"Thank you Melekat for your protection!" Anobus expressed his gratitude to the highest god of the Phoenicians, and his heart was filled with joy. The reason why it was not to the patron saint of Carthage, Baal. Hamm thanked him, and that's because of Barr. Hamm is the lord of lava, and there is no room for fire and water, so the naval battle is not Baal. Hamm's domain.

Anobus rejoiced that the Dionian Raven warships were light-bowed and prone to capsize in strong winds and waves, and that the fast three-sculled warships were also used to be smaller in size and lighter, and difficult to handle in strong winds and waves; And on the flanks, the Carthaginian ships were in an advantageous position to have the upper hand, and this was the perfect time for the Carthaginian fleet to counterattack!

"Woo! ......" The trumpet of attack sounded again on the double-headed dragon ship, and the originally high-pitched trumpet sound was low and hoarse on the cloud-shrouded and dark sea.

Standing on the top of the high ship's tower with his hands on the railings, Anobus let the strong sea breeze blow against his body, and he kept looking around at the sea, and the warships of both sides were jolting forward in the wind and waves......

He didn't know if his men would hear the trumpet, but he was convinced that the experienced Carthaginians would seize this opportunity and bring back little by little!

"General, the wind and waves are getting stronger, should we retreat first?!" The adjutant, holding his helmet in one hand, for fear of being blown into the sea by a strong wind, walked up to Anobas, and said in a loud and uneasy voice.

"Retreat?!" As if hearing a joke, Anobus pointed ahead, defying the sea breeze, and said in a loud voice: "Look! ”

I saw that not far in front of the diagonal front, a crow warship with a foremast and a drawbridge had just drilled over a wave clumsily, and then another wave pressed over...... By the time the waves had passed, the ship had toppled on the sea.

"Hahaha...... Annobus laughed heartily: "Do you see, what a great opportunity!" Even if you want to retreat, you have to wait until the Dioonians are defeated before retreating! ”

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The same exhortation took place on the flagship of Dionia, but Secrean was not as energetic as before, he expected the weather to be not good, but he did not expect that the wind and waves would be so strong that it would cause great difficulties for the fleet to control the ships, and he no longer had the heart to complain about why Poseidon, who had accepted their pious prayers and rich sacrifices before the battle, had helped the aliens when the fleet was about to win.

At this moment, the most troublesome thing for him was that even if he gave the order to retreat, the entire fleet was so widely dispersed, even deep into the port of Selinus, and in such bad weather conditions, it was not his order to retreat that he could say that he would retreat.

Just as he was frowning, "Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ......" The continuous roar in the sky, as if thousands of drums were beating above the clouds, made everyone frightened.

Immediately afterward, one after another silver-white lightning flashed over the sea, running between heaven and earth. The clouds grew darker and lower, pressing down towards the sea. And the waves became more and more active, rising higher and higher, as if they were huge beast mouths, about to swallow the lightning.

The downpour and the wind slammed down, and the sky and earth were suddenly dark.

Wherever the Carthaginians and the Dioonians still had the heart to row and fight at this moment, they did not even dare to look out at the sea, because the sea had become an endless abyss at this moment, and the endless darkness seemed to swallow the souls of men...... The only thing the crew members, including the generals, could do was huddle in the cabin and pray to the god of the sea in a trembling voice for safety.

"Click!" With a loud bang, a bolt of lightning appeared in front of the two-headed dragon ship, and Anobas, who was sitting in the city tower, happened to glance outward, and his originally pale face suddenly became even paler: with the silver light of lightning, he saw a huge wall rising on the sea not far away, more than ten meters high, crushing them in a volley......

Anobas's soul was in full swing, where was the previous commander Ruoding, and the image of the commander-in-chief who was full of confidence in Carthaginian sailing technology disappeared without a trace, and he just muttered with a dull face: "How is this possible!" How is this possible! It's not winter, how can there be a storm in the sea southwest of Sicily! ……”

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The vagaries of nature are unpredictable.

In front of the great power of heaven and earth, no matter how huge the battleship is, it seems extremely small. Under the strong wind and waves, these ships were not scattered by the waves and sank to the bottom of the sea; It was thrown into the air and smashed to pieces......

