In order to better control the Numibia region, the Carthaginians stationed 20,000 troops in the inland for a long time, suppressing the resistance and riots of various tribes in Numibia at any time to maintain the stability of their region. After the war with Dionia, the number of this army has now been less than 10,000.

"Since there are five or six thousand soldiers of the Dionian army attacking Hadrumentum, the army of Numibia alone is probably not enough to repel the enemy. We should immediately mobilize urgently in the city and its surrounding allies. We believe that in order to defend our homeland, the people will participate as much as possible and form an army with sufficient numbers to meet with the army in Numibia and go to repel the enemy."

When Carthage was facing a crisis, Hannor did not object to Pretakuba's opinion this time, but added: "In addition, we must also notify the neighboring allies to prepare for defense to prevent this Dionyan army from continuing to attack other allies after conquering Hadrumtuum. We must also send ships to explore the waters around Carthage to prevent the Dionyans and fleets from coming to harassing Afilica..."

This time, the useful suggestions put forward by the elders were quickly passed and immediately implemented, with unprecedented efficiency.

The people of Carthage soon learned about the news that "Hadrumentum was attacked by the Dionians" and were very panicked.

Four hours later, the city of Carthage finally gathered an army of nearly 10,000 people, and, under the leadership of Tepanrako, rushed to the east, and on the way, they met with the army that had rushed from Numibia.

As they marched east together, it was already dark, but they did not need to light a torch, because the flames soared into the sky in the direction of Hadrumantum City, illuminating the heavenly realm in the east.

The Dionians not only slaughtered the people of Hadrumentum, but also burned the entire city?! The Carthage soldiers looked at the fire in the distance, and felt both angry and panic in their hearts.

When Taipanrako led his army to arrive, he found that the situation was not as bad as he imagined: Hadrum Tum City was indeed turned into a ruin, but most of the people were safe and sound. Seeing that the fire was about to be extinguished, they did not care about being scalded, and broke into the ruined city one after another, picking up useful items from the ashes...

Seeing the arrival of Carthaginian troops, many people rushed over again and told Tepanrako their tragic experiences:... After the Dionian army entered the city, a small number of soldiers strangled the Hadrum Tum people who were still trying to resist in the city, and most of the soldiers rushed to the port. The terrified Hadrum Tum people suddenly found that the Dionians did not block the city gates and did not stop them from escaping, so they fled outside the city and hid in the neighboring city-state. More than an hour later, they suddenly saw a fire ignited from the direction of their mother state. Some people came to check, but found that the enemy had disappeared without a trace, while the entire city was ignited with raging fires, which could not be extinguished at all...

After confirming that the Deonia fleet and army had left, Tapanrako breathed a sigh of relief, but then he should have a headache: what should the people of Hadrumentum who had no home and had no food and clothing? Arranged them for disasters, this is the responsibility that Carthage, the leader of the Phoenician city-state in the Western Mediterranean, must bear!

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At this time, the Sicily fleet had already left the port of Hadrumentum and had entered the western waters of Sicily. It was about to reach the sea near Minoa.

When Secrean returned, he was particularly careful: in order to prevent the Carthage fleet from waiting for the route to Selinus, he also ordered the fleet to circle the east for a short circle and go directly to Miloa.

But he didn't know that Morbar led the Carthage fleet to the west of Sicily and the Carthage waters as usual. On the one hand, he explored the movements of the cruised Dionian fleet and looked for the fighter planes. On the other hand, he strengthened the training of the fleet in the state of war, accelerated the integration between new warships, and explored ways to fight against Dionian.

So when the Clippers found the Carthage fleet and told Morbar that "Dionia fleet had attacked Hadrummentum", he was also shocked.

He did want to lead the fleet to the sea near Selinus and rob the Dionian fleet returning to the flight, but just as he ordered the fleet to change its course and move towards Selinus, the Sicilian fleet had already bypassed the island of Cosus and was closer to Selinus than the Carthage fleet.

Secrean led the Sicilian fleet to attack quickly and return quickly, capture the city of Hadrumentum, destroy the Eastern Phoenician Combined Fleet, and burn the entire city... It did not take much time, and the fleet infantry did not kill too much.

Of course, one of the main reasons for this is the request of King Davers. He did not want the citizens of the kingdom to become bloodthirsty monsters, nor did he want to excessively kill unarmed people, which led to extreme hatred between Carthage and the Phoenicians, which triggered common hatred. Burning the city can not only cause panic in Afiriga, but also increase the financial burden on Carthage.

