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Chapter 933 Hanno’s Counterattack

After hearing this, Preeta Kuba remained silent for the time being. As a senator of the Senate and a newly re-elected Sufit, of course he could not tell lies with his eyes open and let others laugh.

Before he could think of what to say, El Akela continued to speak loudly: "As Mr. Esiyaruba said, nearly 1/3 of our treasury revenue comes from Sardinia and Kota Kinabalu. Sijia, it is now during the war, and money is urgently needed everywhere. As the Sofitel of Carthage, Mr. Preta Kuba, you should consider more comprehensively the huge situation that Carthage is involved in. In the war, we must first consider how to maintain the source of our treasury revenue to ensure that we can build more warships and purchase more food to continue this war, instead of just satisfying Lord Mago's requirements! "

El'Akla's words were straightforward enough, and Preta Kuba's expression changed a little.

At this time, Sifakba, another new senator of the Magonid faction, said angrily: "Don't you understand? The key to this war lies in Sicily! Just when Master Mago led the army and Dionia The east where people are fighting fiercely! The consumption of this war is indeed huge, so we must concentrate all our efforts to fully support the army in Sicily, so that Lord Mago can completely defeat the Dionians in Sicily as soon as possible, so that we can free up our hands. To support other battlefields.

Otherwise, even if we save Sardinia, the Sicilian army will be frustrated because the military food transportation line cannot be guaranteed, which will change the originally advantageous battle situation and prevent the battle in Sicily from ending as soon as possible. That is not worth the loss! "

Compared with El Accra, Sifakba's words were even more extreme, which immediately aroused the resentment of some elders in the venue. One of the elders of the neutral faction even said in a strange way: "Master Margo led an army of 10 for half a month. Time can't capture a small town in Dionia, so it will take several months or even more than half a year to attack the cities of Katana and Naxos with more population and stronger defenses. With such offensive capabilities, do you still want to end the Sicilian War as soon as possible?!"

"Yes, yes, the reason why we want to save Sardinia first is to consider that the war in Sicily will continue to prolong, so we must first provide gold and silver guarantees for the Sicilian army!" Another senator said half seriously, half jokingly said.

""Is it because Lord Mago is worried that he will not be able to drive the Dionians out of Sicily within a year?I'm afraid you want to help Mr. Mago fulfill the promise he made in the Senate as soon as possible, so you don't care about the overall situation and keep trying to help him. "Another elder said dissatisfied.

Sifakba was so angry that he argued loudly with them, but Preetakouba found that more and more senators expressed dissatisfaction. There were not only people from the Hanno faction, but also many senators from the neutral faction. The whole venue became noisy. .

Only then did Preeta Kuba realize that he had made a mistake: Sardinia and Corsica had been territories of Carthage for hundreds of years, and the various nobles of Carthage had close interests with Sardinia. For example, El Acra, who just fully supported the reinforcement of Sardinia, his family owns a silver mine in the mountains outside Saros, Sardinia, and his family transported silver bullion from Sardinia three days ago. The cargo ship returning to Carthage was captured by the Dionian warship...

He has always emphasized that the war in Sicily should be given priority, but he has inadvertently pushed the Magonid faction against other senators, causing almost all the neutral factions who had been supporting them since the beginning of the war to sing the opposite tune, including themselves. There also seemed to be some differences in the camp. For example, Santipur and several other Magonide veterans had been silent since the debate began.

Preeta Kuba suddenly realized that Okriton had raised this issue at the beginning of today's meeting, probably with a premeditated plan!During this period, the Magonid faction not only gained great prestige among the people of Carthage, but also gained a lot of support in the Senate, and many proposals were passed... When everything went smoothly, even he himself He was a little distracted, completely forgetting how scary that person was.

And just when Preeta Kuba suddenly woke up and was anxiously trying to find a way to solve the dilemma, Hanno, who was sitting in front of the venue and had been silent for a while, stood up.

The entire venue quickly became quiet.

"Should we support Sardinia or Sicily first for the newly built fleet?" Hanno looked around the venue and said slowly: "Whether it is the short-term effect it will produce or the long-term interests of Carthage, it is better to reinforce Sardinia." Niadu should be the first choice. The difficulty encountered by Sardinia is because the entire sea area is controlled by the Dionians, so the defense is so passive. We only need to send the navy to repel the Dionians. warships, order would be restored in Sardinia, and the Carthage-Sardinian trade route would be restored.

