Fu Qin starts with a plan

Chapter 518 Sudden Ocean Refugees

"My lord, Zhang Han and Mo Hu are preparing to assemble an army to put down the rebellious barbarians in South Vietnam!"

While Zhao Kun and Wang Ya were studying how to eat shaved ice, Jiang Chao walked in.

"What kind of barbarians are you going to do? Didn't I already plan to change the land and return it?"

Zhao Kun took a mouthful of shaved ice, and raised his hand to signal Jiang Chao to try it too.

Jiang Chao was not polite, took the shaved ice from Wang Ya, and said while eating: "According to the report from the scouting team, it seems that Mo Hu mistook the assassin who assassinated Zhang Han as a person from Nanyue, so he prepared to join forces." , An eye for an eye!"

"Zhang Han also believes this?"

Zhao Kun looked at Jiang Chao strangely.

Jiang Chao shrugged; "Whether Zhang Han really believes it or not, it is true to gather the army to suppress the rebellion!"

"If Zhao Tuo is still alive, it is very likely that he has colluded with the Yin Yang Palace. Think about the assassins who assassinated me last time. I am afraid that they plan to assassinate Zhang Han on the way to suppress the rebellion, so as to control Zhang Han's new army! "

Zhao Kun mused, "The new weapons of Zhang Han's new army are very attractive to them."

"Then what should we do now? Want to meet Zhang Han and organize them?"

"No, tell me Han Xin to transfer [-] new troops to Kuaiji County. If the situation changes, we will directly pacify South Vietnam!"

"Okay, I'll notify you right now."

Jiang Chao nodded in response, and was about to go out.

At this moment, Zhang Liang rushed in: "My lord, there is news from Lu Sheng that Liu Cheng, a Nanyang tycoon, has appeared near the south coastline."

"Liu Cheng?"

Zhao Kun was stunned for a moment, and immediately came to his senses.

Since Daqin announced the opening of the sea among the people, in addition to the two of Lu Hou, there are many Daqin people who have seized huge wealth from overseas.

Of course, not all sailors who go to sea are honest and law-abiding people.

Many people with "active minds" soon discovered that the speed of accumulating wealth is much faster by robbing others than going to sea honestly.

At the beginning, it was just some people with bad intentions who made up small gangs to rob the sea passengers on the sea.

In the end, these pirate groups gradually merged and annexed, forming several powerful pirate forces.

Liu Cheng, a giant bandit mainly active in Nanyang, is one of them.

Liu Chengcheng is an ordinary fisherman in Xiang County. His family is poor, but he has seven brothers, all of whom are vicious.

These people rely on the rich Southeast Asia, block roads and rob at sea, and gradually grow bigger.

At the beginning, they were just stealing goods and not daring to kill people.

But as he grew stronger, his courage became fatter and fatter.

Almost none of the sea guests who met them survived.

This kind of activity of robbing ships and goods has been going on for two years, and Liu Cheng's pirate group has grown bigger and bigger.

Today, they have nearly a hundred large sailing ships and a giant pirate group of more than 8 people.

These people do all kinds of evil at sea.

Not only did they plunder the sea passengers, but they also rushed into the small countries in Southeast Asia, destroying the country at every turn.

At this time, the Great Qin Navy was still the Lou Chuanshi of the Qin State, which was equivalent to the first-generation navy, but these first-generation navies were still active at sea, fighting against pirates.

It's just that the sea tycoons are generally old thieves, whose whereabouts are erratic and extremely cunning.

Just like Liu Cheng and his group of pirates, Da Qin led the first generation of navy to encircle and suppress them several times, but each time they returned without success.

I just don't know why, the other party dared to lead a large army to the vicinity of Nanhai County this time.

Is it impatient to live?

After thinking about it, Zhao Kun said to Zhang Liang, "Let Wang Li take someone to see it!"

"it is good!"

Zhang Liang responded, and followed Jiang Chao out of the room.

At the same time, Nanyang.

On the vast sea, came a broken ship that was completely different from the Daqin standard ship.

Unlike Daqin's wooden planks, the whole body of this boat is almost made of tough wicker.

The length of the ship is about six or seven feet, and there are more than a dozen hardwood strips overlapping on both sides, and horseshoe-shaped iron nails are nailed on it for fixing.

It can be seen that the ship has experienced countless wind and rain at sea.

The solid hull is now in tatters.

In the cabin that can accommodate 50 people, there are only a dozen or so people snuggling together, looking listless.

"Ma'am, if there is no food in sight for another three days, we are finished"

A muscular middle-aged man with his upper body naked said to the blond woman in the crowd.

The woman held two eight or nine-year-old children in her arms, a boy and a girl, both of whom had blond hair.

"If that time really comes, please kill us first!" the woman said calmly.

