Carthage was not a Roman city, and its many years of warfare with Syracuse had made its army more experienced in siege and had sufficient technical capabilities to carry out siege plans. Seeing that the attack effect of the ballista was not obvious, after thinking about it, Margo ordered to build a city wall a hundred meters away from Selinus City, not only to completely encircle Selinus City, but also to its height not lower than the city wall of Selinus, which can not only prevent the Ionians from raiding, but also can in turn suppress the long-range attack of the opponent's city head, which is conducive to the next attack.

Under Margo's order, nearly 100,000 soldiers in the entire military camp and countless laborers transporting heavy loads began to act under the guidance of the engineer.

The defenders of Dionya discovered the enemy's intentions and made several surprise attacks out of the city, only to be repulsed by the Carthaginians, who had been on guard.

Three days later, a rudimentary earthen wall around the city of Selinus was being erected.

Just when the Dionian soldiers were stunned, at the residence of the lord of Selinus, Leotizides, the commander of the Sicilian theater of operations of the Dionian Kingdom, met with the commander of the Sicilian fleet, Miltias.

Since Leotizides incorporated the crew of the Sicilian fleet into his own army without the approval of the Ministry of War, which violated the interests of the Dionian navy, and was discovered by the newly appointed Milchias, the two sides have been at a standoff, and Miltias moved to the port and did not meet Leotizides again.

Miltias stopped cruising the western seas of Sicily because he feared a storm, resulting in an easy landing of Carthage's army in Sicily, which was a great military mistake. If Leotizides fell into the trap at this time and reported it to the Ministry of War, saying that "he had repeatedly reminded the Sicilian fleet not to stop the blockade of the western seas because of bad weather, but the commander of the Sicilian fleet had always stubbornly refused to listen, which led to a great ......change in the situation of the Sicilian war", this would not only increase the disgust of King Davers and the Ministry of War towards Miltias, but also likely to ruin his future military career, so Miltias came with a soft mentality.

When Leotizides saw him, he did not mention the "landing of the Carthaginian army", but said bluntly: "Myrtias, I am preparing to attack the Carthaginian camp at night, and I need the help of your navy. ”

Upon hearing this, Miltias's mind turned sharply, and then he said hesitantly, "...... Night raid on the Carthaginian camp? Are you preparing for a surprise attack from the sea? The Carthaginians had a lot of sentries on the shores of Selinus, and they were on guard...... It is said that it is a camp of more than 100,000 people! How many soldiers do we have to commit to a surprise attack to cause chaos in the Carthaginian camp! If you don't succeed, you're in danger of being wiped out! ”

Leotizides heard the hint of emotion hidden in Miltias's hesitant words, and in order to convince his colleague of his position, he had to take a moment and patiently explain: "I will not let the soldiers land on the nearby coast, which will indeed be easily discovered by the Carthaginians, and the place I have chosen is here."

Leotizides pointed to a rough sketch of the city of Selinus and the surroundings of the Carthaginian camp on the table.

Miltias hesitated, approached Leotizides, looked closely, and saw that his finger was between Selinus and Germe.

Since assuming command of the Sicilian fleet, Miltias has commanded his flagship and repeatedly cruised the south coast of Sicily, familiarizing himself with the maritime environment, a skill that was required of a senior general of Dioria. At this moment he had a rough picture of the place in his mind, there was indeed a small beach that was easy to land, but he cautioned: "The coastal road from Germe to Selinus is undulating, and it is not easy to walk during the day, and I am afraid that it will be more difficult at night!" ”

"That's why I chose to land here." Leotizides confidently said: "The coast is complicated there, and the Carthaginians, who have just landed in Sicily, are not familiar with the coast leading to Germe, so that our landing will not be discovered by the enemy." I asked the fishermen in the harbor that tonight would be a full moon night, and that the soldiers who had landed could take advantage of the moonlight to sneak into the mountains and forests near the coast, and that they could approach the Carthaginian camp in about two hours' march. ”

Leotizides moved his finger to the pattern of the Carthaginian camp and continued: "According to my careful observation of the city during this time, and the reports of the soldiers who went out of the city to raid the city, I think that the camp of the Iberian army led by Margo should be to the north of us, and the camp of the army from Carthage should be on our east and west sides, and most of their soldiers should be Numibians, who are also the main force in the construction of the earthen wall these days, and they must be very tired after being busy during the day, and must fall into a deep sleep at night.

