"Bang!"

Marcus was confused, then extremely angry and smashed the wineglass in his hand.

After being humiliated from Daqin and the Senate, he felt that he had been betrayed by his closest subordinates again.

What if the promised "there is no sign that the Qin Dynasty had the intention to use troops to the West"?

That's it?!

Daqin had no intention, they had actions!

Their war horses and warships were all blocked directly to the doorstep!

Marcus didn't know that he had wronged his subordinates.

Poor that envoy he sent to the Qin Dynasty, although under Marcus, was also famous for his eloquence.

But suddenly Marcus threw it to Daqin.

In just two months, you can learn simple communication terms and know that if you want to understand the national affairs of Daqin, you need to read the newspaper.

These points are enough to show that the degree of effort of this messenger is so touching.

Do you still expect him to learn more in this time?

The messenger knew that he needed to read newspapers, but he did not expect that he would encounter the flood of newspapers in the Qin Dynasty.

Who knows if he is reading a bucket newspaper produced by a famous toilet merchant?

It's a hell to be able to get really useful information on it!

Marcus, who was tricked by a big misunderstanding, was in tears at this time.

In recent years, the war between Rome and Carthage has become increasingly anxious.

Both countries mobilized all the live military forces and put them on the front battlefield.

So much so that Marcus, the military power that the dignified governor of southern Rome and the military commander in a place could use was pitifully weak.

The army of the Roman Republic implemented a legion system.

At present, there are about thirty legions in the entire Rome.

The standard number of each legion ranges from 5,000 to 6,000, so the regular army of Rome actually had less than 200,000.

However, each legion has a considerable number of auxiliary armies.

Because of the war with Carthage, the number of auxiliary troops provided by each legion is generally not less than three thousand, and it is even on par with the regular legion.

By this calculation, the total number of troops in the Roman Republic should be more than 400,000.

Of course, this is incomparable to the millions of powerful troops of Daqin.

However, don’t forget that the local area of ​​Rome is far less than one-third of the territory of the Qin Dynasty.

If the military forces in the actual controlled areas of the Roman Republic are added up, the number of troops will easily exceed 500,000.

In fact, during the Second Punic War with Carthage, Rome invested a total of 750,000 troops.

Moreover, don't think that the combat effectiveness of the Roman army is very weak.

Not to mention the regular army, but also the auxiliary army, their combat effectiveness is very fierce.

The Spartans, who were famous for their fierceness in history, can only appear as subordinate troops of the regular Roman legion.

Most importantly, Rome had a very strong mobilization ability, as if it would never lose all its losses.

During the Battle of Trebia and Lake Trasimeno, the Roman army lost a total of 60,000.

The subsequent Battle of Taranto lost another 10,000 yuan.

The Battle of Canny, which followed closely, was directly massacred by Hannibal at one time.

In the Battle of Araucio, the Cimbris killed another 120,000 Roman troops.

In less than ten years, Rome lost more than 260,000 troops in these battles alone!

However, on the front battlefield with Carthage, the Roman army continued to flow.

However, in ten years, even if you cut leeks, there is no such way to cut them.

Mainly because the Roman system today does find a relatively good balance between the common people and the nobles.

The common interests of self-cultivating farmers and civilians and nobles are quite great, so the ability to explode soldiers is not weak.

But no matter how many Roman troops there were, there were still numbers.

Carthage, who fought against them, was one of the European two heroes, and his ability to explode was also extremely powerful.

No matter how many troops are distributed to Marcus, they are pitifully few.

Marcus, the governor of the southern part, is actually the role of a chief manager.

When there was war in the area under his jurisdiction, cooperate with the consul of the legion.

The security of the jurisdiction is maintained in normal times and basically relies on affiliated city-states.

So, Marcus was ruthless before, saying that Daqin really sent troops to come, so he would do a real battle.

That's whimsical!

News is coming and becoming more and more true.

Marcus was not very worried about the Qin army on land.

Their strategic intention, at best, was to restrain Roman troops, and was more like deterrent.

Even if Marcus was too arrogant, he would not think that the Qin army really dared to attack Rome's towns head-on.

After all, it would be considered a head-on declaration of war with Rome.

What worries Marcus the most was the Qin navy.

The purpose of the Qin Dynasty sending troops to Europe this time is to know without asking, and it is naturally to avenge the Qin merchants who died in Sibar.

Although Cibar City is dependent on Rome, from a legal point of view, Cibar City is completely independent.

The Qin army attacked Sibar City with reasonable grounds. Strictly speaking, Rome had no reason to blame it.

The Qin Navy has always been a mysterious army for Rome.

The Qin army's combat effectiveness on land, at least there are some examples to analyze.

But the Qin Navy only knew that this army was established only three years ago.

According to some South Asian maritime merchants, the Qin Navy is extremely powerful.

However, the Senate scoffed at this rumor.

Playing naval battles, these European countries are the masters!

A navy that has been established for only three years dares to come to Europe to show off its power?

However, the continuous news made Marcus, who was still in a slight sense of luck, completely sink to the bottom.

This time, the Qin Navy dispatched a total of hundreds of warships.

Let’s not talk about the specific combat power of the Qin Navy. Just talking about the hideous battleship wrapped in huge iron armor, just from the visual effect, it is obviously a monster on the sea!

Anyway, with Marcus's knowledge, he really doesn't want to face such an opponent.

Now, Marcus's mentality is shaking.

On the one hand, he did not want to admit defeat in front of the Qin army.

After all, Europe can be said to be native to Rome.

If Rome admits his conscience to the Qin army that has come from thousands of miles away, how can he have authority in front of those affiliated city-states in the future?

On the other hand, Marcus really doesn't want to provoke the Qin army.

There are injustices and debts.

Why should I, Marcus, take the trouble that fool Shakto caused by himself?

It’s okay to be able to withstand it, but it’s shameful to be unable to withstand it is better than not being able to stand out?

At this time, Marcus simply hated Shakto.

But he couldn't say anything.

As early as when the Qin army was discovered on land, Marcus ordered the lifting of house arrest on Shakto and told him that the Qin army had arrived.

That idiot actually said confidently that the Qin army would come and go.

Tsk, the ignorant is fearless!

Marcus's move did not mean to use Shakto to test the quality of the Qin army.

Anyway, he wouldn't be ready to take the lead.

In the southern waters of the Sibar Peninsula, a huge fleet was stationed at this time.

This fleet has a total of hundreds of black giant ships.
To be continued...