Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 559

[Chapter 226 Leaving]

Adidas Ruba looked at Marco’s excited expression, but he was not touched at all: Carthage’s hegemony in Sicily?

I think it is the hegemony of your Margonides in Sicily!

In fact, the Carthaginians inherited the racial characteristics of the Phoenicians, preferring business and trade rather than military aggression.

For hundreds of years, the colonization and trade of the Carthaginians in Sicily, with the exception of very few conflicts, mostly coexisted peacefully with the Greeks.

Until more than 80 years ago, Dillon, the tyrant of Syracuse, attacked Himera, forcing the tyrant of Himera, Tirirus, to seek help from Hamilka, the patriarch of the Margonid family of Carthage and his close friend.

Hamilka happened to be annoyed at the injustice of his mother’s family in Syracuse (Hamilka’s mother was from Syracuse), and without the unanimous consent of the Senate, organized an out of his own pocket. The Sicilian expedition was defeated by Dillon at Himera, and Hamilka was also killed. Therefore, the Margonid family made it a mission to defeat Syracuse, and also dragged the people of Carthage into the water. Since then The

Carthaginians have been at war with Syracuse for decades…

Now that the Margonides have lost their absolute rule in Carthage, they still want to encourage the people to throw themselves into the endless Sicilian wars… Adiya Ruba, who knew some inside information, scoffed at this. He coughed a few times and said coldly: “War needs people. The first two wars against Syracuse launched by your brother and you made Carthage already They have lost too many citizens, and I am afraid they are unwilling and unable to join a new war!”

Aditya Ruba’s words pointed directly at Marco’s sore feet, which made him blush slightly, a little embarrassed and angry. Said: “There is no need for citizens to participate in the war. As long as there are enough

mercenaries

, I can lead the army to attack the city of Syracuse!”

Enough mercenaries?! That also requires enough gold and silver to pay their wages! Now your mercenaries are already straining Carthage’s treasury, and you want to recruit more soldiers, not only the elders The court will not agree, and the public will oppose it, because that means taxation. And too many mercenaries will make people worry, Mr. Margo, you just said, ‘If you can’t pay enough wages on time , those mercenaries could riot.'”

Marco was at a loss for words, and after a while, he gritted his teeth unwillingly and said: “Even if I don’t increase the number of troops, just use the existing army in Sicily, I will definitely be able to regain the city-state and land I lost! Tell

the Senate and reconsider this matter!”

Adiya Ruba categorically refused: “Master Margo, don’t you know the current situation of Carthage! Carthage needs to restore prosperity, and the people hope to live a stable life , no one is willing to sacrifice their lives for those lands and inexplicable reasons that have nothing to do with them! We finally reached peace with Syracuse, and now you want us to tear up the peace with them and restart the war, which not only It will anger the Syracuse people, and it may also arouse the dissatisfaction of the Dionians who have just established some connections with us, Carthage will not make such a reckless decision!”

Margo was caught by his words. Infuriated: “Adiya Ruba,

I used to think that you were a little tough, and you have your own independent opinions and opinions in the Senate. Now it seems that you are no different from those guys who are attached to Hanno, and you know how the people call them. Is it!”

Facing Marco’s offense, Aditya Ruba held back his anger and said in a deep voice: “My view has always been based on the interests of Carthage, and I will not consider who is in favor and who is opposed. It’s the decision you made, Mr. Margo, is it really for Carthage?! I want to remind you that the Senate will send an elder to serve as the Sicilian inspector, in view of the sensitive period now, to avoid those mercenaries. If you don’t obey the command, it will only cause some accidents!”

This time, the two of them parted unhappily.

When Aditya Roba left the governor’s mansion, Marco could still be heard roaring inside. He finally made up his mind and agreed to Hanno’s private proposal: send an envoy as soon as possible to reach an agreement with Dionia.

On the way to the port, he kept encountering mercenaries with various accents and clothes, which made him frown: the Sicilian military defense zone is completely unnecessary, and peace and peace can be obtained through negotiation. Interests, why is it necessary to go through the war

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In the dark night, the port of Xi Li Ting was silent, only the sea tide gently beat the pier, making a gentle rushing sound.

There is a full moon in the sky, dispelling the darkness between the sky and earth with soft silver light, and also bringing some safety to sailing at night.

Dionysius, Phibbidas and the others came to the pier quietly, and Leptines had prepared a boat for them.

