Destiny Only Han

Apennine Peninsula.

Rome.

The bright red sun jumped out of the water again.

But in the city of Rome, the flow of people did not weave as usual. On the contrary, the city was dead silent, only the cleaners who were responsible for cleaning the city walked through the streets.

Without him, be sanctioned.

At the beginning of Rome's war against Carthage, all the merchant ships on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea that were transshipped to Rome via Alexandria were detained. When the Han Mediterranean Fleet broke through the blockade of the Roman fleet and successfully arrived in Carthage, the sea in the west of the Apennine Peninsula was also blocked.

In Rome today, only the land routes to the Gauls and Germans remain open.

But the crux of the problem is that those barbarians are poor and need to send caravans to import goods from Rome on a daily basis. Where can they provide supplies to Rome?
But the good news is that Rome still has a lot of food reserves, and they also transfer grain, olive oil and wine from Sicily, so there will be no famine in a short time.

As the sun rises, the silent streets come alive again.

On the square, a fat man holding a clay tablet stood on a high place, raised his right hand and said loudly:

"The savior of Rome, the Consul Tibius Cornelius Spichio announced that the tax will be raised from now on to expand the armament..."

"The two legions of the allied city-states of Italy will arrive in Rome in a day. May our friendship last forever..."

"Glory of Rome," proclaimed Marcus Julius Caesar, acting consul, and the gladiatorial bouts of the afternoon proceeded as usual, with the focus on Spartacus, champion from Capua, and Clarke, champion from Sicily, let us Wait and see!"

"This month's public bread is provided by the Brothers Mill in the Capitone Hills. The Brothers Mill only uses high-quality wheat from Sicily, good taste without additives, pure Roman bread for real Romans..."

After the fat man finished reading the morning paper, he walked off the stage slowly.

Although people in the city of Rome are in panic today, and no one cares about what he said, he still has to maintain this professional state of mind.

This is his job, without this job, he can't afford to support those young and beautiful lovers...

Just when the fat man was hesitating whether to go home directly or to sit at his lover's house, a thin child ran towards him.

"what's up?"

"His Excellency the Tribune wants you to read this message quickly!"

Hearing the word tribune, the fat man didn't dare to be negligent, he quickly took the clay tablet, stood back on the high platform again, and raised his hand to the sky.

But just when he was about to read on, he suddenly froze, and his whole body trembled involuntarily.

"It's here... finally here!"

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On the western ocean of the Apennine Peninsula, a large fleet came against the waves.

This is the joint fleet formed by the member states of the East Treaty Organization.

The most conspicuous among them are naturally the galley warships of the Mediterranean Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Han Dynasty equipped with 24-pound guns.

It is big enough after all.

Compared with those galleys in the Mediterranean Sea during this period, the Royal Navy's galley warships generally had a displacement of more than [-] tons, like a hill suspended on the sea.

Therefore, the Roman fleet, which had to go to sea for a decisive battle with the United Fleet, collapsed in one battle. At this moment, on the sea level, the wreckage of Roman-style galleys can be seen everywhere, as well as countless Roman sailors floating in the sea waiting for rescue.

On the flagship Alexandria, Dou Guangguo leaned on the railing and looked out, with an inexplicable expression on his face.

He is actually a landlubber...

Although he had also been on a naval warship before, and had seen the Royal Navy beat up pirates or other countries' privateers, it was a small fight after all, and because the number of enemy ships was too small, the Royal Navy's Naval guns belong to anti-aircraft guns to fight mosquitoes...

So in many cases, the Royal Navy relied on its own ship's large speed and speed, and rushed directly to crush the opposite boat into the sea...

Therefore, in Dou Guangguo's view, the key factor affecting the victory of the sea battle is still hand-to-hand combat...

But what he never expected was that the eradication of pirates was different from a formal naval battle.

In naval battles, the enemy's ships are densely packed, and every shot can hit the target with almost no need to aim!

The almost crushing victory in front of him made him a little unbelievable, and at the same time, he felt a little fear in his heart.

