sweeping the world

Chapter 1037 The demeanor of a powerful country?
No one would give up showing their value to the emperor, and as a prince, he would not give up the opportunity to make his father feel that he was an excellent heir.

Liu Shen is young, but it depends on what kind of family he grew up in and who he came into contact with.

Some teachers who taught Liu Shen all explicitly or implicitly taught that Liu Shen, as the eldest son of the direct emperor, should be the best prince, expecting Liu Shen to take on more responsibilities.

The so-called taking on more responsibilities is nothing more than becoming a prince, the person who will lead the country in the future.

As Liu Shen's biological mother, Cui Wan taught Liu Shen without any concealment that she must run for the crown prince's throne. Whether she can sit on the crown prince's throne is not only related to Liu Shen's life, but also determines whether she, the queen, can secure her position .She also mentioned more or less how much effort and price the Cui clan paid for Liu Shen.

Liu Shen, who has carried the hopes of countless people since he was born, no matter how young he is, he will never be ignorant.

Of course Liu Shen longed for the crown prince, and he was taught that he should openly express his desire to become a prince, but desire alone was obviously not enough, and he had to put in his own efforts.

The Han Dynasty, whether it is the Western Han Dynasty or the Eastern Han Dynasty, is obviously not able to sit on the throne of the prince by being born earlier than other brothers. It needs to show its own ability so that the emperor thinks that he can inherit the great rule.

Should the Han Empire have no blood relationship with Liu, the hometown of the early Han?Even Liu Yan couldn't judge this point.

However, regardless of whether the old Liu family of the current Han Empire has any relationship with the old Liu family of the previous Han Dynasty, it is obvious from Liu Yan's behavior that he will not hand over the country to a mediocre heir.

Liu Yan's sending Liu Shen to the army is an obvious move. Once Liu Shen arrives in the army and doesn't show what he wants to see, his impression score will definitely drop.

On the contrary, if Liu Shen performed very well in the army, not only could he integrate into the army as a group, but also be recognized by all the soldiers, and even make some meritorious deeds, it would definitely make Liu Yan feel happy and gratified.

"Father will not be willing to see a son who retreats!" Liu Shen clenched his fists and said firmly, "I will stay here until I break into Sassanid territory!"

Xu Guang immediately breathed a sigh of relief. What he said to Liu Shen was not actually his own thoughts, but was explained by his father Xu Zheng before he came.

And Xu Zheng is definitely not only expressing his own will, it should be the common idea of ​​the military?

Of course, the military hopes that the best candidate for the crown prince of the empire will be close to them, and there is no more effective way to deepen their friendship and impression than to let him have more experience in the army.

The emperor's sending the eldest son of the first emperor to the army is an excellent opportunity for the military to establish friendship with the future prince, and then let him participate in the battle in person, eliminating pure "going through the motions" and forming a real "relationship" with the military.If he is allowed to participate in another big battle and make some meritorious deeds, won't he be successfully branded as an army?

The Han army on the east bank of the Panchi River marched out one after another.

As the rear firearms unit, there are [-] riflemen and [-] artillery as a group. They are given the task of destroying an enemy army located in the middle and upper reaches of the Penchi River.

"Our attack targets are the remaining Roman legions and their vassal servants." Liu Shen learned the news from his immediate superior: "Compared with other enemy troops that fled one after another, this group of enemy troops seems to have given up on fleeing. .”

In fact, it wasn't that Marus fled without taking his troops, it was because they got bad news one after another before preparing to break out.

The more than [-] anti-Han Axis coalition forces on the main battlefield completely collapsed, and it seemed that they were stopped by the Han army. The anti-Han Axis coalition forces that had hoped to regroup were really different after being blocked. run each.

The main force of the Anti-Han Axis Allied Forces is just one piece of bad news. For Marus, an army that still maintains its organizational structure, the garrison of the third line of defense, which was built so hard, suffered a devastating rout. , is the bad news like five thunderbolts, so you don't need to care about other bad news.

That was a line of defense that took two months and consumed an unknown amount of manpower and material resources.They had expected that even if the battle ahead was not going well, they would be able to hold out for about a month no matter what they retreated to this line of defense. They didn't expect that the line of defense that they worked so hard to build would not only fail to block it, but it might also become the main force for the Han Empire to continue westward. Propelled forward base.