Dionysius patted Facipesas on the shoulder with a rare gesture of intimacy, and said solemnly: “Facipesas, don’t send it any more, lest the soldiers find something abnormal. During this time, here’s the All the troops will be handed over to you, and I will bring reinforcements as soon as possible!”

Dionysius’s task of handing over to Facipesas made him feel a lot of pressure, and after half a day, his forehead grew a little bit Wrinkled, but at this time he could no longer tell his distress, and could only send blessings: “Sir, may Apollo bless you and return to Syracuse smoothly!”

“Don’t forget, temporarily hide the news of my departure from the soldiers. , to avoid chaos in the troops!” Dionysius reminded again.

Fasipezas nodded in understanding.

Watching Fasipesas turn and leave, Dionysius quickly retracted his gaze and said to Leputines beside him: “How is the blockade of the port by the Dionysians now?”

“According to the lighthouse’s The sentinel reported that there were only three or four Dionysian Clippers outside the port, and they couldn’t block such a wide outgoing sea at night. With Laktilus’ ship-handling skills, they could easily break through their blockage!

” Putinius’ confident words made Dionysius a little more relaxed. He stared at his brother. Usually his mediocrity and incompetence often made him angry and helpless, but his loyalty and meticulous execution of orders made him again. It made him feel at ease, so he sent several other brothers to other city-states as tyrants, and left this one by his side… At this moment, looking at this simple and honest younger brother, he didn’t have any complaints in his heart, but some was affectionate. He whispered: “Pay close attention to the movement in the city. Once you find that something is wrong, immediately rush out of the port with the fleet and return to Syracuse!”

“Ah!” Leptines almost cried out in shock.

Dionysius glared at him fiercely, squeezed his hand hard, and whispered again: “Remember!”

Leputines nodded again and again alertly: “Yes! Yes!”

Dionysius ignored him again, and with the help of his guards, jumped on the rickety clipper.

“Is it all finished?” Phoebe Das asked meaningfully at this time, who was already on the boat.

Dionysius nodded.

“Will you come back?” Phoebe Das’s question was always so straightforward.

Dionysius’ face changed slightly, he ignored Phoebe Das, but said to Laktilus who was at the stern: “Go!”

Laktilus immediately asked the sailors to untie the cables and raise the sails.

Although the wind is blowing from the east, not the south, for the experienced Lactylus, this is not a problem. He skillfully controls the rudder, and the clipper sails out of the port like an arrow.

Dionysius couldn’t help but look back, only to see Leptinius still standing on the pier, waving constantly.

Dionysius looked sad: why didn’t he want to lead the reinforcements back to Cilidia, defeat Dionysius, and regain the prestige for him and Syracuse.

But judging from all the signs now, the difficulties encountered after this trip back to Syracuse were not just a Dionian army of several thousand people. Rakuza’s power is stable, that’s the most important thing!

Without power, you and your family will die without a place to be buried!

Dionysius is very conscious of this, in order to achieve this purpose, everything else can be abandoned!

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The Syracuse coalition forces surrounded the First Dionysian Corps and the exiles, and it seemed that the landing force was about to be defeated in one fell swoop, but the news of the allied riots that came one after another The Syracuse coalition forces were in chaos, and they finally had to choose to retreat.

The Dionian First Army took the opportunity to counterattack, causing the Syracuse coalition to retreat from a retreat to a rout.

Macias led the cavalry all the way to the south for more than 20 miles, and UU read www.sonicmtl.com entered the vast Catania plain, and then stopped escaping, began to send cavalry, and gathered the defeated soldiers everywhere until dusk. More than 4000 people gathered.

At this time, the reconnaissance cavalry reported: Katanai City in front sent troops to attack and capture the rout soldiers.

In order to be safe, Macias had to lead the remnants of the defeated generals to move westward.

They passed through several villages.

In fact, these villages were originally owned by Katanai mercenaries, but the slaves attacked their former masters, and then followed the successful riot to enter the city of Katanai, and they also took away the food stored in the villages.

Apart from seeing corpses in one place, the routed soldiers did not find much food to eat. Although the Katana mercenaries in the team were angry, they could not even protect themselves at the moment, so they could only cry secretly.

Hungry and exhausted, the demoralized rout soldiers staggered along in the dark, and finally found a village on the southwestern edge of Katana territory unscathed by the riots.

Faced with so many soldiers, the villagers panicked.