Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

"Covenant for another ten years?! It is said that Dionia has almost occupied the Apulia region of Italy. Give him another ten years, I am afraid that the entire Italian peninsula will belong to Dionia!" Pretacouba But he stood up and warned loudly: "All of you, we must understand that there are only two powerful countries in the Western Mediterranean-Carthage and Dionysia, making Dionysia stronger and not good for Carthage. !"

"Apulia has Numbia's large land area?! Occupy the entire Italian peninsula?" Okriton sneered: "Not to mention that there are our allies in central Italy, Rome, and the fierce Celtics in the north, Even if Dionia can occupy the entire Italian peninsula in the future, we have already fully occupied Numbia, I am afraid that we have completely controlled Mauritania and Nubia. A small Italian peninsula has Numbia Is it as big as Mauritania?!"

As the two sides argued, Adiaruba stood up.

The neutral leader was very respectable, and the hustle and bustle of the venue became a lot quieter. He said with a long heart: "Don’t forget the purpose of the establishment of our city of Carthage. Our ancestors came to the West hundreds of years ago. The Mediterranean is not intended to occupy more land or compete for the hegemony of the Mediterranean, but to trade, to obtain the resources of gold, silver and other metal minerals on Iberia and Sardinia to meet the needs of the mother state. Today, the trade between Carthage and other Phoenician city-states in the Western Mediterranean is far more than those minerals, but sea trade is already the nature of every Carthage, the reason for the continuous growth of Carthage and our mother. The reason why Bontel and Sidon can live more freely under the Persian rule.

And war is the natural enemy of trade. It will consume our resources, take away our customers, and make the market slump... What benefits has the series of wars in Sicily over the past decade brought to Carthage?No good, only death and decline!If you all forget the tragic past more than ten years ago, then go to the graveyard outside the city and you will know how the people hate war!Peace, Carthage needs peace, and only peace can make Carthage prosper!So I suggest to continue to form an alliance with Dionysia, Carthage will continue to have the Western Mediterranean trade market, and Carthage will develop faster!..."

Adiaruba's emotional speech received a lot of response from the elders.

Hanno applauded but didn't take it seriously.It is a little different from Adiyaruba’s idea of ​​promoting the development of maritime trade and living in peace with Dionysia. He is actually wary of Dionysia. Dionysia has formed allies in Sicily, The northward expansion of the Italian peninsula shows the ambition of this Greek kingdom.In fact, in order to delay the expansion of Dionia, the Senate agreed to support Tanikian and increase support for Rome, both of whom he secretly promoted.

It was just that Carthage’s rule in Numbia was not yet stable, and that the Senate had reinvigorated Mauritania’s idea during this period of time, which was also his proposal for his men to carry out several times.He hoped that while acquiring more land and manpower, the influence of the Carthage senate would cover the land controlled by the Margonide family on the Iberian peninsula from the sea and from the land.When the internal troubles were lifted and the soldiers were strong, he was happy to compete with Dionysia for the short and long, in order to wash away Marco’s nickname of “coward” and push the Hano family’s prestige in Carthage and even the Western Mediterranean. To a new height.

At this moment, taking the opportunity of Aydiaruba to speak, he immediately expressed his support.

Promoted by the Hanno and neutral veterans, the Tanikan tribe was abandoned, and the renewal of the alliance between Carthage and Dionia was put on the agenda.

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A few days later, in Turri’s royal palace, in the war room next to the king’s office, Davis and several ministers of the military were discussing the latest war.

The military ministers are:

Secretary of State Hilos, he is responsible for managing and coordinating the various departments of the Ministry of Military Affairs, and has the right to assess and recommend the promotion of soldiers and team officers.

Hironimus, the military training chief under the Ministry of Military Affairs (Daveus proposed several times a few years ago that he should be transferred to the chief executive of a city, but he refused), the poorly spoken former mercenary leader Diligently stayed in this position for more than ten years, and made a great contribution to the construction of the Legion of the Kingdom of Dionia.

Capps, a subordinate of the Ministry of Military Affairs, who took up this position again four years ago, the current two wars in Dionysia can be carried out smoothly, which is inseparable from his full support behind him.

Felicius, the chief of staff of the Ministry of Military Affairs.