Knowing that the garrison on the third line of defense fled without a fight, Marus, who guessed that Elbata must have escaped without a trace, knew very well that he and others were finished.

They are the Roman army. Everyone knows that the short-legged troops can only run [-] miles a day even if they are forced to march. It is absolutely impossible to safely evacuate to Sasanian territory.

After Marus knew that he couldn't withdraw, he scolded the Persians for being trash, but at the same time he felt calm.

They are really short-legged, and under the premise that they cannot be withdrawn, it is better to stay in a temporarily strengthened camp than to go out into the wild and be chased by the Han army.

"Tell the Han army that I want to meet with their supreme commander present." Marus watched the Han army advance, and watched the arriving Han army unfold without any movement: "As the most powerful country in the world The nobles of the Han Empire, do you believe they will not refuse?"

A strong country has the pride of a strong country, even if it is doomed to face failure, what it hopes is a dignified defeat.

Marus does not think that Rome is a weak country. Even if it is to be defeated, it must be defeated frankly. die.

"Huh?" Qin Song received the visitor from Rome. He thought that the other party was going to surrender, but he didn't expect that it was an invitation to a duel: "You are destined to be defeated, why should I agree to the request for a duel?"

"Seres is undoubtedly a powerful country, and Rome is also a powerful country." Jon Bass looked strange: "We are different from those ignorant countries. As a powerful country, we should have our own universal laws. Give the warring parties the highest Commanding a decent ending is due mutual respect."

Qin Song was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "I will meet him."

Jon Bass saluted respectfully, turned and left.

The Han people have the concept of "knowing heroes and valuing heroes", and at the same time, they also have the concept of respecting those who are also strong, but it is often difficult to meet enemies who can give respect, especially when fighting with foreigners.

"Romans, very interesting." Qin Song said to the left and right: "They are indeed a race that looks similar to us, and they also have the bearing of knowing us."

They interpreted the meaning of the arrival of the Romans as that the Roman general on the opposite side was very clear about the outcome of the next defeat, and planned to end this battle here with his decent disappointment, and exchanged his own death for the Han army to be able to properly The meaning of dealing with the Romans after the defeat.

"We are sure of victory..." Zhao Ping said, not so agreeably: "Why should the captain put himself in danger? Besides, the other party may not be able to cheat and try to cause chaos in our army by killing the captain. …”

"We are different from the army in the conventional sense." Qin Song was very aware of the risks, and said without the slightest concern: "Killing me will cause chaos in the army? That is because the other party thinks too much. If I am really killed Kill me, and ask Zhao Changshi to bury me with all the enemy soldiers."

In the Han Empire, even the soldiers of the counties and counties would not have such a thing that the army would collapse as soon as the main general died. It was the officers at the next level who automatically replaced them as the new commanders.While some degree of chaos cannot be completely avoided, fatal chaos is far from possible.

Not long after Jon Bass returned, the gates of their camps were all opened, and teams of fiery red Roman soldiers came out one after another, and soon formed one rectangular army formation after another in front of the camp, one after another. The military array forms a horizontal array line.

After the Han army arrived, [-] riflemen dispatched [-] to arrange the array line in front, and the other two wings each had [-] riflemen to cover the artillery to build positions, and the last [-] riflemen stayed behind. as a reserve.

The two armies stood at a distance of 500 meters, until about a dozen people from each of the two armies moved forward, and then their respective array lines began to move forward, and they stopped at the same time and stood in place until they were about 120 meters apart.

At a distance of 120 meters, no matter how good the eyesight is, a person cannot clearly see the other person's appearance with the naked eye. They can only identify the general style of the other person's clothing.

"Are their clothes similar to ours?" Ji Hai lowered his voice, and said to Cai Hao who was standing beside him, "They are Fire Red, and we are Scarlet Red."

Cai Hao, the youngest son of Cai You, wondered, "Is there something wrong with your eyes? Apart from the similar color, do we have two thighs? Are we wearing that kind of hard leather armor? Are we only Spears, shields, and short swords?"

What they compared was of course the uniforms of the standing army of the Han Empire with cold weapons.

