Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

If necessary, His Royal Highness can take them all away. "

Zhao Qian glanced at Wang Jian and found that Wang Jian shook his head, so he smiled and said, "What do we want these captives for?

I just want to make sure that these captives are not going back to Rome anytime soon. "

Hamilcar translated Zhao Qian's words to the elders of Carthage, and then these elders had a little conflict of opinion.

"The Romans also returned our Carthage captives before. Now if we don't agree with the Romans to redeem the captives, it would be morally inadequate."

"Morality?

The Romans have already crossed the Mediterranean Sea with an army of one hundred thousand, and almost destroyed our Carthage. What morals are you talking about? "

"Okay, stop talking nonsense. If anyone wants to object, go and ask the [-] musketeers under His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

The last sentence was very effective in stopping all voices of opposition, and Hamilcar quickly expressed the consensus of all the elders in Carthage.

"His Royal Highness, dare to ask, is the Han Dynasty planning to destroy Rome?"

Zhao Qian nodded with a smile, and said, "Yes, you should also know that our Great Han Kingdom actually has another army, which has already gone on land to the Apennine Peninsula where the Romans are located."

This army was talking about Xiang Yan. Just as Zhao Qian was sailing from Egypt to Carthage, Xiang Yan had already arrived at the Asia Minor peninsula and started a war of conquest against Greece.

Greece was conquered, then the Balkans, and then the Apennines.

According to Xiang Yan's previous prediction, if all goes well, Rome may be completely destroyed next year, so what Zhao Qian said is really not a lie.

After hearing Zhao Qian's words, Hamilcar breathed a sigh of relief.

If the Han Kingdom had no plans for Rome, it would be difficult to justify Carthage's detaining Roman prisoners.

But now that the Great Han Kingdom has set out its chariots and horses to destroy Rome, Carthage can stand firmly on the side of the Great Han Kingdom without any scruples.

Hamilcar said very happily: "Your Highness, please rest assured, your opinion will be thoroughly implemented by us Carthaginians, and these Roman captives will be reduced to slaves. They will spend the rest of their lives as slaves." It will never be able to pose any threat to the Han Kingdom and Carthage!"

Zhao Qian nodded slightly and said with a smile: "So, now should be the time for us to celebrate our victory?"

After a day of fighting, Zhao Qian was actually a little hungry.

After being stunned for a moment, Hamilcar immediately laughed heartily: "What His Royal Highness said is very true, please come with me, we will not return tonight until we are drunk!"

Zhao Qian glanced at Wang Jian beside him, and said with a smile, "General Wang Jian, I agree tonight that you can stay together without getting drunk!"

Wang Jian also showed a smile when he heard the words, and said, "Your Highness, since you have agreed, why don't you ask me a little more?"

Zhao Qian was a little puzzled: "What request?"

Wang Jian pointed to a young girl who was waving enthusiastically not far away, and said with a smile: "I am a little tempted by this woman, I don't know Your Highness." Zhao Qian was dumb for a while, and then laughed out loud: "Unexpectedly, General Wang Jian likes her." It turned out to be exotic, well, I'm sure!"

Amidst the booing of the crowd, Wang Jian strode up to the girl. After hesitating for a while, he took out a dagger from his waist and tentatively handed it to the girl.

The girl froze for a moment, then smiled like a flower, took the dagger and jumped into Wang Jian's arms.

The booing of the crowd suddenly surpassed the sky.

Looking at this scene, Hamilka couldn't help laughing with emotion: "That's the most beautiful and precious daughter of our Elder Humil. Unexpectedly, General Wang picked this flower."

Hearing this, Zhao Qian glanced at the smiling elder not far away, and laughed loudly: "You Carthaginians are indeed smart people!"

For Zhao Qian, this night was destined to be full of alcohol, joy and wildness.

The next day, when Zhao Qian, who had a splitting headache, slowly opened his eyes and found that there were three young women lying on his bed, he was also a little dazed.

"Isn't that too much?"

Before Zhao Qian could react, the three young women stood up one after another as if they had received some order beforehand, helping Zhao Qian change his clothes and wash his hands.

Zhao Qian was a little uncomfortable at first, after all, even in the imperial palace of the Great Han Kingdom, his queen mother Tian Wan always asked the princes and princesses to support themselves as much as possible.

But alcohol is a good thing that can anesthetize people, so Zhao Qian, who has a splitting headache, can only let go of his hands soon, and let these three beautiful and considerate girls, who also gave him their virginity, do whatever they want up.

Finally, when Zhao Qian regained consciousness again, he found that he had already put on the expensive clothes that belonged to the nobles of Carthage.

