Chapter 445: The First Face (8)

The Romans were slow to react, and the ouster of the dictator Fabian brought their internal power struggle to a fever pitch. Hannibal also took the opportunity to give his troops a good rest in Cannae and familiarize themselves with the surrounding terrain.

Before waiting for the battle to begin, Huang Xuan was bored reading some content about Rome during this period.

Many books will say that the Roman Senate believes that Rome should defeat Hannibal "with dignity".

Huang Xuan immediately scoffed when he saw this, the typical symptom of electoral politics, the dignified defeat, is naturally a kind of propaganda, which can be propaganda for the people or propaganda for the alliance, but it is too stupid to press the entire army of Rome, a total of 80,000 people, the largest number of conscriptions in Roman history. If it weren't for the fact that the political "color" was so strong, the Second Punic War would not have been fought so hard.

However, Huang Xuan was also very impressed by the figure of 80,000 people, who said that the number of wars in ancient Europe was less.

At that time, China could easily dispatch an army of three or four hundred thousand, which can be said to be the army of the whole country, for example, the Battle of Changping, which he was most familiar with, Qin mobilized almost all the men between the ages of 15 and 60 in the country, maybe a million people, but if you carefully compare the soldiers on both sides, you can find that the two sides are so different.

Rome divided people into ranks according to property, the richest first class could be cavalry, and the second class could only be heavy infantry, and then light infantry, but no matter what, unless the country was going to be wiped out, people without property wanted to be soldiers, there was no way, and this alone was very different from China.

In addition, Qin had a million troops, Zhao also had a million troops, and Rome, Rome in the narrow sense, was actually just a city. In 260 BC, Rome was still a republic, not an empire, and the composition of the entire Roman League was based on the military mobilization of a Roman legion and an allied legion - of course, this is also because of the system of the Roman Republic, so that he could not fully mobilize, otherwise, the first million war in European history would not have to wait so long.

Huang Xuan never gave Mr. Comas complete information, and the latter didn't seem to be interested, and Lorraine was even more "obsessed" with mahjong......

However, Mr. Comas apparently has his own means.

Travelers don't remember the history of all planes, but the academies also have their methods, the history of mankind is always traceable, primitive people will go to live in cold regions, but they will not go to live in cold dying glacial belts, the Romans may win, maybe they will lose, but they will always develop......

When Mr. Comas came to Huang Xuan's room, he said, "Hannibal will win several battles of annihilation in the rest of the time, but the result will still be like a rogue, right?" ”

Of course, Huang Xuan was very surprised, he opened his palm, thought for a long time, and said, "Where do you want me to start?" ”

"How to get Cyrus to get the right and get out of here, it's better to find something." After the novelty of the trip passed, Mr. Comas seemed a little bored.

Huang Xuan was dumbfounded, and only after a moment did he say: "Even if we give Cyrus a traveler's permission, it will be difficult for him to do this, I thought that what you said about obtaining the right was much later." ”

Mr. Comas shook his head slightly.

Huang Xuan said to himself: "In this era, power should be composed of two parts, his blood and origin, and his military and political strength. ”

As he said this, he looked at Mr. Comas and suddenly laughed, "I have an idea to see if we can do it." ”

……

The Roman legions arrived as scheduled.

The two consuls brought 10 Roman legions, 5 of which were Roman allies, who were inferior in combat to the Roman legions, but better than Hannibal's terrible motley troops.

For the Romans, their problem was with the consuls, two consuls, meaning that there were two opinions, and worst of all, their republican system was so widely used in the military.

It can be said that the Roman army never had any major problems, because their opponents were too weak, and when they encountered the powerful Carthaginian army, the Roman republic helped again and again.

"Battlefield rotation system". Hearing this name makes modern people feel stupid, and of course, the Romans have made many improvements so that the system is not as stupid as its name suggests, but only secondary stupidity - two consuls each exercising the right to command for a day.

So, the steady Aemilius camped far away from Hannibal, and after Hannibal attacked, he chose to avoid the battle. However, the next day, the new commander, Farrow, decided to go to war.

And then he did.

The two armies faced each other. Hannibal used infantry on the central front and cavalry on the flanks, which was a normal Punic tactic.