The cold weapon regular army of the Han Empire had red war robes on the upper body, black trousers on the lower body, and leggings on the lower legs. The armor evolved from pierced armor to plate armor, and some of them wore willow leaf armor or fish scale armor.

For thousands of years, the regular army of Rome has been wearing short robes or shirts, with hard leather armor or lobster-like metal forging armor on the upper body, skirt armor on the lower body, but no pants, and metal leggings on the legs. .

As Cai Hao said, besides the similar color, what is the same between the two?

"Temperament, I mean temperament!" Ji Hai forcefully defended: "Look at them, even in the face of the current situation, they don't seem to be shy, they have [-]% of our demeanor."

Upon hearing this, Cai Hao nodded in agreement.

"Shut up!" Xu Guang warned Ji Hai more than once, but he never changed his mind: "Next time, you don't even need to hit the army sticks, and let you charge alone!"

What Xu Guang was speechless was that their firearms unit had long been replaced by traditional uniforms, and had been replaced by more straight military uniforms, and the color of the military uniforms had also been changed to dark green. What are the two scum talking about.

In the middle of the battle formation, Qin Song and Marus were already facing each other about five meters apart.

"Respected General Siris." Marus rolled over from his horse and got off the ground, untied the shield tied to the horse, drew out the dagger at his waist, and said, "It's an honor to be with you under the eyes of the two armies. , to carry out this gladiatorial fight that is destined to be recorded in poetry books."

None of them carried a translator, and without a translator, Qin Song couldn't understand what Marus was talking about.

Qin Song didn't intend to get off his horse at first, he was going to fight on horseback, and when he saw Marus dismounted as if inviting to fight on foot, he thought about turning over and getting off his horse.

Since he was planning to fight on horseback, Qin Song was wearing knight-style armor. After dismounting, he needed to remove the knight-style skirt armor for the convenience of fighting on foot.

Marus saw that Qin Song was standing still and waiting when he returned the skirt armor that would become a burden.He somewhat understood that the other party wanted to fight on horseback.

Long weapons are more suitable for cavalry battles, and what Qin Song was holding just now was a horse lance.

Since it was switched to infantry combat, the horse lance must not be so suitable. Qin Song handed over the horse lance to his own soldiers. He also untied the shield from the horse, but compared with the large tower shield held by Marus, His shield is a smaller round shield, and then he draws out the battle sword at his waist.

The two protagonists of the duel (gladiator) took a few steps forward after getting ready, while the soldiers from both sides who followed them retreated.

"Actually, it's to fulfill your wish before you die." Qin Song knew that Marus didn't understand, so he said, "I was able to shoot you to death with a crossbow on horseback just now."

Marus has learned Chinese, but the learning time is too short, and he can only understand a few words. He just happened to understand the word "riding crossbow", and nodded in agreement: "You have the pride of a nobleman."

It means that he agreed to the wrestling, followed the wrestling style of the commanders in front of the two armies, and did not use outside moves.

During the conversation, the two had already stepped forward to charge, and when they approached, there was the sound of metal clashing caused by the intersection of the sword and the shield.

The two were fighting, and their respective armies spoke out to cheer for their leader.

The Romans shouted the name of Marus.

On the side of the Han army, they shouted in unison: "Wan Sheng!"

There were so many people looking at him, shouting and cheering again, Qin Song and Marus who were fighting were stimulated to be more excited, and the fight became more fierce and exciting.

"Is it necessary to do this?" Liu Shen asked Huang Xin, his immediate boss: "Just press up and destroy the opponent, won't it be over?"

Huang Xin would not neglect Liu Shen, and explained patiently: "Because of the propaganda of the Persians and Romans, the reputation of the great Han in various ethnic groups is very bad. The governor and Song Changshi think that it is necessary to improve the reputation of the big Han. Qin Qin The reason why the captain agreed to the request of the Roman general was because he thought there was a way to achieve his goal.”

The two people who were fighting, Qin Song seized the opportunity to sweep Marus down to the ground with his sweeping legs, and did not let go of himself, pushing him up, and chopped off the dagger in Marus's hand with one sword, the tip of the sword Point to the center of Malus' forehead.

The cheering from the Romans stopped in an instant.

The Han army roared even more excitedly: "Wan Sheng!"

(End of this chapter)