Fu Qin starts with a plan

Chapter 597 Rome About to Collide with Daqin
While Zhao Kun was reading the newspaper, Chen Ping was drinking tea next to him, not intending to disturb him in the slightest.

Because Zhao Kun has a habit that Chen Ping discovered very early on, that is, when he doesn't want to talk, you'd better shut up.

Otherwise, he will find a lot of things for you and make you too busy to open your mouth.

By the time Zhao Kun finished reading the two newspapers in his hand, Chen Ping had run out of tea in his cup.

Zhao Kun put down the newspaper, glanced at him, and said with a smile, "Is my tea delicious?"

"It's okay, but it's a little less. I wonder if Your Majesty can reward the ministers?"

"It's a beautiful idea. Do you know how expensive this tea is?"

Chen Ping smiled and said, "Is Your Majesty still short of money?"

"Lack!" Zhao Kun said firmly, and then asked Chen Ping, "Are you lacking?"

"Also lacking!" Chen Ping laughed; "There is no one who is not short of money, just to see what you want to buy."

"Sure, I know philosophy." Zhao Kun teased, and then asked coldly, "What's the situation with Wang Li?"

"There is news from the Western Regions that the expeditionary force has spotted Wang Li's troops in the South Asian waters. It is estimated that the Qin Navy will be able to reach Xibal City in another month!" Chen Ping replied.

"Sibal City?"

"According to news, the army in Sibal City once detained the sea ship that Daqin came back from America"

Hearing this, Zhao Kun's expression suddenly turned cold, and he said, "A little Sibal dares to offend my Great Qin Tianwei, I wish I could personally lead the army and level the ground!"

Chen Ping smiled wryly, and said again: "There is one more thing, the envoy of Marcus, the Governor of Southern Rome, has been in Xianyang for five days, and I would like to see you."

"not see!"

Zhao Kun waved his hand and flatly refused.

He didn't know what happened in the west, so he asked Marcus, one of the three alliances of Rome, to send envoys to Daqin.

If it was an envoy sent by the Roman Senate, Zhao Kun might give him some face.

But a mere person sent by the governor of the south is an envoy at best, and a messenger at worst.

What did this Marcus think he was?
A mere governor, just send a cat or a dog, just want to see him?

"This person is probably here for the matter of Sibal City. I have already asked the envoy of Bendu, and Sibal City belongs to Marcus. Maybe, he didn't know what happened before." Chen Ping added.

Zhao Kun sneered and said, "No matter what, we'll talk after we fight!"

"Yes."

Chen Ping nodded.

He didn't think there was anything wrong with Zhao Kun's idea.

Zhao Kun said before that anyone who offends us will be punished no matter how far away he is.

Although Daqin is currently in the stage of self-cultivation, it does not mean that Daqin has restrained his temper and allowed himself to be bullied.

Zhao Kun's decision to send troops was actually unanimously approved by the court.

After the news was published in the newspaper, the common people were filled with righteous indignation.

It can be said that if Zhao Kun did not send troops in such a situation, he would attract opposition.

The Mansion of the Captain of the Great Qin Western Regions.

Zhang Han sat in the government office, writing vigorously.

Soon after returning from Baiyue, Zhao Kun sent him to the Western Regions.

One is that he is not used to staying in the capital, and the other is that Han Xin is responsible for the construction of Guangnan New City. He has nothing to do and always feels awkward.

Fortunately, there was indeed something wrong with the Western Regions at that time, and it was reasonable to send him to the Western Regions.

However, the situation in the Western Regions was very complicated for Zhang Han.

Although all the countries in the Western Regions have surrendered to the Great Qin, these countries are still independent in name.

The only territory of Great Qin in the Western Regions is the enclave of Loulan.

Although Loulan City has developed commerce and trade, Zhao Kun positioned it as an out-and-out military city.

It is firstly the garrison of the Great Qin Expeditionary Army, and secondly the transfer station of the Great Qin's trade in the Western Regions.

Therefore, the military control system has been implemented here.

And Zhang Han, the general of Zhenyuan, with his back on the Great Qin, holds [-] elite soldiers capable of sweeping the Western Regions.

In fact, the Western Regions has almost become his one word!
This year's high position and weight have come down, and Zhang Han at this time has almost lost his cautious temperament.

Instead, he has the arrogance and calmness that only famous generals and powerful ministers can have.

However, even so, Zhang Han did not dare to be perfunctory in Zhao Kun's memorial.

