sweeping the world

Chapter 856 Scare Yourself

"Wang Meng will arrive today?"

"General, the fleet has arrived at 'Dingwu'."

Now Huan Wen can be described as high-spirited. He led the army across the sea, destroyed Jitanado in half a month, and captured the entire coast of the Gupta Dynasty in four months. They can be found everywhere, but none of the generals has done such a great feat of destroying the country across the sea like him.

Dingwu is the area where the Han army landed for the first time in Jitanado. There were only a few small fishing villages there. In order to make it easier for the troops coming across the sea to land, Huan Wen ordered the construction of a military port on the first landing. Later, a camp was built, and the camp was gradually expanded into a military town.

As the Han army captured the coastal areas of the Gupta Dynasty, especially Ketak, the largest port of the Gupta Dynasty, the immediate military status of Dingwu, located in Jitanado, has been reduced again and again, but there is still great political significance there. .

Zhuxia is very particular about the geographical location of the name. Once the army builds it, there will basically be a word "Wu" in the naming.

Throughout history, there are too many places in Zhuxia with the word "武", especially in the Spring and Autumn Period.

At that time, all the princes paid attention to spring plowing and autumn warfare. Every time the army went to a place, they must build a fortress. The scale was large or small.

Because it was built for the purpose of stationing troops, it was basically named "Wucheng". As a result, when you spread out the maps of the Spring and Autumn Period, you can see that the map is full of geographical names called "Wucheng".

The Eastern Han Dynasty was the tail of the classical military affairs of the Xia Dynasty. Although there were still some traces of the classical era in the subsequent dynasties, some traditions were missing.For example, after the Western Jin Dynasty, "Wucheng" no longer appeared in Zhuxia's outward expansion, and even lost the old tradition of building towns as fences wherever the army went.

The decline of "Wucheng" shows a serious problem. Looking at the changes in the size of the territories of various dynasties and dynasties, you will find that the territory of Zhuxia before the Eastern Han Dynasty was increasing even if the expansion was slow, and it occupied a land until the dynasty perished. It is firmly controlled (not taken away by other countries).

Lost the old tradition of building "Wucheng", it is as powerful as Yang Sui and Li Tang, the real situation is that the Sui army (Tang army) came to this land is the Sui soil (Tang soil), but with the Sui army (Tang army) When the people left, the land became owned by other races (other countries).

The local administrative unit "Jimi District" was first created by Yang Sui. The so-called "Jimi District" is a place on the map that nominally belongs to Yang Sui's territory, but in fact it only has a name. Whether those who control the "Jimi District" are willing to obey the emperor's order is another matter, usually they take advantage of it but do not listen to the announcement.

Later Li Tang learned from Yang Sui's policy, especially to promote it even more vigorously. In short, he didn't care whether the order was given to the "Jimi District" or not, what he wanted was a letter of loyalty from somewhere, so fair and aboveboard. A certain piece of land was incorporated into Li Tang's territory, making Li Tang's territory map look so big.

"The country is solid, and virtue is not in danger." This sentence has been mentioned by countless people. People's hearts are important but changeable. One moment they love and the next moment they become enemies, and they do not pay attention to national defense. They won the hearts of the people, but they couldn't escape the fate of extinction.

The Qin Dynasty had the danger of Hangu Pass and had been based in the northwest for more than [-] years. It was thanks to the dangerous pass that it repeatedly turned danger into safety, and it was possible for the First Emperor to achieve his great cause of sweeping across the eight wastelands and Liuhe.

Why has Guanzhong always been the land of kings and overlords?It is because Guanzhong has mountains and rivers and dangerous passes to rely on. It can be advanced, attacked, retreated, and defended.

History also proves that any expansion does not build permanent towns. Expansion is a child's play where we advance and retreat, and we retreat and the enemy advances. Fortunately, the old Zhu family finally picked up the tradition of the classical military era of Zhuxia. It is the construction of the military fort and the garrison of the garrison, which finally saved the Han people from going through the embarrassing things of advancing and retreating, and only then did the Manchus "inherit" the huge country that the old Zhu family defeated.

