Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

"Your Majesty, I am willing to follow your command and fight for the honor of you and Carthage!"

Amidst the cheers, Hamilka wanted to say something, but found that there was no need to say anything.

The Han Kingdom is not Carthage after all, something Hamilcar already knew.

Elephants trample ants to death. What else is there to say about this kind of war?

Soon, Zhao Qian issued an order as the king of Carthage: "All the warriors of Carthage gather, and in five days we will cross the sea and go north, first arriving in Sicily

, and then attack the Apennine Peninsula, let the Romans surrender at our feet! "

With the unanimous support of all the elders, a Carthaginian army of 2 men was quickly organized.

Coupled with the original 5000 Musketeers, this time the number of the northward expedition led by Zhao Qian and Wang Jian reached [-].

Amidst the blessings of many elders, many ships of the Northern Expedition Fleet left the coast of Carthage one after another, and went directly north along the Mediterranean Sea.

Zhao Qian stood on the deck at the bow of the ship, staring at the endless sea in front of him, and smiled at Zhao Zheng beside him: "Brother Zheng, you just recovered from a serious illness and took the boat again, are you okay?"

Standing beside Zhao Qian, Zhao Zheng slowly shook his head and said, "Your Highness, don't worry, my body is not that bad."

Zhao Zheng originally followed Zhao Qian all the way west, but when passing through Persia, Zhao Zheng suddenly suffered from dysentery, which made him unable to travel at all. Zhao Qian could only let him stay in Persia to raise his family.

disease.

It is precisely because of this that Zhao Zheng missed the good show of Zhao Qian defeating Rome and being crowned the king of Carthage.

Rome can't keep up.

Zhao Qian patted Zhao Zheng's shoulder with a smile, and said with emotion: "Do you still remember when we were young? We used to say that when we grow up, we will conquer the Quartet together, and now this wish has finally come true!"

Zhao Zheng was silent for a long time, nodded and said: "Yes, let's conquer the world together!"

This is a rare moment for Zhao Zheng to show his emotions.

Since the Carthaginians have rich experience in trade with Sicily, it is said that this trip to the Mediterranean was very smooth.

After a few days of sailing, the land of Sicily appeared in front of Zhao Qian.

Standing beside Zhao Qian, Hamilcar introduced to Zhao Qian: "This was originally our trading colony of Carthage, which is why the war between us and Rome started, but

In the end we failed. "

When speaking, Hamilka's tone was obviously unwilling.

You must know that in the previous war, Hamilcar was actually the commander of Carthage, but in the end he was dismissed because he could not beat the Romans, so Hamilcar

Ka is naturally brooding.

Of course Zhao Qian also knew about this situation. Hearing this, he couldn't help but patted Hamilka on the shoulder and smiled, "Don't worry, as the saying goes, you can get up from where you fell. This time,

Our Han Kingdom is here to support you! "

Hamilka was also very moved at this moment, and felt that it was really good to have someone backing her back.

The landing site this time is also very particular. It is not on the south coast of Sicily near Carthage, but specially landed near the city of Messina in the northeast of Sicily.

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The city of Messina was the direct trigger of the conflict between Rome and Carthage. It was originally a buffer zone between Carthage and Rome, belonging to the ancient kingdom of Syracuse.

all.

But a few years ago, a man named Malmeti led a group of mercenaries to occupy this place, and then Malmeti became the king of the "Messina Kingdom" and became independent from the Syracuse Kingdom.

Stand.

Syracuse was unable to fight against Malmeti, so he asked for help from the friendly ally Carthage. As soon as Carthage sent troops, the Romans immediately stated that Carthage should not interfere in the internal affairs of the buffer state.

Ministry affairs, and then the first Punic War broke out between the two sides for many years.

After the war, the whole of Sicily, including Messina, became the territory of the Roman Republic.

Perhaps the people of Messina had already known the news that the main force of Rome had been annihilated, so they did not dare to go out of the city to fight, but relied on their strong city to think

To stick to it.

