Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 380: Conquer Sicily

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Samors looked at Hanno and said frankly: "Master Hanno, we must consider temporarily abandoning Numibia. Carthage's defeat has caused all the people in East Numibia. The tribe saw the hope of breaking away from our rule. The reason why I can barely cope with their rebellion is because the young and middle-aged people of all tribes have basically been transferred to Sicily, and now I am afraid they have become the captives of the Dionians.

If I were the commander of the Dionians and wanted to land in Africa and attack Carthage, I would definitely win over these Numibians and let them become the support of the Dionian army..."

"You are alarmist. Numibia is what we Carthaginians have spent decades, how much money and manpower have to conquer. How can we give up and give up!" Vika roared a little frustratedly.

"Oh...Samors is right, we should recognize reality!" Hanno sighed heavily, with a painful expression on his face, and said slowly and heavily, "Delaway Card, once the Dionians attack Carthage, can the 8,000 citizen soldiers stay in Numibia?! It is better to take the initiative to transfer them back, as long as Carthage is guarded, there will be more in the future Another chance to regain the land of Numibia!

In addition, we can also negotiate with the surrounding Phoenician allies. When the Dionian army landed in Africa, they could temporarily take refuge in Carthage, so that we played the role of the leader and safeguarded their Safe, and at the same time have more defensive forces..."

"Master Hanno, this is a good idea! But it will increase our food consumption!" Summers reminded.

"Will our Phoenician allies hide in the city of Carthage with empty hands?! Wouldn't we remind them to move all the food in their city to our city?!" Tepan Lako reminded.

Samors looked a little embarrassed, he was too anxious to forget this.

Hanno continued: "We can also send envoys to Tyre to ask our motherland for help, begging them to let Persia come forward and mediate this war."

Persia! The others' eyes lit up.

Tepan Lako immediately asked: "Will Persia agree to the ball?"

"I heard that the king of Persia did not have a good impression of Dionia, otherwise the Eastern Phoenician fleet would not be allowed to come under the banner of Persia... to ensure the safety of Carthage in the Western Mediterranean. There are only advantages, no disadvantages. I believe the King of Persia will make the right choice." Hanno said confidently.

"There is pressure from the Persians. I believe that the Dionians have to carefully consider the issue of the truce. Maybe we can win back more benefits in the negotiation." Delevika finally revealed a trace. Smile.

Okliton was a little worried. He reminded: "I think King Dionia is a tough man. Before, he ignored our protests and still chose to go to war with Rome. And according to intelligence, Dio Nya also formed an alliance with Egypt. Don’t the Dionians know that Egypt is now a mortal enemy with Persia?! It can be seen that the Dionians are not like the Greeks and are very afraid of Persia. We can use the power of Persia. But don’t rely on it too much!"

"Occleton, what you said is right. Persia is still too far away from the Western Mediterranean. It is unlikely that they will send reinforcements like Tyre. The Dionians can indeed be confident, but at least they are a Pressure." Hanno said here and fell into contemplation. After a while, he made up his mind and said in a deep voice: "Since you have concluded that the Dionians do have the willingness to negotiate, we are strengthening Jiatai. While the base city is defensive and safe, you can continue to make concessions in the negotiations. When the benefits of the negotiations are greater than the possible losses in the war, the Dionians will choose to sign a peace agreement with us..."

Hanno’s gaze was a bit sad, and he slowly swept across everyone’s faces: “Corsica, Sardinia, and western Sicily have fallen under the control of the Dionians, and it’s impossible to seize it anymore. Come back, you can use it as a bargaining chip and give up if necessary; Cadiz, Huelva, Málaga in southern Iberia... are important thrusts for the rise of Carthage, and we may lose Corsica and Sardinia. The only remaining source of precious metal trade after Asia cannot be given to the Dionians; but other territories in southern Iberia...we can give up if necessary."

Speaking of this, Hanno suddenly became angry, and he said loudly: "Drevica, you are right, Margo is a sinner of Carthage! His brother Similco is also from Carthage. Sinner! Shimirko started a war in Sicily more than ten years ago and suffered a crushing defeat, which severely damaged the national power of Carthage. This led to the fact that when Dionia and Syracuse went to war, we in Carthage could only On the sidelines, we finally had to sign an agreement with Dionia to keep the peace! And this time, Margo’s incompetence ruined our 100,000 army and put Carthage in such a dangerous situation... The Magonis family must be affected. Severe punishment in the Senate!