"Your Majesty has a saying that 'the reason for a country is to have both morality and danger'." Huan Wen is now standing on the land of the permanent camp that has just been built: "Aggression is like fire, and immovability is like a mountain. It is better to advance slowly."

Numerous military examples have repeatedly shown that when the national strength is sufficient, there is nothing like capturing a place and setting up a garrison point, and then continue to advance quickly or slowly. Such an invasion method is the safest.

When the Han army came to the Asan Continent and swallowed Jitanado as a bridgehead, when they formally marched towards the Gupta Dynasty, it was of course best to have a city built by Asan on the route of the march, and the place with difficult terrain is no matter how difficult the conditions are. Permanent strongholds will be built.

Any country or nation will only choose to take risks when its strength is not as good as others. Whoever really has absolute strength will take unnecessary risks, and the generals with a slightly normal mind will choose to be steady and steady.

Therefore, a phenomenon has emerged: weak countries have always had many famous generals, while strong countries have no outstanding generals.

The country is so weak, if you don't take a slant, you really can't beat your opponent.I have succeeded and become famous, and the country has a breathing space.Failed... die and the country perish.

The country is strong, and the enemy country can be piled up casually with piles of resources. Anyone will say that even a pig can command and win. overshadowed.

Huan Wen now wants people, people, supplies, supplies, whatever he wants, and he is quite comfortable living a small life.

The Roman fleet will pass through the Asan Continent, and the center means to let the Romans and Persians land, and see how the Han army is squeezing the Gupta Dynasty step by step.

Huan Wen raised his hands and feet in favor of the decision of the center. There is nothing more worthy of showing off than letting foreigners see how majestic he is. It just so happens that the Gupta Dynasty also gathered an army of tens of thousands to get involved again. A new war is about to break out.

No matter in terms of official position or title, Huan Wen is much higher than Wang Meng, and also belongs to the uncle generation in terms of age, but just because Wang Meng is an angel, Huan Wen should go to Cutac to greet him even if he is pretending.

"This used to be the largest port in Gupta, but now..." Flavis looked at the land, the city is still the same, but the flag on the top of the city has changed to the side of Han: "It belongs to Seris."

Cuttack, a coastal city, is quite famous in Persian Sassanid and Rome. Many goods from the Asan continent are shipped from here, and then sold to Persian Sassanian or Rome by sea. Countless Asan ships to Persia. The prosperity of Cuttack was told or paraded by the people and the Romans, and made it famous.

"Look over there!" Julian pointed ahead, where a large part of the city wall had collapsed, and several huge deep pits could be seen from a distance: "The Seres must have used that kind of weapon!"

It was talking about gunpowder, but Julian couldn't guess how it was used. He only knew that there would be terrifying destructive power after thunder, and he didn't have the word "explosion".

Cuttack has changed from a civilian port to a military port, and when it will be converted into a civilian port depends on what the Han army thinks is appropriate.In the port, rows of warships are berthed against each other. At first glance, there will be no less than a thousand ships, making it look like a ship has been built on the sea. If a ship wants to enter the port, it must sail in the A channel for moored ships to get out of.

Some large-looking warships attracted the attention of the Romans and Persians. They had never seen a large ship with a length of more than 100 meters, and they couldn't understand what the long pipes at the bow and stern were. I don't understand what buildings the pipes connect to.

There are currently only [-] gunboats in the entire Han Kingdom, and ten of them joined the war against the Gupta Dynasty, but the navy of the Gupta Dynasty was wiped out before they had time to participate in the sea confrontation, and they were later used to bombard the coast The use of the city.

The first time the gunboat participated in the war, it was reduced to bombarding the coast. It did not show its heroic appearance in the naval duel, but it still showed its ferocious side. The direct consequence was that the Gupta Dynasty abandoned the coast and retreated to the inland.

The Romans and Persians huddled on the deck were like grandma Liu entering the viewing garden. They were all dazzled. It was the first time for them to see so many warships moored side by side. It was clear that only the warships moored here added It seems that there may not be as many warships as there are in the country, but these warships are all capable of sailing in the ocean.

"One warship needs one hundred soldiers, and the ships anchored here alone need one hundred thousand soldiers!" Julian kept sucking in air, "What we saw was fifty legions."

