Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

"Dionysian, I don’t think you are here to study and study the gods of Carthage." Hanno said with a hint of smile, meaning: "It is a pity that our answer and Like this, Carthage will always keep its agreement with Syracuse, so you may be disappointed."

"Sir Hanno, we Dionysia will not embarrass Carthage, nor will we attempt to ally with you anymore." Ankhitalos said seriously: "I am here to represent the Dionysian Senate, Hope to trade with Carthage."

"Which aspect of trade?" Hanno asked, moving.

"Cereals!" Ansitanos said bluntly: "We Dionysians are struggling to resist the invasion of the Syracuse. As the Syracuse wreak havoc on our territory, the food supply of the entire Union is now very high Nervous, if we can't buy large quantities of grain from outside, then our army will not be able to fight for a long time because of lack of grain! At that time, the Syracuse can easily defeat our soldiers and occupy Dio Nea, so as to achieve the purpose of complete control of Great Greece."

Hanno's right eyelids jumped and pondered for a while, saying: "If we just buy grains, we can consider it. This year, Africa has plenty of rain and abundant grains. Carthage has a lot of surplus grain, but I heard that Dio Niah has a large population. I am afraid that the amount of grain you need is not a small amount. The war between you and Carthage lasted so long. Can you still get the money to buy grain?"

"I heard that Carthage has also been short of money recently, and it is impossible to give us preferential grain prices, and our national treasury is almost exhausted, but the people of Dionysia actively donated the silver coins collected at home, Just to be able to defeat Syracuse and restore peace to Great Greece, so we can afford to buy grain!" Ansitanos said irritably.

His words shocked Hanno, not only because of the determination of the people of Dionynia to fight Siracusa, but also because the sentence "Carthage was in desperate need of money" also affected his sensitivity. Nerves.

Why does Carthage's wealthy city-state lack money?!That's because several wars with Syracuse cost the Carthage Treasury hugely, and although the war is over, the consumption of the Carthage Treasury continues.In order to guard against the powerful Syracuse, the Carthage Senate decided to rebuild the defensive circle in the west of Sicily to ensure the safety of the city. For this reason, they appointed Marco as the Sicilian army commander, giving him some autonomous rights .

After Marco took office, he not only recruited labor and bought a lot of materials to build a defensive fortress, but because the Carthaginian civilian soldiers suffered heavy casualties in the war, in order to make up for the shortage of troops, he also recruited tens of thousands of people from Celtic. , Mercenaries in Numbia, Iberia and other regions.To this end, Carthage’s mint produces a large amount of amber gold and silver coins with high purchasing power every month, which are used to pay the salaries of mercenaries, Carthage’s monthly business income, and from Iberia, Saskatchewan The bulk of the mineral income of Dinia is spent on this.

But this is not Hano’s main concern. What he is most worried about is that the turmoil of the Siracusa army in Great Greece has made the Carthage people increasingly nervous, and with the support of those allies of the Margonide family, Marco's power in Sicily is constantly expanding.A few days ago, he also sent a letter asking the Senate to grant him the power to mint coins in Sicily to save the trouble and potential danger of shipping large amounts of gold and silver coins back and forth on ships, such as the shipwreck caused by a storm... because of this matter The Senate has been arguing for several days.

During this time, Hanno had been uneasy: Marco’s growing power in Sicily had threatened his political dominance in the Carthage senate, and he finally took Carthage’s dominance away from the Margonide family Take it, never allow Marco to take it back again!

Ansitanos saw Hanno's brow furrowed and lost in thought, so he said: "Of course, if you allow, we hope to replace some of the costs of grain purchases with Syracuse captives."

"Captive of Syracuse?" Hanno was a little puzzled. Although he received news of the victory of the Dionysian navy, the specific battle situation was not very clear.

"Our fleet defeated the Syracuse people in the sea of ​​Turiri and captured tens of thousands of Syracuse sailors. These two times I came to Carthage Human hatred, I think if the Syracuse captives could be their slaves, maybe they could help them vent their hatred..." Ancitanos said unhurriedly.

Hano's eyes lit up: Grain in exchange for the Syracuse slave, which may win the favor of the people of Carthage.

