Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Jinomos also changed his strategy, no longer complaining, but said: Leader Tinum, now the Carthaginian Liliba has been occupied, and the transportation route of Carthage to Sicily has been cut off. It won't be long before that, Soldiers across the camp are at risk of starvation, what do you think about that?

Tinum blinked his eyes, showing an expression that didn't care much, and said: Liliba has been occupied, and the Carthaginians can still transport rations to Mazara, and they will also capture Serinus and rebuild. You don't need to worry too much about taking Lilibe back.

Leader of Tinum. Genomes said with a sneer: Can the Carthaginians recapture Serinus and Liliba?! You have overestimated the ability of the Carthaginians to capture a Parago. In the small town of Niea, the Carthaginians spent as much time and how many people died in battle! You have been in Sicily for so long, you should be well aware of the strength of the Dionysians in defending the city, and you still have such illusions, And I thought that Carthage would dare to send food to Mazara! Don't you know that the Dionysian navy is more powerful?! Not only did they completely defeat the Carthaginian navy, they also heard that they also occupied the kingdom ruled by the Carthaginians. Signia and Sardinia, and even landed in Africa, burning several of Carthage's allies

Where did you hear these things?! Tinum asked sharply.

Marco has strict control over the army. Except for him and several senior generals such as Pomirka, all the battle reports are not allowed to be spread. In addition, the entire army is confined to Sicily, and it is difficult to receive outside reports. News, alien cavalry units like Tinum are even less likely to have their own sources of information, and are very unfamiliar with the development of the entire war.

Jinoms took a breath, his expression became mysterious, and he whispered: I participated in this war, but I did not fight with Margo, but with Monte Ardeno before, you may have heard of it. He led an army against Minoa and suffered a crushing defeat, and that's when I was captured by the Dionians...

Tinum's eyes widened: You surrendered to the Dionysians?!

Genomes made a gesture of silence, and whispered: No, the king of Dionia does not want us to surrender, but to be our ally of the Numidians! He wants to help us get rid of the Carthaginians. To oppress, to restore our independence, to take back our land...

The more he talked, the more excited he became, but Tinum suddenly interrupted him and said coldly, What does this have to do with me?

Of course it has something to do with it! Genomes said in a deep voice, You know that the Carthaginians have sent messengers to the Dionysian camp to ask for peace, and they can't hold it anymore! They will not agree easily. They have completely blocked the sea route in western Sicily. Without the support of Carthage City, Marco's army is so large, how many days will his food be consumed? Only surrender! You and your people will be captives, and perhaps slaves of the Dionysians!

Genomes sighed softly and said emotionally: It is precisely because I have a good relationship with you in the past, so after mixing into the defeat this time, I did not persuade my eastern compatriots first, but came to you first, I hope you can see the situation clearly and make a choice that is beneficial to your tribe!

The words that Kinoms said were actually lies. The reason why he chose to come to Tinum was because the Eastern Numibians helped Carthage fight, and they were basically infantry soldiers, who had drawn a certain number from each tribe. The officers of the ethnic group can only be held by Phoenicians or Carthaginians, and after the successful night attack by the Serinus garrison, Marco sent the Iberian army loyal to him. Excellent soldiers serve as team officers, so it is very risky to incite East Numibian soldiers to defect from the Carthaginian army on a large scale, and the success rate will not be too high.

Since the land of West Numibia was not controlled by the Carthaginians, they and the Carthaginians were more like an attachment relationship between large tribes and small tribes.

Carthage hired them to fight, basically as cavalry, and did not send outsiders to serve as team officers. They were all led by tribal leaders to command their own people. They only needed to obey the commander's orders when fighting, and their supervision was very lax. This created the conditions for the Kinoms to blend in and convince them to defect.

Tinum was lost in thought. Although he was not sure whether the bad situation described by Kinomus was true, he was not a fool. During this time, he had more or less noticed some signs: Lilibe was killed by Dionysus. The demi-humans captured, this is a fact, he saw it with his own eyes; Palermos fell, although he did not see it, but the Numibian cavalry who followed Hasdruba had communicated with him, and told him that there were 4,000 strong The Iberian natives were completely wiped out; if the Carthaginian navy was not at a disadvantage, how could the Dionians land at will on the western coast, so that Marco sent them to patrol the coast every day, and these days, he During the patrol, I did not see any food teams from Mazara to the Carthaginian camp... Could it be that the situation has really reached such a bad level? !

