Capturing Pera City and ending the eastern military power Macedonia, the Roman nobles who had increasingly high support in the country, hoping to gain benefits in expansion began to call on the old consul Fabian to give up his position. Coupled with Cleopatra's daily entanglement, Scipio's self-confidence was even more expanding.

The threat from the Qin people was gradually forgotten by Scipio. An outsider from the far east could not gain a long foothold in the Mediterranean.

The sight returned to Egypt.

After Hannibal made an alliance request to Li Yuan, he immediately set off to return to Carthage without wasting time. For him, the time for regaining power had arrived. The Romans' surveillance and the heavy taxes of the Romans made the Carthages feel humiliated. Hannibal, who was welcomed by ordinary people, did not lack supporters.

Northern Africa.

A large group of Carthage uprising teams composed of black slaves gathered in Carthage from all directions. This was an unexpected and unexpected mass awakening movement.

And its origin.

It was because Hannibal's close friends and others were deliberately spreading the news that Rome wanted to increase taxes everywhere, the humiliation of the second defeat, the glorious light of the past, and the plunder of a large amount of wealth, which caused the Carthaginians to explode after silence.

April 24th.

The Carthage people marched into the capital in a vast army. Along the way, various manor groups responded, especially in the handicraft workshops in Carthage, a large number of young craftsmen took to the streets, shouting Hannibal's name, and they wanted to welcome their heroes to return again.

Rome's supervisory officials were panicked.

Most of the people Fabian trusts are old and experienced bureaucrats who are easy to deal with power and tricks, but they often have few solutions when dealing with emergencies such as public riots and lack the courage to stand up.

Just two days.

The consuls, tax officials and others sent by the Romans were driven away, and Carthage returned to the embrace of freedom. When Hannibal returned to the city and stood in front of the temple again, tens of thousands of Tyres cheered.

"The people of Carthage and my brothers who fought side by side with me, I, Hannibal Baccar, are back. The Romans cannot defeat us because we have reliable and powerful allies - the Great Qin from the East." Hannibal raised his right hand, clenched his fists and shouted.

"Great Qin. Great Qin!" The Carthaginians shouted repeatedly, although many of them had no idea what the word Great Qin meant.

"Do you know? The Qin army has conquered Egypt, and on the Balkans, they have also let the Roman Gaul Legion escape in a panic. From today on, we Carthaginians will no longer fight alone, and we will no longer have reinforcements, and we will no longer have to worry about revenge. Because, the Roman court is in danger, they are already unable to take care of themselves under the attack of the Qin army, so we must take action and reorganize a Carthaginian army. Are you willing to join?" Hannibal's inspirational words were like a storm, which made the hearts of the Carthaginians who had been cooled for a long time warm again.

Public opinion is booming.

The strength of the motherland.

The Carthaginians are the foundation for obtaining peace and wealth. While smirking the past, they sigh that time is no longer there. Now, the opportunity for revival is right in front of them. How can they not be excited?

In just ten days.

Hannibal formed an army of 20,000 people, among which about a hundred merchant ships joined. Although the steering, tonnage and collision capacity of the merchant ships were not as good as the warships with collision angles, the naval battles of this era were basically still within the range of string wars. For the Carthage Navy, which had only ten coastal boats, as long as they were ships, they were eager to requisition them.

April 30th.

Just as the Roman fleet sailed out of the Gulf of Adriatic, Hannibal, who officially took over as the administrator of Carthage, ordered that the newly formed Carthage Navy all dispatched, with more than 150 ships of all sizes and 3,000 soldiers and sailors, set off on anchors and hurricanes that blew into the Mediterranean from the Strait of Gibraltar into the Mediterranean along the Atlantic Ocean, heading straight to Egypt.

wind.

It's in the hands of God.

The Carthage fleet was dominated by people with their own thoughts, and sailed smoothly towards the road of revival. When they arrived at the sea not far from Alexandria, the Roman fleet was blocked by the wind. For the sake of safety, the fleet commander Crassus decided to temporarily turn east and sail to Crete in the Mediterranean Aegean area for rest.

This decision prevented the entire fleet from being destroyed by the storm, but soon after, Crassus was removed from his post as a general because of this seemingly correct decision.

Carthage and Rome.

Competing for blockade or support to the Egyptians. If both sides arrive at the same time, the Carthaginians' plan to block the port will be destroyed by the Romans. If they use bulky merchant ships to fight against the elite Roman fleet, it goes without saying that the Carthaginians will not have a chance of winning.

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Alexandria.