The Royal Navy's Mediterranean Fleet, no matter in terms of staffing and ship tonnage, is the bottom of all the fleets of the empire, but such a fleet belongs to the invincible existence in the Mediterranean region!
Then, the number of those ships is almost twice that of the Mediterranean Fleet. What kind of strength should the Royal Navy's First Beihai Fleet and Beihai Second Fleet claim to be able to wipe out the Mediterranean Fleet within half a day?
Perhaps it would be better for his nephew to be an idle prince...

In Dou Guangguo's meditation, the fleet arrived at the almost undefended ports on the coast one after another.

After all, morale is the most important thing when people are fighting.

When the rout of the Roman fleet returned to port, they were completely defeated, and news of the enemy's mighty approach spread quickly.

Therefore, the Roman soldiers guarding the port decided to run away!

But before they ran away, they did not forget to loot all the merchant ships that were stranded here because the Eastern Treaty Fleet blocked the sea...

Bandits come like a comb, soldiers pass like a grate not only applies to the East, but also to the West.

So, when Dou Guangguo walked into the port, he saw devastation everywhere, with thick smoke and fire from time to time.

"Amitabha Buddha is so good...don't be dumbfounded, put out the fire first, it will be bad if it burns to our side!" Mrs. Fan patted his bald hair and gave orders.

However, it was not the two major knight orders that responded immediately, but the coalition soldiers who stepped off the ship one after another.

Sir knight, where would you do such rough work?
After a while, the fire was extinguished, and the Macedonian phalanx infantry and Seleucid silver shield infantry who participated in the battle as the main force, as well as the Carthaginian Holy Legion full of vengeance, lined up outside the port one by one, facing the direction of Rome. With final preparations.

But the most conspicuous is the Holy Legion of Carthage.

After Carthage broke the city, they were massacred by the Romans in their desperate resistance. The total number of people was less than 500 from the previous [-].

Therefore, on the armor they wore, there were not only their own family crests, but also the family crests of those who died.

Qi said that he has no clothes, and the same robe with his son.

This simple concept is not unique to the East.

But what attracts them the most is not the densely packed family crests, but their shiny bald heads!
After the city of Carthage was broken, they devoted their whole lives to the gods who offered their own sons as sacrifices but did not appear, and they did not solve the Carthaginians in fire and water as the high priest said.

So, their faith crumbles.

But what collapsed was the belief in their local gods, not the certainty that there is a god in the world.

Their gods did not appear, because the gods of the Romans defeated their gods, and when the Han army came flooding in and swept the Roman legions like a tide, it was the gods of the Han who completely defeated the gods of Rome!

Therefore, they choose to be strong.

For example, shave your head and become a Buddhist disciple...

Well, don't think they are really stupid, they have inquired before, and the bald head preaching to them is the cousin of the Emperor of Han.

dear!

The important thing is that the bald head said that his emperor's cousin is the reincarnation of Buddha, a god in the world, with boundless mana!

And the fact that the big man is strong and invincible also perfectly verified this point!
After all, if the gods of the Han people had not defeated the gods of other countries or peoples, how could the armies of the Han people have defeated other countries or peoples?
The gods are strong, the country is strong!
This is an unbreakable truth since ancient times!
Therefore, they touched their shiny heads, and they became more determined to complete the task of revenge against the Romans!

Although Carthage no longer exists!
But so what?
Blood debts must be paid in blood!
Although the new Buddhism forbids its believers to kill, it advocates the concept of great revenge. This kind of act of killing for revenge for the deceased relatives is noble and glorious, enough for them to log into the Paradise of Paradise after death!
But just as they were preparing to set off, a man wearing a white toga with a purple border appeared on the stone road leading to Rome.

Behind him are twelve fully armed Roman legionnaires.

The soldiers of the Holy Legion of Carthage wanted to rush up and hack them to death, but seeing the 'father' who preached to them followed a group of kings and generals to greet them, so they suppressed their desire for revenge.

'Father' represents the Buddha, and violating 'father' is tantamount to violating the Buddha, and if you violate the Buddha, you will fall into hell forever!

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On the gravel road.

Dou Guangguo and the Romans walking in the distance stood ten steps apart.

