The rebel native warriors took possession of the city of Mazara and plundered the city, while sending people to negotiate with Dionia, offering that if Dionia sent them back to Iberia, they would no longer be enemies of Dionys, and that the city of Mazara would be sacrificed.

Davers's answer was quite strong: they were in no position to negotiate terms with him, and their bodies would not even want to return to their homeland unless they surrendered immediately and unconditionally.

Davers's response made the Iberian native warriors angry but frightened, and they wanted to kill to dispel the fear in their hearts, so the original looting in the city of Mazara turned into massacre, and the people of Mazara rose up to resist, but how could they be the opponents of these wolf-like native warriors, and they were all about to become ghosts under the sword.

Who knew that a group of Lusitanians and Celts clashed because of the grabbing of food, and the conflict quickly turned into a fight, and then from the fight quickly turned into a melee, the Celts, Lusitanians, Iberians, and the Phoenics infantry, they did not belong to each other when they were under the command of Margo, and the treatment was also different, there were some contradictions before, and now in order to get more food, so that their people can get more chances to survive, they do not hesitate to be ruthless to other races......

All the races in the city are involved in this great scuffle, and there is no way to stop it. Throughout the day, the screams and fighting in the city were heard endlessly, and the sound spread for ten miles.

The Dionian Scouts had already reported the news of the civil unrest in Mazara to Davers, who rejected the general's offer to "intervene with troops" and only allowed the Scouts to continue to watch.

By nightfall, the city of Mazara was covered in blood and corpses. Because it was dark, the various forces had to stop fighting and take up their own positions in a corner of the city, guarding each other.

Naturally, the weaker Phoenus infantry and the remnants of the Mazaras gathered together, took possession of the port, and began to plot to surrender to Dionia.

At dawn on the second day, the Iberian natives woke up from their sleep and were shocked to find thousands of soldiers in black armor in the city, suspecting that the other party had secretly opened the city gate and let the Ionian army enter.

But in fact, it was the Mazara who took a clipper ship in the port and rushed to Selinus, crying to Davers for help, and willing to let Mazara join the Dionian kingdom.

Only then did Davers ask the Sicilian fleet to urgently transport the soldiers of the two legions to land in the port of Mazara at night.

Yesterday's scuffle had already left the Iberian natives dead and wounded, and now the Dionian army was present inside the city, while the trumpets were blaring and smoke was billowing from outside the city.

No matter how fierce the Iberian natives were, they were already in a desperate situation and had to surrender one by one.

Ségsta and Mazara surrendered one after another, and Carthage's 100,000 troops were all wiped out, and Davos immediately asked Segsta and Mazara to send envoys to Eryx to persuade them to surrender.

Eryx, the religious center of the Phoenicians in Sicily, had no choice but to open its doors to Dionia.

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After the surrender of Erlux, Davos led the main army into Lilipa, a military fortress built in Carthage, and at the lord's mansion he again convened a military council, which was attended by all the senior Dionian generals who participated in the war, except for the Ninth Legion commander Tigetinos, who was far away in Sardinia, and even the Seventh Legion Commander Zantiparis, who was stationed in Palermos, which was far away.

"Your Majesty, congratulations on your victory in the Sicilian War! You led your army to conquer the entire island, driving out the Carthaginians once and for all, and achieving a brilliant record that no one had done before!! As soon as the meeting began, Tolmid led all the senior generals to congratulate Davers in unison.

This was obviously beyond Davers's expectations, and his gaze slowly swept over the faces of the generals, and he saw the excitement on the faces of Tormide, Matonis, Oliver, Lizarus, Trotilas, and Zantiparis, the smiles on the faces of Alexis, Printors, and Epitenis, the regret on Amintas, and the peace on Leotizides' faces......

Finally, his gaze fell on Henipolis beside him, and the court clerk seemed to be covering his mouth and snickering at Davers's surprised appearance.

After a while, Davers looked solemn and said emotionally: "This victory belongs not only to me, but also to you excellent generals, to our brave soldiers, and to all the Dionian people who have contributed their strength to this war!" Without your outstanding command, without the soldiers' hard work, and without the people's all-out efforts, there would be no today's brilliant victory! Here, too, I would like to congratulate you and thank you even more! As he spoke, he gave a military salute to the generals present with great solemnity.

