Vol 8 Chapter 380: Conquer Sicily

Samuels looked at Hanno and said frankly, "Master Hanno, we must consider temporarily abandoning Numbia. The fiasco of Carthage has been seen by all the tribes of East Numbia Without the hope of our rule, the reason why I can barely cope with their rebellion is that the young and middle-aged people of all tribes have been basically transferred to Sicily, and now I am afraid they have become prisoners of Dionia.
If I am the commander of the Dionysians and want to land in Africa and attack Carthage, I will surely win over these Numebians and make them a help for the Dionysian army ... "
"You are alarmist. Numbia was conquered by our Carthaginians for decades, how much money and manpower it took. How could we just give up and give up!" Roared in anger.
"Well ... Samuels is right, we should recognize the reality!" Hanno sighed heavily, his face showing pain, his voice slowly said: "Drevika, once Dionysians attack Carthage, can the 8,000 civilian soldiers stay in Numibia? You might as well send them back, as long as you keep Carthage, you will have to recapture them in the future. Opportunity for Numbia land!
In addition, we can also discuss with the surrounding Phoenician allies. After the Dionysian troops land in Africa, they can temporarily evade the city of Carthage. This way we not only play the role of the leader, but also ensure their safety. More defensive forces ... "
"Master Hannover, this is a good idea! But it will increase our food consumption!" Samos reminded.
"Are our Phoenician allies hiding in Carthage with empty hands ?! Don't we remind them to move all the food in our city into our city?" Tippanaco reminded.
Samos looked slightly embarrassed. He was too anxious to forget this.
Hanno continued: "We can also send messengers to Tyre to ask our motherland for help and ask if they can let Persia come forward to mediate the war."
Persia! The eyes of others flashed.
Tepanrac immediately asked: "Will Persia agree to this ball?"
"I heard that the King of Persia did not have a good opinion of Dionia, otherwise the East Phoenician fleet would not be allowed to come under the Persian flag ... to ensure the security of the Western Mediterranean Carthage, for Persia only Good, no bad, I believe the Persian king will make the right choice. "Hanno said confidently.
"Some Persians put pressure on it, I believe that the Dionysians will have to carefully consider the issue of the armistice. Maybe we can also fight for more benefits in the negotiations based on this." Drevika finally smiled.
Okridon appeared a little worried, reminding him: "I think King Dionia is a tough man. He ignored our protests before and still chose to fight against Rome. According to information, Dionia also Forming an alliance with Egypt, do n’t the Dionians know that Egypt is now a deadly enemy of Persia? It can be seen that the Dionians are not like the Greeks and are very afraid of Persia. We can use the power of Persia but we cannot Rely too much on it! "
"Occleton, you are right. Persia is too far away from the Western Mediterranean. They are unlikely to send reinforcements like Tyre. The Dionysians can be fearless, but at least it is a pressure on them." Hanno had come to this point, and fell into meditation. It took a while before he had made up his mind and said in a deep voice: "Since you have concluded that the Dionians do have a willingness to negotiate, we are strengthening the defense of Carthage. At the same time of security, we can also continue to make concessions in the negotiations. When the benefits of the negotiations outweigh the losses that the war may suffer, the Dionians will choose to sign a peace agreement with us ... "
With a bit of sadness in Hanno's eyes, he slowly swept across the crowd: "Corsica, Sardinia, and Western Sicily have fallen into the control of the Dionians, and it is impossible to recapture them. As a bargaining chip, give up if necessary; Cadiz, Huelva, Malaga in southern Iberia ... are important impetus for the rise of our Carthage, but also after we may lose Corsica and Sardinia. The remaining source of precious metal trade must never be given to the Dions; but other territories in southern Iberia ... we can give up when necessary. "
Having said that, Hanno suddenly became angry, and he said aloud, "Drevika, you are right, Marco is a sinner of Carthage! His brother Himirko is also a sinner of Carthage! A few years ago, Himirko ignited a war in Sicily, but suffered a fiasco that severely damaged Carthage ’s national strength. Only when Dionia and Syracuse had a war with us, Carthage could only watch, and eventually Had to sign an agreement with Dionysian to maintain peace! And this time, Marco's incompetence killed our 100,000 troops and put Carthage in such a dangerous situation ... The Magonid family must be subject to the Senate Severe punishment!
