After Morbar got the news, his face also changed greatly, and he immediately ordered: all the warships give up besieging the Dionian fleet in front of them and quickly withdraw to the port!

Although the captains of the ships of Midorades and Dionya could not understand what the enemy was shouting about, the bells of the lighthouse and the subsequent sudden change of tactics of the enemy in front of them indicated that the tide of battle had changed.

What is this change? It must have been the Sicilian fleet that arrived! …… Due to the location of the Third Fleet and the number of its warships (the Sicilian fleet has too many warships, the Carthaginian fleet may not dare to fight), so it acts as a decoy, and after the battle, the Sicilian fleet, which has been ambushed between the western waters of Sicily and the Carthaginian seas, judges the time and rushes to join the siege.

The Third Fleet continued to adhere to the strategy of focusing on defense, but widened the gap between ships to cover more of the sea and prevent enemy ships from bypassing them and approaching the harbor.

Ironically, Morbar had deliberately lured the Third Fleet to the front of the port entrance in order to expose its rear to a surprise attack, but now when the Carthaginian fleet tried to retreat into the harbor, they found that the Third Fleet was lined up in a circle in front of the port, completely blocking their way back.

Did you flee somewhere else, or did you force your way into the harbor? …… Morbar was faced with an important choice, time was pressing, the veteran also lost his previous composure, his whole body was soaked in cold sweat, and finally he gave the order: "Storm forward, force a breakthrough through the enemy formation, and return to the port!" ”

And, commanding the flagship, he was the first to charge forward.

Morbal gave up on retreating elsewhere because he knew that the Carthaginian crew was so tired from the fierce battle that it would be difficult for them to escape the pursuit of Dionian reinforcements. Moreover, there were a large number of soldiers on the Dionian warships, and even if the Carthaginian warships grabbed the beach on the nearby coast, it was easy for the warships to fall into the hands of the enemy, because at this time the Carthaginian city was empty of troops, and it was impossible to send enough soldiers to guard these stranded warships (two days earlier, there was a secret report that the leaders of the Numibian tribes in the interior had secretly assembled in an attempt to conspire against Carthaginian rule, so the Senate hastily sent 7,000 citizen soldiers to quell the rebellion, and only 3,000 soldiers remained in the city).

With Morbar's flagship as an example, the other Carthaginian warships also put their previous caution and patience behind and charged the Third Fleet one after another.

At the same time, three red flags were raised on the flagship of the Third Fleet, and the trumpets sounded, expressing Midoradus's determination to ask all ships to fight to the death and never let the enemy open the way.

For the crews of the Third Fleet, they paid too much for this battle, and they did not want to fall short at the last moment, and everyone cheered up and desperately blocked the enemy's breakthrough.

The naval battle, which had lasted on and off for four hours, suddenly came to a fever pitch.

Unexpectedly, the first victim was the flagship of the Carthaginian fleet. When the deck of the flagship was hit by the opposing drawbridge, Morbar led the few soldiers on the deck and rushed to the bow of the ship, followed by nearly 200 oarsmen, who wanted to use their numerical advantage to block the attack of the Dionian fleet soldiers on the deck.

The attack of the infantry of the Dionian fleet, which had been recuperating, was ferocious, and while they used their leather shields to block the spears stabbed by the deck soldiers, they relied on the armor on their bodies and rushed forward directly, sticking to the enemy, and the short sword in their right hand kept stabbing at the opponent......

Even on a shaky ship, the fleet's soldiers moved with great courage, swiftness, and precision, as if they were treading solid ground, the result of years of hard training, which caused the few deck soldiers on the Carthaginian flagship to be quickly stabbed down.

Losing the guards that stood in his way, the aged naval commander did not flinch or be afraid in the face of the menacing Dionians, and drew his sword with his thin right hand and stabbed at the Dionian soldiers.

Immediately afterward, his matching sword was knocked away by the leather shields of the Dionian fleet infantry, and at the same time, the short sword of the fleet infantry pierced into his chest.

When he fell, there was no pain on his face, more calm, he was born in the strongest era of Carthage, spent a lot of time in the navy in his long life, made a lot of contributions to the prosperity of Carthage, and finally died on the sea, he has no regrets.

"Lord Morbar!!"

"Revenge for Lord Morbar!!"

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The Carthaginian sailors, who then rushed to the deck from their cabins, saw their revered old hero of the city-state lying in a pool of blood, and were so angry that they were no longer afraid of the heavily armed infantry of the Dionian fleet, and rushed up with oars and daggers, all holding oars and daggers, and blocking the Dionian advance.