A man dressed as a legionnaire with a loud voice came out and said in stiff Chinese:
"Here stands before you, Mark Junius Brutus, descendant of Venus and founder of Rome, Lucius Junius Brutus, tribune of Rome , the general representative of this negotiation!"

Dou Guangguo was taken aback for a moment, it was the first time he had seen the representative of the defeated party so arrogant.

However, the two armies did not kill each other when they fought.

So he asked, "What's the purpose of your envoy's visit here?"

After Brutus looked at the translator and murmured, the translator said loudly: "Surrender! The Romans are willing to accept all terms, as long as your army withdraws from the Apennine Peninsula!"

Dou Guangguo and the people behind him looked at each other, seeing the same meaning in each other's eyes.

Soldiers who don't fight without fighting.

This kind of victory without bloodshed is really unexpected and reasonable.

So he nodded: "Okay, I accept your surrender."

Brutus said a few more words, and the translator said seriously: "Please follow me into the city to discuss the details of the negotiation!"

With a smile on the corner of Dou Guangguo's mouth, he pointed to the Roman legions lined up in the distance: "Where are those people? Are they also here to welcome guests?"

The translator said with a smile: "Yes, they are the people who came to welcome the guests. If you don't believe me, please see, they are not carrying weapons!"

Dou Guangguo fell silent.

Mrs. Fan stepped forward and said, "Otherwise, I'll go over and have a look? I'm just a bald donkey, they won't do anything to me..."

It was the first time I saw someone who scolded me for being a thief... Dou Guangguo raised the corner of his mouth and nodded: "Go, safety first. At worst, let's push it all the way!"

After a while, Mrs. Fan came riding a horse from afar.

"how?"

"It's kind of weird..."

Dou Guangguo frowned: "What kind of strange method?"

Mrs. Fan hesitated for a moment and said, "As they said, those Roman soldiers didn't carry any weapons, they stood on both sides of the mainland like cheerleaders. I checked carefully, and they didn't even have small knives for cutting flesh. ..."

Dou Guangguo asked: "Isn't that right? How do you say it is a bit strange?"

Mrs. Fan shook his head and said, "What I'm talking about is not this, but the size of those people. We have fought against the Roman legion more than once. At that time, although the soldiers were not tall, they were very strong, and they looked full of strength." A sense of power."

"But the soldiers of those two legions are thin and small, and they are particularly timid, not like soldiers..."

Dou Guangguo remained silent.

Antiochus IV, the Seleucid king, stepped forward and said, "I think it's normal."

Fan Kang turned his head and asked, "How to say?"

Antiochus IV explained: "Think about it, it takes at least fifteen or sixteen years for a man to become a warrior from birth. We have killed several Roman legions in the past two years, and the Romans are just born again. There aren't enough men for an army, are there?"

Fan Kang nodded lightly: "What you said makes sense..."

The representative of the King of Macedonia, the commander of the spear phalanx, Anthony, came over and said: "It should be like this, otherwise the Romans would not voluntarily surrender, which shows that they are really afraid!"

At this moment, he was already full of fantasies about how to cut off a piece of fat from the Romans!

For example, the dozen or so immigrant cities in Rome on the west side of the Peloponnese Peninsula!
These lands should have belonged to the Greeks, but after the defeat of Pyrrhus the Great, they were taken away by the Romans.

Now, it happens to be returned to its original owner!
Antioch smiled and said, "It seems that the Romans are really scared!"

Anthony also echoed and said: "Yes, after all, the Knights are invincible. It's no wonder that the Romans are not afraid!"

But Dou Guangguo frowned and said: "Even so, it is too dangerous to set the negotiation venue in Rome! Have you forgotten what happened to the Sabines?"

Well, the Sabines he was talking about were the unlucky ones who believed the Romans and took their female relatives to Rome as guests, and then the women were snatched away and they were killed...

Antiochus IV said: "That's right, the Romans broke their promises not once or twice... So, it's better to set the negotiation place on the ship!"

Anthony nodded in agreement.

But Brutus on the opposite side disagreed.

After all, he is a thief himself, so everyone looks like a thief...

So after a long period of negotiation, the two sides chose the outermost one of the seven hills in Rome as the location of the negotiation. (end of this chapter)