Chapter 447: The First Face (10)

The Battle of Cannae ended as scheduled.

If the Carthaginian soldiers poisoned by Mr. Comas and Huang Xuan are counted, then the death toll of the latter has not changed much.

The Roman soldiers were taken care of by Mr. Comas - the human brain controls all kinds of mental reactions, and modern people already know the centers that control fear, the memory centers, the motor centers, the pain centers, and so on, and so on, and Mr. Comas obviously knows better, and he performed some minor surgeries on the soldiers, removing some parts of the soldiers' brains, which made them lose certain functions while maintaining their combat effectiveness: for example, part of the memory. But for the soldiers, after such a terrible battle, it is very normal to choose to forget something about "sex".

Cyrus entered the Roman legions in the guise of a comrade-in-arms and began to make extensive contact with the Roman citizens.

He argued with Hannibal's men, demanding more food and water from the victors, more tents and quilts, and he took the Roman soldiers to bury the dead, rather than throwing all the corpses into a valley like the Carthaginians.

All this quickly gave Cyrus a fighter-like image, and he was as capable as a 40-year-old man after taking the extended series of "medicines". More and more Roman captives gathered around Cyrus, and they talked with him all night long, they were together in secret plans, they were together in rebellion against the Carthaginians, and they had fun in what they did.

When Huang Xuan saw this, he was amused and a little shuddered. The more than 30,000 remaining Roman soldiers, with some missing memories and incomplete brains, looked at Cyrus as if in faith, and then shouted slogans such as "victory".

Even the Carthaginians who knew about it did not want to see much of it.

……

After the battle, there was still a strong bloody atmosphere wafting from the sky above Cannae Castle.

Huang Xuankong passed by a group of dirty mercenaries, and these black and white mercenaries hurriedly dodged away, and then laughed loudly behind their backs.

Hannibal lived in the largest courtyard in the town. Huang Xuan walked into the courtyard gate and saw Hannibal looking at him with burning eyes.

The two sat down, and after greetings, Hannibal couldn't wait to ask Debut: "What technique did you use?" ”

Needless to ask, Huang Xuan also understood that he wanted Mr. Comas to do something to the Romans. However, Huang Xuan didn't understand what Mr. Comas had done, he didn't know anything about medicine, so he could only cough twice and said: "The 'medicine' powder helped a lot at the beginning, and that was a favor I owed to Cyrus, and now I have paid it off." ”

Although he didn't say it directly, his words still pointed out the meaning: it can only be used once.

Hannibal cocked his chin and looked at Huang Xuan, probably thinking that he would not explain anything more, and after a while, he smiled and said, "So what are your plans next?" ”

"I want the city of Rome." Huang Xuan said solemnly.

Hannibal was surprised, if it was anyone else, he must have thought he was telling a joke, but Huang Xuan's performance in the past two days proved that he might really be able to do what others can't.

Huang Xuan recalled Cyrus's tone, adjusted his posture and said: "For Mr. Hannibal, Carthage is the most important thing for you, and now it seems that if you can't break through the city of Rome, everything is illusory, if you break through, then do you think you can rule Rome with only these tens of thousands of people?" If so, how can you share in the benefits of Carthage? ”

"War reparations are a very good idea." Hannibal was not moved by Huang Xuan's words.

"If you don't break Rome, you will have to pay reparations, and if you break through, what do you talk about reparations, if you abandon Rome and return to Carthage, what do you think will be the result? And how do you control Rome? ”

"My reinforcements will be there soon." Hannibal spoke in a loud voice, but with great momentum.

If he hadn't known something, Huang Xuan might have been infected by Hannibal's voice and believed what he said. After thinking about it for a while, Huang Xuan said in a deep voice: "General Hannibal, do you really have reinforcements?" ”

"Of course." Hannibal's appearance easily reminded Huang Xuan of the pastor in the church.

"The leaders of Carthage are also too talkative." Huang Xuan grinned twice and said: "You occupy half of Gaul and are about to break up the Roman League, you seem to be invincible, in this case, which elder dares to promise you reinforcements?" I have a saying here, I don't know if you have heard it, it is called 'Gong Gao Gai Lord' or 'Birds Hide the Bow'. ”

Nick translated a long list of words to explain the two idioms, and Hannibal blinked, his face showing not the slightest change.

"The city of Rome will be ruled by Cyrus, and at that time, the Roman League will naturally not exist, on the contrary, I will keep Cyrus and Carthage very close, you can continue to recruit troops from Gaul, continue to recruit troops from Greece and Spain, and then you can go to Carthage if you want, you can stay here, and you will have countless fields, and the land you once owned in the past few years is your property, and it belongs to Hannibal alone." Huang Xuan said in a very seductive and "sexual" tone.

