Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Daveus said rightly: "Dionia and the Phoenician region in the east have never had any grudges, but they sent a fleet and came a long distance to attack the fleet of Dionia. It is a crime to be destroyed! I’m very welcome to send an army. We have just got a lot of mines recently, and we are short of slaves.

El Accra was amazed, but he had to continue on this topic, because the Eastern Phoenician United Fleet was completely annihilated within the sphere of influence of Carthage. If the Carthage did not remedy, they would have no Yan Zai went to meet the fellow Phoenicians of the Eastern Mediterranean who provided great assistance to Carthage.

"What do we need to pay to redeem the Phoenician crew from the Eastern Mediterranean captured by you?" El Accra's tone softened.

Daveus looked at him and said with a taunt: "When your army occupied Agrigento, Echium, and Gera, you had the opportunity to redeem it in exchange for captives. But the army led by Marco killed all the people in the city!"

El Accra was silent for a while, and said softly: "What if Carthage wants a truce with you Dionia?"

Daveus was a little surprised when he heard this suddenly. He blinked and said teasingly: "I should have heard it wrong? Carthage, the overlord of the Western Mediterranean, wanted to stop this scene for these captives. A huge war?!"

El Accra finally said this sentence by the captive, and despite the sarcasm of Davos, he continued to take advantage of the situation: "King, you are right, this is indeed a huge cost to both parties. War! I mean if--if both of you and us cease to fight, will these captives be released?"

This time, Davis did not make any more jokes, but said seriously: "Now that a truce has been reached, the captives will of course be released. However, it is you who broke the covenant! It is you who provoke the war! Now it is you who want to To end the war! You want to start the war, we can’t control it, but if you want to end, it’s not so easy!"

"So... what conditions do you need to accept the truce?" El Accra asked right.

Daveus did not answer directly, he said lightly: "The truce negotiation is a very important thing for you and us. Of course, you and we must negotiate and decide together, just like a trade business, we need a The long bargaining process..."

"But as the most distinguished person in the Kingdom of Dionia, you must have some requirements for the armistice?" El Accra continued to ask without giving up.

"To be honest, from the outbreak of the war to the present, I have been running around. I have never thought about the truce. After you mentioned this thing, I now have a doubt." Daveus said, intending to pause For a moment.

"What doubt?" El Accra asked subconsciously.

"If... if your Carthage House of Elders wants to discuss a truce with us, will your military commander Marge agree?"

El Accra hesitated a little and then immediately replied: "Sir Marco will of course agree, because Carthage is different from Dionysia. We do not have a king, but there is a senate, and the important affairs of the city-state are decided by the senate. To decide."

Davies smiled immediately, raised his glass, and said, "War is indeed a headache. Being able to be peaceful is a good thing for the people of you and us! ... Welcome you today, come and do this! "

El Accra thought he had understood Davis's words and quickly drank and drank, and then no longer asked any questions after knowing.

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After sending away El Accra, Henipolis could not wait to ask: "Your Majesty, are you really ready to talk to Carthage?"

Daphs smiled slightly: "I want to talk with Carthage, but they may have difficulty meeting my terms."

"What are the conditions?" Henripolis asked directly without any taboo.

This time, Davos did not avoid it: "At least Sicily, Corsica, and Sardinia must belong to the kingdom, and then hand over part or all of their southern Iberian territory..."

Henipolis listened, and unconsciously widened his eyes. After a while, he barely said, "I think the Carthage might be difficult to promise you these conditions..."

Daveus glanced at him and said: "I didn't say these conditions to the messenger, but I was afraid to cause the Carthaginians to be alert. In fact, I also don't want a truce with Carthage at this time. , Because it finally formed a favorable situation of closing the door and hitting the dog, how could it be a waste of this excellent opportunity, and then reopen the door to let the dog escape again...unless you wait until the dog is completely killed, perhaps it is When I made these conditions."

Henipolis suddenly realized, but he also worriedly reminded: "Your Majesty, in case the Phoenician region of the Eastern Mediterranean will send reinforcements again, even Persia really sends reinforcements..."

