Chapter 3162 Sea of ​​Dreams (3)

 Georgiana was walking in the camp.

Everyone was busy doing their own thing, but occasionally someone would take the initiative to say hello to her, and she returned the greeting with a smile.

According to Appian's records, during the Second Punic War, Hannibal's army came to the shores of Lake Trasimeno. The swamp was difficult to cross. It was no less difficult than climbing over the mountains, but because of the Under the guidance of the guide, Hannibal successfully led 40,000 soldiers through the Arnus Marsh, which was considered impenetrable by people at the time.

This place is very close to Rome. After hearing the news, the men, women, old and children in the city quickly armed themselves. Due to the lack of weapons, even the weapons as trophies in the temple were taken down.

But at this time, "divine will" made Hannibal turn around and turn to the Adriatic Sea. He plundered the coastal areas along the way and plundered many supplies. The dictator elected by the Romans now led his army towards him, but instead of engaging in an immediate battle, they marched in parallel.

At the beginning of the founding of Rome, a group of Gauls did not return to the Gaul region after plundering Rome. When they encountered the Apennine Mountains, they headed "sideways" to the Adriatic Sea. At this time, the coastal areas had been occupied by the Greeks. Occupying an area stretching from the Apennine Mountains to the right of the Italian border to the coast, this area was known as Gallic Italy.

The Roman dictator did not engage in war with Hannibal, even if Hannibal took the initiative to provoke him, so he just delayed it until the autumn. After the awns are harvested, you can actually harvest another round, but the premise is that there are seeds to plant after the awns are harvested.

Hannibal's military campaigns affected agricultural production, and in the fall he ran out of food.

If Hannibal needed food, he had to pass through the Roman army. At this time, the Roman dictator decided to besiege rather than attack. However, his cavalry commander did not agree with his strategy. He accused the dictator of being timid and hesitant. Before, so when the dictator returned to Rome to hold sacrifices, he seized military power and went to war with Hannibal.

 He ​​won a small victory and then wrote to the Senate, which gave equal control of the army to the cavalry commander and the dictator. The army was then divided into two halves, with both sides disagreeing with each other's tactics.

Augustus kept this in mind only when he had to fight against the most talented military strategists. In addition to his own army, Hannibal also brought a large number of prisoners. Because the dictator repeatedly prevented him from plundering, he ran out of food quickly.

 He came to a pass. The terrain of this pass was very dangerous, and the dictator had already led his troops to guard various important positions, almost besieging Hannibal.

 At this juncture, Hannibal had to kill the prisoners. When he first left Spain for Gaul, he killed a group of Gaulish prisoners to intimidate the Gauls, and then marched towards the Po River. When he crossed the Alps for the first time, only one war elephant survived. This time he opened a passage, first heated the rocks with wood, and then waited for the harsh winter temperatures to cause the stones to break. A large number of war elephants were brought from Spain. Still alive, he fought a fierce battle with the Roman defenders on the plains.

 It is not just bears that hibernate in winter, humans also try to avoid fighting in winter. After killing the prisoners, Hannibal ordered a fire bull to attract the attention of Rome. He tied torches to the horns of the bull, then put out the campfire, and then let the brave soldiers drive the bull across the cliff and advance along the cliff. When the Romans on both sides saw the torches, they had different reactions. The dictator thought it was Hannibal who was tricking him, so he asked the soldiers to stick to their positions.

But the people guarding the pass thought this was a good opportunity to capture Hannibal alive. The desperate Hannibal planned to climb over the cliff to escape, so he ran towards the light of the fire.

After Hannibal waited for the Romans to leave the pass, he personally led a galloping team, advanced without fire and light, and occupied the pass. Then he blew the trumpet, and the camp fire suddenly lit up. The people in the camp took the opportunity to quickly pass through the pass. And they occupied a city where abundant grain and grass were stored, and spent the winter there.

When Rome heard that Hannibal had crossed the swamp, it raised a corps of citizen soldiers, who were also commanded by a private citizen. They had not received any military training, but they were going to fight Hannibal and his war elephants.

Socrates’ description of “flesh and blood” appears in “Kingdom” and is accompanied by the appearance of city-state guards.

 The blood maintains an internal order that is not affected by external factors. When Agamemnon and Achilles had a conflict over the spoils of war, Achilles gave up the order he maintained because of the death of his friend, reconciled with Agamemnon, and participated in the Trojan War. .

When the city-state is about to be destroyed, the guardian may lose the object of his love. If the guardian does not have a special love object, he will not suffer from the loss of his lover.

 When the flesh is driven by pain, it will seek revenge or rescue regardless of life or death.

In Aristotle's view, flesh is not the disposition to face the danger of war and death calmly, but the beast's reaction to pain, and the wounded beast will fight back.

