Three Kingdoms Eschatology
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Hannibal frowned more tightly, and said, "In addition to confronting Rome and establishing an independent country, you also want to capture Roman civilians as slaves? You are overestimating ourselves and underestimating Rome. Rome is now weak. Yes, but if they all work together to deal with tens of thousands of people in our area, it will still be as simple as an elephant trampling a mouse to death. Besides, the slogan of our uprising was give me freedom or give me death. It is said to be We rebelled because no one in this world was enslaved, and now we are going back on our promises. Isn’t this a moral slap in the face? Will those who follow us worry that when we generals and leaders find an excuse to kill us? Are they turned back into slaves?"
Mosulis's face turned red and then pale at what Hannibal said, and he was speechless for a while.He thought Hannibal had finished speaking, but the other party took a sip of water and started talking again...
Chapter 1056 Different aspirations
"What I said earlier is not the most important thing, the most important thing is..." Hannibal suddenly interrupted his words when he said this, but asked Spartacus and Mossolis back: "Do you know why the whole process has been done? , I advocate concentrating our forces instead of occupying every city that we have conquered?"
Spartacus said without hesitation: "Naturally, it is to concentrate superior forces to defeat the enemy troops one by one."
Mosolis also added: "It is also for the convenience of the soldiers to supply food and grass, because our food and grass are all robbed from the Roman towns that have been breached. If our soldiers are scattered, the food distribution and delivery will be cumbersome and complicated." matter."
Hannibal still smiled wryly and said: "These things you said are all reasons, but the most important reason is - once I separate the soldiers and generals, we may not be a whole. It is the same as what I said earlier. To put it bluntly, we are a group of people of all races, but we are temporarily cohesive for the common goal of not being enslaved by the slave masters and gaining freedom. Once this goal is achieved, it will be difficult for us to be cohesive. So if we Divide the army, and in the end, we are likely to be torn apart. This will be even more so if we establish a so-called country, and there are still slaves. What reason do the local officials we appoint continue to listen to us?"
Spartacus's face darkened, and he asked puzzledly, "Could it be that my elder brother was determined to defeat us from the beginning? If that's the case, why did the general gather a crowd to revolt against Rome?"
Mosolis hurriedly smoothed things over and said, "Second General, don't be in a hurry, please let the General finish his speech, we can discuss it before it's too late."
Hannibal continued: "At first my intention was not to destroy Rome, because I decided that we could not establish a new country. It is also impossible for us to restore our respective old countries that have disappeared in the long river of history, Phoenicia, Thrace There are also various city-states in Greece, because things have changed. In fact, the blood flowing in our veins is not pure Thracian and Phoenician blood. My plan is to just force the nobles in Rome to forgive us. , Convert all our identities to citizens, at least free citizens. So I planned to attack the Apennines, the heartland of the Roman Empire. But now, this plan is not feasible."
Spartacus pursed his lips and said: "Brother's ambition is too small. Even if we don't intend to destroy Rome, brother should still be the emperor of Rome. Why can only those nobles be emperors, and we can't?"
When Hannibal was about to talk about Spartacus again, Mossolis laughed from the sidelines and said, "Both generals, this is a long-distance matter. We can discuss it later. Now we should first solve the problem." It's a recent matter, so how do we deal with Feng Hu's army that has already landed on the island?"
Spartacus said disapprovingly: "Didn't the elder brother rush to the throat of the North Coast to send troops ahead of time? That place is guarded by one man, and no one can open it. Even if Feng Hu's army has some magical weapons, let's add more Soldiers and horses, it is expected that he will not be able to break through the line of defense."
Hannibal said: "But we can't always stay in Palermo. Although we have accumulated a lot of food along the way, we only have to go in and out. There will always be a day when we sit and eat, so we just block the officers and soldiers. It’s not enough to come here. We still have to find a way out. Since we can’t reach the Apennine Peninsula in the north, we can change the direction and retreat to Africa in the south. The Roman army there is all third- and fourth-rate legions, so yes We should have no obstacles. Moreover, the nearest sea route from the African province of Carthage to Sicily is only more than 200 miles away. So as long as we can find enough ships, we can transfer out.”
