Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 389: The end of the war

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Minoa’s fiasco was actually caused by an unexpected event. It was not considered a real battle. Moreover, he looked down on Monte Adeno, who only knew pleasure. He did not go to the front line in person during the battle and did not fail. Strange. According to the latest news he received, the last big defeat that related to the success or failure of the war was mainly due to the failure of the Carthage army to attack the fortified city for a long time, and the sudden rebellion of the Numibians. It was not defeated by the same Dioni. The Asian army is fighting head-on. The only real battle was the Battle of Gela, where Hasdruba defeated the Allied forces of Dionia and successfully captured Gela.

In addition, Summers had experience fighting with the Greeks. It was 20 years ago with Shimirko in the fight against Syracuse in Sicily. At that time, he was a young team officer, and the army has been attacking. Under the city of Syracuse, if it were not for the **** plague, the Carthage army would not suffer a disastrous defeat, and it would be more likely to take the city of Syracuse.

Since the Kingdom of Dionia was established by the Greeks, even if their army is stronger than the Syracuses back then, it is not much stronger. Now the city of Carthage is facing a crisis, and the soldiers share the same enemy. , Naturally able to exert a stronger force than before. When the numbers of the two armies are roughly equal, they can completely repel the Dionians... It is precisely based on this judgment that Summers was able to Decided to take the initiative to send troops, through the battle to change the situation.

But now that the battle has progressed, he found that he was wrong: At the beginning of the battle, the light infantry of Dionia ran freely in that peculiar formation, and the array of Dionia was freely converted from dispersion to aggregation... ...He knew that this would be difficult to achieve without a long period of rigorous training; and then in the battle, the Carthage soldiers who were inspired by the belief in defending the homeland bravely attacked the enemy, but Dio The soldiers of the Niah Legion stood still like a rock. It was not until the soldiers were exhausted and exhausted that they gradually increased the intensity of the offensive... This is an offensive that experienced, sophisticated and mature troops dare to take. Way!

Samors now regrets it, but once the battle begins, the battle will not be controlled by him.

Alexis's expression is much more relaxed. He said to Plintors: "It's time for the infantry of the Third Fleet to attack."

It turned out that the two of them got news yesterday: Carthage sent thousands of reinforcements to Addis, and these reinforcements looked either too young or too old.

Based on the current situation of the battle, they quickly concluded that the Carthaginians were probably ready to take risks.

As Alexis said to the legion chiefs before, "This may be the last battle of the Carthaginians. They will inevitably do their best. Although the Dionian army now has an advantage, After all, he is in a dangerous situation. Once the battle is lost, the situation will be quite dangerous.” Therefore, Alexis is also under pressure, so he adopted a safe method and immediately dispatched the Clippers to inform stationed in Khosla. The island’s third fleet (after the Dionian army landed in Africa, Daves made a simple division of labor for the two fleets under his command. The Africa waters west of Carthage were handed over to the Sicilian fleet, and the waters east of the Responsible by the Third Fleet).

After Midolades got the news, he felt happy: The Sicilian Fleet's infantry had united with the Tenth Army to attack the Phoenician Allies of Carthage. How could the Third Fleet miss this defeat to Carthage? An important battle for Ji!

So, he immediately gathered the warships patrolling all over the night, and led the fleet southward in the morning of the second day, and entered the port of Ruspina. After the 3,000 infantry in the fleet came ashore, he quickly marched westward, waiting for them When they arrived at the Dionian camp, the Dionian army had already begun to line up outside the camp.

Learning the news that the "Third Fleet Infantry has arrived", Alexis asked the messenger to inform them: take a good rest in the camp, wait for orders, and be ready to attack at any time.

And now it's time for this new force to come and kill the enemy!

When the Carthage army was already in decline, the vigorous Third Fleet infantry appeared on the battlefield.

In the dusty and noisy battlefield everywhere, it is difficult to understand the battle situation in time and accurately, so when Summers learned the bad news, the fleet infantry had already launched an attack on the left wing of Carthage. .

Although the Carthage soldiers are still fighting stubbornly, the defeat has become a reality. In order to avoid too many casualties and cause no one to defend the city of Carthage, Summers ordered: Immediately sound the retreat bugle!

The physical strength and morale of the Carthage coalition soldiers have fallen sharply. After the trumpet sounded, a full-scale retreat was formed soon.

