Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Aydia Ruba took a look at Ma Ge’s excitement, but there was no touch in his heart: Carthage’s hegemony in Sicily? I think it is your hegemony of the Magonid family in Sicily!

In fact, the Carthaginians uphold the racial characteristics of the Phoenicians and prefer to trade in business rather than military aggression. For centuries, the colonization and trade of the Carthaginians in Sicily, except for very few conflicts, have been peacefully coexisting with the Greeks most of the time. It was not until more than 80 years ago that Syracuse’s lord Dillon attacked Himala, forcing Himila’s lord Tirrus to ask for help from the patriarch of the Carthage Magonid family and his close friend Hamilka.

Hamilka was just angry that his mother was treated unfairly in Syracuse (the mother of Hamilka was a Syracuse), and organized himself without paying the unanimous consent of the Senate. The Sicilian expedition, the result was defeated by Dillon in Himila, and Hamilka also died, so the Magonid family would defeat Syracuse as a mission and drag the Carthage people down. The Carthaginians have been fighting Syracuse for decades...

Now that the Magonid family has lost their absolute rule in Carthage, they want to slam the people into the endless Sicilian war... I know some inner feelings, Adiaruba sneered at him, he coughed a few times. Sound, cold and cold said: "There is a need to fight. The first two wars against Syracuse launched by your brother and you have caused Carthage to lose too many citizens. They are afraid of being unwilling and unable to join. Go to a new war!"

Adiyaruuba’s words pointed directly to Ma’s painful feet, which made him feel blushing. Some of them were angry and said: “You don’t need citizens to fight, as long as there are enough mercenaries, I can lead the army to Syracuse. Under the city!"

Aydia Lubhaha smiled and said: "Ma Ge, you said it is easy, enough mercenaries?! It also needs enough gold and silver to pay their salary! Now your mercenary has already let Carthage’s treasury is tight, and he wants to recruit more soldiers. Not only will the Senate not agree, but the people will also oppose it, because that means taxation. And too many mercenaries can cause worry. Ah, Ma Ge, you just said, 'Once you can't pay enough pay on time, those mercenaries can be rioted.'"

After a while, Ma Ge said, after a while, he was not willing to bite his teeth and said: "Even if you don't increase your strength, just use the existing army of Sicily, I will certainly be able to recapture the city and land that I lost. I also invite Adiaruba. Transfer to the Senate and reconsider this matter!"

Aydia Ruba categorically refused: "I don't know the current situation of Margot, Carthage! Carthage needs to restore prosperity, the people hope to live in peace, no one wants to have nothing to do with them. Those land and inexplicable reasons to sacrifice their lives! We finally reached peace with Syracuse, now you want us to tear up the peace talks with them and restart the war, which will not only anger the Syracuse, but also cause The dissatisfaction of the Diaonians who have just established some contact with us, Carthage will not make such a reckless decision!"

Marge was irritated by his words: "Adiaruuba, I used to think that you are a little bit hard, have your own independent opinions and opinions in the Senate. Now it seems that you are no different from those who are dependent on Hanno. , know how people call them?"

In the face of Marco's offense, Aydia Ruba resisted his anger and said with a deep voice: "My opinion has always been based on the interests of Carthage. I will not consider who the pros are and who the opponents are. Is this decision made by the grown man really for Carthage?! I want to remind you that the Senate will send a veteran to serve as the Sicilian Ombudsman in view of the current sensitive period, lest the mercenaries not listen to the command. , it will only cause some accidents!..."

This time the meeting, the two broke up.

When Adia Roba left the Governor's Mansion, he could still hear the roar of Marco. He finally made up his mind to agree with Hanno's private proposal: to send an messenger to reach an agreement with Dionia as soon as possible.

On the way to the port, the constant encounter with mercenaries who wore various accents and dressed in different styles made him frown: the Sicilian military defense zone has no need to exist, and peace can be achieved through negotiation. Interest, why is it necessary to pass the war...

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In the darkness, the port of Siliting was silent, and only the tide of the sea patted the pier gently, giving a gentle squeak.

In the round moon in the sky, the soft silver light dispels the darkness between the heavens and the earth, and brings some safety to the nighttime navigation.

Dionysius and Phibidas and his party sneaked into the dock, and Leptinies had already prepared the boats for them.

