After the college entrance examination, bring a system to serve as a soldier

Chapter 208

"Sue for peace with Great Qin?

I'm Rome, how can I do such a shameful thing!"

Bunos jumped up and said.

"But what can we do if we don't make peace now?"

"Due to your stupidity, we have previously transferred the elite of the Carthaginian front, and now they are all destroyed in the hands of Great Qin, once Hannibal knows that our defense line is empty, he will definitely take the opportunity to attack in a big way!

If Great Qin also attacks at this time, do you want to let Rome destroy the country?"

"And there is another advantage to negotiating peace with Great Qin, that is, through this opportunity, we can have more contact with Great Qin and better understand the true strength of this opponent. "

"Otherwise, we don't even know where the opponent's home is, how much strength there is, how can this battle continue?"

Scipio said with a calm face: "Let's start to express our position, those who support peace with Great Qin, please raise your hand!!"

After all, he was the chief consul, and Scipio was still very prestigious in the Roman Senate.

In addition, there was really no other way at the moment, so after the members of the Senate thought about it, most of them still raised their hands in support of Scipio.

Bunos sat in his position, knowing that his political life was over.

Carthage, North Africa.

Supreme Consul Sofitel looked at the mountain of battle reports in front of her with a sad face.

Although it was founded earlier than Rome and was richer than Rome, Carthage, with mercenaries as its main combat force, was hardly an opponent of the Romans on the battlefield.

In the First Punic War decades ago, the fleet assembled with all the strength of the whole country was defeated by the Romans, which not only caused Carthage to lose Sicily, but also was invaded by the Romans into Carthage's territory, and had to cede land and pay reparations to end the war.

After that, Carthage entered a period of decline, but fortunately, Hannibal, the most powerful general in the history of Carthage, turned the tide and drove the Romans out of Carthage and launched a counterattack.

However, the years of war also made a strong anti-war voice within Carthage, especially the nobles and slave owners within the Senate, who did not support continuing to wear down with the Romans.

Sofitel was in a dilemma.

If they did not continue to support Hannibal, it was very likely that the Romans would turn from defense to attack Carthage again, and from then on completely lose the strategic initiative and could only survive.

No one knew better than Sophie the horrors of the fledgling empire of Rome.

Let the Romans take a breather from the multi-front war, fearing that Carthage would be in danger of annihilation.

However, if they continued to support Hannibal, the noble slave owners in the Senate, who had suffered heavy losses due to years of war, were afraid that he would be impeached and removed from power.

When the time comes, a new supreme consul will come up, and the troops will still be withdrawn.

At this time, the inspector in charge of intelligence suddenly walked in with a beaming face.

"Your Excellency, great joy, great joy!"

"When did Philip Hannibal have already won a decisive victory and the Romans withdrew?"

Sofitel said excitedly as she stood up.

"Your Excellency, the Romans are indeed in the mood to withdraw, but it was not General Hannibal who won. "

The intelligence officer said with a look of embarrassment on his face.

"Not Hannibal, is it Macedonia, or the Seleucids?"

"When did they become so capable of fighting?"

A look of surprise flashed across Sofitel's face.

The members of the Carthaginian Senate also looked at the intelligence officer with the same puzzled looks.

They know all too well the extent of waste in these two titular allies.

If Macedonia and the Seleucids could be more reliable and hold back enough of the main Roman force, Carthage, with Hannibal's famous general, would not have fallen to the point where it was about to hold on.

"The Romans did suffer a great defeat in Seleucus, and the 300,000 elite troops were wiped out, but it was the Great Qin people who defeated them thousands of miles away!"

The intelligence officer took a deep breath and said.

"The Great Qin people are the ones who produce tea and glaze?"

Sofitel gasped.

Carthage was founded on sea trade, and the importance of commerce was still higher than that of Rome, and even the Sufites, the supreme consul, had a large caravan.

Therefore, she had heard the name of Great Qin, but all of a sudden, it was difficult for Sophia to associate the country that produced incomparably exquisite and beautiful colored glass with the 300,000 elite military power that destroyed Rome.

The nobles also had a look of disbelief on their faces.

It took a long time for someone to react.

"Your Excellency, since the Great Qin people are so capable of fighting, can we invite the Great Qin to deal with the Romans for us?"

"This Great Qin is much stronger than those waste allies of Macedonia and Seleucus!"

"You can also talk more about the sea trade business with the Daqin people, and the employment expenses can be paid from the profits of the sea trade. "

"I think it's better than fighting the Romans ourselves!"

The nobles spoke.

Sofite's face also showed a hint of excitement.

Carthage has always had a tradition of using mercenary armies, and as long as the price is right, hiring Daqin to fight is not a problem at all.

Even if it can't be negotiated, at least multiple allies can spread the pressure.

Even if you can't do it, it's great to strengthen mutual trade.

Daqin's specialty, in Carthage, is now selling very well.

A piece of glass can fetch a sky-high price of dozens of catties of gold.

The profit in it made even Sofitel blush.

Moreover, it is said that the strength of the fleet of the Great Qin people is also extremely strong, and if it can defeat the Roman fleet, it will be perfect.

Since the fiasco of the First Punic War, Carthage has never been able to assemble a fleet comparable to the Romans, the volume of sea trade has shrunk sharply, and the income has been declining.

"Then let's start voting, do you agree to send envoys to Seleucus to negotiate with the Great Qin people?"

Sofitel said in a deep voice.

The nobles looked at each other and raised their right hands one after another.

Sofitel smiled bitterly, this seemed to be the first time in decades that the Carthaginian Senate had unanimously proposed a resolution.

The Kingdom of Macedonia, the Kingdom of Ptolemaic Egypt, and the Kingdom of Syracuse, after learning the astonishing news of the destruction of 300,000 Roman elites by Great Qin, also sent envoys to Great Qin for help.

At this moment, Daqin has already become the center of the world!