Fu Qin starts with a plan

Chapter 637 The enemy of the enemy is a friend
In history, Hannibal was not sacrificed by the Senate after his defeat in the Zama War.

He lost his military power and turned to domestic affairs.

Because of previous military defeats, Hannibal kept a low profile.

However, the corruption of Carthage's political situation made him come forward to rectify it shortly after. Pay the war reparations to Rome in installments under the condition of increasing taxes.

Seven years after the Battle of Zama, the Romans began to worry that the Carthaginian recovery of the economy would pose a threat to them again, and demanded that the Carthaginian government hand over Hannibal.

For this reason, Hannibal voluntarily exiled from Carthage.

The current Hannibal is directly fast-forwarded to the step of exile.

It has to be said that it has the most direct connection with Zhao Kun's appearance.

At this time, Hannibal, like Hannibal at the beginning of his exile in history, no longer had any hope for the future of Carthage.

As an outstanding military strategist, he knew very well what Rome would do next.

Carthage, which rose up in North Africa, actually had a territory far smaller than that of Rome.

During the more than ten years that Hannibal led the army, the two countries fought continuously.

However, Carthage was not affected much domestically.

The reason for this magical situation is entirely due to Hannibal's excellent strategy.

For more than ten years, the army he led has been fighting in the area under Rome's actual control, making Rome exhausted.

Moreover, Hannibal was generous and liked to spend money to hire some small countries and city-states to fight for him, and he liked to promise huge profits.

Under the shadow of Rome, those countries have not been doing very well.

Employers like Carthage are of course very popular with them.

When the wind is going smoothly on the battlefield, this strategy is naturally good.

But once Carthage loses, the backlash it will suffer will definitely be ten times and a hundred times that of a normal war.

For those small countries that were vassals of Carthage, the biggest motivation to drive them to participate in the war was the war dividend promised by Hannibal.

This kind of alliance, which is completely glued together by interests, is actually very fragile.

Once this kind of benefit disappears, it will naturally be a catastrophe and fly separately.

As for the country, the determination of the Carthaginians to fight is very strong.

However, under the leadership of Hannibal, for many years, the flames of war never reached the basic land of Carthage.

This kind of comfortable life made many Carthaginians never consider the consequences of failure.

Once faced with defeat, it is difficult for them to adapt psychologically quickly.

In contrast to Rome.

Compared with Carthage, although Rome won the victory, the anger in the hearts of the Romans was absolutely extremely high.

Even Hannibal himself admitted that the Romans wanted to destroy Carthage directly.

In fact, thinking about it normally, he can also understand the thinking of the Romans.

This is like two neighbors who have always disliked each other and would fight every now and then.

But when Carthage fights, they will spend money to hire people to fight, and the people who die are people who have nothing to do with them.

But for the Romans, those who died were their relatives, old friends, brothers and sisters.

Those who hired people for money lost the battle, but the victorious side also lost many people in their families.

From this perspective, how could Rome give up?

If you say a thousand things and ten thousand things, you blame yourself for protecting Carthage too well.

At this moment, Hannibal had such a strange thought in his mind.

Under his command, the Carthaginians rushed into the territory of Rome, which can be said to have actually extended the border of Carthage.

Although the Romans were victorious, it was also a victory on their own territory.

In fact, the basic land of Carthage was not threatened much.

It is precisely because of this that today's Rome can endure the continued existence of Carthage.

If the Roman army invaded Carthage, I am afraid that the country of Carthage would no longer exist in the world.

Thinking of this, Hannibal could not help but sneer.

Although Carthage was his motherland, he no longer wanted to maintain it at this time.

After all, in Hannibal's mind, it was Carthage who betrayed him first.

He has been in this small fishing village for nearly half a year.

This place was chosen because it was the meeting point between Rome and the kingdom of Pontus.

Here, you can receive the information of the Pontus Kingdom as quickly as possible, as well as the movements of the Roman Eastern Legion.

As an excellent strategist, in the process of fleeing, Hannibal had roughly determined Rome's next move.

After defeating Carthage, huge war reparations and other war dividends made Rome's strength leap again.

Losing his own Carthage, he is already a dog without a backbone, so there is nothing to worry about.

In the east of the mainland, the powerful country named Daqin bared its fangs and headed west.

The situation has no room for Rome to beat the dog in the water.

