"What are you?" Hannibal used a non-human title.
In terms of thermal energy output, the 1-pounder cannon was as powerful as the Hiroshima atomic bomb, but it was only thermal energy. The explosion caused gas combustion and impact, which were easily blocked outside the Carthage camp.
Huang Xuan couldn't choose a place farther away because he wanted Hannibal to see such an effect, so he wasted some energy to resist the storm he created.
The soldiers had long been dumbfounded.
Huang Xuan likes moments like this the most.
Lifting his chin proudly, of course it was a single chin, Huang Xuan said in a very unbeatable voice: "You can't kill me now, but I can do what I want, unless you give me 1,000 talents.
A general next to Hannibal immediately shouted: "Who knows you didn't do this? Maybe you are the cause of this plague. Catch him."
"So what." Huang Xuan shrugged and fired another 1-pound cannon. This time next to Hannibal's cavalry camp, the horses instantly exploded and started screaming like crazy. Nearly a thousand horses rushed into the camp. It's a complete mess.
Several heavily armored soldiers rushed forward fearlessly, wielding long swords, and then their limbs were twitching after being hit, and perhaps their sphincter was abnormal...
"1,000 talents." Huang Xuan repeated.
"I only have 500 talents, I can raise it. If you can cure everyone." Hannibal stared at Huang Xuan, looking at him carefully, from top to bottom.
Huang Xuan rolled his eyelids and said with a smile: "If this is your bargaining method, it's not bad. Born in Confucius Temple? Just 500 talents."
The Carthaginians didn't understand the first half of the sentence, but they understood the second half. Without any further words, Huang Xuan handed the branch in his hand to a guy next to Hannibal and said: "Go and drag some corpses over. I need corpses." Damn it, don’t mess with people, it’s so disgusting.”
There are soldiers who will do it naturally.
Mr. Conmas jumped off the horse with a smile, pouted and said: "Give us a tent, bigger, and clean it up."
After he finished speaking, he turned to normal language and said to Huang Xuan: "Is Confucius Temple where you went to school? It seems that your teacher gave you extraordinary skills."
"The Confucius Temple is just a small place." Huang Xuan shrugged and gave up caring about Hannibal. He looked back and said, "I went to a private school since I was a child. I was tutored by specialized teachers. The invited teachers studied for several years and did not go there. Pass the academy.”
Mr. Conmas smiled and nodded, and Hannibal came over gently on horseback. While the two were talking, he leaned over and asked, "Why did you take away 500 talents?"
"This is an old problem."
"It's very important to both of us." Hannibal said it very quickly, and there were always two bites at the end, and the words were pronounced clearly, just like his thinking.
Huang Xuan made a face and said, "I think we can try to establish a trusting relationship. I heard that Carthage uses mercenaries."
"That's right."
"How about I work as a mercenary for you. An energy cannon like the one just now is called an energy cannon. It costs 500 talents a time. I will shoot wherever you ask me to. How about giving it away once every 10 times?"
Hannibal said with great interest: "How many times can you use it?"
"More than you think."
"00 talents."
"Deal." Huang Xuan stretched out his hand, and Hannibal tried to hold it with him.
The first batch of people to use antibiotics were ordinary soldiers. They probably wanted to see the effect. As Huang Xuan supplied more and more small yellow powders, countless soldiers stood up. After a while, a group of southern Europeans came over. Xiang Xuan said: "We are asked by General Hannibal to protect you."
"Go and report over there, the man named Cyrus." The Persians have been called over. Huang Xuan has always been used to ordering people, no matter where they are - cleaning the camp, clean drinking water and washing water, food, etc. Some are jobs.
In the evening, Hannibal rode his horse to Huang Xuan's tent. He was a little low on energy, but when he saw Huang Xuan, he immediately became energetic again. This was a guy who could keep his spirits high without taking drugs.
"What do you want to do?" Huang Xuan pointed to the people around him. Many soldiers were carrying the body, but they obviously didn't want to bury it.
"I want to try to see if the Romans had such a medicine." Hannibal shook the small bag in his hand, which contained antisinus.
"so?"
"Put the body in their rivers, or find a way to bring it into Rome..."
Huang Xuan was stunned when he heard this. This guy actually wanted to use biological weapons in the BC era, and it was his own body. Although it was useless... Of course, Huang Xuan would not express any opinions.
Hannibal was very happy with his surprise. He waved to two soldiers, who were dragging a cart behind them. They smiled and said: "I brought you 00 talents. The remaining 00 talents are for you." I can’t give it to you until I return to Carthage.”
