ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 1011 Dionia’s peace negotiation conditions

Okriton subconsciously looked at Henepolis, and Henipolis was also looking at him with piercing eyes. Although Davos readily agreed to negotiate, which made him happy, it also made him realize that this truce negotiation might be difficult. Not that easy…

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The negotiation venue was arranged in an empty military tent not far from the camp tent. There were only four people in the tent - Henipolis, Okriton and a writer each brought with them. Such a simple configuration But it will determine the direction of this war that is related to the future situation of the Western Mediterranean.

After the two sides sat down, Henepolis put his hands on the table, leaned forward slightly, and said bluntly: "Lord Occleton, since you Carthage wants to make a truce and negotiate a peace, you must have already drawn up the conditions."

"...Yes," Okriton looked at the imposing Henepolis, hesitated for a moment, and said softly: "Before I left, the Senate initially reached an intention...the two sides stopped the war. , to restore the sphere of influence that was originally delineated when the peace agreement was signed, Carthage is willing to make certain compensation for the losses caused by this war to Dionia, and the specific amount will be determined by both parties after discussion - "

Hernipolis stood up before he finished speaking, and walked out.

Okriton was stunned: "Lord Henepolis, what do you mean?"

Henipolis turned around and said with a sarcastic face: "Okryton, you are not here to negotiate, you are here to tell jokes. You have to make it clear that this war was not started by us Dionia , and now it is you who hope to end this war! But you are negotiating with such an attitude, as if it is not us Dionia who has the advantage in the entire war situation, but you Carthage! Since it is In this way, there is no need to negotiate any more, just go home and continue to wait for the outcome of the war. Maybe you will wait for our Dionysian envoy to go to Carthage and request an armistice!"

After all, Okriton had been at war with Pretacuba all the time in the Carthage Senate, and he had developed a thick skin. He said slowly and without changing his expression: "Negotiation is like the sale of goods. You give me a price, and I give you a price." , the two parties bargained, and finally reached a reasonable price and completed the transaction... Now it is our Carthage who has come up with the initial price of the truce. Since you are not satisfied, then I want to hear what the initial price of Dionia is? "

Henepolis looked at him and smiled slightly. The previous dissatisfaction disappeared without a trace. He sat back down, straightened his chest, stretched out his right hand, and said loudly: "The truce conditions for Dionia are determined by Dionysus." Formulated by His Majesty Foss himself! Article 1, the Carthaginian army in Sicily surrendered to our Dionia!——"

Okreton stared at the finger stretched out by the other party, feeling awe-inspiring: King Dionia was kind to him before, and he thought that this time the negotiation would be easier, but he was given the kindness of Davos. Confused!It was difficult for him to agree to the first item alone, because it was an army of 1 people!Most of the young and middle-aged citizens of Carthage and the citizens of the Phoenician city-state are concentrated in it. Once they surrender to Dionia, if Dionia detains them for a long time and prevents these citizen soldiers from returning to Carthage, then Carthage hardly has enough troops to guarantee the safety of the city... Neither the Senate nor the people of Carthage would agree to this. I will definitely refuse to execute it! "

Okriton was crying in his heart, but his face remained calm and he asked: "Is there an article 2?"

"Of course." Henipolis looked at him and stretched out a second finger: "Second, Corsica and Sardinia will be taken over by Dionia -"

Okriton's heart was beating wildly: Corsica and Sardinia are one of the important sources of Carthage's treasury income. If they are taken away by Dionia, Carthage's national power will undoubtedly be significantly weakened!
No matter how hard it was for Okreton to keep calm, he snorted and said with emphasis: "Is there any more?!"

"Don't worry, of course." Henipolis raised the corner of his mouth slightly and stretched out a third finger: "Carthage withdraws from Sicily, and this island will be completely ruled by Dionia!"

Okriton's eyelids jumped: If taking away Corsica and Sardinia weakened Carthage's national power, then allowing Dionia to completely control Sicily would directly threaten Carthage's security. Especially now that Dionia's navy is so powerful...

"Is Dionia really planning to cease war with our Carthage and restore peace?!" Okreton finally couldn't help asking.

"Of course we are willing to cease the war, but we begged you hard not to provoke a war, but you saw that Dionia was at war with Rome and the Samnites, and you thought you had an advantage, so you tore up the agreement, Blatantly provoking a war, if your plot succeeds, it is us, Dionia, who have lost consecutive battles in the war today and asked for an armistice. The conditions proposed are the same as the conditions you just proposed. I think you will never agree!
But you failed, and you will be punished if you fail!Our troops have captured Corsica!Occupied most of Sardinia!Occupied most of Sicily's land! ...These results were obtained by us citizens of Dionia with our blood and lives. The people will never allow us to abandon them. You'd better understand this! "Henipolis warned righteously.

