sweeping the world

Chapter 824
In fact, the Han people must admit that even though the Roman army was so boring in combat, the army was not an acrobatic troupe. It did not need any cool performances. The key was to use the most appropriate method to win.

After any one thing reaches the level of returning to the basics, that is the most effective and practical method.

It's like the police are catching a thief. They can catch them as soon as they jump, but why do they deliberately let them go, and then staged a wonderful street chase. Is the thief who can be caught just showing off his flexibility, proving his awesomeness, or is there a camera nearby?

"They used this monotonous method of warfare to become the overlord of Europa." Wang Meng continued to watch and commented: "Being able to organize formations shows that they are well-trained. After forming formations, they can make timely decisions according to various situations they face It also shows that they do not lack actual combat experience.”

That's right.

A general has mastered the knowledge and skills of arranging troops, but not all armies can do so. They need to undergo strict and serious training, and they must repeatedly make noises to practice formations all year round.Not to mention that every soldier knows where he should go after hearing or seeing any instructions, but the officer leading the team must know, and it is the officer who restrains and leads the soldiers to where they should go.

The army that can form a formation is just a show, and it still needs to be tested in actual combat. There is no shortage of troops in formation or good-looking formations in the world. But it was time to be crushed at the touch of a button.

There are really too many similar things, and the most famous one is a certain battle between the Liao Kingdom and Mongolia.

Temujin, who personally led the army at that time, saw that hundreds of thousands of Liao troops were arranged in such a beautiful formation, but he was actually a little scared in his heart. He thought of sending death squads to charge and then withdraw the troops.What he didn't expect was that the Liao army, which was so well-arranged, would be thrown into chaos when the death squads charged them. He seized the opportunity and launched a general charge of cavalry in addition to the reserve team, and the hundreds of thousands of Liao army collapsed.

The Roman army did a good job. All kinds of equipment in the rear were bombarded again and again, and the troops forming the formation advanced slowly but steadily. As the formation advanced inch by inch, the enemy had no choice but to retreat again and again with the tortoise shell formation.

"We can step forward." Marus Utansis saw the Han people present looking over, and assured him: "We will only enter a suitable distance, and we will also protect your safety."

"Heh." Dou'a didn't know how to be euphemistic at all: "Our angels can't take any risky behavior. It's fine for me to go with you."

Wang Meng is an angel now, but not the kind with two white feathered wings. He is a messenger representing the Son of Heaven. He is not joking at all, saying that safety is very important, and if he makes a mistake, it will definitely trigger a war.

Marus Utansis showed a slightly contemptuous expression, and asked, "Is that what your envoy means?"

"Personal safety is a small matter, but the emperor's heavy responsibility is a big one." Wang Meng raised his head slightly with no smile on his face: "If this envoy completes his mission, so what if he participates in your gladiatorial competition."

Wang Meng's height and physique do not belong to the type of burly man, but he is really not that short. At 1.7 meters tall, he is almost half a head taller than Marus Utansis, and he can't tell from the same armor. who is stronger.

Physique is only one aspect. In fact, no matter how thin a person is, as long as he learns and masters fighting skills, a small man can easily defeat an opponent who is taller and stronger than him but has no fighting skills.

Wang Meng was born in poverty, and had difficulty studying in his early years. Later, he was recruited by Liu Yan, and his life experience has undergone earth-shaking changes.Not only can he study to his heart's content, but he also has enough conditions to be both civil and military. It must be said that although martial arts are not superb, it is really not a problem to deal with three or five ordinary people.

Marus Utansis smiled "hehe" and gave Wang Meng a chest salute, and then turned and left after glancing at Marcus Maca.

"He doesn't seem to be friendly to us?" Cai Mian asked Marcus Maca directly: "Is there any prejudice or some reason."

Marcus Marca said with a wry smile: "Maybe it's the effect caused by the rumors of Siris in Rome."

Rome is the unique overlord of Europe, and it is the kind of overlord that has been sitting on the throne of overlord for thousands of years. It has long developed the national mentality of being the best in the world, and there will definitely be some supporters of Rome's supremacy.

