In the process of this takeover, Carthage and Tyre were not without conflict, but in the end they completed the handover relatively smoothly, and no major war broke out, but the political situation in the east was bad at that time, and Tyre itself was difficult to protect, where was there still the ability to start a war with Carthage, and the two sides finally reached an agreement that lasted for a hundred years, not because they were the same people, but because Carthage needed the eastern Phoenician region headed by Tyre to provide more colonial population and trade markets, Thiel needs precious metals from the Western Mediterranean, and it's a win-win.

For a hundred years, Carthage and Tyre had close contacts and good cooperation, but this was only in trade, and there was never an exchange of visits between the top leaders of the city-states politically, and this was the first time that they cooperated militarily.

Psyrica led the fleet to the Western Mediterranean, why not directly stationed in the port of Carthage? In order to avoid early detection by the Dionian navy, it is one reason, and another reason is that Carthage is now powerful and rich in the western Mediterranean, which is far from comparable to Tyre under the fence today, so the self-esteem of the Tyre nobility makes him prefer to stay in the town of Hadru Mentum, which was once established by the Tyrians, rather than go to the prosperous Carthage to avoid feeling lost.

At the same time, Psyrica also wanted to use one victory after another to show the Carthaginians that Tyre and the eastern Phoenician region were still Carthage's strongest support. Who knew that the first raid planned by him was actually reversed by the Dionians with a clear advantage, and a large number of crew members were captured.

Psyrica fled back to Hadru Mentum with the remnants of the ship, and immediately sent someone to tell the Carthaginian Senate that they would be able to ransom the captured Phoenician crew.

A few days later, however, the Senate responded: Dionyas agreed to exchange prisoners, but only to a one-to-one exchange, and since the number of Eastern Phoenician sailors was larger, it was feared that a small number could not be exchanged.

Although Psyrica was angry, there was nothing he could do, Dionya was tough, insisted, and did not accept the ransom, which eventually led to some East Phoenician captives not being rescued, which made Psyrica dare not lead the remnants of the war ship back to the Eastern Mediterranean, for fear of being questioned by the people.

At the same time, he was frightened by the strength of the Dionian navy, and he refused to go to sea for Carthage on the grounds that "the fleet was badly damaged and needed a long rest", and stayed in Hadru Mentum for a few months, hoping that Carthage and Dionya would finally decide the victory and reach an armistice, so that he could redeem his compatriots and return home.

However, according to what he learned during this time, Psyrica felt that although Carthage was at a disadvantage, it was impossible to stop the war in a short time, but the crew stayed in the city of Hadru Mentum every day with nothing to do, and after a long time they inevitably missed their homeland, and repeatedly asked him to return to the Eastern Mediterranean, and every time he persuaded them, he had to make his tongue go through a lot of words, and now even he himself was shaken: why not return to the Eastern Mediterranean first, and when the war is over, let Carthage help him redeem his compatriots?

In the past few days, he has been struggling with this problem, he can't eat or sleep well, he only fell asleep late last night, and he was still asleep this morning, when he was suddenly woken up: "General, the Dioonians have entered the city!" ”

"What are you kidding, this is Africa, not Sicily!" Puserika loudly rebuked his men, but then he heard the deafening screams and cries outside, and his face suddenly changed greatly, and he said eagerly: "Quick! Hurry to the port! Get out of here in our warship! ”

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How did Psylica know that one of the main purposes of the Sicilian fleet's attack on Hadru Mentum City was to destroy the East Phoenician Combined Fleet, because it was far away from Carthage, and the port of Hadru Mentum where it was anchored was not very well defended, so it was very easy to get it.

The Sicilian fleet docked directly at the beach south of Hadru Mentum City, and 7,000 infantry of the fleet quickly jumped off the crow warship, carried the prepared ladder, and went straight to the city of Hadru Mentum not far away.

It was almost noon, and Hadru Mentum, who had lived comfortably, had just finished breakfast, and some of them were wandering out of the city, preparing to go to the farmstead outside the city to supervise the preparation of the Numibian slaves for the winter sowing, when they ran into the Diolynian soldiers who rushed like wolves and tigers, and the Hadru Mentum, who had been peaceful for a long time, were suddenly frightened and ran into the city in panic.

For the first time in their lives, the few sentinels at the head of the city had encountered such a crisis, and after a moment of panic they remembered to close the gates, but by this time the gates could not be closed, because the fleeing people had blocked the entire gate.

The Dionian fleet infantry entered the city without even using a ladder, and while they wreaked havoc in the city, their main force rushed straight to the port.

