sweeping the world

Chapter 823 The sincerity of the Romans
A complete Roman army includes infantry, cavalry, javelins, and equipment soldiers. They are composed of squads at the basic level, and upwards are regiments, battalions, and brigades. For example, the standard infantry is thirteen An individual is a small team, 40 to 50 people is a regiment, there is a centurion at the level of a hundred people, a battalion commander (a thousand commander) is a thousand people, the commander of the brigade is the flag officer, and the regiment is the commander of the army.

A legionary commander of a Roman legion, he actually only has the right to command operations, and there are also roles such as tribunes, judges, and treasurers in the army. In fact, those all serve as supervisors to some extent. , It’s fine not to interfere. Once it interferes, it represents the will of Rome (the Senate of the capital, etc.), and usually the head of the legion can only submit.

The military system of Rome has been changing all the time. Almost every dynasty has its own system. As a result, the military system of each Roman dynasty is different, but one core has not changed, that is, every 100 people form a tactic squad.

What Wang Meng sees now is the most basic state of the Roman army. Every hundred people form a square formation. If they are infantry, each soldier will hold a shield and a short sword in his hand. The soldiers in front, left and right will The tower shield in his hand was erected flat, and the second-ranked soldier raised the tower shield in his hand high, and one tower shield after another was interlocked to form a shield wall. Step forward.

"It's not much different from our shield formation." Dou'a said while observing again: "The difference is that our tower shield is bigger than theirs, and the weapons in our hands are longer than theirs."

The tower shields of the Han army are larger than those of the Roman army, which is determined by the height and physique itself.To put it simply, the basic height of the tower shield soldiers of the Han army is 1.8 meters, while the Roman soldiers are generally 1.6 meters tall. How can different heights be the same area of ​​shields?

"Your shield is much bigger than ours." Of course Marcus Macca knew this, and said in an envious tone: "You Hans have too strong an innate advantage."

According to relevant historical records, the average height of the Romans is only about 1.6 meters, which is much shorter than some of the barbarians they named, but it is they who have been beating those who are taller than themselves for a long time.

In fact, it is quite simple. Rome is ahead of those barbarians in terms of technology, military system, and tactical level. Furthermore, there is really no grassland around Rome. Most of them are forests and mountains. It is difficult for the barbarians to exert their cavalry advantages.

"You have so many types of infantry, there are really too many." Marcus Marka didn't think he was flattering: "It also shows that your generals are very good, and they can command so many types of troops to fight. .”

There are really many types of infantry in the Han army. Simple sword soldiers, knife soldiers, archers, spearmen, spearmen, short spearmen, shield soldiers, and shield soldiers are sword shield soldiers, sword shield soldiers, and spear shield soldiers. , Shield and short spearmen, different arms have their own advantages, such as terrain and battle situation needs.

There are many types of arms. When arranging the formation, it is necessary to reasonably arrange where each arm should stay. Any mistake in deployment will cause the formation to lose its original function. It is better not to arrange the formation.

Marcus Marka had thought countless times about how he would command the Han army, but he became dizzy when he thought of so many arms in his head, not to mention the formation layout and deployment of troops.

There has been a strange phenomenon in Zhuxia for a long time, that is, they always like to go from difficult to easy when doing things. For example, in terms of smelting technology, they have obviously discovered two methods: casting and forging, but they can choose to play with the ones that are more difficult for the craftsmanship at that time. Casting.

In terms of military affairs, most of the ethnic groups except Zhu Xia, they emphasize that the more monotonous the arms, the better. Even if it is necessary, they should not have too many arms, and use the limited arms to match the army structure that they think is reasonable. The reason One is that the arms are too complex to command.

Why did the generals of Zhu Xia not feel that it was a thing to command too many troops, but took it for granted?Isn't that what happened when they came into contact with the military, and then there are most systematic military books that can be learned.

