If the opponent is Persia, or England, or Arabia, which has recently been completely figured out by itself, then everything will be simple.
Little Hannibal simply didn't care about rivals like Persia and Britain, because all matters in the world depended on strength. How much strength did these two fools have?
England, which is relatively rich in martial arts, is more capable and fierce in fighting, but after all, its foundation is too poor and its troops are insufficient, so it is not a concern at all.
And Persia... was just a bastard in the eyes of little Hannibal. As for Arabia, this one is special.
This guy was really strong with strong soldiers and horses, and his combat effectiveness was quite terrifying. Even little Hannibal speculated that... if the geographical location was convenient, he would definitely try to seduce the Arabs to fight with the Tang Empire, and let the general named "Cheng Yaojin" and
The Arabs fought, and the result must have been wonderful... It's a pity that geography did not allow it. The entire world of Persia and the Tang Empire were bordered by Persia, not Arabia to the northwest.
But Arabia has its biggest weakness. Although they fight fiercely, they cannot survive without fighting. If they don't fight, there will be internal riots immediately. Such things...
In short, when faced with a problem or an object, as long as you master the other party's behavioral logic and make the other party's actions predictable, then everything will not matter, because victory is just a simple effort. In the beginning, of course, little Hannibal didn't
Dare to be so confident, after all...
If Arabia can reach such a large territory now, almost as much as Rome, and at the same time it is famous for its extremely powerful military, then...
It is conceivable that the other party should also have powerful military talents...
This is why little Hannibal meditated hard and made a decision before taking action. He must come up with a plan that is complete enough, with tricks within tricks, and tricks within tricks. Xuan Chen drafted the initial idea, and then repeated it countless times before taking action.
reason.
But also controlling the opponent's behavior characteristics, little Hannibal took action instead of standing still. However...
No matter what, the outcome of the war was good, and I still won the victory after all, which is more important than anything else.
After that, Arabia was no longer a deadly enemy, but just a relatively strong enemy.
Fatal, of course it became Datang...
Of course, the Tang Empire had always been deadly, but the Arabian Empire was close to the water and there were a bunch of wild beasts, so it was just a bit more threatening.
Originally, little Hannibal had always been very cautious towards the Tang Empire, never having any interactions, and trying his best to keep things as tight as possible... But what he didn't expect was that in the blink of an eye, the Tang Empire's maritime merchants would actually destroy the business store.
It bloomed in Africa - not just in one or two places, but everywhere.
And forget that, the key point is that he recently received news that some businessmen from the Tang Empire have even begun to bring their relatives directly from home to start farming... Are they going to live there for a long time?
Recently, there was even news of the appearance of the Tang Empire's army.
Now it is impossible for little Hannibal to convince himself to remain calm. This must be dealt with in a way, otherwise the position... is too evil. Who knows when, the Tang Empire will use the business in southern Africa to
Using the stack as a springboard to reach the west side of Rome by sea? If such a thing really happened, it would be ridiculous for me as the current emperor of Rome.
But how to expel these Tang troops... is also a problem.
At first, little Hannibal was mainly troubled by military issues, but after discussing with Xuanchen, he found that it was not only military issues, but also nominal issues...
Little Hannibal didn't think this matter was that serious... Names were something scholars played with. As an emperor, why should he care about this?
But his instinct still told him not to mess around, and Xuan Chen obviously took this matter very seriously.
So after much thought, we finally came up with the idea of capturing an African slave at random, and then the legion would go there in the name of this slave's slave, in the name of the local African tribe.
Since your country can use the name of "protecting merchants and civilians" and "fighting the slave trade", then it should be okay for us, Rome, to use the name of expelling the Tartars...
It is a coincidence that the innermost empires of Europe, like China, often face the problem of expelling the Tartars.
Besides the name, there are also military issues.
The Tang Empire is so prosperous now. Although little Hannibal has rich military virtues and is extremely confident, he also knows that behind all prosperity there is probably a strong military force to guarantee it. Can he handle these times with a wolf-like light in his eyes?
Can the "Han" army still smile? That is totally hard to say.
Therefore, this aspect requires even more lengthy planning.
certainly……
After all, Rome still knew much more about Africa than the Tang Empire, especially in terms of geography.
Soon, young Hannibal and Wang Xuanchen discussed it and actually came up with a plan to send troops.
How many troops to send, which route to take, how to provide the most cost-effective supply, how to rush to the most suitable position for attack at the minimum cost, whether there are favorable conditions in the local area that can be used...
This aspect is easy, after all, Rome is half the leader of Africa...
But it's easy to calculate the strength of troops on land, but it's hard to tell what happens at sea.
For little Hannibal, now... at least according to the intelligence obtained from the maritime trade, the Tang Empire's navy was extremely powerful.
It is even said that in the sea area south of the Tang Empire, there has been no sign of pirate activity for two or three years - this is quite scary.
So……
The military operation on land went smoothly, but what if there were reinforcements from the sea?
Of course, southern Africa is quite far away from Hangzhou Port on the east side of the Tang Empire, but...
Let’s not talk about the naval strength of the Tang Empire, but if you think about it carefully, you will know that the Tang Empire will definitely not be stupid and honestly park all its powerful naval warships in Hangzhou Port. This will delay the maritime development.
The activities of Shang, on the other hand... Without the other side, it makes no sense. The navy of the Tang Empire must be distributed entirely around the sea areas to the south of them, and may even have radiated to the Indy Peninsula.
If so, support could arrive very quickly...
This posed a difficult problem for little Hannibal: how to deal with the Tang Empire's outstanding maritime power...
But just when he was thinking hard about a solution.
Suddenly, news came from the Persian Gulf.
To be precise, it was not the "news" that came, but the arrival of a real messenger.
And the origin of this messenger was actually a noble within the Tang Empire...a former noble to be precise.
Little Hannibal decisively asked Wang Xuanchen what was going on...
