As a result, Kinomus changed his tactics and no longer complained, but said: "Chief Tinum, now that the Carthaginian Liliba is occupied, and the Carthaginian military food transportation route to Sicily is cut off, it will not be long before the soldiers of the entire camp will face the threat of starvation, what do you think about this?" ”

Tinum blinked his eyes, showed a look of indifference, and said: "Liliba is occupied, the Carthaginians can still transport military grain to Mazara, and they will also capture Selinus and retake Lilipi, don't worry too much." ”

"Chief Tinum." Kinomes sneered and said, "Can the Carthaginians recapture Selinus and Lilibi?!" You overestimate the capabilities of the Carthaginians, just to capture a small town in Palagonia, how much time and how many people died in battle! You have been in Sicily for so long, you should know very well that the Dioonians are strong in defending the city, and you still have such illusions, and you think that Carthage dares to send grain to Mazara! Don't you know that the Dionian Navy is even stronger?! Not only did they completely defeat the Carthaginian navy, but they also captured the Carthaginian islands of Corsica and Sardinia, and even landed in Africa and burned several of Carthage's allies."

"Where did you hear all this?!" Tinum's face changed dramatically, and he asked sharply.

Marco has a relatively strict control over the army, and all the war reports are not allowed to be circulated at all except for him and a few high-ranking generals such as Pomilca, and the entire army is confined to Sicily, and it is difficult to receive news from the outside world, and it is impossible for an alien cavalry unit like Tinum to have its own sources, and it is very unfamiliar with the development of the entire war.

Kinomes 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 Adno, you may have heard that he led his army to attack Minoa, and suffered a crushing defeat, and I was captured by the Dionians at that time......"

Tinum's eyes widened: "You surrendered the Dionians?!" ”

Kinomes made a silent gesture and whispered, "No, the king of Dionya does not want us to surrender, but to be an ally of our Numibians!" He wants to help us get rid of the oppression of the Carthaginians, restore our independence, and reclaim our land......"

The more Kinomus spoke, the more excited he became, but Tinum suddenly interrupted him and said coldly, "What do you say have to do with me? ”

"Of course it does!" "Do you know that the Carthaginians have sent messengers to the Dionian camp to ask for peace," said Kinomus, "and they are running out of power!" But the Dioonians would not easily agree, they had completely blocked the sea route in western Sicily, and without the support of the city of Carthage, Margo's army was so large that how many days could he consume the food he had? When the time comes, the food will run out, and you will have to surrender! You and your people will be captives, and perhaps slaves of the Dionians! ”

Kinoms sighed lightly and said emotionally: "It is precisely because I have a good relationship with you in the past, so after I mixed into the rout this time, I did not persuade my eastern clans first, but came to you first, hoping that you can see the situation clearly and make a choice that is beneficial to your tribe!" ”

What Kinomes said was actually a lie, and the reason why he chose to come to Tinum was because the East Numibian people helped Carthage fight, and they were basically infantrymen, and a certain number of people were drawn from various tribes, and their officers could only be Phoenicians or Carthaginians, and after the successful night attack by the Selinus garrison, Marco sent excellent soldiers loyal to him in the Iberian army as officers, so there was a great risk of inciting the East Numibian soldiers to defect from the Carthaginian army on a large scale, And the success rate will not be too high.

The land of Sinumipia was not controlled by the Carthaginians, and they were more like a dependency relationship between large tribes and small tribes with the Carthaginians, who hired them to fight, basically as cavalry, and did not send outsiders to serve as officers, all of whom were commanded by tribal leaders who commanded their own people, and only needed to obey the orders of the commander when fighting, and the supervision of them was very lax, which created conditions for Kinomes to mix in and persuade them to defect.

Tinum fell into deep thought, and although he was not sure whether the terrible situation described by Kinomus was true, he was not a fool either, and had already detected some signs during this time: Lilibel had been captured by the Dionians, which was a fact, and he had seen it with his own eyes; Palermos fell, and although he did not see it, the Numibian cavalry who followed Hasdruba communicated with him and told him that 4,000 strong Iberian natives had been annihilated; If the Carthaginian navy was not at a disadvantage, how could it have allowed the Dioonians to land on the western coast at will, so much so that Marco sent them to patrol the coast every day, and in the past few days, he did not see any more food convoys from Mazara to the Carthaginian camp during his patrols...... Could it be that the situation has really reached such a bad point?!

