The Margonids opposed continuing the peace talks. They believed that the greed and ambition of the Dionys were seen from the peace talks proposed by the King of Dionys. They wanted to occupy the land and wealth controlled by Carthage, destroy the hegemony of Carthage, and make Carthage an ordinary city-state, which is unacceptable to all Carthage citizens! The elders must give up the fantasy of peace, make up their minds again, and give all their strength to support the Carthage army in Sicily, and fight against Dionys to the end. Perhaps as time goes by, the situation of the war will turn around!

The neutral faction led by Aisyaruba said: The negotiations can continue, but they cannot be too anxious. They can drag them out first and increase their support for Mago and Morbar in the military, hoping to change the arrogant attitude of the Dionians with one or two wins, so that negotiations can be made easier.

Because of peace talks, the Senate had been arguing for several days and had not reached a final resolution. However, the situation became more and more powerful to the Margonides. Because the news of the peace talks was leaked, the people learned about the harsh conditions proposed by Dionia, and in anger they forgot the threat of the Dionian Navy to Afilica, and strongly demanded that the Senate continue to fight Dionia to the end.

It can be said that the city of Carthage has been very lively these days, and people gathered everywhere to criticize Dionys' greed and shamelessness. Therefore, when the Dionys fleet attacked today, many Carthage merchant ship owners gathered and took the initiative to express their strong desire to fight to Morbar. You must know that although the Carthage fleet won the previous naval battle, the Carthage merchant ship suffered heavy losses, and more than half of the ship owners and crew failed to return to the port.

"Hmph, if this naval battle is won, then what else is there to negotiate! Our fleet can continue to fight and continue to win the second and third victory, and finally regain control of the western waters of Sicily. Then Lord Mago's army will no longer have to worry about food transportation, and can let go of fighting with the Dionia army with all its might, and the entire battle situation will become beneficial to us!" Pretakuba said loudly from the side.

Ocreton wanted to refute, but Hanno said seriously: "We all hope so! I hope Barr Hamon bless Carthage!" After that, he actually closed his eyes and began to pray.

Seeing this, the elders around also competed to make pious prayers. In an instant, the atmosphere in the whole city became solemn and dignified.

However, their prayers did not seem to have played a big role. The Carthage merchant ships disrupted the formation of the Dionian fleet, giving the Carthage fleet an advantage in the initial attack, but this advantage was not too great, because the usual star formation of Dionia always placed the crow warship at the forefront in the attack, and today is no exception. Although the chaotic formation of the formation has affected the speed of all warships, using speed to collided is not the characteristic of the crow warship. What it is good at is the suspension bridge with a 12-meter-long bow and a flexible rotation. Even if the warship stagnates, swinging the bow in place will pose a threat to the warships close to it.

Of course, the chaos in the formation will cause the warships in the rear to fail to reinforce the crow warships in the front in time, especially when the suspension bridge of the crow warship hooks the enemy ship. The double column formation of Carthage uses speed to cut into the enemy formation and constantly creates a dilemma of more and less to the enemy ships. Of course, this requires the crew to have superb ship-control skills, and this is the best thing for the Carthages.

So at the beginning, such scenes appeared many times on the battlefield. The suspension bridge of the Crow Warship had just nailed a Carthage three-layer oar warship. Not long after the fleet infantry rushed to the enemy's deck, the crow warship was slowly sunk by the next Carthage warship because the friend ship failed to reinforce in time. The Carthage oarsmen were motivated by the heroic behavior of merchant ships and the ardent hope of their families on the shore, and they were no longer afraid of the 40 fleet infantry who rushed into the bottom warehouse. They pulled out the daggers that they had only equipped not long ago (because only hanging daggers would not affect their paddles, and their prices were relatively low and easy to be equipped) and wood pulp to resist tenaciously.

Even if the infantry of the Dionian fleet has been fully armed after long military training, it is almost impossible to defeat the nearly 200 Carthage sailors with high morale and completely occupy the entire ship without taking a certain amount of time or paying a certain amount of casualties.

The Third Fleet of Dionia was at a disadvantage in the early stages of the battle, but over the years of hard training and the tempering of the Battle of Sardinia, the crew members believed that no matter how difficult the situation was, the final victory would still belong to them, so their battle was also tenacious and they worked hard to correct their previous mistakes.

