Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

"Great! We are very willing to attack Carthage together with Dionia!" Almost all the Numisbians rejoiced in their faces, and Daphes' words completely relieved their doubts, they successively Expressing willingness to form an alliance with Dénia.

At this moment, a voice rose suddenly: "Dear King Davers, I am Tinum, the leader of the Masili tribe of West Numbia. I have a question. Dionia is a kingdom, and we Numi Biya is not only divided into east and west parts, but each is composed of many tribes, and the interests of the tribes are not the same. Once they form an alliance with Dionia, in the event of a war between the tribes, as an alliance Who will Dionysia choose to help?"

Daveus looked at the slender, long-eyed Numbian leader, who was no stranger to his name, and said sincerely: "Leader Timum, I have heard that you can be brave this time You have rebelled against the Carthage army, and you have played a big role in it. I am very grateful for this and will not forget the contribution of your tribe!"

Daveus looked at him directly. Although he didn't tell him in person that the promise would not change, he believed he could understand the meaning in the words.

Sure enough, Tinum smiled on his face and bowed slightly in return.

"The question you just asked is very good. I want to emphasize to you that our alliance with Dionysia and your east and west Numbia is not like the Carthaginian and Phoenician city-states. Alliance, I think you all know that the alliance is the other Phoenician city-state must obey the orders of Carthage, and I hope to establish an equal alliance, every tribe of your Numbia, regardless of size, Strength and weakness are equal to Dionia, so you can rest assured that Dionysia will respect each of your tribes in accordance with the covenant and will not interfere in your internal affairs.

Of course, if there is a conflict between you and you ask for the help of Dionia, we will try our best to mediate you, but we will never eccentrically support a certain party, nor will we provide materials or send troops, so You can rest assured!And as far as I know, you Numisbians are a relatively united race, and there has been no major conflict between the tribes..."

Daveus complimented the unity of the Numibian tribes and seldom clashes. This is only a superficial fact, but the root cause is that the tribes of East Lumibia are poor and cope with the Carthage’s step by step and survive In the case of problems, where can there be energy to seek the development of the tribe; and for the Sinumibia tribe, Carthage also has closer control over it. As an ally, it has the ambition to dare to take the initiative The clashing tribes have vigorously cracked down and weakened, just as the Masili tribe had learned a few lessons and had to become compliant.As a result, in the entire Numbia region, many tribes held groups to keep warm, not only maintaining peace, but also having good relations.

But the savvy Daphes will never mention whether the Carthage threat will be eliminated in the future, and whether such peace can be maintained between the tribes of Numibia.

However, most of the Numibians cannot have long-term vision to think deeply. Instead, they listened to Daveus, nodded again and again with pride on their faces. Now they feel very much about Daveus’ answer. Satisfaction, so that their doubts and worries have been eliminated, only one idea left-Dionysia is indeed different from Carthage, it will become the most reliable ally that the Numisbians can rely on.

As a result, they picked up their glasses and toasted Daveus to express their gratitude, and Daveus and the generals also raised their glasses in return, and the atmosphere of the banquet became warmer.

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At the end of the late night banquet, the Numisbians left one by one with satisfaction and satisfaction. The generals also returned because the battle would not end immediately and be excited.

Only Henripolis did not leave, and followed Daveus into the living room.

The servant brought hot water and clean linen, and Davies covered the hot linen with his face, and suddenly felt the heat of the fumigation, all the pores on his face were open, and it seemed to bring alcohol When he left, his spirit was refreshed.

He lay on his back for a while, until the cloth became cooler, then he got up and took it off, and saw Henripolis sitting quietly next to him. He asked in surprise, "Herni, what are you doing?"

"Your Majesty." Hernipolis whispered and asked softly: "We have completely defeated the army of Carthage. You also said at the banquet tonight. We will also land in Afrika and attack Carthage. So is it necessary to negotiate with the Carthaginians again?"

