After hearing this, Pretakuba remained silent for the time being, as a senator of the Senate and the newly re-elected Sophiet, of course he could not open his eyes and tell nonsense and let others laugh.

Before he could think of what to say, El Accra continued to say in a loud voice: "As Lord Esyaruba said, nearly 1/3 of our treasury revenue comes from Sardinia and Corsica, and now it is during the war, and there is an urgent need for money everywhere, as the Sufitel of Carthage, Lord Pretakuba, you should consider this huge war in which our Carthage is participating more comprehensively, first of all, how to keep the source of our treasury revenue, so as to ensure that we can build more warships, Buy more food to keep this war going, not to meet Margot-sama's demands! ”

El Accra's words were plain enough, and Pretakuba's face changed slightly.

At this time, another new patriarch of the Magonides, Sifakba, said angrily: "Don't you understand? The key to this war is in Sicily! Just to the east where Lord Margo led his army to fight the Dionians! The cost of this war is indeed huge, so we must concentrate all our forces and fully support the army in Sicily, so that Lord Margo can completely defeat the Ionians in Sicily as soon as possible, so that we can free up our hands to support other battlefields.

Otherwise, even if we keep Sardinia, the Sicilian army will be defeated because the military food transportation line is not guaranteed, and the originally dominant battle situation will change, resulting in the battle in Sicily not ending as soon as possible, and that will be more than worth the loss! ”

Compared with El Accra, Sifakba's words were even more excessive, which immediately aroused the disgust of some elders in the venue, and one of the centrist patriarchs even said in a weird manner: "Lord Margo led an army of 100,000 for half a month, and he couldn't capture a small village and town in Dionia, so wouldn't it take months, or even more than half a year, to attack the cities of Catana and Naxos, which have more populous populations and stronger defenses, with such offensive capabilities, and want to end the Sicilian War as soon as possible?!" ”

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

"Is it because Lord Margo is worried that he will not be able to drive the Dioonians out of Sicily within a year? I'm afraid you want to help Master Margo fulfill the promise he made in the Senate as soon as possible, so you want to help him regardless of the overall situation. Another patriarch said dissatisfiedly.

Sifakba was so angry that he argued loudly with them, but Pretakuba found that more and more senators were dissatisfied, not only Hannonite, but also many centrist senators, and the whole venue became noisy.

Pretakuba realized at this time that he had made a mistake: Sardinia and Corsica had been Carthaginian dependencies for a hundred years, and the various nobles of Carthage had close interests in Sardinia, such as El Accra, who had just fully supported the reinforcement of Sardinia, and his family owned a silver mine in the mountains outside the city of Salos in Sardinia, and his family's cargo ship carrying silver nuggets from Sardinia back to Carthage had been captured by the Dionian warship three days earlier......

He has always emphasized the priority of the war in Sicily, but he has inadvertently pushed the Magonides against the other senators, so that the centrist faction that has been supporting them since the beginning of the war has almost all sung the opposite tune, and even some differences seem to have arisen in their own camp, such as several Magonidian patriarchs such as Santipur, who have been silent since the beginning of the debate.

Pretakuba suddenly realized that Ocleton had thrown out this topic at the beginning of today's meeting, and I am afraid it was premeditated! During this time, the Magonides not only gained great prestige among the Carthaginian populace, but also supported the Senate, and many of their proposals were approved...... When everything was going well, even he himself was a little fluttering, completely forgetting that the person was terrible.

And just as Pretakuba woke up and anxiously tried to find a solution to the dilemma, Hanno, who had been sitting at the front of the meeting hall and had been silent all this time, stood up.

The whole venue soon fell silent.

"For the new fleet, will it go to support Sardinia first, or Sicily?" Hanno looked around the venue and said slowly: "Whether it is the short-term effect it has or the long-term benefits of Carthage, reinforcement of Sardinia should be the first choice. The difficulty encountered by Sardinia is that the whole sea is controlled by the Dionians, so the defense is so passive, as long as we send a navy to repel the Dionian ships, Sardinian will restore order, and the Carthage-Sardinian trade route will be restored.