For a long period of time, there was no such thing as a book of war for nations other than Zhuxia. Even if they wrote something related to military affairs, they could only use the name of handbook.Take Europa as an example. The serious art of war has come to the era of hot weapons. Before that, it was basically passed on to the close relatives with experience, and usually only taught to their eldest son (the first heir).

Of course there are geniuses in the world, and they can accomplish anything without systematic study, but the reason why geniuses are geniuses is because the rate of geniuses is too low.

Most people still need to learn, and after learning such knowledge, they may not be able to use it, and there is even no difference between learning it and not learning it.

"They don't have paper." Cai Mian tried his best to lower his voice: "Your Majesty also strictly prohibits the spread of paper technology."

In fact, it doesn't matter if you don't have paper, that is not a limitation that limits the spread of knowledge.Without paper, there can still be stone molds and parchment, which are also tools for carrying text, but the production is too troublesome.

"They are in the most primitive stage of the feudal system." What Wang Meng said is the key point: "In their society, what belongs to the nobles is what belongs to the nobles, and if they don't want to go through a transaction, they can only take it by force. Usually no one is willing to give their own If someone wants to share the knowledge they have mastered, it will offend everyone.”

Dou Ah understands that, in fact, those who have knowledge restrict the dissemination of knowledge, mainly because they want to form a monopoly so that they can always form a favorable position.

Wang Meng only mentioned the nobles, which means that non-nobles have no ability to protect themselves. It is equivalent to nobles robbing civilians even if it is not legal and reasonable, and they can work around until they get what they want. It is against all nobles.

Cai Mian didn't need to think too complicated, and said bluntly: "Collective suppression! We have also had such a stage."

In the pre-Qin period in ancient times, the nobles with knowledge also formed a monopoly.In fact, this will be the case for a long time in the future, but the channels for ordinary people to study are slowly opened up, but some people can always master exclusive knowledge.

It must be said that whether you are willing to share is one thing, but if you force people with knowledge to share, it is robbery.The strange thing is that Zhu Xia’s culture of sharing (grabbing) and enjoying (robbery) has been considered correct by public opinion for a long time. Anyone who cannot protect their intellectual property rights will not be spared. If their things are robbed, they will have nowhere to redress. Said, the general public will also applaud.

For them, the Romans just show their strength as they like!Looking around, just seeing the infantry forming a formation and some equipment being assembled busyly, there is really nothing that can arouse their interest for the time being.

In terms of warfare, the Han army has been fighting for more than ten years. Even Wang Meng, who has been at least on the battlefield, accompanied Liu Yan to the Yandi battlefield to see a lot.Speaking purely from the scene, he saw Rome, which had only mobilized a few thousand people, and saw the enemies of Rome who hadn't reacted to it now. There was really no place where the word "fierce" could be used.

In any war, there will be formation arrangements in the process, and then the soldiers on both sides will compete with their bodies, blood, will, and courage. The ultimate goal is to kill the enemy and survive.After waiting for firearms to appear, the engagement will become more brutal and complicated.

"The tortoise formation, right?" Dou'a didn't hide his disdain at all: "If you meet us, gather a few cannons and shoot them together, and you'll be hiccupped."

Come on, Han is the only one with firearms now, and even Han has only a small army of firearms. The enemy the Romans have to deal with has no artillery, but they don't even have catapults.

The army (?) surrounded by the Romans, they have been making noise, without any real action from the beginning to the end, and they began to enter the defense line when they moved.

The Han people who were watching the battle saw people in colorful clothes rushing into the trenches, and they didn't understand what it meant when people squeezed into the trenches.

"I thought it was a ditch to prevent the cavalry from digging..." Dou'a rubbed his chin: "It doesn't look like it?"

They have never seen the fighting style of the Roman legion. The cavalry in the Roman war has always been miscellaneous. The few Roman generals who can use the cavalry to complete a battle with the hammer are shocked, but they are more used to using equipment. The troops continued to bombard, and then used the infantry to push forward firmly to pick up the fruits of victory.