"Of course it is necessary to continue negotiations." Daphes explained patiently: "For the remnants of Carthage who fled into Segersta and Mazala, our army cannot relax and must continue to attack. And... Mazar The remnants of Sicily, La Segsta, Eriks, and Sicán... need time to surrender and deal with them, and to ensure that we have no worries, so it may take some time for the army to land in Afrika.

During this period of time, I don’t want the Carthaginians to fully see through our true intentions, so as to do everything possible to make adequate defense preparations, which will cause great difficulties to our landing army, so we still We must continue to act with them, relax their vigilance, and win time for us."

"Your Majesty, this victory may make the Carthaginians more eager to negotiate with us. If we still negotiate on the previous conditions, it is very likely that the Carthaginians will agree."

Hernipolis’s reminder caused Daveus to ponder, and a moment later a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Herni, you are thinking very well. Since we have won a new major victory, we ask for more benefits. Of course, who called the Carthage messenger did not agree to the conditions we put forward earlier."

"Yeah, in the last negotiation, I specially reminded the messenger named Okritton." Henipolis also smirked.

"This new condition... is to let the Carthaginians cede us to the south of Iberia, how do you feel?" Daphes asked.

"...The gold and silver mines in southern Iberia are an important source of the Taiji precious metal trade. We occupied Sardinia before and now want southern Iberia. If Carthage agrees, their precious metal trade will be The total destruction will result in a sharp decline in their treasury income. I don’t think they will easily agree. What’s more, the inland area of ​​southern Iberia was developed by the Margonide family after more than 10 years of hard work. Basically, they will definitely not agree to this condition! In this way, we can bargain with the Carthaginians to achieve the purpose of delaying time..." Henripolis analyzed seriously.

"Yeah! In Carthage, the Margonides and the Hannos are very hostile and conflicted. It is precisely because they pulled each other in the war that created a lot of conditions for our victory." Daveus sighed, saying that he didn't say something, but hid it in his heart.

Daphes remembers that in the history of previous life, after the first Punic War, Carthage ceded Sicily to Rome (Sardinia was later forced to cede), but the Hannibal family mainly relied on the development of Ibi The financial and human resources accumulated in southern Leah caused a huge disaster to Rome in the second Punic War... So he proposed that this condition was not just for delaying time, but was determined to completely occupy this piece. Treasure, let Carthage have no chance to turn over.

"Your Majesty, are we really going to take the city of Carthage...to wipe out Carthage completely?" Henripolis' voice made Daphes recover from his thoughts.

Looking at the face of the court clerk, the Daffers smiled: "Why, reluctant?"

"I am... worrying that the attack on the city of Carthage will cause a lot of casualties to our army..." Henipolis did not fully tell the truth, not to mention his bad attitude towards the Carthage messengers in the negotiations, but as a Dionysian, a highly educated citizen, in his studies of Carthage's intelligence in recent years, he gradually became interested in the culture created by the Carthage, and he did not want such an ancient and splendid city to perish completely. .

Daveus did not break his mind, and said in a faint tone: "In ancient times, there was a giant snake, which had a fierce temperament, great power, and no one dared to mess with it. But it had a flaw, it was very greedy, I have been eating from morning till night, and in the end I have eaten myself to death..."

Henripolis blinked and said, "Your Majesty, are you worried that the kingdom is expanding too fast... will it cause danger?"

Daphes reached out his hand and counted down one finger at a time: "Campania, Samone Mountains, Latium, Corsica, Sardinia, the whole of Sicily, and if possible Iberia The southern part and the new towns in Africa... In this war, the land we acquired in Dionysia has exceeded the original land area... We just need to digest and absorb these lands, and let the people on the land integrate into Dionysia Kingdom, we have to spend a long time, a lot of manpower and material, this can not be done easily.

Afrika on the other side of the sea is a broader continent, and we are completely strange to it. The Carthaginians have lived there for hundreds of years and have great influence. It will cost a lot to completely eliminate it!And if Carthage is destroyed, can we replace Carthage's position in Africa?"

Daveus looked at Henripolis with a solemn expression.