Minoa's miserable defeat was actually caused by an emergency, and it was not a real battle. Moreover, he looked down on Monte Adno, who only knew how to enjoy himself, and he did not come to the front line in battle. It would be strange if he did not fail. The last great defeat related to the success or failure of the war, according to the latest news he received, was mainly due to the Carthage army's long-term defeat in the city and the sudden rebellion of the Numibians, not defeated by a head-on battle with the Dionysian army. The only real battle was the Battle of Gera, where Hasdruba led his army to defeat the Dionysian coalition and successfully captured Gera.

In addition, Samors had experience fighting the Greeks. He followed Himirco to fight Syracuse in Sicily 20 years ago. At that time, he was still a young team officer and the army continued to attack the city of Syracuse. If it weren't for the damn plague, the Carthaginian army would not have suffered a crushing defeat, and would have captured Syracuse.

Since the Kingdom of Dionys was established by the Greeks, their army was not much stronger than the Syracuse people back then. Now that Carthage is facing a crisis, the soldiers are united in hatred of the enemy, they can naturally exert a stronger force than before. With the number of troops on both sides being roughly equal, they can completely defeat the Dionys... It was based on this judgment that Samors decided to take the initiative to send troops and change the situation through battles.

But until the battle was going on, he found that he was wrong: at the beginning of the battle, Dionia's light infantry ran freely in that strange formation, and Dionia's array changed freely from dispersion to aggregation... He knew very well that this would be difficult to achieve without long and rigorous training; and then, the Carthage soldiers, inspired by the belief in defending their country, bravely attacked the enemy constantly, but the soldiers of the Dionia Legion remained as rocks. Until the soldiers were exhausted and exhausted, they gradually increased their attack... This was an attack method that only experienced and sophisticated and mature army dared to adopt!

Samors now feels regretful, but once the battle begins, the situation is beyond his control.

Alexis looked much more relaxed, and he said to Printols: "It's time to let the infantrymen of the Third Fleet attack."

It turned out that the two of them received news yesterday that Carthage sent thousands of reinforcements to Ades, and these reinforcements looked either young or older.

Based on the current situation, they quickly made inferences: the Carthaginians were probably going to take the risk.

As Alexis said to the legion commanders before, "This may be the last battle of the Carthaginians. They will definitely do their best. Although the Dionys army now has an advantage, they are in danger after all, and once the battle fails, the situation will be quite dangerous." So Alexis is also under great pressure, so he took a safe approach and immediately sent a clutch to inform the Third Fleet stationed on Kosla Island (after the Dionys army landed in Afilica, Davers made a simple division of labor for the two fleets under his command. The Afilica waters west of Carthage were handed over to the Sicily fleet, and the seas east of the Third Fleet were handed over to the responsibility of the).

After receiving the news, Midolades was happy: the infantry of the Sicilian fleet had joined forces with the 10th Legion to launch an attack on the Phoenician Allies in Carthage. How could the Third Fleet miss this important battle to defeat Carthage!

So he immediately gathered the warships patrolling everywhere overnight, and led the fleet southward early on the second morning to enter the port of Ruspina. After the 3,000 fleet infantry carried on the landing, he quickly marched westward. When they arrived at the camp of Dionia, the army of Dionia had already begun to line up outside the camp.

Upon learning that "the Third Fleet Infantry has arrived", Alexis asked the messengers to inform them: have a good rest in the camp, wait for orders, and be ready to attack at any time.

And now it is time for this new force to come on the field to kill the enemy!

When the Carthage army was already in decline, the surviving Third Fleet infantry appeared on the battlefield.

In the battlefield where dust and fog are everywhere, it is difficult to understand the situation in time and accurately, so when Samors learned of this bad news, the fleet infantry had already attacked the left wing of Carthage.

Although the Carthage soldiers were still fighting tenaciously, defeat became a fact. In order to avoid excessive casualties and the loss of people was unaware of the city of Carthage, Samors ordered: immediately sound the trumpet of retreat!

The physical strength and morale of the Carthage coalition soldiers had declined sharply. After the sound of the trumpet, a complete retreat was soon formed.

The soldiers of the Dionian Legion immediately pursued, and Alexis also sent people to urge the Sinumibian cavalry who were watching and resting in the second half of the battle to participate in the pursuit.

