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Volume One: The Young Eagle Spreads Its Wings Chapter 485: The Final Battle

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    The southern tip of the Apennine Peninsula, Sicily.  The hurricanes on the sea are coming together one after another. This super storm is formed when the warm current from the Atlantic Ocean enters the Strait of Gibraltar. For the Mediterranean Sea, which is suffering from the cold current of Siberia in the north, the intersection of warm and cold air currents is the most terrifying and terrible thing.  In Palermo, a small port at the eastern end of the island, more than a dozen flagless ships are moored in the port to avoid the wind and waves. On the messy pier, there are all kinds of goods piled up, including silver flowers, rum and wine from Carthage.  Ivory, wine from the Iberian Peninsula, silk from the East, enough to load six large merchant ships.  On the edge of the low pier, in a small bar built against the mountain, the cheers, shouts and women's screams were deafening.  "Brothers, have a good drink. When this storm passes, we will go out to sea to steal his mother's happiness, haha¡ª¡ª!" The pirate leader Greer is a strong man with a big beard. He is in his thirties.  The body is strong, the nose is red, and the protruding muscles on the arms show strength beyond ordinary people.  "Big boss, there is already a lot of cargo on the dock. Should we take action earlier so that our brothers can enjoy their craft?" Beside Greer, a thin pirate who was half bent over asked respectfully.  "There is no rush. Commander Crassus has an order. The Qin people are secretly building warships in Troy. We have captured the warships of those yellow-skinned monkeys. Then we will return to the large fleet together and wait for the great consul to give us the manor and slaves.  And the beautiful Gallic women¡ª¡ª!¡± laughed Greer.  "Gaul woman, I want ten, no, twenty." The thin pirate shouted excitedly, a pair of triangular eyes showing a lustful light.  "Pixius. You're such a skinny guy, you can't handle twenty women, so let's forget it. How about giving fifteen of them to your brothers?" The thin man's bold words caused a burst of laughter from all the pirates.  This group of Palermo pirates were the ones responsible for repeatedly robbing merchant ships of money and goods in the Eastern Mediterranean. They were originally a squadron of the Roman naval fleet and were secretly dispatched to Sicily by Crassus three months ago.  then.  A skeleton pirate fleet headed by Grell appeared on the Mediterranean Sea.  The raging storm lasted for more than twenty days.  In early March, Greer's pirate fleet finally set sail again, heading towards the Aegean Sea and the east coast of Anatolia. Greer was full of confidence in this voyage. In the past few trips to sea, he  The pirate fleet can be said to span the sea.  No opponents were encountered.  This time, of course, there is no regular meeting. Based on Greer's experience, the Qin people's so-called new fleet cannot be built in four or five years. It only takes half a year to build the Qin fleet. It is just an empty frame.  There is no possibility of going out to sea to fight him decisively.  ¡ª¡ª.  Constantinople.  A meeting of senior generals of Qin's Western Expeditionary Army is being held. This is after Li Yuan returned to the east coast of the Mediterranean from Chang'an, he convened the generals to make important military deployment adjustment decisions.  Switch from defense to offense.  This is the general tone of this meeting.  After a winter of hibernation, Li Yuan not only looked rosy, but also felt confident.  The arrival of the third batch of reinforcements gave Da Qin's Western Expedition troops, which were stretched thin, the strength to move further west.  Faced with the provocation of the Romans, Li Yuan shouted for the first time the slogan of decisive battle in the city of Rome and capturing the Coliseum.  Lei was excited. As a young general who had just arrived in the west, he met many famous generals of the Qin army whose names he had only heard but never seen. Luo Jia, who commanded the cavalry, Li Zhongxiang, who was famous in the Western Regions, as well as Gan Yong and Huan Chu  , Cao Xin, Zhou Ping, Yang Yu and other twenty-eight generals of the Qin Dynasty who have been recorded in history.  "One day, I, Lei Fei, will become one of them. One day, Lei Fei's name will be embedded in the merit list of Da Qin. One day, the people of Da Qin will remember my merits.  Traces!" Lei Bei's heart was up and down, and beside him, Li Shang, one of the Eight Horses of Huainan, was also young.  "Your Majesty, if we want to compete with Rome, we must first gain maritime hegemony in the Mediterranean. Otherwise, even if the Jews, Greeks and Egyptians form an alliance with us, they will have doubts and will not work hard. What's more serious is that this  In recent days, the pirate fleet supported by the Romans has been rampant, and if we don't crack down on it, the merchants may not be able to survive," Huan Chu, the defender of Dongyang City, said worriedly.  Dongyang is located at the hub of the Western Silk Road. During this period, the number of goods transshipped from Haifa Port decreased significantly, and the passing Jewish merchants complained repeatedly.  After forming an alliance with Qin, the Jewish merchants had already obtained the benefits of tax reduction and exemption, but now they have obviously forgotten this and are begging Qin to do more for them?  Li Yuan sneered, nodded and said: "General Huan said it well, Dongyang City's low tax policy?It has been implemented for a year. After you go back, you can increase the tax rate by one level. If the Jewish merchants cause trouble, tell them that the newly collected taxes will be used by our Qin army to fight against pirates.  " "In addition, the situation in other cities will also be implemented accordingly.  