Vol 8 Chapter 44: Syracuse 10 years of past events (on)

Hanno apparently agreed to send troops to Sicily, but he is now strong in military power, and the power of the basic city of Katai is not absolutely sure to win. Therefore, it is necessary to gather the military in the hands of the Governor of Iberia. Strength, because they have a large army all the year round, often fighting the Iberian natives, and have rich combat experience.
According to the truth, Hanno’s request is reasonable, and many veterans have expressed their approval. However, the veterans of Margotid, such as Preta Kuba, are resolutely opposed. They believe that although Margo has an army in Iberia. But this time the army was used to defend the Iberian indigenous people. If they were removed, the newly occupied land of Carthage in Iberia might fall into the hands of the indigenous people again.
For this reason, Hanno sneered at him, and he sneered aloud: "Margo also needs to guard against the Iberian indigenous attack! I heard that the Iberian indigenous leaders often go to Seth City to meet him, he yells at them. It’s like yelling at slaves. And I know that the officials of Malaga and Cadiz City went to Sethi to see Marge more often than they came to Carthage! The Iberian colony is now very stable. However, the military expenses that Ma Ge applied to the Senate are increasing year by year. His army is getting bigger and bigger. I don’t know who he is using this army to guard against?! Shouldn’t he use this to rely on Jiatai? Does the army funded by the base gold and silver work for Carthage?! If he disagrees, does he have any other ideas?!"
What Hanno said can be said to be a sentence, and Preta Kuba was difficult to make a rebuttal at the moment, and many veterans who accepted the bribe of Ma Ge were not good at speaking for him at this time. Hanno’s proposal was also obtained. Neutral support for the veteran.
In the end, Hanno even said: "Marge does not send troops, Carthage will not send troops to Sicily!"
The meeting was not happy.
Soon, the rumors began to appear in the city of Carthage: "Hanno feared Dionia, did not dare to send troops to fight, and decided to violate the agreement with the close ally of Rome!"
However, another rumor was widely spread: "March refused to send troops recruited with taxpayers of Carthage citizens to fight against Dionia because he wanted to be the king of Iberia!"
This rumor was a great uproar in the city of Carthage. Many people gathered in front of the Senate to gather protests. Da Ma Ge was a traitor. He strongly urged the Senate to revoke his position as Governor of Iberia and transfer him back to Jiatai. Base, accept the trial.
The news spread to the south of Iberia. After Marge and others knew it, the mood was somewhat frustrating.
They are very clear: this is not the ills of Carthage in the power center, so it is difficult to control the situation. Although the Magonid family has a fairly stable foundation in Iberia, once it leaves the Carthage, it becomes a rootless tree.
Of course, they do not want to be abandoned by the Carthage people. Hanno’s practice can be said to have hit their soft underbelly.
After Marco and Hakka negotiated, they quickly made a decision.
So, a few days later, Preta Kuba said at the meeting of the Senate: "Everyone, as a citizen of Carthage, the Governor of Iberia, of course, is willing to send his army to fight, but he hopes to be able to attack Sicily. Commander!"
Indeed, with the identity of Marga and military qualifications, no one in the Carthage citizen dared to compete with him for the position of the commander, but how Hanno would let him do so, Taipan Laco immediately stood up and expressed his opposition: "Ibiri The situation on the Asian Peninsula is complicated, and there are many fierce indigenous people. Once the Ma Ge adults leave, the newly appointed Governor is not familiar with the situation there. I am afraid that the newly occupied Iberian region will be unstable. Is it in vain? So the Ma Ge adults still stay in Iberia, just need to send the army to come."
Preta Kuba immediately rebutted: "You, adults, you should all know that Iberian army members are complicated, most of them are alien mercenaries. If they are led by outsiders, I am afraid they will not obey the command, not only Without the effect of combat, it will cause confusion. If the Senate is really worried about the safety of the new Iberian territory, I recommend the son of Himirko, Hasdruba, to be the commander of the army, he is in Iberia. The second-rate army defeated the invading indigenous people and had rich combat experience. It was a equally rare talent in Carthage!"
Changed from Marco to Hasbrod, the effect is not the same! Margot's good idea! Hanno sneered in his heart.
