Henipolis thought for a moment, but did not reply.

Davos said in a deep voice: "No, I don't think so, because we Dionyas have no roots in Africa, and those Phoenician city-states will secretly be dissatisfied with us, and the East and West Numibians will pursue their own interests because Carthage is wiped out and there is no shackle on their heads, and we may contradict them if we want to take the place of Carthage......

There are also Mauritanians and Libyans in the land of Africa, these are a large number of races, once Carthage ceases to exist, Africa is likely to be divided and we will be drawn into it, it will consume a lot of our energy and material resources, is it worth it? After all, the center of gravity of the Kingdom of Dioonia is in Italy, and we must not only consolidate our rule in Italy, but also continue to implement the strategy of developing northward, and we must not abandon our roots......"

Hennipolis listened carefully, pondered for a while, and suddenly said: "We want to take away Sicily, Sardinia, and southern Iberia, and eliminate the Carthage threat to the kingdom, but we must also let Carthage continue to exist as a major power in the land of Africa and ensure that the Numibians continue to rely on us." And we in Dionia can mediate between the various forces in a transcendent capacity, mediate disputes, and continue to increase our influence in Africa......"

Davers nodded and said, "Heney, you understand well, so you should grasp this degree well in future negotiations." Of course, there will be constant pressure from our army, and I think Carthage will eventually agree to all our demands......"

When Davers said this, he couldn't help but think of Carthage in the previous history, after the Second Punic War, they had lost all their colonies, but after decades of development, they regained prosperity, which actually made the Romans nervous, and finally destroyed the city.

In Davers's view, the Romans were frightened by Hannibal, and there was always a kind of persecution paranoia, in fact, Carthage could not pose any threat to Rome at that time, as can be seen from the fact that the Romans were angry, Carthage immediately sent a large number of hostages. Today's Dionya does not have the fear of the Romans, and has destroyed Rome and defeated Carthage in a battle, making it more confident and powerful.

Even if they only competed in trade, Dionyas was not afraid of Carthage. In the past, even after the victory of the Punic War, Rome became the hegemon of the Western Mediterranean, but it was still a city-state dominated by agriculture and less developed commerce, and now Dionia, under his guidance, has long been both agricultural and commercial, and after obtaining these colonies of Carthage, the trade of the entire kingdom will only develop faster.

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In the two days after Selinus's victory, the Dionian army mainly stayed in the city of Selinus and the original Carthaginian camp to seize the time to rest, Davers did not send troops to besiege the remnants of the army, but ordered the two fleets not to go to the Carthaginian sea cruise, but to focus on blocking the ports of Mazara and Erlux, and at the same time sent Dionian cavalry to patrol around these two towns, find anomalies, and report back at any time.

Davers believed that the remnants of the Carthaginian army that had taken refuge in these two towns exceeded 10,000 people, and that it was difficult for the people of these two towns to feed them without the weight of their food, and because the army led by Prosous had ravaged the farmland in the western region, resulting in a sharp reduction in the wheat harvest in these towns, it was difficult to say whether they themselves could survive this winter, and how could they have surplus food to feed the remnants. I am afraid that it will not be long before the two city-states will be in chaos because of the food problem.

In these two short days, there was no major movement between Mazara and Segsta, but the leaders of the Sikan came to the city of Selinus together.

The Sikan people who were adjacent to Segesta were the first to get the news that the Carthaginian army had been defeated, and when they saw the once invincible Carthaginian soldiers fleeing into the city of Segesta in panic, they were shocked beyond words, and in the past two days, hundreds of Dionian cavalry and Numibian cavalry appeared on the edge of the Sikaian territory from time to time, which frightened this weak Sicilian mountain race, and they quickly decided to surrender to Dionia, They also captured Aconis, the leader of the Western Keltanian tribe, and his cronies who were hiding in their territory, in order to obtain forgiveness from the Dionians.

Davers accepted their surrender and comforted the Sikai chieftain with gentle words.

But then, in their presence, Davers ordered his men to take Arconis and the others into custody, and announced that they would be taken to the mountains of Siker, where they would be tried and executed in public by all the tribes that had been attacked by the Carthaginian army, lost their territories, and had a large number of people because of him.

