Chapter 350 Dionia's Peace Negotiation Conditions

Okredon looked at Henepolis subconsciously, and Henepolis was also looking at him with bright eyes. Although Davos readily agreed to negotiate, he was delighted, but it also made him realize that this armistice negotiation might be a problem. Not so easy...

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The place of negotiation was arranged in a vacant military tent not far from the camp tent. There were only 4 people in the tent - Henipolis, Okriton, and a writer each brought with them. Such a simple configuration. But it will determine the direction of this war, which is related to the future situation of the Western Mediterranean.

After the two sides sat down, Henepolis put his hands on the table, leaned forward slightly, and said bluntly: "Lord Okredon, since you Carthage want to truce and negotiate peace, you must have already drawn up the conditions."

"...Yes," Okredon looked at the somewhat imposing Henepolis, hesitated for a moment, and said softly: "Before I left, the Senate initially reached an intention... The two sides stop the war. , to restore the sphere of influence that was demarcated when the peace agreement was signed, and Carthage is willing to make a certain amount of compensation for the losses caused by this war to Dionia, and the specific amount will be decided after consultation between the two parties—"

Before Henepolis could finish speaking, he stood up and walked out.

Okredon was stunned: "Lord Hernepolis, what do you mean?"

Henipolis turned around and said mockingly, "Okriton, you're not here to negotiate, you're here to tell a joke. You have to be clear that this war was not provoked by our Dionysus. Yes, and now it is you who want to end this war! But you are negotiating with such an attitude, as if it is not us Dionia, but you Carthage who have the advantage of the whole war! In this way, then there is no need to negotiate, go home, and continue to wait for the outcome of the war, maybe you will wait for our Dionysian messenger to go to Carthage and ask for a truce!"

After all, Oklahoma City fought with Pretakuba all year round in the Senate of Carthage, and his face was thick enough. He said slowly with his face unchanged: "Negotiation is like buying and selling goods, you give a price, I give a price. , the two sides negotiated and finally reached a reasonable price and completed the transaction... Now it is our Carthage that has come up with the initial price of the armistice. Since you are not satisfied, then I would like to hear what the initial price of Dionia was?"

Henipolis looked at him and smiled slightly. The previous dissatisfaction disappeared without a trace. He sat back in place, straightened his chest, stretched out his right hand, and said loudly: "The truce of Dionysus is to be decided by Dai. Made by His Majesty Firth himself! Article 1, the Carthaginian army in Sicily surrenders to us Dionia!—"

Okriton stared at the finger that the other party held out, and his heart was awe-inspiring: King Dionia was kind to him before, and he thought that this time the negotiation would be easier, but he was given by Davos' kindness. Confused! It's hard for him to agree to this first item, because that's an army of 100,000 people! Most of the young and middle-aged citizens of Carthage and the citizens of the Phoenician city-state are concentrated in it. Once they surrendered to Dionysus, if Dionysus detained him for a long time and prevented these citizens from returning to Carthage, then Carthage hardly has enough troops to ensure the safety of the city... Neither the Carthaginian senate nor the people would agree to this. Even if the senate agrees, the Ma, who claims to be of noble blood and rebelliousness Brother will absolutely refuse to execute! "

Okleton complained in his heart, his face remained calm, and asked, "Is there a second rule?"

"Of course." Henepolis looked at him,

Extending the second finger: "Second, Corsica and Sardinia will be taken over by Dionia—"

Okredon's heart jumped: Corsica and Sardinia are one of the important sources of income for Carthage's treasury. If it is taken away by Dionia, Carthage's national strength will undoubtedly be significantly weakened!

No matter how difficult it was for Okredon to remain calm, he snorted and said in a serious tone, "Anything else?!"

"Don't worry, of course there is." The corners of Henepolis' mouth curled slightly, and he stretched out his third finger: "Carthage withdraws from Sicily, and this island will be completely ruled by Dionia!"

Okleton's eyelids jumped: If taking Corsica and Sardinia weakened Carthage's national strength, then letting Dionia fully control Sicily would directly threaten the safety of Carthage. Especially now that the Dionysian navy is strong...

"Is Dionia really going to stop the war with us in Carthage and restore peace?!" Okleton finally couldn't help asking.

"Of course we have the will to stop the war, but at the beginning we begged you not to start a war, but you saw that Dionysus was at war with Rome and the Samonais, thinking that there was something to gain, so you tore up the agreement, You brazenly provoked a war. If your conspiracy succeeds, we, Dionia, are the ones who have lost consecutive battles in the war today and asked for a truce. The conditions are the same as what you just proposed. I don’t think you will agree!

