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Volume One: The Young Eagle Spreads Its Wings Chapter 472: Attacking Egypt

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    The Romans lost.  Of the five Roman soldiers on the island of Krall, four were killed on the beach. One panicked and tried to swim across the sea to escape. As a result, he drowned in the sea due to lack of physical strength.  Peterius¡¯ face was stiff.  He never imagined that the strong Gallic warriors would be defeated in this small team competition, and the Qin people's cunning and shamelessness left him speechless.  Cao Xin, a rich man with a kind face, was just a guise. Peterius was deceived by his face from the beginning.  In desperation, Peterius had to order more than 490 soldiers under his command to drop their weapons, take off their armor, and then left in disgrace.  Cao Xin was very happy to win the competition, and Zhidu, who had made great contributions, was even more generously rewarded. According to the conditions for meritorious service in the military title system, Cao Xin ordered Zhidu to be promoted to lieutenant colonel in the army and lead a team of  A special force composed of 3,000 elite soldiers. The main task of this army is to hone its ability to survive in harsh environments.  ¡ª¡ª.  The Romans retreated.  This is good news for the Qin army on both sides of the Bosphorus Strait.  Troy.  An abandoned port city located at the easternmost end of the strait, the former city of heroes is bounded by the Dardanelles Strait to the north and the Asia Minor Peninsula to the west. It is located at the foot of the gentle Castle Mountain.  This place briefly controls the Dardanelles Strait, through which almost all merchant ships traveling between the Aegean Sea and the Black Sea must pass.  Such an important place gradually declined in the long years after the Greco-Persian War.  The heroes of Troy.  Hector, Paris, and Nestor have all turned to dust.  Even the fortified city walls that once daunted the Greeks were left in ruins.  As for the beauty Helen who caused the Trojan battlefield.  Yu has long been turned into a pile of bones and skeletons, and is unknown to be buried underground in Greece.  The sixteenth year of the Qin Dynasty, March.  This forgotten place began to look different with the arrival of the Qin army.  Teams of Qin soldiers built houses and tents in the ruins here. They ate and slept in the open air, and they paid silently.  The purpose is to build a Mediterranean fleet belonging to Qin.  If you want to gain a foothold in the Mediterranean.  It is impossible not to know how to sail. In history, whether it is the Persians, Macedonians, or Turks, they have been invincible on land, but they have never been able to truly incorporate the Mediterranean into their territory.  And the only one that really did this was the Roman Empire.  The Roman fleet could span the entire Mediterranean, attack Carthage on the south coast, attack the Egyptians in the southeast corner, and even leave the Strait of Gibraltar.  Start heading north to the English Islands.  For naval battles.  The people of Qin have never been very good at it. The old Qin people, who started from the interior of Guanzhong, are far less familiar with boat riding than riding horses. This is not because the Chinese people have a fear of the sea, but Qiaqia is a dynasty in China.  Most of them were initiated by the North, and very few were founded by the South.  The real man will establish the country immediately.  Learn naval warfare and shipbuilding techniques.  This is what the Qin people must do. Now, Qin is building a commercial port with the Jews in the Haifa Bay area. In order to compete for hegemony in the Mediterranean, the Qin army needs a military port as a home port.  After some inspections and inspections, it was found that the general of the Qin army in Troy was Gan Yong, whom Li Yuan trusted most, and his lieutenants were the two thieves generals who used to roam Juyeze: Hu Zhuan and Luan Bu.  .  Hu Zhe and Luan Bu performed outstandingly in pacifying the war in the south, but with the fall of South Vietnam, they lost their usefulness. At the beginning of the Western Expedition, facing the vast desert, these two soldiers who were accustomed to fighting in Zhouji  The bandit chose to follow his old master Peng Yue to enjoy peace and happiness in the south of the Yangtze River.  However, he is different from Peng Yue, who is nearly sixty years old.  Luan Bu and Hu Zhen were in their prime, and it was a bit unfair to ask them to eat and wait for death all day long. This time, the Qin army recruited troops for the second time, and the two strong men from Guandong who were unwilling to be left alone decided to step forward again.  The sea and the lake.  They both belong to waters, but there are many differences, such as wind and waves, reactions after drowning, and ship maneuvering. These problems were placed in front of the three Qin army generals, making them frown one by one.  