Of course, not every ship needs 28 soldiers. The standard configuration of small warships including sailors is [-], medium-sized warships increase to [-], and large-scale warships nearly [-] people. Load more people.

How many legions did Rome have?Counting the private armies of each family, there will be no more than 2000 legions if they die. Taking the standard configuration of 40 people in each legion, it is [-] soldiers (field soldiers).

"Fifty legions, no matter what time it is, is enough for us to fight all over the Mediterranean coast." Flavis was right. Rome did not reach the number of fifty legions in many cases, but it had already fought all over. Knowing the world's invincible hand: "We wiped out Parthia, including the baggage regiment and the barbarian army, and only used 38 legions."

The basic strength of the Roman legions during the reign of Alexander Severus was 6000 men per legion, which was three times the number of the Roman legions during the reign of Constantius II.

The Roman baggage regiment is not a group of miscellaneous soldiers who maintain logistics. On the contrary, the soldiers of the baggage regiment are all veterans who have experienced battles. The strength of troops generally does not exceed 1000 people.

The barbarian legions obeyed the command of the Romans, and the strength of each barbarian legion was not consistent.

For example, the Ninth Spanish Legion, which was quite famous in the era of Alexander Severus, actually had its soldiers recruited from various barbarians, and when it had the largest number of troops, it exceeded [-].

In addition, the Macedonian, Germanic, Celtic, Saxon and many other legions under the command of the Romans had less than one thousand troops and more than [-] troops.
The Romans and Persians standing on the deck watching the Han fleet have only one thought now, that is, they must call for an increase in military power after returning to China. Otherwise, if the Han State intends to invade, the naval force of the Han State alone will be enough for them. Drink a jug.

Of course, not all the ships of the mission fleet will enter the port. The ships that Wang Meng is on, including those carrying guests from afar, will dock in the port. The rest of the ships will either berth outside the port, or go to Malacca first.

Wang Meng saw Huan Wen from afar, and he didn't dare to hold back the slightest bit. After the ship docked, people stepped off the land to meet him quickly.

"I've seen an angel!" Huan Wen took the lead in saluting because Wang Meng was holding the angel's day in his hand. There was no contempt in his attitude, and he respected the authority representing the emperor. He waited for Wang Meng to return the gift and put away the angel's day before he said with a smile: "Jing Lue looks very energetic."

"I've met Marquis Xinping!" Wang Meng greeted him with a respectful salute. He glanced at Julian, Xeas and others who were following him off the boat. After introducing them one by one, he complimented: "The general's strategy is so fast."

"Hahaha!" Huan Wen looked very happy, but the words in the scene were to say: "Only by relying on the supernatural power of the Son of Heaven, and soldiers working hard, can we achieve some success."

Julian just now knew who the Han general in front of him was and how much power he had. He heard that he was the patriarch of a family with a long history, so he kept looking at him curiously.

Huan Wen can now be said to be in control of the last sentence, which belongs to his command. There are [-] servants and slaves, and the navy has more than [-] ships. It can be said that he has the power to easily destroy most of the known countries. military force.

After exchanging pleasantries, it was natural that they couldn't just stand on the pier and chat, so everyone boarded the vehicle that had been prepared in advance and went into the city to their accommodation.

"There are only four generals like Huan Wen in Seris." Julian has done his homework: "Huan Wen is not the most powerful general. I heard that a general named Xie An is leading an army to conquer the old northwest land of Seris. , a general named Lu Tai was in charge of conquering the northeast of Seris, and a general named Li Tan had been leading the army to conquer the north of Siris. Each of their generals at the level of "Zheng" commanded an army of no less than 20. "

The Romans who just found out about such a thing were all dumbfounded. The four generals with the characters "Zheng" in the East, South, West, and North combined had a force of 80. The Han Kingdom must have other generals. So how many troops should there be?
They didn't know that Julian was talking nonsense, except for a few exceptions, such as the outbreak of a national war, or if Li Tan's war in the north ended, there was only one army left under his command plus a part of the frontier army, which was about [-] Left and right troops.

"I heard that there are not only the generals of Sizheng, but also the generals of Sizheng, Siping, and Sifu. Can you imagine how many armies Siris had?”

(End of this chapter)