sweeping the world

Chapter 861 Seeing is believing
In fact, there are not no tall ethnic groups in Europe, such as the Germanic Franks, the Geta and Sami people in Northern Europe, and the Saxons, a branch of the Germanic people.

Some peoples who had been conquered by the Romans, such as Gauls and Asia Minor, and even some Moors in North Africa.

The average height of the above-mentioned ethnic groups is actually higher than that of the Romans. The key problem is that the Romans still retain considerable arrogance. Simple carnal pleasures are not so important, but they will feel repelled when they combine to produce offspring.

In simple terms, when a nation conquers other nations, it is natural to despise and discriminate against the conquered nation. As a conqueror, it is natural to play with the conquered women. If you accidentally have a descendant, that descendant will not be able to get an equal status. .

Conquered that nation, and then encouraged the women of this tribe to combine with the conquered nation to produce offspring?How psychopathic it must be to advocate and encourage this behavior!

The Romans fought with the Han once in Constantinople. Although the battle that broke out suddenly was short-lived, the two sides would never mention a word if they did not mention it in the follow-up exchanges, but the casualties after the battle were compared. It was clearly listed.

The number of Roman soldiers who participated in the battle was 820, 220, 190 and 52 were killed on the spot, and [-] and [-] were disabled, and [-] were seriously injured and died later.

In contrast, there were only 320 Han soldiers who participated in the battle, only 19 Han soldiers died on the spot, 24 Han soldiers were permanently disabled, minor injuries were not recorded, and 12 serious injuries were cured.

Numbers never lie, the death toll ratio is 270 eight to nineteen, almost fifteen to one.

The Romans who saw the comparison might think that the Han army suddenly rose up and the Roman soldiers reacted hastily, and they would also clamor that the Han people brought in one in a thousand soldiers to bully the ordinary Roman soldiers.

But facts are facts, and there has never been a so-called everything is ready for war.

The dialogue between countries has always been full of reality. Strong is strong, and weak is weak. Only strong countries are kind to weak countries, and weak countries can only be cautious when dealing with powerful countries.

Once a country shows a strong side, as a member of a strong country, you may not have much awareness, but other countries will respond very quickly, and the weak will think that everything is good in a strong country, and the moon in the sky is still the same moon. The problem is that the strong country's moon will look round and bigger than its own country's.

"Soldiers of the Han people, their sweat smells good." Ali came on behalf of Yero, and said to the surrounding people with an extremely positive expression: "You smell it."

Ye Luo was captured by the Han army in a very short period of time and chose to give up resistance. The royal family accepted the truce proposed by Huan Wen and became one of the vassal states of the Han Kingdom.

Those who stood with Ali and watched the soldiers of the Han army drill from a distance, some were also from Yero, and the rest were representatives of small countries, city-states, and tribes along the coast of Asanyang. They had a common identity, that is, the vassal state of Han .

At that moment, all the people around were full of approval, like whoever said that the sweat of a Han daddy smells bad, they would definitely jump on it and desperately.

Julian wanted to observe the Han army in more detail. He heard that it was a county soldier that was not a standing army. He invited Flavis to take a closer look, and Flavis responded enthusiastically.

They interpreted the differences in the Han army according to their own understanding. For example, the thirteen standing armies were equivalent to the most elite guards in Rome, and the county soldiers were Rome's frontier troops or provincial guards.In fact, their way of understanding is quite correct, that is, there are differences in combat effectiveness.

"Very strong, not as strong as the Germans, the Geta, or the Sami. The muscles of the Siris are not as big as they look..." Flavis tried hard to find the adjective in the dictionary, and said: "The muscles are very strong, and the explosive power of punching is also very strong. The main reason is that he is very flexible."

Julian nodded and said in Chinese: "Reinforced iron bones."

Flavis did not understand what was said, but miraculously grasped the meaning.

The physical strength of yellow-skinned people is indeed different from that of people with other skin colors.

Yellow-skinned people will also have muscles after exercise, but it is difficult for the arms to be thicker than the thighs. This is a characteristic brought about by long-term eating habits, but it will not lack strength at all, even in terms of explosive power and flexibility. Outperforms other skin tones.

The two were not restricted from where to go, and they spent the whole day without visiting the entire barracks, and the further they went to the back, the more silent they became.

After returning to their residence area in the evening, the two of them still did not speak for a long time, each sitting on a chair in a daze.

It wasn't until someone came to tell them to go to dinner that the two looked at each other for the first time after a long time, and they both saw melancholy in each other's eyes.

