Speaking of this, he looked at Sekerian, and immediately a flattering smile appeared on his face, and he nodded and said, "Cykelian ...... Lord Sekrian, if I tell me where that tunnel is, you ...... What reward will you give me? ”

Sekrian held back the displeasure in his heart and said with a smile: "If you can prove that what you said is true, you have made great contributions to the kingdom of Dionia, and you will become a full citizen of Dionya in at least two years, enjoying many rights granted to you by the kingdom!" ”

"It's going to take two years......" Calmilus was still a little dissatisfied, but when he saw Seclian glaring at him with a fierce look, he immediately said loudly: "Of course that tunnel is real!" It's right at Lampukba's house! ”

His words aroused the curiosity of the laborers: "Which Lampukba? ”

"Lampkuba of the Hanno family, of course! The richest businessman in Lili, Lampkuba! Calmilus straightened his chest, looking proud.

"You're a liar! The people of the Lampukba family are high, how can you possibly reach them! It is even more impossible to know such a secret thing! Young Setonus was skeptical, and this was echoed by many workers.

"Of course it's true!" Seeing that Seclian was also suspicious, Calmilus hurriedly explained: "One night three years ago, I was idle and bored by myself, wandering around the port area...... Well...... Somehow...... I walked into Lampukba's house."

At this time, Setonus snorted coldly, and the mockery on his face was obviously saying: What is approaching unconsciously, you obviously want to go in and steal something!

Calmilus was thick-skinned and didn't care, and continued: "His house is too big, I got lost, I couldn't get out for a while, and I was afraid of running into their guards, so I had to find a place to hide, but I happened to overhear the quiet conversation between the head manager and his subordinates, 'I want to transport the military rations from the southwest military camp through the tunnel at home'...... I heard that Lampukopa was of great status and power in Carthage, and that no one dared to mess with his servants in Liliba...... I know this big secret, if they know it, will I still live! At that time, I was so frightened that after I finally came out, I kept this secret in my heart, and no one dared to say it, they didn't know about it at all......"

He pointed at the laborers with disdain, and then immediately changed to a look of admiration, and said to Seklian: "I didn't expect you to be so powerful, my lord, and easily get this secret from my mouth!" ”

Excited in his heart, Sekrian didn't have time to pay attention to his sycophants, and immediately asked, "Where is that Lampkuba's mansion?!" ”

"I know, I'll take you! ......" Many laborers rushed to answer, wanting to make meritorious contributions and get rewards.

"Wait!" Calmilus shouted, "Lord Seclian, the Lampukoba family mansion is very large, and it may not be easy to find the tunnel!" It's better to interrogate Lampukba and his family directly! ”

Sekrian looked at him and felt that although this guy had a bad character, he had a good brain, so he turned back to the soldiers and said, "Take him with you, and go and get me Lampkuba at once!" ”

"Yes!" The soldiers replied loudly, their excitement uncontrollable: Lord Secrean's seemingly joking order actually seized the key to open the door to victory!

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The ships of the 3rd Fleet docked at the pier one after another, and Leotizides disembarked to gather the soldiers of the 8th Army who had come ashore one after another, but saw the soldiers of the Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade hurrying towards him.

"Sekrion wants me to see him? What's the matter? Leotizides was surprised to hear what the team had to say.

"General, there is a very important matter about the capture of this city, you will know it when you go!" The team member said solemnly, but it was difficult to hide the excitement in his tone, and he also reminded: "It's best to bring fewer people to avoid attracting the attention of the enemy in the city." ”

Intrigued, Leotizides put Tagru in charge of assembling his troops, and he took a detachment of soldiers from the flagship, followed by the members of the Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade, and hurried to the port area.

Although Liliba is Carthage's military town in Sicily, as Carthage's only and truly directly subordinate town in Sicily, the Carthaginians have poured a lot of money and manpower into it for more than 20 years, and also promoted its prosperity in maritime trade...... However, there were hardly any people in the vast area now, and most of the people in the port area were driven near the city gates, which was of course not only the credit of the soldiers of the Mountain Reconnaissance Group, but also the role of the infantry of the Sicilian fleet.

After Sekelian learned that the tunnel was hidden in Lampkuba's house, he sent people to arrest the insider, and quickly dispatched thousands of infantry from the crow warship to completely expel the people of the port area from the port area to avoid the leakage of information.