In Davers's words, any ally who betrays Dionia should be punished severely. This made the leaders of the Sikai people present nervous in their hearts and secretly alerted.

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Margo's refusal to obey the Senate's orders and his insistence on attacking the city of Selinus aroused the indignation of the Senators except the Magonides, who for several days held a heated debate over "whether or not to punish this daring military commander with the most severe punishment." In fact, in the hearts of many senators, they also secretly hoped that the Carthaginian army would be able to capture the city of Selinus, so that Carthage could regain some disadvantages in the next negotiations.

On the night of the defeat of the Carthaginian army, the city of Mazara sent several cargo ships, risking great risks, to quietly sail to Carthage in the dark night, and finally only one successfully reached its destination.

When the patriarchs learned the news, they were shocked for a long time and didn't come back to their senses.

In order to save the remnants of the army trapped in Sicily and the large number of soldiers captured by Dionia, the Senate urgently convened an emergency meeting in order to save the remnants of the army trapped in Sicily and the large number of soldiers captured by Dionia.

Contrary to the usual debates at the meeting, the Magonides senate heard from the Mazara messenger that "Hasdruba had fortunately escaped to the city of Mazara, but Marco had not been heard from yet," and instead actively demanded the resumption of negotiations at once, and the conditions put forward by the Ionians as much as possible, so that an armistice could be reached as soon as possible.

But under such difficult conditions, negotiating with Dionya was bound to face more difficulties, so the senators actively discussed where concessions should be made, where they should be insisted on, and what new demands might be made by the Dionians......

It took two days to draw up a relatively complete plan for diplomatic negotiations, and it was the first time for Carthage that a resolution had been adopted on such a major issue in such a short time.

During the meeting, the Senate also spent some time pacifying the Carthaginian populace who were weeping angrily because they received the news.

Once again, Occliton sailed to Sicily as an emissary of Carthage, this time feeling a great responsibility.

After entering the waters of western Sicily by boat, Ocleton prepared to enter the city of Mazara first, meet with Hasdruba, learn more about the situation, and be prepared.

When the ship approached Mazara, it was intercepted by the Dionian warship, and after learning that Ocleton was a Carthaginian negotiator, he did not allow him to enter the port of Mazara, but advised him to go directly to the city of Selinus.

Ocleton, who was on the ship, saw a number of Dionian warships patrolling back and forth in front of the port of Mazara, and felt the urgency of the situation, and immediately ordered the ship to speed up to Selinus.

The Dionian king's garrison had been moved from Minoa to Selinus, which was a victory for the Dionian army; But for Carthage, this change meant a complete defeat for Carthage in the war.

When Ocleton arrived in Selinus, he asked to see King Davers, but was refused. Negotiations were again requested, this time agreed.

The negotiations took place in a vacant house in the port area.

Ocliton had entered the living room early to wait, and Hennipolis had waited for a long time before Shi Shiran arrived.

Ocliton endured his dissatisfaction and said straight to the point: "In the past few days, our Senate has re-discussed the terms of negotiation you have proposed, and decided to place Corsica under the jurisdiction of Dionia, and Sardinia except for St. Ibiña and Calaris, the rest of the rest will be under the jurisdiction of Dionia; And about Sicily, hoping that Dionya would return Lili, we Carthage gave up...... Erix, Mazara, Segsta, Palermos, etc., were independent city-states, and whether Dionya wanted to annex or make them vassals, Carthage did not interfere with them in any way. ”

After finishing speaking, Ocliton looked at Henipolis and was a little nervous: in fact, the bottom line of the negotiation given to him by the Senate was to agree to all the conditions that Dionia had put forward before, but since it was a negotiation, he could not give all his cards as soon as they met, and he had to bargain.

Ocleton's biggest fear now is that Dioonia will take advantage of this victory and once again open his mouth and make new conditions.

Sure enough, after listening to Ocriton's words, Hennipolis sneered repeatedly: "Lord Ocriton, I said when you first came to negotiate, 'If Carthage doesn't agree to our negotiation conditions as soon as possible, maybe we will have to increase the weight when we negotiate next time.'" 'As a result, you were lucky, not only delaying the negotiations, but even allowing your army to attack Selinus during the negotiations—"