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Chapter four hundred and ninety-eight of the dark battle

The Daqin fleet set out to fight!

While watching many fishing boats, warships with battle flags were like fish rushing towards the sea, jubilantly pounced towards its warm embrace. The hurricanes on the Mediterranean could not stop the Qin soldiers from fighting against the sea, and the days when the Romans dominate the Mediterranean were about to end.

After the Qin fleet left, the sea surface returned to peace. The fishermen who were once somewhat confused once again focused their attention on the fish under the sea. For them who were busy with their livelihood, every moment of time was extremely precious. A moment of negligence might cause the fish to run away. At that time, the old, young, wife and children at home could only go hungry.

However, there are exceptions in the fishing boats. After watching for a while, one or two fishermen on the boats were obviously absent-minded. They hurriedly salvaged the fishing nets and drove the empty fishing boat and left quickly.

Looking up to the sea from the height of the shore cliff, looking down from a high place, the three Qin soldiers in charge of looking down stared at the unusual fishing boat for a while, one of them ran down the mountain quickly and headed towards the Qin camp in Troy Harbor.

Inside the Troy Camp.

The admiral Luan Bu was tasting tea with a middle-aged man in black in the hall. Judging from the seats of both sides, Luan Bu was at the bottom, while the middle-aged man sat on the top. Judging from the expressions of both sides, Luan Bu was also respectful and carefully answered the other party's questions as a subordinate.

"Mr. Meng, it's true that there are Roman scouts in the middle of the fishing boat. Is it because of our negligence this time?" Luan Bu said anxiously while wiping his sweat. The news brought back by the three lookout soldiers shocked Luan Bu and sweated coldly. If the mysterious figure in front of him hadn't arrived in time, the whereabouts of the Qin fleet would have been exposed.

The darkness and the scout.

Another secret battle between the Qin Dynasty and Rome is also quietly beginning.

The battlefield of fighting for hegemony. The two armies fought each other. The bloody battle was one place, while the other came from a secret battle where there was no smoke. This middle-aged man in black was the current leader of the Qin Military Information Department, Meng Hu, the former general of the border army. This Meng family, who could have grown into the only descendant of the princes like Han Xin and Li Zhongxiang, is now willing to silently guard behind Li Yuan and become an important and indispensable pawn.

The battlefield is like a chess battle.

If Han Xin and Li Zhongxiang were cars, then Meng Hu and Yan Le were the taxi guarding Li Yuan, one of whom was the outside and the other was the inside. They were responsible for intelligence work at home and abroad in the Qin Dynasty.

"Please report to General Gan. As for the words of thanks, please leave it to Your Majesty. I will send someone to inform you in time. At that time, you should be more ruthless and don't waste the efforts of the brothers of the Military Intelligence Department." Meng Hu lost his mouthful of tea and said lightly.

"Don't worry, sir, I will pay attention to it. I will drive away the fishing boats in the port area--" Luan Bu confessed urgently.

"Well, generals don't need to do this. Although the Romans sent scouts, it's okay for them to see enough. As for what they see clearly, the general will not know!" Meng Hu frowned slightly and said.

"I will not think carefully at the end, thank you for your reminder." Luan Bu was stunned and suddenly realized. When marching and fighting, the focus is on fighting with each other based on his strength, while the other front of the secret battle is full of tricks and deception. Meng Hu's intention is very clear, which is to use tricks to make the Romans lose their correct judgment in the face of wrong intelligence.

——.

Summer in the Mediterranean.

It was a hot season, and there was nothing else for men and women except a shy cloth. If there was no important war, the great slave owners of Rome were really unwilling to go out to sea to accept the sun. What they yearned for was to hide in the cool cliff cave, call a few young female slaves, and then make a fuss.

Unfortunately, Crassus, a large slave owner in the Napoli area in southern Rome, could not enjoy this pleasure. As the commander of the Roman Great Fleet, his life has become extremely difficult since the demise of the Greer fleet. Scipio had just taken office and faced the pressure from Qin and its allies. The young consul who felt the pressure had nowhere to vent his anger, so he naturally regarded Crassus, who had lost the opportunity to Rome, as a scapegoat.

Crassus, who could not stay in the Apennine Peninsula, had no choice but to lead his subordinates to wander around the Aegean Sea, hoping that one day he would be full of luck and find the Qin Navy to avenge a single arrow.

Athens.

The free trade city on the Greek Peninsula, the glorious history of the past, the footprints of many philosophical sages, and the developed economic and trade have left too many memories for the city. The main supply port of the Roman fleet in the Aegean Sea is Athens. Although it is not directly close to the ocean, because of the existence of a special harbor, Roman warships can park the main warships in the outer sea, while the remaining small boats sail into the inner harbor and enjoy the wonderful pleasure brought by this free city.