Hannibal groaned, "How many more times can you use your tricks?" ”

"That's called the Energy Cannon." Huang Xuan laughed and said, "Don't worry, dozens or hundreds of times will not be a problem." ”

"All right, but the possessions in the city of Rome are ours." Hannibal finally made up his mind. He just made a correct decision, in fact, without Huang Xuan, whether it was 30,000 or 50,000 people, it would not be enough for Hannibal to capture the city of Rome, which is one of the few defensive buildings in the world, without large siege equipment, logistics and several times the number of personnel, don't even think about it. Hannibal had actually been prepared for a false shot.

This also determined the strategic superiority of the Romans.

Huang Xuan immediately added: "Your people can take what they want in the city, but they can't smash or burn it, I want the city of Rome, and its walls, not a ruin." ”

Hannibal looked at Huang Xuan for a long time and said, "Okay." ”

……

The pain of the Battle of Cannae soon reached Rome.

80,000 men, of which more than 40,000 were Roman citizens, it was also the largest army ever sent by Rome.

In addition to talking about the escape of more than 1,000 people, 10 legions were buried at the hands of Hannibal - that backward and barbaric army, two consuls and 80 councilors, made the Roman upper class feel the pain of the skin.

The Fabian policy was once again proposed, and Rome began a new round of intense mobilization, and the population was full of pessimism about the victory.

This was indeed the most difficult time for Rome.

Without Huang Xuan's involvement, Hannibal would have demonstrated outside Rome after the Battle of Cannae, and then turned to Rome's allies—all the while maintaining their Fabian policy, maintaining their internal superiority while tightening alliances and attacking former allies who had seceded.

Eventually, Hannibal's allies in Italy would return to the arms of the Romans, and he would win victory after victory, but as time went on, his victories would increasingly make up for the loss of strength, the flight of troops would gradually increase, and the logistics would become scarce in every war, until the final defeat.

However, the world is different.

It had been 30 days since P001, and both Mr. Commas and Huang Xuan could not wait, and they strongly demanded that Hannibal attack Rome, and the latter hesitated to march.

In order to ensure that everything went according to plan, Huang Xuan did not hesitate to attack all the way with energy, and the energy cannon would be used two or three times a day, which made Hannibal full of fear while being happy.

On the fourth day, the Carthaginian army came outside Rome.

This is a magnificent city, more majestic than the new Babylon that Huang Xuan saw, with 40-meter-high walls and arrow towers of tens of meters each, which seem to indicate that this is an impregnable giant city.

There is no need to look back, Huang Xuan can also imagine Hannibal's sigh, which used to be the sigh that every conqueror would make, originally, Hannibal would have left sensibly in this sigh.

"Huang Xuan." Mr. Comas screamed softly, and he didn't even look at Huang Xuan more.

Cyrus did not appear here, he led his "Roman" army to hide outside the city and appear in times of need.

Huang Xuan shrugged his shoulders and raised his arm to Hannibal, "You already owe me 1200 tarrants. ”

"The city of Rome has it all." Hannibal's face was also full of expectation, if Huang Xuan could really open the city of Rome, then Carthage would inevitably win this war......

Huang Xuan's little finger twitched slightly, almost undetectably trembling.

A beam of 1-pounder cannons smashed into the city walls.

The Romans did not panic, and although their screams could be heard under the city, countless people tried to repair the walls as soon as the smoke fell to the ground.

The entire 600-metre façade of the city wall was reduced to a pile of rubble.

Hannibal could hardly resist the desire to assault.

Huang Xuan hooked his ring finger again.

This time, it was a 10-pounder gun.

With no difference between the attack surfaces, the 10-pounder cannon instantly wiped out all living and non-living things 600 meters from the front, and then extended nearly 100 kilometers to cut the whole of Rome in half, more precisely, the entire Roman area, and people saw as if they had cut out the walls and houses of the section.

"Surrender. Those who surrender will not be killed, as long as they hand over half of their family's property, they can enter and leave the city of Rome freely......" Hannibal's soldiers were still shouting hoarsely, and Huang Xuan was another energy cannon.

He was a little impatient, anyway, the P001 stuff couldn't be brought out, it didn't matter how much was destroyed, Hannibal said with some worry: "Don't use up all your tricks at once." ”

"I can't run out." Huang Xuan glanced at Hannibal and said, "I can use it tens of thousands of times a day." ”

As he spoke, his little thumb moved quickly, and a group of eight 1-pounder guns rushed out again.

The whole of Rome seemed to be shaken back and forth by a sieve, as tattered as a construction site.

"Let's attack." Huang Xuan shouted at Hannibal, and he and the generals were stunned.

The Carthaginian soldiers, shouting something, rushed into Rome like a tidal wave, where even the walls and streets no longer existed.

Huang Xuan and Mr. Comas followed behind, randomly placing energy cannons, and a single flat "shot" could wipe out all the matter within a 20-kilometer radius.

"21 universal tons, a little bit is not enough." Mr. Comas said, "We need more energy changes. ”