The envoy told Liu Cheng that the Second Punic War is coming to an end.

But in fact, he was talking nonsense.

Five years ago, Carthage did gain the upper hand in the Second Punic War.

During the Battle of Canny, the Carthaginians wiped out all the 70,000 Roman troops.

However, at that time, Hannibal and his brother were at the most intense battle for power, and they were not strong enough and did not achieve their contributions in one battle.

Today, Cornelius Scipio defeated Hannibal in the Battle of Zama, making Scipio's statement the Great.

In this war, Carthage completely turned into a defensive position.

Both on land and on sea, they were all suppressed and beaten by the Romans.

After seeing Liu Cheng, the Carthage envoy had the idea of ​​winning over this great Qin bandit.

Although Liu Cheng's fleet was not as terrifying as Hamilka's personal guards imagined.

However, in the war between Rome and Carthage, it is definitely a force that can determine the outcome.

If Liu Cheng could be taken to Europe, Carthage would definitely turn defeat into victory.

As for capturing the Hamilka family, it was entirely out of the selfishness of the messenger.

Hannibal's pursuit of the Hamilka family never stopped.

In the eyes of the messenger, using Liu Cheng's strength to capture their family was just a handy task.

In this way, after returning to Carthage, you will be able to make greater contributions.

The messenger didn't know that because of his stupidity, Hannibal would completely lose the opportunity to win the Second Punic War.

Moreover, it also brought an extremely terrifying enemy to Europe.

At this time, Liu Cheng's fleet was less than five miles away from the Qin Navy, but the ship of the Hamilka family was slightly closer to his fleet.

For a moment, Liu Cheng fell into a dilemma.

He knew very well that the iron-armored ship of Daqin was much faster than his sailing ship.

His sailing ship was developed by the Daqin Academy of Sciences two or three years ago. Although it is not slow at sea, it is an outdated technology after all.

Even the new sea ships that some seamen have just purchased from Huilangya Shipyard during this period are more advanced than these sailing ships.

It is said that the latest warships developed by the Daqin Academy of Sciences use top-notch technology and are more powerful than the existing iron armored ships.

However, Liu Cheng's fleet is not without advantages.

At this time, they were in the upper hand. If a ship was sent to catch the Hamilka family, the speed should be faster.

The messenger from Carthage naturally understood this truth. He whispered: "General, there are only some women, children and soldiers left in the Hamilka family, but there are only more than a dozen people. As long as the general sends a speedboat to capture them and then leave quickly, the Qin Navy will definitely not react in a good way!"

This envoy was sent to the Far East by Hannibal, and of course he was also a smart man.

Even though he didn't know much about the Qin Navy, he could not guess what Liu Cheng was afraid of when he saw the ship opposite that was ferocious and looked very difficult to mess with.

So he quickly encouraged Liu Cheng.

Liu Cheng gritted his teeth, waved to a person, and asked him to gather people to take a speedboat and catch the ship of the Hamilka family back.

Soon, a small speedboat was divided into the sailing fleet.

The sails of the speedboat were very large, and formed a bent bow shape under the blow of the sea breeze, and rushed towards the Hamilka family ships like arrows.

As for Liu Cheng's main force, he slowly retreated back at the same time.

Liu Cheng knew very well that fighting with the Qin Navy here would undoubtedly be a desperate situation.

His only idea was to take advantage of the distance between the two sides and run away quickly.

As long as he runs to the familiar sea area, he can find a way to get rid of the Qin Navy.

Liu Cheng believed that no matter how advanced the Qing Navy ships were, they would never catch up with him easily.

After all, sea is different from land.

The distance between five miles seems very tight, and the galloping horse arrives in an instant.

But, don't forget, this is at sea.

Even the most advanced ships cannot travel faster than ordinary carriages.

In particular, the Qin Navy has strict orders and will definitely maintain its formation during the pursuit.

Otherwise, Liu Cheng was not a vegetarian, so there was definitely a way to keep them from coming and going.

Liu Cheng is still extremely confident about whether he can escape successfully.

At this time, even though the Hamilka family reacted slowly, they realized something was wrong with the sailing fleet.

Seeing the speedboats separated from the fleet pounced towards him, Mrs. Hamilka quickly ordered.

"Hurry, run to the north!"

It was obvious that the fleet behind him had a bad intention.

Running towards the all-black fleet was their only possible way to survive.

During their several years of escape, they have experienced too many such life and death crises.

So many times of training almost made Mrs. Hamilka develop a nearly intuitive ability.

The guards naturally understood this truth.

They shouted together, then rushed to pick up anything beside them that could be used as oars, stretched out half of their bodies out of the boat, and slapped them hard.

Even Mrs. Hamilka bent down and quickly moved the sea water with her hands, hoping to increase some help.

However, their actions were destined to be futile.

The speedboat was originally extremely fast, and what was even more outrageous was that the more than a dozen sailors on the speedboat also held oars in their hands, and had heard about the power of the ship.

In the blink of an eye, the distance between the two sides reached less than twenty feet.

Mrs. Hamilka watched this scene in despair.

At this time, the Qin Navy was still very far away from here.

Even if the navy is really kind to them, there is no time to rescue them.

A trace of determination flashed in Mrs. Hamilka's eyes.

She picked up the guard's short sword from the cabin, first looked at the two children who were snuggling together, and a hint of hesitation flashed in her eyes.

Then she sighed and pointed the dagger at her chest.

The honor of the noble cannot be defiled, especially, she is a woman.

Before being caught by the enemy, the best way is to break yourself.

Just as the dagger was about to pierce into the heart, suddenly, several loud noises came from a distance.

The sound was so huge, like thunder on the ground, and you could hear it clearly even a few miles away.

Mrs. Hamilka's hands trembled, and she subconsciously turned her head.

Then, she saw several black balls roaring and flying through the sky.

The black ball flew over their heads and landed in the sea behind them.

Among them, there was a ball that hit the speedboat.

Amid the shocked gazes of the Hamilka family, the speedboat was blown into pieces of broken wooden spoons.

Dozens of people on the boat were sent to the sky at the first time and turned into pieces.

The captain of the guard looked at this scene and kept shaking his head: "No, it is impossible. Even the god of Baal cannot have such power. Could it be that the rumors are true that the people of the Qin Dynasty have mastered the power of the gods?"

Liu Cheng's fleet, who had just turned around and escaped not far away, naturally heard the loud noise.

Standing at the bow of the ship, watching the situation there, Liu Cheng and Carthage's envoys both saw the scene of the Qin army's shells crossing a distance of three miles to smash the speedboat.

Both of them showed extremely shocked expressions on their faces.

However, this shock is different.

Liu Cheng was surprised that he did not expect that the weapons of the Qin Navy had already advanced to such an extent.

As a giant gangster who scattered the Qin seas, he naturally had some understanding of the weapons and equipment of the Qin army.

In recent years, the Qin Dynasty has not used many troops, but those times they became famous use of gunpowder weapons.

Especially before, Zhao Kun fought in the Huns, and 10,000 Liaodong military soldiers used gunpowder weapons to massacre the Huns, but there was no news of his own loss of war in Daqin.

At the beginning, Liu Cheng was very interested in gunpowder weapons.

But when he tried his best to get some gunpowder, he found that although this weapon was powerful, it would never be able to encounter water.

As long as it enters the water, the gunpowder will completely fail.

Since then, Liu Cheng has not taken gunpowder to heart.

However, it was unexpected that gunpowder weapons suitable for maritime combat had been developed.
To be continued...