After the ten-year alliance agreement was signed again, Kerithops mentioned in his private conversation with Davers that the Spartan Elders Council was worried and dissatisfied with Dionia's frequent wars in the Apriya region.

Davers responded to this: "Apulia's affairs belong to the affairs of the Western Mediterranean. According to the covenant, Sparta did not need to worry about it at all. Even in the late period of the Corinthian War, Thebes and Corinthian envoys came to Turiy, hoping that Dionia could intervene in that war and prevent the alien Persians from using Sparta to control Greece. Dionia strictly abides by the requirements of the covenant and rejects their request. Although many Greek citizens in the kingdom have given

The allied Sparta actually knelt down to his former Greek enemy Persia, and was very dissatisfied with obeying the bullshit contracts they formulated. In addition, when Sparta flooded Mantinia, he destroyed a Greek city-state with cruel means, and made atrocities similar to those committed by the Sicilian tyrant Dionysius, which made the people of Dionysian very angry. However, the Senate of Dionysia repeatedly rejected the request of many civil servants to "condemn and punish Sparta" at the meeting of the civil servants at the end of the year.

Dionia strictly abides by the covenant and respects Sparta, the allies. After signing the covenant this year, it will continue to implement the content of the covenant. I hope that Sparta can also handle the relationship between the two countries strictly in accordance with the content of the agreement, especially on the issue of "accepting the indigenous people who escaped from Apulia". Please consider and deal with it carefully again. Dionia keeps its promises, but will treat city-states that violate their promises as enemies..."

Davers's words made Keritops both ashamed and frightened. He immediately solemnly said: "His Majesty King Davers, Sparta cherishes the friendship between the two countries, so he took the initiative to send me to renew the contract. Sparta will continue to abide by the requirements of the covenant as before, and peace will be maintained between the East and West Mediterraneans!..."

After seeing off Kelithops, only one day later, Turiy welcomed Ocreton, the messenger of Carthage.

He came not to renew his contract, but to protest.

The Carthaginians protested against the violation of the covenant this time, and launched a war against the Sikels, the free forces in Sicily, demanding that Dionia immediately stop this stupid action of "destroying the peaceful environment in Sicily."

The Senate of Dionys refuted the Carthaginians' request. They presented facts, presented evidence, and reasoned, and told the Carthaginian envoys: It was not that Dionys wanted to invade the Sikels, but the Tanikan tribe among the Sikels conspired to disrupt Dionysia and wanted to be unfavorable to Dionysia. For this reason, Dionysia has tried several Sicilian senators such as Raodisian, and also arrested many kingdom officials. Of course, they also wanted to retaliate against the culprit of this incident. This is the punishment that the Tanikan tribe should bear for provoking Dionysia!

Dionia's tough refusal to protest against Carthage made Ocreton return in vain.

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A few days later, in the Senate of Carthage, the Carthage senators had a fierce debate on this matter.

"Master Hannover, now the Dionys refuse to stop the war against the Sikels. I don't know what corresponding measures do you have for this matter? Otherwise, if you don't take action, the weak Sikels will not be able to withstand the Dionys army for a few days!" The veteran Pretakuba stood up and asked.

Hanno looked at the senator who questioned himself. Since Mago was removed from his post as governor of Sicily, he did not return to Carthage, but angrily took some mercenaries to Iberia. The Margonid family was in the Senate, and even the leader of Carthage became Pretakuba. He was a distant relative of Mago, but he was much more cunning than Mago. In recent years, he caused some trouble for Hanno to control the Senate.

There is no need for Hanno to answer, and another elected Sophit Pantiraco had taken over the topic and said, "This is the Tanikan tribe of Sikel who provoked Dionia first, and it is understandable that Dionia punished her. What we should do now is to monitor this war at all times to prevent Dionia from taking this opportunity to expand it, thereby harming our Carthage's interests."

"Oh, you gave up the Sikels with just a simple sentence! I still remember that you proposed "support Tanikan to unify the Sikels" by Lord Hannor!" Another Margonid sent veteran Santipur immediately spoke sarcastic.

Hannor looked at him with an unpleasant look.

Ocreton immediately refuted loudly: "You are truly good at forgetting! At the beginning, the Tanic Anns came to Carthage in the name of "the former allies who fought side by side with Himirco". The first thing they found was you, and the first thing you proposed in the Senate was to "help the Tanic Anns". Lord Hannor just followed your wishes and hoped that the Tanic Anns' actions could help Carthage better control Sicily. But they didn't expect that they would boldly provoke Dionia, and they didn't expect that they would have done so.