However, Hannibal's cavalry was surprisingly numerous.

Huang Xuan, Comas, and Cyrus stood in the central sequence of Hannibal, surrounded by a small number of Carthaginian cavalry, and a large number of Iberian soldiers, as well as Hannibal's favorite Libyan Phoenicians, Gauls, and various African natives.

The Roman army was almost three times the size of Carthage.

Looking at the dense Roman phalanx lined up in a three-line formation, Hannibal finished commanding and beckoned Huang Xuan: "Can you kill them?" ”

"Of course."

"200 tarrants?" Hannibal's chin tilted slightly when he laughed.

Huang Xuan laughed twice and said, "Actually, we want more prisoners. ”

"Oh?"

"We decided to build a new state here, maybe Italy, or Byzantium, and therefore, we needed some slaves."

The general next to Hannibal said: "Only the victors are entitled to own slaves." ”

"We'll be, but I don't want to kill my own slaves, so ......"

"Can't you help?" Hannibal stared at Huang Xuan.

Huang Xuan couldn't stand it and blocked his eyes and said, "Don't give me this set, although you are as famous as Napoleon, do you know how that kid died?" ”

Hannibal frowned strangely, probably thinking about the name Napoleon.

Huang Xuan pointed to the distance and said, "There is a Roman barracks, there are about 10,000 people, if they reinforce this army, you will be in big trouble, right?" ”

The current Hannibal army is weaker than it was historically, and it is impossible to play mythology with the weak defeating the strong.

"What do you think?" Hannibal was in the mood to talk to Huang Xuan, and in front of his troop array, he could rush over three times as many people at any time.

Huang Xuan smiled and said: "Just kill them, those people will run anyway, as soon as the battle starts, I will kill them, but once 200 talants, this will not change." ”

"No problem." Hannibal nodded solemnly, and then watched Huang Xuan leave from a distance.

At 8 o'clock in the morning, the formation of troops on both sides was completed.

In this kind of war, the rear is basically safe, and after heavy troops, you don't have to worry about artillery shells, stray bullets, and things like missiles and energy cannons, Mr. Comas found a slightly higher place, spread out the straw mats, pulled Cyrus and started the barbecue.

Huang Xuan looked at it and smiled, and when he got closer, he found that three large energy screens had been opened in front of him, and the battlefield situation was being broadcast from all angles.

"You're just in time." Mr. Comas called out to Huang Xuan and said, "It looks like they are going to fight, the Romans are starting to move forward, and these people in front of them want to throw guns." ”

The Javelin was the most powerful weapon of the Roman legion, it had enough penetration to kill the heavy infantry, and it was economical to use it again, and if the missiles made by Martin could be recycled, they would definitely have a monopoly on the Iraqi market.

The elite infantry on both sides looked the same, with the African soldiers also wearing Roman heavy infantry armor, partly disarmed, partly from Cannae's contributions. It was the granary of the Roman army, and the occupation of it was the main reason for the decisive battle of the Romans.

"With an energy cannon?" Mr. Commas asked Huang Xuan, who he always consulted now.

"Nope." Huang Xuan shook his head lightly and said: "The Carthaginian army can't be slaves, then we won't have support, and the Romans are different." ”

Farrow commanded the Roman legions to press on the whole line, and the whole army was in one line, which was the most orthodox way of attack.

Hannibal ordered his central front to protrude forward to meet the dense central phalanx of Rome, while the flanks began to flank in a roundabout way. His toughest Furious Midia cavalry was on the right flank, but today, the Liberian and Gallic cavalry under Hannibal's younger brother performed even better. Almost as soon as they made contact, they routed the Roman cavalry on the opposite side.

Although the Romans were three times as numerous as Hannibal's army, Hannibal's cavalry was 10 times that of the Romans. Compared to these African and Gallic cavalry, which came and went quickly, the Roman cavalry was more accustomed to dismounting without fighting. Thousands of miles apart, the Chinese and Romans fought in a strikingly similar way. 、

Xiao He said in an exclamatory tone, "This is the famous pincer attack. ”

"Is it famous?" Huang Xuan asked.

Ning Ao "interjected" and said: "It shouldn't be as famous as the senior year, I personally think." ”