Spartacus continued to ask: "How can we get so many ships?"
"Pirates and caravans can provide ships, as long as we give the starting price. It happens that what we have more is money. Almost all the wealth on Sicily is now piled up in the treasure house of Palermo. So starting today, we will We need to send a large number of people to get ships in various ways."
Spartacus said indifferently: "Then do as the general said." After speaking, he got up and strode out.Only Mossolis and Hannibal remained in the hall.
Mosolis said meaningfully: "It seems that the second general still doesn't agree with the general's thinking, so what's the decision..., uh, the general just said that if we divide our troops and deploy them, we won't be a whole anymore. I didn't understand it at first. It makes sense now that I think about it.”
Hannibal didn't answer his words, but entrusted him: "Mossolis, you were a mercenary in the early years, and you have a wide range of roads. So I entrust all the work of finding a ship to you. This is a serious matter. , the tens of thousands of lives of our army are all tied to your shoulders."
Mosolis patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, the general, the subordinates promise to complete the task."
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Time flies, half a month has passed in a blink of an eye.During these two weeks, Feng Yu and Anthony entered the city of Nicosia as scheduled.However, the city was already in ruins. Not only the buildings in the city were burned to ruins, but the city walls were also torn down and destroyed.Feng Yu didn't have enough manpower to rebuild the city, so he had to rely on the ruins to build a camp as a temporary settlement.
Next, Feng Yu faced the food problem.At present, grain must be transported through the mountain roads in the northeast corner of Sicily, which is very inefficient.However, just as Anthony expected, when the surviving pro-Roman forces in some areas around Nicosia learned that Feng Yu had entered the city of Nicosia, they sent food to Feng Yu one after another.
Feng Yu immediately sent several brigades to recover the important cities and strongholds in the central and southern parts of the island with Nicosia as the center. He also sent a large number of messengers to contact various pro-Roman forces and summoned them to Nicosia for a meeting.In the name of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Sicilian Rebel Army, he reintegrated these forces, compiled two security corps and redeployed them.It can be said that as long as the male population is incorporated into the legion.
Now, food is no longer a problem for Feng Yu, because as long as there is sufficient manpower, food and grass can be continuously delivered to the island from the Strait of Messina.
On the other side, Hannibal realized that it was not good when he saw that there was no news from the soldiers guarding the key pass on the north coast.Then, the news that the officers and soldiers regained the major towns and strongholds in central and southern Sicily reached his ears again.At the same time, the grain in the Palermo granary is about to bottom out.Hannibal suddenly panicked,
Chapter 1057 The Navy of the Mercenary Regiment
Palermo, in the lobby of the Doge's Palace.Hannibal walked back and forth in the room anxiously with his hands behind his back.He urged the attendant again: "Why hasn't Mosolis come yet? Send someone to urge you."
After another long time, Mossolis arrived late.As soon as he entered the lobby, he gave Hannibal a respectful salute.
"Oh, Mosolis, why did you take so long to come here? No more nonsense, I told you a few days ago, how is the matter of finding a boat going?"
"Going back to the general, the subordinate was delayed because of this matter. Just now, I was listening to the report from the person who came back."
"Then tell me what's going on."
Mosolis showed a troubled expression and said: "This is not easy to handle. Most of my friends who were friends with pirates before replied that they didn't want to help us, but the risk was too great. Now the Roman Navy The fleet has been transferred to the sea off Sicily, and if they want to come in, they will be close to death, I am afraid that they will have their lives earning this money, and they will not spend this money.”
When Hannibal heard this, he stomped his feet angrily, clapped his hands anxiously after turning around two times in a row, and said, "Didn't you say that you have a deep friendship with those pirate friends, and this matter is guaranteed? How could it be so?" As a result, Feng Hu’s army is now deploying troops to the east of the island, and will launch a general attack on Palermo at any time. Our food is almost used up. If we can’t find a boat to go out and don’t need the other party to launch an attack, tens of thousands of us will be killed. Trapped to death on this island!"
Mosolis hastily followed up and said, "However, the red beard from Sardinia is willing to do this deal, it's just..."
"What red beard? Just what?"
