War is God's judgment, and no matter how righteous the party is, as long as he loses the war, it means that he has been forsaken by God. It may not be fair, but it's fair when you look at it in detail—

The innocent rabbit lives in the grassland, and the evil wolf chases it and eats it, because of the wrong identity, the rabbit is not really righteous; The Carthaginians, who had adhered to the treaty, had traded in the Mediterranean for thousands of years, but they were still destroyed by Rome. If they had been just, they should have won three Punic wars, but they didn't. Because of the wrong route, they eventually disappeared on the southern shore of the Mediterranean;

In the same way, innocent Indians lived on their own land where they had lived for thousands of years, and violent intrusive white criminals killed or poisoned them and took possession of their land. If it had been just, the Indians should have won the war, but no. Because of the wrong location, they were too far from the center of human civilization and were eventually abandoned by God.

Nothing is more indicative of God's will than victory or defeat in war. If you are righteous, but it does not show that you are right; If you are righteous, it does not mean that your course is correct; If you are righteous, it does not mean that you are in the right position. The more ignorant the tribes, the more deeply aware of this, they firmly believe that the gods do not make mistakes, and that only humans themselves can make mistakes.

The alien army's formation was full of mistakes, and their own side was obviously superior to the other side in terms of numbers and morale, but when the thunder sounded, the soldiers who rushed to the front suddenly turned around and fled. The victory and defeat of the war were quickly reversed, and the trembling Qi pawns instantly beat the chicken blood, and they chased out fiercely in the wild shouting with their spears, which made the gunners of the boat division who temporarily acted as the artillery guards of the Ling Division unable to follow up, but the follow-up was no longer necessary, and the Qi pawns of more than 4,000 people chased the enemy army and abandoned their armor, and the victory or defeat was settled.

"The gods under their feet have forsaken their feet." The leader of the rebellious army, Suvigny, was killed by his soldiers, and the lord of the city, Abi Yatu, and the elder Boris were taken prisoner. When the soldiers brought him up, Red Mo said.

Before the battle, they were still worried about the battle or defeat, and after the formation, they were even more sweaty in their palms, but they didn't expect that as soon as the cannon sounded, the Rong people fled in the wilderness.

Red Mo didn't smile, he drew his saber and stepped forward to cut the ropes that bound Abi Yatu one by one—these ropes were originally intended for Red Mo and the others. If defeated, most of the soldiers would be tied up and sold as slaves. Abi Yatu, who had regained his freedom, fell to the ground as soon as he loosened his bonds, and the red mob helped him up again.

"God has decided, and it will be given priority!" Looking at the sluggish city lord, the red man said loudly.

Defeating the 6,000 soldiers united by the two kingdoms and taking advantage of the chaos to occupy the entire city of Canna, the Red Devil is right. Abi Yatu couldn't help but look at the elder of the Mullah of Had, Boris, and he finally nodded: "In the name of the god Baal, Your Excellency can ask for this, but even if the king and the king of Hadramao agree, they will be opposed by the country of Maiin. Their patriarchs in our country, Timna, in Shaba, Hadraut, monitored the trade in myrrh and frankincense without their permission......"

"Where is the country of Maiin?" Red asked aloud. He had only heard of the country of Hiba, not of Ma'in.

"General Yu, the country of Maiin is in the north of the country of Heba." There is no exact map, only an approximate location, and the Main on the map is north of Hiba, nearly a thousand miles from the coast. South Arabia is not only deserts, but also mountains. It is impossible for a mercenary without logistical support to go that far.

Hong's face changed, and the strategist and merchant shook their heads one after another when they saw the distance between Mai Yinguo. Nearly 1,000 miles inland, this is not an adventure, but a death. The look of the alien Abi Yatu and Boris saw in their hearts, but Elder Boris was in a hurry, and he said, "Your Excellency does not need to go to Maiin, you only need to go to Timna or Shebwo.

Timna is the starting point for myrrh transport, and Shebwo is the starting point for frankincense transport, and whenever you arrive at Timna or Shebwo with your army, the Mains will lead an army to engage you. Our country and the Utahan Congress will certainly help Your Excellency to defeat the Maine. ”

"Why?" The translator finally translated Boris's words, and Red Mo was suddenly puzzled.

"We ......," explained Boris immediately, and Bai Di preemptively said: "General, the villain thinks that it must be the country of Namai that thinks that he has the passage in his hands, and bullies them, and they invite our army to go in order to seek relief." ”

"This is also a plan for their river mussels to compete with." Small countries seek survival with the help of big countries, and many times they deliberately provoke two big countries to fight each other in order to gain their own ultimate benefits. "The subordinates think that our army should fight with the Maiin country, so that it will retreat in the face of difficulties, and then share the sale of frankincense and myrrh with the Maiin country."

"That's right." Bai Di and Tian Gao businessmen also thought so. "The production of frankincense is not more than 2,000 tons as previously known, but more than 5,000 tons of frankincense [note 24]. I can divide it with the Maiin Kingdom, and the sea path will be completed in the future, and it will not be too late to drive Maiin. ”

"How far is Timna and Shebwo?" Red Mo asked again, having made up his mind to go deep into the interior to fight the Maiin Country.

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Even for Seleucus, the blockade of the ports could not cut off trade, but if you go deep into the production areas, as you did in the pepper producing areas, the effect will be immediate. Without hesitation, the Red Flame marched into Shebwo, the capital of the Mullah of Had, five hundred miles away, just as a sandstorm arose in the desert, and the wind and sand blew through the merchants of the port of Kanna and all over the Arabian Peninsula. More than a month later, when news of the defeat of the Mains at Shebwo came again, it seemed that the entire known world was talking about the Chuni who had conquered the spice-producing areas.

At this time, the region of Syria was ruled by Ptolemaic Egypt, which won the Third Syrian War, and except for the spices imported into the Mesopotamian plain, which belonged to Seleucus, the rest of the spices had to pass through the areas controlled by Egypt. Spices are wealth, and hearing that the Chuni people occupied the spice production area and defeated the Maiin, Ptolemy III was not good.

The spice trade was an important source of tax revenue for Egypt, and the fact that Chuni merchant ships could enter the Mediterranean from India bypassing the southern continent meant that the spice trade would inevitably turn in the future. Egypt, with its powerful navy and control of sea power and grain trade in the Eastern Mediterranean, was naturally well aware of the ease of sea transportation.

A pound of frankincense from Shebvo to Alexandria would cost one and a half dramaks, plus taxes, and a single opo (1/6 dramak) would not be needed by sea to the Mediterranean, bypassing the southern continent. Once the Chuni brought spices to the Western Mediterranean, the Carthaginians would welcome the change from their previous hostility towards the Chuni.