Chapter 114 Roman Legion

Rome, Senate.

The congressmen were frowning and fell into deep thought, but no one spoke, and the huge Senate was silent.

The three little Scipio, Mallor and Qin also frowned into the character Sichuan, and they kept silent.

The atmosphere in the Senate was very depressing, very depressing. It was not for anything else, just because Sula was defeated miserably.

Although he was conservative in his thoughts and a firm defender of aristocratic rights, no one could deny his courage and talent. Although his army was temporarily convened, without excellent equipment and good training, it would not be defeated so badly.

In front of the Han army, Sula was like a baby facing a giant, without any counterattack, and she would collapse with a charge from the Han cavalry. This was too exaggerated.

This shows that the combat power of the Han army is quite amazing, and it is even more terrifying than Hannibal, the most dangerous enemy in Roman history!

Facing such an enemy, does Rome have a chance to win?

No one was sure of this issue. As soon as the Senate received the report, it was in panic. The members of the parliament immediately convened a meeting and discussed it over and over again. No one could do anything about it, and in the end they could only fall into dullness.

"Report to the respected Lord Scipio, Egypt was defeated by the Chinese!" A soldier rushed in panting and reported in panic.

"Ah!" A scream sounded, and the congressmen's faces changed drastically, and they couldn't help but stand up.

The MPs had not yet woken up from the shock of Sura's defeat, and how shocked it was to receive the news of this defeat. However, before the shock of them was over, another soldier rushed in quickly and shouted from afar: "Remember Lord Scipio, Carthage has captured the Chinese!"

"Carthage? No!" Little Sipi stood up suddenly, his eyes flashing sharply, and his face was disbelief.

Carthage was Rome's strongest enemy, and Hannibal almost destroyed the Roman Empire. In order to solve Carthage, Scipio of the Great and Scipio of the Younger spent countless hard work and sweat, which was the glory of the Scipio family.

Little Scipion would rather believe that Sula was defeated again than believe that it was true.

His roar was sharp and harsh, like thunder, shocking his eardrums, indicating his shock and reluctance!

"Carthage!" The members of the parliament were petrified directly.

The conquest of Carthage, the most powerful enemy, was the most proud thing in the Roman Empire so far. Losing Carthage means losing the glory of the Roman Empire and sweeping the face of the Roman Empire. The shock in the hearts of the parliamentarians is unspeakable.

"Calm down! Calm down!" The first person to react was Mallor, who loudly reminded everyone.

"Huh!" Little Scipio breathed a long sigh, slowly calmed down, and looked at Mallor with admiration. This man was very courageous.

Under the reminder of Marius, the MPs slowly calmed down, looked at Scipio Little and asked, "Dear Lord Scipio, how should Rome deal with it?"

"How big is China? How many troops does China have? Why are they fighting everywhere?" However, to the disappointment of the parliamentarians, Scipio did not answer them, but instead talked to himself a series of questions.

The gold kingdom of China is very rich, with gold everywhere, and silk, but how big is it? Is it bigger than Rome? It’s even bigger than the Alexander Empire?

In Western history, it was the first time that Alexander, who created Western mythology, had never done this. It was not even possible to make Scipio confused.

Little Scipio was a good general. After a brief estimate, he knew that in order to fight like this, there were many troops needed, at least hundreds of thousands. This was just the army sent by the Han Dynasty to the West. It was obvious that the Han Dynasty could not send all the troops to the West. Then, with the army left in the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty's army was as many as hundreds of thousands, nearly one million.

The number of millions is a huge number. The total population of the Roman Empire is only five or six times that of this. This is amazing! In this way, how big was the Han Dynasty?

No one can answer this question.

"Dear Lord Scipio, it's not the time to explore this matter." Qin Na hurriedly reminded.

"Oh!" Scipio reacted. This problem should be left to be solved in the future. What we need to solve now is how to solve the crisis in Rome. Although the Han army has not yet attacked Rome, it is too fast. The situation of the army being in a downturn has been formed, and the pressure is very great.

