Saint Qin Batu

Chapter 475 The End of Rome

Outside of Taixifeng, a dark camp surrounded the entire city on three sides.

It's too fast, even if it is an undeclared war, the speed of attacking the city is really too fast!
As a general of the Republic, Anthony, with cold sweat on his forehead, looked at the Qin army whose number far exceeded his estimate, feeling very disturbed.

"Report to the general! There is indeed no trace of Qin's ambush in the west." At this time, a voice rang in Anthony's ear.

"Are you sure?" Anthony asked with a straight face.

"Sure!"

Although Anthony's appearance was scary, the soldier's tone was still firm.

"Strange..." Anthony murmured silently in his heart.

This is the third time he has sent people to investigate.However, the three waves of people gave him exactly the same answer.This puzzled Anthony.

If you want to destroy the enemy, why leave a way out for the enemy?

This question has been lingering in Anthony's mind for a long time. If the battle is really unfavorable, should he abandon Ctesiphon and retreat to Damascus along this road?
Not only is Anthony thinking about this problem, even those ordinary soldiers are thinking about it too.

Surrounding three and missing one, the most basic common sense in the Chinese art of war, has become a difficult problem in the eyes of the people of the Roman Republic.

Of course, the reason why the Qin army was able to go all the way was that apart from the unpopularity of Rome for building the canal in the past few years, the psychological attack tactics of besieging three and missing one also played a huge role.

Taixifeng was once the capital of the Parthian Empire. Although it has rarely been repaired in the past ten years, it is still extremely strong.

Moreover, the fighting will of the Romans was indeed not much worse than that of the soldiers of the Qin army.

When the two sides come and go, Qin Jun can't take much advantage.

"Your Majesty, we can't delay like this any longer. Our army has more than 40 people, which is nearly twice as many as the Romans. The newly conquered city has not built a straight road, and the pressure on food is a bit high! If not Divide the troops and capture some cities in the north first, so as to recharge the army!"

In the Qin army's central camp, Han Xin, who had grown to be almost on an equal footing with Li Muping, said with a hint of reminder.

On the seat above, Bai Qi looked at the sand table below, but remained silent.

After a long time, Bai Qi said firmly: "Regardless of whether or not we can conquer Ctesiphon, we must surround it for at least three months!"

Han Xin opened his mouth, hesitant to speak.

"General Han, since Your Majesty has already made a decision, we should follow it." At this time, Li Mu, who is also Bai Qi's right-hand man, persuaded softly.

Seeing that Bai Qi and Li Mu both said that, Han Xin didn't say anything more.

Han Xin's idea is not wrong, if it was in the past, Bai Qi might do the same.However, neither Han Xin nor Li Mu knew that Bai Qi had received Ying Zheng's order and was waiting secretly.

The days of the siege seemed extremely long for both the Qin army and the Roman army.

Although the Qin army was facing huge logistical pressure, and many generals were quite puzzled, under Bai Qi's prestige, no one dared to complain.

Day by day, counting the past, it is getting closer and closer to the three months that Bai Qi said.

Along the coast of the Red Sea, the few small towns that could still be seen are now only weathered wreckage.

"Whoosh!"

A huge wave slapped on the huge ship's side, making a loud noise.

"Father, there are still less than ten days' voyage to reach the canal. After arriving, it will not take long before we can reach Damascus."

On the deck of the big ship, Wang Ben stood respectfully beside Wang Jian, and said patiently.

"Well, I see." Wang Jian nodded and said.

Wang Jian, who had the best reputation in Qin Kingdom, was still fighting in the past ten years.

After crossing layers of mountains, Wang Jian led more than [-] Nanling troops, and arrived at a land with fertile soil.

That's right, what Wang Jian set foot on was India.

It's just that although India has a good culture at this time, its military strength is paramount, and it is far behind the Qin army.

This time, Yingzheng attacked Rome with the whole country, how could it be possible that Wang Jian did not have a share?
Therefore, when Wang Ben's army marched to India, Wang Jian also led the army to board the ship.

The mouth of the canal was once a wilderness on both sides of the canal, but now there is a rudimentary shape of a city.

The Romans were good at doing business, so they naturally had a keener sense of business.Therefore, the profit-seeking Roman merchants bought their own land on both sides of the canal very early.

However, what they didn't expect was that this huge canal, unprecedented in Rome, had only been built for a few months before the war broke out.

And with the outbreak of the war, the canal, which originally had the meaning of a thousand sails passing through, suddenly had only a few sails left.

"There is a boat!"

In the early morning, a shrill, almost trembling voice sounded.Immediately thereafter, there was a loud noise in the street.People ran out of town without even getting dressed.

Sure enough, the hazy black shadow became more and more obvious in the vast sea fog.

"It's a big ship! A big ship!" The excited voice sounded again. They knew that after waiting for so long, another ship from Qin State finally arrived.

They don't care about the war between Rome and Qin, they only care about silk, the silk that can bring them wealth.

Looking at the big ship they had never seen before, although they were a little shocked, the shock was quickly forgotten.

"Squeak!"

The ship under the operation of the mechanism technique slowly sailed out of the thick sea fog.

At the bow of the ship, Wang Ben also saw the cheering Roman businessmen.

The flag of the Qin army is very obvious, and even such a large ship can be recognized as coming from Qin without a flag.

Although the merchants were cheering for the arrival of the Qin people, Wang Ben snorted coldly with disdain: "Businessmen are after profits, and they don't know the hatred of the country!"

"The ballista is ready!" Wang Ben waved his hand and issued an order.

"Crack! Kick! Kick!"

There was a sound of machine guns coming from above the sea.

The cheering business travelers couldn't help being stunned.However, immediately after they saw a scene that made their hair stand on end.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

After a burst of rapid drumming, giant arrows with a length of one foot flew towards them.

The specially made crossbow bolts were originally designed to deal with Roman ships.Although the range is far, but the lethality in the face of the crowd is not much.

This shows how low the status of these business travelers is in Wang Ben's heart.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

A series of boat planks were built on the piers on both sides of the canal.Immediately afterwards, the Qin army, which had already been prepared, slowly set foot on this land.

Wang Jian raised his head, and after confirming the direction, he pointed his finger and said lightly, "Let's go!"

Looking at the army heading north, Wang Ben didn't stop too much.

Hundreds of huge ships set sail again, heading towards the Mediterranean Sea.

(End of this chapter)