"Oh, it's the name of a pirate leader, nicknamed Redbeard. Everyone is used to calling him, but they forgot his real name. We always call him Redbeard."
"Then tell me, what conditions does he want?"
"He asked us to pay ten times the price, and said that he didn't have so many boats. It is impossible for more than 5 horses to cross at one time. He can only cross 1 horses at a time, so he must cross the sea in at least five batches. And The money needs to be paid [-]% as a deposit first, then [-]% after the first batch of people have passed through, and the final [-]% is paid after all the balance has been passed through.”
Hannibal shouted: "Ten times? He is crazy about money!? Do you know how much ten times is? It's about [-]% of all the gold and silver treasures we seized."
Mosolis replied with a bitter face, "If he was crazy about money, he wouldn't be willing to do this business."
Hannibal gritted his teeth and said, "Forget it, we have no choice but to ask someone. Give him an answer, and we are willing to pay the money. But crossing the sea in five times is too cumbersome, three times at most. He earns so much money, can it be Can’t buy some ships? Paying him [-]% in advance is enough to buy a hundred big ships from others.”
Mosolis nodded repeatedly: "Yes, I will entrust my subordinates to do this as ordered by the general."
Hannibal frowned again and said, "Why do you need your subordinates to handle such a big matter? You should go there yourself!"
"Yes, yes, this subordinate will go out of the island to handle this matter in person." Mossolis turned around and left the lobby after he finished speaking. When he turned his back to Hannibal, his face showed a proud and strange expression. smile.
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At night, the sea is calm.A full moon hung in the sky, shining brightly on the sea.Three merchant ships sneaked out of the port of Palermo, three of the few remaining in Palermo.The ship was loaded with gold, silver and jewels, which was the deposit to be given to Redbeard.Of course, Mossolus was also on board, and the rest were his cronies who had followed him from the Sicilian Mercenary Corps.Even those sailors were old members of his original mercenary regiment.
After the ship traveled dozens of miles, Mosolis suddenly shouted: "Stop the ship, turn around, and head south. Follow the plan." One of his confidantes responded well prepared, and went to tell the sailors to go up.
Another of his confidants wondered: "General, aren't we going to Sardinia? Sardinia is in the northwest."
Mosolis sneered and said, "What are you going to do in that wild island? There is no one there. Let's go back to a secret naval base of our mercenary regiment."
Looking at the few cronies with question marks on their faces, Mosolis laughed loudly and said, "You don't even know that our mercenary regiment also has a navy. The ships that usually carry us out of Sicily for missions are actually our own. Ships. Because the Roman navy is too powerful, I can only keep it strictly confidential, including you, and only a few people in the entire army know about it."
Only then did everyone suddenly realize, but someone continued to question: "But, didn't it mean that we were going to hire that red beard's boat? Now it means that we earn the money ourselves?"
Mosolis laughed again and said: "The pirate named Redbeard was destroyed in a sea battle with pirates a few years ago. We are not making this money, but taking it for nothing. Not only do we earn this money, we also earn Hannibal, the soldier of Spartacus."
Then, his face sank and he said: "The situation is very clear now. After all, this gang of slaves are slaves, they are just a group of mobs, and they can't do anything good. So we have to make plans early. So I made a careful plan that will allow us to The Sicilian Mercenary Corps is making a comeback..."
Just when Mosolis was teaching his cronies face-to-face, he didn’t notice that behind the ship, on the sparkling sea, something the size of a washbasin had scratched a faint and imperceptible ripple.
In the Governor's Palace of Palermo, Mossolus appeared in front of Hannibal again, and this time Spartacus was also there.Mossolis reported to Hannibal: "Commander, we have reached an agreement with Redbeard and have paid the deposit. He promised us to send 2 ships of different sizes to transport [-] to [-] people at a time. We will be transported in three batches at most to a hidden place on the coast of the Carthage province for landing. However, he is not assured that we will be able to pay in the end, so we must settle all the funds before we transport all the soldiers. Also That is, after the first batch of ships arrive at the coast of Carthage, the final payment will be handed over to them. This subordinate thinks that this condition is not too much, so he agreed to them on his own initiative."
Hannibal waved his hand and said, "No problem, let's do it this way. The final payment will be shipped with the first batch of ships."
