Tomorrow is 515, the anniversary of the starting point, and the day with the most benefits. In addition to the gift bag and school bag, this time's "515 Red Envelope Flip" must be seen, how can there be a reason not to grab the red envelope, set the alarm clock high~

Calm and calm, not panicked is the temperament of a great man.

- Seneca (famous Stoic philosopher of ancient Roman times)

After questioning Jugurdah and Ahmed, Hannibal no longer needs to involve Jugurdah and Ahmed in the meeting; So Hannibal said to Jugurdah and Ahmed: "General Jugurdah, General Ahmed; Tomorrow I will send my envoys to the other four kingdoms, and you will also leave tomorrow to return to your respective kingdoms. ”

Hannibal paused for a moment and continued: "General Juguda, you can bring back your hundreds of cavalry without haste, and let them recuperate in peace in the city of Great Leptis; When you return to the Sahara Kingdom, prepare 50,000 gold coins, transport them to Tapsus, and pick up the hundreds of cavalry on your return.

General Ahmet, you don't have to return to the Kingdom of Numidia from the Kingdom of Gaturia to-morrow; I will send messengers and five thousand horsemen to escort you and your army from Baisasian to the kingdom of Numidia via Afrika. At that time, General Amikas, who is stationed in the city of Numidia, will hand over the kingdom of Numidia to you intact under the orders of my messenger; I also hope that you will complete the gold coin matter as soon as possible.

Two generals, time is pressing, and the affairs of North Africa must be dealt with in the shortest possible time, otherwise it will delay my next great battle with the Romans; So, tonight, go to the barracks and get ready. General Juguda, you have to pacify your hundreds of cavalry; General Ahmet, you must also mobilize your army of 12,000 Numidia. ”

Hannibal's words, though spoken as if they were in consideration of Jugurdah and Ahmet, were in fact giving them new orders and evictions; With the wisdom of Jugurdah and Ahmed, it is not difficult to see Hannibal's intentions. The two men after giving Hannibal a standard Carthaginian military salute. And they turned and departed.

Ahmed, who walked out of the conference room, looked back deeply at the Zhuguda who followed him, and left first; In fact, in Ahmet's heart, it was not Hannibal and the Carthaginians that he hated most, but Jugurdah, who betrayed the kingdom of Numidia and Zuguta. He's the real culprit.

Without the on-the-spot attack of Juguda, the Numidian defenders on the city walls would not have been in a chaotic formation at all, and it was not easy for the Carthaginian siege troops to climb the city walls; If it weren't for the luck of Djugurdah who killed Tulguta, the Numidian defenders on the city walls would not have launched a siege of Djuguda's troops on all fronts, and the Carthaginians would not have been able to profit from it.

Even if the Carthaginians relied on their military might to achieve a final victory, the price they paid was definitely not small; Just the iron arrows and super javelins urgently created on the city walls were enough to consume the lives of tens of thousands of Carthaginian soldiers, and it was absolutely impossible for the Carthaginian kingdom after the crushing victory to have the strength to divide the complete Numidian kingdom into four kingdoms.

As for the rebel rebels, Ahmet really never took them seriously; If it weren't for the chaos caused by the Numidian army at that time, which was mired in a battle with the Carthaginian siege force and the Jugurdah army, and the sudden death of Zuguta. Ahmet thought he needed only 5,000 elite infantry. This resistance army of tens of thousands of people can be completely dispersed.

It is a pity that there are no ifs in war; The winner is the winner after all, and the loser is the loser after all, and Ahmed can only choose to suffer all this silently. However, Ahmad's calm surface hides a resilient heart; He will not forget the rebellion of Zhuguda, but he still needs to endure for more important things in the moment.

Ahmed's hatred of Jugurdah was also well aware, and Jugurdah had originally intended to annex the Gaturia region he had sought after the war and annexed it to the Saharan Kingdom; But. Hannibal's plan for the Six Kingdoms completely shattered Jugurdah's idea. Of course, it's not just that that shudders; What Jugurdah didn't expect was that Hannibal would reuse Ahmed!

In Juguda's opinion. the Battle of the Great Leptis; Even if the main army of Numidia was not destroyed, it would not escape the fate of being a slave and servant in the Kingdom of Carthage for the rest of his life. As for the generals of the Numidian kingdom, they were the main force in the invasion of the Carthaginian kingdom, and they were also the executioners who killed the soldiers of the Carthaginian kingdom; The Carthaginians would not spare them unless they died in battle.

Therefore, Jugurdah will rebel against the Numidian kingdom without scruples; Because it was impossible for the Kingdom of Numidia after the war to have the strength to covet the Sahara Kingdom under the suppression of the Kingdom of Carthage. But. The reality is always so cruel; Hannibal appointed Ahmet, the famous general of Zuguta, as the new king of the Numidian kingdom, and handed over all the captured Numidian troops to him!

That's 12,000 troops! Not a thousand two hundred troops! What's even more deadly is that these 12,000 troops are all veterans who fought out of the sea of corpses and blood, and they are also Numidian soldiers who hate Juguda himself so much; All this makes Juguda's scalp tingle.

Why do you think Jugurdah is stupidly willing to pay more taxes to Hannibal, not to curry favor with Hannibal. To get military asylum from Hannibal? Although Hannibal explicitly stated that Ahmet would not be allowed to lead his army to expand outward, Hannibal could not stay in North Africa all the time; Should Hannibal have any accident outside, will the Saharan kingdom be able to stop Ahmet's vengeful army?

The distraught Zhu Guda really felt exhausted, and he knew that the final result would be like this, it was better to shrink in the Sahara and not get out; At least it won't be like this, and the lady will lose the army again! Unfortunately, there are no ifs in Juguda's world; Juguda could only smash his teeth and swallow in his stomach, silently preparing to appease the cavalry who followed him.

