The most regrettable thing in life is to easily give up what should not be given up, and stubbornly insist on what should not be insisted on. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info I thought that the bird could not fly the sea, because the bird did not have the courage to fly through the sea, ten years later I found out that it was not the bird that could not fly over, but the end of the sea, there was no waiting.

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

Witnessing the fall of the God of War is both a relief and a sorrow for Oscar; Without Hannibal, sooner or later all of North Africa would have been under the control of the Augustan family. However, this star-studded world is missing one of the brightest stars!

If Hannibal's sudden self-determination shocked Oscar and all the Augustus soldiers; Then Hannibal's soldiers were truly desperate.

Even when they were surrounded by the armies of House Augustus, these strong and brave warriors did not despair; However, Hannibal's sudden departure caused the pillar in their hearts to collapse.

The entire battlefield was unusually quiet with Hannibal's self-determination; Everyone's eyes turned to the figure who was still standing tall and slowly moving forward on a war horse. It's a pity that he can no longer feel the eyes of the world.

"Big brother!"

Among all the people present, the first to react was none other than Hannibal's own brother Theophanes; Hannibal's death was unacceptable to Theophanes.

You see, Hannibal's father had four sons; The result? In the last battle, Marco and Siodiocris were killed in the army of House Augustus; This time, Hannibal was once again forced by the Augustus family to cut himself, and the Hannibal family was left with only the last Theophanes!

During the Battle of Betica, Margo chose to stay and fight to the death, and Theophanes had no choice but to evacuate Betica with his mercenaries; On that occasion, Theophanes lost his second brother. Now, Theophanes watched the death of his beloved eldest brother; Theophanes could no longer control his emotions.

With Theophanes' cry, he fell to his knees weakly, weeping bitterly and not knowing how to extricate himself; In addition to Theophanes, Mahabal, who is Hannibal's favorite general and has been following Hannibal's southern and northern wars, also left tears in his eyes.

The boy has tears and does not flick, but he has not reached the sad place; Looking at the remnants of Hannibal who were crying, Oscar's heart was also very desolate. However, this is war, a war in which either you die or I die; Neither Oscar, nor the Augustan family, had no choice but to keep fighting.

Those who are lucky enough to survive today's decisive battle are lucky, not only because they survived the tragic battle, but also because they witnessed the end of a legend and the beginning of another.

In the battle of Zama, the history of Hannibal's dominance is finally over; The House of Augustus, who defeated Hannibal and his army in World War I, will become another powerful new power in this world, as well as the overlord of the entire Western Mediterranean!

With Hannibal's orders, the capture of the remnants of Hannibal by the Augustus family was relatively smooth; In other words, after the loss of Hannibal, the remnants of Hannibal's army have completely lost the courage to fight, and their eyes have become dull and numb.

Whether it was the soldiers of the House of Augustus who collected their weapons or escorted them to the barracks step by step; They are lifeless, like marionettes, obeying orders, without even the slightest hint of the most basic reaction.

After bringing all the remnants of Hannibal's 5,000 troops back to the barracks, Oscar sent all the hoplites back to the camp to rest; The task of cleaning up the battlefield was left to the light infantry who were tired but did not fight to the death.

In addition to arranging for the soldiers to return to the camp to rest and clean up the battlefield, Oscar did not let the generals under his command personally command the soldiers, but gathered all the generals into his own military tent; They were joined by Theophanes and Mahaba, as well as the Husdhuba.

In fact, at the beginning of the battle, the Huskidulba led the cavalry and the cavalry led by Licinius into a struggle; Later, Licinius's cavalry gained the upper hand in battle and completely crushed the Huskid Duba's cavalry forces.

In a battle between cavalry and cavalry, it is not difficult for one side to defeat the other, but it is almost impossible to destroy them all; After all, everyone is a highly mobile cavalry unit, how can it be so easy to be annihilated.

In fact, after his cavalry unit was scattered, the Huskiduba also escaped Licinius's pursuit with about 300 cavalry; After Licinius led his army back to the battlefield, the Huskiduba gathered all the other scattered cavalry, and finally gathered about 500 cavalry before rushing back to the battlefield.