Surrounded by a large number of soldiers, Zhao Qian and others also set foot on land with the whole army.

Looking at this scene, Hamilcar could not help but frowned, and said: "Your Majesty, this is going to be troublesome. Last time we spent too much time fighting the city of Messina."

, eventually leading to defeat. "

Zhao Qian laughed and glanced at Wang Jian: "General Wang Jian, what do you think?

Wang Jian said without thinking, "Two days or three days."

Hamilcar was a little puzzled: "What two days and three days?"

Wang Jian said succinctly: "It will take two days at the earliest, or three days later, and this city will be taken down."

Hamilcar: "..."

At this moment, Hamilka's mood was——are you kidding me?

But looking at Wang Jian's serious appearance, how can he be joking?

On the contrary, Zhao Qian breathed a sigh of relief after receiving Wang Jian's assurance, and smiled at Hamilka: "Don't worry, since General Wang Jian has been talking for so many days, then we should

Time to celebrate victory soon. "

Hamilcar was dubious.

Although it is true that he has seen the power of musketeers, Hamilcar himself has practiced muskets for so long in the Han Kingdom, and knows that this weapon is actually used against tall soldiers.

There is no good way to deal with the city wall.

So, how can the Great Han Kingdom be able to break through this city within two days?

Hamilcar relayed the words of Zhao Qian and Wang Jian to the other Carthage elders, and they all had expressions of disbelief.

This matter is completely beyond the imagination of the Carthaginians.

The next day, Wang Jian began to attack the city.

Under Wang Jian's order, many Carthaginian soldiers spent a day filling in a gap in the moat outside the city of Messina.

On the next third day, Wang Jian began to let people continue to brave the arrows and various rolling stones on the city of Messina, and placed enough gunpowder in the city of Messina.

under the wall.

The reason why it was not put into the city gate was mainly because the city of Messina was a traditional European city with a drawbridge, and the city gate was blocked by the drawn drawbridge.

Zhao Qian asked somewhat unsurely, "Is this okay?"

Wang Jian chuckled, and said seriously: "Your Highness, don't worry, there is no wall that cannot be broken in front of enough equivalent."

This is also a sentence that the generals of the Han Dynasty often said when they communicated in private.

Hamilka watched from the side, very puzzled.

What's the situation, just put a bunch of bags under the city wall, and you can break the city?

Next, Hamilcar finally knew the answer.

Wang Jian gave an order, and many arrows that had already been coated with gunpowder flew towards the pile of gunpowder under the city.

"Boom!" There was a loud noise like a landslide, which directly shocked Hamilka and sat down on the ground.

After the soaring smoke and dust cleared, a large section of Messina's city wall had collapsed.

As Wang Jian said, these city walls may have excellent effects when dealing with cold weapons, but they can only be a joke in front of hot weapons.

Hamilcar stood up, looking at everything in front of him in disbelief.

By Hamilcar's side, most of the Carthaginians were in a state of sluggishness.

They really didn't expect that such a thing would happen in this world.

They really didn't expect that they could fight like this in war!

Wang Jian waited quietly for a while, and then said lightly: "What are you waiting for? Send troops and conquer this city."

The next step is street fighting. For Musketeers, this is also the most dangerous stage. The enemy may emerge from all sides of the street at any time to launch an attack.

The probability of killing is too high, which also greatly increases the danger encountered by Musketeers.

So Wang Jian's response method is very simple, that is, the musketeers don't enter the city directly, and let the Carthaginian troops conquer the city, and it is enough to do these dirty jobs.

The Carthaginians have an army of [-], and it is easy to clean up such a core city that is not the Romans.

Hamilcar was the first to come back to his senses, and he immediately shouted: "Hurry up, send the order, let our Carthaginian warriors march, for His Majesty the King!"

Many Carthaginian soldiers also came to their senses one after another, cheered like a mountain and a tsunami, and then rushed towards the city of Messina.