For a time, the infantry of the Dionian fleet was blocked in the bow of the ship, the space was cramped, and there were even many infantry who were stuck on the drawbridge and could not go up to the deck, which also caused the drawbridge to be unplugged in time.

While the two sides were fighting, a Carthaginian warship bypassed its flagship and rushed straight towards the Raven warship.

The Raven Ship was unable to move because it was connected to the Carthaginian flagship, and the crew could only watch as the hull of the ship was hit by the bow of the enemy ship coming at high speed. Moreover, in the violent shock, many Carthaginian sailors and fleet infantry on the deck of the Carthaginian flagship also fell into the sea, screaming and exclaiming...... It's a mess.

In the midst of this confusion, the sailors on the deck of the Carthaginian flagship, with the help of their large numbers, took advantage of the confusion and weakening of the enemy's formation for a while, and pushed them to the side of the ship, causing many fleet infantry to be squeezed into the sea......

The subsequent Carthaginian warships followed the example of their flagships, which caused the Raven warships at the forefront of the Third Fleet's circle to suffer heavy losses, and the Carthaginian fleet gradually broke through the perimeter of the circle and began to cut inward.

Midorides learned the details of the battle ahead from the lookout, and felt the urgency of the situation, and he resolutely gave the order: "The Carthaginians are desperate, and we can't do it if we don't fight hard!" Inform all the Raven warships that if the drawbridge hooks the enemy ship, all the sailors in the cabin will put me on deck, and if the enemy ship comes to ram me, they will also give me a jump! Carthaginian sailors dare to do this, and we Dioonians will only be braver than they are! ”

"Yes!" This time the captain did not remind Midorades that the order given was too complicated, because during the previous pursuit of the Carthaginian fleet, Midolades had learned his previous lesson and recalled several clippers, which were now clustered around the flagship. And thanks to the circular formation of the Third Fleet, the ships were located around the flagship, and the intervals between the ships were smaller, the order was quickly communicated.

Since then, this naval battle has entered an even more tragic stage, not only the collision of warships, the battle of soldiers, but also the fighting of the crews of both sides......

In order to ensure that their relatives can break through the blockade of the Dionian fleet, many shipowners are in a hurry to drive their own cargo ships, risking the huge risk of ship destruction and death, bravely rushing to the Ionian warships outside the harbor like behemoths to assist their own navy in the battle.

It didn't take long for the 3rd Dionian Fleet to appear to be encircled, but they were not in disarray, and each ship held its ground, stubbornly holding back the advance of the Carthaginian fleet......

The Third Fleet's predicament did not last long, and the Sicilian fleet finally arrived, and the 250 warships had already formed a geese-shaped formation of only two ships in a tandem (the first was a fast warship, the second was a raven warship), and launched a swift attack on the Carthaginian fleet, which was engaged with the Third Fleet.

The Carthaginian fleet, which failed to break into the harbor in time, was immediately encircled, and lost the unified command of Morbar, and some of the Carthaginian warships wanted to continue rushing into the harbor, while others turned around and fled in other directions...... As a result of their separate battles, their resistance was quickly crushed, and with the exception of a few Carthaginian ships that narrowly escaped, most of them were either damaged, sunk, or captured by raven ships.

The victorious two Ionian fleets did not chase after the fish, and the Third Fleet remained outside the harbor, rescuing the crews that had fallen into the sea, and also venting their anger by attacking the many cargo ships that had previously left the port to assist the Carthaginian fleet.

The Carthaginian cargo ships that scrambled to flee to the harbor were chased and run over by the Dionian warships, and the capsized were unknown.

The Sicilian Fleet sailed to the west, where the Third Fleet and the Carthaginian fleet had first engaged, where there were also a number of Carthaginian cargo ships, and they had rescued the Carthaginian crew who had fallen into the sea, but out of anger, they did not stop there, and under the leadership of Barikos, these ships continued to cruise in this area, stunning the Ionian sailors floating on the sea with wooden oars, causing them to drown, and even planning to dive into the sea. See if you can scuttle the ships that were immobilized by the infantry of the Dionian fleet.

At this time, the Sicilian fleet arrived, because this fleet arrived at the battlefield and joined the battle, it won the naval battle, the crew was still relatively strong in physical energy, and faced the Carthaginian merchant ships that had made them suffer, so the desire to fight was very strong. They pursued and swept all the Carthaginian ships on the sea, and even the merchant ships of Barikos were eventually overturned......