Chapter 320: Battle of Cannae
Watch the fastest hand-hair station/ mobile reading. Looking at Ye Xiaoxiao like a curious baby, I couldn't help but smile and told her about Hannibal:
"Speaking of Hannibal, the first thing to talk about is the Punic War, which was a war between two countries, ancient Rome and Carthage, which took place three times and lasted for more than a hundred years, when Carthage was a very rich country, and of course it was destroyed later."
"I said I hadn't heard of Carthage yet." Zhao Gang said.
"If you change the cities that exist now, in Africa, you haven't heard of them." Ye Xiaoxiao ruthlessly slapped Zhao Gang in the face.
"The First Punic War was mainly a naval battle in the Mediterranean, in which a gang of robbers took possession of a small country and killed all the men there, and the women became their wives."
"Are you sure it's used to be a wife?" Zhao Gang asked.
"Don't worry about the details." I said.
"Brother Gang, can you not interrupt, you are like watching an advertisement, suddenly inserting a TV series, it's too annoying." Ye Xiaoxiao said.
I couldn't help but nod in agreement, but I felt that Ye Xiaoxiao's words seemed to be flawed, and I didn't think about it when something went wrong.
Later, the new monarch of that country mainly destroyed this gang of robbers, and the robbers were instigated at the time, and at the same time asked Rome and Carthage for help, Rome did not want to make a move at that time, after all, this gang of bandits was not justified, and Rome had just finished the internal reshuffle, but Carthage on the other side immediately agreed, and sent a fleet, Rome saw it, and was not happy at that time, how could he let others interfere in the affairs of his own door, anyway, the two groups of people did it, in fact, the main thing was that both sides were military powers at that time, and one mountain could not tolerate two tigers, Even if it's a male and a female, they are all in charge. ”
"The result?" Ye Xiaoxiao asked.
"On the power of the sea, Carthage is quite good, ancient Rome belongs to landlubbers, the ground is powerful, not in the water, because there is no ship, although it lost at first, but then salvaged the Carthaginian shipwreck, began to tinker, and finally got a fleet, the first war lasted 23 years, and the result was that ancient Rome won, replacing Carthage's hegemony."
"And what about Hannibal? Haven't played yet?? Zhao Gang asked.
"That is the second Punic War, Hannibal's father is a general of Carthage, 9-year-old Hannibal swore in front of the altar that he would not stand against Rome, and later in the second Punic War, Hannibal showed outstanding military talent, crisscrossing the hinterland of Rome for nearly 16 years, he implemented a scorched earth strategy, put the main battlefield in Rome, so that Carthage was spared from the baptism of war, issued national debts, increased legions, carried out guerrilla warfare in Rome, and almost took the city of Rome, and later Scipio the Great led the Romans to invade Carthage, Hannibal was forced to return to Africa, Cebius the Great defeated Hannibal at Zama, Carthage was completely defeated, and lost a lot of money, and even the ships could only be left with ten, and basically lost everything that could be lost anyway. ”
"And what about Hannibal? Just dead? Ye Xiaoxiao asked.
"Later, he was exiled and did not flee, anyway, the Romans have not been at ease, and they tried to find him, and finally committed suicide by taking poison."
"How many times did the Punic War go?" Zhao Gang asked.
"Three times, the last time is basically nothing to say, the time lasts the shortest, after the second loss, Carthage lost all its overseas territories, but the hundred-legged insect died but not stiff, Carthage has a thick foundation, developed for several years, rich and oily, at that time Rome was either fighting Greece or fighting the surrounding countries, always wanted to fight Carthage, but there was no time, and then Carthage developed too well, Rome was really jealous, launched the third war, directly destroyed Carthage, a fire burned Carthage, it is said that the fire burned for three days and three nights, Carthage is in ruins and history. ”
"Burned for three days and three days? "Historical Records" wrote that when Xiang Yu burned Xianyang Palace, "burn the Qin palace room, and the fire will not be extinguished for three months". Zhao Gang said.
"You're such a barb." I said.
Half an hour later, we crossed the strait and stopped at an unnamed shore.
"Let's finally get mixed up, should we follow them, or go directly to Su Duxue?" Zhao Gang asked.
"Let's take a look, their destination is similar to ours." I said.
We followed Hannibal's army on a difficult journey, with a lot of fighting and experience, until we reached the bottom of the Alps in December.
"Sure enough, he's about to start climbing the Alps!" I said.
"It's too far, isn't it?" Zhao Gang said.
"Carthage is in Italy, that is, south of ancient Rome, and Hannibal can cross the Alps with amazing courage and attack from the north, which is really worthy of being the father of strategy." Ye Xiaoxiao said.
"If you knock on the north gate, you can wave your army south and strike; The rear of the Romans too. I said.
After a few more days, the army captured Cannae, an important granary for Rome, and without Cannae, Rome was in trouble. In order to recapture Cannae, Rome sent an overwhelming superior force, and the Italian players also sent out en masse.
Hannibal began to deploy a combat strategy, and this battle was mainly a great detour, attacking from the rear.
"Attacking from behind the flanks is the essence of all tactics." Looking at Hannibal's plan, I said with a smile, and Hannibal suddenly looked up at me with a hint of admiration.
In fact, these words are all exaggerated summaries of later generations, and I just took them and pretended to be.
On the plain, not far from Cannae, Hannibal's side was a motley army, with the slingers and spearmen of Paris Ali as skirmishers, the Iberian and Gallic cavalry on the left flank, the African hoplites on the central front alternately lined up with Iberian infantry in purple-trimmed white linen uniforms and the Gallic infantry fighting almost naked, the Numidian cavalry on the right, and the scattered ranks of Egyptian players in the rear.
"I said I would send troops to help." Looking at Hannibal beside me, I took out the territorial order.
Thousands of NPCs from Yuluo City and Yulong Valley appeared in front of me, and Hannibal looked at me in surprise.
Now that I've read the script and got the strategy, I naturally need to make good use of it.
However, just as the two armies were about to start, the sky darkened, and a huge black vortex slowly formed in mid-air, and countless demon elites swarmed out of it.
"Demon Invasion!" I was surprised.
"How many numbers are there today?" Ye Xiaoxiao asked.
"Fourteen!" Zhao Gang said.
"It's a day ahead of the national uniform!" I said.
"This, what kind of monster is this!" Hannibal was at a loss.
"There are too many of these monsters, and they are very strong, let's withdraw first!" I said.
Hannibal pondered for a moment, nodded, and said, "Withdraw to Cannae City!" To watch the first new chapter of the festival, please go to the mobile address --- Tangke Xing: