ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 1046 Davos and Dido
"I have thought about it!" Dido said without hesitation: "So I decided to go to Sicily to negotiate with the Dionians!"

"What?! You're going to Sicily?!" Haka was really surprised this time.

"Originally, the more suitable candidate was you, but you are in poor health, and we can't do without you here at this time. So I can only go! Although I am a woman, I am the only one who is the head of the Magonid family, Mago. My daughter, I went to Sicily to negotiate in person, which can better show the sincerity of our Magonid family. And the decisions I made during the negotiations should also be approved by you, right?" Dido said with an imposing manner. Looking directly at her cousin.

Haka did not respond directly, but asked: "What decision do you want to make?"

"I want this territory to join the Kingdom of Dionia and become their sub-state or...that free city. I think this should be able to save my father and Hasdrubal!"

Haka looked at Dido with a resolute expression, and suddenly envied her vitality and courage, which was exactly what his sickly body lacked: "Okay, I will take care of everything here, you can go to Sicily with confidence, But you have to prepare for the worst, the king of Dionia is not that easy to talk to!"

Although Haka has never met Daves, he has a deeper understanding of the Dionian king. Even some of the administrative systems currently implemented in the Iberian territory are absorbed from the Dionian political system. , adapted from.Because of this, as a Carthaginian noble, he did not object to Dido's treacherous behavior of defecting to the enemy country. On the contrary, he still had a trace of envy in his heart.

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Okriton once again came to Sicily as an envoy from Carthage, and started a new round of negotiations with the Dionysian Palace Clerk Henepolis at the palace of the city lord in Lilibi.

After several negotiations, in the face of the aggressive Henepolis, Okriton made a compromise and offered to cede the new colony in southern Iberia, and was willing to return the land of the eastern Numibians and allow them to independent.

But Henipolis was not satisfied. He pointed out: What Dionia needs is the entire southern Iberia owned by Carthage, which also includes Cadiz, Huelva, and Megalopolis. Coastal towns and the gold and silver mines they control cannot be changed.

Okriton argued rationally, but Henepolis refused to let go. Moreover, Davers did not give Okriton a chance to meet, and the negotiations reached a deadlock.

When Okriton sent the news back to Carthage that "the negotiations were not going well", the Carthage Senate also received another bad news: Ruspina surrendered to the Dionian army.

It turned out that Alexis had hoped that Carthage's army would come to rescue Ruspina, so that he could defeat Carthage's new army in the field, reduce the difficulty of the soldiers' siege in the future, and severely defeat Carthage. human confidence.

However, after the Carthage Senate learned that the Numibians had joined the Dionian army, they were even more worried about the safety of the Carthage capital city. Even though the Ruspina envoy repeatedly pleaded, the Carthage Senate was perfunctory. On the other hand, he stepped up his efforts to mobilize reinforcements from the Phoenician allies to the west to protect the city.

Alexis did not order the storming of Ruspina. Instead, he ordered a total of 30 ballistae owned by the three legions to bombard the city of Ruspina continuously for several days. The people in the city were in panic all day long, and several large gaps were made in the not-thick city wall. There were not many citizen soldiers in Ruspina, and there was no news of Carthage reinforcements. To avoid the fate of Hadrumentum, the frightened Ruspina surrendered.

Alexis led his army into the city of Ruspina, and after taking complete control of the city, he immediately notified the Third Army stationed in Hadrumantum to pull out the camp and meet at Ruspina.

Since the Carthaginians were unable to stand firm, he simply prepared to continue eastward to attack Thapsos, thereby completely turning this coastal land into the rear of the Dionysian army.

The Carthaginian elders headed by Hanno received a reply from Okriton, and at the same time learned through the reconnaissance cavalry that the Dionian army that landed in Africa was aggressively attacking cities and territories in the east. They all realized: Whether it was for Carthage Whether for the safety of the city or for the smooth signing of the armistice agreement, Carthage must concentrate all its efforts to repel the enemy in front of it.

Therefore, after emergency deliberations, the Senate appointed Samors as the military commander of Carthage, responsible for repelling the Dionysian army.

Samors led 1 Carthaginian citizen soldiers to Addis, bringing the total number of troops in Addis to 1. It also made it difficult to see young and middle-aged citizens in Carthage. The Senate had to move Old men and minor men mobilized to defend the city.

Samors did not lead his army to rescue Tepsos, which was being besieged by the Dionysian army. Instead, he stepped up the construction of defensive facilities in Addis while waiting for reinforcements from the Phoenician allies along the western coast.

