Hannibal is not an indecisive or sloppy person.

Following his order, the 200,000-strong Carthaginian army, fully armed and equipped with food, grass, baggage and other strategic supplies, quickly began to assemble.

These 200,000 people were Hannibal's entire possessions and where his confidence lay.

After a simple mobilization, all the Carthaginian soldiers had excitement on their faces, because the Romans were their enemies and because they were about to embark on a journey to conquer Rome.

In the history of Carthage, the Roman army has always been invading and killing their Carthaginians.

But now, they finally have a chance to take revenge.

The Carthaginian army led by Hannibal marched very fast, and before long, they encountered several small Roman cities.

Without any hesitation, Hannibal directly gave the order to attack.

Although these cities were protected by city walls, they were incomparable to the fortresses currently occupied by the Roman and Carthaginian armies.

It is far inferior in terms of height and sturdiness, not to mention the complex support passages and hidden secret rooms for storing supplies. There are none of these.

Compared with those fortresses, these cities are simply rising one day at a time.

After all, the border fortress was built by Rome after hundreds of years of hard work and the wisdom of several generations of outstanding Roman craftsmen.

It was originally built not only to show off the power of Rome, but also to resist foreign enemies. It can be called the gateway of Rome.

The walls of the city that the Carthaginian army faced now could only control the entry and exit of residents in Rome.

The actual defensive power is not worth mentioning at all, and its symbolic significance is far greater than its practicality. Therefore, with the combined efforts of many Carthaginian soldiers, in just two blows, the city wall was broken open by them, and Carthage was destroyed.

Ji's army was able to march straight in.

This was where the main Roman army was supposed to be stationed, but today it was uncharacteristically relaxed.

Moreover, the situation displayed by the defenders in this city was almost exactly the same as that of the Roman border fortress defenders who were wiped out by the entire army.

This made the Carthaginian soldiers couldn't help but feel happy. They didn't expect that this kind of pie-in-the-sky thing would happen twice.

But before they could be happy for long, the ensuing battle made all the Carthaginian soldiers realize that their thoughts were still too naive.

Because everything was just as Hannibal had expected before leading his army, the relaxed posture of the Roman army was a completely deliberate appearance.

The purpose is to confuse them and make them lower their vigilance.

The seemingly unsuspecting Roman soldiers who were still singing and dancing seemed to have suddenly changed and launched a crazy counterattack against the Carthaginian soldiers!

At the same time, many Roman soldiers came from all directions and directly surrounded the Carthaginian army. The situation was reversed almost in an instant!

Because everything changed so quickly, many Carthaginian soldiers lost their lives before they could even react to the turn of events.

Obviously, the Roman army had already planned this plan for a long time.

In fact, since the Roman border garrison was completely wiped out and the fortress was lost and occupied by Hannibal's Carthaginian army, Scipio did not choose to sit still in his office and wait for death.

Before the best time to ask for help from the Qin Dynasty arrived, Scipio had been thinking about how to deal with the next attack of the Carthaginian army, and made many preparations for this.

For example, a trap was designed in the nearest city camp, and the Roman army was deliberately made to look extremely relaxed, constantly exposing loopholes, in order to lure the Carthaginian army into being fooled.

At the same time, Scipio also sent many frontline soldiers and spies to keep an eye on every move of the Carthaginian army.

Therefore, when he discovered that the Carthaginian army was gathering and launching an attack on Rome, Scipio was not surprised at all, and immediately ordered the Roman army to respond quickly.

The soldiers in the Roman army did not panic or lose their position because of the sudden arrival of the Carthaginian army.

On the contrary, the Carthaginian army was deceived by the lax appearance of the Roman soldiers and successfully fell into Scipio's trap.

The Carthaginian soldiers were besieged by a large number of Roman soldiers who had been preparing for a long time and were unable to fight quickly.

At the same time, other Carthaginian soldiers were also tortured by the traps that had been set up in the city. Many Carthaginian soldiers died as a result, and the entire Carthaginian army looked very embarrassed.

Everything seemed to be going according to Scipio's plan, and the Carthaginian army's offensive was severely frustrated by his designed trap.

This made Scipio, who knew all this, very excited, and even had the idea in his mind that perhaps relying on their Roman army alone might be enough to repel these Carthaginian enemies without asking for support from Qin.

"Your Majesty the Consul, the Carthaginian army has gone deep alone and has successfully entered the trap you designed before. Now their vanguard army has lost almost one-third under the siege of our Roman army.

And as time goes by, this number will increase.”

"In addition, the main force led by Hannibal is also in a state of disarray under the harassment of our Roman ambush. In a short period of time, there should be no way to support the besieged vanguard."

At this time, a Roman army lieutenant general entered Scipio's office and reported to him the latest battle situation on the front line with excitement.

"Okay! Very good!"

"Hannibal, Hannibal, you are careless after all! Last time our Roman border garrison neglected its duties and you took advantage of it. This time you have been trying to take advantage of my Roman city. Do you think I will do it at the same time?"

Falling in the same place twice?”

Scipio stood up from his position and spoke loudly, feeling extremely relieved at the defeat of the Carthaginian army.

After all, the Roman border garrison was completely wiped out by the Carthaginian army led by Hannibal.

And taking advantage of the situation, they also occupied their extremely important Roman fortress, directly forcing Rome into an extremely dangerous situation.

The occurrence of this incident made Scipio feel depressed and dissatisfied, and it almost became his heart disease.

Fortunately, things turned around, and this time Hannibal was deceived by his deception, causing the entire Carthaginian army to fall into his trap, which made Scipio avenge his shame.

However, after being excited for a while, Scipio turned to the general who came to report the information and said:

"Instruct all armies to carry out operations in strict accordance with the previously formulated combat plan, and try not to engage in head-on combat with the main force of Carthage."
Chapter completed!