Faced with this situation, Hannibal, who was famous for his prowess in warfare, disarmed Rome's improvised citizen soldiers after defeating them. He released Rome's allies without even asking for ransom, allowing them to go wherever they wanted. However, he detained Roman prisoners. If it were not for the desperate situation, Hannibal would not kill them.

Although there are no swords and spears, stones can also be used as weapons. The Romans were equally adept at sieges, and their trebuchets allowed them to produce as much force as the stones thrown by the Cyclops.

 The guardians are not just soldiers, women, the elderly, and children can also be its guardians.

However, Odysseus and others actually passed by the Cyclops' prison on their way back home after the Trojan War.

 The sins they committed in Troy made the gods think that they deserved punishment. Some of them died in shipwrecks, and their bodies sank to the bottom of the sea and were eaten by fish.

If Titan had not fallen, then the Cyclops eating Odysseus' companions would also be a punishment from the gods.

 Flesh has nothing to do with fairness and justice, although flesh also represents a rule of order and has the concept of justice. Plato believed that it is impossible to aspire to perfect justice, because it requires treating the incommensurable things in human life as commensurable things. Plato believed that people need to control their own flesh and blood.

 Her personal understanding of Michelangelo's David is that he "does something knowing that he cannot do it." Michelangelo did not use the previous depiction of David trampling the enemy's head under his feet after victory. In a state of confrontation, David is like a taut string, containing powerful power both in body and mind.

Since the stone was quarried in Florence, no sculptor has dared to touch it. It has been idle for more than 40 years. Many sculptors have touched it, but they all gave up. It is huge, but the stone is of poor quality and can easily break during the carving process, thereby destroying the integrity of the sculpture. And Michelangelo said that whether he was confident or reckless, he did it with a chisel anyway.

 David was facing a huge challenge, and so was Michelangelo, who this time did not inscribe his name on the Pieta sculpture because he did not need to.

The Michelangelo who completed the Pietà was not yet famous, but the Michelangelo who completed the David was already world-famous.

 It would be great if time and flesh and blood could stay at this moment forever like marble.

After taking away the sight of the Cyclops, Odysseus was very eager to kill him, but he decided to keep the giant alive so that when the world asks him how he became blind, he will tell him Odysseus' name.

He was not afraid of the giant's revenge, and even reported the name of his hometown. At this time, the Cyclops wanted to ask for peace. As long as Odysseus sent him to Earthquake, Poseidon would send him to his hometown.

However, whether Odysseus was just talking or really meant it, he told the Cyclops that he would send the giant to the underworld, so that even the earth-shattering **** would not be able to heal his eyes.

Then the Cyclops raised his hand to the starry sky and cursed Odysseus that even if fate destined him to return home, he would suffer disaster and still have misfortune when he got home.

Later he met the Sirens, whose beautiful songs and prosperous land made people forget their danger.

Odysseus put wax in the others’ ears so they couldn’t hear the singing.

 But there must always be someone who needs to pay attention to the sound of the wind.

The Adriatic Sea blows from the north most of the time, and the locals call her "bora", but Hannibal knew that the east wind would blow at noon.

When the wind blew, the Romans were already fighting with Hannibal at Cannae, and Hannibal's camp was just upwind.

Anyone who has played badminton knows that it is easy to hit the ball downwind, but it is very difficult to hit the ball against the wind, but this does not affect the Roman cavalry charge.

They were small in number and the battle line was very thin, but they still moved forward in an indomitable manner.

Georgiana turned a corner and saw a small clearing behind the woods. There was a wooden cage with many people inside.

They are all old, weak, women and children. After the wizard turned the land into a swamp, they could not leave on foot, nor could they be carried away by the Garuda like "no one".

 They are all Muggles without exception.

  Magic power is "gifted" randomly. It is possible that both wizard parents give birth to squibs, or both Muggle parents give birth to wizards.

France's huge population base means that their wizard population is much larger than that of the British wizards. That's why Grindelwald spent so much energy, not only holding performances in the underground cemetery, but also lobbying one by one.

 There was no cold wind in the tent, but the drafty prison made the prisoners shiver.

 She will never forget the story about the farmer and the snake.

 But the men huddled together for warmth, while the wizards outside laughed at them.

 There is no historical source that makes it clear when the Romans regarded themselves as descendants of the Trojans. At least in the time of Tacitus, many people already thought so.

 So she turned back to her tent and ended her aimless walk.

Hufflepuff is not good at dealing with conflicts and will even suffer the consequences in order to avoid conflicts.

Now she needs to think carefully about how to solve it, and even if it doesn't work, she has to ask others how to solve it.

 Although she felt that if she wrote this letter asking for advice, she would most likely be scolded.

 (End of this chapter)