The Qin army pressed forward step by step.

The dilemma of the Balkan war put the Romans in a dilemma. A year and a half ago, the Roman Senate cheered to annihilate Macedonia, a powerful Eastern European power, but a year and a half later, they found that they were not much better than the Macedonian king Philip IV.

Under the republic system, the size of the Roman soldiers was restricted, and the standing army was only maintained at about 100,000. This is also the reason why the army's reaction was a bit slow when problems arose in Carthage and the Balkans.

"Issued an order to the governors of various provinces that in order to prepare for a decisive battle with Qin, 100,000 soldiers must be recruited, no more than July at the latest." Scipio stood at the highest point of the arena and issued the first order since his reign. The young consul looked cold and he wanted to use military expansion to warn the conservative forces in the Senate and tell them not to make small moves behind their backs.

At the same time, Scipio also wanted to give the invaders of the East a little color, but his idea was destined to be a mirror and water splash. Unlike Rome, which was rushed to recruit troops, Li Yuan's third mobilization order for the West was issued a few months ago. The arrival of 100,000 Qin soldiers also made the black flag on the east coast of the Mediterranean flutter in the wind.

In June, in various towns and towns on the Apennine Peninsula, in short-lived provinces such as Gaul and Iberia, Rome's notice of recruiting mercenaries was also posted everywhere, and a large number of self-cultivated farmers and mercenaries who had lost their land joined the Roman army. The shadow of the imperial era was coming step by step.

After the struggle between Fabian and Scipio, the Roman republic system began to shaky. The strength of military politics and the rapid expansion of the army further intensified the contradiction between slave owners and civilians in Rome.

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Troy.

In June, the sea is calm and the seagulls are flying by at a low altitude, occasionally grab one or two fish from the sea, and then flap their wings quickly and fly towards the nest on the coast cliff.

A fleet appeared on the endless sea surface. In the sea battle in April, the smoke of gunpowder had dissipated. Thunder, who had just recovered from his recovery state, was leaning on the mast. His face was a little pale. Around him, Qin soldiers threw a look of awe at him.

The undersea fight with Greer won Lei as the title of the No. 1 brave general of the Qin Navy. Next, the Qin Navy met the Roman fleet, a real strong man in the Mediterranean. It is conceivable that Lei Quilt has a heavy burden on his shoulders.

On the pier.

Emperor Shenwu Li Yuan looked excited. He looked around the sea from time to time, and the red tassels on his head floated slightly backwards under the sea breeze. When the armor robe was twitching, it made a slight sound. As the commander who had experienced several battles, he rarely had such a recession.

On land, the cavalry and infantry of the Qin Dynasty were strong enough to almost fight all the times without any opponents, but at sea, the Qin Navy was just an inexperienced boy. It needed to prove itself through repeated battles with powerful opponents. The sea battle on Crete was the righteous battle of the Qin Navy in the Mediterranean.

"Your Majesty. Look, our fleet is back, and the heroes of the Qin Navy are back home." Compared to Li Yuan, the young staff of the Qin Army around him are obviously more excited. In actual combat, this naval battle was completed by Gan Yong's command, and the deduction and planning of the entire battle was designed by Sima, the staff officers of the Central Army headquarters.

A long whistle broke the peace of the military port. This was Gan Yong's flagship's declaration of victory to return home. In response to this, the thunderous sound of war drums made by the welcome team on the shore. Compared with the ecstatic Qin soldiers, the representatives of the attached forces from various places in the Qin Dynasty in the crowd had different expressions and different expressions.

The Carthage messenger stared at the approaching fleet, with a big mouth and an exaggerated expression. As an old rival of the Romans, no one knows better about the details of Greer's pirate fleet than them. The Carthage navy has repeatedly become a defeated general under the Romans, including the credit of Greer, the pirate leader. Now, the skeleton fleet that was rampant in the Mediterranean has been defeated by a new recruit who has been in power for less than a year.

The Jewish Chamber of Commerce and the representatives of the Chamber of Commerce in Alexandria, Egypt, looked glad. As the most powerful chamber of commerce exploited by pirates, they finally had the opportunity to be proud. With the protection of the Qin fleet, at least on the east coast of the Mediterranean, Jewish and Egyptian merchant ships no longer need to be frightened.

The representative of the Thrace tribe, the young Spartacus, put his hands in his slanted pockets around his waist, twisting his fingers back and forth. The heroic behavior of the quilt made him feel envious and excited. If he wants to get the affirmation of others, he has to take the risk that others dare not do. While thinking, a heart in Spartacus's chest was beating vigorously.

The entire welcome ceremony lasted for an entire hour. The city of Troy, which Surrey was usually neglected, was like the city of heroes who dared to resist Greek civilization a thousand years ago. Hector, Paris, Amazon female warriors and other ancient heroes reappeared again. They were dressed neatly and waited for a command.

June 11th.

After more than twenty days of negotiations, Qin and the Mediterranean forces reached a package agreement to jointly fight Rome. In this agreement, Qin, as the leader of the alliance, will take the initiative to shoulder the important task of military confrontation with Rome. This important task is not only to maintain the existing borders, but also to further claim to occupy all of Rome's territory.

As the rest of the parties, they are obliged to bear the corresponding military expenditure incurred in order to fight Rome. The two large merchant groups in Jewish and Egypt bear 60% of the expenses, and the remaining 40% will be shared by multiple ethnic groups such as Persia, Thrace, Anxi, Daxia, and Wusun.

Compared with these tribes that lacked military protection, in this alliance, Carthage made a promise to attack Rome alone from the west coast of Africa, that is, along the Iberian Peninsula. Consul Hannibal was obviously worried about the last failure and wanted to prove himself in the same way again.

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Northern Black Sea.

The quiet Don River slowly flowed through the gentle plain and poured into the Black Sea. On the grassland, herds of cattle and sheep lazily hid in the shadows under the summer sunlight, enjoying a rare peaceful time. In somewhere, one or two saber-toothed tiger howls came, causing the herbivores to panic.

It is 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, the cattle, sheep, wolves, and saber-toothed tigers, grassland bears, etc. quickly ran in the same direction. Where the animals stepped on, the grass fell on the ground.

In the afterglow of the sunset, teams of Daqin cavalry were wearing unified black armor and under the banner of gold-edged edges, and were slowly moving westward like black mountains. Their speed was not fast, but tens of thousands of cavalry were neatly pressed over, giving people a sense of invincible tension.

"Han!"

Among the Qin generals, there were many of them with the surname Han, and the only one most famous one was Han Xin.

Han Xin, who fought independently on the Siberian prairie, finally successfully drove the Slavs out east of the Ural Mountains this summer after three years of repeated encirclement and suppression. Now, the Qin cavalry is continuing to oppress and conquer westward with an unstoppable momentum.

The remnants of the Don River, the East Slavs and the Huns in the Volga River have begun to be forced to migrate. Their westward migration, like the large-scale migration of animals on African grasslands, triggered a chain reaction between primitive tribes living in eastern and northern Europe, such as Saxony, Germanic, and Visigoth.

Of course, this process will not happen all of a sudden. New battles will break out between the Huns, Eastern Slavs, Germanic, Visigoth and other nations, and it is unknown who will be the one who fails.
Chapter completed!