Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Dido did not expect this Dionysia official to propose such an idea. For a time, he was shy, irritable, worried, and irritated... Countless emotions crumbled in his heart.

Carthage and Greece are somewhat similar in marriage, and marriage matters are basically determined by the elders.But for Dido, the situation is special, her mother died early, her father is now in a coma, and the father loves her, she has agreed to let her choose her husband, otherwise she will not be married at the age of 24. , So it’s up to her to decide whether to marry or not.It's just that she never imagined that her marriage would be linked to the life and death of her father, the rise and fall of her family, and the future of thousands of people in southern Iberia.

How smart would she not see that this was a trap designed by King Dionia and her men, but she was so eager at the moment that she did not want to expose it or dare to make a choice.

But when she visited the unconscious husband again, she finally made a decision and agreed to marry Prince Clotoncatas of Dionysia.

The merger of the new colony of southern Iberia from the original Carthage into the Kingdom of Dionysia was soon finalized.

Two days later, when he saw the return of Okriton returned to Lily, Henipolis told him directly that "the people of the southern colonies of Iberia voluntarily joined the Kingdom of Dionysia" and announced: Since Iberia The colony is no longer within the scope of the negotiations, and the kingdom demands a new negotiation condition. Hadrummentum and his territory belong to Dionia.

The rebellion of the Margonide family surprised Okritton, but at this time Carthage was too self-sufficient, where there is still the ability to conquer Iberia, hundreds of miles away, he can only stubborn Xiang He Nepoli protested: unless Dionysia handed over the treasonous Margonide family, Carthage refused to negotiate with Dionysia again.

The two sides broke up.

With the experience of Hadrumentum and Ruspina as an example, Tapsos surrendered only on the second day after the siege.

Alexis made the army take a short break, that is, led the army west.Two days later, the camp was set ten miles away from Addis.

Alexis did not immediately launch an offensive, but sent soldiers to build a camp while sending reconnaissance and mountain reconnaissance teams to investigate the enemy situation and the surrounding geographical environment in detail.

In the city of Addis, Samors learned that the Dionyan army was approaching and felt very nervous and ordered the army not to attack and strengthen the defense.

The two sides confronted until early February.During this period, the Phoenician allies to the west of Carthage successively dispatched reinforcements to arrive, increasing the strength of Carthage who defended Addis to more than 20,000.

But at the same time, Samors also got the bad news: a large number of Numbian troops appeared south of Addis.

Despite the fact that many ambassadors were sent by the Carthage Senate before, they rushed to various tribes in East Numbia, using the previously established relationship, and with various benefits, they tried to lobby them to remain neutral.But the tribes of East Numbia have established an alliance with Dionia, not to mention that people at this time can see that Carthage has set off on the west mountain, how can they let this beating down the water dog and make East Numbia Great opportunity for people to get rid of Carthage's control completely.

Therefore, the tribes of East Numbia finally gathered more than 15,000 fighters. They had planned to rush to Hadrummentum to meet the Dionyan army, but Alexis sent a messenger to order them to go directly from the south. March towards Carthage.

At the same time, Alexis moved his camp further west, less than 5 miles from Addis.

Summers was caught in a difficult choice.Originally, when he heard that the East Numbian army was approaching, in order to avoid being hit by two sides, he had already begun planning: first leave a part of the army stationed in Addis, he quietly led the main force to quickly rush to the south, although the number of first defeated was large, But the East Numbians, who were not strong, rushed back and confronted Dionysian army again.

But the Dionysian army suddenly moved the camp under the city of Addis, which means that the movement of the Carthage army in the city is difficult to hide the eyes of the Dionysians. Once the main force of the army goes to attack the East Nubians, It is likely to be struck by Dionysians.

When Samors was hesitating, another bad news came: another Dionysian army (actually a mixed force composed of some of the Dionysian 10th Corps and the Sicilian Fleet Infantry, the number is close to 10,000 (People) landed on the west coast of Carthage and surrounded the city of Diarrhytos (diarrhytos, Phoenician city-state, about 100 miles west of Carthage, adjacent to Utica), Darito Si hurriedly sent messengers to Carthage for help, and demanded that his former reinforcements of Carthage's civilian soldiers be transferred back.

After knowing that the Phoenician city-state in the west was recruited by a large number of civic soldiers, all of them were empty. I am afraid that they could not defend the siege of the Dionysian army. If Carthage could not rescue in time, the whole west The coast of the country will be as likely to fall as the east, but now there are enemies on the east and south of Carthage. As the only powerful army in Carthage, how dare he lead him to leave.

