Destiny Only Han

Chapter 909 Liu Ying: My relatives are good (Fa)!
The ground is full of ruins, and the eyes are dilapidated.

This is Dou Guangguo's impression of the city of Carthage in front of him at the moment.

Fortunately, the buildings in the city are mainly made of stone or adobe, so the fire lit by the Romans has been extinguished, and the air is filled with the smell of smoke and fire, and the strongest smell is blood!
Both sides of the street were full of dead Carthaginians.

And those Carthaginians who survived by luck hid in the corner timidly, trembling with their heads in their hands, murmuring words that only they themselves could hear and understand.

The wounds of war will surely accompany them for the rest of their lives.

"Say, where did you hide the money?"

Mrs. Fan raised her arms in a gesture of wrath, interrogating a Roman general captured by the Han army.

On the other side, there were thousands of Roman captives kneeling on the ground, throwing away their armor and weapons, as well as piles of gold, silver and jewels shining brightly in the sun.

Bloody treasure!
However, compared with the amount of gold stored in the treasury that the Carthaginians said, this money can be regarded as a drop in the bucket.

Therefore, the two knight groups immediately began to pursue with a team of a hundred people.

For nothing else, just want to get back the wealth that the Carthaginians plundered and took away by the Romans!
Han Chinese are living Lei Fengs!

On the road leading to the pier in the distance, teams of phalanx infantry and Greek heavy infantry came slowly, but the most conspicuous of them were the elite Seleucids, the silver shield infantry inherited from the Alexander Empire.

The commander-in-chief of the naval fleet was the Seleucid king Antiochus IV.

Dou Guangguo rode his horse to meet him, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty came just in time. The Carthaginians survived this catastrophe, and they need food and a stable place to live..."

After all, the master of the Knights would not pitch tents or bake bread for the Carthaginians, so the task of working naturally fell on the infantry of the coalition forces.

Antiochus IV nodded, and gave some instructions to the attendants who followed him.

He looked at the prisoners of war who could be seen everywhere, and said with a smile: "Your Excellency Governor has made great achievements again, it is really gratifying..."

Dou Guangguo cupped his hands in the direction of Chang'an: "It's just a matter of loyalty to the emperor. Today's great victory depends on the hard work of the soldiers, and the emperor's great blessings..."

Antiochus IV was silent for a while, and then a smile appeared on his face again: "You are right, you are right..."

The reason why the Greeks joined the war was to sign a grain most-favored-nation agreement, so that they could import grain at a price slightly lower than the market price every year, and Macedonia was to obtain low-interest loans.

Seleucus was different.

They want money and money, and food and food.

The reason why Antiochus IV decided to lead the army to participate in this expedition was nothing more than wanting to accumulate military merits and subdue the veterans in the country and the thorns in the army.

But a more important reason is friendship.

After all, his own sister traveled thousands of miles to the Han Kingdom, and now she is pregnant, and is about to give birth to a child who will inherit the blood of the Han and Seleucid royal families!

Regardless of men and women, this means that the friendship between Han and Seleucid has reached a new level!
So, this is the benefit of having a reliable uncle!
Although that child will get a strong claim according to Seleucid's current succession law and become a legal heir to the throne...

Dou Guangguo accompanied Antiochus IV around the battlefield, and when he was about to say something, he suddenly heard a burst of joyful shouts from a distance.

"Caught, caught!"

"Seize the consul of the Romans..."

For a moment, there were thunderous cheers.

Although the Cavaliers did not belong to the Han army sequence, and did not have credits such as decapitation and capture of the flag, this did not prevent them from cheering for this victory.

Well, their joy mainly comes from the large number of captives captured and the looting of captives.

After all, they are mercenaries...

There is no justice, no morality, only money in the eyes...

After cheering a few times, Antiochus IV looked at Dou Guangguo and asked, "What should we do next?"

Dou Guangguo fell silent.

In fact, he really didn't know what to do.

According to the initial preparations for the war, this battle will be a hard one. After all, even if it is a straight line distance from Egypt to here, there are thousands of kilometers!
And this requires going all the way through Cyrenaica and Numidia!

The fall of Carthage was therefore inevitable.

Anyway, this battle has two purposes, one of which is to take Numidia, an area rich in oil resources underground, to establish the province of Africa, and the other is to obtain a trade network from the Carthaginians and control the entire Mediterranean. Business!

The latter is the most important.

After all, no matter in ancient times or in the future, the human society is a society of human feelings. People should be human before doing things. Many times a successful transaction is not because of money, but because of trust.

I trust you to make me money.

And once both parties benefit from this trust, it will be an unbreakable alliance...

What the Han State wanted was to let those business partners on the Carthaginian trade network transfer this trust from the Carthaginian merchants to the Han merchants with the cooperation of the Carthaginians.

But it's hard.

