In the residence of the supreme consul in the city of Rome, Scipio looked at the latest information in his hand and sighed helplessly.
Judging from the intelligence sent back from the front line, Hannibal, who was as ferocious as a wolf and as cunning as a fox, was not fooled. Not only did he not take advantage of the situation to pursue, nor did he relax, but he increased his vigilance. This made Scipio's next step
The strategy cannot achieve optimal results.
"Uncle, what are we going to do now? Should we launch an attack in advance before the Carthaginians have guessed our army's attack route?"
Scipio's nephew, little Scipio hesitated and said.
"No, there is a saying in the Qin Dynasty, which is that troops and horses must move forward before food and grass are used. In other words, military operations must be carried out only after sufficient preparations are made."
"In the past, many of our army's preparations were carried out secretly in order to keep them secret, which greatly affected our efficiency. Now in this situation, our chance of winning is less than 50%."
"The attack is being launched in a hurry, let alone whether it can be successful when Hannibal is already on guard."
"Even if it succeeds by chance, if the food and supplies cannot keep up, it will be unable to continue the offensive. If we can't drive straight into the basic territory of Carthage, we won't be able to completely shake Hannibal's prestige in Carthage and force the Carthaginians.
Surrender, this counterattack is worse than not fighting at all."
Scipio shook his head helplessly.
"Uncle, please forgive me, even if all the supplies are in place, it will be very difficult to achieve such a complete victory."
"That Hannibal can make my great Roman legion defeat many times, which shows how powerful he is."
"If we hadn't caught his attention before, we would have had a pretty high chance of winning, based on our calculations."
"But now Hannibal has taken precautions. If it is delayed any longer, there is no guarantee that he will not guess the purpose of our Roman legions over time. If Hannibal had prepared in advance, it would be even more difficult for us."
Little Scipio said bravely.
"What you said makes sense."
"But there's nothing we can do. We have too little time left."
"During this period, the Daqin people used the railway exploration to collect intelligence in our territory of Rome. You should have heard about it."
"It's okay to be near the city of Rome. After all, my uncle is here, and they have to worry about three points."
"In other cities in Rome, they openly carried out large-scale surveys in the area, and the nobles not only did not stop it, but cooperated and sold me the detailed geographical information of Rome for a little money."
"This information has completely exceeded the needs for railway construction. The Qin people are preparing for future wars."
"Great Qin's tiger-wolf heart has long been revealed!"
"Our only hope now is to end the war with Carthage as soon as possible. As long as we win Carthage, we, Rome, will have a chance to recuperate."
"Otherwise, facing the powerful Qin army, we won't even be qualified to fight!"
Scipio smiled bitterly.
"Since my uncle knew the ambitions of the Qin people, why didn't he kick them out and continue to allow them to build the railway?"
little Scipio asked doubtfully.
"There are many reasons for this, but in summary, there are only a few points."
"First, Da Qin is too strong. Even if we know that there will be a war in the future, we can't afford to provoke them at the moment. We can only paralyze them first."
"If we anger Qin and push them to Carthage, the situation we in Rome will face will be even more difficult."
"Secondly, although the Qin people are greedy, their technology is really nothing to say. No one else except Da Qin can produce such a magical railway."
"This time, outside the city of Rome, the reason why the Qin people were able to act so wantonly was because the transportation was inconvenient, which resulted in the city of Rome's lack of control over the peripheral areas."
"And the emergence of railways allowed the city of Rome to reach various cities and counties in one day. Wherever it passed, would anyone dare to disobey orders?"
"Reorganizing the internal affairs in advance and strengthening local control are the prerequisites for Rome and Daqin to prepare for war."
"To be honest, my uncle admires the Emperor of the Qin Dynasty for his ability to withstand huge pressure and create a centralized system of counties and counties. It is really not something that ordinary emperors can do."
"Such a system can be used as a unified force both internally and externally. When countries are at full war, it will completely crush countries with an alliance system that are not united internally!"
"Typically, for example, the Mauryan Dynasty and the Seleucids in the past had a population and territory not much smaller than that of the Qin Dynasty, but now they were easily captured by the Qin Dynasty."
Scipio sighed.
"In other words, at present, we can only watch the Qin people do whatever they want on my Roman land?"
"And my nephew has a doubt. The railway was invented by the people of Daqin. It is impossible that the people of Daqin don't know its function. Will they sincerely build it for me, the Romans?"
little Scipio asked doubtfully.
"It should be possible."
"Because the people of Daqin are quite reputable in business, it is impossible for them to recruit on their own for such a big project that attracts the attention of the whole world."
"My uncle will also send people to keep an eye on the project. The rest can be ignored. If there are any omissions in the specific construction, then we will not be polite to the people of Daqin."
"Moreover, the purpose of the Qin people is to conquer the entire world, including me, Rome."
"If they want to control such a large territory, the Daqin people will have to build railways all over the world. Is it better for me, Rome, to pay for the construction now than for them to spend their own money in the future?"
"What you see is what this railroad does to my Rome."
"But for the people of Daqin, do they care about this?"
Scipio smiled bitterly.
Little Scipio was speechless.
Then he sighed heavily.
Da Qin's strength is so powerful that it makes people feel intimidated, and they don't even know how to resist.
After being silent for a long time, little Scipio suddenly said: "Uncle, I want to go to Daqin personally to see what is so magical about this country that is said to be magical."
"That's fine, but if you go this time, you can bring your sister with you. She also yearns for Da Qin very much."
Scipio thought for a moment and quickly gave an answer.
Little Scipio couldn't help being stunned again.
I went to Da Qin to conduct an inspection in order to learn more about the opponent's intelligence so as to prepare for future wars.
But what effect will that innocent sister have if we follow her?
It's good if it doesn't cause any trouble.
In particular, that girl admired the so-called Crown Prince of the Celestial Kingdom so much that she was astonished.
After traveling thousands of miles, I'm afraid that something will come to my door.
As he was thinking about it, a strange idea flashed through little Scipio's mind?