Only Secrean was still complaining: "As long as you take precautions?! It is easy to say that the route from Katanai to western Sicily will be frequently used by our fleet in the future. Whether our warships are patrolling and cruising in the western waters, or our fleet transporting supplies and soldiers to Selinus, they have to pass through Syracuse. Their fleet is like a lurking venomous snake, which may launch an attack on us at any time. How do we prevent this?!"

Siphorus' expression became serious, and he said in a deep voice: "Your Sicilian fleet needs the support of materials and personnel. As long as I can do it, I will do my best to do it for you! But it is the responsibility of your fleet to control the waters of Sicily and ensure the safety of the territory. You are praised by His Majesty as the "Great Navy Hero of the Kingdom of Dionys". This should be your consideration, but you asked me, an outsider!"

Seclian was speechless.

Siprous looked at Brelu again, and his expression became gentle again: "Mr. Brelu, on behalf of the people of the Sicily Territory, I am very grateful to you for leading the Seventh Legion to reinforce us. I believe that you will be able to unite and cooperate with Lord Prosous to successfully complete the tasks assigned by Your Majesty! Make brilliant achievements!"

Siphorus said this more cleverly. He considered Brelu's age, qualifications, and status in the kingdom (Brelu was a veteran and one of the representatives of the Brutis, far from being comparable to Leotizides without power background), so he did not mention that Brelu should obey the commander of Leotizides, the Sicilian commander. He believed that even if Brelu had been in the legion for more than ten years, he would do it according to military law, because since the establishment of Dionia, there has never been any case where senior generals did not obey orders.

"Don't worry, our Seventh Legion came to Katanai to fight. I will strictly follow the military law!" Brelu said it very bluntly.

Leotizides nodded when he heard this.

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After Hasdruba occupied Jera, he did not continue to lead the team eastward because he might encounter the Syracuse people further forward. He vaguely remembered that the Carthage Senate had sent envoys to have had several secret talks with Syracuse. Without knowing the details, he did not know how to deal with the relationship with Syracuse, so he simply stayed at Jera, waiting for Mago to lead the army, and at the same time distributed some of the troops to go north to participate in the siege of Enna.

After the Carthaginian army led by Pomirka captured Minoa, they also stayed there to rest.

After receiving the news that "the army under his command captured Minoa, Agrigento, Jera", "Syracuse recovered Kamanlina, Pacinus", etc., he was very happy because it meant that the Carthaginian army could successfully pass the south coast and directly attack the Sicilian territory of Dionia.

However, he was also very depressed because Selinus had not been captured yet. Because Selinus defenders not only fought tenaciously, but also responded to the hard work. They defeated the Carthaginian army several times, forcing Magg to rest and restore their low morale.

Judging from the current situation, it is unlikely to capture Selinnus in a short period of time based on the 40,000 existing troops with complex components of Mago. If we look at it from a safe perspective, we should first capture Selinnus and then march eastward. But in that case, it will delay a lot of time, which will not only allow the Dionian army, which has suffered successive failures, but also will also cause variables over time. More importantly, his promise to "capture the entire Sicily in one year" in the Senate must hurry up!

After thinking about it, Mago finally made a decision: to leave 5,000 Phinu infantry and 1,000 Lumibian cavalry, and to let the city lord of Lilibi, Imisere organize 5,000 soldiers from Sicily allied states, all stationed in the camp and continue to siege Selinus. He himself led nearly 40,000 troops along the south coast and march eastward.

The people accompanying were not only slaves and free people, but also a large number of people from Mazara, Elex, Segesta... and other city-states. They were not only responsible for transporting food and supplies to the entire Carthage army, but also for survival, because during the time of the Dionian army in Selinus, they harvested and destroyed the farmlands of these city-states on a large scale (except Palermos and Sorus on the North Coast), which put them in the danger of famine.

Mago declared to them that as long as they transport supplies to the Carthaginian army, they will be allowed to harvest farmlands in Greek city-states and villages such as Minoa, Agrigento, and Jera along the way as their food reserves for the next year, so they will actively participate.

Ma Ge solved the problem of transporting military rations and supplies in the army, but it also made the entire marching force too bloated and slow to move. It took two days to arrive in Minoa.

After joining with Pomirka's army, continue moving forward.

