v6 Chapter 188： First Trina

"The messenger of Deonia, I think you are not here to study and study the gods of Carthage." Hanno said with a smile, meaningfully: "It is a pity, our answer and the answer. Once again, Carthage will always abide by the agreement with Syracuse, so you are afraid to be disappointed."

"Hannah, we, Dionya, will not make Carthage embarrassed, and there is no attempt to form an alliance with you." Anchitalos said earnestly: "I am here to represent the Dionysian Senate, I hope to trade with Carthage."

"Which trade?" Hanno asked, moving.

“Cereals!” Ansitanos said bluntly: “We Dionyns are struggling to resist the invasion of the Syracuse people. Due to the destruction of our territory by the Syracuse people, the food supply of the entire Union is now very Tension, if you can't buy a large amount of grain from outside, then our army will not last long, and it will be unable to fight because of lack of food! At that time, the Syracuse can easily defeat our soldiers and occupy Dior. Nia, thus achieving the goal of full control of the Great Greece."

Hanno’s right eyelid jumped and sank for a while, saying: “If we only buy grain, we can consider it. This year, Afrika has plenty of rain and high yields. Carthage has a lot of food, but I heard about Dai Nia has a large population. The amount of grain you need is probably not a small amount. Your war with Carthage lasted for so long. Can you still get the money to buy grain?"

"I heard that Carthage is also in short supply of money, it is impossible to give us preferential grain prices, and our national treasury is really exhausted, but the people of Dionia have donated a lot of silver coins in their homes. Just to be able to defeat Syracuse and restore peace to the big Greece, we can afford to buy the grain!" Ansitanos said passionately.

His words shook Hanno, not only because of the determination of the people of Dionia to fight with Syracuse, but also because of the phrase "Carthage is also short of money". The nerves.

Why is Carthage so wealthy city-state also lacking money? ! That is because several wars with Syracuse have consumed the Carthage treasury, and although the war has ended, the consumption of the Carthage treasury continues. In order to guard against the powerful Syracuse, the Carthage Senate decided to rebuild the defensive circle in the west of Sicily to protect the security of the city. For this reason, they appointed Mago as the military commander of Sicily and gave him some autonomy. .

After Marco took office, he not only recruited labor, bought a lot of material to build a defensive fortress, but also because the Carthage civic soldiers suffered heavy casualties in the war, in order to make up for the shortage of troops, he also recruited tens of thousands from Celtic Mercenaries in areas such as Numidia and Iberia. To this end, Carthage’s Mint produces a large amount of abundance of amber gold and silver coins each month to pay for the mercenary’s salary, Carthage’s monthly business income, and from Iberia, Sa Dingnia’s mineral revenues are spent on this.

But this is not the main concern of Hanno. What he is most worried about is that the Carthage people are getting more and more nervous because of the ravages of the Syracuse army in Greater Greece, and with the support of the allies of the Magonid family, The power of Marge in Sicily is constantly expanding. A few days ago, he also sent a letter asking the Senate to give him the power to mint coins in Sicily, in order to save the trouble of shipping a large amount of gold and silver coins and potential dangers, such as the shipwreck caused by the storm... because of this incident The Senate has been arguing for several days.

During this time, Hanno has been uneasy: Margue's growing power in Sicily has threatened his political dominance in the Carthage Senate, and he finally took Carthage's dominance from the Magoniide family. Take it over and never let Marge take it back!

When Ansitanos saw Hann’s brow and meditation, he said, “Of course, if you allow, we hope to use the Syracuse prisoner instead of the part of the cost of buying the grain.”

"The captives of Syracuse?" Hanno had some doubts. Although he got the news of the victory of the Dionya Navy, the specific situation was not clear.

"Our fleet defeated the Syracuse on the sea in Turui and captured tens of thousands of Syracuse sailors. These two times I came to Carthage and felt the Carthage people to Syracuse. People hate, I think if you can make Syracuse prisoners as their slaves, maybe they can help them to vent their hatred..." Ansitanos said without hesitation.

Hanno’s eyes lit up: the exchange of grain for the Syracuse slaves may have won the favor of the Carthage people.

Of course, this is not the most interesting place for Hanno. He leaned forward and looked at Ansitanos. He said, "Your fleet can beat the Syracuse, which is very surprising. But can your army defeat the powerful army of Syracuse?!"

