eurekapd Chapter 557 Doubts of the Roman Mission
Chapter 557 Doubts of the Roman Mission
"No wonder sister Yuji said that husband, you are a model worker. Now it seems that you are worthy of the name. You will never forget the future development and political affairs of Daqin no matter where you go."
Seeing Ying Yu's appearance, Wang Ying smiled and shook her head, her two dimples were full of smiles.
"Okay, it's okay for Yu Ji to tease my husband on weekdays, but I didn't expect you to learn it, Yingying."
"It seems that the prince must demonstrate to you today by precept and deed, so that you can see what a real model worker is!"
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In the reception of the Roman envoys, in the room of Sidio the Little.
"I heard that not long ago, Hannibal led his Carthaginian army to raid our Roman frontline garrison, causing almost all the Roman frontline garrison to be wiped out, and even the border fortress was occupied by them."
"It stands to reason that our Roman border fortress is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Before Hannibal's Carthaginian army attacked for several years, it was still standing still. It is known as the most powerful iron wall in Rome. Why? Will they all be captured by Hannibal within a few days?"
"Now that the fortress is occupied, a large area of Roman land is under the eye of the Carthaginian army. The situation in Rome is not optimistic."
A Roman envoy said worriedly.
"It is said that it was because of Hannibal's arrangement of suspicious soldiers, showing that he wanted to retreat in front of the public, and allowing his small main force to withdraw far away from the defense line, which made our Roman garrison Bewildered, they thought that the Carthaginian army had really retreated, so they relaxed their vigilance and began to indulge in singing and dancing."
"Who knew that the Carthaginian army didn't leave at all, so they took advantage of the celebration of our Roman garrison and launched a surprise attack on their camped positions. Our garrison was completely annihilated because of this, and the walls of the defense line naturally fell. at the hands of the Carthaginians.
"However, what I can't understand is that since Rome and Daqin have already been married, why hasn't your Excellency the consul asked Daqin for help?"
"If this continues, if Carthage gets ruthless and launches an attack on those areas that are not protected by the Roman army, then I am afraid that Rome will have its own defense line and all the land will fall."
The head of the Roman mission said anxiously.
Although Rome was once extremely powerful and its territory even spanned the entire Eurasian continent, its national strength has been very weak until now. Not as good as before.
All the land from the outside of the defense line to the inside of Rome does not sound too big. Putting it here in Daqin, it is at best the size of a county, which is not so vast.
But the key point is that from the defensive wall to the end of the land in Rome, it is the most important capital of Rome. Almost all the most powerful people in Rome are concentrated here. It can be said that they represent half of Rome.
Therefore, even though the area of these lands is not vast, they are very important to Rome and must not be lost.
"Now that Rome is being invaded by foreign enemies, the situation is tense. I understand everyone's anxiety, because I am also anxious to get angry like everyone else."
"However, regarding this matter, my uncle has already sent me a letter. What my uncle means is to stand still for the time being, and first strengthen the supervision of the Carthaginian army. The main force of the Roman army is always guarding around to prevent the Carthaginian army from repeating their old tricks. Make an attack."
"Until Sophie gets married to that Crown Prince Ying Yu, we will ask Great Qin for help as a state of in-laws, and then we will unite with our Roman army to destroy Scipio's Carthaginian army in one fell swoop."
After hesitating for a while, little Scipio answered for the messengers.
Immediately after Scipio discussed the solution to Hannibal with his consul followers, he immediately passed the letter to Scipio the Little who was far away in Daqin, and explained his decision to him.
"Why delay until Princess Sophie and Crown Prince Ying Yu get married?
After these days of traveling, I believe that everyone already knows the strength of Daqin. "
"According to my subordinates, there is absolutely no need for us to take such a big risk. As long as Daqin's army is willing to go out, I am afraid that it will only take a few days to completely crush the Carthaginians who are hiding in my Roman fortress. broken."
The head of the Roman mission was even more puzzled.
After all, there was a way to solve the Carthaginian army once and for all, but Scipio insisted on delaying it until after Sophie and Ying Yu got married.
In this way, apart from putting the vast army and civilians of Rome and the capital of Rome at great risk, he really can't see any benefit.
"I wonder if His Excellency Scipio mentioned in his letter when he made these decisions, what is the reason for doing so?"
The head of the Roman envoy asked.
"The reasons for these decisions were not mentioned in my uncle's letter to me. He just passed the information on to me."
"However, I believe that since my uncle will make such a decision, it means that there must be his deep meaning in it. As subordinates, we only need to trust his judgment and execute it."
Little Scipio said with a sigh.
In fact, little Scipio himself was full of doubts, and he did not agree with the decision made by Scipio.
It's just that, as the highest decision-maker of the Roman mission, if even he is questioning Scipio's decision, then it is even more impossible for the others below to be convinced. This is obviously very detrimental to the execution of the order.
In fact, it was not that Scipio did not want to tell him the reasons for this decision.
But the things involved here are too sensitive, such as suspecting that Daqin will take advantage of the name of coming to support, and want to take the opportunity to occupy Rome, just talk about it in Rome's own office, it must not be spread Go out, after all, this is just speculation, and there is no definite and substantive evidence.
What's more, the place where little Scipio is now is Daqin, and the confidentiality of the letter is not very good. If the contents of the letter are leaked and Daqin finds out, Daqin may have a grudge against Rome because of this.
If Daqin chooses not to support Rome because of this matter, wouldn't it be lifting a rock and hitting his own foot?
Therefore, in order to keep it secret, Scipio could only hide his reasons for making these decisions.
When the other envoys heard Scipio's words, they could only look at each other and nodded.