Since the Dionian warships were patrolling along the coast of Africa, for safety reasons, the reinforcements from the Phoenician allies did not dare to take the boats. They could only take the land route and march in the mountains, which would naturally extend the time to reach the city of Carthage.

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Dido is tall, graceful, pretty, and has bright eyes. She is wearing a purple pleated dress with flowers embroidered with gold threads, a rare white fox fur jacket, and black hair. They are tied together and held together with exquisite hair accessories made of pure gold... They have a graceful temperament but not elegance, and are delicate yet heroic. Although the skin color is slightly darker, it is more lustrous and flawless, and has a more exotic style. .

When she walked into the living room of Lilibi's city lord's mansion, not only the guards looked straight at her, but even Davos was a little absent-minded.

He subconsciously sat upright, coughed twice, and said, "Are you...the envoy from Carthage's Iberian Colony?"

"The noble King of Dionia." Dido opened her red lips lightly. Her voice was not as crisp as most girls, but more resonant: "I am Dido, the only daughter of Mago, the military commander of Carthage. Not an envoy from Carthage, but a representative of the Magonid family.”

Davos was not surprised. He already knew the identity of the Iberian envoy in advance, and he also knew through intelligence that Mago's daughter was not a simple woman. Not only did she often participate in political affairs in southern Iberia, she even He could influence Mago's decision, so he met her out of curiosity.And Dido's specially emphasized words confirmed some of his thoughts. He deliberately said jokingly: "Don't you have any men in your Magonid family?"

Dido heard Davos's sarcasm, and her almond-shaped eyes suddenly widened, but then she lowered her eyes and said in a strong tone: "The Iberian officials asked me to come here not because I am a woman, but because I am a woman. It’s because I can negotiate with you on their behalf!”

"Oh?" Davos pretended to be surprised and said, "I don't understand why Carthage's officials in Iberia still want you to come? Don't you know that the Carthage Senate has prepared to conquer the entire southern Iberia? Has the region been ceded to Dionia?"

Dido had long expected that the other party would ask this question. She took a breath and said in an emphasis: "Dear King of Dionia, although we are far away in Iberia, we also know the relationship between Dionia and Carthage. The negotiations are not going well and the war is still going on. What's more, Carthage cannot represent our southern Iberia. Even if the negotiations are reached in the future and they agree to cede southern Iberia to you Dionia, this resolution will not be obtained. Recognition by all the people of southern Iberia! Because the southern region of Iberia has decided to break away from Turii and decide our own destiny!"

Dido said these last words loudly, and Davos raised his eyebrows when he heard it, and his eyes became cold: "So even if we reach a peace agreement with Carthage, you in southern Iberia do not intend to Comply?! Don't you know that what you do will only give me a reason to send troops to southern Iberia. We have captured tens of thousands of prisoners from southern Iberia, including your father, relatives and friends! I don't mind Let all the men in southern Iberia become slaves and mine until they die!”

Although Davos spoke not loudly, the majesty of the king was hard to look directly at, and the thick smell of blood rushed towards her face, making Dido feel a little panicked. She hurriedly lowered her head and tried her best to calm down. After breathing for a while, he gritted his teeth and said: "Since...since Carthage betrayed us, why should we obey Carthage's orders! If Dionia really wants to send troops to attack us, we would rather all die in battle , but also to defend the dignity of the Magonid family, and at the same time make you Dionia pay a heavy price!"

"You want us Dionians to pay a heavy price?" Daves sneered and said disdainfully: "How many troops do you still have in the Iberian territory? Can you still deter the surrounding Lusitania? People, Iberians? We Dionia don’t even need to send troops, we can quickly see the natives of Iberia wipe out all of you who are alone!"

"Maybe we will perish, but what good will it do to you Dionia?!" At this moment, Dido also risked his life and reminded loudly: "It took us more than 10 years to finally conquer the Iberian natives and cut down the Trees, land leveling, and reclamation every year have created the territory that we can settle in today. If the already stable southern Iberia is reoccupied by those ignorant and vicious natives, I don’t know what Dionia has gone through. After the great war, how much gold and silver was Carthage willing to spend, how many citizens to sacrifice, and how much time to spend to re-integrate southern Iberia into the Kingdom of Dionia!

But now as long as Dionia accepts my negotiation requirements, the southern Iberia you want will immediately belong to Dionia!Then, Your Majesty, you can deal with Carthage with all your strength and make other demands from them to obtain more benefits! "

The cold light in Davos's eyes subsided, and he said calmly: "Do you want southern Iberia to be directly merged into Dionia?"

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