The General Staff is a new department ordered by Daveus six years ago. Its role is to gather intelligence from surrounding forces, make strategic plans for the expansion of the Kingdom of Dionysia, and deduce specific wars to provide the King with effective It is recommended that at the same time it is also a school for cultivating the strategic thinking of young military officers. In today's ten military regiments, the deputy chief of the regiment has basically been trained in the staff.

Since the Civil War in Italy, Felix has received some criticism in the Senate and the Military Department. Many people believe that he made some command errors in the Battle of the Ramato River, which made the fourth and fifth legions The loss was so heavy that even Drachkos died tragically.

Daphes had to transfer him to this new department, not only to protect him and to use his experienced expertise, but also to avoid the shortcomings of his lack of courage and the inability to be an excellent commander.

In addition, there is Tolmed in the room. He is also in the staff, serving as a staff assistant, assisting Philius.However, he is more active and often travels to other military departments to understand the specifics of military training, military needs, and various legions, and provides detailed data for the staff to formulate combat plans.

At the same time, Tolmed also served as the herald of King Davers when he went to the battlefield. He usually came to the palace to report to Davers.So although he was not a veteran, no one in the military department dared to underestimate him.

A huge sand table is placed in the center of the war room, showing the narrow mountains and rivers, plains and hills of Sicily and southern Italy. Davis organized the most outstanding artisan craftsmen of Dionia a few years ago, according to the details provided by the military department. The map, which took more than half a year with clay and sand, created such a three-dimensional, more accurate sand table map.At first, when several officers of the Military Department met for the first time, they were amazed: this is another amazing masterpiece after King Davos was enlightened!

This military sand table is regarded as a treasure of the kingdom by the Ministry of Military Affairs, and it cannot be seen by non-kingdom ministers.

"Your Majesty, the Sicilian war report just delivered this morning, after occupying Henna, Prosius took advantage of the gap time that the Sikeir rebels had not yet arrived and repaired the city defense. When Akonis led about 15,000 The Sieker rebels attacked Henna, probably because they did not have good siege equipment. Prosius boldly left only three infantry brigades to defend the town. He led the main force to leave quietly, bypassing Agilion, and Assaulted the vacant Hebita in the north..."

With a long wooden stick, Felix pointed to the model of the town representing Hebita on the sand table and continued: "After another rebel town was quickly captured, the tens of thousands of people gathered by the leader of Tanikian Akonis The troops must have panicked. They only attacked He that day, and then stopped the attack, but stayed in their camp for two days. And at this time, our allies Leotini, The troops of Taunisi and the reserve forces summoned by Kataney, Sicully, and Naxos gathered in Agilion one after another. With the Eighth Army, there were more than 20,000 people.

The Sicilian rebels began to retreat to Enna. In the process, some tribes detached from the Akonis forces and ran to Agilion, demanding surrender... Prosius said in the battle report that he was ready to take advantage of the Sikel rebel When the army's heart was unstable, it immediately led the army straight to Enna.Perhaps while I was speaking now, the Eighth Army had already begun to attack Enna."

Daveus stared at the city of Enna in the middle of Sicily in the sand table, pondered for a moment, and looked up and asked, "What do you think?"

"I was still worried that Proseuus, the commander of the Sikel attack, could take on this important task. I didn't expect his performance to be so good! Your majesty, your vision is good!" Lose first admired.

Kapus even claimed praise: "Yes, this Prosius is really powerful! Before the command of the Senate's "declaration of war" was passed to Katane, he decisively led the army and took action quickly. Hea was completely beyond the enemy's expectations. Then he used the city of Hea to attract the enemy's heavy soldiers, and led the main force to raid Hebita. The successive victories made the enemy panic and deterred the swaying other Sikel The tribe, the ranks of Akonis are declining, and the affiliated forces of the Eighth Army are increasing. Akonis has no advantage in number and terrain. This war has no suspense. It is estimated that it will end soon. ."

"Dare to make decisions, move fast, mobilize the enemy, and attack the enemy weakly... Prosius fully utilized the military principles of the "Dionysian Military Law" and is indeed an excellent army commander! We are all old!" Felix Sigh sighed, thinking involuntarily of the period of war that made him look back ten years ago.

When Hiromus heard this, his eyes suddenly brightened, but he didn't speak.

"The eighth legion of Prosius can have today's victory. It is the full support and careful preparation of several adults of the military department!" Tormid said complimentingly.