In northern Africa in March, the weather is pleasant, the hot summer has not yet arrived, and the Nile floods, which have made Egyptians smell, not sweep across the delta until October.

The Qin army's choice to attack Egypt during this time period was not untargeted, as long before the troops were dispatched, Menghu sent Hu Shang, who had returned to the Heavenly Master's Sect, to sneak into the Nile River Valley, and they carefully scattered everywhere to collect intelligence, draw maps, and provide a series of useful information for the Qin army.

Over the years, the important information on the way of the Qin army's westward expedition was provided by Menghu's Military Intelligence Department, and its accuracy was praised by generals at all levels in Great Qin.

Unlike the generals who have made meritorious contributions on the battlefield, Meng Hu has been quite obscure over the years, and his name has gradually been forgotten by the Qin people, and most of the young Qin soldiers can no longer remember the fat general in the Great Qin Border Army during the Unification War.

"There are always some things that someone has to do, and as for the things that are in the limelight, let them be left to the young people." Meng Hu, who is nearly forty years old, often comforts his subordinates when they are angry, and his peace also makes him more valued by Li Yuan.

The generals who led the troops to fight, the Qin army is now full of talents, and there is no shortage of them. And the really few are people who can share Li Yuan's worries in a down-to-earth manner, such as the Military Intelligence Department and the Department of Governance, which need a strong, shrewd and reliable person to serve as the person, otherwise, if the personnel are misemployed, the Qin army will fall into a blind man and a blind horse.

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The Qin army, known as 200,000, came overwhelmingly.

Along the way, the cities and fortresses of the Ptolemaic Kingdom were completely destroyed, and after capturing Cairo, an important town in the lower reaches of the Nile, Li Yuan did not hesitate to point his troops at Alexander.

The Egyptians were isolated.

Among Ptolemy V's allies, Antiochus, the king of Thiosi, had already been killed by the Qin army, and Philip V, the king of Macedon, was being beaten by the Romans in the city of Pella, not to mention crossing the sea to support Egypt. On the contrary, the Macedonian messengers for help came from the sea in droves, asking Ptolemy V to send reinforcements to save him.

The descendants of Alexander the Great, who was once a powerful emperor, have finally reached their final point in history after more than 200 years of debauchery.

Alexandria.

Located in the Nile Delta, this natural port is the largest port city on the Mediterranean coast of Africa and the largest trading hub.

Its existence made Haifa for the Jews, Crete for the Greeks, and Athens for the Jews to become a follower, and the rich natural resources of the African continent provided a steady stream of driving force for trade here. This is something that cannot be given anywhere else. Especially in the last decade, this advantage of Alexandria has become more and more obvious.

The reason is simple: Carthage, a rival in the Mediterranean region of Africa, was destroyed by the Romans, and the once glorious Carthaginian civilization no longer existed, and the Ptolemaic dynasty was weak, but it was able to maintain its independence.

In the palace of the king.

Ptolemy V's face was pale, and the slight flush of black circles under his eyes showed that these days. His mental state was extremely poor, and the fierce offensive momentum of the Qin army had already caused Egypt to lose a quarter of its land, if it continued like this. The entire kingdom will become a county of Qin.

"What to do? What to do? The young king was sweating profusely and angry at his men, who were greeted by bowed heads.

Ptolemy V had just seized power in the country. A number of generals in the original army have been purged, and the new generals obviously lack confidence and control over the army. This is also the reason for the defeat of the Egyptian army.

"Bixia, the Qin people have advanced weapons and are well-equipped, we really don't work hard, but we really can't beat it!" For a long time, one of Ptolemy V's close generals was bold and cried.

"You bunch of shit-!" Ptolemy V was furious.

"Bixia, we can't sit still, my mother country Sethisi was destroyed by the Qin people, this time they sent me Ptolemy again, to kill us, we must unite all Liliang to fight against the demons from the east, the Macedonians can't, we look for the Romans, the Romans can't succeed, we will find others."

In the midst of the stalemate, a shrill woman's voice suddenly sounded, and when Ptolemy V turned his head, he saw his new wife, Cleopatra, standing on the high stone steps, wearing a white gauze dress, looking down on the crowd below like a goddess.

"Uh, Queen, you said you were looking for the Romans? We have a feud with Rome, and there is still a war on Philip's side—" Ptolemy V asked with a dry swallow and an ugly face.

"Philip, that waste, can also be counted on, if we want to fight the demons, we have only one choice, and that is to ally with General Scipio of Great Rome." Cleopatra said firmly.

