Chapter 409: The Renaissance of Carthage (1)

Luca humiliated Aetius consciously or unconsciously. Of course, how could he stay in Aetius' territory again?

After leaving the hippodrome, Luga led his troops to the dock without stopping, where Belia's fleet had been waiting for a long time.

"Hey, Luka." Belia stood there with his arms crossed over his chest, and stood with his soldiers at the port where warships were docked. Seeing a large group of Luka people running towards them in a hurry, Belia said jokingly: "Why, Luohuangdi looks like a group of deserters, are you in trouble again!"

"Oh, shut up, Belia." Luka shouted while jogging. It seemed that his heavy armor really put a lot of pressure on his body. He slowly ran to Belia and said breathlessly: "Hurry up, hurry up, there is no time, get on the ship, let's go!"

Without any time to stay at the dock, Luca and his party hurriedly boarded the warships. Guided by the sound of the horn, they slowly left the port one after another. A large number of warships lined up outside Ravenna, and the fishermen who were at a loss maneuvered their fishing boats to avoid them.

At this time, a large number of private guards holding shields and swords appeared on the dock. They walked quickly over, but when they saw the warship that had left the dock, they stopped and seemed helpless.

"I knew that not only Aetius had come to his senses, but even the nobles who supported them would not want me to leave Ravenna so easily." Luca stood at the bow and laughed as he pointed at the group of personal guards who were standing there staring at him blankly.

"They were eager to kill me, but they let me get away first. I was like a cunning rabbit and they were stupid hounds. We had warships, but they didn't, so they could only watch us leave their sight and were powerless. Poor guys, I want to see how they report to their masters."

"So where do we go next?" Belia asked.

"To the Greater Sicily Region." Luca thought for a moment and said, "I am a person who holds grudges. What I didn't get at the time, I will definitely want back no matter how hard I try!"

"So what you mean is that we go to Greater Sicily, gather troops there, and fight Carthage again?" Belialiu asked, "But without the help of the Eastern Roman army, what kind of storm can we stir up by ourselves?"

"We'll follow the methods of those who have people, and those who don't." Luca went on to say, "Anyway, I'm the supreme commander of the Greater Sicily Region. I can dispatch the Sicilian army to fight for me. As long as we have the Phalaenopsis Fleet, we'll have enough troops to counterattack Carthage. It's just that so much time has passed. It's been four or five years in a flash. I don't know how the Vandals have recovered."

"This time, aren't you afraid that the Senate will have any ideas to interfere with you again?" Belialiu asked.

"Senate?" Luca's tone was very unbelievable. After a moment, Luca snorted and said disdainfully, "I didn't have any title before. I could only obey the will of the Senate. But now it's different. If someone from the Senate comes, except to comfort the troops, or dares to mention the issue of withdrawing troops to me, he may have no choice but to leave with his head."

At this point, a cold light flashed in Luca's eyes, and his whole face was so cold that it made people shudder. Maybe he was serious this time. After all, he was recognized as the captain of the soldiers by the Purple Chamber, and his will was the will of the Roman soldiers. This was no longer something the Senate could control.

After nearly a month of stopping and starting, the Coral Fleet finally arrived at Syracuse in Greater Sicily from Ravenna. Someone leaked the news, and here, Luca was welcomed by the people of Syracuse. When the citizens heard that Luca was coming, they even ran out of the city gate and stood on the coast to cheer for the warship.

"They know who is on their side. Yes, they know it even better than they are familiar with their own eyes." Andrew looked at so many cheering citizens. They shouted Luca's name over and over again. Of course, they could not forget the bloody battle outside the coast of Syracuse, and they also knew who did it.

The warships slowly approached the shore, and the cheers of the citizens almost made the sailors on the ship almost unable to hear anything else. As soon as they got off the boat, the music and cheers rushed straight into their eardrums. When they stretched out their hands, unknown people would hand them grapes or other delicious fruits, and when they opened their mouths, someone would stuff cakes or bread into them. In short, the citizens of Syracuse were willing to pay out everything they had for Luca and his soldiers.

Surrounded by the crowd, Luca was pushed to the center of the town by the crowd rather than arriving there himself.

Here, Andrew used his loud voice to announce to the citizens of Syracuse that Luca would become the captain of the soldiers and the supreme commander of the Iberian region of Greater Sicily.

This was undoubtedly great news for the citizens of Syracuse, so they cheered as if they were celebrating some extraordinary festival.

The carnival lasted until late at night. Everyone was exhausted, but Luca did not calm down. He found the local elders to inquire about the situation, of course, about the movements of the Vandals in the past five years.

"Oh, of course, they are really friendly, so friendly that our newborn children almost forget that we were once enemies who fought each other."

"They always bring a lot of good stuff to trade with us. God, you know, this was impossible before. You know, the nobles at that time also liked to keep the good things for themselves, unlike the Vandals who liked to share with us."

"Look, look at this gem in my hand, which I bought from a Vandal merchant ship."

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"There is a steady stream of merchant ships, filling our docks. There are so many of them, bringing all kinds of strange things, and we are happy to spend money. You know, this situation is more like the Carthaginian era hundreds of years ago. Sometimes it makes us feel that Carthage has been revived, but it had been destroyed by Scipio for hundreds of years."

Luca couldn't believe what the elders said. Although they kept saying that they couldn't forget their old hatred, they were unconsciously speaking in favor of the Vandals. They were very grateful that the Vandals could forget their hatred and trade with them, and their merchant ships kept coming.

Although they were all drunken talk, the truth came out after drinking. Luga gradually couldn't bear it anymore, so he hurriedly left this place, which made him feel a little scared.

(End of this chapter)