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Chapter 632 The Carthaginians’ Controversy

After the ten-year alliance agreement was signed again, Chrysops mentioned in a private conversation with Davos that the Spartan Council of Elders was worried about Dionia's frequent wars in the Apulian region and dissatisfied.

Davos's response to this was: "The affairs of Apulia belong to the affairs of the Western Mediterranean. According to the alliance, there is no need for Sparta to worry about it. Even in the late Corinthian War, envoys from Thebes and Corinth came to seek help. Li, hoping that Dionia could intervene in that war to prevent the alien Persians from using Sparta to control Greece, Dionia strictly abided by the requirements of the covenant and rejected their request. Although many Greeks in the kingdom The citizens were very dissatisfied with the fact that their ally Sparta knelt down to Persia, the former mortal enemy of Greece, and obeyed the bullshit contract they made. Moreover, Sparta flooded Mantinia and destroyed a Greek city-state with cruel means. Atrocities similar to those committed by the Sicilian tyrant Dionysius made the Dionian people very angry. However, the Dionian Senate repeatedly rejected the "proposal" proposed by many tribunes at the tribune conference at the end of the year. condemn and punish Sparta".

Dionia has strictly abided by the covenant and respected its ally Sparta in the past ten years. After signing the covenant this year, it will continue to implement the covenant's contents. It is hoped that Sparta can also strictly follow the content of the agreement to handle the relationship between the two countries. relations, especially the issue of 'accommodating the indigenous people who escaped from Apulia', please reconsider and deal with it carefully.Dionia keeps its promise, but it will also treat city-states that violate its promise as enemies..."

Davos’s words made Chrysops ashamed and frightened. He immediately solemnly stated: “His Majesty King Davos, Sparta cherishes the friendship between the two countries, so it took the initiative to send me to renew the contract. Sparta will continue to abide by the requirements of the covenant as before, and there will always be peace between the Eastern and Western Mediterranean!..."

Only one day after seeing off Chrysops, Thurii welcomed the Carthaginian envoy Eccleton.

He came not to renew his contract, but to protest.

The Carthaginians protested that Dionia violated the covenant this time and launched a war without authorization against the free forces of Sicily, the Sikels, and demanded that Dionia immediately stop this stupid action of "destroying the peaceful environment of Sicily".

The Dionysian Senate refuted the Carthaginians' request. They cited facts, presented evidence, and reasoned, telling the Carthaginian envoys: It was not that Dionia wanted to invade the West Kells, but the West Kells. The Tanikian tribe among the Kells conspired to disrupt Dionia and wanted to harm Dionia. For this reason, Dionia has tried Laodisian and several other Sicilian senators, and also arrested Many officials of the kingdom have been killed, and of course they must retaliate against the culprit of this incident. This is the punishment that the Tanikian tribe deserves for taking the initiative to provoke Dionia!
Dionia's strong rejection of Carthage's protest caused Okriton to return without success.

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A few days later, in the Senate in the capital city of Carthage, the Carthaginian senators had a heated debate on this matter.

"Lord Hanno, now that the Dionians refuse to stop the war against the Sikels, I wonder what measures you have to take in response to this matter?! Otherwise, if you don't take action, the weak Sikelians will not be able to resist the Daionians. How many days will the Oniya army last?" Elder Preeta Kuba stood up and asked.

Hanno looked at the elder who questioned him coldly.Since Mago was dismissed from his position as governor of Sicily, he did not return to Carthage, but angrily took some mercenaries to Iberia. The leader of the Magonides family in the Senate and even Carthage became Preta Kuba, he is a distant relative of Mago, but much more cunning than Mago. In recent years, he has caused some trouble for Hanno to control the Senate.

There was no need for Hanno to answer. Another elected Sufit Pantilako had already taken over and said: "This matter is that the Tanikian tribe in West Kele provoked Dionia first. It is understandable that Nia punishes it. What we should do now is to monitor this war at all times and prevent Dionia from taking this opportunity to expand it, thus damaging our interests in Carthage."

"Oh, you gave up the West Kells with just such a simple sentence! I still remember that it was Lord Hanno who made the suggestion to 'support Tanikian to unify the West Kells'!" Santipur, a Magonid senator, immediately made a sarcastic comment.

Hanno looked at him with an unhappy expression.