Now, the various instruments assembled by the Romans are already attacking.

The Romans used the most catapults. The things they threw were not round projectiles, but natural stones that they did not know where to get.Some of the catapults continued to push forward under the cover of the infantry. It seemed that they stopped when they reached the range, and fired when they hit small stones such as pebbles, which meant to spread a large-scale attack.

After the catapult attack, the battlefield was constantly smashed with stones. The Roman attack caused more confusion among the enemies. Inevitably, people who were hit by the stones died or were injured, which filled the battlefield with screams and wailing.

"We haven't really played like this before." Doua was talking about throwing pebbles. He used a telescope to see a guy was hit by a pebble in the eye, and the eyeball exploded instantly. We played with the iron sand cannon, which is much fiercer than this. If it is hit by the iron sand cannon, it will disintegrate if it is close, and it will not have the strength to kick if it is far away.

Marcus Marca suddenly felt that everything he did was meaningless. He was one of the Romans who knew that the Han Dynasty had artillery. He had never seen the artillery launch with his own eyes, but he could know the approximate power from some people's descriptions.

Aulus Sextus Cicero, who was sent to Han as an envoy, was the only one among the Romans who had seen artillery fire, and he also saw the power of artillery with his own eyes.He wrote letters back to China again and again, in addition to requesting to buy artillery or obtain technology at all costs, he was to explain the horror of artillery to any Roman. The problem is that most Romans do not believe that there is such a thing even if they know Power, I don't even believe that when the artillery fires, there will be a sound similar to thunder.

Not only the Romans knew the existence of artillery, but also the Persians. Only those in the two countries who had seen the power of artillery knew the horror of artillery as a weapon. The rest were either ignorant or fearless, or simply didn’t believe it.They do have a bit of similarity, they are all eager to get artillery, whether they are coveted after knowing the power, or they don't believe and want to see a joke.

Of course Han wanted to block information about artillery, but it had already been used on the battlefield. How could it be possible to block it? It just blocked some information that could be blocked, such as the production technology of bronze cannons, the formula of military gunpowder, etc. information.

Although they thought it was not interesting or good-looking, Wang Meng and others could not turn around and leave out of politeness. They waited for a long time and finally waited until the Roman soldiers continued to advance. The equipment had destroyed the fortifications blocking the road.

"To be fair, it is indeed rare in this world to be able to use so many equipment." Dou A is a little bit contemptuous of things like catapults and ballistas, but he will not open his eyes and say nonsense: "Today's world can manufacture equipment There are very few ethnic groups, and the Romans have something to be proud of."

"It's like we can make it, but not every army is matched. Does the Roman legion have it?" Cai Mian saw that the besieged forces finally sent troops to charge: "A mixed charge of infantry and cavalry is really big. ”

That's right, those who were besieged, their counterattack was that cavalry and infantry mixed together and charged the Roman army, and then there was a scene that was both funny and sad. People in the same camp were often killed by their own horses Knocked down and hooved over.

"Why don't we have such an enemy?" Cai Mian said a little speechlessly: "The Xiongnu, Xianbei, Jie people, Qiang people, Di people... the opponents we face, no matter how stupid they are, they won't give in. Let's mix together and charge. ?”

That is, East Asia has always been a monster house. If the civilization produced is too stupid, it will definitely not survive the second year. It's not just one side making progress.

Marcus Marca, who had just left, returned, and with him came Marus Utansis, a Roman tribune.

"I'm very sorry to say that the opponent we prepared seems to be too weak." Marus Utansis was really apologetic: "I didn't let the guests see the wonderful performance. In order to show my sincerity, I will Ask Constantinople for a great gladiatorial battle."

Wang Meng and Cai Mian glanced at each other instantly. They knew that the Romans were extremely fanatical about wrestling, and they also knew that the wrestling held by the monarch would usually be very grand. They really felt the sincerity from the Romans.

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There was no electricity all day yesterday, and I couldn't even ask for leave.

(End of this chapter)