A young girl held what looked like a crown, and said a few words to Zhao Qian gently, as if asking for Zhao Qian's permission.

But the problem is that Zhao Qian doesn't know what she's talking about either.

Zhao Qian hesitated for a moment, then glanced at the other two girls beside him, and found that they seemed to be looking forward to it, and they were a little nervous, as if they were afraid of being rejected by Zhao Qian.

Zhao Qian shrugged his shoulders and said seriously: "It's okay, I will take care of it, come on."

Zhao Qian thought it must be some kind of engagement ceremony, but he didn't mind accepting a few concubines.

The three girls immediately became overjoyed. They happily put the golden crown on Zhao Qian's head, and then all three of them stepped back and knelt down towards Zhao Qian.

When Zhao Qian saw this, he was also a little surprised: "It seems that the status of these Carthage women is much lower than that of our Huaxia women. Huaxia couples pay attention to a case, but there is no such thing as a wife kneeling to her husband. "

However, Zhao Qian's personality is still very good, so he quickly got up and helped the three girls up one by one.

After doing all this, the three girls immediately surrounded Zhao Qian and left the room.

After leaving the room, Zhao Qian discovered that he had slept in a palace yesterday, and there was a huge square outside.

What surprised Zhao Qian was that there were already a lot of people in the square at this moment, such as the many Carthage elders, generals and officials that Zhao Qian met yesterday.

Moreover, everyone's expression is very serious and solemn.

A very old man who looked like a priest walked up to Zhao Qian with the help of Hamilka.

Zhao Qian was a little puzzled, he looked around, and soon saw Wang Jian.

Wang Jian put his arms around the woman who "begged" with a dagger yesterday, smiled and nodded to Zhao Qian.

Zhao Qian finally realized that something was wrong, he said to Hamilka in front of him: "Old Ha, what is this situation?

Why did you all come here, are you waiting for me? "

Hamilcar smiled slightly, and said solemnly to Zhao Qian: "His Royal Highness, all the priests, elders, generals, officials and people of the Republic of Carthage are here today to send you a request, hoping that you can be crowned as King of our Carthage.

From now on, all Carthaginians will be loyal to you without any second thoughts! "

After saying this, Hamilcar was the first to kneel down.

Behind Hamilka, everyone in the entire square knelt down towards Zhao Qian in unison.

This time Zhao Qian was really confused, he finally understood why all the things after waking up looked so strange!Looking at all the Carthaginians who were kneeling in front of them, it would be a lie to say that they were not moved, but Zhao Qian said hesitantly: "I am the prince of the Han Kingdom, how can I be the king of other countries?"

Hamilcar hurriedly said: "Your Highness, please rest assured that your becoming the king of Carthage does not conflict with your status in the Han Dynasty. If you wish in the future, you can merge Carthage into the Han Dynasty at any time." country, and become a part of the Great Han Kingdom.”

Only then did Zhao Qian realize that these Carthaginians had been going around for a long time because they just wanted to join the Great Han Kingdom!Zhao Qian waved at Wang Jian. There was no one else to discuss this matter with Wang Jian.

After Wang Jian walked over, Zhao Qian said, "General Wang Jian, do you think this is okay?"

Wang Jian nodded without thinking: "No problem."

Zhao Qian said: "But I am worried about my father's side." Wang Jian laughed and said seriously: "Your Majesty often said that subjugating an army without fighting is the highest state of war. Isn't Your Highness practicing this now?

I can assure you that not only will His Majesty not be angry after learning about this matter, but he will even praise His Majesty instead. "

After finishing speaking, seeing that Zhao Qian was still hesitant, Wang Jian couldn't help laughing again: "Your Highness, you are blindfolded by the name of these kings, don't even think about it, Your Majesty even has such a vast Han Kingdom The territory is willing to be passed on to you. As for the small land of Carthage, will His Majesty really take it to heart?

What His Majesty wants is the whole earth! "

Zhao Qian just woke up like a dream, and patted Wang Jian's shoulder forcefully: "If it weren't for General Wang Jian's guidance, this palace would really be in a cocoon this time."

Zhao Qian turned his head to look at Hamilcar, and said with a smile, "I am willing to accept your title of King of Carthage, come on."

Hamilcar was waiting for this sentence, and he was naturally overjoyed when he heard it, and turned his head and shouted at the Carthaginians in the square behind him in Carthaginian.

"From today onwards, the Republic of Carthage will be changed to the Kingdom of Carthage, and our new ruler is the one in front of you, the crown prince from the invincible Han Dynasty, the ally and savior of the Carthaginians, the death knell of the Roman Republic His Majesty Zhao Qian, the greatest king of Carthage!"