Okriton immediately refuted loudly: "You are really good at forgetting! Back then, the Tanikians came to Carthage in the name of 'former allies who once fought alongside Himilco'. The first thing they found was you. , it was also the suggestion of 'helping the Tanikians' that was first put forward by you in the Senate, and Lord Hanno was just complying with your wishes, hoping that the actions of the Tanikians would give Carthage a better control over Sicily. Provide help, but I didn’t expect that they would boldly provoke Dionia, and I didn’t expect that you, who had received the support of Lord Hanno, would now falsely accuse Lord Hanno! (When Carthage commander Himilco launched a large-scale attack on Syracuse In order to win over the Sikelians to jointly deal with the Syracuseans, he built the Tauromenian Fortress and gave it to the Sikelians. Then he and King Argylis of the Sikelians - he was the leader of Tariqian, Akko. Nice's father formed an alliance. However, Himilko was defeated and committed suicide. When Dionysius counterattacked Carthage's power in Sicily, Argylis fell to Syracuse and was eventually defeated by Dionysius. Murder.)"

Pretakouba immediately changed the topic and put on a worried look: "Master Hanno, Syracuse's strength has been greatly reduced in recent years. Most of the Greek city-states in Sicily have good relations with Dionia. Not only do they often send Envoys attended various celebrations in Dionia, and some even sent teams to participate in Dionia's rugby matches. Now that Dionia controls the Sikel people, wouldn't the situation in Sicily return to the situation? During the time of Dionysius, this was very detrimental to Carthage!”

Hannuo looked at him coldly and suddenly said: "Lord Preta Kuba, given the current situation in Sicily, what is your suggestion? Continue to use gold, silver and materials to support a Xikai tribe that is about to be destroyed?! Or send troops to support the West Kells?!”

"Since Dionia refuses to cease the war, of course we can only send out troops to make them realize that Carthage will never protest with words, we are serious!" Senator Santipur said in a stern tone.

The elders were in an uproar.

"That means war!" Pantilaco warned loudly.

"Since Dionia is expanding its power wantonly in Sicily and refuses to listen to our warning from Carthage, then let's give them a war!" Santipur waved his fist vigorously.

Many elders exclaimed, and controversy suddenly arose.

Hanno suddenly became alert, and he immediately realized that this was definitely the idea of ​​the patriarch of the Magonid family, who was thousands of miles away. He wanted to provoke a war between Dionia and Carthage, and for Returning to Carthage by yourself will provide you with a good opportunity to take control of the political situation!

Thinking of this, Hanno stood up suddenly and shouted loudly: "Should Carthage tear up the alliance, intervene in this war of Dionia to punish the Sikelians, and have a protracted and costly war with Dionia?" A huge war? Now the Senate is voting and agrees with the proposal of Preeta Kuba and Santipur to send troops to fight in Sicily. Please raise your hands!"

Except for a very small number of senators from the Magonid family who raised their hands, the other senators did not even hesitate.

In the past ten years, the Carthaginians followed Hanno's proposal and turned their targets to the inland area south of Carthage's territory - Numbia. There were many indigenous tribes living in this vast land, but none of them A unified country and organization, the Carthaginians used many measures such as directly sending troops to conquer, buying off with money, alienating, etc., allowing Carthage to control most of the land in Numbia, and Carthage citizens also received a large amount of inland land , and hired Numibians to farm, the wealth of the elders of Carthage doubled, and Hanno's prestige in Carthage doubled.The only thing the Carthaginians worried about was the rebellions that occurred from time to time in Numbia. For this reason, several troops composed of Carthaginian citizens were stationed in several important strongholds in Numbia in rotation.

Let Carthage go to war with the powerful Dionia, not only most of the elders are unwilling, but also the citizens of Carthage are unwilling. Concerned about the increasing harvest of large amounts of land in Numbia and the control of numerous Numibian slaves and Numibian farm laborers.

Hanno looked around at most of the silent senators, and then glanced at the handful of senators who supported the war. He had already foreseen such a powerful advantage: without sudden accidents, the Carthaginians would never be willing to fight with them. If there is a war in Dionia, Mago's conspiracy cannot be realized at all.Of course, Mago now occupies that piece of Iberian land and obeys the orders of the Carthage Senate, which also gives him a headache.

At this time, Hanno reached into his arms, took out a roll of paper, held it high in his hand, and said loudly: "This is a letter written by King Dionysia to me! In the letter, he promised, 'Dionysia' Ya always remembers the covenant with Carthage and will only punish the Tanikian tribe and will never expand the territory to attack other Sikelians. Please rest assured.' In addition, he also asked me to consider the issue of renewing the covenant. "As he said this, he handed the letter to the senator next to him for circulation.

The elders present were visibly relaxed.

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