sweeping the world

Chapter 857 The Art of Conquest

When Rome also had violent soldiers, the period with the most troops was during the reign of Alexander Severus. It is difficult to find the accurate answer from historical records about the correct number of troops. It is generally believed that under the insistence of Alexander Severus , Rome's total force at that time would not be less than 38.

Only 38?That’s not knowing how Rome’s military strength is calculated. You must first be a Roman citizen to become a field soldier, that is, a member of the so-called Roman legion. The rest are stationed everywhere... such as frontier forts or domestic towns. Army soldier.

If you understand the composition of the Roman Legion, you will know how terrifying the number of 38 soldiers is. It is 38 strong men who enlisted in the army with their own armor and weapons.They usually do nothing but learn killing techniques, that is, professional soldiers in the true sense.

The warriors in the Zhuxia Spring and Autumn Period were also professional soldiers. They had slaves instead of labor, and they only needed to concentrate on learning how to kill.However, the total number of warriors in the Spring and Autumn Period would never be too many. In the Spring and Autumn Period, small countries had only one or two thousand troops, medium-sized countries had nearly ten thousand troops, and large countries had at most three to fifty thousand troops.

Alexander Severus violently attacked all countries in the world during the same period. At that time, Zhuxia was in the period of chaos among the princes at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Regardless of whether the princes were at every turn, they had tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of troops. However, the sources of soldiers were usually temporary recruits from various occupations Those (mostly farmers) were either conscripts who joined the army through normal channels. Speaking of which, there were not many professional soldiers. Even the most elite tiger and leopard cavalry in the late Cao Wei Dynasty were bluntly composed of non-professional soldiers.

There is a fundamental difference between professional soldiers and those recruited in various ways.

First of all, what professional soldiers learn is the means of killing. Professional soldiers are not unfamiliar with military life. It is difficult for an army composed of professional soldiers to disperse at the slightest setback.

Non-professional soldiers from mixed sources usually know everything, but they have not learned how to kill. They are definitely not as good as professional soldiers in terms of willpower.

Looking at the history of Rome's war against the Parthian Empire, there is a clear gap in the situation of professional soldiers fighting troops with mixed sources.

The war between Rome and the Parthian Empire has been fought for hundreds of years, and the two sides have won and lost each other, but the key point is that Rome has always been far less than the Parthian Empire by several times...even dozens of times. under.Even if Rome's military strength is far less than that of the Parthian Empire, Rome still wins more than loses.Alexander Severus attacked fiercely, and he paralyzed the Parthian Empire once.

The Romans had their own way of calculating their armies, and Flavius ​​had just asked about the key points.

"Thirteen armies, each with 19 soldiers, a total of [-] professional soldiers." Julian knew this quite well, and added: "The rest of the army, according to the Cyris According to the saying, it belongs to the corvée... or county soldiers?"

Flavis was a little relaxed at that moment, and exhaled the breath in his chest: "In this way, the number of our professional soldiers is not less than that of Biris."

"The Seris soldiers sent to Rome were drawn from the thirteen armies." Julian didn't want to attack Flavis, but said: "My legion, Gallus' legion and Constantine's legion Fort garrison, when facing them..."

The word "vulnerable" appeared in Flavis's mind, which was a fact presented by the Han people as soon as they arrived in Constantinople.

Although the Roman soldiers fought in a daze at that time, they really showed the qualities that professional soldiers should have. Unfortunately, they encountered the Han army with armored horses as the main charging force, and they resisted with all their strength. It was flattened.

On both sides of the road where the vehicles were advancing, soldiers of the Han army pulled up a human wall to isolate the crowd of onlookers.These soldiers are not wearing heavy armor, because the Asan Continent is in a high temperature climate all year round, wearing short-sleeved shirts and shorts, and a light-looking armor on the outside. , Most of the weapons are spears, and a few officers are sabers.

The vast majority of the onlookers are local Asans, and Han Chinese can also be seen, and there are even Persians from Sassanid and other ethnic groups such as Serbs, Succubi, Gypsies... and so on.