Spartacus said with doubts: "This agreement only considers their risks, but not ours. What if they take the money after the first batch of ships pass by and don't return?"
Mossolis replied: "Oh, Second General, I know this, but now we are begging others to do things. If I had a second choice, I would have raised this point with them a long time ago. Isn't it impossible? "
Chapter 1058 Mossolis' Abacus
Of course, these words of Mosulis could not dispel Spartacus' doubts. When he found that Hannibal also had doubts on his face, he quickly said: "And my subordinates also think that our first batch of past No matter there are tens of thousands of people, after the big troops disembark and land, we send about two thousand soldiers and horses to return with the fleet, won't this prevent them from breaking the contract and running away?"
Hannibal was relieved when he heard this, and said: "Well, then General Lamossolus will escort the first fleet. The second general, Spartacus, will lead the second fleet, and I myself will escort the second fleet." The last batch of ships. After we all successfully landed in Carthage, we must have a good drink with you two and all the brothers to celebrate!"
Hearing this, Mosolis immediately burst into joy.He originally designed several sets of plans to deal with Hannibal's arrangements, some of which required the direct killing of Hannibal, Spartacus and other senior rebel generals, and fierce battles on board.He didn't expect Hannibal to make an arrangement that allowed him to achieve his goals in the simplest form, so how could he be unhappy.Spartacus always felt that there was something wrong here, but he couldn't think of how to say it. He squirmed his mouth a few times and finally didn't speak, acquiescing to Hannibal's plan.
In the early morning of the next day, just as the sun jumped out of the plain east of Palermo, dense sail shadows appeared on the western sea.That is naturally the ship of the Sicilian mercenary regiment, with a total of more than 200 ships.More than 100 of them were temporarily rented and purchased from pirates or armed caravans along the southern coast of the Mediterranean Sea in Africa.
Hannibal, Spartacus, and Mossolus were all waiting at the head of Palermo.Mosolis shouted happily: "Come, come, the red beards are here, and they are really on time."
When the two hundred ships docked and contacted, the soldiers of the rebel army immediately loaded gold and silver treasures on board.Hannibal and Spartacus approached the pier, and they saw a big man with a red beard.Mosolis introduced to the two that the big man was the pirate leader Redbeard.
Hannibal immediately greeted him: "Hello, brother red beard." As he spoke, he extended his hand to shake hands with the other party, but the other party just shook hands with him without saying a word.Mossolus explained: "He is actually a Bedouin, so he can't understand Roman Latin."
Spartacus asked immediately: "So, General Mossolis also used Bedouin words when negotiating with them." Mossolis replied without hesitation: "Of course it will, the second general, don't forget Since I made a living in the mercenary regiment back then, this traveler must master a few more languages."
Mosolis can be so calm because he really knows Bedouin, so he is not afraid of Spartacus' questioning.At this time, Spartacus discovered that the hair wrapped in the white cloth on the red beard's head was black, and said: "I have never heard of Bedouins with red hair, let alone black hair. But the beard is red."
But Mosolis laughed and said, "Second General is really careful to observe. The red beard's beard is indeed not red, but he likes to dye it red with human blood. That's why he got the nickname "Red Beard". After that, he said something to the red bearded man in Bedouin, and the red bearded man also grinned loudly.
This time, all doubts of Spartacus were dispelled, and Hannibal naturally did not have any doubts.At this time, the gold and silver treasures were just installed, and then the neatly arranged rebel soldiers began to board the ship.When the fleet loaded up with fifteen thousand soldiers and horses, they began to leave the port of Palermo one by one.Mosolis looked at the receding landscape on land, and said in his heart that it would be as comfortable as possible.According to his plan, the ship would sail directly to the small island with a radius of more than ten miles and only a hundred miles away from the coast of Carthage.
At that time, this incomparably rich gold and silver will be in his pocket.In addition, because the fifteen thousand soldiers and horses lost contact with Hannibal and Spartacus, a considerable number of people will obey his orders and serve him.Of course, some people may disagree with him, or even rebel against him.It doesn't matter, he will find a way to clean up these people.