"Corsica, Sardinia, western Sicily... these are the lands that we Carthage and Phoenicians have worked hard for hundreds of years. Just because you want to take them away from us doesn't mean that they are It belongs to you! Dionia prides itself on being a civilized Greek kingdom, and is famous in the Western Mediterranean for 'keeping its promises'. You should understand the truth!" Okriton retorted righteously.

Henepolis sneered: "When you Carthage tear up the agreement and provoke a war, we can only use long shields and bayonet to reason with you!"

"You occupy it by force, and you may lose it under the threat of force in the future... How about we in Carthage use more compensation to redeem the land you occupy. I hope you can consider it!" Okriton His tone softened slightly.

"Carthage needs to pay huge compensation for Dionia's losses in this war. This is our fourth condition." Henipolis stretched out his fourth finger in a cold tone.

"You!..." Okriton finally couldn't help but stood up and shouted: "Dionia is so greedy, it seems that she has no intention of truce and peace talks with our Carthage!"

"His Majesty Davos is indeed interested in peace talks, otherwise he would not have proposed these detailed conditions." Henipolis said seriously: "He also told me that except for the amount of compensation, which can be negotiated, other conditions must not be changed! Of course, I don’t think Lord Okriton can decide such an important matter, but I hope that the Carthage Senate can finalize this matter as soon as possible, otherwise as time drags on, our conditions will become more than just these.”

Okriton was shocked.But it is true that as Henipolis said, he could not decide on any of the peace negotiation conditions proposed by Dionia. He could only take them back and leave them to the Senate for negotiation.

When leaving Minoa by boat and returning to Carthage, Ocreton, who was passing through the Sea of ​​Selinus, suddenly had a heartbeat and ordered the passenger ship to change course and stop at the beach near the city of Selinus.

When Okriton arrived at the Carthage camp, he happened to catch up with Mago leading the army to attack the city. So under the leadership of the guards, he climbed the inner wall of the camp and witnessed the tragic siege with his own eyes.

The Carthaginian army launched an attack on the city of Selinus from the east, west and north at the same time. Nearly 2 people were invested in the northern city wall facing Occleton alone, and countless light infantry were waiting to climb the tall mountains. , suppressed the defenders at the top of the city with arrows and javelins, and Balearic slingers stood on the inner wall and threw lead pellets at the city of Selinus.

The troops responsible for the main attack were divided into three parts: one part was Numibian soldiers, led by the officers of the Iberian army, they carried sacks filled with soil and rushed to the front to fill the trenches under the city; The second wave of attacking troops was the Phoenician infantry. They carried ladders, pushed siege vehicles, siege towers and other large siege equipment, rushed to the bottom of the city like a tide, and carried out a storm; the third wave of troops was led by Margo. The trusted Phoenician infantry, they recharged their batteries behind the inner wall, and waited until the siege battle became intense and both sides had exhausted a lot of physical energy before sending them to make the final assault.

There is another huge team of tens of thousands of people on the battlefield. Their task is: while the Dionia soldiers are busy dealing with the siege, seize the time to build a large team from the inner wall of the camp to the side of the earth hill. The outer extending earth wall finally achieved the purpose of connecting with the wall of Selinus.

In addition, of course, ballistas are indispensable for siege. However, due to fear of being attacked by the belly bows from the city head, Carthage's ballista units retreated behind the inner wall. Their main attack targets were the wooden towers newly built on the city wall. However, due to the inner wall separation, the hit rate is obviously not high, and it is also threatened by the Dionysian ballistae.Also across the city wall, the stone bullets fired by Dionia's ballistae in the city can always fall around the Carthage ballistae. They are obviously targeting Carthage ballistae, and their number is even greater. More than Carthage (at the request of Amyntas, all the ballistae in General Davos were transferred to Selinus).

The reason why Mago wanted the ballista units to focus on attacking the wooden towers was because they were too much of a threat to the light infantry on the hill. The original hill was slightly higher than the wall of Selinus, and the Carthaginian light infantry could attack the city from a high position. head, but after the Dionians built these three- or four-meter-high wooden towers on the walkway at the city head, the Dionian light infantry once again gained the advantage of long-range attacks.

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