As time went by, the initial decline was slowly pulled back by the Third Fleet. The most important reason was that the warships of both sides had been in full contact and had already entered a comprehensive melee from the initial tactical competition. This battle situation was more beneficial to the Dionia fleet, which had been trained continuously all year round. One of the crow warships and the fast three-layer oar warships were good at jumping gang battles, and the other was good at flexible and rapid assaults. The tacit cooperation between the two began to show their power.

However, there is only one type of three-layer oar warship in the Carthage fleet (because the Carthage Senate considers that it is necessary to build more warships as soon as possible to form a new fleet, four-layer oar warships and two-headed dragon warships have not been included in the construction plan for the time being because they are time-consuming to manufacture). Their tactics of cooperation are relatively monotonous. The crew must not only worry about not being nailed by the bow of the crow warship and being nailed by its suspension bridge, but also be wary of the sudden attacks of the elusive rapid warships, and often lose sight of the other.

When the naval battle reached white heat, most of the Carthage merchant ships had already sunk, and the remaining small part did not dare to be on the battlefield anymore. Because the warships were so dense that both the enemy and us were all focused on controlling the warships to charge, circle, turn, and hit, and fight for life and death with the opponent. They would not dodge because of the existence of the merchant ship. A slight impact could make it overturn. Even the most arrogant Barricos drove the merchant ship and retreated to the coast.

After getting ashore, the Carthaginians bent down to salute him, expressing their respect, and then shouted his name and applauded and cheered. This is the etiquette of treating heroes.

Barricos couldn't help but feel proud. Facing the crowds coming, he boasted with enthusiasm about his adventure of driving a merchant ship to tease the Deonia warship.

Just as some people at the port were attracted by the story of Barricos and were amazed from time to time, suddenly the people on the entire beach were commotion, and people kept exclaiming: "Our fleet seems to be retreating!"

"This is impossible!" Barricos loudly wanted to refute these annoying voices. He did not want to see the opportunities created by his own and his companions' adventures and sacrifices being wasted in vain.

But on the sea far away, all the warships in Carthage were indeed retreating.

Until now, even the flagship of Midolades has been put into battle. The only one who did not join the battle was the Carthage flagship where Morbar was located. It has been parked not far from the battlefield. The lookout hand on the main mast has been describing the scene of the battle he saw to Baricos on the deck. Morbar judged the development of the battle situation based on this. When he realized that the Carthage fleet had lost the initial advantage and entered a stalemate melee with the Dionia fleet, he already understood that the battle situation was beginning to be unfavorable to the Carthage fleet.

So he decisively let more than a dozen trumpet soldiers sound the trumpet of retreat.

Captain Carthage, who had received Morbar's solemn instructions before boarding the ship, heard the horn and turned the bow of the ship immediately without hesitation.

Naval warfare is different from land warfare. Although the two sides are in a melee, warships need enough space to fight, so the distance between ships is still large. Once you choose to retreat, it is difficult to be surrounded.

Moreover, the Dionia fleet has a small weakness. The crow warship, as the main force, is not as fast as ordinary three-layer oar warships in terms of speed. If the opponent escapes with all his might, it will be difficult to catch up. However, the fast warship, which is known for its flexibility, is relatively small in size and has weaker protection than ordinary three-layer oar warships. Therefore, he dare not leave the crow warship too much and pursue enemy ships for a long time to prevent counterattacks. Therefore, after paying some price, the Carthage fleet began to leave the battlefield and retreat eastward.

After learning about the sudden change in the battle situation, Midolades certainly would not allow the Carthage fleet, which was finally lured out, to escape into the port without much loss, so he ordered: the fleet to pursue with all its strength while basically maintaining its formation!

The Carthage fleet was retreating, and the Third Fleet chased after him, and there was no time to stay. The original battlefield was full of crew members floating on the sea, broken beds, some oarsmen who were killed by the fleet infantry, or warships whose hulls were obviously damaged and unable to move...

Barricos saw this situation on the beach. Although he was worried that the fleet would fail again, he was even more worried about his compatriots who were soaking in the sea. So he raised his arms and shouted: "Follow me and save our brave soldiers!"

After saying that, he took his crew and pushed the cargo ship docked on the beach back into the sea and headed towards the battlefield ahead, and other remaining merchant ships quickly followed.

Many people in the port were inspired by it and drove their own fishing boats to the battlefield to rescue their compatriots.
Chapter completed!