ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 1042: The Remaining Brave Should Pursue the Poor Bandits

The rebellious indigenous warriors occupied the city of Mazara. While looting the whole city, they sent people to negotiate with Dionia, proposing that as long as Dionia sends them back to Iberia, they will no longer negotiate with Dionia. as an enemy, and offered the city of Mazara.

Davos's answer was quite tough: They were not qualified to negotiate terms with him at all. Unless they surrendered immediately and unconditionally, their bodies would not be able to return to their homeland even after death.

Davos's response made the indigenous Iberian warriors angry but frightened. They wanted to eliminate the fear in their hearts through killing, so the original looting in the city of Mazara turned into a massacre. The people of Mazara rose up to resist, but how could it be The opponents of these wolf-like indigenous warriors are about to become ghosts under the sword.

Unexpectedly, a group of Lusitanians and Celts had a conflict over grabbing food. The conflict quickly turned into a fight, and the fight quickly turned into a melee. The Celts, Lusitanians, The Iberians and the Phoenician infantry were not subordinate to each other when they were under Mago, and their treatment was also different. There were some conflicts in the past. Now in order to obtain more food and give their tribesmen more opportunities to survive, He does not hesitate to deal cruelly to other races...

All races in the city were involved in this melee, and it was impossible to stop.Throughout the day, the screams and fighting in the city could not be heard without stopping, and the sound could be heard for ten miles.

The Dionian scouts had already reported the news of civil strife in Mazara City to Davos. Daves rejected his general's proposal to "send troops to intervene" and just let the scouts continue to monitor.

When night fell, the city of Mazara was already a river of blood, with corpses strewn all over the ground.Because it was dark, the various forces had to stop fighting and each occupied a corner of the city to guard against each other.

The weaker Phenin infantry naturally gathered with the remaining Mazarans, occupied the port, and began to plot to surrender to Dionia.

At dawn the next day, the Iberian natives woke up from their sleep, and were shocked to find thousands of soldiers in black helmets appearing in the city. They suspected that the other party secretly opened the city gate and let Dioni go. The runner-up army enters.

But in reality, the Mazarans took a speedboat at the port, rushed to Selinus, cried to Davos for help, and were willing to let Mazara join the Kingdom of Dionia.

Davos then asked the Sicilian fleet to urgently transport soldiers from the two legions, and landed at the port of Mazara under the cover of darkness.

Yesterday's melee has caused many casualties among the Iberian natives. Now the Dionian army has appeared in the city, while the military horns outside the city are blaring and smoke is billowing.

No matter how fierce the Iberian natives were, they were already in dire straits and had to choose to surrender one by one.

Segesta and Mazara surrendered one after another, and Carthage's 10-strong army was completely destroyed. Davos immediately asked Segesta and Mazara to send envoys to Eryx to persuade them to surrender.

Elyx, the Phoenician religious center in Sicily, had no choice and soon opened its doors to Dionia.

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After Elyx surrendered, Davos led the main force to Lilibi, a military fortress built by Carthage. He held a military meeting again at the city lord's mansion, except for the Ninth Army as far away as Sardinia. Except for the absence of legion commander Tagetinos, all the senior Dionian generals who participated in this war participated in the meeting. Even the seventh legion commander Zantiparis, who was stationed in Palermos, was far away. Come urgently.

"Your Majesty, congratulations on winning the Sicilian War! You led the army to conquer the entire island, completely drove the Carthaginians out, and created a brilliant record that no one before you could create!!" The meeting just started, Tormid led all the senior generals to congratulate Daves in unison.

This was obviously beyond Davos's expectation. His eyes slowly swept over the faces of the generals and saw Tormid, Matonis, Olivers, Lizaru, Trotilas, and Zanti. The excitement on Paris's face saw the smiles on the faces of Alexis, Printoles, and Epithenes, the regret on Amyntas, and the face of Leotyzides. The peace on...

Finally, his eyes fell on Henepolis beside him. The palace clerk seemed to be covering his mouth and snickering because of Davos's surprised look before.

After a while, Davos looked solemn, and said emotionally: "This victory not only belongs to me alone, but also belongs to you outstanding generals, our brave soldiers, and those who contributed their strength to this war." All the people of Dionia! Without your excellent command, without the hard work of the soldiers, without the full dedication of the people, there would be no glorious victory today! Here, I also want to congratulate you, and at the same time, I would like to extend my congratulations to you Express your gratitude!" As he said that, he gave an extremely solemn military salute to the generals present.