Of course, the Han people came to do business. They did business with the local Asan, and they also bought the trophies from the soldiers.They bought private trophies from soldiers at a reasonable price in the Asan Continent, shipped them back to the mainland, and sold them. Usually, they could get more than double the profit, but there were also cases where they lost money to grandma's family.

People of other ethnic groups, they were in the territory of the Gupta Dynasty before the Han army invaded, and they also came to do business.Some stayed in Cuttak originally, and more came from the rest of the Gupta Dynasty after the Han army captured Cuttak.

Han people come to the Asan mainland to do business to buy goods that are not available in the local area, while businessmen from other ethnic groups come to the Han people to buy goods from Han. The port of Cuttack is under military control, but the city is not so strictly controlled. However, the business as usual shows that it is not at all inferior to the prosperity before the war, that is, it will be difficult for foreigners to purchase materials and transport them out for a while.

"Why can't you see the fear or hatred for the Seris soldiers in the eyes of the Xindu people?" Helena was in the same car with Helena and Selena. Selena was the eldest daughter of a family with a long history: "They Shouldn't you be afraid?"

This year, Selena happened to be at the age of both prosperity and prosperity. Judging by the aesthetic standards of the Romans, she was undoubtedly a goddess-level beauty.She didn't imitate the blond hair dyed by other Roman ladies, and she didn't dress very revealingly. It even seemed a bit conservative in terms of Roman social values.

"Look at the eyes of ordinary people in Xindu looking at those short soldiers and soldiers of their own tribe." Selina reminded, and said, "I can see the fear and hatred that your Excellency said."

The short soldiers are of course the servants from the Uriel Islands. They are the vanguard of the Xindu battlefield. Every time a big battle breaks out, they are the first to charge. Their figures are all over every battlefield and military-controlled cities and villages. The work ordered by the Han people.

The so-called native soldiers are of course Ah San’s imperial association army. Their source is not the captured captives of the war, but some high-caste soldiers who know the current affairs and join the Han army. They are private soldiers who should be high-caste. Daddy, as a subordinate of a high caste, he naturally has to work for the Han people.

In the past, the Han people assigned the Japanese servants to do some dirty and tiring work. With the Asan Emperor’s allied army, they no longer used the Japanese servants to their death. The Japanese servant army supervises Asan Huang's army to work.

Just like many traitors, once you become a traitor, you no longer have any moral values, let alone fellowship, and even do things that are far more brutal and cruel than the invaders. Naturally, you will gain hatred from your colleagues.

The Han army often appears as a messenger of justice, such as pulling out a certain evil Asan Emperor's allied army for trial, adjudicating a certain Japanese servant army, demonstrating the justice and greatness that belong to the Han people, and gaining gratitude from the Asan people and worship.

The Asan Emperor's Allied Army, which is defined as full of evil, will be punished not because of what he did to his compatriots. It may be that the execution of the orders of the Han army is not strong enough, or it may be that the Japanese servants who supervise him are pure I don't like it, it's more likely that he is an undercover agent of Ah San who is alone in Hanying.

"The big man is here to promote Wanghua." Huan Wen was also asked by Wang Meng about the attitude of the people of Asan, and he said quite proudly: "Conquer his tyranny and subdue his people, which is called conquest."

When the Han people came to the Asan Continent, they naturally wanted to do things like looting and looting, but they didn’t mean to go back with the loot once they went all the way, because some image would be beneficial to the later rule of Ah San.

"Jing Lue probably doesn't know yet..." Huan Wen didn't have any reason to bow down to Wang Meng, but out of the purest investment, he told the latest news from the center: "The center is already discussing the matter of enfeoffment."

Wang Meng was slightly taken aback.When he was Liu Yan's personal secretary Lang, he had already guessed from some bits and pieces that Liu Yan did not reject the enfeoffment, but the enfeoffment of the old land of the Han family. The feudal country that went out did not exist at all, it was only a level of feudal land.

The so-called feudal state is a fiefdom that can be completely self-determined, and there is no need to pay any taxes to the emperor or the government.

