Fu Qin starts with a plan

Chapter 599 Little People Have Big Plans

"Even if Rome will avenge them, they will have nothing when they die!"

Shaktor shook his head with a mournful face.

Regardless of his big arms and round waist, he seems to be a very forthright person with a smile when meeting everyone.

In fact, this guy is a complete miser.

Otherwise, he wouldn't acquiesce to Anba working on his own territory, robbing those merchants, or even joining them directly in the end.

Sibal City faces the sea on three sides. For such a geographical environment, a powerful fleet can be said to be the lifeblood of Shaktor.

Before the arrival of the Great Qin Caravan, the entire navy of Sibal City could only make up eight old-fashioned warships retired from Rome.

Even so, it is already all the wealth accumulated by the three generations of Shaktor, the city lord.

It can be said that this fleet is the basis for the Shactor family to show off their might around Sibal.

After robbing the Great Qin Caravan, the strength of the naval fleet in Sibal City expanded rapidly.

At that time, Shactor made a slip of the tongue after drinking, and bluntly told Anbagan and other close people that the strength of Sibal City is no less than that of the Governor's Palace in southern Rome.

It was precisely because he had tasted the sweetness of the robbery that Shactor took the risk, resisted all opinions, and let the Qin people go back to demand a ransom.

Shaktor never thought that his greed at this moment would actually lead to such a huge disaster.

But considering An Bagan's words, he seemed to have figured out something, and acquiesced in An Bagan's words and deeds.

I saw Ambakan blowing the horn on the watchtower and ordering the fleet to go to sea to meet the enemy.

Afterwards, he pulled Shaktor up and hurried towards the Sanctuary's Mansion.

Seeing Shaktor's chubby face tangled into a chrysanthemum, tears streaming down his face, Ambakan felt irritated for no reason.

At the beginning, he was the one who opposed Shaktor and rejected Shaktor's request for follow-up ransom.

As a result, Shactor insisted on going his own way, which led to today's disaster.

Don't look at Ambakan's gentle and quiet nature, but this guy is the most ruthless one in Sibal City.

The reason why Xibal City was able to accumulate such a huge amount of wealth in such a short period of time was because of the existence of Ambakan.

In Ambakan's heart, Shaktor's brother-in-law is a complete idiot.

Anbagan was born in a civilian family since he was a child, and everyone said that he relied on his sister to prosper.

However, no one knows that Ambakan's sister was just one of Shaktor's many lovers in the beginning.

If it weren't for Anbagan, how could she become Shaktor's real wife?

Ambakan took his sister as a bridge and took the line of Shaktor.

Later, through his own ability, he became the market manager of Sibal City.

Walking step by step, Ambakan did not know how many people were killed, and how much money he robbed for Shaktor, before he got to where he is today.

In An Bagan's mind, his brother-in-law, except for his extraordinary reincarnation skills, is not worth mentioning.

In today's European continent, the status gap between civilians and nobles is simply an insurmountable chasm.

For a person like An Bagan, he is naturally unwilling to live under others for a long time.

Therefore, he has been hiding behind Shaktor, making arrangements silently.

For a person like him, in this era of Europe, there is only one way to complete the leap of class, and that is to rely on military exploits.

Now the Romans and the Carthaginians are fighting each other in Europe, and the two sides have almost beaten their brains out.

In this case, any active force joining any party is an extremely powerful boost.

Ambakan's original plan was to help Shaktor develop Sibal City first.

Then build a strong navy, up for grabs.

Ambagan originally thought he was lucky, because now on the frontal battlefield of the Punic War, Rome has regained the situation and defeated the Carthaginians steadily.

As a native of Sibal City, Ambakan originally favored Rome in his heart.

He had previously planned to kill Shaktor after helping Shaktor gain a further status, and support his sister's son to become the city lord.

Then, he can justifiably take over the entire Sibal City.

At that time, Sibal can show off his long-standing naval power and help Rome beat Carthage, the lagging dog.

As long as he gets some exploits on the battlefield, Anbagan is confident that Sibal City will truly become his own territory.

He has been planning this matter since he was a teenager until he is nearly 30 years old now.

