If it were more than 10 years ago, the laborers at the port of Lilibi were more than Greek free people, and there were very few Numibian slaves, but the Kingdom of Dionia occupied eastern Sicily and absorbed Greek free people, and Carthage's conquest of Numibia changed this situation.

Braving the drizzle and the wet and cold sea breeze, the workers rushed to the dock with trembling and trembling. It was already dawn and the port was open, but no ships had come in. The workers took the opportunity to squat under the eaves of the warehouse on the shore and seized the time to rest.

Not long after, they heard the noisy footsteps, and hundreds of Carthage soldiers rushed into the port, began to drive away the idlers and others from the port, and strengthened patrols of the docks.

Looking at the pier that suddenly became heavily guarded, the workers felt unconscious.

"Look! Lord Emisere is here!" Someone shouted in surprise, and the atmosphere around him became even more tense.

At this time, the official responsible for the management of the labor ran over and cursed in anger: "Get up quickly, lazy people! Before Lord Ma Ge leads his army to the port, you will immediately clear all the obstacles and garbage at the dock to ensure the smooth and cleanliness of the road! And the dilapidated ships docked at the dock will also be pulled away by me immediately! Quick! If anyone is lazy, I will let him know how powerful I am!..."

Accompanied by the roar of the officials, the supervisors threw their whips and made a "slap" sound. The workers immediately ran to the dock like frightened rabbits, led by the foreman.

Among them, a middle-aged worker with a hunched back had his eyes shining brightly at this moment: Carthage's army actually chose to cross the sea in such a climate and land in Lilibi, which was really bold enough! I wonder if Flarios sent a clutch to detect the enemy's action?!

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About an hour later, the first troop transport ship entered the port of Liliba, and the sailors had already put away their sails. They shouted horns, rowed their oars, and sailed towards the pier nearest to them.

Then the second ship, the third ship...

Not long after, the sea in the port was covered with troop transport ships.

Seeing a ship leaning against the trestle, the foreman led a dozen workers to run over quickly, hooking the side of the ship with a handheld iron hook, making one side of it completely close to the trestle, then tied the cables on the ship to the wooden stakes, and then put on wooden boards to let the soldiers get off the ship.

The routine of helping ships to dock, which is very skilled, becomes a little difficult under the cold wind and drizzle, because the trestle becomes slippery, and the ships must use more force to hold it under the storm of the waves. It becomes a very common phenomenon for workers to slip on the trestle and fall into the sea. It is even rare for ships to collide in the port and soldiers fall into the water...

Although Emiserre made some preparations for the landing of the army, the chaos in the port was inevitable and continued...

However, no matter how chaotic the organization of the port of Lilibi was, ships of soldiers still climbed the dock continuously, gathered closely on the shore of the port, and arranged in a row amid the noise and noise, leaving the port one after another, entering the city of Lilibi...

In the eyes of the middle-aged worker with a hunched back: the first one to land was the Carthaginian soldiers (actually they were more Phoenicians). The delicate Carthaginians in the rumors seemed very calm. There were few noises and chaos during the entire landing process and they followed the command of the team officials. Then there were many dark-skinned and slender Numibian soldiers (actually some Mauritanians). The free and casual nomads in the rumors were able to follow the instructions during the landing process.

Wave and gathered more quickly; of course, there were also soldiers who were scattered in their movements. These natives with naked upper bodies, embroidered with strange tattoos and ferocious appearances were said to be Celtics from the Iberian Peninsula. Although they were not used to taking a boat, they were constantly vomiting by the surging waves. When they got ashore, they all fell and looked pale, but their tall and strong bodies still made him nervous. What made the worker care the most was the murderous aura emitted by these soldiers, which was possessed by only veterans who had been on the battlefield for a long time.

It seems that Carthage's army is not easy to deal with this time! He looked at the troop transport ships that were still coming in and out of the port entrance, and hid his worries in his heart...

