Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 375: The Kingdom Assembly during the War (2)

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Cornerus was old, his voice was not loud, even a little trembling, it was impossible for the people behind the venue to hear him clearly, but several speakers in front of him repeated his voice with loud voices. Discourse.

At this time, he took out a papyrus scroll from his arms, unfolded it carefully, gave a light cough, and then began to read: "Dear patriarchs of the Kingdom of Dionian! Representatives of local councillors of towns! I was unable to attend the meeting at the time of the Kingdom Assembly. For that, I apologize to you! The war with Carthage, Rome, and Samona was not initiated by us. But we have to fight, because it is related to the life and death of the Kingdom of Dionia and the fundamental interests of each of our citizens!

Up to now, this war has been going on for a year. During this year, our soldiers fought **** battles on the front line, while you in the rear worked hard to maintain the stability of the domestic order and worked tirelessly to prepare for the war. With the large amount of materials we need, we can defeat Rome and Samona one after another, which is inseparable from your painstaking efforts!

Some time ago, our Sicilian Fleet and Third Fleet almost completely wiped out the Carthage Fleet, and just yesterday when I wrote, our land army hit Carthage’s 10th in Serinus. Wan Dajun captured the military commander Marge of Carthage——"

Cornerus read this and paused intentionally. As he expected, there was a thunderous cheer in the venue.

"Great! Another big victory!"

"Won! Won! We won this war!"

"We won Carthage! We became the new Western Mediterranean overlord!!"

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People danced and embraced each other, and their joy was beyond words. You must know that Carthage has dominated the Western Mediterranean for many years. Most people present, including the elders, do not have much confidence in this war, but it is precisely this. This unexpected result made them particularly pleasantly surprised.

At this time, even the order officers in charge of the order in the meeting place smiled and did not immediately stop the commotion in the meeting place. After a while, they renewed their request for silence.

Cornerus continued to read: "...We have defeated the Carthage’s navy, and now we have defeated the Carthage’s army. The Carthaginians have basically lost their relationship with us. Dionia has the ability to fight, so they sent messengers to ask for peace talks with us.

Everyone, I know that this year’s war has had a great impact on the kingdom. The treasury has almost been exhausted, food prices have risen, a large number of young and middle-aged citizens have been drawn out, labor is lacking, soldiers have suffered a lot of casualties, and some territories have been attacked by the enemy. The ravages of the Kingdom are in urgent need of reconstruction...Many of you may hope that after gaining some benefits, you can negotiate peace with Carthage and restore stability to the kingdom’s order.

However, although the Western Mediterranean Sea is large, it cannot accommodate two powerful countries. Do we hope to see Carthage, which has been hit hard after the armistice, learns lessons, cultivates self-cultivation and reinvigorates us after its strength is restored challenge?

I think your answer must be ‘no! ', so we cannot stop at the current victory, but continue to fight until we finally get the ideal result we want, that is, we Dionia must gain absolute advantage, so that Carthage will never be able to challenge. Let the Western Mediterranean always have only one overlord, and that is us-Dionia! "

When Cornelus read this, his voice couldn't help becoming louder, and everyone present had their eyes bright and their heads held high.

"...So I hope you will continue to unite, make your best efforts, continue to comfort the people, maintain the stability of the kingdom, and do your best to provide sufficient supplies to the army until we win the final victory! ...The above is the content of the letter written by your majesty." Cornelus finished reading the letter and handed it to Lycias next to him.

At this moment, someone in the venue suddenly shouted: "Your Majesty Daves is victorious!"

Encourage the venue again: "Your Majesty Davos is victorious!!!"

"The Kingdom of Dionian is victorious!!!"

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Pubulius, sitting in the front of the venue, was enveloped by this passionate atmosphere. He never expected that he would feel this kingdom on the first day he stepped into the highest power temple of the Kingdom of Dionian. His ambition-to become the only overlord of the Western Mediterranean.

Although he was not as excited as the others, he was also a little more proud, and at the same time he exhaled: Fortunately, he was lucky enough to be a citizen of this kingdom in time!

At this time, Cornelus took the opportunity to say: "It seems that everyone has no objection to the decision made by your majesty, but also supports it. In the next two days, we will discuss how to better Complete the requirements of your Majesty. But now, we first invite the chief officials of various departments to summarize the situation of the kingdom last year. Since everyone is interested in the military situation of the kingdom, first of all, I will invite Secretary of State of the Military Hiros to come to power."