However, it’s not a good idea to sit and watch, because the news can only be blocked for a while, and the time has passed. Let the Phoenician soldiers in the army know that their home state has or may be attacked by Dionysian. He would leave the army without hesitation and rush back to his motherland. By that time the army had lost 13 or more troops, and the battle to defend Carthage would be more difficult to fight.

Summers finally made up his mind.He hurried back to Carthage and stated to the Senate the dangers facing the army now. He suggested that the best way to solve the current dilemma is to take advantage of the Phoenician confederate soldiers and take a risk to the east of Addis. The Dionysian army fought a decisive battle, and after defeating it, they led the victorious army to defeat the East Numbians who were coming. The crisis facing Carthage was relieved by more than half. Nikki confederacy.

After some controversy, the elders finally agreed to his proposal, as Hanno said: "...Although this is a huge adventure, there is at least a ray of life, which is better than doing nothing and letting the Dionysians It is better to besieging Carthage's heavy soldiers step by step until the final destruction..."

In order to increase the odds, the Senate has carried out emergency mobilization.

When Samors returned to Addis, he brought back 3,000 soldiers. They were either old men or teenagers. Carthage did all he could for the upcoming decisive battle.

Although Addis is not far from Carthage, the unusual 3000 soldiers are not a small number, and will soon be detected by the Dionysian Scout and returned to Alexis.

In the early morning of the second day, Alexis, who had just got up, received a return from the scout ride: Carthage's army was constantly walking out of the city of Addis and marching in the direction of the camp.

The Carthage army, which had always been holding on to Addis, suddenly left the city!… Alexis was not surprised, still washing at the same pace as before, eating breakfast slowly, wearing armor... after everything was prepared, this was called Prentals, bring With the guards, and 300 West Nubianbia cavalry, out of the camp.

Going west for only three miles, I heard the noise from the front and saw thousands of Carthage soldiers line up on the flat grass...

Alexis holding the reins in his hands, with a smile on his face, turned his head and said to Prentals: "It seems that, as we expected, the Carthages can't wait to come to us for a decisive battle."

"This is an obvious thing. After all, they can only choose this way, and maybe there is still a little hope." Prentals stared at the face with solemn expression, said: "But because of this, he is already in a desperate situation. The Taiji people will definitely try their best to win this battle. Even if we surpass them in strength, we must not underestimate them, and I believe that even if we win in the end, we will pay a great price... Lord Commander, I It is advisable to avoid a decisive battle with the Carthage at this time, wait a few days, and wait for the head of the Melissandan Army and their army to capture the Phoenician city state in the west, the strength of this Carthage army It will inevitably be weakened, and morale will certainly be lowered. By then we will march again and victory will be easier."

Alexis was in deep thought, and after a while, he shook his head and said, "Princeles, maybe your suggestion is right, but I cannot accept it. We refuse to fight, and we want to wait for the Phoenicians of Carthage. All the soldiers of the Kemeng state fled and then attacked, but by then the Carthage army faced our joint attack with the East Numbians, and it is very likely that they will give up Addis and retreat directly to Carthage. Carthage is high The wall is thick, the city has a large population, and it occupies a favorable terrain. Even if we add all the fleet infantry of the Fourth Army and the Numisbians, besieging Carthage for a few months, we may not be able to capture it."

Speaking of which, Alexis sighed: "Did not the person in charge of the fleet that came to deliver military food the day before yesterday say that because the Tenth Corps also landed in Afrika, the demand for heavy supply increased greatly, and hoarded in Lili and The military food reserves of Serinus have been used up, and His Majesty has dispatched people to inform Katanay and Turii to urgently prepare a huge amount of military food... Also, this season, the sea between Sicily and Africa is very stormy, the ship The team has encountered wind and waves many times during the transportation, and lost more than 10 ships...

As the war continues, our Dionysian losses have also increased.Now we have the opportunity to defeat Carthage's main army in one fell swoop and end the war at an early date. Why should we give up!Besides...we haven’t moved here for so long, and they have already had a lot of opinions. If we avoid this battle, we will wait for the results of the 10th Army in the west, first, second, and third. I am afraid that the proud soldiers of the legion will come out to protest, so we must fight this battle!"

After hearing this, Prentals felt very reasonable and immediately said: "Master Commander, I am your staff officer. It is my duty to give you different suggestions for your reference. Now that you have made a choice , Let's start preparing for this battle."