The soldiers of the Dionian Legion immediately pursued, and Alexis also sent people to urge the Sinumibian cavalry who had been on the sidelines during the second half of the battle to participate in the pursuit.

This forced a large number of Carthage soldiers to flee into the mountains to escape the fierce pursuit of the Dionian army.

At dusk, Alexis returned to the camp.

This battle, involving more than 50,000 people and fighting for nearly four hours, was very tragic. Just a frontal fight caused nearly 5,000 casualties on both sides (Dionian soldiers suffered nearly 2,000 casualties, Canada Taiji soldiers injured more than 2,000 people). In addition, nearly 6,000 Carthage soldiers were captured.

The news came back to Carthage, the whole city was shaken, the people panicked, and the crying was endless...

On the second day, Summers, regardless of the retention of the Attis people, and the fact that there were still broken soldiers returning one after another, gathered the remaining troops and fled back to Carthage.

The Carthage people who were angry with their grief surrounded the Samos who had slipped into the city, first cursing and then beating them until they fell to the ground.

In order to quell public anger, the Senate conducted a trial in absentia with the fastest speed. The result of the trial: crucified.

This is perhaps the saddest leading general in Carthage’s history.

But the execution of Summers did not help change the situation.

On the third day, Alexis led the rested army to march west, and Addis surrendered.

On the 4th day, the Dionian army and the East Numibian army marching north met at Addis.

On the 5th day, the Dionian coalition continued to advance westward, and the city of Tunes surrendered, followed by the surrender of Megalopolis.

Finally, more than 40,000 Dionian soldiers bypassed Lake Tunes (now Lake Tunis) and approached the city of Carthage.

The horrified Carthage people stood on the west wall, watching the densely packed Dionian soldiers destroying the vertical and horizontal ditches on the isthmus between Lake Bizerte and Lake Tunes. Shoveling one piece of farmland after another, and then starting to build camps on it, apparently preparing to completely blockade the Carthaginians in the city (the Carthaginians think it is an isthmus, in fact, the shortest distance between the two lakes is about 10 miles. , And the terrain is very flat).

The frightened Carthaginians did not dare to attack, so they could only hide inside the tall and thick walls, and step up their defense preparations. Both men and women, young and old, are mobilized, equipped with weapons, ready to fight in the city at any time. All the blacksmith shops in the city are open 24 hours a day to urgently produce all kinds of weapons: daggers, javelins, spears, shields... .

Even the panicked elders also passed the proposal of the high priest, persuading the people in the city to hold an unprecedented scale of sacrifices and pray to Dionian’s protector, Bal Harmon. This ceremony was once in the Western Mediterranean. Popular among the Nicki people, it has changed the talk of other races, and has been rarely held in recent decades.

But at this time, the people of Carthage were on the verge of despair. This was their little hope, so there was almost no objection. Through the lottery, a total of two hundred children under the age of six were selected. Amidst the singing of the people in the city, they were pushed alive into the fire pit in front of the statue of Bal Harmon. The Carthaginians are painful and confused...

However, after the fire sacrifice ceremony, Bal Harmon’s blessing did not appear, but bad news kept coming: Daritos also surrendered to Dionia...not long before, except Outside of Carthage, Utica, Africa's second largest Phoenician city-state, also chose to surrender. Therefore, another Dionian army (the Fourth Army and the Sicilian Fleet Infantry) was able to approach the city of Carthage from the west through the coastal road to the west. At the same time, some of the warships of the Sicilian Fleet and the Third Fleet sailed into the Great Lakes of Bizerte and Lake Tunes, and moored at the improvised dock built by the Dionian army in the camp (the Carthaginians opened it up early. The traffic between the two lagoons and the sea, and a port was built where the lake extends into the city). So far, the city of Carthage has been completely surrounded and is in desperate situation of isolation and helplessness.

The reason why the elders headed by Hanno have not made up their minds and fully accept Dionia's negotiation conditions at this moment is because they still have the last fluke: interference from Persia.

In fact, Tyre did respond to Carthage's request and sent an emissary to Babylon.

The king of Persia, Artaxerxes, was surprised when he learned that "Carthage was driven into desperation by Dionia". After thinking about it, he decided to send an envoy to the Western Mediterranean. Details Learn about the process of this war, explore the reality of Dionia, and understand the true attitude of the newly rising kingdom of Greece towards Persia.

