Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

After listening to Pretacuba, he temporarily remained silent. As the Sofitel who is the veteran of the veteran hospital and the new term, he certainly cannot open his eyes to talk nonsense and make others laugh.

He hadn’t figured out what to say, but El Accra continued to say loudly, “As Lord Essaluba said, nearly 13 of our treasury revenues come from Sardinia and Corsica. Now, during the war, there is an urgent need for money everywhere. As the Sofitel of Carthage-Lord Pretacouba, you should consider this huge war in which Carthage participated in more comprehensively. First, we must consider how to preserve the source of our treasury income to ensure that we can build more warships and buy more food in order to continue this war, rather than just meet the requirements of Master Marco!"

El Accra was straightforward enough, and Pretacouba's face changed slightly.

At this time, another new veteran of the Margonides, Sifa Kebab, said angrily: "Don't you see it? The key to this war is in Sicily! It's just that Master Marco led the army and Dionia The eastern part of the fierce battle! The cost of this war is indeed huge, so we have to concentrate all our strength and fully support the army in Sicily, so that Master Marco can completely defeat the Sicilian Dionysian as soon as possible. To support other battlefields.

Otherwise, even if we saved Sardinia, the Sicilian army was defeated because the military food transportation line was not guaranteed, and the originally dominant battle situation changed, resulting in the Sicily battle not being ended as soon as possible."

Compared to El Accra, Sifaqaba’s words were more radical, and immediately aroused the resentment of some of the elders in the venue. One of the neutral elders even yin-yang said: "It took half a month for Master Marco to lead the 100,000 army. Time can’t capture a small village in Dionysian, so would it take a few months, or even more than half a year, to attack the more populous and more fortified city of Katana and Naxos? With such an offensive ability, would you like to end the Sicilian war at an early date?!"

"Yeah, yeah, the reason we have to keep Sardinia first is to consider that the war in Sicily will continue to prolong, and first provide gold and silver protection for the Sicilian army!" Another veteran was half serious and half joking. Said.

"Isn't it because Master Marco was worried that he could not drive the Dionysians out of Sicily within a year!"I'm afraid you want to help Master Marco fulfill the promise he made in the Senate as soon as possible, so I don't care about the overall situation, I want to help him."Another veteran said dissatisfied.

Sifaqaba argued loudly with them, but Pretacouba found that there were more and more veterans who expressed dissatisfaction, not only the Hannos, but also many veterans of the neutrals, and the whole venue became noisy. .

Pretacouba realized at this time that he had made a mistake: Sardinia and Corsica had been Carthage's possession for a century, and the nobles of Carthage had close interests with Sardinia Links, such as the full support of El Accra, which has just reinforced the aid of Sardinia, his family owns a silver mine in the mountain outside Saros in Sardinia, and his family shipped silver bullion from Sardinia three days ago. The cargo ship back to Carthage was captured by the Dionysian ship...

He has always emphasized giving priority to Sicilian wars, but inadvertently pushed the Margonides to the opposite of other elders, making the neutrals who had been more supportive of them since the war started almost sing counter-notes, even including themselves. There also seemed to be some disagreements in the camp, such as Santipur and several Margonide veterans who have been silent since the argument.

Pretacouba suddenly realized that Okritton had thrown out this issue at the beginning of today's meeting.During this time, the Margonides not only increased their prestige not only among the people of Carthage, but also their support in the Senate. Many proposals were approved... Even when everything went smoothly, even he himself Some fluttered and forgot the terrible man.

And while Preta Kuba was awakening and anxiously trying to solve the dilemma, Hano, who was sitting in front of the meeting room for a while, stood up.

The entire venue soon became quiet.

"For the new fleet to support Sardinia first, or Sicily?" Hano looked around the venue, slowly said: "Whether it's short-term effects, or for the long-term benefits of Carthage, the reinforcement of Sardinia Niya should be the first choice. The difficulty encountered by Sardinia is because the entire sea area is controlled by the Dionysians, so the defense is so passive, we only need to send the navy to repel the Dionysians The warships of Sardinia will return to order, and the trade route between Carthage and Sardinia will be restored.

