"Without the barrier of Agilion, Prosous was unable to retake it. The Sikels faced the persecution of the Carthage army, and they did not know that reinforcements were coming soon, and the Carthages were still very good at fighting in the mountains... In the face of such a dilemma, it is difficult for us to guess what choices the Sikels would make." Thormid said with a serious expression: "But if these Sikel tribes living on the western edge of the Sicily Territory surrendered to the Carthages, it would definitely cause great trouble to our Sicily Territory!"

Davers knocked the wooden table with his hand and said in a deep voice: "I decided to let the entire army land in Katanai and repel the Carthage army from the front!"

"Your Majesty, when you discussed at Satneycomb Camp, weren't you planning to land the empty defense of the west of Sicily and cut off the return of the Carthage army?" Matonis asked.

"Yes, I have proposed such a plan, but the premise for implementing this plan is that the Carthaginians have lost their maritime power and cannot pose a threat to our landing fleet." Davers pointed to Sicily on the wooden table map and explained in a gentle tone: "But now the situation has changed. The new Carthaginian fleet has been put into use. It is unknown how many warships are being built in the shipyards of the Phoenician Allied... I believe everyone still remembers the situation when we landed in Latinum. The number of ships loaded with our legions is so huge that it is impossible to hide it from the Carthaginians, and it is impossible to achieve the purpose of a surprise attack. At that time, the Carthaginians will do their best to mobilize all maritime power to prevent us from landing.

Everything went smoothly in Latinum before, and it took us nearly half a day. If we landed in western Sicily, with the desperate obstruction of the Carthaginians, the time to complete the landing would probably be long. After all, it is within the control of the Carthaginians and is more conducive to their combat. Even if we can gather the Sicily fleet and the 3rd fleet together, we may not be able to gain any advantage... And even if the final landing is completed, such a huge army will require huge food consumption, and the subsequent food supply may still have to rely on sea transportation, which will be a big problem!"

Davers looked around the crowd and saw that they did not refute, but fell into thought, so he shouted: "And the Sicilian territory is under the destruction and threat of the Carthage army. The people eagerly hope that we will go to rescue. If we ignore their safety and would rather take huge risks to land in the western part of Sicilian, what would they think! Therefore, the most urgent task is to drive the Carthaginians out of the Sicilian territory so that the people can quickly rebuild their homes!"

When everyone heard this, they felt reasonable and nodded in support.

At this time, Epiternis interrupted, "Your Majesty, the plan for the entire army to land in western Sicily has been cancelled, but one or two legions can be allowed to land."

Davers glanced at him and said, "This issue will not be discussed today. Three days ago, the Ministry of Military Affairs had notified the reserve soldiers from each city to gather at the military camp in Siliteng. Your task in the past two days is to replenish them into your army as soon as possible and re-enter the army. In two days, we will set out for Katanai."

"What should we do if those surrendered Roman soldiers?" Amintas asked.

Davers had considered it for a long time and said, "They were still kept in their respective teams, and each team had one more Roman organization. With the addition of reserve soldiers, the proportion of Roman soldiers in the army will be diluted. I think this is more conducive to the stability of the team and the accelerated integration of these Romans..."

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"Sir Ma Ge, look! Our soldiers have occupied the city!" The adjutant danced with excitement.

No wonder he performed so much. Tens of thousands of Carthaginian soldiers besieged the seemingly small city of Paragonia. In the more than half a month of attack, in addition to the casualties and injuries, many soldiers have not made great progress. Now he has finally gnawed off this hard bone.

Ma Ge, who has been gloomy these days, finally smiled. He said loudly: "Blow me the attacking trumpet, let the soldiers seize the opportunity, continue to attack the city, break through the second wall of the Dionians, and destroy all the Dionians in the city!"

"yes!"

"Woo!..." Ma Ge listened to the loud military trumpet and watched hundreds of soldiers rush into the city of Paragonia, while the sound of fighting in the city became weaker and weaker...

Brother Ma held his fists tightly, and he was desperate to break through the inner city wall that caused a lot of trouble for the siege soldiers this time.

The Carthage soldiers who occupied the city walls quickly rushed down from all directions, roared into the city area, chasing the fleeing enemies. They were extremely excited, but they rarely paid attention to the fact that the ditches next to the crisscrossing streets were not smelly sewage, but sticky asphalt, and the empty houses were piled with a large amount of wheat grass that had just been harvested...