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During this landing, Mago arranged the landing location of the main Iberian troops who had followed him for many years in the port of Liliba and its vicinity. In fact, the landing locations of the entire Carthaginian army - an army of more than 80,000 people are spread throughout the entire coast from Mazara to Eliqs. Not only are there ports in various towns, but also beaches that can be relied on ships, because Mago hopes to send soldiers, baggage, horses, etc. to Sicily in the shortest time to avoid being attacked by the Dionians after being discovered by their fleet.

To this end, not only Carthage, but Utica dispatched a large number of ships, Hadrumetum, Ruspina, Lgilgili, etc., and other Finiki city-states located on the coast of Afiliga also provided ships to help transport soldiers.

Therefore, from the western Sicily to Afilica, you can see a strange sight: countless ships covered the sea, as if they were laying out a huge floating bridge connecting the two places. On the western Sicily coast, you can see exhausted soldiers gathering on the beach everywhere, frightened war horses running around, shouting, and neighing one after another, from Mazara to Elix...

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In the mansion of the lord in the city of Selinus, the adjutant Mukru gently pushed open the door of the study, and Leoticides sat alone in the room. The commander in charge of the Sicily war in the Kingdom of Dionys sat motionlessly on a wooden chair like a puppet, staring at the Sicily map hanging on the wall.

He had been following Leotizides for a while, and Mukru knew some of the commander's strange habits, so he did not speak, but stood quietly behind Leotizides.

I don’t know how long it took, but Mukru felt his eyelids were fighting, and suddenly heard Leotizides ask: “Yesterday, the Iberian army, which had been entrenched in Palermos, suddenly marched southward and entered the city of Lilibi. What do you think is the reason?”

"Uh...maybe it is related to the fact that the Iberian Governor of Carthage, Mago, took office as military commander, and the conflict between the Iberian army and the Carthage army no longer exists..." When asked about this matter suddenly, Mukru had not thought deeply, he threw out a reason that he thought was reasonable.

Leothis departed without looking back, and continued to ask, "It was a long time ago that Mago became the military commander of Carthage. Why did the Iberian army in Palermos set out to enter Lilibi until yesterday?"

Mukru heard the slight dissatisfaction in Leothides's words. This time he thought for a while before answering cautiously: "It is possible that we have been sending soldiers to harvest the half-ripe wheat fields outside the city such as Mazara, Segesta, Lilibi, and even Elix. The Iberian army came from the North Coast, probably to enhance the military power of the Carthaginians here and curb our actions to harvest wheat..."

After Mukru said this, seeing that Leotizides did not respond, he thought about it and added a sentence with great uncertainty: "It may also be... to cooperate with the Carthaginians' military operations..."

After a while, Leottizides replied quietly: "Carthage's military operations?...What else can they do except land in Sicily?"

Taglu was shocked.

At this time, Leotizides stood up, looked at Mukru, and said in a deep voice: "Go and inform the cavalry army to send me the best scouts, and carefully explore Lilibi and Elix in the past few days... The movements of these enemies in the city will be immediately rewarded if there is any abnormality!"

"Yes!" Mukru's response was a little low, because he knew: from now on, the only weakness of the Dionian army and the Carthage army was the cavalry. This commander's order determined that the Fourth Cavalry Legion would inevitably suffer a certain amount of casualties.

"... At the same time, we sent five reserve brigades to follow these scouts to protect our scouts from attacks by the Numibian cavalry." Leotizides's next words made Mukru feel relieved. With 5,000 legionary heavy infantry as a backing, the safety of the scouts was guaranteed.

"Also, tell Miltias that he will send more clutches to the seas further west of Sicily and explore the movements of the Carthage army across the sea."

After Leothiedes, Mukru was embarrassed and said, "Mr. Commander, I came to the study to tell you that our fleet still did not send any warships to cruise the western waters as yesterday. According to the information I found out, Mirtias, the commander of the Sicilian fleet, said to his superiors, "They are not familiar with the sea conditions here. When going out to sea in such bad weather, they may encounter misfortune again like before. He must be responsible for the lives of the crew of each warship, and cannot let them die in vain without gaining any military achievements. Moreover, in such weather, the Carthaginians are also worried and will not take any major actions..."
Chapter completed!