Competition between ethnic groups is everywhere.

Scipio was not alarmed by the unusual changes in the peoples of the northern frontier, and for the civilized Romans, the tribes of the north, whether Gauls, Saxons, or Germans, were barbarians, and the purpose of their conquest was only to obtain more slaves.

The battle for hegemony on land has just unveiled a magnificent prelude. The battle at sea has shown signs of white-hot, and Crassus, who has been taught a lesson, is impatient to lead the main force of the fleet to the sea to seek battle, but the war at sea is no better than on land, and the vast sea is full of passages, and it is impossible to hold the pass like a land battle, forcing the enemy to fight.

The Roman fleet brought back and forth along the Aegean Sea several times, in addition to disturbing the fishing boats along the coast, even the shadow of the Qin fleet was not found, as for blocking the port of Troy to seek war, Crassus's mind was not nonsense, far from the homeland to fight, once the fleet was insufficient, no matter how strong the Roman fleet was, it could only become a prisoner of the other side.

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Time flies.

As the scorching summer of the Mediterranean draws to a close, the powder keg of the Balkans finally explodes.

The Thracian general Spartacus led 7,000 warriors over the Alps with great courage and appeared on the plateau in the northern part of the Apennine Peninsula.

But soon something surprising happened, in the northern city of Milan, Spartacus rescued dozens of slaves from the estate, and organized the slaves of various nationalities in these estates, including the Thracians, and almost instantly, an army of up to 50,000 slaves appeared in the territory of the Roman Republic.

In August, after the slave army besieged Milan for several days, Spartacus decided to abandon the siege strategy and instead seek a direct way to Rome, the largest city and capital of Rome in the southern Apennine Peninsula. Regarding his strategic concept, Han Anguo, a staff officer of the Qin army who accompanied the army, expressed different opinions.

With Han Anguo's thoughts. Although the Thracian slave army was outnumbered, there was a considerable gap between it and the regular army in terms of equipment and quality of personnel, and when they began to revolt, it was with a strong spirit and the Romans were taken by surprise that they were able to grow. But after the Romans discovered the destructive power of this slave army, Scipio's military vision would never allow Spartacus to take advantage of it.

Therefore, the safest strategy should be to go back the way you came. Climb over the northern mountains again and return to the Balkan Peninsula, where the slave army can be supported by the Qin army without being left alone. At the same time, the addition of this army could also speed up the unification of the Balkan Peninsula, and the Gallic army of Pelius was at this time being suppressed by Cao Xin's Qin army in the area of Pella.

It is a great pity that this proposition of Han Anguo was not adopted, and the Thracians were carried away by the news of successive victories. Spartacus, under the persuasion of his subordinates, began to think of establishing a great kingdom belonging to the Thracians in the Apennine Peninsula. In desperation, Han Anguo had to separate from Spartacus and lead the Qin army staff team back.

Late August. The Roman consul Scipio finally gathered an army large enough to deal with the slave revolt, and under the city of Rome, Spartacus's army was besieged by 150,000 Roman troops, with more than 40,000 killed. Spartacus only led the remnants of less than 10,000 to break through.

At this time, if according to the inertia of history, Spartacus would choose to continue its march south. Hoping to cross the sea and return to their homeland with the help of pirate ships, the later development was due to the rebellion of the pirates, so that they had to embark on the difficult road north by land again, and finally the entire slave army was wiped out.

Fortunately, the young Spartacus finally came to his senses at this time, and Han Anguo's words of persuasion, Li Yuan's warning when he was about to set out for the expedition, echoed in his heart, and the remnants of the slave rebel army decided to return to the north along the road to the south, and then wait for the opportunity to cross the Alps and return.

Along the way, despite all the difficulties and the Roman army, as long as the slaves had a firm belief in returning to their homeland, they would definitely return alive.

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Balkans.

Pera, the former capital of the Macedonian Kingdom, was crumbling under the siege of the Qin army on three sides.

Pelius, who was trapped in the city, could not have imagined that the dignified Roman general, the commander of the Gallic legions, who once had nearly 20,000 warriors under his command, would be beaten like a shrunken turtle, and could only rely on the walls and ramparts to protect himself. Ironically, just a few years ago, these barriers had been the stubborn reliance of Philip IV.

The Gallic Legion used to be strong, but it also depends on what kind of opponent it is facing, if it is only Cao Xin, the general of the Qin army, Peter Uss can cope with it even if he is at a disadvantage, after all, the strong body of the Gauls is not vegetarian, but this time, the Qin army dispatched a full 100,000 troops, and the leader of this western expedition to the Qin army turned out to be the famous Shenwu Emperor Li Yuan.

