Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 327: Shocked Carthage

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In the process of taking over, Carthage and Tyre were not without conflict, but in the end they completed the handover relatively smoothly without a major war. It is true that the political situation in the east was bad at that time, and Tyre himself It is hard to guarantee that there is still the ability to launch a war with Carthage. The two sides finally reached a century-long agreement, not because they are of the same race, but because Carthage needs the eastern Phoenician region headed by Tyre. More colonial populations and trading markets, while Thiel needs precious metals from the Western Mediterranean, this is a win-win situation.

For hundreds of years, Carthage and Tyre have been in close contact with each other, and the cooperation is happily, but this is all in trade, and there has never been an exchange of visits between high-level city-states in politics, and this is the first time that they have cooperated in the military. .

Puselica led the fleet to the Western Mediterranean, why not directly stationed in the port of Carthage? In order to avoid being discovered early by the Dionian Navy, there is a reason, and another reason is that Carthage’s strength and richness in the Western Mediterranean are far incomparable to the Tyre under the fence, so it is in the self-esteem of the Tyre nobility. He would rather choose to stay in a colony once established by the Tyres, now called Hadrummentum, than to go to the bustling Carthage to avoid losing his heart.

At the same time, Pushelika also wanted to use victories to show the Carthaginians that Tyre and the eastern Phoenician region were still Carthage's most powerful support. Who knew that the first raid, carefully planned by him, was reversed by the Dionians while occupying a clear advantage, and many crew members were captured.

Puselika led the remnant warship and fled back to Hadrumentum in embarrassment, and immediately sent people to tell the Carthaginian Senate, hoping that they could redeem the captured Phoenician crew.

However, a few days later, the Senate responded: Dionia agreed to exchange prisoners, but only agreed to a one-to-one exchange. As the number of Eastern Phoenician crews captured was larger, I am afraid that some of them could not be exchanged. .

Even though Poselica was angry, there was no way. Dionia was tough, insisted, and refused to accept the ransom. In the end, some Eastern Phoenician prisoners could not be rescued. This made Poselica not Dare to lead the remaining warships back to the Eastern Mediterranean, afraid of being questioned by the people.

At the same time, the toughness of the Dionian Navy made him feel terrified. He refused to go to sea for Carthage again on the grounds that the fleet was seriously damaged and needed a long rest, so he stayed in Hadru Mentum stayed for a few months, and he was looking forward to the final decision between Carthage and Dionia and an armistice so that he could redeem his compatriots and return to the country for business.

However, according to what he learned during this period, Pushelika felt that although Carthage was at a disadvantage, it was impossible to stop the war in a short period of time. However, the crew stayed at Hadlumentu with nothing to do every day. In the city of Mu, after a long time, it is inevitable to miss his hometown, and he has repeatedly asked him to return to the Eastern Mediterranean. Every time they persuaded them, he would have to spend his tongue. Now even he himself has been shaken: or he should return to the Eastern Mediterranean first and wait for the war. End, let Carthage help him redeem his compatriots?

In the past few days, he has been struggling with this problem. He can’t eat or sleep well. He only fell asleep late last night. He was still asleep this morning, but suddenly he was pushed to wake up: "General, Dai The Onians have entered the city!"

"What a joke, this is Africa, not Sicily!" Puselica loudly rebuked his men, but then he heard deafening screams and crying outside, and his face changed suddenly, eagerly Said: "Quick! Go to the port! Drive our warship out of here!"

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Where did Pushelika know that one of the main purposes of the Sicilian Fleet’s attack on Hadrumen Tum was to destroy the Eastern Phoenician United Fleet, because it was far from Carthage, where Hadrummen were anchored The Tum Port's defensive capabilities are not strong, and it is very easy to succeed.

The Sicilian fleet docked directly on the beach south of Hadrummentum. The 7000 infantrymen of the fleet quickly jumped off the raven ship, carrying the prepared ladder, and went straight to Hadrummentum, not far away. .

It’s almost noon. Hadrummentum, who lives in a comfortable life, has just finished breakfast. Some people are wandering out of the city, preparing to go to the farm outside the city, supervising the Numibian slaves to prepare for winter planting. As a result, they ran into the Diolian soldiers who rushed like wolves. The peaceful Hadrummentum was suddenly terrified and ran into the city in a panic.

The few sentries on the front of the city encountered this kind of crisis for the first time in their lives. After a panic, they remembered to close the city gate, but at this time the city gate could not be closed, because the people who had fled had already opened the whole city gate. Blocked.

The infantry of the Dionian Fleet didn't even use the ladder, so they easily rushed into the city. While creating chaos in the city, their main force went straight to the port.

