The Qin army pressed forward step by step.

The predicament of the Balkan War put the Romans in a dilemma. A year and a half ago, the Roman Senate cheered for the annihilation of Macedonia, a powerful country in Eastern Europe. However, a year and a half later, they found that they were better than King Philip IV of Macedonia.

Not much.

Under the republican system, the size of the Roman military was restricted, and the standing army was only maintained at about 100,000 people. This was also the reason why the army's response was somewhat slow when problems arose in Carthage and the Balkans.

"I give an order to the governors of each province to recruit one hundred thousand soldiers in preparation for the decisive battle with Qin, no later than July." Scipio stood at the top of the arena and issued the first order since taking office.

The young consul looked grim. He wanted to use military expansion to warn the conservative forces in the Senate and tell them not to make small moves behind the scenes.

At the same time, Scipio also wanted to give the invaders from the east some color, but his idea was doomed to be in vain. Unlike Rome, which hurriedly recruited troops, Li Yuan's third mobilization order for the western expedition had already been

The order had been issued a few months ago, and the arrival of one hundred thousand Qin soldiers also caused the black flag on the east coast of the Mediterranean to flutter in the wind.

In June, notices for Roman recruitment of mercenaries were posted everywhere in various towns on the Apennine Peninsula and in Gaul, Iberia and other provinces that had recently been occupied. A large number of landless peasants and mercenaries joined Rome.

In the army, the shadow of the imperial era is coming step by step.

After the battle between Fabian and Scipio, Rome's republican system began to falter. The strength of military politics and the rapid expansion of the army further aggravated the contradiction between slave owners and civilians in Rome.

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Troy.

The sea was calm in June, and a few seagulls flew by at low altitude. Occasionally they caught one or two fish from the sea, and then they flapped their wings quickly and flew towards their nests on the coastal cliffs.

A fleet appeared on the endless sea. The smoke of the great sea battle in April had dissipated. Lei was leaning on the mast, his face a little pale, and he had just recovered from his injuries. Around him, Qin soldiers were

The soldiers looked at him in awe.

The undersea battle with Greer earned Lei Quan the title of the most brave general in the Qin Navy. Next, the Qin Navy will meet the Roman fleet, the real powerhouse in the Mediterranean sea. It can be imagined. Lei Quan's

The burden on your shoulders is not light.

On the dock.

The Shenwu Emperor Li Yuan looked excited. He looked at the sea from time to time and walked back and forth. The red tassel on his head floated slightly backwards under the sea breeze. When the armor robe moved, it made a slight sound. As a commander-in-chief who had experienced several battles,

, he has rarely been in such a restless situation.

On land, Great Qin's cavalry and infantry were strong enough. They had almost no rivals in this era, but at sea, Qin's navy was just an inexperienced teenager who needed to prove himself through battles with powerful opponents again and again.

The Great Battle of Rite Island was a battle to rectify the name of the Qin Navy based in the Mediterranean.

"Your Majesty, look, our fleet is back. The heroes of the Great Qin Navy have gone home." Compared with Li Yuan, the young staff officers of the Great Qin Army around him were obviously more excited. In terms of actual combat, this naval battle was caused by

Gan Yong's command was completed, and the deduction and planning of the entire campaign were designed by the staff officers of the military headquarters.

A long whistle broke the calm of the military port. This was the declaration of Gan Yong's flagship returning home victoriously. The sound was responded to by the thunderous sound of war drums from the welcoming team on the shore, and the ecstatic Qin army soldiers

In contrast, the representatives of dependent forces from various places in Da Qin among the crowd had different expressions and performances.

The Carthaginian envoy stared at the approaching fleet, with a big mouth and the most exaggerated expression. As an old rival of the Romans, no one knew the details of Greer's pirate fleet better than them. Carthage

The base navy has repeatedly been defeated by the Romans, including the pirate leader Greer, and now, the skeleton fleet traveling across the Mediterranean has been defeated by a new recruit who has been in the army for less than a year.

Representatives of the Jewish Chamber of Commerce and the Alexandria Chamber of Commerce in Egypt looked very happy. As the most powerful chamber of commerce exploited by pirates, they finally have a chance to be proud. With the protection of the Qin fleet, at least on the east coast of the Mediterranean, Judea,

Egyptian merchant ships no longer need to be frightened.

The representative of the Thracian tribe, the young Spartacus put his hands in the diagonal pockets at his waist and twisted his fingers back and forth. Lei Qui's heroic feat made him feel envious and excited. If he wanted to

To gain recognition from others, you have to take risks that others dare not take. As he thought about it, the heart of Spartacus was beating strongly in his chest.

The entire welcome ceremony lasted for an entire hour. The normally neglected city of Troy was just like the heroic city that dared to resist Greek civilization thousands of years ago. Ancient heroes such as Hector, Paris, and Amazon female warriors came to visit again.

Reappeared again, they were neatly dressed, just waiting for an order.

June 11th.

After more than twenty days of negotiations, Qin and all forces in the Mediterranean reached a package agreement to jointly fight against Rome. In this agreement, Qin, as the leader of the alliance, will take the initiative to assume the important task of military confrontation with Rome. This important task is not only

It was to maintain the existing borders and also included the further claim to occupy all Roman territory.

As for the remaining parties, they are obliged to bear the corresponding military expenditures incurred in fighting Rome. The two large business groups of Judaea and Egypt bear 60% of the costs, and the remaining 40% is provided by Persia.

Thrace, Parthia, Bactria, Wusun and other ethnic groups shared the share.

Compared with these tribes who lacked military protection, in this alliance, Carthage made a commitment to attack the Roman mainland from the west coast of Africa, that is, along the Iberian Peninsula. Consul Hannibal obviously had no intention of attacking Rome.

The last failure was still lingering in his mind, and he wanted to prove himself in the same way again.

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Northern Black Sea.

The quiet Don River flows slowly through the gentle plains and into the Black Sea. On the grasslands, groups of cattle and sheep lazily hide in the shadows under the summer sun, enjoying a rare peaceful time. In

From somewhere, one or two howls of a saber-toothed tiger came, causing the herbivores to panic.

It's 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, cattle, sheep, wolves, and a single saber-toothed tiger, prairie bear, etc. quickly came towards the ground.

Running in the same direction, the grass fell to the ground wherever the animals trampled.

In the afterglow of the setting sun, groups of Daqin cavalry were dressed in uniform black armor and flying flags with gold rims. They were like black mountains slowly moving westward. Their speed was not fast, but there were tens of thousands of them.

The cavalry uniformly pressed forward, but it gave people a sense of invincibility and tension.

"Han!"

Among the generals of the Qin army, there were many named Han, but only one was the most famous: Han Xin.

Han Xin, who fought independently on the Siberian steppes, finally succeeded in driving the Slavs out of the east of the Ural Mountains this summer after three years of repeated encirclement and suppression. Now, the Qin cavalry is unstoppable.

Continue to press and conquer westward.

The East Slavs and the remnants of the Huns who lived along the Don and Volga Rivers have begun to be forced to migrate. Their westward migration, like the great migration of animals on the African grasslands, triggered the Saxon, Germanic, Visigothic and other people living in the

A chain reaction of primitive tribes in eastern and northern Europe.

Of course, this process will not happen all at once. New battles will break out between the Huns, East Slavs, Germans, Visigoths and other ethnic groups, and it is still unknown who will lose.

In real history, this great migration that affected the entire Europe would not happen for more than two hundred years. The cause at that time was that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty defeated the powerful Xiongnu tribe, which triggered the Huns.
Chapter completed!