Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 367: Negotiation again

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Henipolis thought for a while, but didn't answer.

Daves said in a deep voice: "No, I don’t think so, because we Dionia has no foundation in Africa. Those Phoenician city-states will secretly dissatisfied us, East and West Numibians. Carthage will be destroyed because of Carthage. Without the shackles on the head, we will pursue their own interests. If we want to replace Carthage, we may conflict with them...

There are also Mauritanians and Libyans on the Afrikaans. These are large races. Once Carthage ceases to exist, Afrikaans are likely to have disputes. We will be involved in it and consume a lot of our energy. And material resources, is it worth it? After all, the center of gravity of the Kingdom of Dionia is in Italy. We must not only consolidate our rule in Italy, but also continue to implement the strategy of northward development.

Henipolis listened carefully, pondered for a while, and suddenly said: "We are going to take away Sicily, Sardinia, and southern Iberia, and eliminate Carthage’s threat to the kingdom, but we want As a major force on the African land, Taiji continues to exist to ensure that the Numibians continue to rely on us. And we Dionia can mediate between the various forces as a transcendent identity, mediate disputes, and continue Increase your influence in Africa..."

Davers nodded and said: "Heney, you understand well, so you must grasp this degree in future negotiations. Of course, our army will continue to put pressure on it, and I think Carthage will eventually agree. All our requirements..."

When Davers talked about this, he couldn't help but think of Carthage in the past life. After the Second Punic War, they had lost all their colonies, but after decades of development , The prosperity was restored again, which caused the Romans to feel nervous and eventually destroyed the city.

In Daves’s current view, the Romans were scared by Hannibal. There was always a delusion of persecution. In fact, it was impossible for Carthage to pose any threat to Rome at that time. From the Romans It can be seen that Carthage sent out a large number of hostages immediately. Today, Dionia does not have the fear of the Romans, and he eliminated Rome and defeated Carthage in the first battle, making him more confident and powerful.

Even if it only competes in trade, Dionia is not afraid of Carthage. Even after the victory of the Punic War, Rome in the previous life became the hegemon of the Western Mediterranean. It was still a city-state dominated by agriculture and not well-developed in commerce. Today, under his guidance, Dionia has long been a city-state. Farmers and merchants are equally important, and after obtaining these colonies of Carthage, the commerce of the entire kingdom will only develop faster.

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Two days after the great victory of Silinus, the Dionian army mainly stayed in the city of Silinus and the former Carthage camp to take time to rest. Daves did not send an army to besiege the remnants. They only ordered the two fleets to stop patrolling in the waters of Carthage, but to focus on blocking the ports of Mazara and Errequus. At the same time, they sent Dionian cavalry to patrol around the two towns and found anomalies. Return at any time.

Daves believes that the number of Carthage remnants who have hid in these two towns exceeds tens of thousands, and it is difficult for the people of these two towns to support them when they have lost their food and supplies. And because the army led by Prosius used to wreak havoc on the farmland in the western region, the wheat harvest in these towns has dropped sharply. It's hard to say whether they can survive this winter, and how can they have surplus grain to support this remnant? military. I am afraid that it will not be long before these two city-states will be in chaos due to food problems.

In these two short days, Mazara and Segesta did not move much, but the leaders of the Sikan people came to the city of Serinus together.

The Sikans, who are next to Segstad, were the first to receive the news that "Carthage's army was defeated". When they saw the once invincible Carthage soldiers fled into the city of Segstad in panic. At that time, the shock in my heart could not be added, and in these two days hundreds of Dionian and Numibian cavalry appeared on the edge of the Sikai territory from time to time, frightening this weak Sicilian mountain race. They soon Decided to surrender to Dionia, and also captured Akonis, the leader of the Western Keltanician tribe hiding in their territory, and his cronies, in order to be forgiven by the Dionia.

Davers accepted their surrender and comforted them gently, so that the leader of the Xikai people was relieved.

But then in front of them, Daves ordered his subordinates to take Aconis and others into custody, and announced that they would be escorted to the West Kell Mountains, so that all of them would be attacked and lost by the Carthaginian army because of him. The territory and a large number of tribes conducted public trials and executions.