"On the training ground, I didn't find any difference between Serris' professional soldiers and conscripted soldiers." Flavis didn't know how to describe his mood at all: "Maybe...their difference is in the armament? "

Julian gave the answer: "Seres soldiers don't need to carry their own equipment, weapons and armor are prepared by the Seris military."

Speaking of armaments, they also went to the snow storage area to take a look. They saw the catapults that the Romans were no strangers to, but there were obvious differences in appearance.In addition, there are two large-scale equipment that shoot crossbows, the crossbow and the bed crossbow. Rome also has related crossbows, but there are ballistas in Rome, which are much different in appearance than catapults.

The two joined other Romans. They thought that the Han people would hold a banquet, but they were notified to go to the cafeteria.When they arrived at the location, there was already a long queue in the cafeteria for ordering and picking up food.

"That's fine." Flavis said with great interest: "If there is no deliberate distinction, we can see with our own eyes what kind of food Seris soldiers eat."

This is a mixed canteen, the structure is to build a frame with wood, and the roof is covered with cloth of unknown material.

The tables are long tables made of wooden boards, each table is 15 meters long and [-] meter wide, and benches of the same length are arranged on both sides.

The canteen seemed to occupy a very large area. One shed was enough to accommodate at least 1000 people. There were Han soldiers who had already taken the food and were dining there.

When it was Julian's turn, he realized that the first place to pick up meals was to choose the staple food. There were no various types of bread he was familiar with. There were rice, wheat rice, and some unknown granular foods, as well as steamed buns and steamed buns.

Julian struggled for a while, and chose the rice that he often saw Han soldiers picking, plus a steamed bun and a steamed bun.

Going to the second pick-up position, Julian recognized the beef at a glance. It was made into a row, and each piece was full of weight.

Julian walked over in a row, and recognized some foods, but couldn't recognize the ingredients of more foods at all. He didn't know what was delicious and what was not, so he chose some according to his own interests.

"I found a situation." Flavis was also holding a plate with all kinds of food on it, found a place to sit next to Julian, and whispered: "Seres soldiers can't choose any food , and even the serving size of each food is strictly regulated.”

Julian noticed that situation just now, and soon discovered that what Han soldiers eat is actually divided into classes. For example, the higher the title, the higher the quality of the food, but even ordinary soldiers can get a full amount of meat.

"Seres is too rich." Helena chose many types of food, but the portion of each was very small: "If I read correctly, the soldiers of Seris eat better than our nobles!"

The Romans with high enough status are sitting at the same table. Everyone chooses the food they are interested in. Looking around, there are all kinds of things that fly in the sky, crawl on the ground, and swim in the water, and even have a very rich variety of vegetables. , There are also various fruits that have been seen and have not been seen.

Subconsciously, the Romans at the same table looked around. They can be sure that everyone's food is very rich as far as they can see. What is more strange is that there is wine on the table of the Han army, which is the dining area not provided.

"Tonight is a banquet, it must be!" Marus asked the surrounding Romans looking over, "If not, which army in the world can permanently provide soldiers with such rich food?"

The expected welcome banquet was hosted by Huan Wen as early as the night they entered Cuttack, and they would not hold any banquets in accordance with Zhuxia's army discipline when they came to the war zone.

The soldiers of the Han army had wine on their tables, which was their monthly quota. They could not drink it when they were on duty, and they could not drink it when they had missions the next day. There was also a limit to how much they could drink every day.

One thing that is true but true is that Zhuxia's army did not completely ban alcohol for a long period of time, and even encouraged drinking, that is, they would limit the amount of alcohol they drank every day, such as Qin, Western Han and Eastern Han The Chinese army does not completely ban alcohol, especially the Qin army is the most indulgent to soldiers drinking.

The later the era, the stricter the prohibition rules, and it evolved to the complete prohibition of alcohol.This may be related to the alcohol consumption of people in each period?
Julian was already tasting the food. The rice tasted delicious, at least it was more fragrant than the rice grown in Egypt, and the rice grains were also fuller.The staple food he liked immediately after taking a bite was steamed buns and steamed buns. The steamed buns were delicious and soft, and the stuffed buns were first surprised and then pleasantly surprised.

Dining on the first day, it was the first time I saw the rich food of the Han army, but most of them felt that the Han people definitely prepared it specially for saving face.

Afterwards, the Han army had no intention of fighting the Gupta army, which was close at hand. They only saw that the food of the Han army was so rich for one, two, three... for half a month.

"It's not a special arrangement, let alone showing it to us. The logistics of Siris's army are just so powerful." Julian felt helpless in accepting his fate no matter how he looked at it: "Only for this reason, any country will be completely defeated."

Flavis understood what Julian wanted to express. A country that can achieve this level of military logistics can choose to never be an enemy.

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