This forced a large number of Carthage's defeated soldiers to escape into the mountains to escape the fierce pursuit of the Deonian army.

At dusk, Alexis retreated his troops and returned to the camp.

This battle, which was participated by more than 50,000 people and lasted for nearly four hours, was very tragic. The frontal fighting alone caused nearly 5,000 casualties on both sides (nearly 2,000 soldiers in Dionians and more than 3,000 Carthaginian soldiers). In addition, nearly 6,000 Carthaginian soldiers were captured.

The news came back to Carthage, the whole city was shaken, the people panic, and the crying lasted...

On the 2nd, Samors gathered the remaining troops and fled back to Carthage despite the retention of the Attics and the defeated soldiers returning one after another.

The Carthaginians, angry with grief, surrounded Samors, who had slipped into the city, first scolded and then beat him until he fell to the ground.

In order to calm public anger, the Senate tried it in absentia as quickly as possible. The result of the trial was: Crucifixion.

This is perhaps the most tragic death of the leading general in Carthage history.

But the execution of Samors did not help change the situation.

On the third day, Alexis led the resting army to march westward, and Atis surrendered.

On the 4th day, the Dionian army met with the East Numibian troops heading north in Attis.

On the 5th day, the Dionian coalition continued to advance westward, and the city of Toonis surrendered, followed by the city of Megalopolis surrendered.

Finally, more than 40,000 Dionian soldiers bypassed Lake Tounes (now Loch Tunis) and approached the city of Carthage.

The terrified Carthaginians stood on the walls of the west, watching the densely packed soldiers of the Dionians destroy the crisscrossing ditches on the isthmus between Lake Bisse and Lake Tones, shoveling off one piece of farmland after another, and then starting to build camps on it, obviously preparing to completely block the Carthaginians in the city (the Carthaginians think it is an isthmus, but in fact the shortest distance between the two lakes is about 10 miles, and the terrain is very flat).

The frightened Carthaginians did not dare to attack, so they could only hide in the tall and thick city walls and make preparations for defense. Both men, women, young and old were mobilized, equipped with weapons, and ready to fight in the city at any time. All the blacksmith shops in the city started construction 24 hours a day, and emergency production of various weapons: daggers, javelins, spears, shields...

Even the already panicked elders passed the proposal of the high priest to persuade the people in the city to hold unprecedented sacrifices and pray for blessings to Dionia's patron god Bar Harmon. This ceremony was once popular among the Phoenicians in the Western Mediterranean, which made other races scared to talk about, and has been held fewer in recent decades.

But at this time the Carthaginian people were on the verge of despair, which was their little hope, so almost no one opposed it. Through the lottery, a total of 200 children under the age of six were selected. Amid the singing of the people of the whole city, they were pushed into the fire pit in front of the statue of Barr Harmon. Their shrill screams made the Carthaginians even more painful and confused...

However, after the fire sacrifice ceremony, Bar Harmon's blessing did not appear, but bad news kept coming: Deretos also surrendered to Dionia... Not long after, in addition to Carthage, Utika, the second largest Phoenician city-state in Aphilica, also chose to surrender. Therefore, another Dionian army (i.e. the Fourth Legion and the Sicilian Fleet Infantry) was able to approach Carthage from the west through the coastal road to the west. At the same time, some warships of the Sicilian Fleet and the Third Fleet sailed into the Bisse Lake and Lake Tones, and were anchored at the simple dock built by the Dionian army in the camp (the Carthaginians opened up the traffic between the two lagoons and the sea very early, and also built a port where the lake reached the city). At this point, Carthage had been completely surrounded and fell into a desperate situation of isolation.

The reason why the elders headed by Hannover had not made up their minds to fully accept Dionia's negotiation conditions at this moment was because they still had a last bit of luck: interference from Persia.

In fact, Thiel did respond to Carthage's request and sent an envoy to Babylon.

The Persian king Artaxerxes was very surprised to learn that "Carthage was actually forced into a desperate situation by Dionys." After thinking about it over and over again, he decided to send an envoy to the Western Mediterranean to learn more about the process of this war, explore the reality of Dionys, and understand the true attitude of the newly rising Greek kingdom towards Persia.