The Carthaginians always thought that their navy was the most powerful in the Western Mediterranean. In the previous war with Syracuse, the reason for the two defeats of the Navy was not to lose the true confrontation at sea, but to be trapped in the port and In the Gulf, either the guns were attacked or the sailors did not get on the boat at all. The Carthaginians were not convinced, so the victory of the Diaonians in the naval battle was amazing, but it did not give Hanno a great shock, but the huge army of Syracuse really made the Carthage feel fear.

"Hano, if you know about Dionia, you will know that our King Daves has never suffered failure since he started the establishment of the Union of Dionya, and there have been many wins. Dante had suffered some setbacks because of the fact that His Majesty King Davers was fighting with the Samonai in the north. Now he has led the army back to Turui. The victory of the naval battle is in him. Obtained under the plan.

Before I left Turui, he had led the army to Crotone, ready to defend the Syracuse army there. Although the number of our soldiers is less than that of the Syracuse army, all the soldiers and generals are full of confidence in Daveus, willing to obey his orders, and fight with the Syracuse! As long as we have enough food, I believe we will finally be able to defeat the army of Syracuse! "Ansitanos is so hard to speak so excitedly.

Hanno used his hand to stroking his eyes, and his eyes flashed. Although he did not command the army, he had discussed the war in Greece with the men who were familiar with the military and the veterans who belonged to him: if the Dionyns can really defeat Thira The army of Kuza, together with the navy of Syracuse, suffered a fiasco. The Syracuse soldiers who invaded the Great Greece may not be able to return to Sicily, so the powerful Syracuse still needs Jiatai. Base to worry? ! The security of the north side of Carthage is guaranteed, so there is no need to guard Syracuse on Sicily, and there is no need to spend money to maintain a large number of mercenaries. The position of Governor of Sicily can be revoked! ......

Hanno turned his minds into countless thoughts, then smiled and said: "Tomorrow morning, when you go to the Senate, I will invite you to enter and tell the elders the requirements of Dionya."

Ancitanus listened to the big joy, with the words of Sofitel Hanno, in fact, the purchase of grain will certainly be recognized by the Carthage Senate.

“Thank you for Hanno!” Ansitanos said with gratitude.

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The news of the fiasco of Syracuse’s army was transmitted to Trina that night, causing panic in the city’s defenders. It was only because the weather was too late and afraid of an accident, and did not dare to withdraw to the West Chamber in the dark.

Early the next morning, Trina defended more than 3,000 people and began to prepare to retreat.

But just after leaving the city, there was an accident: more than a thousand Hiberian people did not want to go to the West Chamber and only wished to go south to their city-state.

After some negotiations and disputes, the Syracuse garrison generals expressed helplessly, and it was more than an hour after they re-started their retreat to the east, but they carried a lot of looted from Trina. Materials have led to slow movements. After crossing the Lamato River, it was discovered by the outposted cavalry of Dionia.

Ledes, who got the news, sent a report to the back of Davers, while urgently leading more than a thousand cavalry to harass, to delay the enemy's time to escape to the West.

After receiving the news, the first and second legions at the forefront of the marching column also sent light armor and light infantry brigade to rush to intercept more than two thousand Trina defenders found Dionia After riding, I felt bad. Under the strict rules of the generals, I wore armor, picked up the shield spear, abandoned the excess weight, and accelerated the marching speed.

But the undulating hilly road was not good. After about half an hour, the Trina garrison was ten miles from the West Riding, but the Daonian cavalry regiment had arrived.

Before the cavalry corps threw a javelin, a thousand Coulenian soldiers suddenly surrendered, causing the Trina garrison, which had been panicked, to panic and not be arrayed.

Ledes saw this situation, decisive command: the cavalry directly attacked the enemy.

Trina's Syracuse defenders immediately collapsed. Under the chase of the cavalry regiment, they were not killed or captured. More than a thousand people eventually fled back to the West Chamber.

The Hibernians who retreated to the south were also unlucky, and they ran into the Lijim army that landed on the northern coast of the city of Hibernian by the Seckleyan fleet.

How can Filipino let go of this great opportunity to play more and less, and immediately lead the army to storm.