Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

"Great! We are very willing to attack Carthage with Dionysian!" Almost all the Numbians were rejoicing. Daphs' words completely relieved their doubts. They have successively Expressed willingness to form an alliance with Delnya.

At this moment, a voice suddenly emerged: "Dear King Daphs, I am Tinum, the leader of the Massili tribe in Xinumibia, and I have a question. Dionia is a kingdom, and we Numi Biya is not only divided into east and west, and each is composed of many tribes. The interests of the tribes are not the same. Once they form an alliance with Dionia, in the event of a war between the tribes, it will be an alliance. Who would Dionysian choose to help? "

Davers looked at the long, dark-skinned leader of Numibia. He was no stranger to his name and said sincerely: "Leader Tinum, I have heard this time that you can be brave You have rebelled against the Carthage army, and you have played a great role in it. I am very grateful for this, and I will not forget the contribution of your tribe! "

Davis looked straight at him, and although he didn't say to him that the promise to him would not change, he believed that he could understand the meaning of the words.

Sure enough, Tinum had a smile on his face and bowed slightly in return.

"The question you asked just now is very good, and I want to emphasize to you that the alliance we have formed between Dionysia and your East and West Namibia is not the same as the cities of Carthage and Phoenicia. Alliance, I think you all know that the alliance is that other Phoenician city-states must obey the orders of Carthage, and I hope to establish an equal alliance, every tribe in Numibia, regardless of its size, Both strong and weak are equal to Dionia, so you can rest assured that Dionia will respect each of your tribes in accordance with the Covenant and will not interfere in your internal affairs.

Of course, if there is a conflict between you and you actively request the help of Dionysian, we will try our best to mediate for you, but we will never give any strong support to one party, let alone provide materials and send troops, so You can rest assured! And as far as I know, you Numbians are a relatively united race, and there have been basically no major conflicts between the tribes ... "

Davis compliments the unity of the Numibian tribes and rarely conflicts. This is only a superficial fact, but the root cause is that the tribes of East Lumibia are poor enough to cope with the pressing pressure of the Carthaginians and survive. In the case of problems, where is the energy to seek the development of the tribe; for the Xinumibian tribes, Carthage is also relatively close to its control. As an ally, it is ambitious and willing to take the initiative to choose The conflicting tribe struck and weakened, just as the Masili tribe had to learn a few lessons and had to become compliant. As a result, for a long time, many tribes in the entire Numbia region held groups to keep warm, not only maintaining peace but also good relations.

But savvy Daphs will never mention: If the threat of Carthage is eliminated in the future, can this peace be maintained among the tribes of Numibia.

However, most Numbians cannot have long-term vision and think deeply. Instead, they listened to Dafus' words, nodded again and again, and their faces were full of pride. Now they are very very responsive to Dafus's answer. Satisfaction caused their doubts and worries to be eliminated, leaving only the idea that Dionia is indeed different from Carthage, and it will become the firmest ally that the Numibians can rely on.

As a result, they all raised their glasses and toasted Dafus to express their gratitude, and Dafos and the generals also raised toasts in return, and the atmosphere of the banquet became more enthusiastic.

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After the late-night banquet, the Numebians left with drunkenness and satisfaction, and the generals returned because the war would not end immediately.

Only Hippopolis did not leave, and followed Davers into the living room.

The servant brought hot water and clean linen. Daphs covered the hot linen with his face, and suddenly felt that under the fumigation of heat, the pores on his face were all open, and it seemed to bring the wine. Go away, refreshed.

躺 He lay on his back for a while, until the towel became cold, and then he got up and took it off. Seeing that Hippopolis was still sitting next to him quietly, he asked in amazement: "Hney, what else do you have?"

"Your Majesty," Hannipolis owed, and asked softly, "We have completely defeated the army of Carthage. You also said at the banquet tonight. We will also land in Africa and attack the city of Carthage. Is it necessary to negotiate with the Carthages again? "

"Of course, it is necessary to continue negotiations." Davers explained patiently: "For the Carthage remnants who fled into Segsta and Mazara, our army cannot relax and we must continue to attack. And ... Maza The Latin, Segsta, Erics, Sican ... These Sicilian remnants need time to surrender and deal with them, to ensure that we have no worries, so it will take some time for the army to land in Africa.