When the generals saw this scene, they were stunned at first, and then they all stood up and saluted back.

Seeing that they all seemed to be touched by his words, Davers waved his hand again, softened his tone, and said: "Sit down, standing like this, being seen by others, I am afraid that we do not think that we are celebrating victory, but that we have encountered a strong enemy, and are ready to fight to the death." ”

Everyone laughed.

Even Henipolis quipped: "Your Majesty, there is no other city-state or race in the Western Mediterranean that dares to wage war with us Dionia." ”

These words made a proud smile on the faces of everyone present.

Davers also smiled slightly, but did not respond.

After everyone sat down, he said solemnly: "You made a small mistake just now, we did not completely conquer Sicily, and the rebels of Syracuse are still entrenched on the island of Ortigia. Of course, they are no longer worthy of our attention. But this war with Carthage is far from over, on the land of Africa across the sea, the rich Carthaginians may be desperately consuming the gold and silver of the treasury, wanting to hire more soldiers, build more ships, and continue this war, so it is not yet the time to celebrate the victory, we cannot give the Carthaginians any respite, we must hurry up, land in Africa, and defeat Carthage completely! Only then will we be able to completely relax and cheer for victory! ”

After listening to Davers's words, the generals' eyes became eager, and their expressions became even more excited: it will be a great honor to fight across the sea and conquer Carthage!

Looking at these generals who were eager to fight, Davers looked serious and said in a deep voice: "Since the outbreak of the war, in order to provide enough military supplies for our huge army, so that the soldiers can fight with peace of mind without worries, the kingdom has exhausted the treasury, the finances of various departments have been tightened, and the people have also cut back on food and clothing, and even the grain that has just been collected after the autumn harvest is about to run out......

Now that we are going to fight across the sea, we are farther away from the kingdom, and we need to spend more materials, and with the current financial situation of the kingdom, it is impossible to support such a large army, so the number of soldiers sent over will not be too large, and I do not plan to go with the army again.

Fortunately, most of the military forces of Carthage have been wiped out by us in Sicily, and it is impossible to organize a strong army in a short time, and we have formed an alliance with the East and Sinumbians, and their armies will go to Africa together to fight side by side with our army, so that although we have only sent a part of the army to fight, we still have a great advantage! ”

At this time, in Davers's eyes, the generals had different expressions, but they all more or less revealed a desire: to become the commander of the expedition to Carthage!

Davers didn't give them more time to brew and a chance to fight, paused for a moment, and immediately gave a categorical order: "Now, I appoint Alexis as the commander to lead the first, second, and third legions on an expedition to Carthage!" ”

As soon as the order came out, some generals looked like "it was really so", and their faces were relieved; Although some generals were unwilling, they did not dare to raise objections.

Over the years, Alexis, who rarely took the initiative to fight and looked down on honor more and more, immediately stood up, his face showed a rare excitement, and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty...... Together with my brothers, I will fight bravely and conquer Carthage as soon as possible to repay your trust! ”

Davers nodded, didn't say any more words of encouragement, looked directly at him, and said in a deep voice again: "Time is pressing, there are only two days to prepare for your expeditionary legion." Two days later, sail to Africa! ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Alexis, Amintas, Matonis, and Lizaru saluted in response.

"Oliver!"

"Ah...... At! ”

"Sextus!"

"In!"

"Recently, I received a battle report from Tegetinos, the Ninth Legion led by him has continuously conquered a number of Phoenician city-states on the island of Sardinia, but because each captured city-state has to send troops, he is now insufficient to capture the largest city-state on the island of Sardinia-Calaris, and Calaris is now gathering the last resistance on the island of Sardinia, so Tegertinos asked me for help, and I decided to send the Fourth Legion and the Roman Reserve Brigade to Sardinia!"

Speaking of this, Davos looked at Oliver and reminded in a euphemistic tone: "In order to avoid excessive consumption of supplies, we must end the war in Sardinia as soon as possible, Tegatinos has been fighting there for two months, he is already familiar with the situation there, and he also knows the enemy very well, so he will temporarily serve as the commander, you must obey his command, fully assist him, conquer Calaris, occupy the whole island, and make Sardinia completely become the territory of Dionia!" ”