Seeing this scene, the generals were stunned for a moment, and then stood at attention and returned the greeting.

Davos saw that each of them seemed to be touched by his words. He waved his hand again, softened his tone, and said, "Everyone, please sit down. If we keep standing like this, if others see us, I'm afraid they won't think that we are celebrating." Victory, but encountering a strong enemy and preparing to fight to the death.”

The crowd laughed.

Even Henipolis joked: "Your Majesty, now in the Western Mediterranean, there is no other city-state or race that dares to fight a war with our Dionia."

These words put proud smiles on the faces of everyone present.

Davos also smiled slightly and did not respond.

After everyone sat down, he said seriously: "You made a small mistake just now. We did not completely conquer Sicily. There are still rebels from Syracuse on Ortygia Island. Of course, they It is no longer worthy of our attention. But this war with Carthage is far from over. On the land of Africa across the sea, the wealthy Carthaginians may be desperately consuming the gold and silver of the treasury and want to hire More soldiers, build more warships, and continue this war, so it is not the time to celebrate the victory. We cannot give the Carthaginians any chance to breathe. We must seize the time and land in Africa. Completely defeat Carthage! Only then can we completely relax and cheer for victory!"

After listening to Davos' words, the generals' eyes became eager and their expressions became more excited: It would be a great honor to fight across the sea and conquer Carthage!

Looking at these generals who were eager to fight, Davos looked serious and said in a deep voice: "Since the outbreak of the war, in order to provide our large army with sufficient military supplies so that the soldiers can fight with peace of mind without any worries. , the kingdom has exhausted its treasury, various departments have tightened their finances, and the people have cut back on food and clothing. Even the food collected just after the autumn harvest is almost exhausted...

Now we have to fight across the sea, which is further away from the kingdom and requires more materials. With the current financial situation of the kingdom, it is impossible to support such a large-scale army, so the number of soldiers sent there will not be too many. , I don't plan to go out with the army anymore.

Fortunately, most of Carthage's military power has been wiped out by us in Sicily, and it will be impossible to organize a strong army in a short period of time. And we have formed an alliance with the East and West Numibians. At that time, their troops will go to Africa together and fight side by side with our troops. Therefore, although we only send part of the troops to fight, we still have a great advantage! "

At this time, in the eyes of Davos, the generals had different expressions, but they all more or less revealed a desire: to become the commander of the expedition to Carthage!

Davos did not give them more time to brew or a chance to fight. He paused for a moment and immediately issued a firm order: "Now, I appoint Alexis as commander to lead the First Army, the Second Army, and the Third Army. Three legions march to Carthage!"

As soon as the order came out, some generals looked relieved and said, "Sure enough, it is so." Although some generals were unwilling to do so, they did not dare to raise objections.

Over the years, Alexis, who has rarely taken the initiative to seek battles and increasingly looked down on honor, immediately stood up, with a rare expression of excitement on his face, and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty... I will work together with the brothers who are going on the expedition, and we will work together to win the battle. Fight bravely and conquer Carthage as soon as possible to repay your trust!"

Davos nodded without saying any more words of encouragement. He looked directly at him and said in a deep voice again: "Time is tight. There are only two days for your army to prepare for the expedition. In two days, take a boat to Africa!" "

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Alexis, Amyntas, Matonis, and Lizaru saluted in response.

"Olivers!"

"Ah... yes!"

"Sextus!"

"exist!"

"Recently, I received a battle report from Tagetinos. The Ninth Legion led by him successively attacked multiple Phoenician city-states on Sardinia. However, because each captured city-state had to send troops, He currently does not have enough troops to conquer Kalaris, the largest city-state on the island of Sardinia, and Kalaris now gathers the last resistance force on the island of Sardinia, so Tagetinos asked me for help. Decided to send the Fourth Army and the Roman reserve group to Sardinia!"

Having said this, Davos looked at Olivers and reminded in a tactful tone: "In order to avoid excessive consumption of supplies, we must end the war in Sardinia as soon as possible, where Tagetinos fought two battles. Yue is already familiar with the situation there and knows the enemy very well, so he will temporarily serve as the commander. You must obey his command and assist him with all your strength to conquer Kalaris, occupy the entire island, and make Sardinia completely a Dai Onia’s territory!”

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