Dionysius was very difficult to pat the shoulders of Faxi Pesas with his relatives. The look solemnly said: "Fasi Pesas, no need to send it again, lest the soldiers find abnormalities. During this time, here The troops will be handed over to you, and I will bring the reinforcements as soon as possible!"

The heavy responsibility of Dionysius to Faxi Pesas made him feel a lot of pressure. Only after half a day, his forehead was a little more wrinkled, but at this time he could no longer tell his own depression, he could only send it out. Blessing: "Adult, I hope Apollo will bless you back to Syracuse!"

"Don't forget, temporarily concealing the news of the soldiers leaving me to avoid confusion!" Dionysius reminded him again.

Faxi Pesas nodded and understood.

Looking at Faxi Pesas and turning away, Dionysius quickly regained his gaze and said to Leptines, who is next to him: "How about the blockade of the port by the Diaonians now?"

"According to the return of the lighthouse's sentinel, there are only three or four Deonian Clippers outside the port. At night, they can't block such a wide outbound sea. With the boating technology of Laktrius, they can easily break through their block! ”

After listening to the words of Leputiens with confidence, Dionysius was a little more relaxed. He looked at his brother. His mediocrity and incompetence often made him angry and helpless, but his loyalty and meticulousness. Execution of the order made him feel relieved, so he sent several other brothers to other city-states as the lords, and left this one alone. At this moment, looking at this honest younger brother, he did not complain in his heart. Some are affectionate, he whispered: "Do not pay close attention to the movements in the city, once the situation is found to be wrong, immediately take the fleet out of the port and return to Syracuse!"

"Ah!" Leputines was horrified and screamed.

Dionysius glanced at him and squeezed his hand, whispering again: "Remember!"

Lep Tignes nodded in a vigilant manner: "Yes! Yes!"

Dionysius ignored him again and jumped on the swaying Clippers with the support of the guards.

“Is it all over?” Pybidas was already on the boat, and asked at this time.

Dionysius nodded.

"Will you come back?" Fibidas's question was always so straightforward.

Dionysius's face changed slightly. He ignored Filipdas, but said to Lak Tirus at the stern: "Shipping!"

Laktirus immediately let the sailor untie the cable and raise the sail. Although the east wind is blowing on the sea, it is not the south wind. For the experienced Laktirus, this is not a problem. He skillfully manipulates the rudder and the Clippers sail out of the port like an arrow.

Dionysius couldn't help but look back and saw Leptinies still standing on the dock and beckoning.

Dionysius looked stunned: he didn't want to lead the reinforcements back to the West Chamber, defeated Dionia, and regained his reputation for him and Syracuse. But judging from the current signs, the difficulties encountered after returning to Syracuse are not just a thousand-dozens of the Dionyrian army, ensuring that he is in tin among all the difficulties that may be encountered. Lacuza’s power is solid, this is the most important! Without power, you and your family will die without a place to die!

Dionysius is very clear about this, in order to achieve this goal, others can be abandoned!

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The Syracuse coalition surrounded the first legion of the Dionysian and the exiles, and it was necessary to defeat the landing force in one fell swoop. However, the news of the rumors of the allies in the past made the Syracuse coalitions chaos and eventually had to Choose to retreat. The first legion of the Dionya took the opportunity to counterattack, which led to the retreat of the Syracuse coalition into a major retreat.

Marcias led the cavalry all the way to the south for more than 20 miles ~ www.novelmtl.com ~ entered the vast Catania plain, which stopped the escape, began to send cavalry, gathered around the collapse, until the evening gathered More than 4,000 people.

At this time, the detective return: the Katanai city in front of the troops sent troops to attack and arrest the soldiers.

For safety, Masias had to lead the loss of the troops to the west.

They passed through several villages. In fact, these villages were originally owned by Katanei mercenaries, but the slaves attacked the former masters and then followed the successful riots into the city of Katanei, who also took away the food stored in the village.

In addition to seeing the corpse of a place, the squadrons did not search for much food that could be eaten. Although the Katana mercenaries in the team were angry, they couldn’t even protect themselves at the moment, and they could only shed tears.

The low morale of the squadrons endured hunger and exhaustion, marched in the darkness, and finally found a village on the edge of the southwestern side of the Katana territory, without being hit by riots.

The villagers panicked in the face of so many soldiers.