Moreover, these days, the Carthaginian army has focused its entire defense on the protection of the earthen wall under construction, and it is feared that the rear of its camp will be neglected, and there is a good chance that our surprise attack will succeed...... When the time comes, I will gather 10,000 heavy infantry in the city, and when the raiding force causes chaos in the Carthaginian camp, I will immediately go out of the city, rush through this earthen wall, attack the Carthaginian camp, and receive them back to the city, and if the situation is favorable to us, we can continue the attack."

"What if the raid fails?" Myrtias interrupted him abruptly.

Leotizides had already thought about it, and he said unhurriedly: "I will let them flee east into the mountains, and finally return through Minoa." ”

Miltias stopped talking, knowing that there were allies in the mountains to the east, the Sikers, and that as long as they fled into the mountains, there was a good chance of a safe return.

He carefully studied the sketch on the table, and focused on the Carthaginian camp to be attacked by night was located in the east of the city of Selinus, probably because the Carthaginians had a strong army, so the camp was built a mile away from the city, standing at the head of the city can indeed roughly see the Carthaginian camp, so Leotizides can deduce the general layout of the Carthaginian camp, he did not have much doubt.

At this time, Leotizides said: "I will send the light armor brigade of the Eighth Army and 1,000 reserve legionnaires to carry out this raid, and I hope that the infantry of the fleet belonging to the Sicilian Fleet will also participate in this operation." ”

"No......" Miltias instinctively wanted to refuse, as soon as the words came out, he immediately realized that the fleet infantry could participate in this night attack, once successful, it would definitely be a good thing for him, it could alleviate the mistakes he had made before, he immediately changed his words: "Of course there is no problem, what our fleet infantry is best at is landing raids, I will let them all join this raid!" ”

Previously, the 4th Fleet led by Miltias had 40 three-layer oars, including 30 Raven ships, so there were 1,200 fleet infantry, plus those who had survived the storm before, he had a total of about 3,000 fleet infantry. As a result, the number of soldiers involved in the raid reached 5,000 people.

Leotizides was satisfied, which was one of the main reasons he called Miltias.

With the fleet infantry joining the night raid, Miltias became much more active, and he spent a long time working with Leotizides to refine the raid plan.

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Margo was woken up in his sleep and was shocked to hear the news of the "Dionian attack on the camp".

At this time, there was already a faint sound of fighting in his ears, and he hurriedly walked out of the big tent while asking urgently: "Which camp has been attacked?!" How many enemies?! ”

"It should be in the middle of the eastern camp, and it is not clear how many enemies there are now......" the adjutant replied hurriedly.

Margo walked outside the tent, and the sounds of fighting and screaming became clearer, and there were constant exclamations, and the night raids of the Dionians had begun to startle the soldiers of the other camps.

Margo looked eastward, even if there was moonlight, but the camp of nearly 100,000 troops stretched for more than ten miles, just from the Chinese army camp was a few miles away from the accident site, it was dark at a glance, and there was nothing to see at all.

Marco listened carefully for a while, although the shouts and screams were growing, he did not panic, during the conquest of southern Iberia, he had encountered too many night raids, and he was already very experienced in this, he immediately and decisively said to the adjutant: "Send heralds, rush to the camps, inform the generals, let them control the soldiers in their camps, prepare for defense, and do not bring troops to the rescue without my orders!" If anyone does not obey the command, I will crucify him! ”

The reason why Marco is so vicious is because the camp in the east is mainly stationed with an army formed by Carthage, and its generals are mostly nobles of Carthage, Margo has been away from Carthage for more than 10 years, and some people may ignore his existence and act on their own.

The heralds rushed away, and the generals of the Chinese battalion were summoned urgently and quickly rushed to the big tent.

Margo again gave them a direct order: "Go and gather your soldiers at once, except for Talka who led his troops to defend the camp, the rest of the troops will follow me to rescue the attacked camp"

Before Margo could finish speaking, a deafening roar suddenly came from outside the tent, and some people in the tent changed color when they heard it.

The adjutant rushed in and shouted eagerly, "My lord, the Dioonians have sent an army from the city to attack the camp to the east!" ”

Margo looked calm, and smiled: "Listening to this voice, I'm afraid there are quite a few soldiers sent by the Dionians, that's really good!" We'll be able to catch them all in one go, and it will be much easier to attack Selinus again! ”