Hannibal himself couldn't judge whether Daqin would continue to advance westward after destroying the Bendu Kingdom.

However, as a leader of a country, one must get used to thinking of the worst in everything.

What's more, even after Daqin wiped out the capital, he had no intention of continuing to advance westward.

As long as the Romans still have some blood, they will definitely not allow Da Qin to show off his might at the door of his house.

That group of Romans, whose brains are full of muscles, lacks everything except ischemia.

Even Hannibal himself didn't expect that what he had planned at the beginning and united with the Bendu Kingdom in Daqin would develop to this point.

Now it seems that things have succeeded, which is good.

But it failed, and the result seemed not as bad as I imagined.

The consequences that followed were probably a good thing for me.

Hannibal's plan was actually not complicated.

He is going to Daqin to meet the emperor Zhao Kun of Daqin.

The war between the two huge countries is about to start. I believe Daqin will not reject himself, a person who knows Rome like the back of his hand.

After all, the enemy of an enemy is a friend.

At that time, he will lead the Qin army to complete the revenge against Rome.

As for Carthage, by that time, there is no need to continue to exist.

Since they betrayed themselves, then, let's put an end to this disgrace by ourselves.

Early this morning, Hannibal found that there were suddenly more Pontus refugees fleeing here at sea.

Through questioning, he knew that the stupid king of Bendu had been killed by the Qin army five days ago.

It's time to make your own appearance.

Hannibal couldn't help but smile.

He casually took a fish out of the barrel and cut open its belly with his nails.

The tender sea fish kept struggling before dying, but it still couldn't escape Hannibal's palm.

He casually threw the internal organs of the fish aside, tore off a piece of fish meat, stuffed it into his mouth and began to chew.
In the southeast corner of the Black Sea, there is a pasture.

This area is sandwiched between the Great Caucasus Mountains and the Black Sea. Although it is only twenty miles around, it has extremely favorable climate conditions and is the best natural grassland.

Previously, this was the territory of the Antigonus family, the founders of the Pontus Kingdom.

Later, under the coercion of Zhao Kun, King Bendu III held his nose and ceded this place to the Huns.

However, because this place is really too small, and it is inconvenient to communicate with the outside world.

If you thrive here, it is definitely an excellent place.

But the Xiongnu didn't have the conditions and thoughts to recuperate at all, so this place was just arranged by some shepherds to take care of it.

At this time, on this small pasture, as far as the eye can see, there are densely packed tents and war horses.

In an ordinary military tent near the sea, Zhang Han looked at the map in front of him, and kept thinking.

That's right, what is stationed here is the Great Qin Expeditionary Army that has disappeared from people's sight for a long time.

Half a year ago, the expeditionary army received an order from Zhao Kun and marched westward.

Because the Great Qin West Expeditionary Army attracted everyone's attention, when Zhang Han's expeditionary army came here, they almost didn't know it.

At the beginning, Zhang Han received the order to meet Wang Li's navy on land.

If the Great Qin Navy could not withstand the pressure from Rome in Sibal, then the expeditionary force would attract Rome's attention on land and assist the navy to evacuate.

However, plans cannot keep up with changes.

Who knew that the Western Expeditionary Army fought in the Bendu Kingdom for half a year, directly destroying the Bendu Kingdom.

During this period, Rome was still busy cleaning up the battlefield in Europe and receiving the fruits of victory, and the situation did not change much.

Therefore, Zhang Han has been stationed here for seven months.

It seems that Zhang Han has not been idle during these seven months.

For this westward march, he mobilized a total of 2000 people from the [-] Black Ice Terraces stationed in Guishuang.

Now these 2000 people have become the eyes and ears of the expeditionary force.

They have deployed a huge intelligence network in Eastern Europe, and a steady stream of information continues to gather here.

Therefore, although Zhang Han didn't go out, he knew the surrounding situation well.

But Zhang Han is also anxious!

Since he left the Western Regions, the situation in the Western Regions has changed three times a day.

First, Dawan merged into Daqin and became Wan County.

Later, Guishuang also announced its attachment to Daqin, although it was not in place in one step, it was merged into Daqin's territory like Dawan.

But Guishuang has opened up all the authority, except for retaining the royal family, it is essentially equivalent to the enclave of Daqin.

Then, the Bendu Kingdom was destroyed, and the territory of the Bendu Kingdom with a radius of thousands of miles was also included in Daqin.