Daveus said indifferently: "Persia transported reinforcements from thousands of miles away to fight us, with his enemy Egypt and the Greek city-state that could become his enemy at any time, which would take a very big risk! At the beginning, the Athens army's defeat in Syracuse was a lesson. The Artaxerxes probably did not have such great courage, and according to the information obtained, the Persians were still preparing to attack Egypt again. In addition, the Duquesians were in the Persian hinterland. There was a riot... Now Persia has neither the ability nor the ability to send troops to travel thousands of miles away to assist an alien city-state that has no close relationship with them.

As for the Phoenicians in the east, as far as I know, their strength is much worse than that of Carthage. The only thing worth mentioning is the navy, which has also been wiped out by us. What is there to worry about."

After listening to these words, Henipolis reassured.

"By the way, the Sicilian Fleet caught many Phoenician crew members of the Eastern Mediterranean yesterday. You asked Maltius to bring some Greek-speaking prisoners. I want to ask them about Persia."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Henipolis said to himself while walking out: "In fact, the Eighth Army captured many Numbians in the previous Minoa battle, but the Carthaginians were a few. I came to discuss redemption the next time, but never mentioned them, as if I had completely forgotten them."

A flash of light flashed through Daveus's mind, and he immediately said, "Heny, where are those Numibian captives now?"

"Your Majesty, they are doing coolies in Katana."

Daveus remembered this. Prosius had reported to him at that time, but he had just landed and had many affairs at that time, so he didn't care too much.

"Send someone back to Katana to inform Cipros and let him send all the captives of Numbia to Minoa!"

With a move in his heart, Henripolis asked: "Your Majesty, you want--"

Daphus's lips turned slightly: "Since the Carthaginians do not regard the Numbians as humans, let us care about these poor Numbians."

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El Accra left Minoa and did not return directly to Carthage. Instead, he took a boat to Mazala, and then arrived at the Carthage Battalion outside the city of Serinus. brother.

"Aren't you specially here to meet me?" As soon as he met, Marge asked directly, as El Carter had just left the front foot as Carthage's messenger, and Preta Kuba sent a clipper to Sicily to inform him he.

"Master Marco knows that Hadrummentum was attacked by the Dionysian navy and burned?" El Accra asked.

"Yes, I just heard." Marco said calmly: "Dionia is a powerful country. Fighting with them, it is inevitable that such a situation will occur. The Senate should not blame Morbar. I think he is much stronger than Annobas, and he solved the food transportation problem of this army shortly after taking office, and won a naval battle victory. This old man is really not simple!"

"But he made a proposal to the Senate to'negotiate with Dionia', Master Marco, what do you think?" El Accra looked directly at him and asked this important question.

Brother Yang raised his eyebrows and said in a deep voice: "Morbar has just joined this war and he still knows too little about the whole situation. He only knows that we are not as good as Dionysia in the navy, but we are better than the army. Dionysians are strong, and I believe that Carthage will eventually win the war!"

"Since we are stronger than the Dionysians in the land battle, why doesn't Lord Marco launch an attack on the Dionysians? The news we heard in Carthage is that you are leading the army to retreat! Isn't this because of the fear of Dionysia's attack?" El Accra asked unkindly.

"Afraid of Dionysians?" Marco smiled contemptuously, then said helplessly again: "Hasdruba defeated Dionysian army of his number in the battle of Jera We are not afraid of the Dionysian army in the field! But the Dionysian Navy controls the coast of Sicily and our food supply is difficult. In order to prevent the soldiers from collapsing because of hunger, I had to retreat to the west. , Hoping to defeat Dionysia’s main force through a battle, but the king of Dionysia clearly knew that he was not as good as us in land warfare, so he refused the battle and led his army to defend on Minoa, of course I Will not lead troops to attack enemies defending on the mountain, which will cause heavy casualties to the soldiers..."

"Did you just confront the Dionysians?!" El Accra could not help asking.