Although Mago was too extreme, because it was not only the Hannovers decision to make Annobas the naval commander and send a fleet to guard Sardinia, he was very right. The connection between Sicily and Carthage cannot be cut off, otherwise the more than 100,000 soldiers would have no military rations, and that would be completely over!... Pomirka was in the army and was mainly responsible for logistics support. He knew that the army's rations were consumed so much. The food supply was the most important reason for withdrawing troops from the east. Therefore, the more he thought about it, he became more and more frightened. He immediately said: "Mr. Mago, I will write a letter with you, urging the Senate to reorganize our fleet immediately and make every effort to ensure the maritime route between Sicily and Carthage!"

Brother Ma's expression cleared a little, and he said hatefully: "Even if the Senate follows our advice, whether our fleet can do it is another matter. Our current military rations can last for about 10 days. After 10 days, all of us will be in the hands of the navy. This is really unwilling to accept it!"

Pomirka listened and felt bitter in his heart. He reminded loudly: "Mr. Mago, the best way for us to reverse the predicament is to defeat the main force of the Dionian army and win the dominance of the Sicily war!"

"It's easy to say, but you also see that I have set up a formation outside the camp these three days, but the Dionians on the opposite side have no intention of going down the mountain to fight with us."

Maggie was both helpless and puzzled: "I have learned in detail about the battles that King Dionys had participated in in the past. He was a decisive, bold, risk-taking, and very confident person. When he was the leader of a mercenary, he dared to lead a fewer mercenaries than the other side to attack the Lucanian army. When Dionysus invaded Greece, Dionysus clearly had the advantage, especially in terms of cavalry, he still boldly fought with the Syracuse people...

Not long ago, Dionia and Rome had a war. Rome was so far away from Dioa that he actually led a large army to launch an attack... Why did such a person who loved attacks very much dare not accept our challenge this time?!"

"Is it because the army of Dionys is not ready yet?" Pomirka thought for a while and said, "or is it because the army of Kaifaroytien is too close to here... and King Dionys is worried?"

When Ma Ge heard this, he moved his heart. He put down his sword and said in a deep thought: "Maybe... we should let Hasdruba retreat all the troops to the territory of the Sikans, lure the army of Dionia in the east to advance westward and occupy the empty Kefaroytien. In this way, the King of Dionia feels safe from the north and may feel at ease to fight us with a decisive confidence?"

"What if the Dionians still can't stand it?" Pomirka said worriedly.

Ma Ge thought for a moment and said decisively: "Then we will surround the army of Dionia in Kefaroytien and force them to fight us in the mountains!"

"This is a good idea!" Pomirka's eyes lit up, but he reminded: "I'm afraid Aconis won't be willing to retreat from Kefaroytien."

"The leader of Sikel who took the initiative to surrender to us?!" Ma Ge picked up the sword placed on the table and slashed it hard on the table: "This is impossible for him, he must retreat even if he doesn't retreat!"

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After receiving the order from Mago, Hasdruba ignored Aconis' begging and issued an order: all the soldiers and all the Sikels retreated westward.

Some Sikels did not surrender even because their families were in the control of the Carthaginians, and they refused to enter the territory of their former enemies, the Sikans.

In response, Hasdruba mercilessly suppressed, forcing most of the Sikels to obey.

During the retreat, the Carthaginians also completely destroyed the city of Kefaroy Tion.

However, Lizalu, who received the order from Davers, did not take the opportunity to lead the army westward, and still allowed the army to stay in Enna, while constantly strengthening the city's defense.

The main troops of Dionia, stationed in Minoa City, even ignored the Carthaginians who lined up under the mountain every day and were speeding up the construction of camps.

After listening to Davers' instructions, the camp design was: the entire Dionysian camp started from Minoa near the seaside, and followed the entire hill, extending northward, approaching the narrow lowland in the north (that is, where Leotizides had Agrigen entrust the defeated troops to lure the Carthage Holy Corps and finally defeated it), the camp turned northeast and continued along the continuous, not too high hills, and finally ended on the upper reaches of the Plettani River, forming a semi-arc line of defense. The simple port to the east was in its arms, with sufficient supplies transported by the Katanai fleet and sufficient water provided by Lake Gurgo, and the Dionysian army was ready for a long-term defense.