Inside the pier’s tavern.

The heads were crowded, and sailors, paddlers and merchants from all over the world gathered here, talking to each other, showing off what they saw and heard a while ago as a joke.

"What did you say? The Qin fleet appeared?" In a corner of the tavern, Crassus, the commander of the Roman fleet, was covered in blood, and he asked the scout who reported the news.

"General, you can't read this wrong. What my subordinates saw in the Dardanelles area on a fishing boat, more than 30 large ships left the port." The Roman scout who was caught in the clothes blushed and argued urgently. Crassus was obviously half drunk, and his hands could not control his strength. If he tried harder, the unlucky scout would die.

"Thirty ships, it seems that the big fish have finally come out. Brothers, let's go!" Crassus was stunned for a moment, and after a long time he shouted, throwing the wine vessel to the ground.

"Sir, stay for a few more days, and a fresh child will come at that time--!" Seeing a large group of drinkers leaving, the owner of the tavern, who was unwilling to let the big customer run away, couldn't help but stop him at the door.

"Get out of here, fat pig!" Crassus shouted angrily.

The news that the Qin fleet left the port made the commander of the Roman fleet who was struggling to find an opponent ecstatic. At this time, not to mention the chubby tavern owner, even the coquettish woman could not touch Crassu's firm heart.

Outside the Port of Athens.

The Roman fleet set sail and rushed forward. They only kept food and drinking water in the cabin for ten days. Although these supplies were a little less, Crassus didn't care. There were many islands in the Aegean Sea. Although not every large island had enough supply land, as long as they could find the Qin fleet within ten days, it would be nothing to endure for a few days.

Fat pig!

The owner of the tavern, who was scolded, had a red nose, and he stared blankly as Crassus and others walked away. After a while, he suddenly ran into the tavern quickly and then spoke to a tall and thin man sitting in the corner.

"Sir. There are only ten wooden barrels of Romans who can drink water. The remaining five are filled with sea water. If it weren't for the tight time and fear of being discovered, my subordinates could have filled more. And the jerky meat brought on the boat was almost inedible. If the Romans ate it, illness was a small matter, poisoning was a big matter--!" The owner of the Red Nose Tavern said carefully.

"Sedi, this thing is done well. If you cover your head, you will get rewards after a while. Remember, as long as you do things for the Qin Dynasty, we orientals are trustworthy and will not forget our old friends." The tall and thin man stood up as he spoke, with a black cloak draped over his body, making him look like a ghost.

"Don't worry, if there is any movement in the villain's tavern, I will inform you immediately." The boss of the red-nosed nose was excited and rubbed his hands vigorously and said.

Sedi was born and raised by Athenians, and his ancestors were all honest businessmen. This tavern was uploaded from his grandfathers, and it took more than a hundred years to operate. However, living is not easy. Especially when opening a tavern in a complex place like Freeport Pier, it is impossible to have no background or support from powerful forces.

A year ago, Sedi went bankrupt. Just as he was standing on the streets of Athens and preparing to commit suicide by rushing to the sea, the oriental man who didn't even have his name saved him and gave him a batch of funds to restore the business. Not only that, after the business resumed, Sedi was surprised to find that the gangsters who used to often come to the tavern to make trouble were missing one by one.

Then, Sedi willingly became an intelligence station in Athens. There were so many Qin countries on the Greek Peninsula. Sedi didn't know, and he didn't want to know. From the mouths of the guests coming and going to the tavern, Sedi had only one feeling, that is, the mysterious power in the East was showing an increasingly strong deterrent force in the Mediterranean.

Egypt fell, and the Ptolemaic Kingdom, which was once famous for its marriage of father, daughter, brother and sister, disappeared with the disappearance of Ptolemaic V. The Macedonian Kingdom no longer existed. Although the Romans briefly occupied Pera, the Qin Kingdom finally obtained the Balkans.

The situation on the Greek Peninsula was also surging at this time. The forces of the Romans, the independent forces of various city-states, and unknown ambitions were all watching this land where ancient and splendid civilizations were born. Among these forces, the Qin people entered the latest, but they were the most tenacious force.

Among the upper Greek figures, the disciples of Socrates, Plato and Alexotre at the Lucion Academy in Athens were mostly focused on Qin. Among them, Dikar, Gmetheus and others even took their students to the occupied territory of Qin. Ordinary civilians like Sedi compared the magnitude of the taxes between Qin and Rome, while hesitating whether to obey the Eastern invaders of different skin colors or choose to dedicate to the Romans of the same clan.

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