In an instant, cheers resounded throughout the square.

Trembling, the old priest took off the wreath from the top of his head, and hung the wreath on Zhao Qian's right arm like a bracelet.

According to Carthaginian tradition, this scene symbolized the concern and approval of the Carthaginian gods for the matter.

Starting today, Zhao Qian has become the most undisputed king in the entire Carthage!Zhao Qian took a few steps forward and came in front of everyone.

Seeing the scene where everyone knelt down and cheered for him, Zhao Qian couldn't help being a little excited and emotional.

A real man is born in this world, so it should be!Zhao Qian stretched out his hand and pressed it, motioning for everyone to be quiet.

Everyone fell silent immediately.

Zhao Qian smiled and said, "I know, you won't be able to understand my king's words for the time being, but that doesn't matter.

Hamilcar, repeat what I said. "

Hamilcar nodded quickly.

Zhao Qian coughed and said loudly: "The Carthaginians will enter a new era starting today.

As a business-loving nation, you will become a part of our great Han country like a fish in water.

You will have an unprecedentedly vast market, and you will be protected by an unprecedentedly powerful army!You will be extremely grateful for today's wise decision and will become an inseparable part of Huaxia.

Be proud of yourself today!Great Carthage, great Han, great China! "

The next moment, thunderous applause and cheers sounded, completely submerging the sky above Carthage city!

Chapter 1311 Xiang Yan conquers Greece and Macedonia

Zhao Qian's speech obviously won the approval of many Carthaginians.

But frankly speaking, considering the existence of Wang Jian and [-] Musketeers, whether or not the Carthaginians agree is not too important.

Now that a new king has been produced, a celebration banquet is naturally indispensable.

At the banquet, Zhao Qian looked at Hamilcar, whom he had appointed as the chief minister of Carthage, and couldn't hide his doubts in his heart.

"Old Ha, you kept saying that you didn't want to be loyal to our great Han country, why did you change your mind now?"

Zhao Qian is not a fool, of course he can see that Hamilcar definitely played a very important role in the process of the Carthaginians' allegiance this time.

Hamilcar also smiled after hearing Zhao Qian's words, as if he had already thought that Zhao Qian would ask such a question.

"To tell you the truth, from the very beginning to the present, I have always been loyal to Carthage, but now the entire country of Carthage has joined the Han Kingdom, isn't it?

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Zhao Qian froze for a moment, then shook his head with a smile: "You old man, you are really slippery!"

Hamilcar also laughed out loud, and then replied seriously: "Actually, I really didn't have such an idea at the beginning, or until the decisive battle broke out.

But... frankly, that war changed everything. "

Of course Zhao Qian knew that what Hamilcar was talking about was the decisive battle on the coast yesterday, and said: "So, you made the decision after you had truly seen the power of the Musketeers.

of? "

Hamilcar nodded seriously, and said: "Musketeers... are really the scariest arms I have ever seen. I can't think of what kind of arms there are in this world."

Can resist the power of this musketeer.From that moment on, I knew that the Carthaginians would either perish under the guns of musketeers, or they could only join the Great Han Kingdom

, became part of the Han Kingdom. "

Zhao Qian raised his glass with a smile: "Very wise choice."

Hamilcar also raised his glass and said seriously: "I hope it is not too late for us to join Carthage."

Zhao Qian laughed out loud, and said very seriously: "It's never too late to join."

Just when Zhao Qian had completely conquered Carthage, a war was about to break out thousands of miles away in the eastern Mediterranean.

There is a sea area in the northeast of the Mediterranean Sea, where the Balkan Peninsula of Europe and the Asia Minor Peninsula of Asia face each other across the sea. This sea area is the homeland of the Greeks.

Some people call this sea area the Aegean Sea.

Xiang Yan stood on the deck of a large ship, staring at the Aegean Sea in front of her.

Behind Xiang Yan, hundreds of large ships are sailing across the Aegean Sea, heading towards Greece in the west.

The move of the Han Kingdom to request ships from Carthage is actually just a kind of suspicion. In fact, as early as Zhao Kuo personally conquered and destroyed the Seleucid Empire, Alexander and Antioch

The shipyard in the big city has been running at full speed non-stop.

Relying on the almost overflowing manpower and material resources of the Han Kingdom, when Xiang Yan planned to cross the Aegean Sea with [-] Musketeers, he already had a total of [-] large and small warships.

Ship.

At this moment, a burst of alarm sounded.

"It's an enemy warship!"

"It's a fleet!"