Of course, this is not the most interesting part of Hano. He leaned forward slightly, staring at Ansitanos, Shen Sheng asked: "It's amazing that your fleet can defeat the Syracuse. !But can your army defeat the powerful army of Syracuse?!"

The Carthaginians always believed that their navy was the most powerful in the Western Mediterranean. In the previous war with Syracuse, the reason for the two naval defeats was not the real duel at sea, but the trapping in the port and In the bay, either the ballistas attacked, or the sailors did not get on the boat because of the raid.The Carthage were unconvinced, so although the Dionysian victory in the naval battle was amazing, it did not give Hano a big shock, but the large army of Syracuse did make the Carthage feel fear.

"Sir Hanno, if you know Dionysia, you will know that our King Davers has never suffered a failure in commanding the battle since the establishment of the Dionysian Alliance, and has repeatedly won with fewer wins Before, Dionysia suffered some setbacks, it was because His Majesty King Davos was leading the army to fight against the Samonet in the north, and now he has led the army back to Turri, and the victory of the naval battle is in him Made under the plan.

Before I left Turri, he had led his army to Crotone, preparing to defend against the Siracusa army there.Although the number of our soldiers is less than that of the Syracuse army, all the soldiers and generals have confidence in His Majesty Daphes and are willing to obey his orders and fight the Syracuse!As long as we have enough food, I believe we will eventually be able to defeat the army of Syracuse!"Ansitanos is hardly so excited to speak.

Hannu's eyes flickered with his hands, although he did not lead the army, but he had discussed the war in Great Greece many times with his military and his veterans: if the Dionysians could really defeat Thira The army of Kuza, and the navy of Syracuse also suffered a fiasco. The soldiers of Syracuse who invaded Great Greece may not be able to return to Sicily, so Syracuse, which has lost its strength, also needs Carthage Are you worried?!The safety of Carthage's north is guaranteed, so there is no need to guard against Syracuse on Sicily, and there is no need to spend money to maintain a large number of mercenaries. The position of Marco's Sicilian Governor can be revoked!...

Countless thoughts turned in Hannover's heart, and then said with a smile: "Tomorrow morning, when you go to the senate, I will invite you to enter and tell the veterans the demands of Dionia."

Ansitanos rejoiced at the words of Sofitel Hanno. In fact, the purchase of cereals will definitely be recognized by the Carthage Senate.

"Thank you, Lord Hanno!" Ansitano said gratefully.

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The news of the fiasco of Syracuse's army reached Trina that night, causing panic among the defenders in the city. It was only because it was too late to fear an accident, so they did not dare to withdraw to Siritan in the night.

Early the next morning, more than 3,000 defenders of Trina began to prepare to retreat.

But shortly after leaving the city, there was an accident: more than a thousand Hebrews did not want to go to Silitine but only went south to their city-state.

After some negotiations and disputes, the general of Siracusa expressed helplessly. When they began to retreat eastward, more than an hour had passed, but they carried a lot of looted from Trina Supplies, resulting in slow action.Immediately after crossing the Ramato River, he was spotted by Dionysian outpost cavalry.

Leds received the news while sending someone to report to Daphes in the rear, while urgently leading more than a thousand cavalry to attack, in order to delay the enemy's time to escape back to Siriting.

The first and second legions at the forefront of the marching column also sent light armoured troops and light infantry brigades to intercept them after receiving the news.

More than two thousand Trina defenders felt bad after they discovered Dionysian scouts. Under the general's strict order, they put on armor, picked up shield spears, discarded the extra weight, and accelerated the march.

But the rolling hilly road was not easy to go. About half an hour later, the Trina garrison was still ten miles away from the Siriting, but the Cavalry Corps of Dionysia had arrived.

Before the Cavalry Corps threw a javelin, a thousand Coronian soldiers surrendered on their knees, causing the panicked Trina garrison to panic and not form an array.

Seeing this, Ledes made a decisive command: the cavalry directly impacted the enemy.

The Siracusa defender of Trina collapsed immediately. Under the chasing of the cavalry corps, they were either killed or captured, and more than a thousand people eventually fled to Siriting.

The Hibernians who retreated to the south were also out of luck, and they ran into the Ligim army that landed on the north coast of the city of Hibernian in the Seckrian fleet.

How could Feidun let go of this great opportunity of playing more and less, and immediately lead the army to attack.