Mediating this war is only a secondary purpose. After all, he has been in power for more than 20 years and is very clear: Dionia went through so much hardship and finally forced the enemy into a desperate situation. How could he give up all his efforts because of a few words from a thousand miles away? What's more, Persia has never shown its strength to this newly established country.

In mid-February, when the passenger ship of the Persian envoy entered the Carthage Sea, he was intercepted by the warship of the Dionysian warship. Even though he claimed that he was an envoy sent by the Persian king, he was still forbidden to enter the city of Carthage.

The Persian messenger had to turn to see King Diony, and was taken to Lilibi.

Davers did not slow down on Persian envoys, and the reception ceremony was quite grand.

However, since the Corinthian War, not only did the Greek overlord Sparta rely on the support of Persia, but the Greek city-states such as Athens, Corinth and Thebes also had to rely on Persia's breath. Persia became the de facto overlord of the Eastern Mediterranean. Therefore, whenever Greek city-state envoys arrived in Persia, in order to achieve their goals, they often bribe officials at all levels, while Persian envoys went to Greece to enjoy high-standard reception.

But the Persian noble envoy came to the Western Mediterranean with confidence, but was hit by a blow. Not only was the passenger ship hijacked, but the request was also rejected. Naturally, he felt a little angry. After seeing Davers, he saw that the barbarian king did not wear a precious crown or a gorgeous robe, and even met himself in an ordinary living room. He was full of contempt. Before he could say a few words, he said to Davers in a commanding tone: "Our sacred and noble king is very concerned about the war between Dionyah and Carthage. He hopes that both sides can stop the war immediately, return to the land they occupied, and return to the state before the war begins! As long as both sides implement this, they will get Persian friendship, otherwise the consequences will be very serious and Dionyah will not be able to bear it!"

Facing the arrogance of the Persian messenger, Daphs, who was almost fifty years old, had a deeper scheming. He did not mock the Persian messenger like he used to ridicule Phoebidas. He said in a calm tone: "It would be good that you Persia can manage the affairs of Asia well. You don't need to worry about the affairs of the Western Mediterranean."

The two sides parted in disagreement, and even the banquet to be held after meeting was cancelled.

The next day, the passenger ship of the Persian messenger sailed away from Lilibi and was "escorted" all the way until far away from the Western Mediterranean.

After returning to Babylon, the Persian envoy gave his "tragic encounter" in the Western Mediterranean and the words that King Dionys wanted him to bring to the Persian king to Artaxerxes. The Persian king was very angry and swore in public: One day he would give the most severe punishment to the Kingdom of Dionys!

The Carthage elders never waited for news from the Persians, but the attack of the Dionians kept tense in their hearts: the Dionian army has not sent soldiers to attack the city directly, but their crossbows are bombarding the city wall every day, and even throwing fire pots into the city to increase the panic among the people in the city; they also built a pile of earth higher than the city wall, and condescendingly to attack the defenders on the city from a long range; the Dionians are not only attacking the army, but their navy is also not idle. They spliced ​​several warships, laid wooden boards, placed crossbows and belly bows on them, approaching the two ports in the lake, and attacking the city's defense facilities... The Dionian army did not use all their strength, and it was more like practicing the tactics of sea and land to cooperate with the siege in the city, but the Carthaginians who had never encountered such a desperate situation were already a little breathless.

The siege lasted for more than three months, the city walls were damaged, and the water was lacking in drinking water. Most of the city was destroyed. The Carthaginians, who were extremely depressed, finally lowered their proud heads and were forced to sign an extremely harsh armistice agreement with the Dionians: Carthaginians recognized Sicily, Corsica and Sardinia as ruled by the Kingdom of Dionians;

ceded all colonial cities of Iberia to Dionia (excluding the new colonies that the Margonids later conquered);

Carthage agreed to the incorporation of Hadrum's territory into the Kingdom of Dionia;

Carthage shall not infringe upon the interests of the Eastern and Western Numibians of the Dionian allies;

Carthage and Dionia restore peace and trade, with a term of 20 years, and disputes of interest arise within the term shall be resolved through consultation;

Allies that shall not infringe upon the parties to the agreement within the time limit...

...

Half a year later, Ortigia also surrendered due to food exhaustion. At this point, the war between Dionia and Carthage ended.
Chapter completed!