"The Chinese destroyed the Kingdom of Bendu, the Seleucid Empire, Egypt, and then took Carthage. If they crossed the Mediterranean and attacked Rome, the consequences would be very serious!" Scipio was a smart man. When his thoughts were changing, he had already understood Zhou Yang's intention: "There are many Chinese troops, and they can attack from multiple ways, advance in unison, and encircle Rome."

"Gugu!" A strange sound made in the throat of a member of the congressman.

Scipio's analysis is amazing!

In Roman history, there has never been such an enemy who dared to attack multiple routes. Even Hannibal gathered the army together. Although Hannibal frightened the Roman Empire, he could still defend himself. However, the Han army advanced in unison and attacked multiple routes. How could Rome defend? Where to find so many armies?

"The Chinese will definitely attack Spain by taking Carthage and will not allow us to mobilize troops from Spain!" Mallor continued to analyze: "Spain should send someone to take charge!"

"Also, if the Chinese take Egypt and Seleucid, they will definitely control the fleets of these two countries. They will cross the Mediterranean and attack Rome." Qin Na was also a sensible person and immediately expressed his concern: "There is a fleet in Rome in the Mediterranean, and we must block the Chinese in the Mediterranean. It is best to drive the Chinese into the sea!"

"It's reasonable!" Little Scipio agreed deeply, turned around, looked at the members of the Representatives, and shouted: "Dear members: I, Scipio, salute you! Please choose me, Mallor, Qinna as the consul, and we are willing to shed blood and sweat for Rome and sacrifice our lives!"

One of the important reasons why the Roman Empire was able to survive so many dangers was that whenever they were in a critical moment, they would unite, even though they would fight.

After Scipio said this, the members of the parliamentarians no longer worry about whether their interests would be harmed. After a brief exchange, they immediately approved: "We choose the respected Scipio, Mallor, and Qinna as the consuls! The fate of Rome is left to you! Rome hopes that you will return triumphantly!"

"Thank you! Thank you all the members! You have a broad mind!" Little Scipio, Mallor, and Qin bowed to thank.

With Sula, Rome now had four consuls. At the same time, four consuls appeared, which had never been in Roman history. It was really because Rome was too critical.

"Dear Lord Scipio, we are willing to obey your order." Marriott and Qinna respected Scipio, a famous hero in Rome.

"No, it's not a dispatch, but a suggestion!" Scipio Jr. has virtue: "Carthage is the glory of Rome! It's the glory of our family and must not fall into the hands of the Chinese! I plan to lead a fleet to defeat the Chinese in the Mediterranean, and then go to Carthage and recover Carthage in one fell swoop!"

Scipio of the Great and Scipio of the Little Scipio of the Two Generations fought to destroy Carthage. In Scipio of the Little Scipio of the Little Scipio of the Glory of the Romans and the glory of their family. If they did not regain Carthage, they would be sorry to Scipio of the Great.

Mallor and Qin Na understood Scipio's mood very well and said together: "Dear Scipio, your glory is the glory of Rome!"

"Qinna, go to Spain! Mallor, you are in Rome." Although they were both consuls, Scipio, little, was still the leader of the three: "Mallor, you have always wanted to reform Rome. Take this opportunity to work hard! The new birth of Rome is in your hands!"

Marius had long wanted to reform Rome, but the resistance was too great and he could not become a consul. Now, he became a consul, but is it too late?

Reform must meet two conditions: one is the internal condition of stability, that is, the country will not be in turmoil, and this is fine. Although Rome is in a storm and turmoil, there will be no chaos. The other condition is the external condition of peace, otherwise it will not be able to concentrate on reform. However, the Han Dynasty army was approaching, and this condition was not met.

Ma Luanshen knew the power of it, and he was very confident.

"Thank you!" Mallor couldn't help but bowed to thank him.

"Time is tight, so I won't say much, let's go!" Leili Fengxing was the style of Little Scipio. He said goodbye to the two, led his army to set out to defend Rome.