In Daves' words, any ally who betrays Dionia should be severely punished. This made the leaders of the Xikai people present panicked and secretly vigilant.

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Margo refused to obey the orders of the Senate and insisted on attacking the city of Silinus. This caused the indignation of other senators except the Margonides. The Senate held meetings for several days and heated disputes. "Whether to give this bold military commander the most severe punishment." In fact, many veterans secretly hope that the Carthage army can capture the city of Serinus and let Carthage be in the next negotiation. Able to regain some disadvantages.

On the night of the collapse of the Carthage army, Mazara sent several cargo ships, risking a huge risk, and sailing quietly towards Carthage in the dark, only one ship remained.

When the elders learned of this news, they were shocked for a long time without regaining their senses.

Previously the navy was almost annihilated, and now the army has suffered a terrible defeat. Both the Carthage's naval and the army's fiasco has made the veterans heartbroken and completely destroyed the trace of arrogance left in their hearts, in order to save the remnants of being trapped on Sicily. The army and a large number of soldiers captured by Dionia, the Senate held an emergency meeting.

It’s different from the previous venues where there is always arguing. The Magonis veterans heard the Mazara messenger say, "Although Hasdruba was lucky to escape to Mazara city, Margot has not heard from him so far." Instead, they actively demanded that the negotiations be resumed immediately, as far as possible to agree to the conditions put forward by the Dionians, and to reach a truce as soon as possible.

But under such difficult conditions, negotiating with Dionia will definitely face more difficulties. Therefore, the veterans actively discussed: where to make concessions and where to persist, Dio What new requirements might the Nians put forward......

It took two days to finally formulate a relatively complete diplomatic negotiation plan. It was the first time for Carthage to pass resolutions on such a major issue in such a short time.

During the meeting, the Senate also spent some time appeasing the Carthage people who were angry and weeping because of the news.

Oclidon once again served as the messenger of Carthage, and took a boat to Sicily. This time he felt a great responsibility.

After entering the western waters of Sicily by boat, Okriton is going to enter Mazara City and meet with Hasdruba to learn more about the situation and be prepared.

Who knew that when the ship approached Mazara, it was intercepted by the Dionian warship. After learning that Okriton was the messenger of the Carthage negotiations, he did not allow it to enter the port of Mazara, but suggested It went directly to the city of Serinus.

On the ship, Okriton saw the many Dionian warships patrolling back and forth in the port of Mazara, and felt the urgency of the situation, and immediately ordered the ship to speed up to Serinus.

The residence of King Dionia has been moved from Minoasi to Silinus, which is a step towards victory for Dionia’s army; but for Carthage, this change means The complete failure of Carthage in this war.

After Okriton arrived in the city of Serinus, he asked to meet with King Davos, but was refused. Negotiations were requested again, and this time agreement was obtained.

The negotiation took place in a vacant house in the port area.

Okliton entered the living room early and waited, and Hernipolis delayed for a long time before Shi Shiran arrived.

Occleton resisted his dissatisfaction and said straightforwardly: "In the past few days, our Senate has re-discussed the negotiation conditions you proposed and decided to hand Corsica to Dionia. Except for Saint Ibnia and Calaris, Sardinia is under the jurisdiction of Dionia. Regarding Sicily, I hope Dionia can return Lilival. We Carthage give up... to other city-states in western Sicily. The responsibilities of the territories, Elyx, Mazara, Segesta, Palermos, etc. are all independent city-states, regardless of whether Dionia wants to annex or make it a subsidiary, it will be with them. Carthage will not interfere in the negotiations."

After speaking, Okriton looked at Hernipolis, but felt a little nervous: In fact, the bottom line of negotiations given by the Senate was to agree to all the conditions previously proposed by Dionia, but since it is a negotiation, He can't get all his cards out as soon as he meets, he has to bargain.

Now Okriton is most worried that Dionia will take advantage of this victory to open his mouth again and propose new conditions.

Sure enough, after hearing Okriton’s words, Hernipolis sneered: "Master Okriton, when you first came to negotiate, I said,'If Carthage is not early Promise to our negotiation conditions, and maybe we will increase it by the next negotiation. "As a result, you were lucky. Not only did you delay the negotiation, you even let your army launch an offensive against Selinus during the negotiation—"