Qiang Qin

Friends of confidantes, meet each other late.

The meeting between Li Yuan and Hannibal came at the right time. Although the two sides did not understand the language and had to rely on translators to express their respective meanings, every word and every look in each other's eyes could be understood by the other party. It means that this vision of a strategist cannot be understood by people below this level.

For a long time, Li Yuan has been like a lonely leader, leading a group of boys in Qin to fight fearlessly. His decisiveness and ability made the enemy fearful and the soldiers cheered. Behind the glory and victory, Li Yuan had to feel the loneliness of being so high.

exchange of ideas.

It's not the fusion of emotions or desires. What the young, beautiful and lovely woman gives Li Yuan is physical enjoyment, but at the spiritual level, it lacks some empathy.

Hannibal was the administrator of Carthage. This kind of comprehensive ability to manage a country cannot be experienced by people who have never been the head of a country. The collision of ideas made the communication between the two sides very smooth. When it came to the conversation Finally, even Li Zhongxiang, who had been listening to the lecture, joined the discussion.

After balancing the 36 oasis countries in the Western Regions, Li Zhongxiang gradually got rid of the narrow view of being a general in the army, and began to focus more on politics, economy and other aspects. This time, Li Yuan decided to let Li Zhongxiang accompany him to send troops Egypt also meant to hand over northern Africa and the eastern coast of the Mediterranean to the famous general of the Qin army after it was saved.

For the first time, the collision of Eastern and Western ideas on military operations came face to face.The direct communication between people surprised Li Yuan and Hannibal, and they talked until late at night.

The next day is dawn.

The lights in Li Yuan's house just started to go out, and Hannibal, who let go of his scruples, then gave Li Yuan a detailed introduction to the customs and customs of the countries along the Mediterranean Sea, and the situation of those in power. These details are impossible to record in history books. Even if there is a record of this in a museum in any western city, it is impossible for Li Yuan, an Oriental, to know about it.

Time, location, people and harmony.

This is the whole of the war. For Qin, who came from afar, these three aspects are not available at present, if only relying on its strength to fight the Romans.Even if you win in the end.It is also a castle built on sand dunes, and one day the huge empire will be blown down by a gust of wind.

In this regard, Alexander's Macedonian Empire has already had an example. Li Yuan didn't want the good situation created by him to be terminated because of his eagerness for quick success.Besides.Unlike Alexander.Li Yuan is still young.He is only thirty and has a lot of time to manage the western territory.

Familiar with the conditions of the Mediterranean countries, and willing to provide information for Qin.In addition, Hannibal, who has no real power, is undoubtedly an ideal partner. As for whether Carthage will be revived under the leadership of Hannibal in the future, Li Yuan has not considered that the rise and fall of a slavery country cannot be achieved by a single person. left and right.

No matter how powerful Hannibal was, he couldn't stop the decay inside Carthage. If the roots of a fallen kingdom were already rotten, no matter how much fertilizer was applied to the soil, it couldn't bring it back to life.

In the next few days, Hannibal was regarded as an important guest by Li Yuan and placed in the barracks. As the conversation deepened, the relationship between Hannibal and Li Yuan became more and more harmonious.

"Your Majesty, it will be very difficult for your army to capture Alexandria from the current situation, unless the Qin army can block the port first and cut off the supply route of the Egyptians." Hannibal stood on the restored In front of the sand table, he pointed to the distribution of troops on both sides and said.

Li Yuan nodded with a smile, and asked, "My Qin State's navy can't do this. I wonder what help General Hannibal can provide?"

Hannibal's analysis is good, there is a port channel, Ptolemy V can attack and retreat, it can be said to be invincible, don't look at the Qin army now occupying almost the whole of Egypt, but as long as Alexander does not fall , the flag of the Ptolemaic Kingdom did not fall.

Seeing Li Yuan's question, Hannibal's eyes lit up, and he smiled and said, "Your Majesty, you are a wise man who knows who is an enemy and who is a reliable friend. Although Carthage has lost to the Romans, our In my hand, there are teams of merchant ships across the sea. If they are dispatched, they can block the port. In this way, Ptolemy V has no supplies and can only be trapped in the city. Therefore, I, Icha In the name of Taiji Administrator, I request Your Majesty to allow our two countries to form a strategic alliance to fight against our common enemy."

Li Yuan laughed. Hannibal's suggestion was already in his expectation: "The matter of forming an alliance can be discussed in detail. The general should first talk about how many warships can be dispatched by Carthage and how big it is." Grasp the blockade of the port?"

"Your Majesty, Carthage can dispatch more than 150 triangular ramming warships. As for the time, it depends on my situation after I return to Carthage?" Hannibal said with a deep breath.