And during this period, I do n’t want the Carthages to fully see our true intentions, so as to do everything possible to make adequate defense preparations, which will cause great difficulties for our landing army, so we still We have to continue acting with them, relax their vigilance, and earn time for us. "

His Majesty, "My Majesty, this victory may make the Carthaginians more eager to negotiate with us. If we still negotiate on the previous conditions, it is likely that the Carthaginians will agree."

Hernipolis' reminder drew Daphs into thinking, and a moment later a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Herni, you are thinking right. Since we have achieved a new major victory, we demand more benefits. It is taken for granted that the messenger of Carthage had not earlier agreed to our proposed conditions. "

"Yeah, I reminded the messenger named Okliton specifically in the last negotiation." Hippopolis also smiled smirk.

"This new condition ... is to let the Carthaginians cede the southern Iberia to us. What do you think?" Davers asked.

"... The gold and silver mines in southern Iberia are an important source of the Taiji precious metal trade. We previously occupied Sardinia and now we want southern Iberia. If Carthage agrees, their precious metal trade will be Complete destruction, their treasury income will also drop sharply, I think they will not easily agree. Moreover, the inland area of ​​southern Iberia was developed by the Magonids ’family for more than 10 years, and it was theirs. Fundamentally, they will never agree to this condition! In this way, we can bargain with the Carthaginians and achieve the purpose of delaying time ... "Hernepolis carefully analyzed.

"Yeah! In Carthage, the Magonids and Hanois are hostile and contradictory, and it is precisely because of their hindrance to each other in the war that they have created many conditions for our victory." Davers said with a sigh, he didn't say something, but hid in his heart.

Daphs remembers that in the previous history, after the first Punic war, Carthage ceded Sicily to Rome (Sardinia was later forced to cede), but the Hannibal family relied mainly on the development of Ibibi The financial and human resources accumulated in the south of Leah caused a huge catastrophe to Rome during the Second Punic War ... so he proposed this condition by no means just to delay time, but to make up his mind to completely occupy this area Treasure ground, so that Carthage did not have a chance to stand up.

His Majesty, "Your Majesty, do we really want to capture the city of Carthage ... do you want to destroy Carthage completely?" Hernepolis' voice made Davos return to her thoughts.

I watched the court clerk's troubled face, Dafs smiled, "Why, reluctant?"

"I am ... worried that the attack on Carthage will cause great casualties to our army ..." Henipolis did not fully tell the truth ~ www.readwn.com ~ Do n’t look at his negotiation with Carthage ’s envoys He has a bad attitude, but as a highly educated Dionian citizen, in his research on Carthage intelligence over the years, he has gradually become interested in the culture created by the Carthages, and he does not want such a The ancient and glorious city-state was completely destroyed.

Dafus didn't break his mind, and said lightly: "In ancient times, there was a giant snake, it was fierce, powerful, and no one dared to mess with it. But it has a disadvantage, it is very greedy, I was eating from morning till night, until I finally ate myself ... "

Hannipolis blinked and said, "Your Majesty, are you worried that the kingdom will expand too quickly ... which will cause danger?"

Davers reached out and counted down one finger: "Campania, the Samona Mountains, the Latina region, Corsica, Sardinia, the whole of Sicily, and if possible, Iberia South and new towns in Africa ... in this war, the land we acquired in Dionia has surpassed the original land area ... Just to digest and absorb these lands, let the people on the land integrate into Dionia Kingdom, we have to spend a long time, a lot of manpower and material, which is not easy to do.

Africa on the other side of the sea is a wider continent, and we are completely new to it. The Carthaginians have lived there for hundreds of years and have a great influence. It will cost a lot to completely eliminate it! With the destruction of Carthage, can we replace Carthage's place in Afrikaans? "

Davers looked at Hernepolis with a serious look.