The land they conquered in Iberia, said to be for the benefit of the Carthaginians, has actually become the territory of the Magonis family. They do not obey the order of the Senate at all, and do not accept the Senate’s dispatch. Instead of doing this, officials might as well use southern Iberia as a bargaining chip and give it to the Dionians at an appropriate time, which can increase the chances of victory in peace talks and maintain the stability and unity of Carthage. "

Hanno attributed Carthage’s fall to this dangerous position entirely on the Magonis family, which actually concealed his overly generous Dionian over the past 10 years and did not restrict it strictly. Mistakes. As far as Tepanrak and Okriton are concerned, because they belong to the Hannoites and have not benefited from southern Iberia before, they have no objection to Hanno's decision.

Samors has his own opinion on this, because through previous battle reports, he believes that there are a large number of good-quality troops in southern Iberia, which should actually be retained as much as possible. But he didn't say this out, after all, he was not a pure soldier, he was a veteran of the Hannos, saying such a thing at this special time would only arouse Hanno's suspicion.

At this moment, Hanno just turned his gaze to him, causing him to jump in his heart: Did Hanno see what I was thinking?

"Samors is right. Now that we don’t have enough troops to keep the land in Numibia, what about the condition of simply agreeing to Dionia? We will wait until our strength is restored, and then we will reinstate it. Just take it back again, anyway, the land is there, and it can’t run away..."

Hanno’s tone of speech seemed relaxed, but the few present could feel the pain in his heart. After all, it was he who held up the banner of "Marching inland" and gathered many Carthage’s elites around him. For more than 10 years, he led the citizens of Carthage and seized a lot of land in East Numibia, which consolidated his leadership position in the Senate and his reputation among the people. Now everything is gone...

Thinking of this, everyone present looked sad.

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On the second day, the Hanoi elders who reached a consensus passed a resolution one by one at the meeting: recalling 8,000 citizen soldiers, mobilizing for war again in the city, and sending envoys to negotiate with the surrounding Phoenician allies. , Send an envoy to Tyre in the Eastern Mediterranean...

However, when the two negotiation conditions of "Cedition of Southern Iberia and Return of Numibian Land" were proposed, it immediately caused an uproar.

Most of the elders of the Margonides and the neutral faction resolutely opposed, and lashed out at the greed of the Dionians and denounced the Hanoi faction as traitors.

The Senate was caught in a fierce quarrel and has been unable to reach a unified opinion.

At this time, the battle in Sicily has become more and more clear.

On the third day after the Battle of Silinus, the Segesta people quietly sent messengers to Silinus and asked for surrender.

It turned out that the tens of thousands of soldiers who fled into the city of Segesta, most of them were citizens of Carthage. They regarded themselves as the new masters of Segesta, not only forcibly occupying Segesta. People’s homes, robbed them of their food, and used them as slaves. The Sagestas were miserable, so they conspired with the Dionian army to quietly open the city gates at night, meet inside and outside, and quickly put down the defeated soldiers. .

The tyrant of Syracuse, Dionysius, led an army to besiege Segosta for more than half a year, and failed to conquer Segosta. Now the tenacious Segesta people are obedient to Dio. Nia surrendered, which undoubtedly boosted the morale of Dionia's soldiers.

Two days later, Mazara also opened the gate to the Dionian army.

It turned out that the defeated soldiers who fled into Mazara were controlled by Hasdruba. The situation at the beginning was much better than that of Segesta. The majority of Lusitania fighters and Celtic fighters were indigenous to Iberia. They were either conquered by the force of Margot or attracted by a generous salary, and participated in this war. Not only are they not getting any benefits now, but because Carthage suffered a terrible defeat, they are in a difficult situation, and naturally they have other thoughts in their hearts.

However, Hasdruba, who wanted to regroup, did not realize the psychological changes of these indigenous people. Instead, he acted in accordance with the previous military law and severely punished several Lusitania fighters who robbed Mazara residents in the city. Originally, he wanted to kill the monkeys and purge the army, but it intensified the contradiction and caused the Iberian natives to mutiny. Later, Hasdruba completely lost control of the army, and foreign soldiers respected him as a brave warrior. Only captured him as a prisoner, but did not kill him.