Huang Xuan looked at Hannibal with inquiring eyes and said after a long time: "You will not go back to Carthage. If you win, you can stay in Rome. If you fail, you will not have 00 talents." , I want you to give me gold here, maybe delay it for a while, how about 15 days?”
"I remember your name is Huang Xuan..."
"That's it." Huang Xuan was very proud that he interrupted Hannibal. He stretched out his hand in a gesture of invitation and said, "I think you will make the right decision in the needed time. In a few days See."
"Okay." Hannibal turned and walked out of the tent.
Huang Xuan shouted behind him: "You have to send some people to bring this gold."
Regardless of the current gold or the gold he plans to pay in the future, what Hannibal brought out was not Carthage's gold. It was impossible for them to bring so much gold so far, and it was not normal to use it as military expenditure. Most likely , or plundered along the way. This year was the time when Hannibal attacked the Roman Alliance.
Huang Xuancai doesn't care where the money comes from. His goal is not gold. Although facing P001, he can neither take away the metal nor Hannibal, but he needs a big change. In addition, according to Kang Ma According to Mr. Si, he may still need to control this plane - how to control it, he doesn't know, but more trust, more gold, more force and commitment are probably not wrong.
The cool night on the prairie passed quickly. 16,000 soldiers stayed here forever, without nameplates or ceremonies, and the army seemed to be fleeing far away.
Hannibal's army marched southeast, plundering and marching along the Arilia coast. Without looking at the map, Huang Xuan knew that Canni was within easy reach.
During this period, Hannibal had actually fallen into a strategic decline. Due to Carthage's internal struggles, Hannibal had almost no logistical support. Fabian had just stepped down, and the effects of his policies were still in effect. The troops guarded the interior lines, consuming Carthage's money, food, and men.
However, around the time Huang Xuan arrived, the term of the Fabian dictatorship expired. From the perspective of the electoral system and electoral ecology, the needs of Roman officials and the needs of American officials are surprisingly similar. They need political achievements and need to be seen by the people. Wherever they go, in addition they have to represent the aspirations of the people and, above all, they do not accept defeat, especially during elections.
Fabian policy is a long-term policy, and it can only be effective if it is used for a long time. Before it has no effect, people will not see its achievements. People will only see the Roman army that blindly gives in, and countless small attacks. Defeat, dead citizens, broken alliances, all of that. Even if it is a victory, people will give honor to the general who wins in the end, not to Fabian who weakened the enemy.
Therefore, the Roman Senate began to raise an army and prepared to give Hannibal a fatal blow. What Huang Xuan and Mr. Conmas saw in the city of Rome were the two newly recruited legions.
It was indeed a good time, except for one thing, Cannae's munitions.
Hannibal's army was poorly supplied, and Fabian policy left him with little energy to attack smaller towns. So this time is also so wonderful for Hannibal.
The Fabian policy ended and the Roman army began to gather, giving him unmolested freedom to attack wherever he wanted before a new war began.
As Huang Xuan knew, he chose Cannae Castle in the Apulian plain.
At this time, Hannibal still had less than 10,000 soldiers, but this was not the problem. The current Roman alliance was very centrifugal. He could obtain soldiers from many tribes and even city-states, and Cannae even more Roman rations and countless supplies.
In addition, it is time to harvest the grain.
Huang Xuan did not follow his "golden car", but played with new bacteria with Mr. Conmas. They sat on the cart and played with new animals every day. These days, Huang Xuan's biological knowledge has advanced by leaps and bounds. After knowing the difference between viruses and bacteria, they also studied the Nguyen virus. Both of them like microorganisms that are very small. The lighter the weight, the less energy is used to synthesize them.
The Carthage soldiers stayed away from the wizard-like Huang Xuan and Comas, and fulfilled the three people's requirements better.
The roads in Italy were in good condition, and the roads built by the Romans also made it convenient for the Carthaginians. The Roman army, which had shrunk its forces in preparation for the war, was unable to affect Hannibal's marching speed. They didn't even know the location of Hannibal's main force. After 10 days, Huang Xuan had already seen the legendary Canni.
A small city, maybe 8,000 soldiers, maybe 5,000 people, but compared to Hannibal's army, their resistance was extremely weak. In fact, most people fled - not every Roman soldier was brave , just as not every American is a citizen of a liberal democracy.
The next day, Hannibal walked into Cannae Castle with a victor's smile. (To be continued. If you want to know what happened, please log in to .qidian. There are more chapters. Support the author and genuine reading!) (To be continued)