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Volume One: The Young Eagle Spreads Its Wings Chapter 475: Battle for Hegemony in the Mediterranean

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    Good friends meet each other late.  This meeting between Li Yuan and Hannibal came at the right time. Although the two parties did not understand each other's languages ??and had to rely on translators to express their respective meanings, every word and look in each other's eyes could be understood by the other party.  Meaning, this vision of a strategist cannot be understood by people below this level.  For a long time, Li Yuan has been like a lonely leader, leading a group of young boys in the Qin State to fight fearlessly. His decisiveness and ability made the enemies fearful and the soldiers cheered, and again and again  Behind the glory and victory, Li Yuan had to experience the loneliness of being at a high place.  An exchange of ideas.  Rather than a fusion of emotion or body, the young, beautiful and lovely woman gave Li Yuan physical enjoyment, but lacked some resonance at the spiritual level.  Hannibal served as the administrator of Carthage. This comprehensive ability to manage a country cannot be understood by people who have never been the head of a country. The collision of ideas made the communication between the two parties very smooth. When it came to the conversation,  Finally, even Li Zhongxiang, who had been listening to the lecture, joined the discussion.  After balancing the thirty-six oasis countries in the Western Region, Li Zhongxiang gradually got rid of the narrow view of being a military general and began to focus more on politics, economy and other levels. This time, Li Yuan decided to let Li Zhongxiang accompany him.  He sent troops to Egypt with the intention of handing over northern Africa and the eastern coast of the Mediterranean to the management of this famous Qin army general.  The collision of Eastern and Western thoughts on military operations achieved face-to-face, direct communication between people for the first time. This surprised Li Yuan and Hannibal and kept talking until late at night.  It¡¯s dawn the next day.  The lights in Li Yuan's house began to go out. Hannibal, who had put aside his scruples, then introduced Li Yuan to Li Yuan in detail about the customs, customs and the situation of the people in power in the countries along the Mediterranean. These details are impossible to record in history books.  Even if there were some records of this in a museum in any Western city, it would be impossible for Li Yuan, an Oriental, to know this.  The weather, the right location, the right people and the right people.  This is what war is all about.  For the Qin State who came from afar, it currently does not have these three aspects. If it only relies on its strength to fight the Romans, even if it wins in the end, it will still be a castle built on the sand dunes. One day it will be huge.  The empire will be blown down by a gust of wind.  In this regard, Alexander¡¯s Macedonian Empire already has examples in front.  Li Yuan didn't want the good situation created to end due to his eagerness for quick success.  Moreover, unlike Alexander, Li Yuan was still young. He was only thirty years old and had a lot of time to manage the western territories.  He is familiar with the situation in the Mediterranean countries and is willing to provide intelligence to Qin.  In addition, Hannibal, who had no real power, was undoubtedly an ideal partner. As for whether Carthage would be revived under Hannibal's leadership in the future, Li Yuan did not consider it. The rise and fall of a slave country was not something that a single person could do.  Around.  No matter how powerful Hannibal was, he could not stop the internal decay of Carthage, a declining kingdom.  If its roots have rotted, then no matter how much fertilizer is applied, it will not be able to bring it back to life.  In the next few days, Hannibal was treated as an important guest by Li Yuan and placed in the military camp. As the conversation deepened, the relationship between Hannibal and Li Yuan became more and more harmonious.  "Dear Your Majesty, your army is going to capture Alexandria. Judging from the current situation, it will be very difficult unless the Qin army can block the port first and cut off the Egyptians' supply routes." Hannibal stood on the restored  In front of the sand table, Point pointed at the distribution of troops on both sides and said.  Li Yuan smiled and nodded, and asked: "Our Qin navy cannot do this. I wonder what kind of help General Hannibal can provide?" Hannibal's analysis was good. There is a port channel, and Ptolemy  In the fifth generation, you can attack when you advance, and you can defend when you retreat.  It can be said to be invincible. Even though the Qin army now occupied almost the entire Egypt, as long as Alexander did not fall, the flag of the Ptolemaic Kingdom would not fall.  When Hannibal saw Li Yuan's question, his eyes lit up and he smiled and said: "Dear Your Majesty, you are a smart man who knows who is the enemy and who is a reliable friend. Although Carthage has lost to the Romans now, our  In his hands, there are groups of merchant ships across the sea. If they are dispatched, they can block the port. In this way, in less than ten days, Ptolemy V will be trapped in the city without supplies. Therefore, I, Iga.  In the name of the administrator of Taiji, I request your Majesty to agree to a strategic alliance between our two countries to fight our common enemy." Li Yuan laughed. Hannibal's suggestion was already within his expectation: "The alliance is a matter of course.  Let¡¯s discuss it further. General, why don¡¯t you tell me how many warships Carthage can dispatch and how confident it is to blockade the port?