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Volume One: The Young Eagle Spreads Its Wings Chapter 491: Anti-Rome Alliance

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    The Qin army pressed forward step by step.  The predicament of the Balkan war situation put the Romans in a dilemma.  A year and a half ago, the Roman Senate cheered for the annihilation of Macedonia, a powerful country in Eastern Europe. A year and a half later, they found that they were not much better than King Philip IV of Macedonia.  Under the republican system, the size of the Roman military was restricted, and the standing army was only maintained at about 100,000 people. This was also the reason why the army's response was somewhat slow when problems arose in Carthage and the Balkans.  "An order is given to the governors of each province to recruit one hundred thousand soldiers in preparation for the decisive battle with Qin, no later than July." Scipio stood at the highest point of the arena and issued the first order since taking office.  The young consul looked grim. He wanted to use military expansion to warn the conservative forces in the Senate and tell them not to make small moves behind the scenes.  At the same time, Scipio also wanted to give some color to the invaders from the east, but his idea was destined to be in vain.  Unlike Rome, which conscripted troops in a hurry, Li Yuan's mobilization order for the third western expedition had been issued a few months ago. The arrival of 100,000 Qin soldiers also caused the black flag on the east coast of the Mediterranean to flutter in the wind.  In June, notices for Roman recruitment of mercenaries were posted everywhere in various towns on the Apennine Peninsula and in newly occupied provinces such as Gaul and Iberia. A large number of landless yeoman farmers and mercenaries joined Rome.  In the army, the shadow of the imperial era is coming step by step.  After the battle between Fabian and Scipio, the Roman republican system began to collapse.  The strength of military politics and the rapid expansion of the army.  This further intensified the contradiction between slave owners and civilians in Rome.  ¡ª¡ª.  Troy.  The sea was calm in June, and a few seagulls flew by at low altitude, occasionally grabbing one or two fish from the sea, then quickly flapping their wings and flying towards their nests on the coastal cliffs.  A fleet appeared on the endless sea. The smoke of the sea battle in April had dissipated. Lei, who had just recovered from his injuries, was leaning on the mast.  His face was a little pale, and around him, the Qin soldiers looked at him in awe.  The undersea battle with Greer earned Lei the title of the most courageous general in the Qin Navy.  Next, the Great Qin Navy will meet the Roman fleet, the real powerhouse on the Mediterranean sea. It can be imagined that Lei Fei has a heavy burden on his shoulders.  On the pier.  Shenwu Emperor Li Yuan looked excited.  From time to time, he looked at the sea and walked back and forth. The red tassel on his head floated slightly backwards in the sea breeze. When the armor robe was lifted, it made a slight sound. As a commander-in-chief who had experienced several battles.  He has rarely been in such a restless situation.  On land, Great Qin¡¯s cavalry and infantry were powerful enough to fight almost unrivaled in this era, but at sea, Qin¡¯s navy was just an inexperienced teenager.  You need to prove yourself through battles with powerful opponents again and again.  The Great Battle of Crete was a battle to rectify the name of the Qin Navy based in the Mediterranean.  "Your Majesty. Look, our fleet is back. The heroes of the Great Qin Navy have returned home." Compared with Li Yuan, the young staff officers of the Great Qin Army around him were obviously more excited. In terms of actual combat, this naval battle was caused by  Gan Yong's command was completed, and the deduction and planning of the entire campaign were designed by the staff officers of the military headquarters.  A long whistle broke the peace of the military port.  This was Gan Yong's flagship's declaration of returning home victoriously. The response was the thunderous sound of war drums from the welcoming team on the shore. Compared with the ecstatic Qin army officers and soldiers, the people in the crowd were attached to them from all over the Qin Dynasty.  The representatives of the forces had different expressions and performances.  The Carthaginian envoy stared at the approaching fleet, with a big mouth and the most exaggerated expression. As an old rival of the Romans, no one knew the details of Greer's pirate fleet better than them. Carthage  The base navy has repeatedly been defeated by the Romans, including the pirate leader Greer, and now, the skeleton fleet traveling across the Mediterranean has been defeated by a new recruit who has been in the army for less than a year.  