Psyrica rushed to the port, and as soon as he boarded the ship, the infantry of the Dionian fleet arrived, and starved and slaughtered many of the Eastern Phoenician sailors who had not yet boarded the ship.

The Eastern Phoenicians were slaughtered with their bare hands.

Seeing this tragic situation, Psyrika hurriedly let the ship sail out of the harbor, but he didn't know that the ships of the Dionian fleet were guarding outside the harbor, and they were smashed and sunk as soon as they left the harbor, and the other warships and merchant ships hurriedly turned back, and as a result, they collided with each other and became a pot of porridge.

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On this day, the Carthaginian senators were anxiously discussing the matter of "the occupation of the port of St. Ibnia and Salos by the Dionians", and they discussed for a long time without coming up with any effective suggestions, because Carthage has now concentrated almost all its army and navy in the direction of Sicily, and there is no extra military force to support Sardinia.

It was only at this time that they realized that Carthage was not much stronger than Dionia, and until now, Carthage was at a significant disadvantage.

Pretakuba suggested: "Carry out another war mobilization of the Carthaginian and Phoenician allies, call up an army of twenty or thirty thousand men, and let Lord Morbar lead the fleet to send it to Calaris, Sardinia, waiting for the opportunity to recapture Salos and St. Ibenia, which were occupied by the Dionians, and restore normal order on the island of Sardinia......"

Ocliton scoffed at this, and he mocked: "Twenty or thirty thousand more men to be drafted?!" Does Lord Pretakuba think that our Carthage is Persia, and that there can be an endless source of soldiers?! Let me tell you, since the beginning of this war, Carthage has been conscripted nearly 50,000 soldiers (including naval personnel, and the majority), and so far, nearly 20,000 have been killed and wounded, do you think Carthage has more soldiers? If the population is sent to fight, then who will farm the land and feed the army? Who will do business and provide gold and silver for the treasury? ……”

Pretakuba was speechless for a moment.

"It is possible to recruit only a small number of citizens in Carthage as officers, and most of the soldiers are provided by the allies." A Margonid patriarch hastened to add.

"The Allies are not much better off than we are!" Ocliton sneered: "They have also been conscripted twice, how can there be extra soldiers!" ”

"You can recruit more Numibians as before." Another Magonidian senator made another suggestion.

"East and West Numibia were conscripted 70,000 people before and after, and their casualties were also the largest, those Numibian tribes will not be stupid enough to agree to our conscription demand, and our blind demand will only threaten the survival of the Numibian tribes, be careful to provoke their resistance!" Hanno warned.

Hanno's words moved the senators: yes, the Carthaginians were accustomed to the obedience of the Nummisbians, but this obedience was caused by decades of political and military conquest by the Carthaginians, but in fact the population of the whole of Numibia was several times larger than that of Carthage, and now that Carthage was fully engaged in the war in Sicily, the country was empty, and it was indeed necessary to ensure stability and avoid turmoil.

Taipanlako stood up again and said loudly: "Actually, the problem of Sardinia is easy to solve, as long as Lord Margo leads the army in Sicily to defeat the main force of Dionya that is opposing him, and regains the advantage in Sicily, he can draw out part of his army to solve the problem of Sardinia."

But now, Margot, who was regarded as a hero by the Carthaginian people, is in control of the 100,000 troops we have worked so hard to recruit, but it seems that he has suddenly lost his courage, and has not had a single battle with the main army of Dionya so far, is it really because the king of Dioonia has frightened him? ”

The patriarchs of the Magonides were furious when they heard this, and were about to stand up and refute it.

At this time, the door of the venue was suddenly pushed open: "Ladies and gentlemen, it's not good! Hadru Mentum is being attacked by the Dionians! ”

The senators were astonished, and many were immediately skeptical, for there had been peace and tranquility for a hundred years within the influence of Carthage in Africa, and there had never been any invasion.

However, when the city guards who broke into the meeting hall brought several Hadru Mentum messengers who rushed to ask for help (in fact, the Hadru Mentum people who had fled to Carthage on horseback first) into the meeting hall, and they wept bitterly about the disaster that was taking place in Hadru Mentum City, the meeting hall suddenly became silent, and a terrible thought came to everyone's heart: the war had really spread to the land where they lived!!

After a few moments, Pretakuba decisively suggested: "We should immediately send the Carthaginian army stationed in Numibia to Hadru Mentum and destroy these damned Dionian bandits!" We should also send a clipper to inform Morbar at once, and ask him to lead the fleet to the waters near Hadru Mentum, and send all the Dionian ships to the sea to feed the fish! ……”