You who are supported by Lord Hanno now falsely accused Lord Hanno! (When the commander of Carthage, Shimirco, attacked Syracuse in large numbers, built the Fortress of Taromenians and presented them to the Syracuses, and formed an alliance with King Agris of King Agris of Tarikians, who was the father of Aconis, the leader of Tarikians. But later Shimirco was defeated and committed suicide. When Dionysius counterattacked Carthage's power in Sicily, Agris fell to Syracuse again and was eventually murdered by Dionysius.)”

Pretakuba immediately changed the subject and looked worried: "Mr. Hannover, Siracuse has lost a lot in recent years. Most of the Greek city-states in Sicily have had good friends with Dionysia. Not only do they often send envoys to attend various celebrations in Dionysia, but some even send teams to participate in Dionysia's rugby game. Now that Dionysia controls the Sikaels, will the situation in Sicily return to the Dionysius era? This is very unfavorable to Carthage!"

Hanno looked at him coldly and suddenly spoke, "Mr. Pretakuba, given the current situation in Sicily, what is your suggestion? Continue to use gold and silver and materials to support a Sike tribe that is about to be destroyed?! Or send troops to support the Sikeles?!"

"Since Dionia refuses to truce, of course we can only send troops to make them realize that Carthage will not only protest with words, we are serious!" The veteran Santipur said in a stern tone.

The elders were in an uproar.

"That means war!" Pantiraco warned loudly.

"Since Dionia wants to expand his power in Sicily and refuses to obey our Carthage's warnings, let's show them how to fight!" Santipur waved his fist vigorously.

Many veterans exclaimed, and the controversy suddenly began to arise.

Hannor suddenly felt alert, and he immediately realized: this was definitely the idea of ​​the patriarch of the Margonid family who was thousands of miles away. He wanted to provoke a war between Dionia and Carthage, and provide a good opportunity for himself to return to Carthage and control the political situation!

Thinking of this, Hannor suddenly stood up and shouted loudly: "Will Carthage tear up the covenant and intervene in this war in which Dionia punishes the Sikels? A war with Dionia may be a protracted and exhausting war? Now the Senate is voting and agreeing with Pretakuba and Santipur's proposal, the veterans who send troops to Sicily, please raise their hands!"

Except for a very few veterans of the Margonid family who raised their hands, the other veterans did not even have the idea of ​​hesitation.

In the past decade, the Carthaginians followed Hanno's proposal and turned their target to Numibia, the inland area south of Carthaginian territory. There were many indigenous tribes living in this vast land, but there was no unified country or organization. The Carthaginians controlled most of the Numibian land by directly sending troops to conquer, bribery, and alienation. The Carthaginian citizens also divided a large amount of inland land and hired Numibians to farm. The wealth of the Carthaginian elders doubled, and Hanno's prestige in Carthaginian city increased. The only thing Carthaginians were worried about was the rebellion that occurred from time to time by the Numibians. For this reason, several troops formed by Carthaginian citizens rotated to several important strongholds stationed in Numibia.

Not only did most elders not want to go to war with the powerful Dionysia, but the Carthaginian citizens were not willing. Compared with the Dionys and Sikels far away in eastern Sicily, they were more concerned about the increasing amount of land harvests in Numibia and the restraint of numerous Numibian slaves and Numibian farmers.

Hanno looked around the majority of the silent senators and glanced at the few squads who supported the war. He had foreseeed such a powerful advantage: without a sudden accident, the Carthaginians would never want to fight against Dionia, and Mago's conspiracy could not be realized at all. Of course, Mago now occupied that piece of Iberian land, and his orders to the Carthaginian Senate were also a headache.

At this time, Hannor put his hand in his arms, took out a scroll of paper, held it high in his hand, and said loudly: "This is a letter written by King Dionyya to me by himself! In the letter, he promised, 'Dionia always remembers the covenant with Carthage, and only punishes the Tanikan tribe, and will never expand the territory of attacking other Sikels. Please rest assured.' In addition, he also asked me to consider the issue of continuing the covenant." As he said that, he handed the letter to the elders next to him to read.

The elders present clearly looked relaxed.
Chapter completed!