Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Adiaruba glanced at Marco's expression with excitement, but none of her heart was touched: Carthage's hegemony in Sicily?I think it is the hegemony of your Margonide family in Sicily!

In fact, the Carthage inherited the Phoenician ethnic identity, preferring to do business rather than force aggression.For hundreds of years, the Carthaginians colonized and traded in Sicily. Apart from the few conflicts, most of the time they coexisted peacefully with the Greeks.Until more than 80 years ago, the Syracuse tyrant Dillon attacked Himera, forcing the Symera tyrant Tiriros to appeal to the head of the Carthage Magonid family and his close friend Hamilka.

Hamilka happened to be annoyed that his mother was treated unfairly in Syracuse (Hamilka’s mother is a Syracuse), and he organized it out of his own pocket without the unanimous consent of the Senate The Sicilian expedition was defeated by Dillon in Himela, and Hamilka was also killed. Therefore, the Magonid family made it a mission to defeat Syracuse, and it also dragged the people of Carthage. The Carthaginians and Syracuse have fought for decades...

Now that the Margonides have lost their absolute dominance in Carthage, they still want to encourage the people to devote themselves to the endless war in Sicily... Adiaruba, who knows some insides, sneered at this and he coughed a few times. The voice said coldly: "It takes people to fight. The first two wars waged by your brother and you against Syracuse have caused Carthage to have lost too many citizens. I am afraid they are unwilling and unable to join. In a new war!"

Adiaruba’s words pointed directly at Marco’s sore feet, making him blush slightly, and said with some anguish: “I don’t need citizens to participate in the war. As long as there are enough mercenaries, I can lead the army to Siracusa. Under the city!"

Adiyalu Bahaha smiled and said, "Master Marco, you said lightly, enough mercenaries?! It also needs enough gold and silver to pay their salaries! Now your mercenaries have let Carthage’s treasury is tight, and it wants to recruit more soldiers. Not only will the senate not agree, but the people will also object, because that means taxation. And too many mercenaries will worry people. Ah, Master Marco, you just said,'Once you can't pay enough wages on time, those mercenaries may have a riot.'"

After a while, Marco said, after a while, he refused to gritt his teeth and said, "Even if I don't increase the troop strength, just using the existing Sicilian army, I will definitely be able to recapture the lost city-state and land! I also invite Lord Adiaruba Tell the Senate and reconsider this matter!"

Adiyaruba categorically refused: "Sir Marco, don't you know the current situation of Carthage! Carthage needs to restore prosperity, the people hope to live a stable life, and no one is willing to have nothing to do with them. Those lands and inexplicable reasons to sacrifice our lives! We finally reached peace with Syracuse. Now you want us to tear up the peace talks with them and restart the war. This will not only anger the Syracuse people, but may also cause The dissatisfaction of the Dionysians who have just established some contact with us, Carthage will not make such a reckless decision!"

Marco was irritated by his words: "Adiaruba, I used to think that you were a little bit stiff, and you have your own independent opinions and opinions in the Senate. Now it seems that you are no different from the guys attached to Hanno , Do you know what people call them!"

Faced with Marco’s offense, Adiyaruba endured his anger and said in a deep voice: “My opinion has always been based on the interests of Carthage, and I will not consider who is in favor or who is in opposition. Are you really making this decision for Carthage? I want to remind you that in view of the sensitive period, the Senate will send a veteran to act as the Sicilian inspector to prevent those mercenaries from ignoring the command , Will only cause some accidents!..."

At this meeting, the two broke up.

When Adiaropa left the governor’s mansion, he could still hear Marco’s growl inside, and he finally made up his mind to agree to Hanno’s private proposal: send an emissary as soon as possible to reach an agreement with Dionia.

On the way to the port, he constantly encountered mercenaries with various accents and wearing different clothes, which made him frown: The Sicilian military defense zone is completely unnecessary, and peace and peace can be obtained through negotiations. Interests, why do you need to go through war...

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At night, the port of Silitin was silent, only the tide gently patted the pier, making a soft whistle.

A full moon in the sky, using soft silver light to disperse the darkness of this world, also brings a little safety for night navigation.

Dionysius and Fibidas and the others came to the dock quietly, and Leptinis had prepared ships for them.