The others were shocked when they heard this.

They thought about the worst situation, but they didn't expect this, so they all lowered their heads.

This madam's decision is the only way to preserve the last dignity of the noble Baka family.

Since the end of the First Punic War, the entire Kingdom of Carthage has united in one mind, determined to revenge.

After Hamilcar's defeat, his son Hannibal took his place.

In order to cultivate enough forces to compete with Rome, Hannibal led his army to occupy the Iberian Peninsula and established New Carthage there.

In order to unify the aristocratic forces in the country, Hannibal killed his elder brother who inherited the noble surname of Hamilcar.

In order to eradicate the roots, he also sent his twin nephews and nieces who were only ten years old to participate in the sacrificial ceremony.

Hamilka's subordinates, desperately, snatched the two children and Mrs. Hamilka from under the idol.

Because they desecrated the sacred statue of Baal, they were regarded as rebellious by the whole Carthage and no longer had a foothold in Europe.

Drifting at sea for nearly half a year.

When they fled back then, there were more than [-] large ships, and the [-] personal guards left by Hamilcar had only this little power left.

Now, they no longer have the idea of ​​returning to Carthage to avenge Hamilcar.

The only thought is to survive.

However, even if it is this wish, they dare not think about it now.

All the way west along the coastline at sea, but never dared to go ashore.

Carthage, under Hannibal, was far more powerful than ever.

The influence on land even extends to Central Asia.

These people are afraid that they will go ashore by themselves, so they will never return.

Two months ago, they finally bypassed the Indian Peninsula and entered the border of Nanyang.

Here, they encountered an advanced light sailing ship several times.

The people on the sailboat are all black-haired and black-eyed.

It wasn't until that time that they knew that they had finally arrived at the destination of their escape.

As early as in Europe, they knew that there was a powerful country at the far end of the East.

According to the troubadours from Central Asia, the country named Great Qin is the most affluent place in the world.

That country is almost full of gold.

The people there are extremely powerful, and have even mastered the power that does not belong to the world.

Even teenagers can lift heavy objects.

Ordinary people live better than European nobles.

Such rumors, in the eyes of the Carthaginians, naturally sneered.

Carthage and Rome, the most powerful country on the European continent, have been fighting for hundreds of years.

As one of the European duo, they never think that there are countries in the world that are so much stronger than themselves.

If there is, that country may really only exist in the sky.

However, after seeing the overturned boats galloping in this sea area as fast as swimming fish, these people doubted their previous knowledge.

The sea sight distance is far away, and every time they encounter those sailboats, they avoid them far away.

After all, playing in Europe where slavery is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

After being robbed, becoming the other party's slave is already imprinted in the concept of Europeans.

Last month, they encountered a large fleet at sea.

On nearly a hundred sailboats, tens of thousands of people act collectively.

Let these refugees from Carthage almost think that they have encountered the regular navy of Daqin.

After all, even the powerful Roman navy is probably only of this size.

The Qin people on this fleet were extremely fierce.

When they met this powerful fleet, the refugees of the Hamilcar family were resting on a small island.

There, they saw the ferocity of those Daqin people.

According to their observations, the Daqin people on those sailboats were more greedy than the cruelest Romans they had encountered before.

These members of the Hamilcar family have seen it with their own eyes. The fleet only divided a ship, and hundreds of Daqin people went ashore, and they drove tens of thousands of savages on the entire island to the edge of the cliff like shepherds. scene.

Those aborigines were pushed off the cliff by the vicious Qin people because they refused to agree to the Qin people's request.

In those people, they did not see the gentleness and elegance of the Qin people in the legend.

They didn't dare to leave until the fleet searched the island and left.

Because there was not enough food collected on that island, after drifting at sea for half a month again, the food to wear was exhausted.

But on the vast sea, there is no trace of the coastline at all.

It can be predicted that in a few days, if food is still not found, these people will starve to death on the ship.

European nobles have always regarded honor as everything.

They would rather be killed than accept starvation, which would degrade the reputation of nobles.

That's why Mrs. Hamilka let her guards kill herself.

Just when the whole ship was in despair, there was a sudden rumbling sound in the distance.

Everyone involuntarily raised their heads and looked in the direction of the sound.

Then, they saw a scene that they will never forget.

On the vast sea, it seems that a huge fleet has jumped out of thin air.

All the ships in the fleet are all black.

Even the sails were dyed black.

The prow of each ship is wrapped with a ferocious iron animal head.

There is a long unicorn installed on the head of the beast, which looks extremely terrifying.

Although nearly a hundred ironclad ships were against the wind, their speed from a distance was not at all slower than those overturned ships that the Carthaginians had seen before.

Because there are eight huge paddles installed on both sides of the hull of those ironclad ships.

