Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Minoa’s fiasco was actually caused by an unexpected event, not a real battle, and he looked down on Monte Adnor, who only knew hedonism. He didn’t come to the frontline during the battle, and it was strange that he didn’t fail.As for the last big defeat, which is related to the success or failure of the war, according to the latest news he got, it was mainly due to the long attack on the city of Carthage and the sudden rebellion of the Numisbians, not the defeat of Dioni. The frontal fighting of the Asian army.The only real battle was the battle of Gerald. Hasdruba led the army to defeat the Dionysian coalition and successfully captured Gerald.

In addition, Samos had the experience of fighting the Greeks. That was when he followed Simirko against Siracusa in Sicily 20 years ago. At that time he was still a young team officer, and the army had attacked Syracuse. Under the castle, if it was not for the damn plague, the Carthage army would not suffer a fiasco, and it would be more likely to capture Syracuse.

Since the Kingdom of Dionysia was founded by the Greeks, even if their army was stronger than that of the Syracuses of that year, they could not be stronger. Now that the city of Carthage is facing a crisis, the soldiers are enemies and they can naturally With more powerful forces than before, they can completely repel the Dionysians when the number of troops on both sides is roughly equal... It is based on this judgment that Samus decided to take the initiative to send troops through battle. Change the situation.

But until the battle, he found that he was wrong: At the beginning of the battle, Dionia’s light infantry ran freely in that peculiar formation, and Dionysia’s array shifted from scattered to aggregate... He knew this It is difficult to achieve without long and rigorous training; afterwards, the Carthage soldiers who were inspired by the belief of the defender of the homeland in the battle bravely attacked the enemy, but the soldiers of the Dionysian Army were like rocks. They were as imposing as they were, until the soldiers were exhausted and mentally exhausted, and they gradually increased their offensive force... This is an offensive method that the experienced and experienced army dare to take!

Summers now regrets it, but once the battle begins, the battle will not be controlled by him.

Alexis looked more relaxed, and he said to Prentals: "It's time for the infantry of the Third Fleet to attack."

It turned out that the two of them got the news yesterday: Carthage sent thousands of reinforcements to Addis, and these reinforcements seemed to be younger or older.

Based on the current situation, they quickly concluded that the Carthaginians might be prepared to take the risk.

As Alexis said to the head of the army before, "This may be the last battle of the Carthaginians. They will definitely try their best. Although the Dionysian army now has the advantage, it is still after all. Dangerous situation, once the battle is lost, the situation will be quite dangerous." So Alexis faced the same pressure, so he took a safe approach, immediately dispatched the Clippers, rushed to notify the stationed on Kosra Island Three Fleets (After the Dionysian army landed in Afrika, Davis made a simple division of labor between the two fleets under his command. The African waters west of Carthage were handed over to the Sicilian Fleet, and the waters east of the sea were handed over to the third Fleet responsible).

After receiving the news, Midolades was happy: the Sicilian Fleet Infantry has launched an offensive against the Phoenician Confederacy of Carthage, and how can the Third Fleet miss this important defeat of Carthage fighting!

So, he immediately gathered the warships patrolling all over the night. On the second morning, he led the fleet to the south and entered the port of Ruspina. After the 3,000 infantry carried by the ashore, he quickly marched west and waited for them to reach Dai. At the time of the Niah camp, the Dionyan army had already started to form outside the camp.

Upon hearing the news that the "Infantry of the Third Fleet has arrived", Alexis asked the herald to inform them that they should take a good rest in the camp, wait for orders, and be ready to attack at any time.

And now it's time for this new army to come to kill the enemy!

When the Carthaginian army was already in decline, the infantry of the third fleet of lively tigers appeared on the battlefield.

In the dusty, noisy battlefields everywhere, it is difficult to accurately understand the situation in time, so when Samors learned of this bad news, the fleet infantry had launched an attack on Carthage's left wing.

Although the Carthage soldiers are still fighting tenaciously, the defeat has become a fact. In order to avoid too heavy casualties and lead to no one defending the city of Carthage, Samuels ordered: immediately sound the retreating bugle!

The physical strength and morale of the Carthage coalition soldiers have declined sharply. After the trumpet sounded, a complete retreat soon formed.