This time, although Cao Xin made the Romans retreat, there is no guarantee that the decisive battle between Qin and Rome will come next time.  At the same time, in addition to the Qin generals from the Central Plains and Guandong, a familiar and surprising figure appeared in Troy.  Greek scholar Gemisius also came to Troy with his disciples. According to him, he came to excavate and inspect the ruins of this ancient city. However, as GemisiusAsius appeared more in the newly built docks, and these technological elites from ancient Greece also began to join the plan to build a new fleet.  ¡ª¡ª.  The other direction.  In the desert between the two river basins and the Red Sea, groups of Qin cavalry are rapidly marching to the southwest. Their goal is the Sinner Peninsula area located on the Red Sea.  As the central city in the west of Qin State, Xin'an City's status is unshakable. In order to give this city a sense of security like Chang'an, Li Yuan decided to open up a new corridor in the south.  This corridor extends along the Yemen Sea and the Red Sea along the Persian Gulf. From this, the Qin army's military front also began to touch the northern coast of Africa.  " Seizing the rich areas along the Mediterranean coast of Africa before the Romans was an important decision Li Yuan made after learning about the crisis in Constantinople.  Since sooner or later you will have to fight to the death with the Romans, you must be prepared first. The Nile River area in Egypt has been the birthplace of civilization since ancient times. It has enviable wealth. It has always been a place that the Romans longed for, and for  For the current Qin State, occupying Egypt is equivalent to guarding the gateway to Xin'an City. If this key point is lost, the Roman army can set off from the Nile River at any time and march along the Sinai Peninsula to the Gulf of Haifa and the Euphrates River.  Of course, there is another reason why Li Yuan decided to fight on multiple fronts, and that is that the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt is now at its weakest period.  I will kill you while you are sick.  Li Yuan would not make the stupid mistake of Song Xianggong who was selfless and waited for the enemy to cross the river. This time he decided to lead the army to conquer Egypt.  The few days of comfort have long since made the horse king tired. Although there is a little beauty Yan Feng to relieve his boredom, it is not Li Yuan's style to waste his days every day.  In this expedition to Egypt, the Qin army was divided into two groups. One group was led by Li Yuan, starting from Xin'an City, crossing the Saudi Peninsula in a straight line and marching towards the Sinai Peninsula. The other group was commanded by Li Zhongxiang and led by Jews as the main force, supplemented by Qin people.  The mixed forces marched toward Egypt along the Dead Sea Mediterranean Corridor.  The Second Route Qin Army was massive and claimed to have a strength of 200,000. The news reached Alexandria, the capital of the Ptolemaic Dynasty, and immediately scared Ptolemy V, who had just taken power, into a cold sweat.  This young Egyptian king is only 18 years old. He ascended the throne at the age of five, but his real power was controlled by the ministers in the court. It was not until he married Queen Klippa Otra I last year that he took advantage of the queen's lineage.  Strength, eliminate those dissidents one by one.  Egypt has been in civil strife for more than ten years.  The situation in the country is also deteriorating. Not only is agricultural production stagnant, but the civilization and technology that we have always been proud of are also gradually declining.  The Qin State has entered the Iron Age, the Romans are also walking on the highest peak of the Bronze Age, and the Egyptians are still stuck in the period of alternation between primitive pottery and bronze ware. Many soldiers in the Ptolemaic dynasty's army have  Wooden clubs and bone spears are even still used now. Although bronze weapons are also available, only those officers can enjoy this special treatment.  Under such a huge disparity in power.  The encounter between the Qin army and Ptolemy's army was of no narrative value. In the eastern part of the Sinai Peninsula, Li Yuan's 30,000 cavalry defeated Ptolemy's nearly 50,000 army with just one charge.  Then, the Qin army pursued the defeated troops from Sinai and crossed the Nile River until they captured the city of Cairo.  Cairo in this era.  It is not yet the capital and largest city of Egypt. It is just a centralized tomb area where pharaohs of all ages are buried. In addition, due to its geographical location on the plains of the lower reaches of the Nile River, it has gradually become a gathering place for residents to trade goods and goods.  It is not surprising that small towns like Sandi are dotted along the Nile River.
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