Qin Na and Ma Lue looked at each other, their hearts heavy, and there was no joy of becoming a consul.

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"Is this Carthage?" Cheng Bushi stood in front of the ruins of Carthage, looked at it for a while, and couldn't help laughing: "It's just a little big, only ten miles a week, Rome fought for decades. That little Scipio had been besieging the city for three years. It's useless! If we big men came to fight, we took it down in one go!"

Although Carthage was Rome's strongest enemy, the city was not large and the population was not large. In the eyes of Westerners, it was amazing. In Cheng Buzhi's eyes, nothing was wrong.

This is the gap between the East and the West!

When Scipio of Greater attacked Carthage for the first time, Rome did not give him the army, but chose him as the consul. Scipio of Greater went to Sicily to summon the army. After training, he led the army to attack the basic land of Carthage.

Sicily is not large and has a small population. It was even more sparsely populated more than two thousand years ago. It was here that Sepia summoned the army and defeated Hannibal and weakened Carthage, which shows that Carthage is so weak.

It was such a weak country that became a strong enemy of the Roman Empire, leaving the Roman Empire helpless. This also reflects that the Roman Empire was not as powerful as the West boasted.

Although Scipio destroyed Carthage, he adopted the strategy of long-term siege and long-term conquest, because he could not attack Carthage, and had no powerful siege equipment and could not break through Carthage's walls, so he had to settle for the second best and surrounded Carthage.

This siege lasted for three years, and it was not until Carthage had run out of ammunition and food that it was destroyed by Scipio.

After Zama defeated Hannibal, the reason why Scipia did not destroy Carthage was not that he did not want to, but that he could not do it, because the Roman legion lacked the ability to siege the city and his army was too small, so he could not afford the price.

Fortunately, Scipio of Greater was very politically savvy. He took advantage of the favorable opportunity to defeat Hannibal to negotiate with Carthage and offered harsh conditions. Even the patron saint Hannibal was defeated, and Carthage was in panic and could only accept Scipio's peace talks.

As time went by, Carthage repented, and Scipio of the Great had passed away. The Roman Empire sent troops to attack, but they all defeated Carthage. Finally, Scipio of the Little Scipio was sent to destroy Carthage. This was the process of the destruction of Carthage, the most powerful enemy of the Roman Empire in the early stage.

After destroying Carthage, Scipio, the young man was afraid that Carthage would be rekindled, so he razed the city of Carthage into a flat city. Therefore, Cheng Bushi could only see the ruins.

"Poor! Poor! Very bad!" Cheng Buzhi shook his head, looked at him disdainfully, and shouted: "Send the order, board the ship, and go to Spain!"

The Han army was in order, boarded the ship and began to cross the Strait of Gibraltar, their purpose was Spain.

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Although Sicily is not big, its geographical location is very important and is the most important island in the Mediterranean Sea.

The famous Roman historical figures related to Sicily are not only Scipio, but also Pompei, one of the top three giants.

Sicily, for a long time, was an important base of Rome in the Mediterranean. It was precisely because of this that Scipio summoned his army here to attack Carthage.

The Mediterranean is the inland sea with little wind and waves. It is a hub connecting Europe and the Middle East. The maritime trade is particularly developed and there are many merchant ships sailing in the Mediterranean.

This also caused a problem, that is, pirates were rampant. Once, pirates in the Mediterranean killed and robbed people, causing trouble for the Roman Empire. The Senate made a decision to wipe out pirates in the Mediterranean.

In order to complete this task, the Senate elected a consul, Pompei. The Senate gave Pompei a task to him to wipe out the pirates in the Mediterranean within three years. In fact, Pompei completed it in only three months. From then on, Pompei became famous in one fell swoop and became a political star in the Roman Empire.

After further efforts, he became one of the three powerful giants. Unfortunately, his opponent was Emperor Caesar, and he was finally beheaded.

