In fact, the military attack planned by Midolades and Tigtinos was a replica of the last time the Third Fleet captured Aleniya with a strategy. Midolades had long thought of attacking San Iberia, a financial processing center, but the previous failure of the attack on Sardinia made him realize his lack of strength. The special terrain of the city of San Iberia made it difficult for the fleet infantry to escape smoothly even if the attack was successful in the Phoenician coalition that arrived later. However, with the joining of the Ninth Legion, his strength was greatly enhanced, he decided to implement this plan.

After discussing with Tigtinos, the plan was further improved in order to achieve greater victory. They carefully learned about the specific situation on the island from the prisoners who had previously raided Sardinia. When they were cruising Sardinia, they surveyed the terrain of the coast, formulated methods for landing, and went through many drills in Alenia before they began to implement it.

The initial several cargo ships entering the port of St. Iberia were seized from the previous Third Fleet, but the crew members of the cargo ship were from Aleniya. They were all mixed descendants of the Phoenicians and Greeks. Although they were no different from those of the Phoenicians in both appearance and accent, they were lowly in Aleniya and had no social status and could only sell coolies in the port. After the Third Fleet occupied Aleniya, they were allowed to apply to join the citizens of Dioria. They could rent land before becoming official citizens, and they could own a share of land after becoming citizens. They naturally received their support and were eager to make meritorious contributions.

There were no other soldiers on the deck of the warships of the Third Fleet that had been hovering near the coast, except for the fleet infantry, which made the spies in the city of St. Iberia have made a wrong judgment. In fact, the soldiers of the Ninth Legion were hidden in the cabin. They did not get out of the cabin and go shore until the warships squeezed into the port.

Attacking the city of San Ibinia is just a means by Midolades to lure the Phoenician coalition forces to help, but neither Midolades nor Tigtinos have this idea for the capture of it. After all, San Ibinia is far away from the Phoenician core area of ​​Sardinia, and the transportation with other Phoenician towns is not convenient. If you just want to destroy Sardinia's precious metal supply to Carthage, you can undoubtedly achieve your goal, but since it has been severely damaged as planned.

The Phoenician coalition captured a large number of defeated soldiers and cut off the way back, which made the other defeated soldiers unable to escape back to the south in time, resulting in the empty defense in southern Sardinia. Midorades and Tigtinos' appetite naturally increased. They immediately pointed the target of the attack at Saros. Once the Phoenicians captured this important town in Sardinia and obtained excellent ports and abundant supplies, it would be more conducive to the Ninth Legion's next battle in Sardinia.

With the experience of seizing Alenia last time, the soldiers of the Dionia made some preparations and followed the plan.

In order to allow the Alenians who joined the Kingdom of Dionia to do their best, Midolades also promised that as long as the plan is successful, he would apply to the Ministry of Household Registration so that they would immediately obtain the status of a preparatory citizen.

So these Alanians happily controlled 15 cargo ships parked in the port of San Iberia, and were piled with dazzling silver ingots and sailed away from the port.

In order to ensure its sufficient cargo capacity, this Carthage cargo ship that transports precious metals has a wide hull and a long hull, requiring at least 20 sailors. The number of Aleniyas participating in this operation was not enough. Moreover, some of the Aleniyas were going to pretend to be the officers of the Phoenician coalition, so most of the sailors were fleet infantry, and the Aleniyas were mainly captains and helmsmen.

The 15 cargo ships slowly headed south according to the speed of the fake Phoenician coalition troops on the coastal Avenue.

When it was dark in the evening, the fleet arrived at the port of Saros.

Faced with the interrogation of the Carthage patrol ship, the captains who had already gained experience answered calmly: "The coalition forces have defeated the army that attacked San Iberia by Dionys. Considering the safety, Lord Jizhebe (Phoenician coalition commander) asked us to transport all the melted silver blocks to the city of Saros for storage."

The crew of the patrol ship was excited when they heard the news of the victory of the Phoenician coalition, and the dazzling silver blocks attracted their attention. They not only did not care at all, but also did not notice the sailors played by the Greeks who were covered by the night.

As a result, the fleet was allowed to enter the port.

You should know that the geographical location of Saros City is very special. It is built next to a vast lagoon. The lake has a narrow waterway that connects to a large bay outside. Therefore, Saros has two ports, one in the bay and the other in the city. Considering that these silver blocks are very important, the patrol ship made a decision: to let these fleets enter the inner harbor.

