latelenovela Chapter 606 It is better to rely on yourself than anyone else
Chapter 606 It is better to rely on yourself than anyone else
After listening to what the executive officer's subordinate said, and looking at his expression at this time, Scipio instantly understood the reason why the executive officer's subordinate had such a big emotion.
Rather than saying that he was angry because he was dissatisfied with the small number of Daqin reinforcements, it is better to say that he was angry because of the dark future of Rome.
After all, the situation in Rome today is really too bad!
Under the leadership of Hannibal, the Carthaginian army beat their Roman army to the brink, and it can be said to have completely defeated the Roman army in terms of strategy and combat ability.
And relying on this momentum, the Carthaginian army has captured several cities in Rome one after another, and the soldiers are approaching their Roman capital!
But even so, the nobles in Rome still had to preserve their strength, and none of them were willing to send troops.
In the eyes of those nobles, the Carthaginian army occupied innocuous cities, and if they were lost, they would be lost. There was no need to risk sacrificing their own family's private army to fight Hannibal desperately.
Not to mention that the object of assistance is Scipio who has always opposed them and the nobles, greatly affecting or even weakening the noble economy.
Anyway, as long as the flames of war don't burn on them or touch their interests, they will always look like they have nothing to do with themselves.
No matter how many insignificant cities he lost, how many Roman soldiers who fought bravely died, and how many Roman people were displaced and their families were destroyed because of the war, these are completely floating clouds in front of this group of selfish nobles.
Under such circumstances, the subjects of Rome had already lost confidence in the Roman military.
Just at this time, news spread that Daqin was about to send troops to Rome to assist Rome in destroying Hannibal's Carthage army.
This made many people who no longer had any hope for the regular Roman army and nobles, but began to look forward to the arrival of reinforcements from the Great Qin.
Although the consul's retinue is not among these people, as a high-ranking Roman, he knows better than anyone else the dire situation in Rome.
Therefore, my heart is the same as these people, and I also think about the early arrival of the Great Qin reinforcements.
After all, today's Great Qin is well-known in the world, no matter how it is evaluated from various places, it definitely belongs to the ranks of the world's top powers.
Even in some aspects, Daqin can be called the number one in the world.
And what Daqin is most famous for is their army, apart from their flourishing and extremely advanced science and technology, and the "Made in Daqin" that has spread and become popular in almost every part of the world.
Since the Daqin army has undergone reform and reconstruction, and has improved many military regulations, its combat effectiveness can be said to have soared.
First, he destroyed the Xiongnu who had been eyeing the Great Qin for a long time, then destroyed the Donghu, surrendered the Great Yue Clan, and even beat the mighty Mauryan Dynasty to death. Almost overnight, the Great Qin army entered the world stage !
In the subsequent expedition to Seleucus, the Qin army destroyed the Roman army of 20 with only tens of thousands of people.
This battle directly established the status of the Daqin Army as the "No. [-] in the world".
And the most important thing is that today's Daqin army has experienced hundreds of battles, big and small, victorious in every battle, and has never failed so far!
Such a record is simply unbelievable and frightening!
Coupled with the status of Qin and Rome as a country of in-laws, this made all Roman subjects who had been completely disappointed or even desperate for the high-level Roman nobles have great expectations for Qin's reinforcements.
It can be said that almost everyone in Rome, including the executive officer's retinue, is waiting for the arrival of Qin's reinforcements.
In their view, as soon as Qin's reinforcements arrive, they will surely be able to rescue Rome from the crisis.
However, after seeing the message sent by Little Scipio, the executive officer's followers were completely dumbfounded.
He originally thought that, given the status of Great Qin as the most powerful country in the world, the number of soldiers dispatched was not to mention several times that of the Carthage army, and at least there should be an army of 20 or something.
But in the end, the reinforcements sent by Daqin were not even 20, not even 10.
Even with the full budget and logistics support personnel, there are only [-] soldiers in total!
The number of soldiers in the Daqin Aid Army in my ideal is really far from the actual number of soldiers in the Daqin Aid Army.
From 20 to [-], such a big gap, the executive officer's followers naturally couldn't accept it.
Moreover, the reason why the executive officer's subordinates were so angry, apart from being dissatisfied with the small number of reinforcements sent by Daqin, in the final analysis, was because he had lost hope.
In his cognition, the Qin army is very strong, but not so strong that with 5 people, it can defeat the 15 army led by Hannibal.
What's more, Hannibal still has their Roman border fortress behind him as a support, with 5 people, it is simply a dream to want a fortress defended by perhaps 15 people.
Even if the remaining Roman army is integrated together, plus the 5 Qin army, the total is less than [-].
"Actually, you don't have to be so angry,"
"To tell you the truth, when I saw that Daqin sent only [-] reinforcements to Rome, I was just like you. I also felt dissatisfied and angry, but I soon thought about it."
"Although Daqin said that it has a relationship with my country of in-laws with Rome, there is no rule that as long as the country of in-laws wants to ask for help, it must help."
"It can be said that Daqin is willing to help us with this favor, and is willing to send troops to help us when Rome is in such a critical moment.
"Besides, there are too few soldiers in the Daqin reinforcements, so it may not be a bad thing."
Unlike the Consul's retinue, Scipio's mentality is obviously relatively peaceful. After all, the Consul's retinue is still young, and after a little bit of trouble, he can't help but start yelling, and many emotions are still floating on the surface.
Scipio has been in the army for more than ten years, from the supreme commander to the consul, it can be said that everything has been experienced.
I think that when he led the Roman soldiers to fight, he did not experience desperation. At that time, there were no reinforcements.
After seeing the letter sent back by little Scipio, Scipio wanted to understand a truth.
That is, relying on no one is worse than relying on yourself.
"Good thing? Your Excellency the Consul, this is a matter of life and death for me in Rome."
"Daqin only sent 5 people to support, is this a good thing?"