Every word and every sentence has to be carefully considered before writing. Sometimes when I think of the key things, I have to pay attention to the details.

After Zhang Han finished writing the memorial, he looked at it for a while, and then muttered: "No, I have to mention the Peacock Kingdom in the memorial."

At this moment, a soldier hurried in.

"It's reported to the general, Guishuang's secret report!"

Zhang Han put down the brush, took the secret report, glanced at it quickly, and then couldn't help laughing.

Today, Guishuang has become the largest hub of trade between the East and the West.

As one of the former Great Yuezhi tribes, they were the first to ask Daqin for business after they migrated out of the Great Yuezhi territory.

In order to plunder more resources, Daqin naturally let Guishuang get what he wanted, and at the same time let them pay.

For example, Da Qin must garrison troops in Guishuang, which is one of the conditions.

Most of the new territory of Guishuang Kingdom is in the northwest of the South Asian Peninsula.

Minagala City in the south is the largest commercial hub in Guishuang.

The expeditionary army is here, and there are five hundred soldiers and horses stationed on the surface.

But in the dark, there are still more than [-] people from the Black Ice Terrace stationed here.

As early as when Fusu supervised the country, under Zhao Kun's suggestion, Fusu began to expand the black ice platform.

In the early years, the Black Ice Platform monitored the world with a single method.

In many cases, violence is used to solve problems.

Therefore, most of the members of the Black Ice Platform at that time were iron eagle swordsmen selected from the army.

Zhao Kun believes that a country's secret service agencies can only fight, but they can't do it at all.

In fact, with the advent of gunpowder weapons, Tie Ying Jian Tu's deterrent effect on such a battlefield has become less and less deterrent.

As long as the conditions are right, it is very likely that a well-trained ordinary Musketeer can kill a bunch of Iron Eagle Swordsmen.

Therefore, now the Black Ice Terrace recruits people, no longer using force as the first assessment standard, but comprehensive consideration.

It is said that Heibingtai set up a training camp in Qinling to train Heibingtai's subordinates.

So far, even Zhang Han, a real boss of the Great Qin Army, doesn't know how many people have been trained in that training camp.

Anyway, in Guishuang alone, 300 people were packed in.

But let's not say it, these people are really easy to use.

These people are very good at spying on intelligence, fanning the flames, or even carrying out assassination tasks.

Ever since they came to the Western Regions, Zhang Han almost thought that the previous expeditionary forces were deaf and blind.

Today, the information gathering tasks of the expeditionary force are all done by the hands of these Black Ice Platforms.

This urgent report was sent from Minagala.

The headquarters of the Daqin Navy was found in the southern waters of Minagala to which the Black Ice Terrace belongs.

Calculating the time, at most one month later, the Great Qin Navy led by Wang Li will be able to reach the Xibal Peninsula.

Thinking of this, Zhang Han felt that the blood all over his body was slightly boiling.

Since Zhao Kun defeated the Xiongnu and pacified Baiyue, all hostile forces in Daqin's native land have been wiped out by Daqin.

Looking around, there is no decent enemy at all.

As a soldier, being in this environment can be said to be the greatest misfortune.

It has been three full years since Daqin did not expand abroad.

Afterwards, Zhao Kun didn't even command the land of Baiyue in person. From Han Xin and Zhang Han's point of view, it was not a war at all.

During the Northern Expedition to the Huns, not only Zhao Kun participated in the war, but even the First Emperor Yingzheng went.

As for Zhao Tuo in the land of Baiyue.

It is simply bullying children!

After staying in the Western Regions for a while, Zhang Han felt more and more the weakness of these countries.

The only decent kingdom of Pontus has also been tossed a lot.

Up to now, the Bendu Kingdom is like a quail, shivering and licking the wound.

Of course Zhang Han had heard about things in Europe.

The land of Europe is almost the same as the Great Qin area.

However, the whole of Europe does not know how many countries it is divided into.

Only Rome and Carthage can rule the roost.

The war between these two countries has lasted for hundreds of years.

In the city of Loulan, Zhang Han has seen proud Romans more than once.

They did not dare to be disrespectful to the people of Qin, but even Zhang Han, the general of Zhenyuan, could clearly feel the dog-eyed contempt that emanated from their bones.

Zhang Han is very familiar with this look.

Because the Qin people in the Western Regions look at people from other countries with this kind of eyes.

Whether a country is strong or not, there is nothing to be seen from hearsay or boasting.

However, the details shown by this kind of nationals can reflect too many things.