However, from the bay to the inner harbor, it is eight miles apart, and it has to pass through the narrow waterway and two water gates. Because it was night, the patrol boat leading the way forward was sailing slowly, and the crew members following the fleet were extremely anxious, but they dared not reveal it, because according to the original plan, the fleet docked in the outer harbor, then occupied the port, opened the water gate, and let the third fleet full of soldiers of the Ninth Army enter, and then rushed to reinforce the troops that deceived the city.

Now that the plan is disrupted, the captains pretending to be the Aleniya are all at a loss. Although the sailors pretending to be the infantry of the fleet were a little panicked at the beginning, they went ashore many times to harass the Phoenicians. They were very brave and quickly calmed down, comforted the Aleniya in a low voice, and began to prepare for emergency response.

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At the same time, the sentry at the head of the Saros saw thousands of Phoenician soldiers escorting more than 100 prisoners, punching and kicking them to the city. Then the team officer told the head of the city that "Master Jizhebe has led his army to defeat the Dionians and is on the way back. As the vanguard, they will come back first to tell the people this good news."

At this time, the news of "the victory of the coalition forces" had already been heard from the water gate of the lagoon. Compared with the two, the sentries did not doubt that he had. Not only opened the city gate, but also ran down the city excitedly, wanting to ask about the victory of the entire battle, but they were greeted by sharp spears.

After 1,000 fleet infantrymen pretending to be Phoenician soldiers killed the city sentinel, they left 100 people and more than 100 people pretending to be prisoners to control the North City Gate, and sent the remaining 900 people along the street, killing the Saros people they encountered, creating chaos, while rushing towards the center of the city.

On this night, most of the people of Saros did not fall asleep peacefully because they were worried about their relatives in the Phoenician coalition going out. Suddenly, they heard the sudden sound of killings everywhere, and the fugitives shouted everywhere: "The Dionians are coming in!" They were all very panicked.

At this time, the alarm bell in the central square of the city was also ringing. Although the Phoenician coalition recruited many Saros citizens, some of them remained in the city. They heard the bell of emergency mobilization, subconsciously put on their armor, picked up their weapons, and rushed to the city square.

Saros is a Phoenician town with a larger urban area. In addition, it was night, and the infantry of the Third Fleet followed the map and took a lot of detours. By the time they arrived at the city square of Saros and the city hall next to them, more than 400 Saros civilians had gathered in the square.

So, the two sides started a fierce battle here.

Although the Saros had few soldiers, they fought to defend their homeland and performed very bravely, so that the fleet infantry, which was twice the number of troops, could not defeat them in a short time. After experiencing the initial panic, the people of Saros rushed to the square from all directions under the organization of the city hall officials, and instead surrounded the fleet infantry.

In order to rush forward, the fleet infantry wore light armored soldiers from the Phoenician coalition, with only one leather helmet, a round wooden shield, and a spear. They had no breastplate on their bodies. Their defense was not strong, but they were not afraid at all. Under the command of the team officials, they quickly arranged into a defensive round formation to fight with the enemies on all sides.

The people of Saros were stabbed from time to time, but soon there were people from the rear who took over. The sound of fighting and screams continued to sound, which made the people in the city gradually calm down. As the city hall officials kept running and informed, the square became the focus of attention of the people of Saros this night. In order to drive foreign enemies out, the people who had been brave enough to come to help with rusty spears and wooden sticks.

The entire square was illuminated by torches, and the infantrymen of the Dionian fleet were surrounded by three floors of the inner and outer three floors.

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The fleet pretended to be a Deonian finally anchored in the inner harbor. Although it was already night, considering that the cargo ship carried precious silver blocks, in order to ensure safety, they must be unloaded at night, transported to the warehouse and kept. So the port officials informed the resting dock laborers, and asked the crew of the cargo ship to help unload the goods.

The captains of Alenia were afraid that they would cause quarrels and be vigilant from each other, so they agreed, but deliberately delayed the time.

At this moment, the crew saw a group of people walking towards the dock. They were naked, as if they were laborers coming to unload the goods, but many people were holding spears and shields in their hands, and they immediately became alert.
Chapter completed!