Mosolis originally wanted to keep more than 5 soldiers and horses as his own, but he quickly gave up this plan after thinking about it.One is that the difficulty is too high, and the other is that even if he achieves his goal and removes Hannibal, Spartacus and other senior rebel generals, more than 5 troops will still be a problem for him.Let him command an army of less than 5 people, and he can handle it with ease.But there are more than [-] horses, and they are composed of slaves of various races. He doesn't have the confidence to play around all the time.In fact, even Hannibal couldn't play well, otherwise he wouldn't even dare to divide the troops.
The day passed quickly, and the sun had already set in the west.Mossolis' fleet has traveled ninety percent of the way.Mossolis could see the outline of his own island.But just as they approached the island, the lookout post on the mast suddenly shouted and exclaimed: "Straight ahead, there are a large number of unknown ships coming out from behind the island!"
Mosolis was startled, the back of the island was the port where the ships were moored.However, all of his ships should have gone out, and it is possible to have one or two left, but it is impossible to have a large number of ships.How can there be an unknown ship appearing on his island, and now there are less than 200 defenders on the island.Could it be...
A thought popped out of Mossolis's mind, his hairs stood on end immediately, and he shouted urgently: "Quickly use the semaphore to confirm the identity of the other party."
As soon as his words fell, hundreds of ships circled out from behind the island.But to the surprise of Mossolis, this ship seems to be different from the regular ships of the Roman Navy.He comforted himself by saying that if the other party was another pirate, then it would be easy. If he had money and a battleship, the two sides could negotiate a deal without having to fight to the death.
Mosolis immediately ordered: "Order, no attack is allowed without my order. In addition, quickly tell the other party with a semaphore that we have no intention of conflicting with them. You can sit down and have a good talk."
In the Mediterranean Sea, not only the Roman Navy had standard semaphore.Even pirates, armed caravans also have a set of conventional semaphore.Several commanding soldiers on the mast waved their flags with white flags,
But the opponent's fleet did not respond at all, and the speed of the ships did not decrease at all. They lined up on the sea surface and rushed straight to Mosolis' fleet.Mosuo Li suddenly became nervous again.At this moment, a muffled bang sounded in Mossolis' ears, and then he saw two or three feet high water columns splashing from the sea...
Chapter 1059
Mosolis was startled, secretly thinking that the opponent's warship was at least two hundred battles away from his own side, and the furthest giant ballista he had ever seen could only be fired at a distance of one hundred battles. It is simply impossible to reach two hundred battles!
At this time, the soldiers under him shouted: "There are also ships behind us, and those stone bombs were fired from the rear." Mosolis turned his head and saw that there were dots of dots scattered on the sea behind the fleet. There are more than ten warships with strange styles, and these warships are already very close to Mossolis' fleet, less than fifty battles away, and they are still approaching.
Mosolis jumped up angrily, and yelled at the watchmen on the mast: "You are all a bunch of blind pigs? You didn't notice the enemy ship approaching so close! A bunch of trash!"
The watchman on the mast shouted aggrievedly: "General, we have been paying attention to our surroundings, including the rear. But these ships suddenly emerged from the water sixty or seventy battles away. We can't blame us for this."
Several soldiers on the deck also chimed in and said, "Yes, General, I really don't blame them. When we first saw these strange ships, they were just a little bit big, and we thought they were big wooden tubs floating on the sea. At that time they They were not far away from us, and when we got a little closer, we realized that something was wrong, and they suddenly emerged from the water. It turned out that the wooden basin was just a hatch on the deck of these ships, and the entire hull of the ship was under the sea surface when sailing. Only this hatch is exposed. No matter how good the eyesight is, it is difficult to find it from a hundred battles away."
These strange ships behind the Mossolis fleet are naturally the semi-submersible ships of Feng Yujun's Gan Ning fleet.And the fleet that broke out from the rear of the island was the fleet that Feng Yu secretly transferred from the Suez Canal to Liang Jun to guard the Red Sea.Of course, there is no way for those huge ocean-going galleons to pass through the Suez Canal, which is only six or seven feet deep.