"Okay. Then the king is waiting for the general's good news in Cairo." Li Yuan nodded.

Alexander port.

It is a half-moon-shaped harbor. At its exit, as long as there are large warships blocking the channel, it is impossible for the ships inside to break out.

Compared with Carthage, the Egyptian fleet is much smaller in size. In terms of naval combat capabilities, the Romans rank first, Carthage second, and the Egyptians can only rank fourth and fifth. , the sixth level.

The weak Ptolemy Kingdom has been far behind by the Mediterranean countries in terms of military strength. The only thing they are counting on now is that Queen Cleopatra can call for reinforcements from Rome.Therefore, the Carthaginians must block the Ptolemaic fleet before the Romans.

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Mediterranean War.

As the Qin army opened up new battlefields in Egypt, it fell into a wider and wider range.Whether it is the powerful Qin and Romans, or the weak Greeks and Thracians, or the Macedonians and Egyptians immersed in the glory of the past, they are all ups and downs in this battle for hegemony that affects the entire ocean. .

Philip IV's first and second ends made him lose the support of the Qin people. Li Yuan didn't have the slightest favor for the so-called allies who wanted to take advantage of it but refused to pay.

Macedonia has already set in the west.

Qin State has now found new cooperation partners in the Balkans and the Greek Peninsula. Due to its own weak strength and weak internal cohesion, the Greeks are more dependent on the powerful Qin State.

Under the call of Dikal and Gemetheus, the students of Lyceon College are crossing the Aegean Sea in batches, and come to the place where the oriental civilization they yearn for exists.Unlike those ordinary Greeks who were ignorant of outside affairs, those who could be sent to the academy in this era were all noble children.

Their arrival not only allowed Qin to have a group of available talents, but also won the support of the upper Greek nobles behind them.

For the Greeks, the glory of their ancestors is deposited in their hearts. They want to restore its brilliance, but they can't find a way out. Although the Macedonians have inherited Greek culture, Alexander's successors obviously don't even have the ability to hold their territory. Nor are they available. It is like a fantasy to expect them to revive Greece.

The Roman threat looms.

The flames of war under the city of Pella may burn to the Peloponnese Peninsula at any time, and as a close neighbor, the Greeks have continued to fear Rome for centuries.

The weak against the strong.

Unite the majority and isolate the very few.This is the law between countries throughout the ages.

This is the policy implemented by Qin State in the Mediterranean area. For Qin State, the Jews, Greeks, and Carthaginians, these ethnic groups that were once powerful and now declining, are natural allies. Supporting them is tantamount to letting Qin State The West has its own eyes.

The strong will eventually take the initiative in this game.

In the northern Balkans, the siege of the Roman army on the city of Pella gradually became clear as the weather got warmer. After all, the Alps could not stop Scipio’s enthusiasm for expanding the territory, just as he said when he took the oath: The future of Great Rome is to own the entire Mediterranean, not just its western half.

The old consul Fabian compromised.

The young generals in the Roman army and a considerable number of generals in the army supported Scipio, which made Fabian very helpless. A new generation replaced the old. For the Romans, Scipio, a battlefield hero, brought Rome A breath of fresh air came, blowing open the old gate of the arena.

When Cleopatra arrived on the coast of Macedonia, Scipio's siege of Pella was coming to an end. At Scipio's insistence, Fabian agreed to send additional reinforcements. In late March, the seaway exit from Pella to the Mediterranean Sea was blocked, and Philip IV fell into despair.

In April, the residents of Pella, who were short of food, began to surrender to the Romans in batches. In the face of survival and honor, most people chose the former.

The army defending the city that Philip IV hastily organized also gradually disappeared in this wave of fear. At the beginning, only a small group disappeared, and then the entire team disappeared with hundreds of people, not only that , These soldiers also took away the weapons he was carrying.

April [-]th.

The outer city of Pella was successfully captured by the Roman army, while Philip IV hid in the tall castle in the city, trying to trap the beast.The days belonging to this doomsday king are numbered. He never imagined that, as a descendant of Alexander, the greatest Macedonian emperor, he would end up in this world one day.

Blame it?

Blame the Romans?

No matter how much Philip IV cried, it was impossible to shake Scipio's determination to destroy Macedonia.

Do you blame the Qin people for not saving them?

Li Yuan did not have a little friendship with Philip IV, but Ptolemy V and Antiochus III, who had friendship with him and had a long history, were trapped in an isolated city, and the other died in the hands of the Qin army long ago. . (To be continued..)

ps: I asked for tickets for a day, but I didn't see any voters, sure enough. . . . . . . .Tears ran.