Unfortunately, by that time it was already too late; Hannibal had chosen to take matters into his own hands, and his army was being escorted to the barracks by the hoplites of the House of Augustus. Faced with all this, Hush Domba did not choose to flee immediately, but chose to obey Hannibal's will and surrender to the Augustus family.

After gathering all the generals in the military tent, Oscar did not celebrate the victory in this battle, nor did he mention the casualty figures of both sides; Instead, he said to all the generals in the military tent:

"Actually, in today's battle, we won disgracefully, and Hannibal did not complain about losing; Months before the decisive battle, the Senate of the Kingdom of Carthage had been in secret contact with us, and had made a series of agreements with us House Augustus.

That is, from beginning to end, Hannibal was not only fighting against our family Augustus, he was also fighting against the homeland to which he was loyal behind his back; He lost not to us House Augustus, but to the realm to which he was loyal!

In all fairness, Hannibal was a brilliant strategist and tactician; Especially tactically, it is extremely rare in this era to be able to achieve such a sudden strategic, to reach the level of tactical perfection (Cannae's siege), and it is not an exaggeration to call him a god of war, he can almost be compared to Alexander's military achievements.

But Hannibal was only a military man, he was not a politician, he did not decide the direction of the regime; In history, there are many great men who actually came from the military, but they have higher ideals and pursuits, and in the end they only use the army as the most tool and springboard, so as to reach the pinnacle of power.

In fact, Hannibal's defeat revealed the helplessness and sorrow of the military profession, and by extension, except for those who held the highest peak of power, except for those who could influence the direction of power, everyone else was helpless and sad.

Because you can't control your own fate, even if you become the master of a country, you may not be able to control the development of the world, which may be the historical inevitability of Hannibal's failure. ”

Speaking of this, Oscar sighed helplessly; I don't know whether to sigh for Hannibal's inability to control his own destiny, or for his inability to control the development of the world. After a pause, Oscar continued:

"The naval battles of the First Punic War had already decided the hegemony of the Western Mediterranean, and unless Hannibal was able to attack the Roman Republic itself, there was absolutely no possibility of a reversal; The population of Rome itself ensured an abundance of soldiers, and the supremacy of the sea allowed the entire western Mediterranean to be traded by sea for the Romans.

So, the strategic thinking of the Romans was simple, to slowly drain the last drop of Carthaginian blood. Although the overall pattern of the war was somewhat similar to that of the Second Peloponnesian War, this time there was no isthmus, the land was completely cut off by the sea, and the side that relied more on money was Hannibal, who was at a disadvantage in this regard. In the end, the Roman ravagers finally ended in defeat.

Even Hannibal became consul of Carthage after the Second Punic War, mediating with the Roman Republic for the revival of his homeland. Unfortunately, the painful memories he brought to the Romans were too strong, and Cato the Elder's iconic "Therefore, Hannibal must be destroyed" finally led him to his demise with his army. ”

Oscar's comment on Hannibal already contains an analysis of the entire war situation; All the generals here, whether they were the generals of the Augustus family or the three generals who had just surrendered, were undeniably recognized.

After talking about Hannibal, Oscar changed the conversation and turned the topic to the Augustus family themselves; I saw that Oscar left his main seat, walked to the middle of the military tent, and said earnestly to all the generals:

"Generals, today we have put an end to the legend of Hannibal on the plain of Zama, and have shaped the legend that belongs to our family of Augustus; But who knows, will our House of Augustus become the next House of Hannibal?

Hannibal's inevitable defeat was because behind him there was a group of villains stabbing knives with short swords; And what about our House Augustus? The Roman Republic behind us, is there a lack of such people? Were the other families of Rome good men and women?

Generals, you are the pillars of our Augustus family, and you are also the leaders of our Augustus family's future rise; I hope you will learn a lesson and never let us Augustus repeat the mistakes of Hannibal! ”

These sincere words were listened to in the ears of the generals of the Augustan family, and naturally they were extremely enthusiastic and inspiring; But listening to the ears of Mahabar and the others, it was inevitably full of sadness.

The great hero who stands up to the sky, the great hero who serves the country and the people, and the super god of war who dominates the world - Hannibal; In the end, he was defeated by a dark arrow from behind, is there anything more ironic than this? The hearts of the three generals, while full of bitterness, were also completely disappointed in the Carthaginian Kingdom, and they hated the Carthaginian Senate even more! (To be continued.) )