Anyone who is not a fool can tell that the Carthaginians will win this time!

Hamilcar grinned, and said, "Last time, these damned Messinas caused us a lot of trouble. Now, it's time for this damned city to taste my blood.

The wrath of our Carthaginian vengeance. "

Zhao Qian coughed at the side, and said lightly: "No, everything must be done in accordance with the rules of the Great Han Kingdom. You have already told the whole army when you were on the boat.

Anyone who dares to violate it will be killed without mercy. "

Hamilcar paused, and then smiled: "Your Majesty is right, we Carthaginians will follow the rules of the Great Han Kingdom from now on."

Hamilcar knew very well that although there had been repeated orders before, there would still be a group of people who would violate military discipline and be killed.

But what does that matter?Carthage has successfully completed its revenge and has become a part of the powerful Han Dynasty. This is the most important thing, isn't it?

Hamilcar saluted Zhao Qian respectfully and said, "Your Majesty the Emperor, please allow me to participate in this attack!"

Zhao Qian nodded with a smile and said, "Go, go, you must have been waiting for a long time, right?"

Amidst the screams of killing, countless Carthaginian soldiers rushed into the city of Messina. The war there will last for a while, but it will soon be completely over.

The Han Kingdom's conquest of Rome will begin from this moment!

Zhao Qian was in a good mood, glanced at Zhao Zheng beside him, and said with a smile, "Brother Zheng, how do you feel?"

Zhao Zheng was silent for a moment, then shrugged his shoulders: "It's too easy, our Han Dynasty is too powerful, it seems that it's meaningless to fight this kind of battle!"

Zhao Qian laughed out loud, and nodded in agreement: "Yeah, when a person is too strong, it's really meaningless!"

The capture of the city of Messina was of course only the beginning for Zhao Qian and Wang Jian.

After learning the news that the city of Messina had been conquered, the Roman defenders in the entire Sicily were shocked.

You must know that the location of Messina is very critical. It can be said that it has guarded the key point between the Roman mainland and Sicily.

The Roman defenders in the war became rootless apples.

In the next ten days, Zhao Qian led the [-] troops under his command to sweep across the entire island of Sicily, destroying and capturing all the Roman defenders.

Afterwards, Zhao Qian boarded the ship again and headed for the Apennine Peninsula mightily.

It is actually very close from the city of Messina to the southernmost tip of the Apennine Peninsula, but after discussing with Wang Jian, Zhao Qian made a very bold decision.

"Let's go straight to Rome!"

Due to the particularity of the Apennine Peninsula, although the city of Rome is in the middle of the Apennine Peninsula, it is also a seaside city!

For this decision, of course Hamilka couldn't understand it at first, because this way of fighting alone going deep into the enemy's base camp is simply too stupid.

If it is successful, the entire army will be wiped out due to lack of supplies.

Facing Hamilcar's question, Wang Jian asked a question very calmly: "How many days do you think the city of Rome can block us?"

Hamilcar seriously recalled the process of conquering the city of Messina, and then stopped talking.

The city of Rome may be more difficult to defeat than the city of Messina, but it took only three days for Wang Jian to defeat Messina. Considering the proficiency of Carthage, it is estimated that it will take four or five days to defeat Rome.

time.

Four or five days is indeed enough.

After thinking it over, Hamilcar suddenly became excited again.

Where is Rome?That was the land of Longxing in the Roman Republic, and it was also the capital.

As long as the city of Rome can be conquered, the Roman Republic will be instantly "beheaded" by the Carthaginians. Will there be any resistance in the future?

As a result, the expeditionary fleet was mighty and mighty. After resupplying directly from Sicily, it rushed all the way along the coastline to the city of Rome non-stop.

Three days later, the expeditionary fleet began a large-scale landing on the coast near the city of Rome.

Since the main fleet and army of the Romans were captured in the battle outside Carthage not long ago, the Romans could only watch helplessly as the expeditionary fleet landed.