After listening to what the executive officer's retinue said and looking at his expression at this moment, Scipio instantly understood the reason why the executive officer's retinue was so emotional.

Rather than saying that he was angry because he was dissatisfied with the small number of Qin's reinforcements, it was better to say that he was angry because Rome's future prospects were dark.

After all, the situation in Rome is really bad now!

Under the leadership of Hannibal, the Carthaginian army defeated their Roman army. Whether in terms of strategy or combat capabilities, it can be said that they completely defeated the Roman army.

And relying on this momentum, the Carthaginian army has captured several Roman cities one after another, and their troops are approaching their Roman capital!

But even so, the nobles in Rome still wanted to preserve their strength, and they were all procrastinating and unwilling to send troops.

In the eyes of those nobles, the Carthaginian army occupied some insignificant cities. If they were lost, they would be lost. There was no need to risk sacrificing their own family's private army to fight Hannibal.

Not to mention that the person he was trying to assist was Scipio, who had always opposed nobles like them, greatly affecting or even weakening the economy of the nobles.

Anyway, as long as the flames of war do not burn them or touch their interests, they will always look like they have nothing to do with themselves.

No matter how many insignificant cities he lost, how many brave Roman soldiers died, how many Roman people were displaced and their families were destroyed due to the war, these are completely nothing in front of this group of selfish nobles.

Under such circumstances, Roman subjects had already lost confidence in the Roman military.

At this time, news spread that Qin was about to send troops to Rome to assist Rome in annihilating Hannibal's Carthaginian army.

This made many people who no longer had any hope for the Roman regular army and nobles begin to look forward to the arrival of the Qin reinforcements.

Although the consul's retinue was not among this group of people, as a senior official in Rome, he knew better than anyone else the current dire situation in Rome.

Therefore, like these people, I also yearn for the early arrival of Da Qin's reinforcements.

After all, Great Qin is now well-known in the world. Regardless of evaluation from various places, it is definitely among the top powers in the world.

Even in some aspects, Da Qin can be called the best in the world.

The most famous thing about Great Qin, besides their blooming flowers, extremely advanced science and technology, and the "Made in Great Qin" that has spread to almost all parts of the world, is their army.

Since the Qin army has undergone reform and reconstruction, and has improved many military regulations, its combat effectiveness can be said to have soared.

First, they killed the Xiongnu who had been eyeing the Qin Dynasty for a long time. Then they destroyed the Donghu, surrendered the Dayue clan, and even beat the powerful Maurya Dynasty to death. The Qin army entered the world stage almost overnight.

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In the subsequent expedition to Seleucus, the Qin army destroyed the Roman army of 200,000 with only tens of thousands of soldiers.

This battle directly established the Qin army’s status as the ‘number one in the world’.

And the most important thing is that today's Great Qin army has experienced hundreds of battles, large and small, and has won hundreds of battles, and has never been defeated so far!

Such a record is simply incredible and terrifying!

Coupled with the fact that Qin and Rome were related by marriage, all the Roman subjects who had been completely disappointed or even despaired of the high-level Roman nobles had great expectations for Qin's reinforcements.

It can be said that almost everyone in Rome, including the executive officers and retinues, are waiting for reinforcements from Qin to arrive.

In their view, as long as Qin's reinforcements arrived, Rome would be able to be rescued from danger.

However, after seeing the message delivered by Little Scipio, the executive officer's retinue was completely confused.

He originally thought that given Qin's reputation as the world's most powerful country, the number of soldiers it dispatched would be several times that of the Carthage army, and there should be at least an army of 200,000 or something.

But as a result, the reinforcements sent by Great Qin were not even 100,000, let alone 200,000.

Even with the full budget and logistics support personnel, there are only a total of 50,000 soldiers!

The ideal number of soldiers in Da Qin's reinforcements and the actual number of soldiers in Da Qin's reinforcements are really very different.

From 200,000 to 50,000, such a huge gap was naturally unacceptable to the executive officer's retinue.

Moreover, the reason why the executive officer's retinue was so angry, besides being dissatisfied with the small number of reinforcements sent by Da Qin, was ultimately because he had no hope.

In his opinion, the Qin army was very strong, but not so powerful that it could defeat the 150,000 troops led by Hannibal with only 50,000 men.

Moreover, Hannibal still had their Roman border fortress to rely on. With 50,000 people, it was simply a dream to think of a fortress that could be defended by 15 people.

Even if the remaining Roman army is integrated together, plus the 50,000 Qin army, the total is less than 100,000.

"Actually, you don't have to be so angry,"

"To tell you the truth, when I saw that the reinforcements sent by Qin to Rome were only 50,000, I was just like you. I also felt dissatisfied and angry, but I soon thought about it."

"Although Da Qin says that it is an in-law country with Rome, there is no rule that states that as long as the in-law country wants to ask for help, it must help."

"It can be said that the Qin Dynasty is willing to help us and send troops to assist us when Rome is in such a critical moment. This is already an act of kindness and righteousness. It is not appropriate for us to demand the number of reinforcements from the Qin Dynasty."

"And the fact that there are too few soldiers in Da Qin's reinforcements is not necessarily a bad thing."

Unlike the consul's retinue, Scipio's mentality was obviously relatively peaceful. After all, the consul's retinue was still young. After experiencing some minor disturbances, he couldn't help but start shouting loudly. Many emotions were still floating on the surface.

During the more than ten years of Scipio's military career, from the supreme commander to the consul, he has experienced everything.

I think that when he led the Roman soldiers to fight, he experienced desperate situations. There were no reinforcements at that time.

After reading the letter sent back by little Scipio, Scipio figured out something.

That is, it is better to rely on yourself than to rely on anyone else.

"A good thing? Your Majesty the Consul, this is a major matter concerning the life and death of Rome."
Chapter completed!