Vol 8 Chapter 367: Negotiate again

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Davos said again, "No, I don't think so, because we have no foundation in Aeonija, those Phoenician city states will secretly be dissatisfied with us. Taiji is destroyed and without the shackles on his head, he will pursue his own interests. If we want to replace Carthage, we may conflict with them ...
There are also Mauritanian and Libyan people on the land of Africa. These are a large number of races. Once Carthage ceases to exist, Africa will likely be in conflict. We will be involved in it and will consume a lot of our energy and material resources. Is it worth it? After all, the focus of the Kingdom of Dionia is in Italy. We must not only consolidate our rule in Italy, but also continue to implement the strategy of northward development.
After listening carefully, Hippopolis thought for a moment, and said suddenly: "We want to take away Sicily, Sardinia, southern Iberia, and eliminate Carthage's threat to the kingdom, but let Carthage act as A large force on the African land continues to ensure that the Numibians continue to rely on us. And we, Dionia, can mediate between the forces in a transcendent capacity, mediate disputes, and continue to increase in Africa. Influence ... "
Dafus nodded and said, "Herni, you understand well, so you must grasp this degree in future negotiations. Of course, our army will continue to exert pressure. I think Carthage will eventually agree to all of us. Claim……"
When Davers said here, he couldn't help but think of Carthage in previous history. After the Second Punic War, they had lost all their colonies, but after decades of development, they regained Prosperity was restored, but the Romans were nervous and eventually destroyed it.
In Davis's view, the Romans were scared by Hannibal. There was always a delusion of persecution. In fact, Carthage was no longer able to pose any threat to Rome. When the Romans became angry, The fact that Carthage sent a large number of hostages was immediately apparent. Today, Dionia has no fear of the Romans, and has destroyed Rome and defeated Carthage in the first battle. It is more confident and powerful.
Even if only competing in trade, Dionysian is not afraid of Carthage. Even after the victory of the Punic War, Rome in the previous life has become a hegemon in the western Mediterranean, but it is still a city-state with agriculture as its mainstay and less developed commerce. It is equal to farmers and merchants, and after acquiring these colonies of Carthage, the business of the entire kingdom will only develop faster.
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Two days after the victory of Serinus, the Dionysian army stayed mainly in the city of Serinus and the original Carthage camp, and Daphs did not send an army to siege the remnants, only to order two Instead of cruising to the waters of Carthage, the large fleet focused on blocking the ports of Mazara and Orix. At the same time, it dispatched Theonian cavalry to patrol the two towns and found abnormalities and report back at any time.
Davers believes that the Carthage remnants who have hid in these two towns have exceeded tens of thousands of people. It is difficult for the people in these two towns to support them under the condition of losing food. The army led by Prosousus once sabotaged the farmland in the western region, causing the wheat harvest in these towns to drop sharply. It is hard to say whether they can survive this winter. How can there be surplus food to support this remnant army. I'm afraid it won't be long before these two city-states become chaotic due to food problems.
In these short two days, Mazara and Segsta did not move much, but the leaders of the Sikians came to the city of Celinus.
The Sikians who were adjacent to Segsta were the first to get the news that the "Carthage Army was defeated." When they saw the once-incredible Carthaginian soldiers fleeing into Segsta city in panic, they were in their hearts. The shock was inexorable, and hundreds of thousands of Dionian cavalry and Numbian cavalry appeared on the edge of the Sikai territory from time to time, terrifying this small Sicilian mountain race. Ionia surrendered, and also captured the leader of the West Keltanian tribe hiding in their territory, Aconis and his relatives, in order to be forgiven by the Dions.
Davers accepted their surrender, and spoke soothingly, reassuring the Xikai leaders.
But in their presence, Davers ordered his men to be taken into custody, and announced that they would be taken to the Sikar Mountains, so that all of them would be attacked by the Carthage army, lose their territories and a large number of them. Tribes of the peoples are tried and executed publicly.
In Davers's words, any ally who betrays Dionia should be severely punished. This made the leaders of the Xikai people present in their hearts and watched secretly.
