Chapter 1163: Heart of the Empire
Chen Xi didn't know that the big cake he painted for Li You and the others had been confirmed by Li Dao, and Rome, which was about to be chaotic, forcibly stopped his death because of the existence of a powerful opponent under the heavens.
Unlike Anxi, who knew the difference in strength between the two sides and made a death pit for their own people, the Romans were very solemn when facing their opponents.
In fact, there is a big reason why Rome entered the crisis in the third century is that there is no opponent, just like the Han dynasty that pointed to the world undefeated, Rome also entered an invincible state after pushing off the rest, and there is no opponent in the world.
In this kind of strong era without foreign enemies, it seems that no one can endure without dying, and this situation cannot be saved by either the East or the West.
In the previous Rome, there was no news about another powerful empire, and in this war in Central Asia, whether the Romans won or lost, they all understood that Rome was not alone in this world, and that there was a powerful empire in the far east that was as powerful as them.
The distance of thousands of miles could not stop the ambition of the Romans, and the Romans did not feel that the surging yellow sand could hinder the determination of another empire to conquer.
The so-called empire will never destroy its own ideas because the opponent is far away, and the so-called empire will never perish because the opponent is strong, the empire is not afraid of expeditions, is not afraid of failure, is lonely and arrogant, and is always ready to conquer its opponents.
Although a country is warlike, it will perish, this sentence has never been suitable for an empire, for an empire, peace can only make him tired, only the battlefield of iron and blood can forge an immortal empire, when foreign wars stop. The moment the pace of imperial conquest stopped, the empire entered its twilight years.
A vigorous dynasty will always expand its territory. The determination to not be afraid of others, but also has an undefeated faith. When the conquest stalls, when the enemy bows down, the empire loses the authority of the year, and the internal turmoil, the collision of vested interests, the empire becomes a thing of the past in an instant.
The Han dynasty in the past and Rome today are actually about to cross the peak of the empire, and the full moon is nothing more than that. The difference is that the Romans also had an enemy named Anxi, who had been fighting with them for a hundred years, while the Han family had no enemies.
The collapse of the Sabbath Dynasty also means that the glory of the Roman Empire has fallen, and the pace of conquest has stopped in Central Asia, which means that the internal turmoil within the empire has begun, and the iron and fire of the empire cannot erupt outward, so it is doomed to catharsis inward.
Neither the glorious Rome nor the powerful Han dynasty died at the hands of foreign enemies, but in the end they collapsed in shame for their own people, and the prosperity of the empire faded, leaving only traces of remembrance.
However, all this came at a time when Li Dao appeared in Central Asia and the Romans were whipping and laughing and resting. It is doomed to never appear again.
The Romans did not have the idea of heaven and earth, nor did they have the idea of two lords of the earth, but this did not mean that the Romans would allow a strong empire, an empire strong enough to push him down the abyss.
Similarly, the Han Empire was sweeping the steppes. After subduing the north and the south, looking back at Central Asia, I am afraid that I will not have any happy thoughts when I see the powerful Great Qin Empire.
Even if the distance between the two sides is thousands of miles. Even if the two sides had a shared piece of land, it would not stop an empire from relieving it. A powerful enemy is not a threat to an empire, but rather a help!
Because powerful. Because of fear, because of faith, because of fear, there are countless reasons, even if there are thousands of miles, the empire's heart of conquest will not stop.
Just as the Roman Council immediately suppressed the parliamentary turmoil and began to transfer the contradictions outward after receiving the news from the Duke of the border county, after Li You and others received the news from this Li Dao, their first reaction was to think about unification as soon as possible and compete with each other.
However, unlike Rome, Li You and others were destroyed by Chen Xi once long before the news came, and they were mentally prepared enough, which was completely different from the situation where there were still many people in Rome who slapped the table and expressed disbelief.
It's just that the Romans are still a unified country after all, and they have considerable advantages in many aspects, at least they completely integrate the internal situation of the country and re-recruit and arm the vassal states much faster than the Han Empire.
In short, the eyes of the wise men at the top of the two sides were completely red after seeing another great empire clearly appear on the continent, what an ancient empire meant, both sides were very clear, and they also understood what kind of power the threat of the same powerful empire would be.
The battle between the empire and the empire was already doomed when Li Dao and Ganassis met, the confident and arrogant empire, the confident and equally arrogant Romans and Han Chinese, all of which doomed the two sides to no peace.
Even if the distance of thousands of miles doomed the two sides to collide head-on, the existence of the empire was destined to be impossible to admit defeat, and a war on the mainland was almost impossible, and the place where the two sides fought had already been decided between Ganassis and Li Dao's conversation.
Just as the Romans ignored the rest, the Han Empire would not take the interests of the rest empire to heart after it really entered the conflict.
Just as Li Dao stepped out of the country and put himself in the opposite position with the words of Ganassis, the empire has never been able to come out of the nest, but to go abroad to conquer it, conquer the enemy country, conquer the opponent, and establish it by his own bravery!
Just as dragons do not live with snakes, tigers never regard mad dogs as enemies, and the only friends and enemies of the empire are the empire, which can be enemies or themselves......
What the empire is, even Chen Xi can't say it clearly, but now Li Wei can say that the empire is a will, a style, and a momentum, a mentality that allows you to step on the world without fear.
In the late Han Dynasty, how many people could understand the mentality of Ban Chao and dozens of people in the Western Regions, and I am afraid that few people still understand the psychology of Wang Xuance in the Tang Dynasty to destroy the country alone.
The empire is behind me, I have nothing to fear, I die, and the Mother Kingdom behind me will give an account to your whole country.
Compared with the glory of the empire, what is the pity of my life, the moment I step out of the country, in order to protect the glory of the empire, what can I not abandon my life, the strength of the Han and Tang Dynasties, not only the armor, but also the heart of the empire hidden in the hearts of the people! (To be continued.) )