Puselica rushed to the port, and as soon as he boarded the battleship, the infantry of the Dionian fleet arrived, and hungry and killed many Eastern Phoenician crews who had not yet boarded the battleship.

The Eastern Phoenicians with their bare hands were slaughtered.

Puserica saw this tragic situation and hurriedly let the ship leave the port. Didn’t know that the warships of the Dionian fleet were guarding outside the port, and they were hit and sunk as soon as they left the port, and other warships and merchant ships hurriedly went Calling back the head, the result collided with each other and turned into a pot of porridge.

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On this day, the Carthaginian elders were discussing the "Dionians' occupation of the port of St. Ibnía and Sarros" at the venue. They discussed for a long time and did not come up with any effective suggestions. It is true. Because Carthage has now concentrated almost all its army and navy in the direction of Sicily, there is no extra military force to support Sardinia.

It wasn't until this time that they realized that Carthage was not much stronger than Dionia, and that Carthage has been at a significant disadvantage since the battle.

Preta Kuba suggested: "Another war mobilization for Carthage and Phoenician allies, conscript an army of 20,000 to 30,000, and let Morbal lead the fleet to send it to Sardinia. Kalaris, looking for an opportunity to retake Sarros and Saint Ibínia occupied by the Dionians, and restore normal order in Sardinia..."

Okliton sneered at this, he mocked: "Call up another twenty or thirty thousand?! Lord Preta Kuba thinks that our Carthage is Persia? Can we have an endless source of troops?! I tell you Since the beginning of this war, Carthage has been enlisted with nearly 50,000 soldiers (including naval personnel, and it is the majority). Up to now, nearly 20,000 people have been killed or injured. Do you think Carthage? Are there more soldiers? If the people are sent to fight, who will farm the land and provide food for the army? Who will do business and provide gold and silver for the treasury?..."

Preta Kuba is speechless for a while.

"Only a small number of citizens can be recruited as team officers in the city of Carthage, and most of the soldiers are provided by the allies." A Margonidian veteran quickly added.

"The situation in the Allies is not much better than ours!" Okriton sneered: "They were also drafted twice. How could there be extra troops!"

"You can recruit more Numibians as before." Another Magonis veteran made another suggestion.

"Eastern and West Numibia were conscripted 70,000 people, and the casualties were the greatest. Those Numibian tribes would not be so stupid that they agreed to our conscription request, and we just asked for it. It will only threaten the survival of the Numibian tribe, be careful to provoke their resistance!" Hanno warned in a serious tone.

The words of Hanno moved the elders: Yes, the Carthaginians are used to the devotion of the Numibians, but this devotion is caused by the Carthaginians’ political and military conquests for decades. But in fact, the entire population of Numibia is several times larger than that of Carthage. Now Carthage is doing its best to deal with the war in Sicily, and its domestic forces are empty. It is indeed necessary to ensure stability and avoid turbulence.

Tepanlako stood up again and said loudly: "In fact, the problem about Sardinia is very easy to solve. As long as Lord Margo leads the army in Sicily to defeat the main force of Dionia, it will be renewed. To gain an advantage in Sicily, part of the army can be drawn out to solve the problems of Sardinia.

But now, Master Margo, who is regarded as a hero by the Carthage people, controls the one hundred thousand army that we have worked so hard to conscript, but it seems that he suddenly lost his courage. So far, there has been no incident with the main army of Dionia. After a battle, could it really be because King Dionia frightened him? "

The elders of the Margonides were very angry when they heard this, and were about to stand up to refute.

At this moment, the door of the venue was suddenly opened: "My sirs, it's not good! Hadrummentum is being attacked by the Dionians!"

The veterans were shocked, and many people immediately expressed doubts, because within the reach of Carthage in Africa, there has been peace and peace for a hundred years, and there has never been aggression.

However, when the city guard who broke into the venue, several Hadlummentum messengers (in fact, the people of Hadlummentum who fled to Carthage on horseback) who came for help, brought them into the venue. , They wept bitterly and recounted the general course of the disaster that took place in Hadrumentum. The venue suddenly became silent, and a terrible thought came to everyone's heart: the flames of war actually happened. It really spread to the land where they live! ! !

A moment later, Preta Kuba resolutely suggested: "We should immediately let the Carthage troops stationed in Numibia rush to Hadrummentum to eliminate these **** Dionian robbers! We should also send the Clippers to inform Morbar immediately, let him lead the fleet to the waters near Hadrummentum, and send Dionian ships to the sea to feed the fish!..."