strictlysupreme Chapter 581 The confidence brought by the turtle shell
Chapter 581 The confidence brought by the turtle shell
The tortoise-like fortress on the Roman border with super-defensive power gave Carthage inspiration.
Some Carthaginian soldiers and generals even thought that these fortresses could compete with the Qin army.
Hearing the adjutant's words, even Hannibal felt a glimmer of hope in his heart.
Maybe they can really rely on these fortresses to repel the Qin army, which is known as the most powerful in the world.
"Your Excellency, according to the report from our spies in Daqin and Rome."
"Because His Royal Highness Prince Ying Yu of Daqin has just married Princess Sophie of Rome, and his other prince and side concubine is pregnant with a child, so the whole country of Daqin is immersed in a festive atmosphere, basically Impossible to leave the army."
"In order to celebrate their princess Sophie's marriage to Daqin, Rome also carried out various celebrations. Even the Roman army stationed outside our defense line relaxed a lot because of this."
"Your Excellency, you didn't plan to lead our Carthaginian army to capture the land of Rome, or even their capital, but now is a good time for our Carthaginian army to attack!"
The adjutant said excitedly.
"Having said that, we must not be careless. The reason why the Roman garrison allowed us to make a surprise attack so easily last time was because we were skeptical, but the main reason was that they lacked a capable The general who presides over the overall situation."
"At that time, Scipio was busy implementing his New Deal and had no time to take care of the situation of the Roman garrison. This made it so easy for us to catch him all in one go."
"Now that Rome has lost an important border fortress, a large area of Roman land is directly exposed to our Carthaginian army, and even their Roman capital is in danger. In such a dangerous situation, no matter how busy Scipio is with political affairs, Had to take over command of the army again."
"If the current Roman army is led by Scipio, based on what I know about him, how could his cautious character make the Carthaginian army so relaxed?"
"Therefore, it is very likely that Scipio is learning and selling now, deliberately showing flaws, in order to deceive our Carthaginian army, thinking that today's Roman army is relaxed and lazy, and it is easy to break. In fact, this is very likely. It’s just their appearance, but they are actually well-trained and prepared for a long time, just waiting for our Carthaginian army to be fooled.”
"I did say before that after our soldiers have adjusted their physical condition and everyone is familiar with the various facilities in the fortress, we will launch an attack on Rome."
"But the situation in Rome is still unclear. If we attack rashly, we may fall into Scipio's trap."
"Today we are no better than before, even if we lost before, we could retreat back to the Carthage defense line.
But since we disregarded Rome's status as the mother-in-law of Great Qin and occupied the border fortress of Rome with tricks, it means that we have offended Great Qin and the most powerful country in the world. "
"In such a situation, our group of nobles in Carthage, who are greedy for life and fear of death, immediately sent envoys to send various priceless tributes to Daqin, even to express to Daqin that this matter has nothing to do with them , They have even announced that we are traitors and traitors, depriving us of our identity as Carthaginians."
"That is to say, now we have no country and no way out. Once we fail, we will lose everything!"
"Since the risk is so great, it's better to delay for a few days and observe the situation in Rome first."
Hannibal shook his head and said with a serious face.
As old opponents who have been fighting each other for several years, Hannibal's understanding of Scipio is basically the same as his understanding of his left and right hands.
Scipio's army has always been rigorous and cautious. As long as the enemy army does not reveal its flaws and is not fully sure of winning, he will never rush out of the army, but will choose to hold on and not wait for the opportunity to come.
And as long as he made a mistake once, Scipio would never make it again next time. His style was very similar to that of Lian Po, the famous general of Zhao before the unification of Qin Dynasty.
This is also the reason why the Carthaginian army was obviously stronger than the Roman army, but it was still unable to gnaw this hard bone, and even suffered repeated deflation when facing the Roman army.
Therefore, when he heard his adjutant say that the current Roman army is very relaxed, Hannibal was not excited, but a strong sense of vigilance arose in his heart.
Because his first thought was not that this was an excellent fighter, but a trap set by Scipio.
After hearing Hannibal's words, the adjutant immediately became anxious.
"However, the Roman army is indeed loose now, and the lights in their camps are getting less and less day by day, which means that many Roman soldiers have fled or left on vacation. These are our spies lurking in the overall situation of Rome. What I have seen with my own eyes is definitely not fake.”
"And it doesn't matter even if this is Scipio's trap. Even if our Carthaginian army is really fooled, Daqin is still full of joy, celebrating the wedding and opening of His Royal Highness Crown Prince Yingyu. There is no time to pay attention to the battle on our side."
"As long as Daqin's reinforcements haven't arrived, the weak combat effectiveness of their Roman army can't change the outcome of their defeat at all."
"Ten thousand steps back, even if Daqin's reinforcements suddenly arrive, we can retreat to the fortress immediately. With the strong defense function of the fortress, as long as we can't hold on, I believe that even the Daqin army will have nothing to do."
The adjutant analyzed the pros and cons of attacking Rome to Hannibal in detail.
After listening to the adjutant's analysis of the situation, Hannibal's originally frowning brows began to relax slowly, and his eyes sparkled involuntarily.
Yes, so what if this is Scipio's trap?
The combat effectiveness of the Roman army today is far inferior to their Carthaginian army. The Roman army has almost never won a victory in a frontal battle with their Carthaginian army.
Even before, Hannibal had almost been in a frontal battle several times, leading the Carthaginian army to directly wipe out all the Roman army.
If it weren't for the group of Carthaginian nobles who were worried that he would destroy the Roman army and refuse to provide material support, the Roman army would have been gone. How could they survive to this day?
Later, the reason why the Roman army was able to compete with their Carthaginian army was entirely because their Roman border fortress was too strong.
In addition, Scipio was there, so the stalemate between them took so long.