Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 385: Daves and Dido

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"I have thought about it!" Dido said without hesitation: "So I decided to go to Sicily and negotiate with the Dionians!"

"What?! Are you going to Sicily?!" Haka was really surprised this time.

"You were the more suitable candidate, but you are not in good health, and you can't live without you at this time. So I can only go! Although I am a woman, I am the patriarch of the Magonyd family Margot’s only daughter, I personally went to Sicily to negotiate, which can even show the sincerity of our Magonis family. And the decision I made in the negotiation should also get your consent, right?" Dido imposing Looking directly at her cousin forcefully.

Hakkar did not respond directly, but instead asked: "What decision are you going to make?"

"I want this territory to join the Kingdom of Dionia, become their sub-state or...what free city, I think this should be able to save my father and Hasdruba!"

Haka looked at Dido, who looked resolute, and suddenly envied her vitality and courage. This is what his sickly body lacks: "Well, I will take care of everything here, you can rest assured Go to Sicily, but you have to prepare for the worst, the king of Dionia is not that easy to talk!"

Although Haka has never met Davos, he has a deeper understanding of the Dionian king. Even some of the administrative systems currently implemented in the Iberian territory are based on Dionian Absorbed and adapted from the regime. Because of this, as a Carthaginian nobleman, he did not express opposition to Dido's rebellious behavior to take refuge in the enemy's country. On the contrary, he still had a trace of envy in his heart.

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Oclidon once again came to Sicily as the messenger of Carthage, and started a new round of negotiations with Dionian court clerk Hernipolis at the lord’s mansion.

After several negotiations and confrontations, facing the aggressive Hernipolis, Okriton made a compromise and offered to cede the new colony in southern Iberia, and was willing to return the land of the East Numibians , Allowing it to be independent.

But Hernipolis was not satisfied. He pointed out: What Dionia needs is the entire southern Iberia owned by Carthage, which also includes Cadiz, Huelva, Megaro The coastal towns such as Polyis and the gold and silver mines under its control cannot be changed.

Okliton argued strongly, Hernipolis was determined not to let go, and Daves did not give Okriton a chance to meet at all, and the negotiations fell into a deadlock.

When the Russian Cliton relayed the news that the "negotiations were not going well" back to Carthage, the Carthage Senate also received another bad news: Ruspina surrendered to the Dionian army .

It turned out that Alexis had hoped that Carthage’s army could come to rescue Ruspina, so that he could defeat Carthage’s new force in the field, and reduce the difficulty of soldiers’ attacking the city in the future. The faith of the Carthaginians.

However, after the Carthage Senate learned that the Numibians had joined the Dionian army, it became more worried about the safety of Carthage’s basic city. While perfunctory, he stepped up to mobilize reinforcements from the Phoenician allies to the west to protect the city.

Alexis did not order the assault on Ruspina. Instead, he let the three legions own a total of 30 ballistas. They bombarded Ruspina for several days, not only smashing many of them in the city. The houses and the people in the city were in panic all day long, and they also blasted the imperfect city wall into several large gaps. There were not many citizens in Ruspina, plus the fact that they had not waited for Carthage’s reinforcements. In order to avoid repeating the mistakes of Hadrumentum, the terrified Ruspina chose to surrender.

Alexis led his army into the city of Ruspina, and after he took full control of the city, he immediately notified the Third Army in Hadrummentum to remove the camp and join him in Ruspina.

Since the Carthaginians could not stand firm, he simply prepared to continue to attack thapsos to the east, thus completely turning this coastal land into the rear of the Dionian army.

The Carthaginian elders headed by Hanno received a letter from Okriton. At the same time, they learned through scouts that the Dionian army that had landed in Africa was aggressively invading the city to the east, and they all realized: whether it was for The safety of the city of Carthage is for the smooth signing of the armistice agreement, and Carthage must concentrate all efforts to repel the enemy in front of him.

So, after an urgent discussion, the Senate appointed Samos as the military commander in Carthage, responsible for repelling the Dionian army.

Samors led 10,000 Carthage citizen soldiers to Addis, bringing the total force in Addis to 15,000, making it difficult to see young and middle-aged citizens in the city of Carthage, the Senate Both the elderly and underage men had to be mobilized to guard the city.

Samors did not lead his army to rescue Tepsos, which was being besieged by the Dionian army, but stepped up the construction of defensive facilities in Addis, while waiting for reinforcements from the Phoenician allies on the west coast. .

