Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 98: Carthage’s reaction to the defeat

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In such a situation, the Athenians did not think that they could fight against the powerful Sparta alone. After the general executive committee and the council had urgent consultations, Athens was overseeing the aggressive Sparta. In front of the officer, he chose to compromise.

They immediately recruited the two Athenian generals who were fighting in Thebes, and called a citizens’ assembly to try them. The charges were "They held important public positions in Athens, but they did not get permission from the Athens government. , Rushed into Thebes, fought with the Spartans, and put Athens in a dangerous situation... This is an act of malfeasance and treason."

Although the vast majority of Athens citizens support the actions of these two generals in their hearts, they really don’t want to go to war with the mighty Sparta at this time, so they voted against their intentions and applied the most severe measures to them. Punishment-execution to quell the anger of the Spartans.

The Ombudsman of Sparta returned with satisfaction. After the Council of Elders learned of what Athens had done, they were relieved. Now they only need to concentrate on dealing with the only enemy-Thebes.

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When the news of "the disastrous defeat of the Carthage army and the defeat of the Iberian navy" spread to Carthage, the people were shocked. And what made Carthage’s high-level grief was the heavy losses of the Holy Corps. While the families were crying for the deaths and injuries of their elite children, they were also extremely angry at the incompetence of the army commander Monte Arderno. They shouted to depose Monte Arderno. They will be taken back to Carthage, and they will be subjected to the cruel "cross torture" through the trial of the Court of Hundreds. Only then can they relieve their hatred (that is, the criminals’ hands and feet are nailed to the wooden cross , Let it be exposed to the sun, the blood will run out and die).

In the face of public outrage, Hanno did not defend Monte Arderno and allowed the Senate to pass the resolution.

After passing this issue, the Carthage Senate began a fierce discussion about how to deal with the Dionian army that was marching westward on the island of Sicily.

One of the new Sofites, Okriton, took the courage and suggested softly: "Everyone, now it looks like...Dionia’s army and navy are powerful, and Carthage has not been fully prepared before. It’s wrong to risk a war with Dionia. Now, can we first consider...for the time being to negotiate a peace with Dionia to rescue the captured citizens of Carthage and to prevent the empty-strength western Sicily from being All the Dionians occupy..."

As soon as Okriton said this, there was an uproar in the Senate, Preta Kuba immediately stood up and retorted loudly: "The war has only been underway for a month, and our Carthage is about to surrender?! I I can’t believe that this absurd proposal came from the mouth of our noble Sofitel! We are not a small state in Carthage, we are the leader of all the Phoenician city states in the Western Mediterranean! We control Sardinia The vast regions of Asia, Corsica, Numibia, and southern Iberia monopolize the precious metals trade in the entire Western Mediterranean. It is the most powerful and wealthy country in the Western Mediterranean!

But you actually want us to surrender to Dionia, which was founded less than 20 years ago. What do the people in the areas we control, our affiliated city-states, and our allies think! They will think that Carthage is out of strength! They will leave us and even sound the horn of war to us, just like the Numibians! Therefore, since the war with Dionia has begun, we must continue to fight until we finally win! "

Preta Kuba's thought-provoking remarks touched many elders.

At this time, Tepan Lako stood up and said solemnly: "I think Lord Okriton and every elder in the room want Carthage to defeat Dionia, but the current situation is ——Dionia’s army is powerful. They dispatched fewer troops than ours, but they can cause our army to suffer a disastrous defeat! Their navy also has an advantage! ... We must admit that now the military is indeed true. We are better than us. We are not ready yet. We shouldn't have dared to go to war with Dionia at this time, but because some people incited the people for personal gain, Carthage fell into today's difficult situation! I think the first thing to do is to investigate these war-makers and put them on trial, so as to ensure that the Senate will formulate bills in the future and will not fall into chaos!..."

As soon as Tepan Laco finished speaking, Preta Kuba immediately retorted: "My lords, is it really that our soldiers in Carthage are not brave enough, our army is not strong enough, our navy is not good enough? No! It’s because our generals can’t do it! The same is all fighting on Sicily, why the Iberian army led by Hasdruba can conquer Cerro Diham, while Monte Adeno has a heavy hand, but fails miserably Under the city of Minoa! I heard that Monte Adeno, after arriving in Lilibo, enjoyed the wine every day and searched for beauties. I never went to the barracks to learn about my troops and soldiers. When attacking the city of Minoa, He never personally supervises battles, and even hides in a big tent to drink and enjoy. How can such an incompetent commander inspire the fighting spirit of the soldiers! How can he formulate a correct battle plan to defeat the Dionians!..."