Tinum thought as his heart sank.

There was silence in the tent, and the faint glow of the oil lamp flickered on his face, which was gradually enveloped in a haze.

After a long time, he looked at Tinum and asked hesitantly, "Dionians...... What benefits can it give me? ”

Kinomus was overjoyed and hurriedly said: "What Carthage can give to you Sinumbian tribes, the Dionicians can also give, and it will only be better, for example, the Dionicians will sell you high-quality iron tools and armor that Carthage prohibits the sale...... And as long as you succeed in leading most of the Numibian cavalry to Dionia, the king of Dioonia promises, 'In the event of a conflict between the Masili tribe and other Sinumbian tribes in the future, Dionysia will be on your side!' ’”

When Tinum heard this, his heart was shocked: the Masili tribe was a large tribe, stronger than most of the Sinumbian tribes, and several successive chiefs had always had a dream to unite the loose Sinumbian tribes into a Sinumbian alliance led by the Masili tribe. That's what they think, and that's what they do. However, it was clear that the Carthaginians would not allow their wishes to come true, not only supporting his opponents, but also repeatedly suppressing the Masili tribe, which weakened them repeatedly, and lost several pastures, and Tinum had been secretly dissatisfied with Carthage for a long time.

This is also the reason why Kinamos chose to convince the Masili tribe in the first place.

Although Tinum was a little moved, he tried his best to remain calm: "Geneus, these promises made by Dionya sound good, but they are difficult to fulfill, because the center of Dionya is on the great island to the north (referring to Italy), and the land of Africa, where we live, is in the hands of the Carthaginians. ”

"Tinum, don't you know how great the Dionian king is, it only took him a dozen years to make the newly established kingdom of Dionysia a powerful force that the Carthaginians feared, he has promised me that when Margo's army is destroyed, he will let the Dionian army land in Africa and help us East Numibians, by then it will be a question whether Carthage can still exist, and if he wants to take care of our Numibians, I'm afraid it's a dream!"

Tinum was a little unimpressed, of course he would not have great expectations for Dionya like Kinomus, after all, Carthage's hegemony in Africa had lasted for a hundred years, even if he suffered defeat in this war, he did not think that it would change so quickly, but the promise given by the Dioonians really moved his heart, he thought about it for a long time, and decided not to agree for the time being, but did not refuse Kinomus's request, but carefully observed the development of the situation, and then made a decision.

To this end, he also kept Kinomsqiang in his army to avoid contact with others.

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On the 2nd day, the Carthaginian army again attacked the city of Selinus.

This time, Amintas did not place too many soldiers on the city, but used the city walls to resist for a while, and after repelling a Carthaginian attack, he took advantage of the short gap before the next wave of attacks to decisively give the order to retreat.

The Carthaginian army captured the city walls relatively smoothly, and their morale was boosted, and then they blindly attacked the city, trying to take the whole city in one go.

Soon, they suffered from the various traps laid by the Dionian soldiers in the city, and were eventually stopped in front of a wide ditch, behind which was another towering wall.

Countless Dionian soldiers suddenly appeared at the head of the seemingly empty city, launching a fierce attack on the enemy below the city.

The Carthaginian soldiers were disorganized in the process of advancing into the city, lacking the command of generals, and the hedgehogs gathered in front of the trenches, and did not carry any siege equipment, when they were suddenly attacked by a rain of arrows and javelins, and there was a sudden chaos.

Amintas decisively ordered a counterattack, and the heavy soldiers of the Legion, who had been in ambush for a long time, fought their way out of the reserved passages.

The Carthaginian army under the city was crushed and fled for their lives.

After a short period of pursuit, the Dionian soldiers immediately withdrew to the second wall, reminding them to evacuate the Carthaginian follow-ups.

Margo, who was in the rear, heard that there were walls behind the walls, and immediately remembered what had happened to Palagonia, and hurriedly ordered all the troops in the city to retreat immediately, and sent spies into the block between the two walls to carefully probe whether there was a large amount of material to burn.