A few years ago, Rome knew about the existence of the Eastern Han Kingdom. Although they were enthusiastic at first, they had no more ideas. They just wanted to get more silk.

Rome really paid attention to the Han Dynasty after knowing one thing, that is, the Han Dynasty attacked the Gupta Dynasty across the sea from thousands of miles away.

It must be said that after the Han Dynasty and the Gupta Dynasty entered a state of war, Rome was immediately divided into two factions, one of which believed that the Han people had harmed the interests of Rome, because the Gupta Dynasty had frequent and prosperous trade with Rome itself. The Han navy continued to attack, and not only the ships belonging to the Gupta Dynasty were sunk, but also ships from Rome, Persia... and many other countries suffered.

Dou Ah couldn't help gloating, and asked, "Did any ship in his family be sunk by us?"

Marcus Maca just nodded in response.

In fact, it was not just as simple as the ship of the Utansis family being sunk. It was the war between the Han Dynasty and the Gupta Dynasty that directly interrupted one of the Utansis family's trade routes. However, this trade route with the Gupta dynasty was still Utanan. The most profitable thing for the Tansis family is that cutting off people's wealth is better than killing their father. Malus Utansis did not immediately fight for his life when he saw the Han people, so he was considered to be well-mannered.

"It can only be said to be an unwarranted disaster." Cai Mian said hypocritically: "If our two countries entered into a state of friendship earlier, the Pingman Colonel's Department will definitely be like it is now, at least it will not directly sink the ships of the Allies."

Yes, now the Han Navy will no longer sink ships of non-belligerent countries at will, and will escort allied ships for a fee if they get a mission.However, when the Han Dynasty Navy encounters ships from various countries that are not in the mission sequence, they will still board the ship for inspection. If there is nothing wrong, it will be fine.

There is a more critical issue. That piece of sea area has been controlled by the Han Dynasty. After entering the stage of the landing battle, the sea area is facing a state of complete blockade. Not to mention that the maritime trade routes of the Gupta Dynasty are all cut off. war zone.

Rome was quite far away from the Gupta dynasty, and even if Rome had a navy, the problem was that the warships of the Roman navy only operated in calm places like the Mediterranean. Once a Roman ship reached the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean, the bigger the waves would definitely be. Feed the fish.This is also the reason why although the Romans later felt humiliated, they had to seek good relations with the Han out of practical considerations. The main reason was that they wanted to take revenge but had no place to go. They wanted to send troops without conditions, and they could not push the Han to Sassanid Persia. We can only pretend that there is not much to do, and then look for new points of interest after making friends.

The Han Dynasty sent its own envoy, and the Romans thought that an opportunity had arrived.

Wang Meng and others came by boat. Since they could sail to Persia and then disembark, there was no reason why they couldn't sail to the port of Rome.

It can be reached by sea, as long as the IQ is no problem, you can figure it out, which means that a new sea trade route has appeared. Rome can trade with the Gupta Dynasty, and naturally it can also trade with Han.Although it was a long way from Rome to Han, Han could not only provide armaments, but also the Romans’ favorite silk.It seems, seems, maybe... the Romans felt that the Gupta Dynasty was just like that, and it would be more promising to start trade with the Han Dynasty!

"You have blocked the coastline of Gupta, and more than [-] troops have landed. They will see the facts." Marcus Maca said Marus Utansis and others because of the Han Dynasty and the Gupta Dynasty The family whose interests were damaged in the war: "As long as you are willing to take them on a flight, they will treat you as the VIPs who need to be treated most solemnly."

Wang Meng just smiled and said nothing.

Provide the explored routes to the Romans?That is definitely the Romans themselves thinking too much.

Danger is everywhere at sea, most of which are in reef areas or sea areas prone to storms. It took the Han Dynasty several years of exploration in the South China Sea to find the Malacca route, during which countless ships were lost.

Any sea route not only has important strategic value, but is actually wealth.To put it simply, if only the Han people control the route, and others do not know the route, the Han people can monopolize the transportation of materials, which is equivalent to mastering the absolute power of material pricing.reason?They want such materials, but there is no channel to buy them at all, and they have to be slaughtered if they want them.