Pompei's way to eliminate pirates is very simple, which is to be responsible for the district. He sets out the responsibility area and sends people to clear out pirates. If the cleaning is not effective, he will punish him. He himself leads a fleet to recruit and rush to wherever there are pirates. This method has made his reputation famous.

Now on Sicily, a team of uninvited guests came, which was the Han army led by Li Guang.

After defeating Antioch, Li Guang led the Han army to take direct lead in Syria, successfully captured the fleet of the Seleucid Empire, summoned merchant ships, and prepared for crossing the Mediterranean.

Sicily was an important base. The Roman Empire stored a large amount of military supplies here, so Li Guang of course had to conquer it. After boarding the ship, Li Guang took Sicily directly.

Although Sicily was the most important base of the Roman Empire in the Mediterranean, it was empty in its garrison. Of course, this was for the Han army. If countries like Seleucid were fighting, it would still take a lot of effort.

The Roman Empire left only 4,000 troops on this island, and Li Guang only used 2,000 people to cleanse the 4,000 people. Now, Sicily has fallen into the hands of the Han army.

The military supplies stored by the Roman Empire were mainly useful to the Han army. As for the weapons, Li Guang disdained it and could not use them. Square shields, short swords, and spears were treasures in the eyes of Westerners, but in Li Guang's eyes, it was waste and it was not needed at all. Fortunately, there was a lot of food and grass, so this operation was still good.

"Chinese General, are you hungry?" A young and beautiful, tall woman twisted the water snake demon and kept glaring at Li Guang.

Li Guang could understand Roman dialect, but not too much. He finally understood it even though he listened and guessed.

"Chinese General, I am hot and unrestrained. I only need one gold coin. Play whatever you like." The woman also kissed Li Guang, lifted up the hem of her skirt, revealing her fat and white thighs, and her right hand couldn't help rubbing her mysterious place.

The Roman customs were open, and women would sleep if they wanted to sleep. As long as they didn't have children, they would not be considered cheating. Generals like Li Guang were brave and brave, and were in a high position. Roman women would dream of sleeping.

Although Li Guang had been through a long journey, he had never seen such an open woman. He blushed and waved his hand: "Boom her away! Something is a trick."

Several personal soldiers suppressed their laughter and came to knock on the woman. However, this woman gave the soldier a charming look, gave the soldier a kiss, and even collided her chest on the soldier, making the soldier laugh.

When the soldiers came to Sicily, they saw this kind of thing many times, but they didn't care about it and forced the woman away.

"The women here are so shameless!" The customs of the Han Dynasty were quite open, but it was not open to this level. Li Guang kept shaking his head and ordered loudly: "Come on the ship and go to Rome!"

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Northern Italy.

Sula frowned and fell into deep thought. Since letting Wei Qing go, Sula decided to take revenge and to relieve the shame. He ordered troops to mobilize 40,000 troops fighting the Gauls, and gathered the nearby troops together and pieced together, almost 50,000 people.

Fifty thousand troops need a good battlefield to be able to be set up. Sula chose to choose and set up camp on a flat ground with a radius of dozens of miles.

This time, Sula decided not to fight a field battle with Wei Qing. In that battle, Wei Qing defeated his army with only cavalry. He was not so brave. Sula decided to build a strong camp and let Wei Qing attack.

As soon as the order was passed, the Roman legion cut down trees, set up villages, dug trenches, and a solid camp appeared.

Sula stood on the mail tower, looked ahead, and said hatefully: "Chinese, I want you to know how powerful! This time, let's see how you attack?"

Such a strong camp was not able to conquer such a strong army in the West, even Hannibal could not have been able to do so. Because of this, Sepia Great did not destroy Carthage, and Sepia Late took three years to destroy Carthage.

"Chinese, wait until your food is exhausted and exhausted, I will fight back and defeat you in one fell swoop!" Sula was full of confidence and would definitely achieve her goal: "As long as I complete this initiative, even the great Alexander will be overshadowed!"
Chapter completed!