The news that Xiang Yan destroyed Macedonia and the Greek countries spread to Carthage about half a month later.

After hearing the news, Zhao Qian was overjoyed: "I knew that General Xiang Yan was indeed a powerful general!"

After hearing the news, Wang Jian was a little envious: "This guy Xiang Yan actually got a big battle... Your Highness, we can't fall behind."

Zhao Qian was stunned for a moment, a little confused: "We?"

Wang Jian said with a quick look: "Your Highness, we were originally from Carthage as a friend-entourage, but the situation is different now. Carthage has become our strength. We can lead Carthage's army to the north to meet Xiang Yan and directly destroy Rome!"

After hearing Wang Jian's words, Zhao Qian widened his eyes in disbelief: "We... go to destroy Rome?"

This is something Zhao Qian had never thought about beforehand.

Wang Jian smiled and instigated: "Your Highness, please think about it. Our Han Kingdom has really swept the world now, and there is not much time left to have opponents next.

Don’t your Highness want to experience what it feels like to be a real dominant battlefield?"

When Zhao Qian heard this, he was immediately moved.

As Wang Jian said, the current power of the Han Kingdom has completely extended to the civilized countries on the entire Eurasian continent. Almost all of the opponents who are still like a point have been beaten by the Han Kingdom, and only one Rome is still surviving.

If Zhao Qian did not participate in the conquest of Rome, he would probably have no chance in the future.

Zhao Qian thought of this and stopped hesitating and said decisively: "Go, call Hamilka and the elders."

Half a day later, Hamilka and a group of Carthage elders sat in the palace, and they were stunned after hearing Zhao Qian's words.

Hamilka couldn't help but say, "His Majesty, you really want to destroy the Roman Republic?

Can this be done?”

It’s not Hamilka who suspected Zhao Qian’s combat effectiveness, but the Carthaginians were just beaten up by the Romans and lack confidence.

Zhao Qian smiled and said, "To be honest, I only need these five thousand musketeers to destroy Rome. You Carthage soldiers are actually just helping out.

By the way, our Han Kingdom still has 50,000 musketeers, led by General Xiang Yan, and are moving towards Rome across mountains and rivers!"

On the side, Wang Jian cooperated very well to hang out a map, which clearly marked Xiang Yan's march from Macedonia to Rome City with a red pen.

After hearing this, the elders of Carthage were all uneasy.

Five thousand musketeers have swept through the 100,000 Roman army, but now there are actually 50,000 musketeers advancing towards the city of Rome?

Many Carthage elders spoke immediately.

"Of course we Carthaginians obey the orders of your Majesty!"

"Destroy Rome and avenge the shame we Carthage suffered in the past!"

"My Majesty, I am willing to follow you and fight for the honor of you and Carthage!"

Amid the sound of asking for a fight, Hamilka wanted to say something, but found that there seemed to be no need to say it.

After all, the Han Dynasty was not Carthage, which was something Hamilka had known for a long time.

Elephants trampled on ants to death. What else can I say about this kind of war?

Soon, Zhao Qian issued an order as King Carthage: "All Carthage warriors gather together. In five days, we will cross the sea and head north, first arrive at Sicily, and then attack the Apennine Peninsula, so that the Romans will surrender to our feet!"

With the unanimous support of all the elders, a 20,000-man army of Carthage was quickly organized.

Adding to the original 5,000 musketeers, this time the number of northward expeditionary troops led by Zhao Qian and Wang Jian reached 25,000.

Amid the blessings of many elders, many ships of the Northern Expedition Fleet left the coast of Carthage and headed directly north along the Mediterranean.

Zhao Qian stood on the deck of the bow of the boat, staring at the endless sea in front of him, and smiled at Zhao Zheng beside him and said, "Brother Zheng, you have just recovered from a serious illness and have been on the boat again, are you okay?"

Zhao Zheng stood beside Zhao Qian, shook his head slowly and said, "Don't worry, your highness, my health is not that bad."

Zhao Zheng originally followed Zhao Qian all the way to the west, but when he passed by Persia, Zhao Zheng suddenly suffered from sneezing, which made him unable to rush to the road. Zhao Qian had to let him stay in Persia to recuperate.

It is precisely because of this that Zhao Zheng missed the good show that Zhao Qian defeated Rome and was crowned King of Carthage. In fact, if Zhao Zheng came a few days later, he would not even be able to catch up with this conquest of Rome.

Zhao Qian smiled and patted Zhao Zheng on the shoulder, sighing: "Do you still remember when you were young?

We often say that when we grow up, we will conquer all directions together. Now this wish has finally come true!”

Zhao Zheng was silent for a long time and nodded, "Yes, let's conquer the world together!"

This is a rare moment for Zhao Zheng to show emotions.

Because the Carthaginians had rich experience in trade with Sicily, this trip to the Mediterranean was very smooth.

After a few days of voyage, the land of Sicily appeared in front of Zhao Qian.