"So, the sentence of the cross of Monte Arderno is absolutely correct! Monte Arderno **** it!" an elder shouted angrily.

Immediately afterwards, many elders also responded to express their resentment towards him. Even Hanno was extremely dissatisfied with Monte Arderno in his heart and hated that he had misunderstood the wrong person, which led to the overall political situation being unfavorable. Own.

Amidst the noise, someone asked loudly: "Preta Kuba, since you said that Carthage lost to Dionia because of the incompetence of the commander, then who do you think can lead Carthage? The army, defeat the Dionians?!"

Hanno immediately turned around and looked back and found that the speaker was a veteran of the Margonides faction. He couldn't help cursing secretly: shameless!

Just listen to Preta Kuba immediately loudly say: "Dear patriarchs, I think you have all heard of the Lusitania in the western Iberian Peninsula and the Celtics in the northern mountains--"

Although most of the Carthaginian elders have not been to Iberia, in the past ten years, as Margot conquered southern Iberia, they also learned a lot about the Iberian Peninsula. It is said that these two races are close branches of the southern Iberians, but they are more brutal and fierce than they are. They live by killing and take pride in fighting death.

Pretakuba saw that many elders’ attention was drawn to him, and then said solemnly: “These two Iberian natives have invaded the southern part of Iberia under the jurisdiction of Governor Margot several times. The territories were repelled by his army. You must know that there are not only mercenaries in the Iberian Carthage army, but also many Carthage citizen soldiers and Phoenician allies. Such a mixed army can defeat this The fierce enemy conquered such a large area of ​​land for Carthage. Why did the Carthage army, which had a more elite sacred legion and more soldiers, be defeated by the Dionian army, which had fewer soldiers than us?!"

Pretakuba looked around at the crowd and said loudly: "That’s because—only a lion-like commander can lead an army as brave as a lion; and a commander who is as weak as a lamb, even if he is given the best Soldiers, he can’t show their bravery! My lords, it’s obvious that the only person who can lead the army in Carthage to win the war against Dionia like a lion is the Iberian Governor-General Margo. !"

Although many people know that Preta Kuba will eventually name "Marco", when he said it, no one refuted it for a while, even his opponents had to admit No one can compare with Margo in terms of military talent and merits.

For more than ten years, the Carthaginians have not been living in peace and tranquility. They have actively conquered the Numibian inland area south of Carthage. After the conquest, they have been conquering from time to time. To suppress the Numibian rebellion, but the various Numibian tribes have been under the economic control, cultural infiltration, alienation and bribery of the Carthaginians for hundreds of years, and it is impossible to organize a unified alliance to fight against Canada. The attack by the Taiki, therefore, the intensity of the war is always small, far from being compared with the difficulties encountered by Margo alone in conquering the unfamiliar southern Iberia, so it appeared in Numibia. Monte Arderno, who performed well on the battlefield, was beaten by the Dionians as soon as he arrived in Sicily.

"Unfortunately, most of the troops led by Margo are not Carthage or Phoenicians..." Okriton said quietly, what he said was the problem that many elders were worried about.

At this time, Preta Kuba sneered: "Don’t Margot want to have more Carthage citizen soldiers?! No! It’s because we simply can’t provide enough citizens to conquer the Iberian natives. What's more, what we are facing is that the kingdom of Dionia can organize an army of more than 100,000 citizens at one time. Can we do it in Carthage? We can't do it! We even lost thousands The soldiers of the holy regiment will be grief-stricken, so what shall we use to contend with Dionia? We can only rely on mercenaries and foreign troops!

Everyone knows that there are few citizens of Sparta. For hundreds of years, they have relied on allied soldiers and foreign troops to fight and become the overlord of Greece. They have never seen them worry about the chaos of their foreign troops! And in Persia, which battle did not lead to more foreign troops than soldiers of your own race? But because of this, Persia will build a powerful and prosperous kingdom! What's more, when Lord Shimirko led an army to attack Syracuse more than ten years ago, there were also a large number of Numibians and Celts in the army! Why do we have to worry about these alien armies that help us fight and maintain the prestige of Carthage in the Western Mediterranean? ! Is it because our hearts have become fragile, unable to adapt to the strength of Carthage? ! ! "

Hanno held his nose at Preta Kuba’s final rhetorical question. Of course, he was not afraid because most of the Iberian army was mercenaries and alien troops, but because the salaries of these troops were not paid by the Canadian army. The institutions under the Taiji Senate’s home are provided by the Magonis family directly using the wealth they have earned on the Iberian Peninsula. In this sense, the Iberian army is Magoni. The private army of the German family, this is what Hanno is worried about!