"Romans, alas, several of our missions have been rejected by the Romans. As for Scipio. The empress is talking about the Roman general who defeated the Carthaginian commander Hannibal, he is too young, and it is not he who has the power to decide in Rome, but the consul Fabian," Ptolemy V shook his head and questioned.

"Fabian, that old guy who only has a manor in the Roman Peninsula in his eyes, how can he compare with the wise general Scipio, if Bixia doesn't believe it, I am willing to go to the Roman army to lobby in person, and I must say that Scipio will lead the army to help." Cleopatra was confident.

"That's good, there will be a trip to Empress Law, but even if the Roman army comes, it will be some time. The Qin people will fight under the city, and our top priority is to block the Qin people. Ptolemy V thought for a moment and nodded helplessly. His queen was the daughter of Antiochus III of the Kingdom of Thiothisi, and the hatred of destroying the country and killing her father was not shared, and Cleopatra hated the group of Orientals who took away her mother country from Qin.

"Bixia, don't we still have war elephant troops that haven't been used? With them there, what are you worried about? Cleopatra winked and said coquettishly.

War elephants.

As the name suggests, it is a branch of the army that uses elephants as a means of movement on the battlefield, unlike elephants in Asia, elephants in Africa are taller, and people have to ride on them, which can be said to be condescending, like a hill, and more importantly, elephants have rough skin and thick flesh, and such blows like arrows are like mosquitoes, and they can't feel anything at all.

Aren't the Qin people good at cavalry and machine crossbows?

Let them try the secret weapon of my Ptolemaic army! Just imagine what would happen when a war elephant met a war horse, and Ptolemy V and his men couldn't help but feel confident when they thought about it.

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Carthage.

An ancient country located in the western Mediterranean Sea of North Africa. In a manor house in the valley of the Bagradas River to the south of it, a middle-aged man with slightly gray hair turned sideways, with one left eye looking down at a roll of parchment, while his other right eye was covered with a leather bag, and half of his cheek was also blocked, making people look very vicious at a glance.

"Patriarch Baca, that's all the information about the Romans, although there is a contradiction between Fabian and Scipio, but they haven't really torn their skins yet, so the meaning of the Senate is to make you wait a little longer." On the opposite side of the middle-aged man, a Carthaginian with a somewhat hunched back whispered.

"Wait-. Is this the answer of the cowards? That's how they treated the warriors who fought for Carthage? The middle-aged man's voice was sharp and unusual, his head suddenly raised, and a pair of eagle-like eyes glared at each other. These materials collected from far and wide are an important tool for him to judge the current situation while under house arrest in this manor, so there must be no negligence.

"Patriarch Baca, the Senate is also in trouble in this matter, and the Romans have sent someone to watch it? The meaning of the great elder, please bear with me for a while, I heard that the Romans and the Qin people in the east have already fought, and our opportunity may be right in front of us. The hunched body of the reprimanded trembled and explained softly.

"The Qin people and the Romans are fighting, what's going on? Come on. When the middle-aged man heard this, he looked thoughtful and asked.

The hunchbacked Carthaginian wiped a cold sweat, and quickly told him what he knew, he couldn't help but be nervous, it was really that the middle-aged man opposite was too famous, and his ability was extraordinary, even the Romans who defeated him could only temporarily put him under house arrest, and did not dare to kill him.

HANNIBAL. Baka.

This is a name worthy of special mention in the history of Western civilization, in the process of Carthage and the Romans in the struggle for hegemony in the Mediterranean, the commander of the Carthaginian side was him.

Hannibal, who was a lifelong enemy of Rome, had outstanding military and diplomatic performances, and it was because of his existence that the Romans suffered in the Battle of Lake Trasimeno and the Battle of Cannae, but in the Second Punic War, the Carthaginian army commanded by Hannibal was defeated by Scipio, and then he retired and no longer served as the administrator of Carthage.

Carthage was a city-state founded by the Tyrean people, one of the ancient Phoenicians, who first lived between the Dead Sea and the Mediterranean Sea in Asia, where the Jews live today, and in the ninth century BC, the Tyreans crossed the Mediterranean Sea to the Mediterranean coast of Africa.

Around the 8th to 6th centuries BC, Carthage began to expand into the interior of Africa and gradually took control of most of the Phoenician colonies in North Africa. At the same time, Carthage also advanced into the western Mediterranean, occupying the southern coast of Spain and its nearby islands, Sardinia, Corsica and western Sicily, and began to dominate the western Mediterranean, controlling the western and eastern sides of the Mediterranean with Greece. (To be continued......)