The city was burning in the hot waves, surrounded on three sides, and only facing the port could give this lonely city with hundreds of thousands of people a little comfort.

From March to April, for a whole month and a half, the Qin army's blockade became increasingly tight. There were several places on the land passage that could escape the search of Qin scouts. As the Qin army conquered various parts of the Nile, the flag of the Ptolemy Kingdom was already declining in the eyes of ordinary Egyptians.

Ptolemy V waited hard.

However, the Roman reinforcements he hoped were no longer visible. Not only that, even Queen Cleopatra seemed to have disappeared, and responded to his urging: the Roman fleet was already on the way.

""saohuo", don't think that if you give up on me, you can continue to be the queen. The Romans just treat you as a plaything." Ptolemy V's heart was hated.

My family knows his own affairs.

He knew clearly what Cleopatra was. This woman had just a political marriage and could not have any feelings. At most, she was optimistic about the position of the queen and was in a state of decline. Now that the country was about to fall in love, this woman probably had the idea of ​​seducing the Romans.

"Your Majesty, something is wrong. The harbor, the harbor, was blocked by the Carthage fleet, and our ship cannot go out." Just as Ptolemy V was anxious, another bad news came.

"What did you say? The Carthaginians, where did they come from? Wasn't their fleet taken away by the Romans?" Ptolemy V asked disbelief.

"Your Majesty, it's not a warship, but a merchant ship. Hundreds of merchant ships are blocked at the port exit, and there are Carthaginians on the ship?" Ptolemy, who reported the news, stuttered.

"Carthage, don't they want to live? When the Roman army arrives, these disobedient bastards will be thrown into the sea to feed fish and shrimps." Ptolemy V was frightened and angry.

The news that Philip IV, an old friend, was killed by Scipio, had spread to Egypt. The two allied brothers, Antioch III and Philip IV, left one by one. This gave Ptolemy V a premonition that the huge empire created by Alexander the Great really would not even have the last little blood?

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News of the port being blocked.

Even the disaster spread rapidly throughout the city.

The already anxious city residents are more unstable. They can tolerate being oppressed by heavy taxes and live without dignity and freedom, but they cannot tolerate starving to death day by day.

The supplies transported by ships were small, and the huge number of people in the city was almost a small amount. In addition, the part of the royal family and part of the army that had to be reserved in advance, the remaining ordinary people could really not get much. In Alexandria, the situation of selling children and daughters for food can be seen everywhere on the streets.

Early May.

An expected public riot suddenly came.

Nearly 30,000 hungry urban civilians spontaneously took to the streets and began a democratic awakening movement against hunger and anti-privileges. The original intention of this urban uprising was that the people were not starved to death in order to have a bite of food. Then, in a rage, Ptolemy V suddenly took a trick and ordered the army to be dispatched to arrest and suppress the rioters.

On the 9th, a bloody conflict occurred. Nearly a thousand unarmed Alexander civilians were killed by the army, and countless injured people were injured. On the 10th, the angry civilians organized a larger team of nearly 60,000 people. This time, they no longer had bare hands. The owners of the handicraft workshop opened the warehouse. The workers held the tools of their daily work in their hands. The civilians held the only thing in their homes that could smash people, shouted, and ran, heading towards the palace of Ptolemy V.

Along the way.

The revoltary team was like snowballs, growing bigger and bigger. The troops stationed in the barracks did not obey Ptolemy V's orders as before. This was not because the generals were unfaithful, but because he could not control a team that had already had a disintegration of morale and had more and more deserters.

On the 12th, Alexandria was occupied by the uprising team. Ptolemy V hid in the strong pyramids in the city, closed the tower gate, and tried to resist stubbornly. At the last moment of the country's destruction, the weak king was still fantasizing that his beautiful queen could come back with reinforcements one day.

On the 13th, the Egyptian civilian uprising team selected two representatives and arrived at the Qin army to negotiate. Under the dual pressure of the Qin army and the Carthaginian army, these Egyptians, who had no ambitions, only demanded that the free civil status of the residents of Alexandria be retained. At the same time, the Qin army had the obligation to help them resist the revenge of the Ptolemaic Kingdom and his allies that could potentially be retaliated against the deep-rooted fear of the Ptolemaic Kingdom. The Egyptians had a deep understanding of the deep-rooted fear of the Ptolemaic Kingdom.

Li Yuan was naturally very happy to be able to subdue a great city without any effort. This time, the civilian uprising in Alexandria also gave him a further understanding of the Western concept of democracy and freedom.
Chapter completed!