After more than ten years of hard work, I have been burdened with all kinds of infamy, and I have seen the plan step by step perfect and move toward success.

As a result, at the most critical moment, he was severely tricked by the idiot Shaktor.

Speaking of which, he is the one who should cry the most, right?

Shaktor, that stupid pig, why are you crying? !
While running, Ambakan looked at Shaktor's pig-headed appearance, and the more he thought about it, the more angry he became.

At this moment, he wished he could take out his dagger and stab this trash to death.

But the little reason left in his heart told him that he couldn't do this yet.

No matter how stupid Shaktor is, he is the lord of Sibal City after all.

The identity of the city lord has a great effect on the next exile.

Ambakan is different from Shaktor. After he was released yesterday, he had a faint premonition.

Seeing Daqin's naval soldiers pointing at Xibal City today, Anbagan understood everything.

The idiot Shactor was clearly used by Marcus.

Although Anbagan couldn't guess the calculations behind Marcus, but in his mind, there were only a few situations.

One is that Rome is unwilling to confront Daqin at a critical moment in the Punic War, so it can only sacrifice the city of Sibal to appease Daqin's anger.

The second is that Rome pushed out the city of Sibal as cannon fodder to test the combat power of the Great Qin Navy.

No matter what the situation is, Rome should give Sibal an explanation afterwards.

After all, the city of Sibal is one of Rome's vassal forces.

If Rome was tricked by Rome for no reason, how could Rome still hang out in Europe in the future?

But who is the most cost-effective for Ambakan to give this explanation?

Isn't he the city lord of Shaktor?
The premise of all this is to let Shaktor survive first!
Therefore, just now, Ambakan decisively let the navy of Sibal City go to death, and he turned around and ran away with Shaktor.

It can be said that this is already the best solution in the desperate situation!
Shaktor is alive, and Ambakan and others follow him, at best he is an exile.

As long as they escape, wherever they go, the local lord must treat them with the same attitude as the exiled nobles.

Shaktor is dead, and Ambakan and others are a group of refugees.

How to choose, Ambakan can be said to be clear.

At this time, the city of Xibal was already in chaos.

The news that there was an army attacking Sibal City spread throughout the city.

As one of the famous commercial ports on the south coast of Europe, the people of Sibal City have not experienced this kind of fear of being dominated by war for a long time.

Most people fled back home in a hurry, closing the doors and windows.

Don't laugh, this is indeed the most common way Europeans face wars.

In Europe in this era, because of the existence of Rome, the class division of people was extremely clear.

Moreover, inspired by the powerful mobilization force of Rome, coupled with the influence of jurisprudence.

In today's Europe, there is a general consensus that wars of lords have nothing to do with ordinary people.

Therefore, various lords, large and small, constantly attacked each other.

But whoever wins usually does nothing to the people.

Therefore, during a war, ordinary people close their homes and hide.

Wait until the winner is determined outside, and then come out and be your own civilian.

The nobles enjoyed power and developed ambitions, so it was right to die for such ambitions.

What's the matter with me waiting for these bastards?

The streets were full of people running wildly, and Anbagan looked at these people who were walking in a hurry, but there were not many frightened people on their faces.

His heart is bleeding!

As one of the smartest men in the leadership of Sibal City, Ambakan did not do nothing during the months he was imprisoned.

He begged Marcus to give him all the information about Daqin that he could find.

Although there is still not much information, Anbagan still got the key information he was concerned about from the few pieces of information that he talked about there.

For example, when Daqin sent envoys to the Western Regions, they were humiliated in Loulan.

In a rage, the envoy of Qin borrowed troops to destroy Loulan.

20 people dug their own pits to bury themselves, and all of them were buried alive.

An Bagan still remembered that when he saw the news, he felt a chill in the lines between the words.

This at least shows one point: the people of Daqin must retaliate, and they are ruthless!

As long as you provoke them, it is definitely an endless ending.

These people may not have any feelings for Shaktor's City Lord's Mansion, but after the Qin people win, they will continue to live their own lives?
I'm afraid they are not dreaming!

An Bagan was extremely convinced, given the brutality of the Daqin people.

Once Xibal City is breached by them, there may only be one consequence from the city owner down.