Because the Dionian warship was patrolling the coast of Africa, for safety reasons, the reinforcements of the Phoenician allies did not dare to take a boat, so they could only go by land and march in the mountains. The time to reach the city of Carthage would naturally be extended. .

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Dido is tall, graceful, pretty, and has bright eyes. She is wearing a purple pleated skirt with flowers embroidered with gold silk, and she is covered in a rare white fox fur coat, black The hair of her is pulled together and wrapped in exquisite hair accessories made of pure gold... The temperament is graceful but not elegant, and the feminine is full of heroism. Although the complexion is slightly darker, it is more shiny, without blemishes, and more. Alien style.

When she curled up into the living room of Lilibo's mansion, not only the guards looked straight, but even Daves was a little lost.

He subconsciously sat upright, coughed dryly, and said: "You... are the messenger from the Iberian colony of Carthage?"

"Honorable King Dionia." Dido lightly opened her lips. Her voice was not as crisp as most girls, but rather vigorous: "I am the only daughter Dido of Margo, the military commander of Carthage. , I am not the messenger of Carthage, but the representative of the Magonis family."

Daves was not surprised. He already knew the identity of the Iberian messenger in advance, and he also knew through intelligence that this daughter of Margot was not a simple woman. Not only did she often participate in the political affairs of southern Iberia. , Even able to influence Marge's decision, so out of curiosity, I met her. The words Didot emphasized further confirmed some of his thoughts. He deliberately jokingly said: "Are there no men in your Magonis family?"

Dido heard Daves’ sarcasm, his eyes widened, but then he lowered his eyes, and said forcefully: “The Iberian officials asked me to come here, not because I’m a woman. Yes, but because I can negotiate with you on their behalf!"

"Oh?" Daves pretended to be surprised, and said, "I don't understand why the officials of Carthage in Iberia want you to come? Don't you know that the Carthage Senate has prepared the entire Iberia Has the southern region of Leah been ceded to Dionia?"

Dido had long expected the other party to ask this question. She took a breath and said in a more serious tone: "Honorable King Dionian, although we are far away in Iberia, we also know Dionian and Jia The negotiations in Taiji did not go smoothly, and the war is still going on. What's more, Carthage does not represent us in southern Iberia. Even if negotiations are reached in the future, they agree to cede southern Iberia to you Dionia. This resolution is also We cannot get the recognition of all the people in southern Iberia! Because southern Iberia has decided to leave Turri and decide our own destiny!"

Dido said these last words loudly. Daves heard this, raised his eyebrows, and his eyes became cold: "So even if the peace agreement between us and Carthage is reached, you, southern Iberia Don’t plan to comply?! Don’t you know that this will only give me a reason to send troops to southern Iberia. We have now captured tens of thousands of captives from southern Iberia, including your father, relatives and friends! I don’t mind letting all the men in southern Iberia become slaves, digging until they die!"

Daves’s voice is not loud, but the majesty of the king is not to be looked at directly, and the thick **** aura is even more rushing, making Dido feel a little flustered, she hurriedly lowered her head and tried to make herself He calmed down and gasped for a while before gritting his teeth and said: "Since... since Carthage has betrayed us, why should we obey Carthage's orders! If Dionia really wants to send troops to attack us, we would rather All of them died in the battle, and we must defend the dignity of the Magonis family, and at the same time make you Dionia pay a heavy price!"

"Want to make us Dionians pay a heavy price?" Daves sneered, and said disdainfully: "How many troops do you have in the Iberian territory? Can you also shock the surrounding Lu Sitanias, Iberians? We Dionians don’t even need to send troops, we can quickly see the Iberian natives wipe out all of you who are alone!"

"Maybe we will perish, but what good is it for you Dionia?!" At this moment, Dido also gave up, reminding loudly: "It took us more than 10 years to finally conquer Iberia. Indigenous people, cutting down trees, leveling the land, and reclaiming them year after year, only have the territory we can settle today. If the already stable southern Iberia is reoccupied by those ignorant and ferocious indigenous people, I don’t know that Dionia is here. After the war with Carthage, how much gold and silver are you willing to spend, how many citizens are sacrificed, and how much time will it take to reintegrate southern Iberia into the Kingdom of Dionia!

But now as long as Dionia accepts my negotiation request, the southern Iberia you want will immediately belong to Dionia! Then you can do your best to deal with Carthage and make other demands to them to get more benefits! "

The cold light in Davos's eyes converged, and he calmly said: "Do you want southern Iberia to be directly merged into Dionia?"