The storm lasted until dusk, when the fury finally subsided, and the rain disappeared without a trace, and the wind turned into a gentle breeze, and the sky was so clear that there was not a single cloud visible, and it was dyed golden red by the falling sunset...... The sea shows her gentle and beautiful side.

But when the gaze turned to the shore at low tide, the sight was horrible: the beach was densely covered with white human bodies and the remains of countless warships; And in the low tide waters, there are also countless human bodies and broken ship planks......

Such a horrific spectacle can be seen not only on the shores of Selinus, but also on the coasts of Mazara and Germe, and beyond......

Leotizides, whose military camp was stationed north of the city of Selinus, had been worried about the safety of the Sicilian fleet, so as soon as the storm subsided, he sent troops and medical battalions to block the coast near Selinus and began to rescue people urgently.

As long as the doctors and nurses had spare power, they would also treat the Carthaginians as long as he still had a breath.

The Carthaginian colonial cities and allies on the south coast, as well as the Greek city-states, also sent personnel to the coast to search and rescue......

Both Carthaginian and Ionian sailors have been at sea for many years, experienced many strong winds and waves, and may have escaped in storms that lasted for several hours, but the ships they piloted could not be resurrected. In this large-scale naval battle, the Sicilian fleet of Dionya committed about 600 ships, and the Carthaginian fleet had more than 500 ships in the battle, but there was no winner on either side, and all the ships were probably destroyed by the storm.

To make matters worse for Carthage, nearly half of the passenger ships they were carrying soldiers and baggage failed to enter the harbor in time, were either attacked by Dionian warships, or were wrecked by storms and eventually perished.

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The news of the "total annihilation of the Dionya Sicilian fleet" had not yet reached Great Greece, and the great army led by Davers, who knew nothing about it, had just arrived in Laos.

Today's Laos has changed a lot from a decade ago. Counting the alliance of Campania, on the west coast of Italy, with Greater Greece to the south and Lucania and Campania to the north, Laos is at the midpoint of this long coastline. On land, it was also the transportation hub of Lucania and Bruti, so it was strategically advantageous, and after the painstaking management of several administrators, coupled with the support of the Senate, Laos has become a prosperous port city in the kingdom.

Despite its small arable land and urban population of more than 50,000 people, not counting the freedmen and slaves of the port, it was precisely because of its well-developed port and numerous merchant ships that it was possible to send this huge army to Radin by sea with as few merchant ships as possible.

As the army entered the city, Klotocatax looked curiously at the scene in the city, and at the same time wondered about the strange dress of Henipolis beside him: "Uncle Heni, you are not fighting now, you are wearing a helmet, and you have a cheek guard, and a mask on the outside, don't you feel depressed?" ”

Henipolis held his voice and said, "Don't talk to me! ”

Davers, who was in front, turned around and said with a teasing smile, "Your Uncle Henney doesn't want the people here to know that he's back." ”

"Why? Uncle Heni used to be the consul of Laos! Klotocatax was even more curious.

Davers shrugged and didn't answer.

In fact, Hennepolis had not been to Laos since he was clerk to Davers at the end of the war in southern Italy, which was a problem for him.

In fact, the rebellion of Arobumas and the subsequent riots of the common people greatly reduced the population of Laos, and more than half of the current inhabitants of Laos moved in later, including the descendants of Xubaris, Greeks, Lucalians, Brutis, and Campanians...... A truly multi-racial city.

Today's original Laos are no longer the bottom of the city-state that had no money and no power more than ten years ago, but citizens of the kingdom who own land, run the maritime trade, can hold public office, participate in the city council elections, and make their own proposals, so they are grateful to the Dionian kingdom and the king who can make a drastic change in their status, allowing him to hear his own cheers.

In a piece of "King Davers wins!! Kingdom of Victory!! In the cheers, the people also excitedly chattered: "Look! The one in the center wearing a long-tailed helmet and golden armor is His Majesty Davers! Look, how majestic and majestic he is! More than ten years ago, when His Majesty led his army through Laos and went north to fight against the Samonai, I met him, and his appearance has not changed at all after more than ten years, and he is still so young, worthy of being a descendant of Hades! ”

"Who is that young general next to Your Majesty? It seems that he has a very close relationship with His Majesty! ”

"I heard from the Turian merchant of the port that this time the army is on the march, and Prince Klotocatax will also go to war, and this young man must be him."