Before Zhang Han led an expeditionary force of [-] to station in Loulan and guard the Western Regions, it can be said that there is no credit but hard work.

But given the current situation in the Western Regions, the title of the Expeditionary Army is no longer worthy of the name.

If you want to continue to maintain a detached position similar to the previous foreign garrisons, you must act.

However, such an opportunity is really rare.

Now the expeditionary army seems to be standing still, like self-cultivation.

However, the daily exchange of information is extremely busy.

Zhang Han immersed himself in these thousands of pieces of information, trying to find an opportunity he was waiting for.

The expeditionary army was far away from the mainland of Daqin, so they already enjoyed the privilege of not being subject to military orders abroad.

Not to mention, Zhao Kun gave Zhang Han the right to act cheaply.

The expeditionary force at this time is like an assassin hiding in the dark.

Waiting for the enemy to appear, waiting for the enemy to make a mistake, waiting for a chance to kill with one blow.

Various arrows are marked on the huge map in front of Zhang Han.

On the map, in the area east of Rome, there are four thick arrows, representing the four legions of Rome that have just been mobilized from the European battlefield.

What this means is self-evident.

What made Zhang Han quite excited was that the Great Qin West Expedition in the Kingdom of Bendu showed no sign of retreating at this time.

Instead, the Western Expeditionary Army continued to advance westward.

According to the news from the expeditionary army, the forward scouts of the Western Expeditionary Army have crossed the northern part of the Black Sea and arrived at the area within [-] miles of the eastern border of Rome.

This behavior is very dangerous.

This is almost a naked declaration that Daqin intends to touch the Roman army.

For the soldiers of Daqin, they were never afraid of fighting, but feared that there would be no battle to fight.

Zhang Han's [-] expeditionary army left their homes and stationed in the Western Regions for so many years, what is the plan?
Of course, relying on the passion of family and country alone cannot sustain it.

Military merit is not only the glory of soldiers, but also the source of food and clothing for soldiers.

Fighting wars, especially big ones, is what they most desire!

In the eyes of people from other countries, the Great Qin army has worked hard on an expedition, and it only relies on more than 20 troops in the Western Expedition Military Region. If it is against Rome, it will definitely be a hard and tough battle, and there is a high probability that it will lose.

But Zhang Han didn't think so.

You know, if there is a war with Rome, how can Daqin only have the Western Expeditionary Army available?
His own expeditionary force, as well as the [-] Great Qin Navy in Xibal, are not for nothing!
According to the recently collected information on the Roman army, Zhang Han believes that if a real fight is fought, Rome will definitely lose if it only relies on a few legions.

After staring at the map for a while, Zhang Han sighed.

The war is not going to start yet, and he just looks at the map to satisfy his eyesight.

Right now, there are more important things that need him to deal with.

"General, Shan Yu, the old Xiongnu, is asking for an audience outside the camp~"

Walking out of the camp, a personal guard stepped forward and said.

"When did he come?"

Zhang Han smiled and asked casually.

"An hour ago."

Zhang Han nodded and motioned for the guard leader, the old Shan Yu, to come over.

Today's Huns have long lost the arrogance and hostility they had in the north.

Shan Yu looked like a hero of a generation, but when facing Da Qin, he was humbled to the extreme.

However, the old Shang Shanyu came here today, and things were not simple.

Thinking of this, a sneer appeared on the corner of Zhang Han's mouth.

After a while, the tall and burly old Shang Shanyu walked over quickly.

When he came to Zhang Han, the old Shang Shanyu solemnly bowed to Zhang Han.

"Is there something important for you to come here this time?"

Zhang Han's tone was neither salty nor weak, and he asked the question knowingly.

"General, I heard that after Bendu destroyed the country, Shangguo intends to relocate people to the nearby capital. I would like to ask, is the Huns also considered by Shangguo?"

The Kingdom of Pontus has completely become history.

Although Daqin has not yet renamed the old land of the capital, the management policy has already been established.

The method given by Daqin is mainly based on household registration management.

Artificially divide the people who will live in the old land of Bendu into grades and grades in order to strengthen the management of this place.

This is exactly what the old Shang Shanyu asked.

Seeing his slightly nervous appearance, he knew that this matter was also extremely important to the Huns.

(End of this chapter)