The paddles rotate rapidly, providing a steady stream of power for the iron-clad ship.

Nearly a hundred terrifying iron-clad ships that looked like monsters in the sea appeared on the sea, which directly stunned all the Carthaginians on the wicker boat.

Even if they use their craziest ideas, they don't think that these iron-clad ships are directed at themselves.

"Behind! Look behind you!"

The captain of the personal guard, who was the first to react, suddenly turned his head and shouted.

Everyone turned their heads, and at some point behind them, there appeared a fleet of white sailing ships whose size was not less than that of the Ironclad Fleet.

Everyone is sifting through chaff.

At this moment, even the slowest person can react.

They were unintentionally involved in the naval battle on the Great Qin Sea.

too frightening.

In Daqin, are all wars on this scale?
You know, there are many seas in Europe.

However, even when Carthage and the Romans fought fiercely, the largest naval battle involved dispatching dozens of ships.

Compared with the scale of the naval battle that is imminent, the Europeans' war is like a child's play.

On the iron-clad ship, Wang Li was sitting on the flagship.

Lu Sheng walked in quickly, and whispered to him, "General Wang, we have found out! Liu Cheng's fleet has been patrolling in Nanyang these days, and it is said that they are looking for someone."

"Who are they looking for?" Wang Li raised his eyebrows involuntarily.

Now that Daqin is under Zhao Kun's governance, the country's singing and dancing has risen so much that it has almost reached the level of not picking up lost items on the road and not closing the door at night.

In the deep mountains and wild forests, not to mention bandits and road tyrants, not even a living person with a normal mind can be found.

Only at sea would there be giant bandits like Liu Cheng.

They have a large number of sailboats with advanced technology from Daqin, and their weapons and equipment are also extremely advanced.

Because of this, they were able to return to the city and destroy the country in Nanyang, and even went to the Indian Ocean to show off their might.

It is no exaggeration to say that Daqin Haiyu has also joined the East Asian monster room.

The sea giants born here are well-deserved sea overlords in other sea areas.

Only the Great Qin Navy can pose a threat to them.

For this reason, a giant bandit like Liu Cheng can be said to have established his own country at sea.

As long as they don't go to land, they live a very chic life.

Who is it that can make him run to the waters near Nanhai County to find someone at the risk of being besieged by the Daqin Navy?
"I heard that it's a nobleman who fled from Europe!" Lu Sheng said.

"From Europe?" Wang Li was taken aback.

At this time, the fleet has been moving forward.

In the past, Liu Cheng's fleet, which had fled at the sight of the Great Qin Navy, seemed a little hesitant this time and did not run away at all.

"telescope!"

Wang Li shouted, and took the binoculars from the guard.

Through the telescope, he saw a broken ship with a strange shape on the sea between the two fleets.

Wang Li's eyes flashed quickly.

In an instant, he wanted to understand many things.

"Send assault ships to tow the ship in the middle back!" Wang Li ordered decisively.

At the same time, in the white sailing fleet.

Liu Cheng, who is eight feet tall and has a bald head that can be seen by others, has just put down the binoculars.

"Honorable General Liu Cheng, as long as you catch the people on that ship, Hannibal will give you everything you want!"

Beside Liu Cheng stood a thin and short old man, who was the envoy from Carthage.

"A reward? A barbarian deserves a reward for me!" Liu Cheng snorted coldly.

Drifting on the sea all year round, Liu Cheng's understanding of the world is much deeper than most people in Daqin.

At least, he still knows the national structure on the European continent.

He didn't like the Carthaginians who fought the Romans to death.

The reason why he was willing to take risks and agree to the request of the Carthage envoy was because he really wanted something from the other party.

Liu Cheng is not a reckless man who only has force. He is actually very shrewd to be able to make the pirate group so big.

So he knows very well that if he stays in the Great Qin Sea, he will always be like a mouse that everyone shouts and beats, and will always be under the shadow of the Great Qin Navy.

Moreover, he was already tired of the drifting life at sea.

With his power, if he cracked the soil and became king on land, he would just wait for nothing.

Unfortunately, in Daqin, or even close to Daqin, he didn't have this chance at all.

As long as you dare to go ashore, you will face the fate of five horses!

In the past year, Liu Cheng has been looking for an opportunity to go ashore.

He had been in secret contact with the Maurya Dynasty, but the other party treated him as a chamber pot that was thrown away after use.

After helping the Maurya Dynasty quell the rebellion in the south, it only obtained the authority to sail freely in the Indian Ocean.

This kind of thing is meaningless to Liu Cheng.

Because, even if they don't agree, can't I go?
Some time ago, envoys from Carthage found Liu Cheng.

The envoy told Liu Cheng that the Second Punic War is now coming to an end.

(End of this chapter)