According to the previous procedures of the Kingdom Assembly, first, King Daves made a comprehensive summary of the situation in the kingdom last year, and then the heads of each department gave a specific introduction on the situation of the department. But now Dave Si was on the move, and the steady Cornelus and Lucias did not dare to go on their behalf, so they simply skipped the first link. The speeches of various departments usually start from the Finance Department. After all, money is everyone’s most concerned issue. , But now the military has become everyone's most concern, so Hiros was the first to appear.

After years of training, the minister of military affairs who came from a mercenary stood at the center of the venue, with a calm and majestic attitude that attracted everyone's attention.

He gave a comprehensive and brief account of the whole process from the occurrence, development, and status quo of the war between Dionia and Rome, Samona, and Carthage. It talked about the strategies and tactics formulated by King Daves and the Ministry of Military Affairs against these three hostile forces, and also mentioned the contributions made by each legion and each fleet in the war.

Even though everyone has a general understanding of last year's war through various channels, Hilos' comprehensive and professional narration still makes them refreshing, so everyone is listening carefully.

For Publius, he only then knew why Dionia dared to ignore the Carthaginian attack at first. King Davos led the army to attack Rome first. It turned out that they had been serious He made careful preparations and formulated a perfect plan, but Rome hastily challenged, how could he be undefeated!

Pubulius had a rough sense of the horror of the establishment of a military department in the Kingdom of Dionian, allowing a group of people with rich war experience to do nothing else, specialize in military affairs, and only study how to defeat the enemy every day. How can the Roman nobles, who usually spend a lot of time on city-state affairs and foreign affairs, convene citizens and consider tactics in wartime?

What surprised Publius even more is the series of statistics that Silos said: In the war of the past year, the Kingdom of Dionia used a total of eleven regular regiments and one reserve regiment. , Four cavalry regiments, four fleets of more than 700 warships, the army alone used 110,000 people (not counting the reserve soldiers added later). What a powerful military force that can make this The powerful military force has been operating normally for one year, which also shows that the kingdom of Dionia is strong!

Pubulius, who was once a veteran of Rome for many years and has been engaged in tedious government affairs, is deeply aware of this. West reached the request of a truce, and arrogantly clamored that "Dionia would not be afraid to join the war." Now it is ridiculous to think about it.

Of course, at the end of the speech, Hiros also mentioned with a heavy expression: Although the Dionian army had won a huge victory in this year’s war, it had also paid a lot of casualties, so far. Nearly 30,000 people were killed and more than 40,000 were injured (this includes navy crews, and they accounted for the majority of the death toll). The Ministry of Military Affairs will do its best to arrange the funeral of the soldiers who died in the war, transfer the pension funds to their homes as soon as possible, and properly solve the livelihood problems of the families of the dead and wounded soldiers, so that the soldiers who are still fighting have no worries.

When Hiros finished speaking, there were almost no questions, and everyone responded with enthusiastic applause.

The second person who came to the stage to summarize was Merses, the Minister of Finance. His speaking style was obviously different from that of Hilos. He complained that this war had wiped out the savings of the kingdom’s treasury for many years, and his face was heartbroken. The expression is never pretended.

In the whole process of telling, he mostly complained that the war cost a lot of gold and silver, even though he also mentioned that he had won a lot of spoils in the captured cities such as Rome and Syracuse. , And has begun to extract precious metals from mines in Corsica and Sardinia, which actually made up for a large amount of deficits in the treasury, but his tone and expression seem to indicate that these are not worth mentioning. If the kingdom does not immediately stop the war, the kingdom will be in trouble this year due to lack of finances.

Pubulius knows from the whispers of the people next to him: This is the usual style of this greedy kingdom chancellor. He is always complaining about the lack of gold and silver in the treasury.

However, Publius was still shocked by Melsis’s statement: The monthly tax of the Kingdom of Dionian is seven or eight hundred talents, and this year is close to tens of thousands of towers. Lent, this is still due to the impact of the war, which led to a significant drop in taxes. But even so, compared with the previous Rome, its income was only about a fraction of that of the Kingdom of Dionian. If Rome had some war strength in the military, it was not worth mentioning in terms of financial resources. The demise may be expected.