Unlike the situation in the west, in the eastern part of Sicily, Leotizides had led his team to march towards Syracuse. After arriving in Leotini and joining the troops of the allies, the entire army was divided into two parts. The main force was composed of the Seventh and Eighth Legion, led by Leotizides himself, and continued to go south, cross the mountains, and reach the near Dagang west of Syracuse.

In addition, more than 8,000 soldiers composed of allied troops and friendly city-states were led by Zantiparis and headed south along the coast, passing through Taunis, and heading straight to the eastern city of Syracuse.

The Syracuses were closely watching the movements of the Dionians in the north. When they learned that the Dionian troops had left Catanai City and arrived in Leotini, they were alert to realize that this might be targeting Syracuse.

The news spread and the people in Syracuse were very panicked.

After the news was confirmed, the Syracuse Council realized that it was fooled. These days, the democrats and neutrals were arguing over the issue of "who should be responsible for angering Dionia", wasting a lot of time, and not preparing for defense.

In the face of life and death, Teagenis, Falekus and others had to let go of their contradictions and differences and strive to deal with the upcoming attack of the cunning Dionians. They carried out urgent military mobilizations on the citizens in the city, and at the same time sent cavalry to quickly notify the villages and towns outside the city, so that the people could immediately take their belongings and take refuge in the city.

A day later, the sentries on the East City Wall first saw the enemies winding along the coastline.

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The war report of the new fleet's defeat was passed back to Carthage, and the elders were shocked.

In this report, Annobas blamed Admika and denied: It was precisely because Admika's slow action that the plan to attack on both sides failed to be implemented, but was defeated by the Dionian fleet.

Subsequently, the elders received a joint accusation from Mago and Pomirka.

Is it Annobas's command error or Admika's poor execution?

The elders had a debate. Although Hanno defended it, as the commander-in-chief of the naval forces, Annobas was defeated continuously and could not escape the blame.

So the debate did not last long, and the Senate passed the resolution to "removal of Annobas's post as commander of the Navy and return him to the city for trial."

Carthage was born from the sea of ​​genes and prospered by the sea. Although they have begun to develop inland now, the ocean is still their foundation. Now the repeated failures of the Carthage Navy have shown that the victory of the Dionian fleet is not accidental. It is a fact that the Carthage naval power is at a disadvantage. This not only puts the 100,000 troops on Sicily in danger, but also begins to threaten the survival of the basic city of Carthage.

For the first time, all the elders actively and seriously discussed ways to solve the difficulties at Carthage's maritime plight.

The first thing is to establish a new candidate for the naval commander as soon as possible.

Although Anobas was impeached, it is undeniable that he was indeed an excellent naval general, so the candidate proposed by the veterans was excluded because his talent was not as good as him. In the end, it was a name mentioned by Aesyaruba, which made everyone not question his abilities, but worried about his body.

Morbar, a Carthage nobleman, a former Senate, participated in the naval battle between Carthage and the Greek city-state on the north coast of Italy when he was young. Later, he served as the commander of the navy several times and led the battle with the Greek joint navy in Sicily headed by Syracuse, with more victory or loss. He also bravely led the fleet, along the route opened by his predecessors, crossed the Pillars of Hercules, and traveled south along the coast to the central coast of the west of Afilica, and brought back some rare beasts and strangely dressed and shiny black skins, so he became a hero of Carthage. But he later became tired of Carthage's politics, and was old, so he voluntarily withdrew from the Senate and lived in seclusion in Utica.

After several veterans he knew were confirmed to be in good health, the veterans unanimously agreed and sent an envoy to Utica to consult the wishes of the old man who was not of any faction to see if he was willing to serve as the commander of the Carthage Navy.

Secondly, the Senate discussed the issue of "whether to redirect the new fleet that defends the Sardinian waters." After all, this new fleet was originally intended to protect the Sardinian route, but now it has been crippled and has no effect. It is not very meaningful to continue to stay in Sardinia, but it is in danger of being wiped out. Now that the Dionian army has also landed in Sicily, the pressure on the Carthaginian army has increased, and the problem of logistics supply is even more prominent. It is necessary to ensure the smooth maritime route between Sicily and Carthaginian to ensure that the 100,000 troops on the island can fight with all their strength without any worries. This has become the consensus of the Carthaginian elders. For this reason, they not only decided to transfer back to the remaining new fleet, but also bet on the direction of Sicily, but also incorporated the newly launched warships into it, and at the same time urged all ships to speed up the construction of subsequent new warships.
Chapter completed!