Dionysius rarely patted Fassi Pesas on the shoulder with an intimate gesture, and solemnly said: "Fasi Pessas, don't need to send it anymore, so that the soldiers will not find anomalies. During this time, here The troops will be handed over to you, and I will bring the reinforcements as soon as possible!"

Dionysius’s task of handing over to Facie Pesas made him feel very stressed. Only after a long time, his forehead was wrinkled a bit, but at this time he could not tell his distress, he could only send Blessing: "Adult, may Apollo protect you from returning to Syracuse!"

"Don't forget to temporarily hide the news of my departure from the soldiers to avoid confusion in the troops!" Dionysius reminded again.

Facie Pesas nodded to understand.

Watching Fasi Pesas turn around and leave, Dionysius quickly withdrew his gaze and said to Leptinius beside him: "How is the Dionysian blockade of the port now?"

"According to the lighthouse's sentinel report, there are only three or four Dionysian boats outside the port. At night, they cannot block such a wide outgoing sea surface, and Lac Tirus' ship handling skills can easily break through their barriers! "

After listening to Leputinis’s confident words, Dionysius relaxed a little bit. He stared at his brother. Usually his mediocrity and incompetence often make him angry and helpless, but his loyalty and meticulousness Executing the order made him feel relieved, so he sent several other brothers to other city-states as tyrants, and left this one alone... At this moment, looking at this honest brother, there was no complaint in his heart, and Some are affectionate, he whispered: "Follow the movements in the city closely, and once the situation is found to be wrong, immediately rush out of the port with the fleet and return to Syracuse!"

"Ah!" Leptinis almost screamed in consternation.

Dionysius glared at him fiercely, squeezed his hand hard, and whispered again: "Remember!"

Leptinis nodded alertly: "Yes! Yes!"

Dionysius ignored him again and jumped onto the rocking Clipper with the help of the guard.

"By all orders?" Fibidas was already on board, and asked meaningfully.

Dionysius nodded.

"Will you come back?" Phoebe's question is always so straightforward.

Dionysius's face changed slightly, he ignored Phoebe Das, but said to Lac Tirus at the stern, "Let's go!"

Lac Tirus immediately asked the sailor to untie the rope and raise the sail.Although the east wind is blowing on the sea, not the south wind, this is not a problem for the experienced Laktirus. He is skillfully maneuvering the rudder, and the clipper sails out of the port like an arrow.

Dionysius couldn't help but look back and saw that Leptinius was still standing on the dock beckoning.

Dionysius looked dumbfounded: why didn't he want to lead the reinforcements back to Siliting, defeat Dionia, and win back reputation for him and Syracuse.However, judging from the current signs, the difficulties encountered during this trip back to Syracuse are by no means more than a Dionysian army of thousands of people. Rakuza’s power is solid, this is the most important thing!Without power, you and your family will die without a burial place!

Dionysius is very sober about this, in order to achieve this purpose, others can be abandoned!

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The Siracusa Allied Forces surrounded the Dionysian First Army and the exiles, and it seemed that the landing force would be defeated in one fell swoop, but the news of the successive riots of the Allies caused the Siracusa Allied Forces to be in chaos and eventually had to Choose retreat.The First Army of Dionynia took the opportunity to counterattack, causing the Syracuse coalition to retreat from a retreat.

Marcias led the cavalry all the way to the south for more than 20 miles and entered the vast Catania plain. This stopped the escape and began sending cavalry to gather the collapsed troops. It was not until dusk that more than 4,000 people gathered.

At this time, the reconnaissance ride reported: The city of Katane ahead sent troops to attack and arrest the broken soldiers.

For safety, Marcias had to lead the defeated soldiers to the west.

They passed through several villages.In fact, these villages were originally owned by the Katanai mercenaries, but the slaves attacked their former masters, and then followed the successful riots into the Katanai city. They also took away the food stored in the village.

In addition to seeing the body of the place, the defeated soldiers did not find much food to eat. Although the Katana mercenaries in the team were angry, they could not even protect themselves at this moment, and they could only cry in tears.

The demoralized soldiers with low morale endured hunger and exhaustion, staggering in the night, and finally found a village unaffected by the riot on the edge of southwestern Katana territory.

Faced with so many soldiers, the villagers panicked.