The land they conquered in Iberia was said to be for the benefit of the Carthaginians. In fact, it had become the territory of the Magonid family. They did not obey the order of the Senate and accept officials sent by the Senate. In this way, it is better to use southern Iberia as a bargaining chip and give it to the Dionysians at an appropriate time, which can increase the chance of peace talks and maintain the stability and unity of Carthage. "
Hanno blames Carthage to such a dangerous degree today as to completely blame the Magonid family, in fact covering up his own over-encumbered Dayonian mistakes without strict restrictions. For Tepanrac and Ocreton, since they belong to the Hannos, they have not previously received any benefits from southern Iberia, so they have no objection to this decision.
Samuels has his own opinion on this, because through the previous battle reports, he believes that in southern Iberia has a large number of well-equipped troops, in fact, should be kept as far as possible. But he did not say this. After all, he is not a pure soldier. He is a veteran of the Hanoi. Saying such words at this special time will only cause Hanno's suspicion.
At this time, it happened that Hanno had set his sights on him, making him jump suddenly: Did Hanno see my mind?
"Samuels is right. Now we do n’t have enough troops to keep the land in Numibia. What about the condition of Dionia? When our strength recovers, we will take it back again. That's it, the land is there anyway, and it can't run away ... "
Hanno's tone of speech seemed relaxed, but the few people present could feel the pain in his heart. After all, it was he who held the banner of "Marching Inland" and gathered many Carthage elites around him for more than 10 years. To lead the citizens of Carthage and seize a large amount of land in East Numbia, only to consolidate his leadership position in the Senate and his popularity among the people, and now everything has come to nothing ...
Thinking of these, all the people present looked sad.
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On the second day, the Hanoi veterans who reached a consensus passed a resolution one by one at the meeting: recalling 8,000 militias, re-mobilizing war in the city, sending envoys to talk with surrounding Phoenician allies, and sending envoys Heading to Tyre in the Eastern Mediterranean ...
However, when the two negotiation conditions of "cease of southern Iberia and return of Numibian land" were proposed, they immediately caused a stir.
Most of the veterans of the Magonids and the neutrals resolutely opposed and scolded the Dionysians for their greed and rebuked the Hanoi for traitors.
The Senate was caught in a fierce quarrel and could not reach a unified opinion.
By this time, the battle in Sicily had become clearer.
On the 3rd day after the battle of Celinus, the Segalstas quietly sent an ambassador to Celinus and offered to surrender.
It turned out that tens of thousands of soldiers who had fled into the city of Segsta, most of whom were Carthage citizens, suddenly regarded themselves as the new owners of Segsta, not only forcibly occupying the houses of the Segsta people. , Robbing them of their food, and using them as slaves, the Segistas suffered a lot, so they conspired with the Dionysian army to quietly open the city gates at night, responding inside and outside, quickly calming down the soldiers.
At that time, Dionysius, the master of Syracuse, led an army to siege Segostar for more than half a year ~ EbookFREE.me ~ also failed to conquer Segsta, but now the tenacious Segsta people are obedient. The surrender to Dionia would undoubtedly boost the morale of the soldiers.
Immediately two days later, Mazara also opened the gates to the Army of Dionia.
It turned out that the fallout that had escaped into Mazara was under the control of Hasdrubba. At the beginning, the situation was much better than Segsta, but this fallout was mainly made up of Phanu infantry, Iberian infantry, and Lusitani. Composed of Asian fighters and Celtic fighters, most of them are Iberian indigenous people. They were either conquered by Margo ’s force or attracted by a generous salary before participating in this war. What good did they get? Instead, because of the fiasco of Carthage, they were in a difficult situation, and naturally they had other thoughts.
However, Hasdruba, who wanted to reorganize his fanfare, did not realize these changes in indigenous psychology. Instead, he acted in accordance with previous military law and severely punished several Lusitania fighters who robbed Mazara residents of the city. The original was The attempt to kill the chicken tamarins and purge the military records has intensified the contradictions, which led to the mutiny of the Iberian indigenous people. Later, Hasdrubal completely lost control of the army. The alien soldiers respected him as a brave fighter, but only sent him Captured as a captive and did not kill him.
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