Although the crew of the Sicilian fleet was exhausted, they were all singing happily. The shadow of the failure a few days ago had been swept away. They happily controlled the warships and sailed into the Minoa port. A few of them also carried the property stolen from the treasury of Hadrumentum and some of the crew of the Eastern Phoenician Combined Fleet captured.

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The burning of Hadrum Toum had an unprecedented impact on the people of the Phoenician Allies of Carthage and the Afilica. On the second day, many Carthage people gathered in front of the Senate to petition, strongly demanding that the navy strengthen patrols on the coast of Afilica and strengthen defenses against Carthage and its allies to prevent such a tragic incident from happening again.

The nearby city-state of Phoenicia also sent envoys to demand protection from Carthage.

When its own security is threatened, the Senate certainly has no energy to discuss the reinforcement of Sardinia. A topic that has been debated a few days ago finally came to an end. The neutral sent El Accra to Minoa as an envoy to ask for the meeting with King Davers of Diony.

It was noon and Davers was having lunch in the tent. He specifically asked his servants to prepare an extra dining table. When El Accra walked into the tent and before he could speak, Davers invited him to have a meal together.

"The noble King Davers, on behalf of the Carthage Senate, I have important matters to discuss with you, and there is no time-"

Before El Accra finished speaking, he was interrupted by Davers: "Carthage Messenger, you must be hungry when you come from afar. Eat something first. Otherwise, if a strong man is hungry all the time, he will not be able to do anything!" Davers said in a pun.

El Accra sat down at the dining table helplessly, with a bowl of hot fish soup, a plate of salty and hard beef jerky, a bowl of sticky oatmeal porridge, two pieces of toasted bread, and a glass of wine. The food was very simple.

El Accra's face became a little unfair. Although he didn't want to have a meal, since he said he was entertaining the Carthage messenger, the food was too simple.

At this time, Davers said slowly: "Apart from wine, the food on your table is the lunch for the soldiers of the Dionians today. You, I eat the same food as them."

The food of the soldiers of the Dionians is so rich?! El Accra was shocked, and then he felt that the King of Dionians was deliberately deceiving him. After all, it is said that the Dionian army in Sicily also had as many as 100,000.

Davers looked at his expression, knowing that he didn't believe it, but he didn't explain much.

El Accra had no intention of having a meal at this time. He said loudly again: "There are several things to discuss with the king that the Senate of Carthage sent me as an envoy here!"

Davers took a sip of the wine and nodded slightly to indicate that he heard it.

"The day before yesterday, your Dionys fleet attacked Hadrum Tum, killing the people in the city, and burning the entire town... Your practice is too cruel! Although Hadrum Tum is an ally of Carthage, they did not send troops to participate in this war, but suffered such a terrible disaster, which has aroused the anger of all Phoenician city-states in Afriga towards you Dionys!"

"Emporter, the city of Hadrum Tum did not send troops to fight, which does not mean that they did not participate in this war. Did they not create new warships for you? Didn't provide you with food?... At least we can be sure that they provided a base for the fleet from the Phoenician region of the Eastern Mediterranean! It was this fleet that sneaked into our Sicilian fleet, resulting in the death of the fleet commander!" Heniporis retorted without hesitation: "You Carthaginian army can destroy Minoa, Agrigento, Jera and others without mercy. Can't we burn a Hadrum Tum! And a Hadrum Tum is not enough to comfort the friendly city-states who have lost their homes!"

El Accra heard the threat in Henipolis's words. He forced himself to suppress the urge to refute, grabbed the wine glass on the table, took a big sip of wine, but was choked and coughed continuously. After a while, he said in a deep voice: "You mentioned the fleet stationed in Hadrumentum, from the Phoenician region in the eastern part of the city of Hadrumentum. In fact, we Carthage did not invite them to join the war. Instead, after they learned that we had a war with you and encountered difficulties, they obtained the consent of the Persian king, and took the initiative to send a fleet to help us...

I know you have captured a lot of crew members of this fleet. The Carthage Senate hopes that you can release them and let them return to the Eastern Mediterranean safely to avoid the city-states such as Tyr and Sidon in the Phoenician region, who once again requested the Persian king under the strong request of these prisoners, leading to further expansion of the war."
Chapter completed!