Standing on the inner wall, Tyminides, the captain of the 7th Legion of Dionia, looked at the enemies that were quickly approaching the city like a tide, and decisively issued an order: "Close the city gate!"

"Captain, and many brothers are retreating to the inner city. They will arrive soon! Wait for a while! Wait for a while!" The Seventh Army team officer begged anxiously.

Tyminides gritted his teeth and said with a hard heart: "It's too late. Before they arrived at the city, the Carthaginians rushed into the inner city! By then, everything we had worked hard to set was in vain!"

Speaking of this, he raised his voice and shouted loudly: "Close the city gate!"

After giving this order, he then raised his right arm and waved it down hard: "Star the rocket!"

More than a dozen rockets shot into the trench below the city, and immediately rose up a circle of flames and quickly spread out along the ditch connected to it...

"Captain, give it!" The guard handed the wet linen to Tyminides.

Tyminides looked at the soldiers around him who had been covered with linen, reached out to take it, and covered it with his mouth and nose.

Not long after, the entire outer city had become a sea of ​​fire. The Carthaginian soldiers who were originally advancing forward were now panicked and wanted to retreat. However, the narrow streets and crowded crowds made them unable to do what they wanted. So when they were pushing each other wildly, even fighting, flames and smoke enveloped them...

In the sea of ​​fire in the outer city, there were shrill screams everywhere, and there must be the Dionian soldiers who had not yet retreated into the inner city in time.

Taminides closed his eyes in pain, held the battlements, and knelt down slowly, silently chanting in his heart: "Great Hades! You are the protector of the Kingdom of Dionia, and you are the just and strict master of the underworld. I urge you to give these warriors who fought for the kingdom with a fair judgment so that their souls can receive the protection they deserve..."

Not only Taiminides was praying, but all the soldiers on the inner city were doing the same thing. Although the solid walls blocked the fire from spreading inward, the rolling heat waves came to the face, which was suffocating. But everyone was still kneeling motionless, facing the burning sea of ​​fire, piously repentant prayers...

The Carthaginians who were watching the battle outside the city were originally thunderous because they were about to break through the city. Suddenly, they saw flames rising in the city and quickly enveloped the whole city. They were all shocked, and soon turned from shock to panic: "Oh my God! The Dionians were crazy, they ignited the entire town!"

"Quick! Retreat all the troops!"

"Look at this fire! It's too late! In order to make meritorious, the soldiers rushed in and blocked the gates of each city. This is not something that can be withdrawn in a short time!"

...

Seeing that victory was about to come, it turned into despair in a blink of an eye. Magodon felt so depressed that he had nowhere to vent his resentment. He immediately grabbed the spear from the guards and threw it at a Numibian soldier who had just escaped from the Fire City and was fleeing in this direction in a hurry. The spear pierced through his chest.

Brother Ma looked around the soldiers with a ferocious look on his face and shouted angrily: "Shut up the fuck!"

The followers were suddenly silent.

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In the evening, Pomirka walked into the Carthage military camp tent.

During the day, Ma Ge, who was still resentful and inaccessible, was eating the cooked lamb legs in his mouth with a calm expression.

Seeing Pomirka come in, he picked up the half-chewed lamb leg and said, "Agrigento's lamb is really delicious. Do you want to have a piece?"

"Thank you, I've used dinner." Pomirka pulled a wooden chair, sat opposite him, and asked softly: "Next... what are your plans?"

"What do you mean?" Brother Ma looked at him and asked back.

"Mr. Mago, the Dionians burned the entire outer city of Paragonia. We suffered heavy losses. According to the statistics just now, nearly 2,000 soldiers were burned, and more than 2,000 soldiers were burned. From our besieging Paragonia to now, there have been as many as 7,000 soldiers!" As Pomirka continued to state the facts, the originally gentle tone became heavy: "A small Paragonia will let us have no choice but to have a larger area and more soldiers than it, and there are more soldiers in the Dionian military camp, Leotini, Katanai. We can't continue to fight like this! Otherwise, when the reinforcements from Dionia arrive, we may not have enough strength to compete with them head-on!"

"What the hell do you want to say?" Brother Ma lowered his face and asked impatiently.
Chapter completed!