meet Master Margo, and say that the port of Lilipol has been attacked by the Dionians, and I hope that he will send an army to the rescue at once!" ”

The Carthaginians closed the tower door and left the rout desperate to call for it, instead lit multiple torches on the tower, and then let the light infantry occupy the tower and make a long-range attack on the Dionians, who were pursuing the Carthaginian rout in the aisle of the front wall.

This time, in order to hide on the cargo ship and climb easily, the mountain scouts did not even wear leather helmets and leather armor, except for a leather shield, there was no extra protection on their bodies, and they gathered in the narrow walkway, becoming the best target for long-range attacks, after a few rounds of bows and arrows, the mountain scouts who rushed in front were killed and wounded, and even Tyrintus was shot in the left arm.

The pain dispelled the frenzy of Tyrantus, and he hurriedly gave the order: let the soldiers retreat and hold the lighthouse.

The Dioonians retreated, but the Carthaginian soldiers did not dare to open the tower door for fear of accidents, and it was not until the heavy infantry of the city arrived that Misse gave the order and opened the tower door.

The city wall on the natural breakwater is more than 5 meters high, and only through the lighthouse can you go down to the embankment, and the Carthaginian soldiers can only recapture the lighthouse through the walkway of the city wall, which can not give full play to their advantage of having more soldiers, although there is no door between the lighthouse and the city wall, but the lighthouse is more than twice as high as the city wall, so Terrantus asked some team members to block the entrance and exit of the city wall, and the other part of the people went to the small barracks to get the javelins, bows and arrows stored by the enemy, and then went to the stone window on the upper floor of the tower to attack the Carthaginian infantry attacking below, Thus mitigating the onslaught of the Carthaginian heavy infantry on the entrance to the lighthouse.

Tyrantus now regretted that the Carthaginians of Lili, unlike Kesrella and Syracuse, were quick to react to night raids, and if he had known this, he should not have rushed to storm the tower gates, but should have seized the time to block the entrances to the walls and lighthouses with door panels or something.

Now the two sides have formed a bull trend, which is very unfavorable to the mountain reconnaissance brigade, in the space where there is almost no evasion, the heavy infantry and light armored soldiers fight head-on, naturally the mountain reconnaissance team members have suffered heavy casualties, but even if the casualties continue to increase, the mountain reconnaissance brigade can not retreat a step, otherwise let the Carthaginians rush into the lighthouse, the consequences are unimaginable, so at the entrance of the lighthouse and the city wall, the mountain reconnaissance brigade can only fall one, and then top one, and support it to the death.

Imisore was also in a hurry, because the soldiers who had arrived at the tower of the artificial breakwater and stationed on it soon sent back to report that they had found a lot of warships approaching the port!

The main forces of the Ionians are coming! Imisare's heart was extremely anxious, and he knew very well that once these ships were allowed into the port, it would pose a great threat to Lili.

So he gave a death order to Ragnarka, who had already arrived in the city: the lighthouse must be recaptured as soon as possible and the water gate must be closed!

Despite the shouting and chaos in the port area, both sides were actually focused on the battle for the lighthouse.

Ragnarca received the order, but did not immediately put his 5,000 soldiers into the attack on the lighthouse, because the Carthaginian soldiers who had gone to attack before had already formed a long line on the walkway of the natural breakwater wall, and the soldiers behind could not threaten the enemy in the lighthouse even if they invested more, so he quickly ordered his men to go down to find ropes so that they could hang down from the wall, so that the soldiers could descend to the embankment, first, to attack the lighthouse from below, and second, to prevent the Ionians from continuing to land on the embankment.

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The Sicilian fleet, which cruised the western seas every day, and each of its ships was familiar with the sea conditions near Lilipa, and under the guidance of the lighthouse, their speed had risen to the highest level, until they approached the water gate, and then slowed down slightly, and entered one after the other on the side of the lighthouse.

At this time, the Carthaginian archers in the tower connected to the water gate on the opposite side continued to fire rockets at the Ionian ships entering the water gate, and the sparkling light sprinkled on the sea at night, which was very beautiful.

But the men on the Dionian warship were nervous, and the soldiers on deck erected their long shields to shield the rockets while cleaning them out into the sea to prevent the ship from being set on fire, while the sailors in the cabin once again accelerated their oars to keep the ship out of range of their bows and arrows.

Originally, according to the plan, the first warship to enter the harbor was to go as far as possible, and the warships were to be attached to the beginning of the natural breakwater, and then lined up in turn, so that the legionnaires could land on the embankment together, and the ship of the detachment commander Stefacas was responsible for the piloting task.

But when he saw the Carthaginians fighting fiercely in front of the lighthouse on the wall, the lookout reminded him that he saw the Carthaginians hanging down the ropes on the wall ahead.

He immediately realized the urgency of the time, and immediately approached the ship to the embankment, turned the bow drawbridge, and the 12-meter wooden bridge was easily set up on the embankment, just as the Third Fleet had attacked the west bank of Rome through the Tiber River a few months earlier, the 50 soldiers of the Second Legion on the ship quickly climbed over the drawbridge, rushed up the embankment, and intercepted the Carthaginian soldiers who were coming down from the city walls.