"By the way, tell me to go down and hide the main force that is hidden."

"Roman scouts are not that easy to fool."

Hannibal warned a little worriedly.

In the previous battle with Scipio, he had suffered such a loss. He led a force to hide in a ravine covered with tall grass, thinking of taking advantage of the enemy by surprise when the main force was fighting fiercely with the Roman army.

There's a sneak attack from behind.

As a result, he was searched out in advance by a Roman scout. If he hadn't reacted quickly at that time, I am afraid that the entire army would have been wiped out. How could he still be here to command.

"Don't worry, General, my subordinates have considered this issue before, so they tried their best to avoid the activity area of ​​the Roman scouts. Now they are hiding 500 meters down from the northeast of the border.

"But apart from this, there is another thing I don't know. That is, since we mobilized the main force to cover up others' deception, shouldn't it logically allow that part of the main force to stay where it is, or continue to retreat outside the defense line?

"Why do you want to transfer them back again? If this is the case, I'm afraid it won't last long and Rome will become suspicious."

The adjutant was very puzzled by this.

After all, the whole point of a surprise attack is to be surprised. If the plan is exposed due to the sudden disappearance of that part of the frontline troops, and the Roman army is on guard, wouldn't all the efforts be in vain? Junquge

"You are right. According to normal military practice, we should do what you said, because only in this way can we confuse the opponent to the maximum extent and let the opponent eventually fall into our trap."

"But you should know that our Carthaginian soldiers and horses are not as good as those of Rome. If we want to launch a surprise attack on the Roman army, these soldiers and horses are indispensable. In order to be able to defeat the Roman army in one fell swoop, we

You just have to take some risks."

Hannibal explained.

"We can definitely ask for support from above to make up for the lack of troops and horses, so that we don't have to bring those troops back."

"Otherwise, the possibility of our exposure is too high."

The adjutant made his own suggestion.

"Requesting support from above? Well, this is the letter you mentioned that was just sent from above. Take a good look at it yourself."

Hannibal sneered, and then pointed to the letter from Carthage's top brass.

With curiosity and doubt, the adjutant brought the letter on the table to his eyes and read it carefully.

As he saw more and more content, the adjutant's eyes gradually became gloomy, containing a lot of incomprehension and deep anger.

"Assholes! These guys are greedy for life and fear of death! We are fighting bloody battles on the front line, but they only think about their own safety. We can obviously fight against the Roman army, but they want us to retreat immediately."

"Don't they know that once we retreat, Carthage will lose a lot of territory, and countless Carthage people will live in dire straits? This is simply outrageous!!"

The adjutant's voice was very angry.

He knew that the nobles of Carthage were greedy and selfish, but he did not expect that they would be so selfish that they would abandon the people of Carthage!

"I'm used to their short-sightedness and cowardice. With this group of so-called nobles in Carthage, I'm afraid Carthage will never rise again."

Hannibal shook his head and sighed.

Of course Hannibal would not accept the orders of those nobles.

If he really retreated like this, it would be equivalent to wasting the lives of the soldiers who died in the battle with Rome. This is their betrayal, and it is also a betrayal of the tens of millions of Carthage people behind the border.

betrayal!

In the past few years, Hannibal and the soldiers of the Carthaginian army had gone through life and death, fought hard, and finally eased the offensive of the Roman army, and slowly began to gain the upper hand. Victory was almost before their eyes.

As a result, it was because Scipio's daughter was about to marry the prince of Qin, Prince Ying Yu, who had all kinds of magical means and was like the reincarnation of a god.

Those cowardly Carthage borers actually asked him to retreat?

To Hannibal, this was a big joke.

Of course, he also knew that the current Great Qin State was far more powerful than Carthage, and His Highness the Prince was the military god of the world. In all the wars he had participated in, no matter what the disadvantage, he was still invincible!

With their strength, if they were to go head-to-head with Da Qin, they would be hitting an egg with a stone.

But let him give up several years of hard work, give up the advantages gained by countless soldiers' lives, and just retreat in despair.

Hannibal is unwilling to give in, he will never do that!

Even if this might offend Da Qin and the god-like Prince of Da Qin, he would not change his mind.

The fighter opportunity was fleeting, and Hannibal just wanted to seize this opportunity and annihilate the Roman army at the border defense line!

In addition, Hannibal was still betting that Scipio was not that important in the eyes of Qin.

Even if the Roman regular army directly under Scipio was defeated, Qin would only give some money to comfort it, and would not directly send troops to help Rome.

It has to be said that this is a huge gamble. If he is not careful, he and Carthage will fall into a situation of no return.

But in this situation, Hannibal had no choice.

If they really retreat like this, it will only be a temporary compromise. After Scipio calms down the turbulent situation within Rome, the Roman army will definitely become far stronger than it is now.

By that time, the Roman army alone would be enough to crush them without the Qin army taking action.

Since it's all about death, it's better to give it a try and maybe there's a glimmer of hope.

Therefore, after receiving the order from the Carthaginian nobles, Hannibal directly summoned his adjutant without saying a word, told him all about his plan, and handed it over to him for execution.

Fortunately, according to the situation reported by the adjutant, things are going as Hannibal thought, which is a blessing among misfortunes.

"Okay, that's it. No matter how angry you are at those Carthaginian worms, it won't help. The top priority now is to prepare for the decisive battle with the Roman army!"

"This battle is not only about the lives of you, me and hundreds of thousands of soldiers, but also about the life and death of Carthage. There must be no negligence."
Chapter completed!