After seeing Jugurdah and Ahmed leave, Hannibal took his gaze back; The generals also knew that Hannibal must have announced more important and private things to separate the two people, so they also focused their eyes on Hannibal. Hannibal looked at the burning eyes of the crowd, groaned, and spoke:

"Generals, you are all native Carthaginians, and you are also veterans who have served the Carthaginian army for at least ten years. It is also a meritorious person to the hard work of the Carthaginian kingdom; I think you must know a lot of things in your hearts, but you just don't want to mention them on weekdays. Today, I'm here to help you break this membrane, and we'll have a good talk. ”

As soon as Hannibal said this, all the generals looked at Hannibal in amazement; Vimyna, alone, seemed to know what Hannibal was trying to say. showed a look of extreme embarrassment and helplessness. None of this affected Hannibal's mood; I saw him continue:

"As we all know, there is a great contradiction between I, Hannibal, and the senators of the Senate; It can even be described as friend or foe. The reason why the senators of the Senate were willing to recall me to the mainland as the supreme commander and consul of the army was not that they were really willing to put aside their old suspicions; Rather, it was the situation of the Carthage crisis and the struggle of General Vermina.

To tell the truth, I, Hannibal, myself, have a grudge against the senators of the Senate; That's not to say that I don't want to see the Senate exist. On the contrary, I would very much like to see the existence of a senate that is just and strict and serves the people of Carthage; However, our current Senate is no longer the Senate that once served Carthage wholeheartedly!

The current Carthaginian patriarchs, their selfishness, collusion, corruption, and extreme extravagance, are simply the biggest cancer of our Carthaginian kingdom! Of course, you can also question me for being unilaterally attacking the Senate; But. But your own hearts and consciences can tell you the truest answer!

I, Hannibal, have never been ambitious, and all I seek is to restore our Carthage kingdom to its former glory; Is this also wrong? If you don't believe me, I can give you a list of them all:

If I had been a careerist, I would not have given up my power and position in the Iberian Peninsula and would have returned to Sicily to participate in the war against the Romans!

If I were a careerist, I would have been able to use my power and my army to completely control the power of the Kingdom of Carthage!

If I were a careerist, I would not have been able to abandon all Carthage and go to Sicily to defend myself against a possible Roman attack knowing that the senators of the Senate were deliberately distracting me!

Generals. I know that among you are nobles born into Carthaginian military families, and there are nobles who were born after the Senate. There are also generals who were born civilians; None of this is a factor that affects your judgment, for your ability to stand up in the hour of Carthage's crisis is enough to prove that deep down you love this country and your nation as much as I do.

Perhaps, you think that I am here tonight to call you to help me deal with the Senate; This is not the case. If I want to deal with the unarmed senators, I can wipe out all the senators of the Senate with a single order; But. This is not what I am after, because the consequence of doing so is only to bring turmoil and destruction to Carthage.

All I want is for you to keep the Carthage army vigilant enough when I go abroad, and not be corrupted by the senators. All of you here should understand why our Kingdom of Carthage was unable to withstand the attack of the Numidian army at the beginning of this war. The main reason is that there is a lack of troops and the low combat effectiveness of the soldiers.

So the question arises, why is the number of troops of our Carthaginian kingdom so low, and why is it so low? Isn't it because our patriarchs have embezzled all their military dollars elsewhere? After such a sudden war, we managed to form two cavalry corps and two infantry corps; Do you want these armies to be demobilized after the war?

The fate of the country needs to be guaranteed with strong military strength, and this time I will return to Sicily, I will take with me at least 20,000 Carthaginian troops, so that I can guarantee that Carthage can regain the position of hegemon in the Mediterranean! Since the naval power of our Kingdom of Carthage has been weakened for a long time, I will leave all the cavalry in Carthage.

In this way, we will maintain a strength of twenty-five thousand cavalry in Carthage; Coupled with the other necessary garrison infantry and the deterrent army against the six kingdoms, we also need to ensure a minimum of 20,000 infantry. With this structure, we must maintain a minimum of 45,000 troops at home in order to maintain our supremacy.

I know that the senators of the Senate will certainly not willingly spend a large sum of money to feed these armies; Therefore, the annual tax of 300,000 gold coins of the six dependent kingdoms will all be used as the military expenses of the 45,000 army. As for the 20,000 troops I took away, I will figure out how to spend the military on my own; All you need to do is help me protect Carthage! ”

Hannibal's words were uttered without a trace of mood swings, not even in an aggravated tone; But everyone, including Vimina, felt the urge to burst into tears. Vimini had always been reluctant to participate in the struggle between Hannibal and the Senate in order not to consume Carthage's own strength; But he never thought about all that Hannibal had to pay for Carthage.

At this moment, Hannibal has invisibly become the greatest Carthaginian hero in the hearts of all generals, and there is no one. Seeing that Hannibal, who was only in his thirties, had grown gray hairs on his head, Victoria's heart was sour, and she stood up and said, "Hannibal, you can rest assured; As long as I, Vimyna, still breathe, the Carthage land will be fine! ”

The other generals also stood up and said solemnly to Hannibal: "Swear to follow the general!" Defend Carthage to the death! "Good! Good!! Good!!! Hannibal was also moved by the impassioned enthusiasm of the generals!

PS.5.15 "Starting Point" is raining red envelopes! Starting at 12 noon, grab a round every hour, and a large wave of 515 red envelopes depends on luck. You all go and grab it, and the starting coins you grabbed continue to subscribe to my chapters! (To be continued.) )