Therefore, Leotizides walked in empty neighborhoods, because there was no light around them, it was too dark, and from time to time they tripped over dead bodies on the road.

"Why haven't you arrived yet? Where the hell are we going? The captain couldn't help but ask, he fell twice along the way, his helmet was crooked, his nose was swollen, and there was inevitably a lot of resentment in his heart.

At this time, Leotizides did not stop him, because he was still thinking about the words of the mountain scouts who had said "capture Lilipa", and did not notice for a moment that he was approaching the walls of Lilipa.

The mountain scout team member who led the way said repeatedly: "It's almost there!" Almost there! ”

After walking more than 10 meters, he stopped, pointed to the open gate on the side of the road, and said, "It's here, let's go in, Lord Sekrian is still waiting for you inside." ”

Leotizides stopped, carefully observing the surroundings, and suddenly found that the walls of this house were much higher than the walls of other houses, more than four meters high, and although the gate could not be seen clearly, it was very thick, and it was by no means an ordinary house! ……”

At this moment, someone inside greeted him: "Lord Leotizides, you are finally here, Lord Sekrian is in a hurry!" ”

This man was the captain of the fleet infantry group of the Sicilian fleet, and Leotizides had seen it before, and only then did he completely relax his mind, stepped forward, and said: "What did Secrian discover, so mysterious? ”

"A tunnel to the city!" The captain whispered excitedly: "Lord Sekrian learned from those dock laborers, and he specially asked the mountain scouts to arrest the people in this mansion and killed several prisoners before forcing them to come out. ”

It turns out that this is the method that His Majesty said! …… Leotizides perked up and immediately said, "Take me to see it!" ”

The size of the house must have been quite small, and the captain led him into the courtyard, and did not go to the main courtyard, but passed through the side gate, where there was a corridor, wide enough to pass through a large carriage, which adhered to the courtyard wall and went straight to the east.

Leotizides looked at the city wall that was getting closer and closer in front of him, and even heard the deafening shouts coming from the side ahead, and seemed to realize something.

After walking a few dozen meters, tall, warehouse-like buildings appeared in front of them, and the captain pointed to one of them and said, "Lord Sekrian is inside." ”

Leotizides did not enter immediately, he looked around carefully again, then pointed to the left and asked, "Is the gate of the port leading to the city over there?" ”

The captain didn't expect him to ask this question, turned his head to look at the left, and then said: "That's right, it's over there, there are thousands of people gathered there, and the mountain reconnaissance team and the infantry of our fleet have spent a lot of effort to drive them away, but the effect is obvious, before you arrived, the Carthaginians did not dare to open the city gates......"

Leotizides turned his head to the right and looked behind him, where the flames were still burning a few hundred meters away, where the tower gate was supposed to be.

Leotizides recalled the map of the city of Lilip, which he had drawn after interrogating the Carthaginian crews, and he could now make a clear judgment that behind the walls in front of him was probably the southwestern military camp of Lilipa.

Leotizides looked at the torches dotted on the city dozens of meters ahead, subconsciously took off his helmet, covered the purple and red crown with his body, and said to the captain of the detachment beside him: You go to the gate of the courtyard to guard, if there are troops coming in later, tell them that they must not light torches, do not make any sound, must advance in a column formation, and must also take off the helmet with a crown......

After some solemn advice, Leotizides followed the captain into the warehouse.

There were quite a few things piled up in the warehouse, and a dim light flickered in a corner in front of them. Sekrian and seven or eight soldiers formed a circle, with a few soldiers guarding the two captives.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, Sekrian turned his head to look back, and then said proudly: "Prosious, come and see, I have brought you a good opportunity to make a great contribution!" ”

Leotizides ignored his smugness and strode over.

The soldiers hurriedly relinquished the space, and what Leotizides saw was not a dark hole as he had imagined, but more like a cellar, with a stone staircase, a wall lamp, a hard ground, stacked stone walls and iron pillars, and a straight underground passage leading to the dark front......

Leotizides stood at the entrance of the passage, which was wide enough for three adults to stand side by side, and observed for a long time, before stepping on the stone staircase and going up to the warehouse, and the first thing he said was: "Such a tunnel cannot be excavated in a short time." ”