Vol 8 Chapter 385: Davers and Dido

"I thought about it!" Dido said without hesitation: "So I decided to go to Sicily and negotiate with the Dions!"
"What ?! Are you going to Sicily ?!" Haka was really surprised this time.
"It was you who was more suitable, but you are not well, and you ca n’t live without you at this time. So I can only go! Although I am a woman, I am the only patriarch of the Magonid family. My daughter, I went to Sicily to negotiate in person, and it showed the sincerity of our Magonid family. And the decision I made in the negotiations should also get your consent, right? "Dido's aggressive Looking straight at her cousin.
Haka didn't respond directly, asking instead: "What decision are you going to make?"
"I want this territory to join the Kingdom of Dionia, become their sub-state, or ... that free city, I think this should be able to save my father and Hasdrubba!"
Haka looked at the determined Dido, suddenly envying her vitality and boldness, which was what his sick body lacked: "Well, I will take care of everything here, you can go to Sicily with confidence, But be prepared for the worst. The King of Dionia is not so good at talking! "
Although Haka had not seen Daphs, he had a deeper understanding of the King of Dionia. Even some of the administrative systems now implemented in the Iberian territory were absorbed from the Dionian government. Adapted. Because of this, as a Carthage nobleman, he did not oppose Dido's acts of rebellion against the enemy nation, but there was still a hint of envy in his heart.
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O'Clifton once again came to Sicily as a messenger of Carthage, and began a new round of negotiations with Dionysian court clerk Hannipolis at the main residence of the city's mansion in Ricci.
After several negotiating confrontations, in the face of the aggressive Hernipolis, Okliton made a compromise and offered to cede the new colony in southern Iberia and to return the land of the East Numbians and allow it. independent.
However, Henipolis was not satisfied. He pointed out that what Dionia needs is the entire southern Iberia owned by Carthage, which also includes Cadiz, Huelva, Megaropolis Other coastal towns and the gold and silver mines they control cannot be changed.
Okliton argued based on rationale that Hannipolis did not give up, and Davers did not give him a chance to meet, and negotiations reached an impasse.
When Okliton passed the news that Carnegie ’s progress was
unsuccessful,
the Carthage Senate also received another bad news: Ruspina surrendered to Dionysian forces.
It turned out that Alexis had hoped that Carthage's army could come to rescue Ruspina, so that he could defeat Carthage's fresh forces in the field, reduce the difficulty for soldiers to attack the city in the future, and defeat Carthage. Human confidence.
However, after the Carthage Senate learned that the Numibians had joined the Dionysian army, they were more worried about the security of the city of Carthage. Even if the messenger of Ruspina repeatedly pleaded, the Carthage Senate was perfunctory. On the one hand, it stepped up to mobilize reinforcements from the Phoenician allies in the west to protect the city.
Alexis did not order to storm Ruspina, but let a total of 30 crossbow guns owned by the three legions, continuously bombard Ruspina city for several days, not only smashing many houses in the city, letting People in the city were heart-wrenching all day long, and they also made several large gaps in the not-thick-walled city wall. There were not many militias in Ruspina, plus the news that Carthage's reinforcements had not waited. In order to avoid repeating the mistakes of Hardlumentum, the terrified Ruspina chose to surrender.
Alexis led his troops into the city of Ruspina. After taking full control of the city, he immediately notified the Third Army in Hadrumentum to remove the camp and meet in Ruspina.
In view of the inability of the Carthages to stand still, he simply planned to continue to capture the thapsos eastward, thereby completely turning this coastal land into the rear of the Dionysian army.
The Hanoi-headed Carthage veterans received a reply from Okliton, and at the same time learned that the Dionysian army that had landed in Africa raided the city to the east through scouts, and realized that whether it was for Carthage For the security of the city, or for the successful conclusion of the armistice agreement, Carthage must concentrate its efforts to repel the enemy in front of him.
As a result, the Senate appointed Ursus Samos as the commander-in-chief of Carthage, who was responsible for repulsing the Dionysian army.
Samuels led 10,000 Carthage militias and rushed to Addis, bringing the total strength in Addis to 15,000. It also made it difficult to see young citizens in Carthage again. The Senate had to send Both the old and the underage men mobilized to guard the city.
Instead of leading the army to rescue Typsos, which was under siege by Dionysian forces, Samos was building defensive facilities in Addis while waiting for reinforcements from the Phoenician allies on the west coast.