But the main problem of the war in Sicily is not just the loss of superiority at sea, the important thing is that our army has been blocked from attacking on land for a long time, and even if they send a fleet, they will not be able to go ashore to fight, and the problem will not be solved immediately, are you right? ”

"That's right, Mistress Hanno is right!"

"It's still Lord Hanno who can see it through!"

"No more arguing, we choose to support the new fleet to go to Sardinia!"

……

There was an uproar in the venue.

Pretakuba was so anxious that he said loudly: "Lord Hanno, you are not right to say that! The key to our war with Dioonia is still Sicily, as long as Sicily wins, all other problems will be solved, so support Sicily-"

"Pretakuba!" Hanno shouted, like a lion sleeping soundly on the steppe suddenly became silent, his eyes looked directly at the head of the Magonides family in the Senate, and said with a straight face: "In order to make Carthage win this war, I tried my best to cooperate with you during this time, but your performance disappointed me a little, for the interests of your Magonides family, even at the expense of the interests of the entire Carthage, this is clearly reflected in the issue of 'sending a new fleet to support Sicily'."

And the last time Marco reorganized our Carthaginian army, this was also reflected, why could such a large army not capture a village in Dionya for a long time? Wasn't it because Marco removed all the Carthaginian generals from his army and replaced them with the Numibians who followed him in Iberia? Can these Numibians be loyal to Carthage! Can they command their countrymen to fight to the death against the Dioonians at the risk of their lives?

Marco led the army from the beginning of the attack smoothly to the current stalemate, and the unauthorized removal of the generals of the Carthaginian army, isn't it the main reason for this situation?! Then what makes me wonder is that the war has just begun, why is Margoth so anxious to remove the Carthaginian generals who are loyal to Carthage, and insist on replacing them with Numibians who have been following him but have no feelings for Carthage to lead an army also composed of Numibians?! ”

Pretakuba was speechless for a while under Hanno's repeated questioning, but he broke out in a cold sweat.

Sifakba hurriedly retorted: "That's because the generals of Carthage are not effective in combat, and only by removing and replacing can the combat effectiveness of the army be improved!" So it was only later that our army was able to 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 one after another to refute: "After the removal of the Carthaginian generals, why can't the 100,000 army capture a small Dionian village?!" This is also called improving combat effectiveness! ”

"I propose that the Carthaginian army formed by spending a lot of revenue from the treasury must be led by Carthaginian citizens, otherwise how can the safety of the city-state be guaranteed!"

"Now Lord Margoth is in command of an army composed mostly of aliens as officers, and is this still a Carthaginian army! The removed Carthaginian generals must be reinstated, or we will no longer provide any support to this army! ”

……

Facing the surging veterans, Pretakuba's face changed completely.

Also staring at this scene, and deliberately looking at the neutral leader Esyaruba with a solemn expression, Hanno sneered in his heart: he had been silent for so long, just for today. Marco made a big mistake when he replaced the Carthaginian generals, because most of these generals were Carthaginian nobles, but at that time he did not let the senators close to him impeach, and as a result, until today, the now rampant Magonides really made a mistake in the use of the new fleet, and he made a decisive attack, forcing the neutral senators to see the true face of the Magonides, and as their support for them weakened, the dominance of the Senate would return to his hands again.

Thinking of this, Hanno said loudly again, "Ladies and gentlemen, please listen to me. ”

The hustle and bustle of the venue soon returned to silence, but to the horror of Pretakuba.

"So far the meeting has been discussed, and the results have become relatively clear, the new fleet will first reinforce Sardinia, and seek an opportunity to retake Alenia, not only to protect the treasury revenues and enable us to continue the fight against Dionia, but also to fulfill our obligation to be the leader of all the Phoenician city-states in the western Mediterranean. Now it's not just all the Phoenicians who are watching this war, don't forget that there are also people from the mother state who are also listening to the news in Hadrumentum (referring to the remnants of the fleet sent by the East Phoenician region), if we don't do this, we will definitely lose our prestige, and can we command other Phoenician allies in the future?! ”

Hanno's political deliberations made many senators nod their heads involuntarily.