¡±bsp; "Your Majesty, Carthage can dispatch more than 150 triangular collision warships. As for the time, it depends on the situation after I return to Carthage?" Hannibal took a deep breath and said  .  "Okay. I will be waiting for good news from the general in Cairo." Li Yuan nodded.     Alexander port.  It is a semi-meniscus-shaped harbor. At its exit, as long as there are large warships blocking the channel, it is impossible for the ships inside to break out.  The Egyptian fleet was much smaller than that of Carthage. In terms of naval combat capabilities, the Romans ranked first and Carthage second. As for the Egyptians, they could only rank fourth or fifth.  , the sixth level.  The weak Ptolemaic Kingdom has been far behind the Mediterranean countries in terms of military strength. The only thing they are counting on now is that Queen Cleopatra can summon reinforcements from Rome.  Therefore, the Carthaginians must block the Ptolemaic fleet before the Romans.  ¡ª¡ª.  The war in the Mediterranean.  As the Qin army opened up new battlefields in Egypt, it fell into an increasingly wider scope.  Whether it is the powerful Qin and Romans, the weak Greeks and Thracians, or the Macedonians and Egyptians who are immersed in the glory of the past, they are all ups and downs in this battle for hegemony that affects the entire ocean.  . ?? Philip IV¡¯s duality made him eventually lose the support of the Qin people. Li Yuan had no good impression of this so-called ally who only wanted to take advantage of himself and was unwilling to pay.  The sun has set on Macedonia.  Qin has now found new partners in the Balkans and the Greek Peninsula. Due to its weak strength and weak internal cohesion, the Greeks are more dependent on the powerful Qin.  Under the call of Dikar and Gemisius, the students of Lyceum College are crossing the Aegean Sea in batches and arriving at the place where the Eastern civilization they yearn for exists.  Unlike ordinary Greeks who were not familiar with external affairs, those who could be sent to academies in this era were all aristocratic children.  Their arrival not only gave Qin a group of available talents, but also won the support of the upper-class Greek nobles behind them.  For the Greeks, the glory of their ancestors is deep in their hearts. They want to restore its glory, but they can't find a way out. Although the Macedonians inherited Greek culture, Alexander's successors obviously didn't even have the ability to hold on to their territory.  Nor do they have it, and expecting them to revive Greece is just a fantasy.  The threat of the Romans was just around the corner.  The war under the city of Pella could spread to the Peloponnese at any time, and as a close neighbor, the Greeks feared Rome for centuries.  Weak knots resist strong ones.  Unite the majority and isolate the minority.  This is the law between countries throughout the ages.  This is the policy implemented by the Qin State in the Mediterranean area. For the Qin State, the Jews, Greeks, and Carthaginians, these once powerful and now declining peoples, are natural allies. Supporting them is tantamount to allowing Qin State to survive in unfamiliar lands.  The West has its own pair of eyes.  The strong will eventually take the initiative in this competition.  In the northern Balkans, the Roman army's siege of the city of Pella gradually became clear as the weather got warmer. After all, the Alps could not stop Scipio's enthusiasm for expanding the territory, as he said when he took the oath:  The future of Great Rome was to own the entire Mediterranean, not just its western half.  The old consul Fabian compromised.  The young generals in the Roman army and a considerable number of generals in the army supported Scipio, which made Fabian very helpless. A new generation replaced the old ones. For the Romans, Scipio, the battlefield hero, brought great success to Rome.  A breath of fresh air suddenly blew open the door of the old arena.  When Cleopatra arrived at the Macedonian coast, Scipio's siege of Pella was coming to an end. At Scipio's insistence, Fabian agreed to send additional reinforcements, and the Roman naval fleet was launched on March 3.  In late September, the sea channel exit from Pella to the Mediterranean was blocked, and Philip IV fell into despair.  By April, the residents of Pella, who were short of food, began to surrender to the Romans one after another. In the face of survival and honor, most people chose the former.  The army that Philip IV hastily organized to defend the city also gradually disappeared in this wave of fear. At first, only a small team disappeared, and then, hundreds of people in the entire team disappeared. Not only that  , these soldiers also took away the weapons he was carrying.  April 20th.  The outer city of Pella was successfully captured by the Roman army, while Philip IV hid in the tall castle in the city, trying to trap the beast and fight.  Belongs to this??The days of the Doomsday King were numbered, and he never imagined that as a descendant of Alexander, the greatest emperor of Macedon, he would one day end up like this.  Who is to blame?  Do you blame the Romans?  No matter how much Philip IV cried and cried, it was impossible to shake Scipio's determination to destroy Macedonia.  Do you blame the people of Qin for refusing to save them?  Li Yuan had no friendship with Philip IV, but Ptolemy V and Antiochus III, who had friendship and connections with him, were trapped in an isolated city and the other had long since died at the hands of the Qin army.  .  PS: I¡¯ve been asking for votes for a whole day, but I didn¡¯t see anyone voting, as expected.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  Tears ran.
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