Hamilka stood beside Zhao Qian and introduced to Zhao Qian: "This was originally our trading colony in Carthage. The war between us and Rome started because of this, but in the end we failed."

While speaking, Hamilka's tone was obviously unwilling.

You should know that in the previous war, Hamilka was actually the commander of Carthage, but in the end he was dismissed because he could not defeat the Romans, so Hamilka was naturally worried.

Of course, Zhao Qian knew about this situation. Hearing this, he couldn't help but pat Hamilka on the shoulder and smiled: "Don't worry, as the saying goes, get up from wherever he falls. This time, our Han Kingdom will support you!"

Hamilka was also very moved at this moment, and she felt that it was really good to have someone to support her in the backstage.

The landing location this time is also very particular. It is not close to the southern bank of Sicily in Carthage, but specially came to the city of Messina in the northeast of Sicily to land.

The city of Messina is the direct fuse that led to the conflict between Rome and Carthage. This was originally a buffer range of forces between Carthage and Rome, and belonged to the ancient Syrian Kingdom.

But a few years ago, a man named Marmeti occupied the place with a group of mercenaries. Marmeti then became the king of the "Nation of Messina" and became independent from the ancient Syrian Kingdom.

Syragu was unable to confront Marmeti, so he sought help from his friendly allies Carthage. Carthage had just sent troops, and the Romans immediately stated that Carthage should not interfere with the internal affairs of the buffer state, and then the first Punic War broke out on both sides for many years.

After the war, the entire Sicily, including Messina, became the territory of the Roman Republic.

Perhaps because the Messians had already known the news that the main force of Rome had been wiped out, they did not dare to go out of the city to fight, but wanted to defend the city with their strong city.

Surrounded by a large number of soldiers, Zhao Qian and others also set foot on the land.

Looking at this scene, Hamilka couldn't help but frown and said, "His Majesty the King, it's so troublesome now. The last time we spent too much time fighting the city of Messina, which led to the defeat."

Zhao Qian laughed and looked at Wang Jian: "General Wang Jian, what do you think? Wang Jian said without hesitation: "Two or three days."

Hamilka was a little confused: "What are two days and three days?"

Wang Jian said concisely: "It takes only two days to get fast, and three days to get slow, and this city can be taken down."

Hamilka: "..." At this moment, Hamilka's mood was - are you kidding me?

But seeing Wang Jian's serious appearance, how could he have the intention of joking?

However, after receiving Wang Jian's guarantee, Zhao Qian breathed a sigh of relief and smiled at Hamilka, "Don't worry, since General Wang Jian has been talking for so many days, we should be able to celebrate the victory soon."

Hamilka is half-believing and half-doubting.

Although he has indeed seen the power of musketeers, Hamilka himself has practiced muskets in the Han Kingdom for so long, and knows that this weapon actually has no good way to deal with the tall city walls.

So, how can the Han Kingdom break through this city within two days?

Hamilka passed on the words of Zhao Qian and Wang Jian to other Carthage elders, and they all looked disbelief.

This matter is really beyond the imagination of the Carthaginians.

The next day, Wang Jian began to attack the city.

Under Wang Jian's order, many Carthage soldiers spent a day filling a gap in the moat outside Messina.

On the next third day, Wang Jian began to let people keep rid of arrows and various rolling stones on the city of Messina, and placed enough gunpowder under the walls of Messina.

The reason why it was not put into the city gate was mainly because Messina is a traditional European city with suspension bridges, and the gate was blocked by the suspension bridge that was pulled up.

Zhao Qian asked with some confidence: "Is this OK?"

Wang Jian smiled and said seriously: "Don't worry, your highness, there is no city wall that cannot be broken in front of enough equivalence."

This is also a sentence that the generals of the Han Kingdom often say during private communication.

Hamilka watched from the side, and she was very confused.

What is this situation? Just put a bunch of bags under the city wall and you can break the city?

Next, Hamilka finally knew the answer.

With Wang Jian's order, many arrows covered with gunpowder flew towards the large pile of gunpowder under the city.

"boom!"

A loud noise like a landslide and cracked the ground directly scared Hamilka and sat on the ground.

After the smoke and dust soared into the sky disappeared, Messina's wall had collapsed for a long time.

As Wang Jian said, these city walls may have excellent results when dealing with cold weapons, but they can only be a joke in front of hot weapons.

Hamilka stood up and looked at everything in front of her in disbelief.

Around Hamilka, most of the Carthaginians were in a dull state.

They really didn't expect that such a thing would happen in this world.

They really didn't expect that they could fight like this in war! Wang Jian waited quietly for a while before saying lightly: "What are you waiting for?"

Send troops and conquer this city.”

The next thing is street fighting. For musketeers, this is also the most dangerous stage. The enemy may emerge from all over the street at any time to launch an attack. The probability of close combat is too high, which leads to a significant increase in the dangers encountered by musketeers.
To be continued...