Some people with common sense will remember that there are two kinds of confusion in the eyes, and they also come from two causes, either because they are out of the light or because they are out of the light, whether it is the eyes of the human body or the eyes of the mind. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

- Plato (one of the greatest philosophers and thinkers of Western culture)

Compared with the Roman forces and the Spanish kingdom's armament, the forces on the North African continent reacted much more fiercely after learning that Hannibal had been defeated and killed and that the Augustus army had won a complete victory.

In the entire North African continent, the first to get the news of the decisive battle of Zama was not the allies of the House of Augustus, the Adheba forces, nor the Jugurdah forces or other forces, but the Senate of the Kingdom of Carthage, which had a secret covenant with the House of Augustus.

After learning that the Augustan family had completely destroyed Hannibal, the senators of the Carthaginian senate immediately began to celebrate with their crowns; The anti-Hannibal organization, which was originally hidden underground, also surfaced in the aristocratic circles of the Carthaginian kingdom.

No matter what significance Hannibal's existence had for the entire Carthaginian kingdom, for the upper class of the Carthaginian kingdom, Hannibal's existence was always an uncontrollable threat; This is also clear to all the Carthaginian nobles.

Even among the nobles of the Carthaginian kingdom, there were quite a few people who could see the situation, and they knew what Hannibal meant to the Carthaginian kingdom; However, these were only the opinions of a small group of people, and the mainstream of the entire aristocracy of the Carthaginian kingdom still rejected Hannibal and his family.

Now, the invincible Hannibal has finally been wiped out along with his army, and the Hannibal family has become a name in history; Coupled with the surrender of Theophanes, the only remaining member of the Hannibal family, the Carthaginian Senate can also mock the Hannibals at will.

All this excited the senators of the Carthaginian Senate and the nobles of the Carthaginian kingdom; However, not all Carthaginian nobles will indulge in such joy, and a considerable number of people are very helpless about the current situation in North Africa.

No matter what measures the Augustan family will take to the Kingdom of Carthage, even the Adheba forces and the Jugurdah forces on the North African continent are not something that the Kingdom of Carthage can easily control.

If we add to the Libyan kingdom, which is about to move, the situation in the whole of North Africa is simply chaotic like a pot of porridge; It is such a chaotic situation that will also be boiled over by the news of Hannibal's defeat and death.

The nobles of the Carthaginian kingdom were not fools, and they naturally understood that once the news of Zama's defeat in the decisive battle against Hannibal reached the North African continent; Jugurdah would definitely be out of the control of the Carthaginian kingdom immediately, and Adheba would also blatantly attack the Carthaginian lands.

Even the kingdoms of Libya and Cyrenaica will not necessarily remain silent; Such a situation is simply an enemy and a danger for the Carthage Kingdom itself!

When they think about this, the nobles of the Carthaginian kingdom will inevitably panic; Although the Kingdom of Carthage still has the existence of the 'Iron Wall General' Vermyna, it is impossible to deal with enemies in many directions at the same time, and the Carthaginian nobles also understand the truth that two fists are invincible to four hands.

While the nobles of the Kingdom of Carthage were at a loss for what to do, Hanno the Younger, a leading member of the anti-Hannibal group and the current governor of Baisasion, stood up; Hanno Jr., who had been in the limelight lately, once again gave a speech in the Carthaginian Senate.

In this speech, Hanno Jr. not only explained in detail the agreement he reached with Oscar on his last secret mission to the Augustan family and reached peace talks after the war, but also gave a solution to the current crisis of the Carthage Kingdom.

Hanno Jr.'s solution was also very simple, that is, the entire Carthaginian kingdom completely reduced its forces, and concentrated all its troops in the two main provinces of the Carthage kingdom to ensure that the mainland of the Carthaginian kingdom would not be attacked.

Even if the native of the Carthaginian kingdom is attacked by the enemy, it is necessary to ensure that the defenders of the native kingdom can repel the enemy; In order to accomplish this strategic goal, Hanno the Younger proposed to abandon the previously occupied province of Tripoli and redeploy the forces of the Carthaginian kingdom.

According to Hanno the Younger, the garrison of Africa, the capital of the Carthaginian kingdom, was to remain unchanged; In addition to the Mina of the Carthaginian city, the legions of Amekas and the legions of Kelimis were also under the command of Verina.

Coupled with the 5,000 cavalry of the Sakab Regiment, stationed outside Carthage, the entire province of Africa has four legions, a total of 39,000 elite troops, and with a famous general like Vermina commanding, it can definitely ensure the safety of the province of Africa.

As for the province of Baissasien, of which Hanno the Younger himself was governor, it was still defended by the legions of Abydos; In addition, the Himika and Gisken regiments, which had been withdrawn from Tripoli, should also be placed under the command of the province of Baisasian.

