Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Okreton looked subconsciously at Henipolis, and Henipolis was also looking at him brightly. Although Daphes readily agreed to negotiate to please him, he also made him realize that this truce negotiation might be Not so easy...

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The negotiation site was arranged in an vacant military account not far from the camp account. There were only 4 people in the account-Henripolis, Okriton, and a writer each carrying them. Such a simple configuration But it will determine the direction of this war, which is related to the future situation of the Western Mediterranean.

After the two sides sat down, Henripolis supported the table with both hands, leaned forward slightly, and said bluntly: "Sir Okritton, since you Carthage want a truce and peace, the conditions must have been prepared."

"...Yes," Okritton looked at the impetuous Hernipolis, and hesitated a little, then whispered: "Before I left, the Senate initially reached an intention... The two sides stopped the war To restore the sphere of influence that was defined when the peace agreement was signed, Carthage is willing to make some compensation for the damage caused to Dionia by this war. The specific amount will be determined after consultation between the two parties—"

Henripolis did not wait for him to finish, and stood up and walked out.

Okreton was stunned: "Master Henripolis, what do you mean?"

Henripolis turned around and said with a sneer: "Okreton, you are not here to negotiate, you are telling a joke. You have to figure out that this war was not caused by our Dionysian Yes, and it is you who want to end this war now! But you are negotiating with such an attitude, it seems that it is not our Dionysia, but your Carthage that dominates the entire battle situation! Since it is In this way, there is no need to negotiate anymore, go home and wait for the result of the war, maybe you will wait for our Dionysian emissaries to go to Carthage and ask for a truce!"

After all, Okritton battled with Pretaco in the Carthage House for a long time, and his face was thick enough. He said slowly, "Negotiations are like buying and selling goods, you give a price, I give a price , The two sides bargained, and finally reached a reasonable price, to complete the transaction...Now it is our Carthage who came up with the initial price of the armistice. Since you are not satisfied, then I would like to hear what was the original price of Dionysia?"

Henripolis looked at him and smiled slightly. The previous dissatisfaction disappeared without a trace. He sat back again, straightened his chest, extended his right hand, and said aloud: "The armistice condition of Dionysia is Formulated by His Majesty Firth! Article 1, the Carthage army in Sicily surrendered to us Dionysia!—"

Okreton stared at the finger extended from the other side, and his heart was awe-inspiring: before King Dionysia treated him and Yan Yue, he thought that this time the negotiations would be easier to carry out, who knows he was given by Davos’ kindness Confused!This Article 1 alone, it is difficult for him to agree, because it is 100,000 troops!Most of the young and middle-aged citizens of Carthage and the citizens of the Phoenician city-state are concentrated in it. Once surrendered to Dionysian, if Dionysian detained them for a long time, they would not be allowed to return to Carthage. Carthage hardly has enough troops to guarantee the safety of the city... This article will not be agreed by the Carthage senate or the people. Even if the senate agrees, the self-proclaimed noble and unruly Ma Brother will definitely refuse to execute!"

Okritton groaned in his heart, still calm on his face, and asked, "Is there Article 2?"

"Of course." Henipolis looked at him and stretched out his second finger: "Second, Corsica and Sardinia were handed over to Dionia—"

Okreton's heart beats: Corsica and Sardinia are one of the important sources of Carthage's treasury income. If they are taken away by Dionysian, Carthage's national strength will undoubtedly be significantly weakened!

Okreton couldn't keep calm anymore, he snorted and said in a loud tone: "Is there any more?"

"Don't worry, of course." Hernipolis's mouth slightly curled up and extended her third finger: "Carthage withdrew from Sicily and the island will be completely ruled by Dionia!"

Okreton's eyelids jumped: if taking Corsica and Sardinia weakened Carthage's national strength, then letting Dionynia take full control of Sicily would directly threaten Carthage's security, Especially in today's strong Dionysia navy...

"Is Dionysia really prepared to truce with us and restore peace to Carthage?!" Ocreton finally asked.

"Of course we have the will to suspend the war, but at the beginning we pleaded with you not to provoke the war, but you saw that Dionysia was at war with Rome and the Samonais, thinking that there was a cheap share, so they broke the agreement, Outrageously provoke war. If your conspiracy succeeds, it is our Dionysian who is in a row in the war today and asks for a truce. It is the same conditions you just mentioned. I think you will never agree!

But if you fail, you will be punished!Our army has occupied Corsica!Occupied most of Sardinia!Occupied most of the Sicilian land!......These results were obtained by our citizens of Dionysia with blood and life. The people will never allow us to abandon them. You better understand this!Hernipolis warned with a solemn tone.

"Corsica, Sardinia, Western Sicily... These are the lands that our Carthaginians and Phoenicians have worked hard for hundreds of years. If you forcefully take them from us, it does not mean that they are It belongs to you! Dionysia prides itself on being a civilized Greek kingdom and enjoys the reputation of the Western Mediterranean with its'keeping its promises'. It should clearly understand the truth!" Okriton's solemn rebuttal.

Henipolis sneered: "When you Carthage tear up the agreement and provoke war, we can only use a long shield and a spear to reason with you!"

"You occupy it by force, and you may lose it under the threat of force in the future... It is better for us Carthage to use more compensation to redeem these lands you occupy, I hope you can consider it!" Okritton His tone softened slightly.

"Carthage needs a huge amount of compensation for Dionysia's losses in this war. This is our fourth condition." Henipolis raised his fourth finger in a cold tone.

"You!..." Okritton finally couldn't help but stood up and asked, "Dionia is so greedy that it seems that he did not intend to have a truce with us at Carthage!"

"Your Majesty Davis did intend to negotiate, otherwise he would not propose these detailed conditions." Henipolis said seriously: "He also told me that except for the amount of compensation can be negotiated, other conditions must not be changed! Of course, Such an important matter, I don’t think that Master Okriton can decide, but I hope that the Carthage House of Elders will be able to determine this matter as soon as possible. Otherwise, with the delay of time, our conditions may not be more than that."

Okritton felt a huge shock.But it is true that as Henipolis said, the conditions for these peace talks proposed by Dionia, he can't decide any of them, and he can only take them back to the Senate to discuss.

When he left Minoa and returned to Carthage by boat, he passed through the waters of Serinus. The heavy-hearted Okreton suddenly moved his heart and ordered the passenger ship to change course to stop at the beach near the city of Serinus.

When Okriton came to the Carthage camp, he was catching up with Marco and leading the army to attack the city. So he led the guards and climbed into the inner wall of the camp. He witnessed this terrible siege battle.

The Carthage army launched an attack on the city of Serinus from the east, west, and north. Nearly 20,000 people were invested in the northern wall facing Okriton, and countless light infantry waited on the tall earth. , The arrows and javelins used to suppress the defenders of the city, and the Balearic slingers stood on the inner wall and threw lead shots at the city of Serinus.

The main force responsible for the main attack is divided into three parts: one part is the Numbian soldiers, under the leadership of the Iberian army officers, carrying a sack full of soil, rushing to the front to fill the trench under the city; The second wave of attacking troops were Phoenician infantry. They carried the ladder, pushed siege vehicles, siege towers and other large siege equipment, and rushed down the city like a tide to carry out a strong attack; the third wave of troops was Marco. Reliable Phoenician infantry, they rehabilitated behind the inner wall and waited until the siege battles became fierce and both sides consumed a lot of physical energy before sending them to make the final impact.

There is another huge team of tens of thousands of people on the battlefield. Their task is to seize the time to build on both sides of the mountain from the inner wall of the camp while Dionysian soldiers are busy coping with the siege. The externally extending earth wall eventually achieves the purpose of connecting with the city wall of Serinus.

In addition, of course, ballistas are indispensable for siege, but because of fear of being attacked by the belly bow of the city, after the Carthusian ballista units have retreated to the inner wall, their main targets are those wooden towers newly built on the city wall. However, due to the separation of the inner wall, the hit rate is obviously not high, and it is also threatened by the Dionysian ballista.Also across the city wall, the stone bombs launched by Dionysian ballistas in the city can always fall around the Carthage ballistas. They obviously targeted the Carthage ballistas, and the number of them was More than Carthage (at the request of Amintas, all the ballistas in General Davers were transferred to Serinus).

The reason why Marco wants to let the ballista troops focus on attacking the wooden towers is because they are too threatening to the light infantry on the earth mountain. The original native mountain is slightly higher than the wall of Serinus. Carthage light infantry can stand high and attack the city. However, after the Dionysians built these three- and four-meter-high wooden towers on the city walkway, the Dionysian light infantry once again gained the advantage of long-range attacks.