Since then, Zhang Han has been looking forward to the day when Daqin sends troops westward.

Don't look at the fact that the Great Qin Dynasty is now peaceful, and the whole country is prosperous.

But don't forget, Daqin was able to dominate China, what did it rely on?
At the beginning, wasn't it because of the barrenness in Guanzhong that Qin talents vowed to leave the pass and expand outward?

This desire and ambition for the land is something that flows in the blood of the Qin people.

Is peace in the world enough?

No, this is just the beginning!
Therefore, Zhang Han has always firmly believed that the pace of Daqin's expansion will never stop.

Long before Wang Li went to sea, Zhao Kun issued an order to Zhang Han, asking him to cooperate with Wang Li's actions on land.

"Heading, why lead the troops from Guishuang to the west, and reach the coast of the Caspian Sea within [-] days!"

"Send an order to send an envoy to borrow a way from the capital, and the headquarters of the army will set off immediately to reach the area controlled by the Huns."

"Order,"

A month later.

In the Governor's Mansion in the south of Rome, Marcus sat in the reception hall, tasting the wine in his glass with a bitter face.

For Marcus, the experience of the past three months was simply unbearable to look back on.

As the governor of the southern part of the Roman Republic, Marcus was a powerful figure even in Rome.

Never since his inauguration had he been so restless.

Four months ago, he went to the banquet held by Shatik, the lord of Sibal.

It was originally to discuss the establishment of a state in Sibal.

But unexpectedly, from Shatik, Marcus got a piece of news that shocked him.

On the hasty return trip, Marcus did two things.

The first one is to send an urgent letter to his family's business firms in the west, asking them to send people to Daqin as quickly as possible.

In Marcus' view, even if he couldn't explain anything, at least he had to delay the time so that Daqin wouldn't react.

The second is to report to the Senate what the city of Sibal did.

However, neither of these two things went smoothly.

The people sent to Daqin entered Xianyang three months ago.

But it was like a mud cow entering the sea, and there was no response at all.

It wasn't until last month that Marcus received a reply. The envoy who rushed to Daqin didn't even see the Emperor Daqin.

Even where he lived in Xianyang, he paid for it himself.

Obviously, the other party did not regard his own people as envoys of a country at all.

Marcus was very angry, but there was nothing he could do.

What made him most angry was that after his report was submitted to the Senate, the reply he received was a scolding reprimand.

Because it recently defeated Carthage's army on the frontal battlefield and achieved a crucial victory.

The whole of Rome rejoiced.

From the perspective of the Senate, as long as Carthage is taken down and the other party's territory is annexed, Rome's power will swell in an instant.

A far more powerful Rome than before, with the invincible commander Scipio the Great.

With our strength, are we still afraid of a Daqin who is far away in the sky?

Although the Senate had a very high evaluation of Daqin's strength before, it is now and then.

With extremely inflated hearts, they are naturally extremely dissatisfied with Marcus, a coward who spoils others' ambitions and destroys his prestige.

A stern reply letter made Marcus feel disheartened for a moment.

All efforts failed, and Marcus was furious.

Then lie flat and wait for the Qin people to fight!
Of course, these are just angry words in his heart.

Because of his position, Marcus had paid attention to Daqin a long time ago.

According to rumors, Daqin's army has never failed in the military formation, and it is a veritable invincible army!

However, this is just a rumor, and Marcus will definitely not believe it all.

In this world, where is there any real undefeated army?

However, since there are such rumors, it shows that Daqin's army is really strong.

Marcus really didn't want to fight Qin Jun because of an inexplicable mistake made by a fool.

Fortunately, the news from the Western Regions reassured him a lot.

According to the news, Daqin's newspapers did not publish information about the mobilization of the Daqin army.

It seems that Da Qin didn't care about the things that Xibal City did.

Upon receiving this news, Marcus let out a sigh of relief.

A few days had passed since the relaxed days, and the military reports he received one after another made Marcus almost swear at his mother!

In just two days, the Southern Governor's Mansion received two urgent military reports.

One is that Great Qin’s expeditionary army in the Western Regions was frequently mobilized. The headquarters of the expeditionary army had [-] soldiers and horses. They entered the area under the control of the Huns through the Kingdom of Bendu, and then disappeared.

The other is that thousands of elite Qin troops appeared along the coast of the Caspian Sea.

If these are not enough to explain the problem, a message received this afternoon made Marcus completely out of control.

In the southern waters of the Sibal Peninsula, the Great Qin Navy appeared.

(End of this chapter)