What?Rome already has envoys to Han mainland?However, the fact that the Romans went there does not mean that they have mastered the best route. When the Han Kingdom led the way, it made many twists and turns, and it was definitely not the most time-saving route.

In fact, Aulus Sextus Cicero knew how to get from Rome to Han, but don't think that he will give it selflessly. On the contrary, he will try his best to control it in the hands of his own family. create wealth.What he thought would not be to sell the things of the Han Dynasty at a low price, on the contrary, he would sell them at an unknown number of times.Not only him, but anyone who has mastered the course will do that.

"In fact, it doesn't matter." Cai Mian followed Dou'a to the front of the battlefield, and said indifferently to the surrounding situation, "We control the strait, and any ship that wants to pass there needs our permission."

If you want to pass through the strait, you need permission from the state of Han. Can you collect tolls?
Even if the ship can only pass, shouldn't it be stopped for supplies?Do they need to spend money on purchases, do they need to spend money on docking ships, do they have to have fun when they land on land... There are too many places that can bring benefits to the Han people.

In later generations of Singapore, what is their wealth based on?It’s the ones mentioned above!

"I guess the center has a plan for a long time." Doua watched the Roman soldiers who formed the turtle shell formation taking turns to thrust, and looked more seriously: "Look at their tactics, they are worth learning from."

In the tortoise shell formation that was fighting, the Roman soldiers were still under the protection of their shields. They were leaning on each other. The soldiers in the front row held their shields and thrust forward and then stabbed their daggers, regardless of the shields. Whether you hit someone or stab someone with a dagger, you will step back shortly after stabbing, and the soldiers in the second row will immediately make up for it and do the same.

One Roman soldier after another made the same movement, and the entire tortoise shell formation rolled over in turns as if standing on a transport belt, maintaining a forward posture. On the way they advanced, there were piles of enemy corpses lying down. .The casualties caused by the enemy to them were almost negligible.

"In our shield formation, the people in the front row always carry the shield forward, and the soldiers with long weapons in the second row are responsible for killing and wounding, which consumes a lot of energy." Doua pointed to the Roman tortoise shell that was still advancing. Array: "Their soldiers come in turns, which not only saves physical strength, but also causes greater shock and psychological oppression to the enemy."

Cai Mian understood and nodded in agreement: "Indeed."

The Romans have loved infantry for thousands of years. The prerequisite is of course that there is no need to worry about marching.

Looking at the continuous expansion of the Romans, it can be clearly seen that their expansion route is around the coastline to use the ocean to complete the delivery of troops. Naturally, there is no problem of slow infantry marching.

Now that there is no problem with troop projection, and any surrounding nation is no match for Roman infantry, it is not surprising that the Romans gave birth to the idea of ​​​​"big infantry first", and they have repeatedly perfected their own infantry tactics. It's no surprise that the King of Land Wars doesn't want to research it.

"Look over there." Dou'a reminded Cai Mian, it seemed that there was something absurd, and said: "The cavalry didn't dare to directly attack the dense formation of infantry, those barbarians rushed up .”

The barbarians Doua was talking about were light cavalry, and they really launched a fearless charge against the Roman tortoise formation, and they were not attacked by long-range weapons in the process.

The Barbarian light cavalry rushed forward with a roar. The first Barbarian's equestrian skills were very good. He actually controlled his horse and jumped high onto the shield wall on top of the turtle formation. The shield wall bear the weight and then fell down and then returned to its original height.The barbarian light cavalry who climbed onto the shield wall tried to control the horse to kick and make noise, but the tortoise shell formation only rose and fell a few times, with no intention of cracking, so he didn't know what to do.

More barbarian light cavalry hit the wall directly. Their speed was not slow, and each impact made a loud noise. The first few impacts did not directly dent the shield wall, but someone knocked away from behind. However, the cracks in the tortoise shell array were quickly filled.

"Does it make sense to stick to it?" Dou Ah Zai wondered, "The Romans didn't have ranged soldiers?"

"Who said there wasn't?" Cai Mian pointed to where the person on the top of the shield wall was stabbed to death by something, and the center of the tortoise shell was split open: "No, there are still javelin soldiers inside. "

(End of this chapter)