When he arrived at Agrigento, he received a good news: Hasdruba captured Enna, and most of the Sikel tribes there chose to surrender.

Not long after Ma Ge was happy, he received another bad news: the Dionians attacked his baggage transport team.

It turned out that the Carthaginian army was too large, and Mago was eager to rush on the road. The entire team was winding over the south coast for more than 20 miles, and the baggage transport team fell at the end. As a result, the Dionysian Sicily fleet landed on the beach between Minoa and Agrigento. The fleet infantry on the ashore attacked the team, killing and injuring many laborers and Phoenician people, and burning a lot of food and supplies. If the Numibian cavalry had not arrived, the Carthaginian army would have suffered greater losses.

This forced Ma Ge to slow down his marching and send troops to protect his baggage.

Ten days later, the Carthage army finally arrived in Jera.

After a day of rest, Mago led nearly 100,000 troops to march eastward, and finally surrounded Kamanlina.

The people of Syracuse, who learned the news, were shocked and hurriedly sent an envoy to see Mago and told him that Syracuse had formed an alliance with Carthage, and Kamanlina is now an ally of Syracuse. It has no hostility towards Carthage and will allow the Carthage army to pass smoothly, hoping not to attack it.

Ma Ge disagreed with the request of the messenger, and he proudly said: "As the military commander of Carthage, I don't know when Syracuse became an ally of Carthage! If the Syracuse people really want to do this, please come here to talk to me in person!"

The messenger of Syracuse brought this to the council. After hearing this, the general and the council members were in a big uproar. Many people thought that this was the Carthaginians crossing the river and retreating the bridge, and wanted to break the contract, and they were ready to take this opportunity to capture Syracuse.

Some people took the opportunity to accuse the Chief General Teagenis, saying that he thought he had earned benefits for Syracuse, but he angered the Carthagenians. Now that the Carthagenian army has approached Syracuse, if war is triggered, Teagenis must bear all the responsibility for this.

Teagenis said: Mago had been in Iberia before, and might not be clear about the secret diplomatic exchanges between Carthage and Syracuse. He was willing to go and discuss with Mago in person to eliminate misunderstandings between each other.

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On the second day, Teagenis rushed to Kamanlina. Before he could enter Kamanlina's territory, he had already seen the Carthaginian camp: countless tents connected, one camp connected to another, covering an area of ​​countless miles. If it weren't for countless strong soldiers of different appearances walking among them, he would have thought he had entered a vast city.

The more Teagenis looked, the more frightened he became. Under the guidance of the Carthage Guards, he left for an hour before he arrived at Mago's tent.

As Teagenis expected, after he saluted Mago and said his name, the rough-looking commander Carthage did not show enough politeness and enthusiasm, but said lightly: "It seems that you Syracuse people attach great importance to this matter and actually sent the chief general to discuss it. This will save us some time and can implement it immediately after reaching an agreement."

"Syracuse and Carthage have reached a friendly agreement, and General Mago may not know much about it-" explained Teagenis.

"No, I know very well, someone in the Senate told me." Magg raised his eyebrows and looked directly at Teagenis: "You always have a vague attitude in the negotiations. Although you will never join Dionys and attack Carthage, you are unwilling to lead your army to attack Dionys. You are only willing to provide material assistance and allow us to camp on the territory of Syracuse and ensure that we pass through the territory of Syracuse and its allies safely..."

"Yes, this is what you Carthage messenger agreed and signed-" Before Teagenis finished speaking, he heard Ma Ge yelling: "This is a bullshit agreement! Do you see the army outside? The supplies do not need Syracuse to provide, we can rob it! As for allowing us to pass through Syracuse safely, that's even more a joke. Even if you don't allow it, my huge army can pass through safely!"

"But that will mean war! War with Syracuse! While Carthage is fighting against Dionys, we must also beware of our Siracuse army's attack from the back. This will undoubtedly slow down your progress in capturing Katanai, so that the Dionys reinforcements from Great Greece can arrive in time." Teagenis replied calmly.

Ma Ge sneered: "If this is true, will you Syracuse become an ally of Dionia?"

Teagenis hesitated for a moment: "If Carthage regards Syracuse as his enemy, we...of course."
Chapter completed!