Tinum thought about it, his heart kept sinking.

There was silence in the tent, and the faint light of the oil lamp swayed on his face, which was gradually shrouded in haze.

After a long time, he looked at Tinum and asked hesitantly, The Dionysian...what can I do?

Jinoms was overjoyed and said hurriedly: What Carthage can give you to the West Numibian tribes, the Dionysians can also give, and it will only be better. For example, the Dionysians will sell them to Your high-quality irons, armors, which are forbidden to be sold in Carthage...and as long as you can successfully lead most of the Numibian cavalry to Dionia, the king of Dionia also promised, 'in the future the Masili tribe and other Dionia will be on your side when the West Numibian tribes clash!'

Tinum was shocked when he heard this: the Masili tribe is a big tribe, stronger than most West Numibian tribes, and several leaders have always had a dream to unify the loose West Numibian tribes Rise up and become a West Numibian confederation led by the Masili tribe. They think so and do it. But obviously the Carthaginians would not allow their wishes to come true. They not only supported his opponents, but also suppressed the Masili tribe many times, weakening their strength and losing several pastures. Taiji has been dissatisfied for a long time.

This is also the reason why Kinomus first chose to persuade the Masili tribe.

Although Tinum was a little excited, he still tried his best to remain calm: Kinomus, these promises from Dionysian sounded very good, but they were difficult to achieve, because the center of Dionysia was to the north. The great island of our country (referring to Italy), and the land of Africa, where we live, is the Carthaginian.”

Tinum, you don't understand how great the Dionysian king is. It only took him more than ten years to make the newly established Dionysian kingdom a powerful force that made the Carthaginians fear. , he has promised me that when Margo's army is wiped out, he will let the Dionysian army land in Africa to help us in Eastern Numibia, and it will be a question whether Carthage will still exist by then, and also I'm afraid it's just a dream to think about our Numibian affairs!

Tinum was a little disapproving. Of course, he would not have the same high expectations for Dionysus as Kenomes. After all, Carthage's hegemony in Africa has lasted for a hundred years, even if it suffered a defeat in this war, He didn't think it would change so soon, but the promise given by the Dionians really moved his heart. After thinking about it for a long time, he decided not to agree for the time being, but he didn't reject the request of Genomes, but carefully observed As the situation develops, make a decision.

To this end, he also kept Kinomus strong in his own army, avoiding his contact with others.

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On the second day, the Carthaginian army attacked the city of Serinus again.

This time, Amintas did not arrange too many soldiers on the city, but used the city wall to resist for a period of time. After repelling an attack by the Carthaginians, he took advantage of the short gap before the next wave of attacks. , decisively gave the order to retreat.

The Carthaginian army successfully occupied the city wall, boosted morale, and then blindly attacked the city, trying to take the whole city in one go.

Soon, they suffered from the various traps that Dionian soldiers had laid in the city, and were finally blocked in front of a wide trench, which was followed by another towering wall.

Countless Dionian soldiers suddenly appeared from the seemingly empty front of the city, and launched a fierce attack on the enemy below the city.

The Carthaginian soldiers were chaotic in the process of rushing into the city. They lacked the command of generals. The hedgehogs gathered in front of the ditch and did not carry any siege equipment. Suddenly they were violently attacked by arrows and javelins.

Amyntas decisively ordered a counterattack, and the legion heavy soldiers who had been in ambush for a long time rushed out from the reserved passages.

The Carthaginian army under the city was devastated and rushed to flee for their lives.

After the Dionysian soldiers chased for a while, with the reminder of the team officers, they immediately withdrew into the second city wall, letting the Carthaginian successor troops that came later to take advantage of it.

In the rear, Marco heard that there was a city wall behind the city wall, and immediately thought of what happened to Paragonia in his mind. He hurriedly ordered all the troops in the city to retreat immediately, and sent spies into the block between the two city walls to investigate carefully. Whether there is a large amount of buried material available for burning.