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Chapter 1014 Masili Tribe

Genomes therefore changed his strategy and no longer complained, but said: "Chief Tinum, now that the Carthaginians' Lilibi has been occupied, Carthage's military food transportation route to Sicily has been cut off. Soon, Soldiers throughout the camp are threatened with starvation, what do you think about this?"

Tinum blinked, showing a nonchalant expression, and said: "Lilibi is occupied, the Carthaginians can still transport food to Mazara, and they will also capture Selinus and rebuild Don’t worry too much about taking back Lilibi.”

"Chief Tinum." Genomes sneered and said, "Can the Carthaginians recapture Selinus and Lilibi?! You overestimate the capabilities of the Carthaginians. They just captured a Parago." In the small town of Nia, the Carthaginians spent so much time and died fighting! You have been in Sicily for so long, you should be very aware of the strength of the Dionians in defending the city, but you still have such illusions, And you thought Carthage dared to transport food to Mazara! Don’t you know that the Dionysian navy is more powerful?! Not only did they completely defeat the Carthaginian navy, I heard that they also occupied the kingdom ruled by the Carthaginians. Sica and Sardinia, and even landed in Africa, burning several of Carthage's allies——"

"Where did you hear these things?!" Tinum's face changed drastically and he asked sharply.

Margo has strict control over the army. Except for a few senior generals such as him and Pomilka, all battle reports are not allowed to be spread outside. In addition, the entire army is confined to Sicily, and it is difficult to receive outside reports. It is even less likely that a foreign cavalry unit like Tinum would have its own source of information, and would be very unfamiliar with the development of the entire war.

Genomes took a breath, his expression became mysterious, and he whispered: "I participated in this war, but I did not fight with Mago, but followed the previous Monte Adeno. You may have heard of it He led his army to attack Minoa and suffered a disastrous defeat. It was at that time that I was captured by the Dionians..."

Tinum stared wide-eyed: "You surrendered to the Dionians?!"

Genomes made a silent gesture and whispered: "No, the king of Dionia does not want us to surrender, but to be an ally of our Numibians! He wants to help us get rid of the Carthaginians. Oppress, restore our independence, take back our land..."

Genomes became more and more excited as he spoke, but Tinum suddenly interrupted him and said coldly: "What does what you are talking about have to do with me?"

"Of course it does matter!" Genomes said in a deep voice: "Did you know that the Carthaginians have sent envoys to the Dionysian military camp to request peace, and they can hardly hold it anymore! But the Dionysians are absolutely They will not agree easily. They have completely blocked the sea route in western Sicily. Without the support of Carthage, Mago’s army is so huge. How many days can he use up the food he has? When the food is exhausted, it will be You can only surrender! You and your people will become prisoners, and perhaps slaves of the Dionians!"

Genomus sighed softly, and said emotionally: "It is precisely because I have a good relationship with you in the past, so after I joined the rout, I didn't go to persuade my eastern clansmen first, but came to you first. I hope you can see the situation clearly and make a choice that benefits your tribe!"

What Kynomus said was actually a lie. The reason why he chose to come to Tinum was because the Eastern Numibians helped Carthage fight, and they basically served as infantrymen, drawing a certain number of soldiers from various tribes. The nation's commanders could only be Phoenicians or Carthaginians. After the successful night attack by Selinus's garrison, Mago sent Iberian troops who were loyal to him. Excellent soldiers serve as team officers, so there is a great risk in inciting Eastern Numibian soldiers to rebel against the Carthaginian army on a large scale, and the success rate will not be too high.

Since the land of Western Numbia was not controlled by the Carthaginians, they and the Carthaginians were more like a dependent relationship between a large tribe and a small tribe. Carthage hired them to fight, basically as cavalry. No outsiders were sent to serve as team officers. Tribal leaders commanded their own people. They only had to obey the commander's orders during battle. Their supervision was very lax, which left Genomes to sneak in and persuade them to rebel. conditions were created.

Tinum fell into deep thought. Although he was not sure whether the bad situation described by Genomes was true, he was not a fool. During this time, he had more or less noticed some signs: Lilibi was killed by Dionysus. The capture of the demi-humans was a fact, he saw it with his own eyes; the fall of Palermos, although he did not see it, the Numibian cavalry who followed Hasdrubal communicated with him and told him that there were 4000 strong men. The Iberian natives were completely wiped out; if the Carthaginian navy was not at a disadvantage, how could it have allowed the Dionians to land on the western coast at will, so that Mago sent them to patrol the coast every day, and in the past few days, he During the patrol, we did not see any more food transport teams from Mazara to the Carthage camp... Could the situation really be so bad? !