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Marco refused to obey the order of the Senate and insisted on attacking the city of Celinus. This caused the indignation of other elders except the Magonids. The Senate held a meeting for several days and fiercely debated whether " The most severe punishment was given to this daring military commander. "In fact, many veterans also secretly hoped that Carthage's army could capture the city of Celinus, so that Carthage could be recovered in the following negotiations. Some disadvantages.
On the night of the defeat of the Carthage army, the city of Mazara sent several cargo ships, taking huge risks, and quietly sailed towards Carthage in the dark, and only one ship finally reached its destination.
When the elders heard the news, they were shocked for a long time.
Before the navy was almost wiped out, the army is now defeated. The defeat of Carthage ’s maritime and army forces made the elders heartbroken and completely wiped out the pride left in their hearts. In order to save the remnants of the army trapped on Sicily and the The large number of soldiers captured by Dionia, the Senate convened an emergency meeting.
Unlike in the past, the venue was always debated. Magonides sent the elders to Mazara's messenger. "Although Hasdruba escaped to Mazara city fortunately, Marco has no information so far." They demanded that negotiations be resumed immediately, and the conditions offered by the Dionias be as good as possible, and the truce be reached as soon as possible.
However, under such difficult conditions, negotiations with Dionia will definitely face more difficulties, so the elders actively discuss: where should make concessions, and where should they persist, Dionia What new requirements might be made ...
It took two days to finally formulate a relatively complete diplomatic negotiation plan. It was the first time for Carthage to pass a resolution on such a major issue in such a short time.
During the meeting, the Senate also spent some time appeasing the people of Carthage who wept and wept because of the news.
As a ambassador of Carthage, Okridon again sailed to Sicily, this time he felt a great responsibility.
After entering the western waters of Sicily by boat, Okridon was going to first enter Mazara City and meet with Hasdrubba to learn more about the situation and prepare for it.
Who knew that when the ship approached Mazara, it was intercepted by a Dionysian warship. After learning that Ocreton was the messenger of Carthage, he was not allowed to enter the port of Mazara, but suggested that he go directly. The city of Sellinus.
On the ship, Ocreton saw the many Dionian warships patrolling back and forth in front of the port of Mazara, and felt the urgency of the situation. He immediately ordered the ship to accelerate to Celinus.
King Theonian's residence has been moved from Minoasi to Celinus, a step of victory for the Onionian army; but for Carthage, this change means Carthage Ki's total failure in this war.
After arriving at the city of Celinus, Okliton demanded to meet King Daphs and was refused. Negotiations were also requested, and this time consent was obtained.
Negotiations took place in an vacant home in the port area.
Okliton entered the living room early and waited, and Hippopolis had a long delay before Shi Shiran arrived.
O'Clayton resisted the dissatisfaction and said immediately: "In the past few days ~ EbookFREE.me ~ our Senate has re-negotiated the terms of your negotiation and decided to hand over Corsica to Dioni Asian jurisdiction, except for Saint Iberia and Callaris, Sardinia is under the jurisdiction of Dionia; and regarding Sicily, I hope Dionia can return Lili, we Carthage give up ... on Sicily The responsibilities of other western city-states and territories are: Erics, Mazara, Segsta, Palermos, etc. are all independent city-states, regardless of whether Dionia wants to annex it or make it a subsidiary, Negotiate with them on their own, without any interference from Carthage. "
After speaking, Okridon looked at Hernepolis, but he was a little nervous: In fact, the bottom line of the negotiation given to him by the Senate was to promise all the conditions put forward by Dionia, but since it is negotiation, he cannot As soon as you meet, you fold out your hole cards, so you have to bargain.
Now O'Critton is most worried that Dionia will take advantage of this victory and once again the Lions open their mouths and propose new conditions.
Sure enough, after hearing the words of Crichton, Hannipolis sneered sneerly, "Master Ocreton, when you first came to negotiate, I said, 'If Carthage didn't promise us sooner Negotiating conditions, maybe we will overweight until the next negotiation. 'As a result, you are lucky, not only delaying the negotiation time, but even let your army launch an offensive against Celinus during the negotiation— "