In the early morning, Wang Li walked out of the cabin and walked to the deck.

Although Xibal City is now under the control of the Qin Navy, Wang Li is still used to living on the boat.

During these months in Sibal, he only did one thing.

That is, using the Xibal people who were reduced to slaves to build fortifications around the city.

When going on an overseas expedition and stationed at Rome's border crossing, no matter how careful you are, you can't be too careful.

The changes in the situation in recent months have confirmed Wang Li's suspicion.

Today, the Great Qin's Western Expeditionary Army is gearing up in Rome, preparing for a battle.

No one knows when this battle will start.

The only thing Wang Li was sure of was that in a real fight, the Qin Navy under his command would definitely be under the greatest pressure.

The Qin Navy was fully equipped with less than 50,000 troops.

Although he had the upper hand in previous conflicts with Rome.

But Wang Li knew very well that this was because the people he faced before were not the elite of Rome.

If they were to face Rome's naval elite who had retired from the Punic Wars, they would definitely not win so easily.

The Qin Navy was well-equipped, with strong ships and powerful artillery.

But, everyone knows that this is the sphere of influence of Rome.

Once a war broke out, Rome would ruthlessly engage in a war of attrition, and it would slowly wear down the Qin navy to death.

Thinking about it, I really envy Li Xin!

Wang Li sighed.

When Li Xin went on an expedition, a special person from the Academy of Sciences accompanied him and was equipped with all the latest weapons of the Academy of Sciences.

The battle in Kaer Morhen shocked the world.

Even Wang Li, a senior member of the Qin Army, was shocked when he learned of the outcome of this battle.

The Qin army suffered almost no losses and killed 600,000 people in the capital.

Although it was later learned that Li Xin had some luck in this battle.

However, Wang Li was still very envious.

When Zhao Kun sent him to train the navy, he promised that the Daqin Academy of Sciences would give him full support.

This is true when we are at home.

However, whoever allowed himself to run to Xibal, tens of thousands of miles away, would of course no longer be able to enjoy the assistance of the scientific research institute.

Of course, it makes no sense to say this now.

During this period, Wang Li did not receive orders from the country.

Obviously, Zhao Kun had no intention of letting them retreat.

Of course Wang Li is not afraid of fighting.

However, as time went by, Rome never took any action, which made Wang Li a little upset.

If we say that the initiative to start a war on land lies in the hands of Da Qin.

On Sibal's side, the initiative in the war was in the hands of Rome.

Recently, Rome's southern governor's palace has been unusually quiet.

According to the news sent back by the scouts, Marcus, the governor of the south, never left the gate and seemed to have completely forgotten the existence of the Qin Navy.

This made Wang Li feel very bad.

This place is really far away from the mainland of Great Qin. Once the two countries go to war, Great Qin will be able to use countless forces on the frontal battlefield.

Wang Li's navy was the Qin army in the most dangerous situation.

As long as the Roman commander is not stupid, he will definitely use the Qin Navy as a breakthrough point.

The best strategy is to surround the point to call for reinforcements and wait for work.

It's ridiculous that the Romans clamored to decide who is the real world hegemon through this battle.

But they deliberately ignored that in this upcoming war, what they faced was not the complete Qin at all.

However, Wang Li didn't care.

Based on his understanding of Rome, when this country faced the complete Qin Dynasty, there was only one possibility.

That is, being hung up and beaten by Da Qin.

War is the most consequentialist activity in the world.

Pointless complaints have no point at all.

The power comparison on paper can't explain anything. You can only know the result after fighting.

If Rome thinks he is a soft persimmon and wants to bite him, he will definitely break a few teeth!

The Qin army is best at defeating the strong with "weakness".

Wang Li was thinking about his arrangements on the Xibar Peninsula and whether there were any omissions.

At this time, a personal guard came over.

"General, Zhou Bo would like to see you."

"Let him come to me."

Wang Li nodded, turned around and walked towards the cabin.

After a while, the guards came in with Zhou Bo, who was tall and strong.

After this period of cultivation, Zhou Bo no longer looked as sallow and thin as when he first escaped from the water prison.

Wang Li learned that he was the leader of the Qin people in the caravan and had military experience.

In particular, after the Qin people in the caravan were captured, Zhou Bo endured the humiliation and led the Qin people to make plans before taking action, and finally saved those people.

Wang Lixicai appointed Zhou Bo as the commander of the Qin Marine Corps.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Bo had outstanding abilities, and in less than half a year, he was promoted to commander of the Marine Corps based on his merits.

It can be said that Zhou Bo and Xibal's group were Wang Li's biggest surprise.

However, his subordinate, Ai Jiang, has always been taciturn and usually takes the initiative to board ships.

When he came here this time, there must be something big going on.

Sure enough, when Zhou Bo saw Wang Li, he told him the purpose of his visit.

"General, last night, my people overheard a message because they were following the caravan..."

In addition, I stayed in the peninsula for more than a year.

Many of Zhou Bo's people are proficient in the local indigenous languages.

Last night, Peng Yue overheard two slaves captured in Xibal City plotting to escape.

The two of them were also unlucky. They were minor nobles in Rome, and they were doing business in Sibar when they were arrested.

The Qin navy cleared the area and captured all the foreigners as slaves, and they were left behind.

Later, Marcus, the governor of southern Rome, used the detention of these so-called Roman citizens as an excuse to fight against the Qin navy several times.

Although the two people spoke vaguely, Peng Yue immediately noticed something was wrong.

After all, the manpower of the Great Qin Navy was too small, and it was impossible to manage slaves in an all-round way, and there would inevitably be omissions.

It's normal for these slaves to have their own sources of information.

Peng Yue immediately informed Zhou Bo of this situation.

As a professional soldier, Zhou Bo was much more keen than Peng Yue on this kind of matter.

He knows very well that under normal circumstances, prisoners will never choose to escape, because it is completely seeking death.

Realizing this, he immediately arranged for people to go to the slave camp to investigate.

The result he got made Zhou Bo extremely scared.

In the slave camp, the few slaves from Rome were actually preparing to escape.

Had they not incited the other slaves to riot in order to create opportunities for themselves to escape, it would not have been so easy for them to be exposed.

In a rage, Zhou Bo tortured the Roman slaves.

Finally, he learned a piece of news that made his hair stand on end.

The commander of the Roman legions, Scipio the Great, secretly came to the southern governor's palace two days ago.

Accompanying him were two Roman naval legions that had previously been anchored in the waters of North Africa.

The meaning of this is self-evident.
To be continued...