As for the fight against piracy, I would like to ask General Gan Yong to talk about the countermeasures in detail.  " Li Yuan's words cheered up the generals of the Qin army. The murderous intent in his words made them feel that this time, Li Yuan had truly made up his mind to fight the Romans. " Gan Yong took a big step after hearing this.  Before stepping forward, to his left and right, Hu Zhe and Luan Bu had already taken the lead and unveiled the sand table model of the route covering the eastern Mediterranean Sea. A sea chart is a must for naval battles. An accurate chart can not only help one's own fleet occupy  The advantageous position can also avoid the enemy's pursuit when the war is unfavorable. Judging from the map of the sea area displayed by Gan Yong, he and his soldiers have not stopped advancing these days. "Your Majesty, everyone.  General, please take a look - this is a map of the sea area in the eastern Mediterranean centered on the Greek island of Crete. Based on the analysis of the previous hijackings of merchant ships, the pirate fleet's activities are mainly concentrated at the southern end of the Peloponnese Peninsula.  There are several small islands here with many harbors, which are suitable for hiding. The pirates may have hidden nearby beforehand, and then suddenly appeared to plunder when they found the merchant ships passing by. Therefore, our battle plan is -!  " Gan Yong's tone was calm, and there was no other expression on his dark face other than calmness. But as soon as he finished speaking, the expressions of the Qin army generals who heard them changed one by one. Catch them all! Gan Yong and the others  The plan was actually prepared to annihilate the pirates in one fell swoop. How is this possible? With the current strength of the Qin fleet, it is lucky to be able to maintain a confrontation in the naval battle. If the tactics are used properly, they can at most defeat a few.  "Your Majesty, the pirates have succeeded several times. They are very arrogant now. I am sure that as long as we lay enough bait, those pirates will definitely catch the fish."  Come.  "Gan Yong said resolutely. Li Yuan pondered for a while and asked: "I basically agree with your plan. However, it is not an easy task to encircle and annihilate a notorious pirate fleet. The choice of the ambush location must be very careful.  Caution is not a person you trust and understand. If you can't use it, don't use it. As for the cooperation of the Tianlei Army, there is no problem. I will pull out a thousand people from the Chinese Army and give them to you. As for how to use them, it depends on you. But  There is one thing, this battle can only be won, not defeated -!  " "The general will wait and obey the order!"  We will take the lead in this battle, and we will never withdraw our troops until we behead the enemy chieftain!  "Gan Yong, Hu Zhe, and Luan Bu responded excitedly. "Tianlei Army Troops. It has always been the most mysterious branch among the Qin Army. Its organization and number are the most hidden among the tribes. Among the cold weapons  The inclusion of gunpowder weapons in the era is inherently cheating. If the recipe for making gunpowder is leaked and the opponent masters this cutting-edge technology that transcends the era, the Qin army will lose its final trump card.  In terms of the number of times it was used, Li Yuan always used it, but once it was used, it was a shocking and devastating blow. A pirate fleet was just a puppet driven by the Romans, and Scipio released it to attack merchant ships.  The first is to undermine the prestige of the Qin Army, and the second is to see the Qin State¡¯s trump card. If the Qin Navy is indeed lacking in strength, there is no need for the Tianlei Army to show its presence now. Of course, in order to boost the spirit of the soldiers and maintain the relationship.  With the confidence of the alliance forces, this siege and annihilation operation planned by Gan Yong is necessary. The decisive battle with the Romans is imminent. Even if the Tianlei Army is exposed, it will not matter. If the battle can be ended perfectly, the Romans will know that the Qin army is in the hands of the army.  With secret weapons, there was nothing we could do in a short period of time. ¡ª- On March 4, more than 30,000 soldiers of Cao Xin¡¯s army left Constantinople and marched toward the west along the mountains and hills of the Balkans.  This action greatly alarmed the Roman general Peterius who was guarding the western part of the peninsula. As an old rival, no one among the Roman generals knew the strength of the Qin army in Constantinople better than him. The entire Balkan Peninsula was high.  The strength of the Gauls is about 20,000. However, due to the internal military system of the Roman Republic, the Gauls do not belong to the direct lineage of Rome, but are mercenaries. Peterius cannot count on Scipio to be able to send troops in a short time.  Reinforcing themselves, after all, weakening the strength of the Gauls is also what the Romans hope for. The most practical possibility is that Scipio will wait until Peterius's troops are almost equal to the Qin army before sending troops. By then, both the Gauls will suffer.  Neither the Qin nor the Qin could be a match for the powerful and well-recharged Roman army.p; "Hey, if it doesn't work, let the Thracians take the lead for a while. Anyway, these simple-minded barbarians don't need it in vain. Don't they want to regain the lost land and city? Then show off well."  Peterius thought about it again and again, and finally made a judgment that he thought was feasible.  After the Thracians surrendered in Ardesilia, the remaining troops dispersed, and a considerable part of them defected to the Romans. They were treated as slaves of the Gauls in peacetime. Now this slave army will be sent to the battlefield and become two great powers.  Cannon fodder for war.
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