But if you fail, you will be punished if you fail! Our army has taken Corsica! Occupy most of Sardinia! Occupy the vast majority of Sicily! ... These victories were earned by our citizens of Dionia with our blood and lives, and the people will never allow us to abandon them. You better understand this! "Honipolis warned righteously.

"Corsica, Sardinia, western Sicily... these are the lands that we Carthaginians and Phoenicians have worked hard for hundreds of years. You want to forcefully take them from us, it does not mean that they will be It belongs to you! Dionia prides itself on being a civilized Greek kingdom, and is famous in the Western Mediterranean for 'keeping its promises', so she should understand the truth!" Okridon retorted sternly.

Henepolis sneered: "When you Carthage tore up the agreement and provoke war, we can only use long shields and thorns to reason with you!"

"You occupy the land by force, and you may lose it under the threat of force in the future... Why don't we in Carthage use more compensation to redeem the land you occupy, I hope you can consider it!" His tone softened slightly.

"Carthage needs to make huge compensation for Dionia's losses in this war. This is our fourth condition." Henipolis extended his fourth finger coldly.

"You!..." Okleton finally couldn't help standing up and asked: "Dionia is so greedy, it seems that she has no intention of truce and peace talks with us in Carthage!"

"His Majesty Davos really intends to negotiate, otherwise he would not have put forward these detailed conditions." Henepolis said seriously: "He also instructed me that other than the amount of compensation that can be negotiated, other conditions must not be changed! Of course, Such an important matter, I don’t think Lord Okriton can decide, but I hope that the Carthaginian Senate can determine this matter as soon as possible, otherwise with the delay of time, our conditions will be more than these.”

Oklahoma City shuddered. But as Henipolis said, he could not decide on any of the conditions for the peace talks proposed by Dionia, so he could only take them back and leave them to the Senate for negotiation.

When leaving Minoa and returning to Carthage by boat, passing through the sea of ​​Serinus, Okriton, who was in a heavy heart, suddenly moved in his heart and ordered the passenger ship to change course and stop at the beach near the city of Serinus.

When Okriton arrived at the Carthaginian camp, he was just in time for Marco to lead the army to attack the city, so he, led by the guards, climbed the inner wall of the camp and witnessed the tragic siege battle with his own eyes.

The Carthaginian army attacked the city of Serinus from the east, west and north at the same time. Nearly 20,000 people were invested in the northern city wall facing Okredon, and countless light infantrymen waited on the tall soil hills. , used arrows and javelins to suppress the defenders at the top of the city, and the Balearic slingers stood on the inner wall and threw lead pellets at the city of Serinus.

The troops in charge of the main attack were divided into three parts: one part was the Numibian soldiers, who, under the leadership of the Iberian army officers, carried sacks filled with soil, rushed to the front to fill the trenches under the city; The second wave of attacking troops was the Phoenician infantry. They carried cloud ladders and pushed large siege equipment such as siege vehicles and siege towers. The trusted Phoenician infantry, who recharged their energy behind the inner wall, waited until the siege battle had entered the heat of the city, and both sides had consumed a lot of physical energy, and then sent them to make the final assault.

There is another huge team of tens of thousands of people on the battlefield. Their task is to take advantage of the time when the Dionian soldiers are busy dealing with the siege of the city. The earth wall that extends outside finally achieves the purpose of connecting with the city wall of Serinus.

In addition, ballistas are of course indispensable to siege the city, but because they were worried about being attacked by the belly bow of the city head, the ballista troops of Carthage retreated behind the inner wall. Their main target of attack was the wooden towers newly built on the city wall. However, due to the separation of the inner wall, the hit rate is obviously not high, and it is also threatened by the Dionian ballista. They are also separated from the city wall. The stone bullets fired by Dionia's ballista in the city can always fall around the Carthaginian ballista. They obviously targeted the Carthaginian ballista, and the number of them was even higher. More than Carthage (at the request of Amyntas, all the ballistas in General Davos were transferred to Serinus).

The reason why Margo let the ballista troops focus on attacking the wooden towers was because they were too much of a threat to the light infantry on the mountain. The original mountain was slightly higher than the city wall of Serinus, and the light infantry of Carthage could attack the city from a commanding height. However, after the Dionians built these three or four-meter-high wooden towers on the aisles at the top of the city, the Dionian light infantry once again gained the advantage of long-range attacks.

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