No chickens and dogs left!

Don't these idiots know that Daqin doesn't care about enclaves thousands of miles away from the mainland?
The people of Daqin came across thousands of miles of sea with anger, and they had only one purpose.

That is, revenge!

The only end for Sibal City is to become a piece of scorched earth.

Just when Sibal City was in chaos, a group of people were standing on a mountain in the north of Sibal City looking south.

These people are the Southern Governor of Rome, Marcus, and a group of generals in the Southern Governor's Palace.

Marcus also held a telescope in his hand.

It's just that his telescope looks much more simple.

Shaktor's telescope was snatched from the Daqin caravan.

This kind of thing has been included in the military control items in Daqin.

What merchants can sell are actually civilian versions with low multiples.

In order to increase the price, Daqin merchants specially inlaid precious items such as gold, silver and precious stones on those shoddy binoculars.

And packed in a luxurious box.

Using this method to fool the bumpkins of foreign races is always beneficial.

As for the one in Marcus's hand, it was a military version obtained through a special channel.

Not only the magnification is high, but also the focal length can be adjusted, which is already a standard version for generals of the Qin army.

Marcus put down the binoculars with a worried look on his face.

This was the first time he saw Daqin's naval fleet with his own eyes.

Although the size of Roman warships is not much inferior to the Qin fleet.

But Marcus was able to become the governor, and he was also a soldier.

He still has the vision he should have.

With just one glance, he could see that the warships of Daqin were much more powerful than the two warships currently criss-crossing the coast of Europe.

Compared with the primitive gang-jumping combat of Roman warships, the Daqin fleet has obviously completely abandoned this combat method.

Marcus didn't see any related devices on those dark battleships at all.

It was precisely because of this that Marcus was even more worried.

Through rumors, he already knew that the Daqin army had mastered a more powerful weapon.

Even without getting close, the enemy can be killed dozens of steps away.

It's just that that kind of weapon has great limitations, especially afraid of water.

It was precisely because of this that Marcus believed that Daqin's navy would not be so powerful at all.

In the assessment of the Senate, the strength of the Roman Army Corps was not comparable to that of the Qin Army. The most important factor was this weapon called gunpowder.

However, when he saw the black iron pipes on the Great Qin battleship with unknown intentions, he thought of the rumors he had heard.

Marcus' face gradually darkened.

"The fleet of Sibal City is dispatched!"

Suddenly, one of Marcus' men yelled.

Marcus was taken aback, and raised the telescope again.

On the surface of the sea, more than 30 wooden ships appeared, which were the three-platoon warships and five-platoon warships that Marcus was most familiar with.

It's pitiful to say that the main force of the navy under the Southern Governor's Palace in Rome is the three-platoon warship.

This kind of warship is said to be a navy, but it can't be used in the ocean.

There were nearly 200 people on board.

However, more than half of them are rowers.

There are less than 100 real combat personnel.

Even if the number of people that the five-platoon warship can accommodate is more, it is actually limited.

Therefore, although the fleet in Sibal City has 35 warships.

But the number of real combat personnel is actually less than 4000.

According to the naval battle method used in Europe, these 4000 people are actually enough to determine the outcome of a medium-scale naval battle.

However, don't forget that they are facing nearly a hundred Great Qin warships.

No matter how weak Daqin's warships are, simply relying on numbers to pile them up is enough to crush the fleet of Sibal City.

Shactor is not particularly stupid, he made the most correct choice.

"If he is still guarding his little property and is unwilling to let go, then he must be dead today."

"It's still too early to say this. Even if Shaktor is willing to abandon his fleet and give himself a chance to survive, let's escape from Sibal City first!"

"Hmph, a subordinate city-state dares to negotiate conditions with Rome. I still insist that he is an idiot!"

Beside, Marcus's subordinates have already started discussing.

Their tone is quite relaxed, and they even think that everything is under control.

It's no wonder that forcing Shaktor to send troops originally had the intention of using the Sibal fleet as cannon fodder to test the strength of the Qin army.

Now that this strategic intention has been achieved, they can no longer be heavy.

However, Marcus had a faint feeling that something was wrong.

(End of this chapter)