As Tinum thought about it, his heart kept sinking.

There was silence in the camp, and the faint light of the oil lamp swayed on his face, which was gradually shrouded in haze.

After a long time, he looked at Tinum and asked hesitantly: "What benefits can the Dionians... give me?"

Kynoms was overjoyed and said hurriedly: "Carthage can give you the West Numibian tribe, and the Dionians can also give it to you, and it will only be better. For example, the Dionians will sell it to you." You Carthage is prohibited from selling high-quality ironware and armor... And as long as you can successfully lead most of the Numibian cavalry to surrender to Dionia, the king of Dionia also promised, 'In the future, the Masili tribe and other When the tribes of West Numbia clash, Dionia will be on your side!'"

Tinum was shocked when he heard this: The Masili tribe is a large tribe, stronger than most of the West Numibian tribes. Several leaders have always had a dream to unify the loose West Numibian tribes. rise up and become a Western Numibian confederacy led by the Masili tribe.That’s what they thought, and that’s what they did.But it was obvious that the Carthaginians would not allow their wishes to come true. Not only did they support his opponents, they also suppressed the Masili tribe many times, weakening their strength and losing several pastures. Tinum actually secretly Taiji has been dissatisfied for a long time.

This is why Kynoms chose to convince the Masili tribe in the first place.

Although Tinum was a little moved, he tried his best to remain calm: "Kinomus, these promises given by Dionia sound good, but they are difficult to realize because the center of Dionia is in the north. That big island (referring to Italy), but the land in Africa where we live is decided by the Carthaginians.”

"Tinum, you don't understand how great the Dionian king is. It only took him more than ten years to make the newly established Dionian Kingdom a powerful force that even the Carthaginians were afraid of. , he has promised me that after Mago's army is eliminated, he will let the Dionian army land in Africa and help us Eastern Numibians. By then, whether Carthage can still exist is a question, and I’m afraid it’s just a dream to think about us Numibians’ affairs anymore!”

Tinum was a little dissatisfied. Of course, he would not have great expectations for Dionia like Kynoms. After all, Carthage's hegemony in Africa has lasted for hundreds of years. Even if he suffered a defeat in this war, He didn't think it would change so quickly, but the promise given by the Dionians really moved his heart. He thought about it for a long time and decided not to agree for the time being, but he also did not refuse Genoms' request, but carefully observed Make a decision based on the development of the situation.

For this reason, he also kept Genoms in his army to prevent him from contacting others.

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On the second day, the Carthaginian army launched another attack on the city of Selinus.

This time, Amyntas did not deploy too many soldiers on the city. Instead, he used the city wall to resist for a period of time. After repelling an attack by the Carthaginians, he took advantage of the short gap before the next wave of attacks. , decisively issued the order to retreat.

The Carthaginian army successfully occupied the city wall and their morale was boosted. They then blindly attacked the city in an attempt to capture the entire city in one go.

Soon, they suffered from various traps laid by Dionian soldiers in the city, and were eventually blocked in front of a wide trench, and behind the trench was another towering city wall.

Countless Dionian soldiers suddenly appeared from the seemingly empty city, and launched a fierce attack on the enemies below the city.

During the advance into the city, the Carthaginian soldiers were disorganized and lacked the command of a general. They gathered in front of the ditch and did not carry any siege equipment. They were suddenly attacked by a rain of arrows and javelins, and there was chaos.

Amyntas decisively ordered a counterattack, and the legion's heavy soldiers, who had been in ambush for a long time, fought out from several reserved passages.

The Carthaginian army under the city was defeated, and they rushed to escape for their lives.

After chasing for a while, the Dionysian soldiers immediately withdrew to the second city wall at the reminder of the team officers, allowing the subsequent Carthaginian troops to catch up.

Margo in the rear heard that there was a city wall behind the city wall, and immediately remembered what happened to Paragonia in his mind. He hurriedly ordered all the troops in the city to retreat immediately, and sent spies into the block between the two city walls to investigate carefully. Is there a lot of stuff buried that can be burned?

(End of this chapter)