However, the main problem of the Sicilian war is not just the loss of superiority at sea. The important thing is that our army's long-term offensive on the land is blocked. Even if they send a fleet, they can't fight ashore. The problem can't be solved immediately, you said right?"

"Yes, Lord Hanno is right!"

"Or Lord Hanno sees it through!"

"No more arguments, we chose to support the new fleet to Sardinia!"

...

There was a sudden noise in the venue.

Pretacouba said anxiously: "Sir Hanno, you are wrong to say so! The key to our war with Dionia is still in Sicily, as long as Sicily wins, other problems will be solved, so I support Sicily. --"

"Preta Kuba!" Hanno yelled, like a lion sleeping on the grassland suddenly showing power, and the whole venue became quiet, his eyes staring directly at the head of the Magonide family in the Senate , With a straight face, said: "In order to let Carthage win this war, I have tried my best to cooperate with you during this time, but your performance has disappointed me a bit. For the benefit of your Margonide family, I don't even ignore it. The interest of Carthage as a whole clearly reflects this on the issue of'sending a new fleet to support Sicily'.

And the last time Marco's so-called rectification of our Carthage army also reflected this, why such a large army could not capture a village in Dionia for a long time?Isn't it because Marco removed the Carthaginian generals in the army and replaced them with the Numbians who followed him in Iberia as generals?Can these Numbians be loyal to Carthage!Can they order their compatriots to fight against the Dionysians regardless of their lives!

Marco led the army from the beginning of the attack to a deadlock, and unauthorized replacement of the generals of the Carthage army. Isn't this the main reason for this situation?!So what puzzles me is that the war is just beginning. Why is it so anxious that Master Marco took out the Carthaginian generals who were loyal to Carthage, and insisted on changing to follow him all the time, but there was nothing to Carthage Emotional Numbians come to command an army composed of Numbians as well?!"

After being repeatedly interrogated by Hano, Preta Kuba was speechless for a while, but he was cold and sweating.

Sifaqaba hurriedly retorted: "It was because the generals of Carthage were not able to fight. Only by replacing them, can they increase the combat effectiveness of the army! So later our army was able to successfully conquer the Greek cities on the south coast."

As soon as this remark came out, there was a lot of noise in the venue.

The veterans rose up to refute: "After the replacement of General Carthage, why can't the 100,000 troops attack a small village of Dionyssia?! This is also called an increase in combat power!"

"I propose that the Carthage army, which is formed by spending a large amount of income from the national treasury, must be led by Carthage citizens, otherwise how can the security of the city-state be guaranteed!"

"Now Master Marco has commanded an army composed mostly of aliens as team officers and composed of aliens. Is this still a Carthaginian army! The Carthaginian generals who had been replaced must be reinstated, Otherwise, we will no longer provide any support to this army!"

...

Facing the crowd of veterans, Preta Kuba's face changed completely.

Also looking at this scene, and looking specifically at the neutral leader Essaluba, Hano sneered in his heart: He has been holding his flag for so long, just for today.Before Marco changed the Carthaginian generals, he made a big mistake, because most of these generals were Carthage nobles, but at that time he did not allow the elders who were close to him to impeach, and the result was that today, the wild horse The Goneid faction made mistakes in the use of the new fleet, and he made a decisive attack, forcing the neutral elders to see the true face of the Margonite faction. As their support for them weakened, the elders’ The dominance will definitely return to his hands again.

Thinking of this, Hanno said loudly again: "Masters, please listen to me."

The hustle and bustle of the venue quickly returned to silence, but it surprised Pretacouba.

"The results of the discussions up to now have been relatively clear. The new fleet first reinforced Sardinia, and sought opportunities to recapture Alenia, not only to protect the revenue of the treasury, but also to enable us to continue the battle with Dionia. It is also our duty to fulfill the lordship of all Phoenician city-states in the Western Mediterranean. Now not only all Phoenician people are paying attention to this war, don’t forget that there are also people from the home state who are also listening to news in Hadrumentum (It refers to the remaining fleet sent by the East Phoenician region). If we do not do this, we will inevitably lose our prestige. Can we order other Phoenician allies in the future?!"

Hannuo's careful political considerations made many veterans nod involuntarily.