The reason why Feng Yu dared to do this is because the navy in the northern part of the Roman Mediterranean is now transferred from the original defense area to Sicily, mainly to block the eastern and western waters in the northern part of Sicily.However, the governors of several Roman provinces located on the southern coast of the Mediterranean Sea in Africa shrank all the warships under their jurisdiction to patrol the coastal areas to prevent the rebels from landing on their own territory.Therefore, ships coming out of the Suez Canal can come to this island without anyone noticing.It was easy to capture this small island with only 200 people garrisoned.
At this time, another stone bomb hit, just hitting the stern side of the flagship where Mossolis was located.Hearing the sound of wood splintering, Mossolis felt the deck shake under his feet, and then heard the soldiers shouting in alarm: "Water has entered! The cabin has entered water!"
This Mossolis was not familiar with water warfare, and he was already confused. He just yelled loudly: "Call Hasaf! Hurry up." Hasaf was the Redbearded Mossolis' subordinate who was disguised as a pirate.
After a long while, Hasaf hurried over from the deck.When Mossolis met, he shouted: "Hasaf, you will do everything possible to defeat the enemy ships that intercept us in front..."
When Hasaf heard this, he thought to himself, aren't you just wishful thinking?It would be nice if I could guarantee your escape.However, he still said in a submissive tone: "General, we are currently under attack, and the opponent's ships are more sophisticated than ours. Ninety percent of the island has been occupied by the enemy. The most important thing is that our warships are not empty. Instead, it is fully loaded with more than 1 soldiers and horses, and each ship has a large draft. Under such circumstances, it is impossible for us to expect to defeat the opponent."
Mossolis roared: "You mean that we are going to escape. But all our assets are on this boat and the island, and we have nothing if we escape. What is the difference between that and an ant..."
Before he could finish his sentence, a crowd of people suddenly poured out of the cabin below the deck.It turned out that the rebel soldiers below the deck saw a large amount of sea water pouring into the cabin, and they fled to the deck one after another.It didn't matter if he escaped, the whole deck became chaotic, and the hatchway was crowded with crowds, which caused panic among those who hadn't come and escaped from the cabin.They pushed forward with all their strength, causing a large number of people to be crushed and trampled to the ground, and the scene was full of screams and screams.
The bearded Hasaf said eagerly: "General, we can no longer worry about these money. If our lives are gone, nothing will be meaningful. According to my subordinates, we still have to turn around and break through before the boat ahead arrives." Let's intercept the enemy forces in the rear and run, count as many ships as you can run."
At this time, Mosolis had completely lost his will, and this blow was even greater than the last time he lost to Feng Hu on the Avantino Hills, because this time he would completely shake off his family fortune.He roared wildly: "No retreat! No one is allowed to retreat! Pass my military order, hit the entire army and charge forward, defeat the enemy fleet and land!"
Hasaf sighed secretly, ran away after a perfunctory promise, and disappeared among the chaotic crowd on the deck after a while.With a bang, Mossolis' flagship was hit again, but this time the Stormtroopers used fire bombs.After the flames rose, a sea of flames ignited on the deck.Several rebel soldiers who had been burned to death jumped into the sea in a panic.
At this time, the stone bombs and fire bombs became denser in the sky over the Mossolis fleet, because the Liang Army fleet also approached within the range of the ship-borne ballista.The warship under Mosulis's feet had begun to tilt, and he had to hold on to the side of the ship to stabilize the center of gravity.But he still yelled: "Quick, go up the galley and hit them. Damn it, don't move at all..."
Before he could finish his sentence, he was hijacked by several soldiers and moved towards an approaching boat. The leader of the soldiers said: "General, our boat is sinking, so move it quickly!" How Mosolis screamed and dragged him to the boat.
In fact, it wasn't that Mossolis' ships didn't move, some ships still made efforts to counterattack.The ships loaded with ballistas had already been fully loaded and began to counterattack Liang Jun.It's just that these few stone bullets had almost zero killing effect on Liang Jun.Some galley warships also tried to ram each other.But they were not intended to transport troops, but they were full of soldiers, so they looked very clumsy in the water, and they couldn't get up to speed at all.Even if they can get close to the opponent's ship, they will be easily dodged by the opponent, and then they will be hit hard by the opponent's ballista bullets, or they will be hit and sunk by the opponent.