In this way, the entire province of Baissasien had three legions, totaling twenty-nine thousand elite troops; For the supreme commander of the army in the province of Baisasian, little Hanno resolutely stood up and said that he was willing to take on such a heavy responsibility.

In addition to the arrangement of these two native provinces, Hanno the Younger's arrangement for Tripoli was to hand over the newly occupied province of the Carthaginian Kingdom to the Libyan Kingdom in exchange for the support of the Libyan Kingdom of Carthage.

Hanno the Younger believed that both the Adheba forces, which were eyeing the Carthaginian Kingdom, and the ambitious Jugurdah forces, were forces that were unwilling to be subservient to others and were full of ambitions for the Carthaginian Kingdom, and there was no possibility of winning them over at all.

Even if they were willing to coexist peacefully with the Carthaginian Kingdom for the time being, it was just a delaying tactic, and they would eventually have to meet the Carthaginian Kingdom in arms; In comparison, the Kingdom of Libya is completely different.

The Kingdom of Libya was a new kingdom fostered by the Kingdom of Carthage, and it was already a mortal enemy of the Adheba forces, who were bent on reuniting the Kingdom of Numidia; As for the Jugurdah forces, they were the public enemies of all the forces of the former Numidian Kingdom.

If you think about it this way, you will find that the Libyan kingdom is no better off than the kingdom of Carthage; Everyone's enemies are the Adheba forces and the Juguda forces, and the enemies of the enemy are friends, and little Hanno believes that the Kingdom of Libya still understands this truth.

But in the present situation, even if the Kingdom of Libya understands this, it is unlikely that it will have any direct conflict with the forces of Adheba and Jugudah; After all, the Kingdom of Libya was isolated from the East by the province of Tripoli of the Kingdom of Carthage.

So, once the Kingdom of Carthage was willing to transfer the entire province of Tripoli to the Kingdom of Libya; The Kingdom of Libya would then become a power with two provinces adjacent to the Jugurdah, and could also directly share the military pressure on the Kingdom of Carthage.

Such an arrangement also outweighed the disadvantages for the Kingdom of Carthage; You must know that the province of Tripoli is a relatively backward region, and it cannot be compared with the prosperous provinces of Africa and Baixasian in the native kingdom of Carthage.

The Carthaginian kingdom ruled the province of Tripoli, which would not only drag down its own economic development, but also disperse the already small military power of the Carthaginian kingdom; If the province of Tripoli is forcibly occupied, it will become a burden to the Kingdom of Carthage.

With the province of Tripoli and the Kingdom of Libya as allies, the Kingdom of Carthage can have a relatively stable rear and allies; And it is up to this ally to take the initiative to share the military pressure from the Jugurdah forces.

After losing the province of Tripoli, the Carthaginian kingdom was able to concentrate its forces on defending the two provinces and have more troops to deal with the aggressiveness of the Adheba forces; For Carthage, this is a double win!

Hanno the Younger's speech in the Carthaginian Senate was nothing short of a splendid personal one; Every nobleman of the Carthaginian kingdom present couldn't help but be shocked and rejoiced by Hanno's plan, so much so that before Hanno's speech was over, he received enthusiastic applause and cheers from all the nobles present.

The blockbuster little Hanno did not end his personal nature there, he also made another suggestion that made all the nobles ecstatic: that is, he hoped that the Senate would allow the Carthaginian nobles to recruit their own troops to participate in the defense of Carthage during the special period!

Little Hanno's move was entirely in preparation for his justifiable expansion of the army; But this suggestion has undoubtedly won the strong support of the entire aristocratic class of the Carthaginian Kingdom, after all, everyone is selfish, and who is unwilling to expand the strength of their family?

However, the senators of the Carthaginian Senate were not fools; They naturally knew how far-reaching Hanno's suggestion had on the Carthaginian kingdom and how much it weakened the power of the Carthaginian Senate, so they explicitly rejected this suggestion.

Faced with the Senate's direct refusal, little Hanno was not disappointed; This time, it was just a temptation for him to the Senate, and it was he who planted the seeds of this ambition in the hearts of the nobles.

For Hanno the Younger, the biggest gain of this speech was that he used his performance and strategy to win the recognition of the entire aristocratic class of the Carthage Kingdom; This is the most meaningful success for the Hanno family's business.

Although the Carthaginian Senate directly rejected the proposal of the nobles of Little Hanno to recruit troops on their own, they agreed to all of Hanno's other suggestions; In particular, the senators unanimously agreed to the matter of Hanno Jr.'s self-recommendation to be the military commander of Baisasian.

The senators commended Hanno the Younger for his constructive suggestions and for his courage in serving as the military commander of the province of Baisassien; It was decided to award the honorary position of senior senator of the Carthaginian Senate to Hanno Jr., that is to say, the young Hanno has become one of the highest-ranking senators of the Carthaginian Senate, and has truly become one of the most powerful people in the Carthage Kingdom! (To be continued.) )