The soldiers of the Dionysian Legion immediately pursued, and Alexis also sent people to urge the Nunubian cavalry who was watching the rest in the second half of the battle to participate in the pursuit.

This forced a large number of Carthage to collapse into the mountains to escape the fierce pursuit of the Dionysian army.

At dusk, Alexis withdrew his troops and returned to the camp.

This battle, which was attended by more than 50,000 people and the battle lasted for nearly four hours, was very fierce. The frontal killing alone caused nearly 5,000 casualties on both sides (Dionysian soldiers suffered nearly 2,000 casualties and Carthage soldiers More than 3,000 casualties), in addition to nearly 6,000 Carthage soldiers were captured.

The news came back to Carthage, the whole city shook, the people panicked, and the crying continued forever...

On the second day, regardless of the retention of the Attis people, and regardless of the collapse of the soldiers, Samuels gathered the remaining troops and fled back to Carthage.

The people of Carthage, angry and grieved by the grief, surrounded the Samors who were grievously entering the city, first swearing, and then beating hard until they fell down.

In order to quell public anger, the Senate conducted its absentee trial at the fastest speed. The result of the trial: crucifixion.

This is perhaps the most tragic death in Carthage's history.

But the execution of Summers did not help the situation change.

On the third day, Alexis led the rest of the army to march west, and Addis surrendered.

On the fourth day, the Dionysian army and the East Numbian forces going north meet in Addis.

On the fifth day, the Dionysian coalition continued its westward movement, and the city of Tunes surrendered, followed by the surrender of Megalopolis.

Finally, more than 40,000 Dionysian soldiers bypassed Lake Tunes (now Lake Tunisia) and approached Carthage.

The terrified people of Carthage stood on the west wall, watching the dense Dionysian soldiers, destroying the vertical and horizontal trenches and shoveling in the isthmus between Bizerte Lake and Lake Tunes Take a piece of farmland and start building a camp on it, apparently preparing to completely block the Carthaginians in the city (Carthage thinks it is an isthmus, in fact the shortest distance between the two lakes is also about 10 miles, and the terrain Very flat).

The frightened Carthaginians did not dare to attack, and could only hide inside the tall and thick city walls, and step up to prepare for defense.Both men, women and children are mobilized and equipped with weapons, ready to go to the city to fight at any time. All the blacksmith shops in the city start working 24 hours a day and urgently produce various weapons: daggers, javelins, spears, shields...

Even the panic elders have passed the proposal of the high priest to persuade the people of the city to hold an unprecedented scale of priests and pray for blessing to the guardian god Baron Harmon of Dionysia. This ritual was the Phoenician who was in the Western Mediterranean Fire festivals that have become popular in China, have changed the color of other races, and have been held less frequently in recent decades.

But at this time, the people of Carthage were on the verge of despair. This was their little hope left, and almost no one objected.Through the lottery, a total of 200 children under the age of six were selected. In the chanting of the people in the city, they were pushed into the fire pit in front of the statue of Bar. Harmon, and their screams made even worse. The Carthaginians are suffering and confused...

However, after the fire offering ceremony, the protection of Bar Harmon did not appear, but the bad news kept coming: Daritos also surrendered to Dionia...not long after, except for Carthage, Afrikaans Utica, the second largest Phoenician city-state, also chose to surrender.As a result, another Dionysian army (ie, the 4th Legion and the Sicilian Fleet Infantry) was able to reach the city of Carthage from the west through the west coast road.At the same time, some ships of the Sicilian Fleet and the Third Fleet sailed into Lake Bizerte and Lake Tunes, moored at the simple pier built by the Dionysian army in the camp (the Carthaginians got through very early The transportation between the two lagoons and the sea, and the construction of a port where the lake extends into the urban area), so far the city of Carthage has been completely surrounded and in a desperate despair.

The reason why the veterans headed by Hanno have not made up their minds at this moment and fully accepted Dionia’s negotiation conditions is because they still have the last fluke: interference from Persia.

In fact, Tyr did respond to Carthage's request and sent a messenger to Babylon.

The Persian king Artaxerxes was very surprised when he heard the news that "Carthage was actually driven into desperation by Dionyssia". After considering it again and again, he decided to send a messenger to the Western Mediterranean to learn more about this In the course of a war, explore Dionysia's truth and reality, and understand the true attitude of this newly rising Greek kingdom to Persia.

The mediation of this war is only a secondary objective. After all, he has been in power for more than two decades and he is very clear: Dionysia has worked very hard to finally push the enemy into desperation. How could it be possible because of thousands of miles In a few words, he gave up all previous efforts, not to mention that Persia has never shown its strength to this newly established country.

In mid-February, when the passenger ship on which the Persian messengers entered entered the waters of Carthage, they were intercepted by the Dionysian warship. Even if he declared himself to be an emissary sent by the Persian king, he was still prohibited from entering Carthage.

The Persian messenger had to turn to see King Dionia and was taken to Lili.

Davis did not slow down the Persian messengers, the reception ceremony was grand.

However, since the Corinthian War, not only the native Greek Sparta relied on the support of Persia, but the Greek city-states like Athens, Corinth, and Thebes also had their breath. Persia became the de facto overlord of the Eastern Mediterranean, so Greece Every time a city-state messenger arrives in Persia, in order to achieve his purpose, he often bribes to please officials at all levels, while the Persian messengers enjoy high-standard reception throughout Greece.

However, the Persian noble messenger came to the Western Mediterranean with ambition, but he was hit by a stick. Not only was the passenger ship hijacked, but the request was also rejected. Naturally, I felt a sigh of relief. Seeing that the barbarian king was neither wearing a precious crown nor a gorgeous robe, or even just receiving himself in an ordinary living room, his heart was full of contempt, he had not said a few words before, An imperative tone said to Daphes: "Our sacred and honorable king is very concerned about the battle between Dionysia and Carthage. He hopes that both parties will immediately stop the war, exchange their respective lands, and return to The state before the war! As long as the two sides carry out like this, they will get the friendship of Persia, otherwise the consequences will be very serious and Dionysia will not be able to bear!

Faced with the arrogance of the Persian messengers, the 50-year-old Daveus had a deeper city. He did not ridicule the Persian messengers like the irony of the Spartan messenger Fibidas. He said in a calm tone : "It's good for you in Persia to manage Asia's affairs, and you don't need to worry about things in the Western Mediterranean."

The two parties broke up, and the banquet to be held after the meeting was cancelled.

The next day, the passenger ship of the Persian emissary departed from Lilithium and was "escorted" all the way until it was far from the Western Mediterranean.

After returning to Babylon, the Persian messenger added to Alta Xerxes the words of his "tragic encounter" in the Western Mediterranean and what King Dionia asked him to bring to the Persian king. The Persian king was very angry and vowed in public: One day, the most severe punishment will be given to the Kingdom of Dionia!

The Carthaginian elders never waited for the news of the Persians, but the Dionysian attack had always strained their hearts: The Dionysian army has not sent soldiers to attack the city directly, but their ballistas But they are bombarding the city wall every day, and even throwing fire pots into the city, increasing the panic of the people in the city; they also built a higher barrier than the wall, and they are standing high, attacking the defenders in the city remotely; the Dionysians do not But the army was attacking, and their navy was also not idle. They spliced ​​several warships, laid wooden boards, placed ballistas and belly bows on them, approached the ports in the two lakes, and attacked the defensive facilities in the city... The Dionysian army did not exert its full strength, more like practicing the tactics of sea and land to cooperate with the siege, but the Carthage who had never encountered such a desperation had already felt a little breathless.

The siege lasted for more than three months. The Carthage, whose walls were damaged, lack of drinking water, destroyed most of the city, and whose morale was extremely low, finally lowered their proud head and were forced to sign an extremely harsh truce agreement with the Dionysians: Carthage recognized Sicily, Corsica, and Sardinia under the rule of the Kingdom of Dionysia;

Ceded the entire colonial city of Iberia to Dionia (excluding the new colony later conquered by the Margonides);

Carthage agreed to merge the territory of Hadrumentum into the Kingdom of Dionia;

Carthage shall not infringe on the interests of Dionysian allies East and West Numbian;

Carthage and Dionysia restore peace and resume trade, with a period of 20 years. Interest disputes within the time limit will be resolved through consultation between the two parties;

No infringement of the alliance between the parties to the agreement within the time limit...

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Half a year later, the island of Ortigia also surrendered due to food depletion.At this point, the war between Dionia and Carthage ended.