Representatives of the Jewish Chamber of Commerce and the Alexandria Chamber of Commerce in Egypt looked happy. As the most powerful chamber of commerce exploited by pirates, they finally have a chance to feel proud.  With the protection of the Qin fleet, at least on the east coast of the Mediterranean, Jewish and Egyptian merchant ships no longer have to be afraid.  The representative of the Thracian tribe, the young Spartacus put his hands in the diagonal pockets at his waist and twisted his fingers back and forth. Lei Qui's heroic feat made him feel envious and excited. If he wanted to  To gain recognition from others, you have to take risks that others dare not take. As he thought about it, Spartacus' heart was beating strongly in his chest.  The entire welcome ceremony lasted for an entire hour, and the normally neglected city of Troy was like it was a thousand years ago.Just like the city of heroes who dared to resist Greek civilization, ancient heroes such as Hector, Paris, and the Amazons reappeared one after another. They were neatly dressed and just waiting for an order.  June 11th.  After more than twenty days of negotiations, Qin and all the forces in the Mediterranean reached a package agreement to jointly fight against Rome. In this agreement, Qin, as the leader of the alliance, will take the initiative to assume the important task of military confrontation with Rome. This important task is not only  It was to maintain the existing borders and also included the further claim of occupying all Roman territory.  As for the remaining parties, they are obliged to bear the corresponding military expenditures incurred in fighting Rome. The two large business groups of Judaea and Egypt bear 60% of the costs, and the remaining 40% is provided by Persia and Egypt.  It is divided among the Thracian, Parthian, Bactrian, Wusun and other ethnic groups.  Compared with these tribes who lacked military protection, in this alliance, Carthage made a commitment to attack the Roman mainland from the west coast of Africa, that is, along the Iberian Peninsula. Consul Hannibal obviously had no intention of attacking Rome.  The last failure was still lingering in his mind, and he wanted to prove himself in the same way again.  ¡ª¡ª.  The northern part of the Black Sea.  The quiet Don River flows slowly through the gentle plains and into the Black Sea. On the grasslands, groups of cattle and sheep lazily hide in the shadows under the summer sun, enjoying a rare peaceful time.  From an unknown place, one or two howls of saber-toothed tigers were heard, causing the herbivores to panic.  It¡¯s getting dusk.  Suddenly, a heavy sound of horse hooves shook the ground, causing the animals to prick up their ears. Soon, out of instinctive reaction, cattle, sheep, wolves, as well as single saber-toothed tigers, prairie bears, etc. quickly moved toward the ground.  Running in the same direction, where the animals trampled, the grass fell to the ground.  In the afterglow of the setting sun, groups of Daqin cavalry were dressed in uniform black armor and flying banners with gold rims. They were like black mountains slowly moving westward. Their speed was not fast, but there were tens of thousands of them.  The cavalry pressed forward neatly, but it gave people an invincible sense of tension.  "Han!" Among the generals of the Qin army, there were many named Han, and only one of them was the most famous: Han Xin.  Han Xin, who fought independently on the Siberian steppes, finally succeeded in driving the Slavs out of the east of the Ural Mountains this summer after three years of repeated campaigns. Now, the Qin cavalry is unstoppable.  Continue to press and conquer westward.  The remnants of the East Slavs and Huns living in the Don and Volga rivers have begun to be forced to migrate. Their westward migration, like the great migration of animals on the African grasslands, triggered the Saxon, Germanic, Visigoth and other people living in the  Chain reactions among primitive tribes in eastern and northern Europe.  Of course, this process will not happen all at once. New battles will break out between the Huns, East Slavs, Germans, Visigoths and other ethnic groups, and it is still unknown who will lose.  In real history, this great migration that affected the entire Europe would not happen for more than two hundred years. The cause at that time was that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty defeated the powerful Xiongnu tribe, which triggered the Huns.  A wave of ethnic annexation that led to westward migration and the integration of various tribes in the Asian continent.
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