"After seven days? Then our request for help from Da Qin will be placed after Sophie gets married to Prince Ying Yu."

Scipio thought for a while, finally made his decision and spoke.

"Seven days later? Your Majesty the Consul, why don't we ask for help from Great Qin now?

Great Qin is far away from Rome. Even if we ask for help now, it will probably take about a month for Great Qin's reinforcements to arrive.

Even if Great Qin mobilizes troops from Seleucid, it will still take at least ten days."

The adjutant was very puzzled by Scipio's decision.

After all, Hannibal's Carthaginian army had completely occupied the border fortress, which put Rome itself under an unprecedented threat.

Due to the terrain and its own combat effectiveness, the main Roman army was unable to solve it for a while, although the Carthaginian army had not made any major moves yet.

But this is because they incurred some losses and casualties while fighting the frontline garrison, and needed to rest and organize themselves.

Also, they have just occupied the previous defense line, and they don't know much about the purpose and use of each area of ​​the defense line. They need to become familiar with these first.

Logically speaking, this is the best time to attack Hannibal.

Although Rome currently has insufficient military strength, as long as Scipio writes a letter asking for help and sends it to the Qin Dynasty, the Qin Dynasty will definitely send troops to reinforce it.

With the terrifying combat effectiveness of the Qin army, the Carthaginian army led by Hannibal would not be able to hold out for long before they surrendered, and their crisis in Rome would be easily resolved.

However, what if Scipio delayed calling for help until seven days later?

I'm afraid that the Carthaginian army had already finished recuperating and recuperating by then, and had thoroughly understood the role of each fortress on the defense line.

By that time, the Carthaginian army will become even more difficult!

Even though the Qin army's combat effectiveness is terrifying, facing the Carthage army that occupies the geographical advantage of being easy to defend and difficult to attack, if there are not enough people, they may not be able to defeat them in a short time.

Once the two sides start a tug-of-war, the Qin army will inevitably suffer battle losses during the battle, such as weapons wear and tear, armor cracks, etc.

However, because the standard equipment of the Great Qin army was too sophisticated and advanced, Great Qin controlled this strategic resource very tightly and did not leak any information.

Therefore, Rome had no ability to replenish the Qin army's losses.

This also means that if the Qin army does not want to use Rome's crude weapons, they must travel thousands of miles to transport their standard equipment from Daqin to replenish their losses.

However, the railway from Daqin to Rome has not yet been completed, and the Suez Canal has not yet been successfully excavated. It is extremely inconvenient to send these strategic resources from Daqin to Rome.

There is no doubt that this will be a long process, and the time to fight the Carthaginian army will also be greatly extended.

You know, war has always been an extremely money-burning activity.

Whether it is the soldiers' daily food and drink, or the wear and tear of weapons and equipment, including horses, arrows, siege vehicles and other special combat tools, all of them do not require the support of large sums of money.

The Qin army traveled thousands of miles to support Rome. It was impossible for them to pay this money, so the money would naturally fall on the Roman national finances.

However, his own family knew about his own affairs. As an adjutant to the consul, he knew very well that due to Scipio's implementation of the New Deal, the country's financial situation had already been overwhelmed. If such an extremely large military expenditure was added to it, the country's finances would probably be

It won't be long before it collapses!

This is also the reason why the adjutant cannot understand Scipio's decision.

"As you said, Great Qin's army is too powerful. Whether it is their superb military strategies or sophisticated and advanced armed equipment, they are not comparable to our Rome."

"Moreover, we were severely injured by the Qin army in the battle to capture the Seleucid Kingdom. Later, due to territorial issues, we fought endlessly with the Carthage army for many years. Our Roman army has long lost its glory."

"In addition, our Roman frontline garrison was attacked by the Carthaginian army led by Hannibal recently. Although the frontline garrison was not completely wiped out, there were not many left. Although the main force of our Roman army is still here,

But both his spirit and combat ability are not as good as before."

"If Qin's army is allowed to enter our Roman territory without any hindrance, I'm really worried that something unexpected will happen. At that time, our Roman army will not be able to stop the Qin army and can only let it go.

Let them do as they please in my Rome."

Scipio said in a deep voice.

"Your Excellency, Consul, do you mean that you are worried that the Qin State will take the opportunity to occupy our Rome in the name of supporting our Rome in defeating the Carthaginian army?"

After listening to Scipio's words, the adjutant's eyes were full of horror.

He used to only think about the marriage between Rome and Qin, and he had an unrivaled powerful backer. Therefore, when the Roman frontline garrison was almost completely wiped out and the frontline fortress was occupied, the first thing he thought of was Xiang Daqin.

Ask for help.

With the help of the Qin Dynasty, Hannibal's Carthaginian army was destroyed in one fell swoop.

However, he ignored whether Da Qin might have other ideas.

With the current state of Rome and the strength of Great Qin, if Great Qin really wanted to annex Rome, then Rome would be nothing but a lamb to be slaughtered, without the slightest ability to fight back.

Thinking of this, the adjutant could not help but stand on his head with chills, and a bone-chilling chill grew in his heart.

"Your Excellency, Consul, you have thought it through. Your subordinates only want to use the power of Qin to solve the serious problem of Hannibal for our Rome. You even forgot about the hidden dangers caused by letting the Qin army enter Rome."

"Furthermore, what you just said made me suddenly realize that as Great Qin became stronger step by step, its external expansion seemed to have never stopped and was always going on.

"

"After the internal unification of the Qin Dynasty, the first step was to kill the powerful enemy Xiongnu in the north, and then beat the once prosperous Mauryan Dynasty to death, and then used various means to annex the Seleucid Kingdom.

A series of small countries surrounding it.”

"Unknowingly, the territory of Da Qin has surpassed that of Rome. In addition, there is also the Da-Qin Railway that is being built in a big way, and the Suez Canal that is being excavated. I am afraid that Da Qin's thoughts are really not simple!"
Chapter completed!