Carthage was not Rome. Years of war with Syracuse made its army more experienced in siege, and it had sufficient technical ability to realize the siege plan. Seeing that the attack effect of the crossbow was not obvious, Mago saw that the attack effect of the crossbow was not obvious, and after thinking, he ordered a city wall to be built a hundred meters away from the city of Selinus. Not only should the city of Selinus be completely surrounded, but its height should not be lower than the city of Selinus. This not only prevents the raids of the Dionians, but also can in turn suppress the long-range attack on the other side's city, which is conducive to the next attack.

With the order of Ma Ge, nearly 100,000 soldiers in the entire barracks and countless workers carrying baggage began to act under the guidance of engineers.

The Deonian defenders discovered the enemy's attempt and had raided several times out of the city and were repelled by the Carthaginians who were prepared for it.

Three days later, a prototype of the earthen wall surrounding the city of Selinus rose up.

Just when the soldiers of the Dionian were shocked, at the residence of the Lord of the City of Selinus, Leotizides, the commander of the Sicily War Zone of the Kingdom of Dionian, met with Miltias, the commander of the Sicily fleet in the Sicily fleet.

Since Leothis unauthorized the crew of the Sicilian fleet into his own army without the approval of the Ministry of Military Affairs, which violated the interests of the Dionian Navy and was discovered by the newly appointed Milkias, the two sides had a quarrel. Milkias moved to the port and never met Leothis again. This time, the reason why he came to the city to discuss was a forced one.

Because Miltias was worried about the storm, he stopped the warships patrol the western waters of Sicily, which led to Carthage's army easily landing in Sicily. This was a huge military mistake. If Leotizides took the blame at this time, he reported to the Ministry of Military Affairs and said, "He has repeatedly reminded the Sicilian fleet not to stop blocking the western waters because of the bad weather. However, the commander of the Sicilian fleet has always been stubborn and disobeyed, which led to a huge change in the Sicilian war situation..." This will not only increase King Davers and the Ministry of Military Affairs' bad feelings towards Miltias, but also likely to ruin his future military career. Therefore, Miltias came with a submissive attitude.

When Leothiedes saw him, he did not mention the "Carthage army landed", but said bluntly: "Mirtyas, I am going to attack the Carthaginian camp at night, and I need the help of your navy."

When Mirthias heard this, hesitated and said, "...Attacking the Carthaginian camp at night? Are you planning to raid from the sea? The Carthaginians set up a lot of sentry detectives on the coast of Selinus, and they were prepared... It is said that it is a camp of more than 100,000 people! How many soldiers do we have to invest in the raid to cause chaos in the Carthaginian camp! If it fails, there will be a danger of annihilation!"

Leotizides heard the touch of heartbeat contained in Miltias' hesitant words. In order to convince this colleague who was of equal position, he had to take some time and patiently explain: "I will not let the soldiers land on the nearby coast, so it is easy to be discovered by the Carthaginians. The place I chose was here-"

Leotizides pointed at a sketch on the table that roughly depicted the surroundings of the city of Selinus and the Carthage camp.

Miltias hesitated for a moment, approached Leotizides, and looked carefully and found that the place where his finger was exactly between Selinus and Germet.

Since taking office as commander of the Sicily fleet, Miltias has commanded the flagship and repeatedly cruising on the southern coast of Sicily, familiarizing itself with the sea environment here, which is also a skill that the senior general of Dioria must possess. At this moment, the general picture of this location appeared in his mind. There is indeed a small beach there, which is easy to log in, but he reminded: "The coastal road from Germet to Selinus is uneven, and it is not easy to walk during the day, and it may be even more difficult at night!"

"That's why I chose to land here." Leothiedes said confidently: "The coastal environment there is complex, and the Carthaginians who had just landed in Sicily are not familiar with the coast leading to Germet, so that our landing can be discovered by the enemy. I asked the fishermen at the port that it would be a full moon night. After landing, soldiers can use the moonlight to sneak into the mountains and forests near the coast, and they can approach the Carthaginian camps in about two hours."