The mediation of this war is only a secondary purpose. After all, he has been in power for more than 20 years. He knows very well: Dionia has worked so hard to push the enemy into desperation, how can it be possible? Because a few words from thousands of miles away, I gave up all previous efforts, not to mention Persia has never shown its power to this newly established country.

In mid-February, when the passenger ship carried by the Persian envoy entered the waters of Carthage, it was intercepted by the Dionian warship. Even though he claimed to be an envoy sent by the Persian king, he was still forbidden to enter the city of Carthage. .

The Persian messenger had to turn to see King Dionia, and was taken to Lilibi.

Daves did not wait for the Persian messenger slowly, and the reception ceremony was still grand.

After the Corinthian War, not only did Sparta, the native Greek hegemon, rely on the support of Persia, but the great Greek cities like Athens, Corinth, and Thebes also had to rely on Persia’s breath, and Persia became the de facto hegemon of the Eastern Mediterranean. Therefore, when the Greek city-state envoys came to Persia, in order to achieve their goals, they often bribed to please officials at all levels, while the Persian envoys enjoyed high-level reception in various parts of Greece.

But this Persian aristocratic envoy came to the Western Mediterranean with ambition, but was hit in the head. Not only was the passenger ship hijacked, but the request was rejected. Naturally, he was suffocated in his heart and saw Daves. Later, I saw that the barbarian king was neither wearing an expensive crown nor a gorgeous robe, or even just met himself in an ordinary living room. He was full of contempt and he didn't say a few words. He said to Daves in a commanding tone: "Our sacred and noble King is very concerned about the war between Dionia and Carthage. He hopes that the two sides can immediately stop the war and return the land they occupy. Go back to the state before the war! As long as the two sides do this, they will get Persian friendship, otherwise the consequences will be very serious, and Dionia will not be able to bear it!"

In the face of the arrogance of the Persian messenger, Daves, who is almost fifty years old, has a deeper city. He did not ridicule the Spartan messenger Phoebe Das as powerfully as the Persian messenger. He used calmness to mock the Persian messenger. "It’s good if you Persia can manage the affairs of Asia, and the affairs of the Western Mediterranean do not need you to worry about."

The two parties broke up unhappily, and even the banquet to be held after the meeting was cancelled.

The next day, the passenger ship of the Persian messenger left Lilibo and was "escorted" all the way until it was far away from the Western Mediterranean.

After returning to Babylon, the Persian messenger added his "tragic encounter" in the Western Mediterranean and what King Dionian wanted him to bring to the King of Persia to Artaxerxes. The King of Persia was very angry. Swear in public: One day the kingdom of Dionia will be given the harshest punishment!

The Carthage elders never waited for the news from the Persians, but the attack of the Dionians kept their hearts tense: the Dionian army has not sent soldiers to attack the city directly, but they Their ballistas bombarded the city walls every day, and even threw cups into the city, increasing the panic among the people in the city; they also built earth fortifications higher than the city wall, condescending and attacking the city’s defenders from a distance; Dioni The demihumans are not only attacking the army, but their navy is also not idle. They spliced ​​several warships together, covered them with planks, and placed ballistas and abdominal bows on them, approaching the ports in the two lakes and attacking the defenses in the city. Facilities... The Dionian army didn't use all its strength, and it was more like a drill for the tactics of sea and land siege, but the Carthaginians, who had never encountered such a desperate situation, felt a little breathless.

The siege lasted more than three months. The Carthaginians, whose walls were damaged, lack of drinking water, destroyed most of the city, and extremely low morale, finally lowered their arrogant heads and were forced to sign an extremely harsh Armistice agreement: Carthage recognized Sicily, Corsica, and Sardinia under the rule of the Kingdom of Dionia;

Ceded all the colonial cities of Iberia to Dionia (excluding the new colonies later conquered by the Magonis family);

Carthage agreed to merge the territory of Hadrummentum into the Kingdom of Dionia;

Carthage shall not infringe the interests of the East and West Numibians, allies of Dionia;

Carthage and Dionia restored peace and resumed trade for a period of 20 years, and disputes over interests should be resolved through negotiation between the two parties during the period;

The allies of both parties to the agreement shall not be violated within the time limit...

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Half a year later, Ortigia Island also surrendered due to exhaustion of food. At this point, the war between Dionia and Carthage was over.