HCB Chapter 478 The Melancholy General Hannibal
Chapter 478 The Melancholy General Hannibal
The Mediterranean Sea, the front line of the battle between Carthage and Rome.
"Your Excellency, the latest news from Daqin has arrived."
The arrival of the adjutant brought Hannibal, the commander of Carthage, who was staring at the map in a daze, finally to his senses, and took over the thick stack of papers.
"General, you should take a good rest. If you continue like this, you will be exhausted."
Looking at Hannibal's thick dark circles, the adjutant couldn't help persuading him.
"I'll pay attention."
"By the way, in the past few days, there has been no movement from the Romans."
Hannibal waved his hands.
"Returning to the general, during this period of time, there was a lot of disputes in the Senate because of the reason why the Great Qin people were allowed to build the railway. Scipio sold several small tribes around in order to appease everyone."
"Now the Romans are taking advantage of the warmer weather and are busy looting the Gauls and Germans everywhere, but they don't have time to fight us again."
"Even if they dare to come, with your wise command, General, we can make those damned Romans suffer."
The adjutant spoke confidently, and it could be seen that he admired Hannibal very much.
"Don't be careless. This Scipio is not a simple person. It is impossible not to prepare in advance to paralyze the people of Daqin with such a huge investment of money."
"Even if those nobles are powerful, it is impossible for Scipio to be unable to deal with it for so long. I am afraid that this behavior is intentional. There must be some reason for it. It is very likely that they want to fight me in Carthage. gone."
Hannibal said with a serious face.
The entire Mediterranean was amazed at Hannibal's ability to lead the army in battle, but few people knew that Hannibal's internal affairs skills were not inferior to those of the military.
For the opponent of Scipio, Hannibal conducted a comprehensive study, knowing that this new Roman executive was no less than himself, especially in internal affairs, even worse.
With Ecipio's ability, it is impossible for him to be unable to deal with the group of people in the Roman Senate after promising such a generous sum of money.
"However, our army has dispatched many groups of spies recently, and we have indeed not received any news of the gathering of the Roman army!
"On the contrary, some of the main Roman legions stationed on the front line for a long time are gradually retreating and repairing. Just the few people on the front line are not enough to launch an absolute battle!"
The adjutant couldn't help but wondered.
"Don't you think this matter is very strange, the Romans are so bold to rest, aren't they afraid that my army will take the opportunity to crush them and defeat them in one fell swoop?"
"The Qin people have an old saying that if things are abnormal, there must be demons. The Romans must have deliberately shown us what they did, in order to let us relax our vigilance."
"As the order continues, the entire army must remain vigilant at all times, and three times more spies should be sent to find out the true intentions of the Romans."
Hannibal frowned and ordered, and continued to look at the recent situation of Daqin in his hand.
Seeing this, Hannibal's expression suddenly became more serious.
Before the enemy of Rome was eliminated, a more terrifying tiger came outside, which was really a headache.
What is even more troublesome is the chaos within Carthage.
The nobles of the Roman Senate are already pitiful enough.
However, compared with the Carthaginian nobles, these Roman nobles are simply exemplary.
At least when Rome was facing life and death threats, the Roman nobles dispatched private troops many times to turn the tide and pulled Rome back from the life and death line several times.
But the nobles of Carthage only care about their own interests.
After gaining an advantage in successive battles, Hannibal sent a report back home asking for reinforcements and supplies, but there was no response for a long time. There were even letters from the elders to reprimand Hannibal for being militaristic, asking Hannibal to accept it as soon as he was good, and not to continue to spend money. Taiji's already insufficient national strength.
At that time, Hannibal was so angry that he almost cut off the noble retainer who was in charge of delivering the letter without drawing his sword.
But after calming down, Hannibal could only give up.
After all, he holds an army of more than [-], which has already made many Carthage nobles very jealous. If this noble retainer is really cut off, the nobles in the country will definitely charge him with treason. What Nibal wanted to see.
The nobles of Carthage have always had a fine tradition of being experts in civil wars and laymen in foreign wars.
Many Carthaginian nobles would rather cede land and pay compensation to the Romans than hope that Hannibal would continue to win.
The fact that the Romans dared to withdraw their troops so unscrupulously to rest and look for fighter opportunities must have been the information given by the dignitaries in Carthage.
Thinking of this, Hannibal had the urge to send his army back to the court and first ransack the homes of these nobles.
But I can only give up after thinking about it.
After all, his family is in the capital.
Hannibal couldn't help a little admiring that Prince Daqin came down.
It is said that just a few years ago, although Daqin was powerful, it was far from the unsurpassable level it is today.
Moreover, due to many reasons, Daqin was also facing a situation where treacherous officials in the court were revered, and the emperor was old and had no successors, and the situation was at stake.
It's just that no one expected that the birth of a son would directly rewrite Daqin.
It only took the young master a few months to find out the reality of the Huns in the grassland. He personally led [-] cavalry, equipped with new equipment, and defeated the Huns twice in a row in less than a month. He captured two generations of Khans of the Huns alive.
That is an enemy with more than [-] cavalry, which is more terrifying than the Gauls and Germans combined, and Rome and Carthage are afraid of three points.
That young master also returned to the imperial capital with his great military exploits and became the crown prince. He also swept away the treacherous ministers, and soon brought the Great Qin out of danger, and entered into a miraculous leap-style development.
Hearing this, Hannibal thought it was a made-up story.
However, according to the news passed from many sources, all of this actually happened.
This made Hannibal have to admire those great princes of Qin.
It would be great if such a talent was born in Carthage!
But why, was born in Daqin?
Even if they were lucky enough to defeat the Romans, how would they deal with the Great Qin people who were ten or a hundred times more terrifying than the Romans?
Especially the group of nobles in the country who have been frightened and bribed by the Great Qin, I am afraid that they will surrender before they fight?
In Hannibal's heart, he couldn't help feeling infinitely melancholy.
The prospect of this Carthage is simply a loss!
Even he didn't know how to continue.
All of a sudden, Hannibal wanted to know what that Scipio opposite was thinking now?
You know, once the Suez Grand Canal is opened, they will be the first to come into contact with the Great Qin soldiers, but they are Rome.