dognovel Chapter 541 The Roman Fortress Falls
Chapter 541 The Roman Fortress Falls
The soldiers standing guard on the Roman fortress felt very puzzled when they saw the faint figure appearing in the distance.
After thinking for a while, the soldier shook his still drunk head to wake himself up a bit.
Then he raised his eyes and looked from the top of the wall, those dark figures gradually became clear from blurred, footsteps, bodies, faces, he had even seen clearly the military flags held high in the hands of those people.
"Then... is that the flag of the Carthaginian army?"
The enemy was right in front of our eyes. What was ridiculous was that the soldier was still wondering if he had read it wrong.
Because the news he got was that the Carthage army had already withdrawn from the frontline battlefield, and it was impossible to appear here at this time.
But soon, the soldier realized something was wrong:
"Oops, Carthage's withdrawal is fake. After we relax our vigilance, the raid is their real purpose."
Thinking of this, the soldier lost all drowsiness and drunkenness.
This is a big deal!
If one is not careful, the entire Roman garrison will be wiped out!
Therefore, the soldiers on guard didn't care about their sleepiness, and started to call other soldiers around in a panic.
"Enemy attack, enemy attack!"
"Wake up, wake up, everyone!"
"Outside our camp, it seems that a huge army is approaching us. Looking at the flags and marching habits, it seems to be the guys from Carthage!"
The soldier on guard anxiously pushed the soldiers around him and briefly explained the situation to them.
"I think you must be drunk. At this point in time, where did the army come from?"
"That's right, didn't the Carthaginians want to be frightened by the prestige of Daqin after hearing the news of the marriage between Rome and Daqin? I'm afraid they have all retreated now, how could they appear in here?"
"I said that if you really have nothing to do, you can help us collect the wine jars scattered on the ground, so as to save me from accidentally breaking and getting injured while sleeping."
It's a pity that the soldiers who were sleeping soundly against the low wall didn't believe his words at all after they were woken up by him.
They didn't even want to get up and look outside the city wall.
He just scolded and ridiculed a few words, and then continued to sleep soundly.
This scene made the soldiers who found out that something was wrong extremely anxious.
Looking outside the city, the Carthage army was less than 500 meters away from them.
The soldiers on guard felt that if they worked hard, they could even see clearly the expressions full of fighting spirit on the faces of the soldiers in the row at the top of the Carthaginian army.
But he knew that he couldn't do anything, and it was too late.
Because the distance of 500 meters is too short under the haste of the Carthaginian army.
"All soldiers, get the siege props!"
When the Carthaginian army approached the city, Hannibal ordered loudly.
"Yes!"
Afterwards, the Carthaginian army looked at the towering city walls of Rome, and moved innumerable siege ladders, one of which was erected on the top of the Roman city wall.
The Carthaginian soldiers, like ants, climbed towards the city wall at a very fast speed along the ladder.
There was also a siege engine that had already been prepared and was pushed up by the Carthage soldiers.
They are all sharpened with wood that embraces them, and then fixedly tied to the car. Then, under the push of the soldiers, they directly hit the center of the city gate with speed and inertia, which can cause great damage to the city gate.
So, driven by many Carthaginian soldiers, the siege vehicle slammed into the city gate with great inertia.
boom! !
When the soldiers of Carthage had already climbed to the top of the wall of the Roman fortress, the Roman soldiers who usually guarded the wall had just woken up from their sleep.
Watching the enemies swarming under the city, listening to the roar of the rushing cars hitting the city gate.
All the Roman soldiers on the fort were dumbfounded.
In less than a quarter of an hour, all the Roman defenders on the walls of the fortress were wiped out.
The Carthaginian vanguard on the city wall quickly divided into two parts after finishing off the enemy.
Some went to open the city gate to let in the large Carthaginian army outside.
Some took advantage of the fact that many of the Roman garrisons were asleep, and took this opportunity to directly assassinate them.
Since the Roman garrison had never considered that the Carthaginian army would come to attack suddenly, so at the so-called celebration banquet, everyone was pouring their hearts out.
They were so drunk that they didn't realize the danger was coming.
This led to the fact that when the Carthaginian army broke through the city gate and rushed in, many Roman soldiers were still asleep, and then lost their lives inexplicably, which can be said to be very miserable.
Even though most of the Roman soldiers woke up later, it was a pity that the situation was over.
In the end, the raid ended in a unilateral slaughter by the Carthaginians, and Hannibal successfully captured the Roman frontline fortress.
This also declared the success of Hannibal's raid!
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When the battle between Carthage and Rome took place, the city of Xianyang in the Great Qin Dynasty was still peaceful and prosperous.
Under Ying Yu and Ying Zheng's various policies that benefit the people and benefit the people, the days when the people were precarious and hungry are long gone forever.
Many originally impoverished peasant households not only easily solved their food and clothing problems through their hard work, but also left a lot of spare money in their hands, and gradually became rich in this way.
If this kind of life was put in the past, it would be impossible to even think about it.
Therefore, the people admired Ying Yu and Ying Zheng to the extreme. When they thought of their good life today, they would feel grateful for the kindness of Ying Yu and Ying Zheng.
Many people even made golden statues of Ying Yu and Ying Zheng and placed them in their homes for worship. It can be seen how high the status of Ying Zheng and Ying Yu is in the hearts of the people.
If Hannibal saw this scene here, his jaw would drop in shock.
It is estimated that I will never dare to say that I can lead Carthage to grow into the next Great Qin.
After all, compared to the notoriety of the Carthaginian nobles in Carthage, the prestige of Ying Zheng and Ying Yu in Daqin is too high!
The tall image of the two of them has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people of Daqin and cannot be damaged in the slightest.
For example, if you dare to say a bad word about Ying Yu or Ying Zheng in Daqin, you will be glared at by the people of Daqin in the next second, and then they will surround you and beat you up.
You may even be turned over to the government by the people, and you will be charged with perverting truth and falsehood to deceive the public.
The aspirations of the people, the unity of the people, this is what a truly powerful country should look like!