There are also many ships that were shot through the part below the waterline of the ship's side by stone bullets, or were ignited by fire bombs.The boat has become a mess.
Chapter 1060 The White Flag
Thick smoke rose from the sky above the sea, and the warships of Mossolis on the sea were in a mess, scurrying east and west like headless chickens.They were mixed with balls of fire floating on the water, and warships with their sterns raised high and sinking.
Liang Jun's warships and Gan Ning's twenty-odd semi-submersible ships have been evenly distributed in the sea area around them, forming a tendency to encircle them.But they did not launch a general attack, they just used ballistas to throw stone bombs from a distance, and they only concentrated on those enemy ships trying to break through.Only when certain enemy ships got too close, or were about to break through the encirclement, would Liang Jun's galley warships collide and sink them.
Feng Yu also personally sat on a large galley warship as the flagship and watched the battle.A few days ago, he got a report from a semi-submersible ship secretly patrolling the sea.
According to the report, several ships on the island of Sicily sneaked out of the port of Palermo. The soldiers on the semi-submersible ship initially judged that these ships had smuggled some important figure from the rebel army to escape.They originally wanted to sink the ship, but after assessing that the opponent had three warships, their chances of winning if they launched an attack were very small.And if the other party has some secret action, it will startle the snake and miss important information.
So the general officer on the semi-submersible ship decided to just follow quietly.After a long period of tracking, the semi-submersible boat finally discovered the small island of Mossolis, which is more than [-] miles away from the coast of Africa (Africa).
The admiral of the semi-submersible boat then took advantage of the darkness and sent people to the island to investigate, only to find that the barracks, wharf and other facilities on the small island were complete.There are still a large number of people stationed in the barracks, and a large number of ships are moored in the harbor on the south of the island.Knowing that this matter was no small matter, he immediately turned back and returned to a seaport named Pozzallo at the southern tip of Sicily as fast as possible.
It just so happened that Feng Yu was in the city of Pozzallo right now, and got the information immediately.This information made Feng Yu extremely suspicious.Because it seems so illogical and unreasonable. Since the rebel army has such a secret base and so many ships, why didn't they use these ships to complete their strategic goal of entering the Apennine Peninsula?But it has to be done in the form of a pontoon bridge.Even if a pontoon bridge is built, these warships and warships can be used to assist in the Strait of Messina, but they only used a dozen warships from beginning to end.
Feng Yu couldn't figure this out after much deliberation, so he told the question to the generals who followed him.A general who followed Ma Chao into Africa to fight against the Bedouins in his early years said: "As far as the general knows, there are many pirates in the Mediterranean Sea. Therefore, these warship soldiers may not belong to the slave rebel army in Sicily, but pirates."
His words immediately inspired everyone, and Simmons also said: "Yes, pirates will also accept some transactions similar to mercenary groups. They must carry a lot of money and spend money to hire pirates to transfer them out of Sicily."
Feng Yu said approvingly: "Such an analysis makes sense. But...where are they planning to move to?"
Without waiting for the generals to speak, Feng Yu asked himself and answered: "Now, almost all the fleets of the Roman Empire are gathered in the north, east, and south of Sicily. They dare not move outward from these three directions, and the south Although the governors of the African provinces in Africa have strengthened coastal defenses, after all, they don’t have many ships and the coastline is so long. So I conclude that they will transfer to Africa. It just so happens that the leader of the rebel army, Hannibal, is also a descendant of Carthage. suits his wishes."
Feng Yu paused and continued: "Since we have judged the possible intentions of the enemy army, we will use the plan. If our judgment is correct, then the pirates will definitely go out to pick up the rebel army. We can take advantage of them when they leave the island. Take their old lair. It just so happens that the island is near Africa. Then, according to the statements of the captives on the island, we will learn their exact landing location and intercept them. Of course, our semi-submersible boat will also bite outside the port of Palermo. They. Of course, our judgment may be wrong, if that is the case, we will directly destroy this fleet anchored on the unnamed island."
Simmons was still puzzled and asked: "The general plans well, but the Gan Ning fleet doesn't have many ships. How can we intercept and destroy them?"
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