Before Carthage asked anything from the Han people, it naturally refused everything, but what about after that?
You must know that Carthage can be regarded as a merchant country like Venice and Genoa. It values ​​profits over righteousness, and it will certainly not be willing to be replaced by the Han people.

If you are not reconciled, you will cause trouble, and there will be endless troubles.

Therefore, it is better to let the Romans destroy him first, and then Han will appear as a savior...

And this is also the reason why Dou Guangguo gave up rescue Carthage by sea and chose to penetrate the two countries by land for thousands of miles...

But the crux of the matter is, it was too smooth.

When the Han army approached the city, Cyrenaica chose to surrender. Later, Dou Guangguo allowed Cyrenaica to become a member of the Eastern Treaty Organization in order to express his grievances and debtors. The Egyptian Governor's Palace sent troops to maintain law and order...

In order to share the feast of the destruction of Carthage, Numidia made the best of its strength, and the old, weak, sick and disabled who were left as housekeepers became experience packs and big gift packs for the knights of the Han army...

When Dou Guangguo was preparing for a decisive battle with the Roman legion, the Roman consul and commander of the coalition forces ran away, and the Roman legionnaires had no intention of fighting, and it was almost another crushing victory...

Now, the two strategic goals at the beginning of the war have all been achieved. Although Dou Guangguo has his own ideas, he has a special status after all.

So, after a brief silence, he stroked the short beard on his chin: "I think it's better to ask His Majesty for instructions on this matter... Although the war here is over, the war between East Treaty and Rome is still going on... ..."

Antiochus IV also nodded: "By the way, can I ask if my sister has given birth? Is it a boy or a girl? What's her name..."

Dou Guangguo's eyes widened, and he suddenly understood one thing.

Both of them are relatives of the emperor, but one is the eldest brother-in-law and the other is the younger brother-in-law...

For a moment, Dou Guangguo fell into deep thought.

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Changle Palace, Ninghua Palace.

This is the bedroom of the Seleucid princess Cleopatra (An Mingming). Liu Ying originally wanted to name this palace "Luohua Palace", which means coming from afar to get married (fall into) China.

But he had no choice but later he accidentally said that Peanut has a name called Peanut...

Therefore, the Luohua Palace became the Ninghua Palace.

As the sky was getting late and the lights were on, the powerful electric lights around the palace were instantly turned on. Under the lights, there were hundreds of shadows that were indistinctly coming and going.

An Mingming is about to give birth.

Liu Ying crossed her legs and sat on the platform at the entrance of the hall. Although he was used to seeing women giving birth, he was still a little nervous.

Although he has lit up many scientific and technological entries, there are eight maternity hospitals in the inner city of Chang'an alone, but there are no absolutes in the world, and nine out of ten people who are unsatisfactory...

"Bah, bah, bah!"

Liu Ying spat heavily.

Next to him, Liu Le, who was going to Weiyang Palace for dinner at night, came to join in the fun and squeezed his arm: "Don't worry, nothing will happen."

Liu Ying looked sideways but did not speak.

Liu Le looked at the silent Lu Zhi on the other side: "I have a basis, I really don't just talk about it!"

Lu Zhi was very annoyed: "Say what you want to say!"

Liu Le looked around for a week: "Xiao An's butt is the largest among the wives in the palace. There is a folk saying that a big butt is easy to give birth to, so Xiao An will definitely have a safe mother and child!"

Liu Ying: "..."

Lu Yu turned his face hard to look at himself, then thought about it for a while, put up his thumb and nodded heavily: "Sister is the smartest!"

Lu Pheasant: "..."

At this moment, although she still regarded Lu Yujiang as her own daughter, she still had some thoughts of putting Liu Yan by her side to raise her...

Liu Le is proud of himself.

When she was about to say something, a very small baby cry faintly sounded in her ear.

Immediately afterwards, a beaming old maid rushed out of the palace.

Liu Le's Doudou's eyes were wide open, full of pride and complacency.

I Zhuo, really let her blindly catch a dead mouse... Although Liu Ying is full of contempt, she smiles happily.

Lu Zhi asked, "Nong Zhang and tiles?"

The joy on the face of the old palace lady immediately dropped by more than half, she lowered her head and said: "Go back to the Empress, she is a little princess..."

Lu Zhi sighed.

Liu Ying jumped up.

"Okay, very good, I've always wanted to have another daughter..."

"Rewards, there are many rewards!"

"Not only Anmei, but the entire Luohua Palace, as well as the servants in the palace tonight will all be rewarded! I want to..."

Lu Zhi patted the table vigorously: "Emperor! Shouting, what's the point?"

Only then did Liu Ying sit back, but the smile on her face was completely uncontrollable.

For him, having too many sons is actually a trouble, but daughters are different, as long as they keep them away from Liu Le's trickster, he will definitely be able to get two caring little padded jackets!

But on the other side, Lu Yu's expression gradually became dull.

Why can others have a daughter? She has always wanted a daughter!

Super angry!

Furious into a puffer fish!

(End of this chapter)