As a result, the Hanoese elders all expressed their opposition. Even Eckelton exclaimed excitedly: "The army supported by the tax of Carthage does not obey the order of Carthage, but only listens to the command of one person. Isn't this dangerous? We dare to hand over the command of the army to such a person, and put Carthage City in a possible danger!..."
The story of Oakton can be said to be quite heart-wrenching, but he said that many of the veterans are worried: the main members of the Magonid family have gone to Iberia, and they can’t return Carthage in a year. Secondly, in the hands of a large number of troops, which are hardly composed of Carthage citizens, they have already worried the Senate. Now they have handed over the command of the army to the Magonid family. Obviously not what the elders expected.
On this issue, the leader of the neutral faction, Es Yaruuba, is in line with Hanno.
In the end, with the support of the majority of the veterans of the Senate, a resolution was passed: Let the military chief of the Namibia, Milefio, be the commander of the army, and the horse does not have to go out, but Iberia must send no less than 20,000. The army of people is fighting.
This resolution not only contradicts the results expected by Marg and others, but also greatly detracts from their interests. Therefore, Ma Ge, who got the news, delayed the resolution and did not implement it, but sent messengers to carry the heavy money to Carthage to lobby the veterans.
In the wandering of the two sides, the dispatch of troops to Sicily has been delayed.
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At the time when the Carthage Senate was arguing over the expedition, the Syracuse Council was also engaged in a heated debate.
More than a decade ago, Syracuse was the largest Greek city-state in Sicily, and even the most powerful city-state in the entire Greek world. Under the rule of the lord Dionysius, the Syracuse defeated the mighty Jiatai. The base man conquered most of the Sicilian land and became the hegemon of Sicily. Dionysius even led nearly 100,000 troops to the north and attacked the Great Greece across the sea in an attempt to expand his territory.
However, in the half-year war with the newly-launched Dionysian alliance at that time, the Syracuse people who were obviously superior in strength eventually suffered a fiasco in both naval battles and land battles, and even the army of Dionia was attacked. On the island of Sicily, the Syracuse people launched a rebellion, overthrowing the rule of Dionysius, and Dionysius and his family were eventually murdered by Sparta's betrayal.
The Syracuse who liberated under the dictatorship of Dionysius decided not to repeat the same mistakes. The people entrusted Herlos, who played a leading role in overthrowing the rule of Dionysius, to form a brand new The democratic government of Syracuse.
However, Herris has another idea. During Dionysius's reign, he served as an important public office in the city, and he also seriously studied the political system of Dionia, so he opposed Dionysius because Dionysius was too cruel. And the oppression of the people is too heavy, does not mean that he fully agrees with democracy. On the contrary, he believes that the democratic system is too free and sloppy, inefficient, and easy to cause chaos. Especially in the case that Syracuse has experienced a fiasco and urgent need to quickly restore its national strength, it should concentrate its power and make various kinds of A resolution that is conducive to the development of city-states.
Therefore, he has been slow to form a new government. Instead, he has used his own status as the top leader in wartime to promulgate various resolutions frequently. These resolutions are often decided independently by others and have been decided by the people. The criticism.
During this period, there were two things that made his reputation among the people greatly reduced.
The first thing, Siargunis, a prominent democrat in Syracuse, was arrested for strongly opposing the rule of Dionysius. He was supposed to be sentenced to death, but he escaped because of the help of his friends. In captivity, and fled Sicily. After the reign of Dionysius's rule, he actually returned to Syracuse with a few warships and some soldiers~EbookFREE.me~The people based on his heroic deeds against Dionysius He warmly welcomed his arrival and elected this man as a general at the Citizens' Congress, hoping that he would enter the wartime generals' executive committee in Syracuse to check the growing power of Herros.
However, Herolis actually vetoed the results of the election of the Citizens' Congress and stressed that "any resolution needs to get his approval." This incident made the people very angry.
However, in a previous resolution issued by Hercules, the large amount of fertile land that Dionysius had assigned to the mercenaries was distributed to the civilians in the port, and they were given full citizenship, so they got the people in the port area. Full support from the free people.
In addition, in the Wartime General Executive Committee, Falecus, Stacycos, etc. are all friends of Hercules and his supporters, so it seems that his rights are unassailable.
The second thing is that although Dionia agreed to release the captured Syracuse soldiers and sailors, Daves proposed conditions to ask Siracusa to make war compensation to compensate the Syracuse army. The damage caused by Great Greece is also the redemption money of these captives.