Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

In order to better control the Numisia region, the Carthaginians have long stationed 20,000 troops in the interior, and at any time suppressed the resistance and riots of the Namibian tribes in order to maintain the stability of their region. After the war with Dionia, the number of troops in the army has now reached less than 10,000.

"Since the number of Deonian soldiers who attacked the city of Hadrumum is five or six thousand, the army of Namibia alone is not enough to defeat the enemy. We should immediately be in and around the city. The ally mobilizes the ally, and believes that in order to defend the homeland, the people will definitely participate as much as possible, and form a sufficient number of troops to join the army in Numidia to fight off the enemy."

When Carthage was facing a crisis, Hanno did not oppose Preta Kuba’s opinion this time, but added: “In addition, we must also inform the neighboring alliances to prepare for the defense and prevent this from wearing. After the capture of the city of Hadrumum, the Onyar army continued to attack other allies. We also sent ships to explore the waters around Carthage to prevent the Daonians and the fleet from coming to attack Afrika... ”

This time, the useful suggestions put forward by the elders were quickly passed and implemented immediately, and the efficiency was unprecedented.

The people of the city of Carthage soon knew the news that the city of Hadrumentum was attacked by the Diaonians, and they were very panicked.

Four hours later, in the city of Carthage, the army of nearly 10,000 people was finally forced to gather. Under the leadership of Taipan Laco, they rushed to the east and merged with the army that had rushed from Numibia on the way.

In the process of moving east together, the sky was already dark, but they did not need to ignite the torches, because the fire in the direction of Hadrumentum city illumined the sky in the east.

Did the Diaonians not only kill the people in the city of Hadrumum, but also burn the entire city? ! ! The Carthage soldiers looked at the fire in the far distance, and there was both anger and sorrow in their hearts.

When Taipan Laco arrived, he found that the situation was not as bad as he thought: the city of Hadrumentum has indeed become a ruin, but most of the people are safe and sound, they see the fire is going to go out, Gu You must not be burnt, and you have broken into the ruins of the city, and you can use the items in the ashes...

After seeing the arrival of the Carthaginian army, many people rushed over and uttered tears to tell Taipan Laco about their tragic experience:... After the Daiyan army smashed into the city, a small number of soldiers strangled those in the city. Most of the soldiers of the Hadrumentum who tried to resist rushed to the port. The frightened Hadrumentum people suddenly discovered that the Dionyns did not block the gates and did not prevent them from escaping. They fled outside the city and escaped to neighboring city-states. After more than an hour, they suddenly saw the direction of the mother state igniting the fire. Some people bravely came and looked at it. They found that the enemy had disappeared without a trace, and the whole city ignited a raging fire. Unable to fight...

After confirming that the Devonian fleet and the army had left, Taipanaco breathed a sigh of relief, but then he should have a headache: because these thousands of Hadrumentum, who have no home, no food, no food. What do people do? Arrange for them to be robbed, this is the responsibility that Carthage must take as the lord of the Phoenician city-state in the Western Mediterranean!

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At this time, the Sicilian fleet had already moved away from the port of Hadrumumum and had entered the western waters of Sicily. It is almost to reach the sea near Minoa.

When Sekelly was on the return trip, he left a special eye: in order to prevent the Carthage fleet from waiting on the route of Serinus, he also ordered the fleet to circle the east for a small half circle and go directly to Miloa.

But where did he know that, as usual, Moerbar led the Carthage fleet to the waters between the western Sicilian and the Carthage, as soon as possible, on the one hand to explore the movements of the cruising Dianian fleet and to find the fighters therein; On the other hand, in the state of war, strengthen the training of the fleet, speed up the integration between the new warships, and explore ways to combat the tactics of the Dionys.

So when the Clippers found the Carthage Fleet and told Morbar that the Divine fleet had attacked Hadrumumtum, he was also taken aback.

He really wanted to lead the fleet to the sea near Serinus, to escape the returning Dionya fleet, but when he ordered the fleet to change course and head towards Serinus, the Sicilian fleet had already Bypassing the island of Kosús, the distance to Serinus is closer than that of the Carthage fleet.

Seclín led the Sicilian fleet, quickly assaulted, quickly returned, captured the city of Hadrumum, destroyed the East Phoenicia joint fleet, burned the entire city... and did not spend much time, the fleet infantry did not have too much Killing.

Of course, one of the main reasons for this is the request of King Davers. He does not want the citizens of the kingdom to become bloodthirsty monsters, nor does he want to overkill the unarmed people, leading to Carthage and Phoenicians. Extreme hatred, and the emergence of the same enemy, and burning the city not only can cause panic in Africa, but also can increase the financial burden of Carthage.