There's nothing wrong with that.

Li Yuan personally enlisted.

This news was finally confirmed by several Gallic soldiers who had returned from the bloody battle of Pelius after paying the price of 4,000 soldiers.

After careful preparations, Li Yuan deceived the Romans who were busy quelling the domestic turmoil, and the Qin side claimed that the Shenwu Emperor received envoys from all over the country in Xin'an City, and on the other hand, he secretly dispatched troops to form a new expeditionary force to conquer Europe, this elite division was composed of cavalry from Luo Jia's army, heavy infantry from Cao Xin's army, and some crossbow soldiers and heavenly thunder soldiers, and the generals in the army were also star-studded.

Luo Jia and Cao Xin are Li Yuan's right-hand men, Li Zuoche is the staff officer, Yang Yu, Zhou Ping, and Ji Xin are the elite generals of the younger generation, and at the same time, there are also Zhong Liwu, Ji Bu and other generals who are unwilling to be lonely, and they have come to Eastern Europe from the distant Guanzhong and Kanto regions.

The crucial battle of Great Qin's unification of the Eurasian continent is about to begin.

As a veteran, what could be more proud than seeing the juniors win on the battlefield, Zhong Liwu and Ji Bu now only hope that they can use their experience by Li Yuan's side to remind these young people from time to time, so that they will not be proud of small victories, and they will never forget for a while until Zuihou.

In the face of such a lineup, Pelius fought alone, his Gallic army was beaten from 30,000 to less than 5,000 men, and after begging Scipio to send reinforcements to no avail, Pelius finally despaired.

"Archon Scipio, I, Petius, have fought to Zuihou, and I am worthy of you, and now it is time to find a way out for the Gauls."

On September 3, under the persuasion of the Gallic surrenderers, Petius decided to surrender the city, and the remaining more than 4,000 Gallic soldiers in the city all laid down their arms, took off the armor and helmets that symbolized the Roman soldiers, and neatly walked out of the wall in the city of Pella, and surrendered to the Qin army outside the city.

The one who accepted the letter of Pelius was his old rival Cao Xin. This time, Cao Xin did not mean to make fun of this old friend of the Constantinople negotiations. Now that Pieus has surrendered, he is no longer an enemy, but a comrade-in-arms who can fight side by side, and the Gauls on the French peninsula can also become another possible ally of Qin, and once they are organized, they can form a force to be reckoned with in the northwest of Rome.

Of course, the premise of all this is that Pielius has to be sensible, and if he is desperate to serve the Romans, Li Yuan doesn't mind killing a general.

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Fighting in the Balkans.

With the fall of the Gallic legions was ended.

The Crassus fleet, which had been ordered by Scipio to be reinforced by the Adriatic Bay, circumnavigated the outer bay of Pera for seven days, and did not see a single Gaul escape by sea.

"It's unforgivable that Pelius, a bastard, actually betrayed us." When he finally found out the news of the surrender of the Gallic legions, Crassus couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and although he cursed Petrius in his mouth, he was greatly happy in his heart.

The relationship between Crassus and Petrius has always been not harmonious, and it is natural for a country to have contradictions between the navy and the army, because the resources and supplies are quantitative, and the other side can only starve if one side is satisfied.

Unable to save the pressure of the Gallic legions, because the surrender of Pelius ceased to exist, and Crassus's fleet sailed eastward, it was the Roman navy that the search for the Qin fleet that had defeated Grell was their most important business, and nothing else.

Southern foothills of the Alps.

In the city of Milan.

The Roman consul Scipio lay tired in the arms of his mistress Cleopatra, his eyes bloodshot, these days, the fierce battle with the Spartacus slave army had drained the consul too much, making it difficult for him to have the energy and strength to meet the needs of a wolf-like woman.

"Carat, tell me, the Qin people really look like monkeys, they can not only climb trees, but also scream like monkeys?" Scipio asked in a slow voice.

Scipio went from not being interested in everything about the Qin State to having to understand it, and the only change in the middle was the aggressive momentum that the Qin State constantly showed, but that's it, Scipio also looked down on the Qin people, for no other reason, because he was a fanatical supporter of the race theory.

Scipio believed that in this shijie, only the white race was the most superior race, and as for the yellow race and the black race, they were all inferior peoples, and they were born slaves. (To be continued......)