Leothis moved his finger to the pattern of the camp in Carthage and continued, "Based on my careful observation at the city during this period and the rewards of the soldiers who went out of the city to raid, I think the Iberian army camp led by Mago should be in the north of us, and the army camp from Carthage should be on the east and west sides of us. Most of their soldiers should be Numibians, and they are also the main force in the construction of earth walls these days. They must be very tired after being busy during the day and must fall asleep at night.

Moreover, these days, the Carthage army focused on protecting the earth wall being built, and they might be neglected to guard the rear of their camp. We have a great possibility of our raid success... At that time, I will gather 10,000 heavy infantry in the city. When the raid forces cause chaos in the Carthage camp, they will immediately leave the city, rush over the earth wall, attack the Carthage camp, and pick them up to the city. If the situation is very beneficial to us, we can continue to attack-"

"What if the raid fails?" Miltias suddenly interrupted him.

Leotizides had thought about it for a long time, and he said calmly: "I will let them escape east into the mountains and eventually return through Minoa."

Miltias stopped talking. He knew that there were allies in the mountains to the east, and as long as they escaped into the mountains, there was a great possibility of returning safely.

He carefully looked at the sketch on the table, focusing on the target of the night attack - the Carthage camp located on the east of the city of Selinnus. Perhaps because the Carthages had strong troops, the camp was built one mile away from the city. Standing at the top of the city, he could see the camp in Carthage. Therefore, Leothides could infer the general layout of the Carthage camp, and he did not have much doubt.

At this time, Leotizides said again: "I will send the 8th Legion's light armored brigade and 1,000 reserve army soldiers to carry out this raid mission. I hope that the fleet infantry of the Sicilian fleet can also participate in this operation."

"No..." Mirthias instinctively wanted to refuse. As soon as he spoke, he immediately realized that the fleet infantry could participate in this night attack. Once successful, it would be a good thing for him and could alleviate the mistakes he had made before. He immediately changed his words: "Of course there is no problem. Our fleet infantry is best at landing raids. I will let them all join this raid!"

Previously, the 4th Fleet led by Mirtias had 40 three-layer oar warships, including 30 crow warships, so there were 1,200 fleet infantrymen. In addition, those who survived by luck in the storm before, he had a total of about 3,000 fleet infantrymen. In this way, the number of soldiers participating in the raid reached 5,000.

Leotizides felt satisfied, and that was one of the main reasons why he called Miltias.

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

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Ma Ge was woken up in his sleep, and he was shocked when he heard the news of "Dionians attack camp".

At this time, a faint sound of fighting had already come into his ears. He walked out of the tent quickly and asked anxiously: "Which camp has been attacked?! How many enemies are there?!"

"It should be in the middle of Dongying. It's not clear how many enemies there are..." the adjutant replied in a hurry.

When Ma Ge walked outside the tent, the sound of fighting and screams became clearer, and there were constant screams of exclamation. The night attacks of the Dionians had already begun to start shock the soldiers in other camps.

Ma Ge looked east. Even though there was moonlight, the camp of nearly 100,000 troops stretched for more than ten miles. It was just a few miles away from the Central Army camp. It was dark at first glance and there was nothing to see.

Ma Ge listened carefully for a while, and despite the shouts and screams, he was not panicked. During his conquest of southern Iberia, he had encountered too many night attacks and was already very experienced. He immediately said to the adjutant: "Send a messenger to rush to the camps and inform the generals to control the soldiers in their camps and prepare for defense. Without my orders, no soldiers should be brought to rescue privately! If anyone does not obey the orders, I will crucify him!"

The reason why Mago spoke harshly was that the camps in the east were mainly stationed with troops formed by Carthage, and their generals were mostly nobles of the basic city of Carthage. Mago left Carthage for more than 10 years, and some people might ignore his existence and act without authorization.

The messengers rushed away, while the generals of the Central Army camp were urgently summoned and soon arrived at the tent.

Ma Ge once again gave them an order directly: "Go and assemble your soldiers immediately. Except for Talka leading the troops to defend the camp, other troops followed me to rescue the attacked camp--"

Before Ma Ge finished speaking, a deafening roar suddenly came from outside the tent, and some people in the tent changed their expressions when they heard it.

The adjutant rushed in and shouted anxiously: "Sir, the Dionians sent troops from the city and attacked the camp to the east!"
Chapter completed!