Although the crew of the Sicilian fleet were exhausted, they all sang songs happily. The shadow of the defeat in the past few days has been swept away. They happily manipulated the warship and drove into the port of Minoa, a few of them. The ship also carried the property stolen from the treasury of Hadrumumum City and the captured crew of the Eastern Phoenician Union Fleet.

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The burning of Hadrumentum City has had an unprecedented impact on the people of Carthage and the Phoenician allies in Afrika. On the second day, many Carthage people gathered in front of the Senate to petition and strongly demanded that the Navy strengthen the confrontation. The patrols on the coast of Africa, strengthening the defense of Carthage and its allies, to prevent such a tragedy from happening again.

The nearby Phoenician city state also sent messengers to ask for the protection of Carthage.

In the case of threats to their own security, the Senate certainly did not have the energy to discuss the reinforcement of Sardinia, and a topic that had been debated for the past few days finally had a result, the neutral elder El Akra as The messenger went to Minoa and asked to see the king of Dionysian Daves.

At noon, Duffus was eating lunch in a big account, and he specially prepared a table for the slaves. When El Accra entered the big account and had not spoken, Davers invited him to eat together.

"The distinguished King Davers, I represent the Carthage Senate, there are important things to discuss with you, no time -"

When El Akra’s words were not finished, he was interrupted by Devers: "The Carthage messenger, you must come from afar, you must be hungry, eat something first. Otherwise, if you are strong, you will always be hungry. But nothing can be done!" Daves said in a pun.

El Akra fell helplessly at the table, with a bowl of hot fish soup, a plate of salty beef jerky, a bowl of thick oatmeal, two pieces of baked bread, and With a glass of wine, the food is very simple.

El Accra's face became a bit uncomfortable. Although he didn't want to eat, but since he said that he was a guest of the Carthage, these foods were too rudimentary.

At this time, Daves slowly said: "In addition to wine, the food on your table is the lunch of the Dayonian soldiers at noon today, you, I eat the same as them."

The food of the Dionysian soldiers will be so rich? ! El Akra was shocked, and then he felt that the King of Dionia was deliberately deceiving himself. After all, it was said that the number of Dionynia troops in Sicily was as high as 100,000.

Davers looked at his look and knew that he didn't believe it, but he didn't explain much.

El Accra had a heartfelt meal at this time, and he said loudly again: "The Carthage Senate sent me as an messenger to come here. There are a few things to discuss with the King!"

Davers took a sip of wine and nodded slightly, saying he heard it.

"The day before yesterday, your Dainian fleet attacked the city of Hadrumumum, killing the people in the city and burning the entire town... Your practice is too cruel! Hadrumen Although they are the ally of Carthage, they did not send troops to participate in this war, but they have suffered such terrible disasters. This has already aroused the anger of all the Phoenician city-states in Afrikaa against you. ”

"The messenger, Hadrumentum City did not send troops to fight, does not mean that they did not participate in this war, did they not create new warships for you? Did not provide food for you?... At least we can be sure Yes, they provided a base for the fleet from the Phoenician region of the Eastern Mediterranean! It was this fleet that sneaked our Sicilian fleet and caused the death of the fleet commander!” Henipolis retorted unceremoniously: “You The Carthaginian army can mercilessly destroy Minorya, Agrigento, Gera and other city-states that are friendly to us in Dionia~www.readwn.com~Can we not burn a Hadrian gate? Thum! And a Hadrumentum is not enough to comfort the friendly city people who lost their homes!"

El Accra heard the threat in Henipolis's words. He forcibly suppressed the urge to refute, grabbed the glass on the table, and drunk a large sip of wine. The result was coughed and coughed. After a while, he said quietly: "You just mentioned the fleet from the Phoenician region in the eastern city of Hadrumum. In fact, we did not invite them to participate in the war, but they are Knowing that after we have had war with you and encountered difficulties, we have obtained the consent of the Persian King based on the common blood, and took the initiative to send a fleet to assist us...

I know that you have captured a lot of crew members of this fleet. The Carthage Senate hopes that you can release them and let them return to the Eastern Mediterranean safely to avoid the city-states such as Tyre and Sidon in the Phoenician area. Under the strong request of relatives, the request to the Persian king again led to the further expansion of the war. ”

This is the threat of the Carthaginians! Henipolis frowned and looked at Davers in a subconscious way.

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