However, the main problem in the Sicilian war is not just the loss of maritime superiority. The important thing is that our army has been blocked from attacking on land for a long time. Even if we dispatch a fleet, they cannot go ashore to fight, and the problem still cannot be solved immediately. What do you think? Is it right? "

"Yes, Lord Hanno is absolutely right!"

"Lord Hanno still sees clearly!"

"No need to argue anymore, we choose to support the new fleet heading to Sardinia!"

……

The venue suddenly became noisy.

Preta Kuba said anxiously: "Master Hanno, you are wrong to say that! The key to our war with Dionia is still in Sicily. As long as Sicily wins, other problems will be solved, so support Sicily -"

"Preta Kuba!" Hanno shouted, like a sleeping lion on the grassland suddenly showing strength, the whole venue became silent, his eyes looked directly at the head of the Magonid family in the Senate , said with a serious face: "In order to let Carthage win this war, I have tried my best to cooperate with you during this period, but your performance has disappointed me. For the benefit of your Magonid family, you even ignored it. The interests of Carthage as a whole are clearly reflected in the issue of sending a new fleet to support Sicily.

And the so-called rectification of our Carthage army last time by Margo also reflected this point. Why can't such a huge army capture a village in Dionia for a long time?Wasn't it because Margo replaced all the Carthaginian generals in the army and replaced them with the Numibians who followed him in Iberia as generals, which resulted in such a result!Can these Numibians be loyal to Carthage?Can they order their compatriots to fight to the death against the Dionians regardless of their lives!

Margo led the army from the beginning of the attack smoothly to the stalemate now, and the removal of the generals of the Carthaginian army without authorization, isn't it the main reason for this situation? !So what puzzles me is that the war has just begun. Why is Lord Mago so anxious to remove the Carthage generals who are loyal to Carthage and insist on replacing them with Carthage generals who have been following him but have no influence on Carthage? Emotional Numibians come to lead an army also composed of Numibians? ! "

Under Hanno's repeated questioning, Preeta Kuba was speechless for a moment, but broke into a cold sweat.

Sifakba hurriedly retorted: "That's because the Carthage generals did not fight well. Only by replacing them can the combat effectiveness of the army be improved! That's why our army was able to successfully conquer the Greek city-states on the south coast."

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar in the venue.

The senators rose up to retort: ​​"After replacing the Carthaginian generals, why can't a 10-strong army attack a small Dionian village?! This is also called an increase in combat effectiveness!"

"I propose that the Carthaginian army, which was formed with a large amount of revenue from the treasury, must be led by Carthage citizens. Otherwise, how can the security of the city-state be guaranteed!"

"Now Lord Mago is commanding an army mostly composed of foreigners as captains. Is this still a Carthaginian army? The Carthaginian generals who were originally replaced must be reinstated. Otherwise we will no longer provide any support to this army!”

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Facing the angry elders, Preeta Kuba's expression completely changed.

Looking at this scene as well, and specifically looking at the solemn-looking leader of the neutral faction, Ace Yaruba, Hanno sneered in his heart: He has been inactive for so long just for today.Mago made a big mistake before when he replaced the Carthaginian generals, because most of these generals were Carthaginian nobles, but he did not let the senators close to him impeach him at that time. As a result, today, the now rampant Ma Sure enough, the Magonid faction made mistakes in the use of the new fleet, and he then decisively attacked, forcing the neutral senators to see the true face of the Magonid faction. As their support for it weakened, the Senate's Dominance will surely return to his hands again.

Thinking of this, Hannuo said loudly again: "My lords, please listen to me."

The noisy venue quickly returned to silence, but Preeta Kuba was frightened.

"The meeting has been discussed so far, and the results are relatively clear. The new fleet will first reinforce Sardinia and look for opportunities to recapture Alenia, not only to ensure treasury revenue and enable us to continue fighting with Dionia, but also It is also our duty to fulfill our obligations as leaders of all Phoenician city-states in the Western Mediterranean. Now not only all the Phoenician people are paying attention to this war, don't forget that there are also people from the mother country who are also inquiring about the news in the city of Hadrumentum. (Referring to the remaining fleet dispatched from the East Phoenician region), if we don’t do this, we will definitely lose our prestige, and will we be able to order other Phoenician allies in the future?!”

Hanno's prudent political considerations made many elders nod involuntarily.

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(End of this chapter)