As the Dionian warship patrolled along the coast of Africa, for the sake of safety, the reinforcements of the Phoenician allies did not dare to take the ship and had to travel by land and march in the mountains. The time to reach Carthage was naturally extended.
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Dido is tall, sturdy, pretty, and bright-eyed. She is wearing a purple pleated dress with flowers embroidered with gold silk, and is covered with a rare white fox fur, black hair. Pull them together and gather them with fine hair accessories made of pure gold ... The grace and grace are not elegant, but the brilliance reveals the British spirit. Although the skin tone is slightly black, it is more shiny, flawless, and more exotic. .
When she went into the living room of Lili's main town house, not only the guards looked straight, but Daphs was also a little lost.
He sat subconsciously straightened, coughed twice, and said, "You ... is the messenger from the colony of Carthage Iberia?"
"Dear King of Dionia." Dido opened her lips, her voice was not as crisp as most young girls, but rather thicker: "I'm Dido, the only daughter of Carthage's military commander, Marco. Not the messenger of Carthage, but the Magonide family represented. "
Davers was not surprised. He already knew the identity of the Iberian messenger in advance, and he also knew through intelligence that this daughter of Margo was not a simple woman. Not only did she often participate in the affairs of southern Iberia, she even She was able to influence her decision, so she met her out of curiosity. And this sentence emphasized by Dittot confirmed some thoughts in his mind. He deliberately joked: "Are there no men in your Magonid family?"
Dido heard the irony of Davers, and suddenly Xingyan's eyes opened, but then he lowered his eyes and said vigorously, "Iberian officials asked me to come here not because I was a woman, but Because I can negotiate with you on their behalf! "
"Oh?" Daphs said in surprise, "I don't understand why Carthage officials in Iberia want you to come? Don't you know that the Carthage Senate has prepared to send the entire southern Iberia? Has the region ceded to Dionia? "
Dido had expected this question from the other side. She took a breath and said aggravatedly, "Dear King Dionia, although we are far away in Iberia, we also know that Dionia and Carthage The negotiations are not smooth and the war is still going on. Not to mention that Carthage does not represent us in southern Iberia. Even if negotiations are reached in the future, they agree to cede southern Iberia to you, Dionia, and this resolution will not be obtained. We, the people of southern Iberia, acknowledge! Because southern Iberia has decided to leave Turui and decide our own destiny! "
Dido uttered this last sentence, and Davers heard it, and raised his eyebrows, his eyes became cold: "So even if our peace agreement with Carthage is reached, you in South Iberia do not intend to Obey ?! Don't you know that this will only give me a reason to send troops to southern Iberia? We have now captured tens of thousands of prisoners from southern Iberia, including your father and relatives! I don't mind Let all men in southern Iberia become slaves, mining until death! "
Davos didn't speak loudly, but the majesty of the king was not to be seen directly, and the thick blood was rushing to the face, making Dido panic a little. She lowered her head in a hurry, trying to calm herself, After breathing for a while, he gritted his teeth and said, "Since ... since Carthage has betrayed us, why should we obey Carthage's order! If Dionysians really sent us to attack us, we would rather all die , Also defend the dignity of the Magonid family, and at the same time cost you Dionysian! "
"Want us the Dionysians to pay a heavy price?" Davers sneered ~ EbookFREE.me ~ and said disdainfully: "How many more troops do you have in Iberian territory? Can it still deter you? Are the Lusitanians and Iberians around? We in Dionia do n’t even have to send troops to quickly see that the Iberian natives will destroy all of you alone!

"Maybe we will perish, but what good is it for you Dionysian ?!" At this moment, Dido also shouted out, reminding loudly: "It took us more than 10 years to conquer the Iberian indigenous people and cut down. Trees, flat land, and annual reclamation have the territory that we can settle today. If the southern and orderly Iberia is allowed to be reoccupied by those ignorant and vicious indigenous people, I do n’t know that Dionia has experienced After the war of Carthage, how much gold and silver were willing to give up, how many citizens were sacrificed, and how long it took to reintegrate southern Iberia into the Kingdom of Dionia!
But now as long as Dionia accepts my request for negotiation, the southern Iberia you want will immediately belong to Dionia! Then you can deal with Carthage with all your power and make other demands to them to get more benefits! "
The cold mang in Davers' eyes converged, and he said calmly, "Do you want Southern Iberia to merge directly into Dionia?"
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