Fengtu has the right to collect taxes in that place, but it cannot intervene in any administration, and only enjoys the offerings from Fengtu.

Huan Wen is now the Marquis of Xinping (Marquis of Ting), and he only enjoys the honor and status that comes from the title. Naturally, he also has the hidden conveniences brought by the title. However, his wealth is really not much, let alone the enjoyment of a real princedom. The right to govern a country within a country.

"Separation!" Huan Wen couldn't help being excited even if he mentioned it again and again: "Your Majesty treats his subjects so kindly, and his spirit is so rare in a thousand years."

For several years in the morning, those ministers from the dragon were eager to reward their meritorious deeds, but Liu Yan was only generous in wealth, and it was not without rumors that he was stingy with the feudal city. Liu Yan has the prestige of a "national liberator", and some people who are not satisfied are not incapable of doing rebellion.

Wang Meng's current status is neither high nor low, and he doesn't want to continue talking about this topic, but Huan Wen is too excited and dare not disappoint: "The land of enfeoffment is the Asan Continent?"

"A San Continent, and the newly discovered Black Continent." Huan Wen's biggest wish before was to have a fief, but his thin arms were destined not to be able to break his thighs, and he no longer had that obsession.He now thinks that it is the greatest good thing to have a feudal country that he can decide for himself, and he will no longer be obsessed with where to seal it: "The news is very clear. They are busy calculating money and recruiting warriors, and they are waiting for His Majesty to issue an edict. It's been a game."

Wang Meng understood somewhat. He encountered so many fleets on the way back. It turned out that various families knew that they were going to enfeoff and rushed to find out the details of the African continent. They were not all obsessed with the great cause of slave capture.

Chatting about those not-so-secret news, the carriage entered the city and stopped in front of the gate of the original city lord's mansion.

The third high caste has always been unparalleled in terms of enjoyment, but it shows the atmosphere of nouveau riche everywhere, such as in the use of gold.

As the city lord's mansion, its buildings are being built taller, especially after choosing the hills in the city, the pavilions and promenade gardens are in line with nature, and the lakes and waterfalls are artificially excavated. landscape.

"The roof of the tallest building..." Helena pointed to the golden thing on the top of the mountain that was illuminated by the sun: "Is it gold? How big does it have to be to be able to see it from a distance!"

It was a gold ingot that melted into a triangle, and it looked really big, so I didn't know if it was gold-plated or solid.

Unlike Helena, who focuses on wealth, Helena and Selena, the latter two focus on the fit with nature, and feel that living should be very comfortable.

The city lord's mansion occupies a very large area. There is even a barracks that can accommodate [-] soldiers, and the rest are places for rest and play.

When Ah San builds a house, she pays attention to setting aside a square, which includes raising some flowers and plants or animals, and besides, there cannot be only one fountain.

"Reliability... No, it's Asanxiu's pool technology or we learned it from us." Julian didn't talk nonsense about this. He walked on the deep corridor and looked at a large pool not far away. The tone continued: "They are still better than blue than blue."

It was not just a large pool, but a well-built swimming pool, roughly the size of a modern basketball court. The surrounding ground was made of pottery shards, and the other five sides of the swimming pool were also made of pottery shards.

Now there are a lot of coolly dressed women who are having fun, and they can be identified from quite a few regions by their appearance and skin color. Some high-caste women in Ah San, women from Persia, I don’t know where there are white-skinned women, anyway. There are a lot of varieties.

"Seres is very fascinated by the slave trade." Flavis knew very well why a country was fascinated by the slave trade, and added later: "Especially there is a great demand for female slaves."

Julian, who knew the meaning of strings, thought about it seriously for a while, and said: "We are at a disadvantage in terms of trade relations with Siris."

The two looked at each other. They thought about it more than once when they dreamed back in the middle of the night. Rome basically has no resistance to the products of the Han people. Basically, they want to buy everything they see, but they rarely There are goods that Han people want to buy.

"I need to write a letter back home." Julian asked, "What about you?"

Flavis smiled, and he happened to need to write a letter back home.

(End of this chapter)