Qiton is located in the north of Greece and consists of two regions, Upper and Lower Macedonia. In the classical Greek period, Lower Macedonia was the political, economic and cultural center of Macedonia, and had traditional suzerainty over Upper Macedonia. However, since the re-independence of Greece one hundred and fifty years ago, Lower Macedonia has lost its suzerainty over Upper Macedonia, but there are still some differences between the two, strictly speaking, the inhabitants of the Macedonian region are not really Greeks, they are a new people born after the Greeks migrated over and intermarried with various local ethnic groups in the classical period, of course, Lower Macedonia, which is suitable for farming and living, is closer to the Greeks in blood, and Upper Macedonia is located in the plateau and mountainous area, so its inhabitants are much more fierce, in terms of braveryIt can be said that in Greece it is second only to the Spartans, but they are more difficult to govern than the Spartans, and basically in this area, it is difficult for the Greeks to directly establish effective ruling institutions, so they have been in a semi-independent state.

Chen Qingzhi arrived in Macedonia before the beginning of spring, and there were a thousand tiger gods with him, and Li Ang transferred this ace elite under his command to Chen Qingzhi, which was to let Chen Qingzhi use this thousand tiger god army as the basis to recruit a cavalry team in Greece and the Balkans, with Ran Min's heavy assault infantry, to fight against the Roman army, as for Greece, Li Ang did not think that he could resist the Romans until he personally led his millions of soldiers and civilians to the west, all the Greeks had to do was to bring the Romans as many casualties as possible, so that they may prolong the time of waging war against all of Asia.

Regarding the comparison of the strength of Greece and Rome, Chen Qingzhi himself is not optimistic about Greece. The Greek republican system has degenerated. No longer the incorruptibility and efficiency of the Great Qin when they helped them break away from Roman rule, the incompetent bureaucracy with its pretty faces and orators filled all the Greek city-states, except for the Greek navy. The Greeks were simply useless when it came to the army. Chen Qingzhi had no doubt that if he and Ran Min did not come, the Greeks would be able to hold out for more than three months under the attack of the Romans.

The wind was blowing strongly, Chen Qingzhi looked at the Greek soldiers guarding the border in front of him, shook his head, and went to Macedonia to defend and difficult to attack. But in the few passes he inspected, the Greek soldiers were all loose and sloppy, and they didn't look like half a warrior, "From now on, I will take over here, and you can go." Chen Qingzhi didn't want to keep these Greek soldiers in front of him, and these Greek soldiers were also willing to go to Macedonia. It was difficult to mobilize at all, so the only passes in Macedonia were garrisoned by Greeks from within the country, which was equivalent to distribution, and the soldiers who usually came here were old and weak peasants who had been forcibly conscripted. It is said that it is a soldier, but in fact it is far from it.

"Your Excellency. In this way, we have no troops left. Seeing Chen Qingzhi dismiss the Greek soldiers at the last pass, the accompanying Greek interpreter frowned, he didn't think that the Great Qin general he had been sent to follow would be able to make those who had gone to Macedonia obediently serve in the military and come to these passes to station.

"Are these soldiers?" Looking back at the Greek interpreter who was extremely accurate, Chen Qingzhi pointed to the Greek soldiers who didn't even have decent armor on their bodies, and said, "Do you think they can resist the attack of the Romans?" ”

The Greek interpreter was speechless by the question, of course he knew who the soldiers were, they were just a bunch of unlucky fellows, sent here, maybe the Romans only needed a charge, and they would have fled with their armor thrown away. "I hope you will let those who go to Macedonia know the seriousness of the matter!" In the end, the Greek interpreter could only mutter, praying in his heart that the lobbying with the Macedonians would be successful.

"Have you forgotten the grievances of the Macedonians and the Romans?" Looking at the Greek translator who didn't seem to be very optimistic about the next trip, Chen Qingzhi seemed to be a little dissatisfied, as an outsider, he knew the grievances between the Macedonians and the Romans, and the Romans conquered Greece by defeating the Macedonians.

"The Punic Wars, that was hundreds of years ago, and the current Macedonians are not the descendants of the Macedonian Empire." The Greek interpreter shook his head and said, when the Macedonians conquered Greece and established the Macedonian Empire, after Alexander's crusade, the country was pushed to the top, but unfortunately, after the death of Alexander himself, the huge empire was torn apart. As a true Greek, he did not like the Macedonians, because in their eyes the Macedonians were not Greeks, and now the Macedonians living in Upper Macedonia are even more inseparable from the Greeks.

Chen Qingzhi glanced at the Greek translator and didn't say anything more, the Greeks were very arrogant, they used to call all the peoples other than Greece barbarians, and now it's almost the same, except for Daqin, the Greeks think they are the most civilized country in the world, as for the Romans, they are just a group of shameful plagiarists, they say that the Greek civilization is their civilization, and they also tampered with the names of the gods of Olympus, which is simply a group of heinous blasphemers. If it were a normal time, Chen Qingzhi might have discussed the issue of civilization and country with the Greek interpreter, but for now, Chen Qingzhi only had one thing in mind, and that was to let the cavalry of the fierce people of Macedonia gather under his banner to block the imminent attack of the Romans.

There are many ethnic groups in Upper Macedonia, the big ones are tens of thousands, and the small ones are only a few hundred, although they all call themselves Macedonians, but their language and customs are not the same, fortunately, the nobles or the heads of the tribes among them will speak Latin, in the past Roman rule, Latin originated in the central region of the Apennine Peninsula has been widely spread, in the Upper Macedonian region, Greek and Latin are the lingua franca, and Latin has a slight upper hand, because in the past hundred years, The Greeks were not able to establish an effective rule in Upper Macedonia.

As a Confucian, Chen Qingzhi is not the kind of narrow-minded person who only takes Confucianism as orthodoxy inherited from the Han Dynasty, and the reason why he became a Confucian is because he believes that the real doctrine of Confucianism is not the truth that Confucius and Mencius said, but to absorb the strengths of other schools to improve himself, so he is called a Confucian, but in fact he also cultivates a hundred schools, and his attainments in military science and miscellaneous studies are higher than the understanding of Confucian classics, so he is obedient to how to make Macedonians obedient. He calculates his own way

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In Chen Qingzhi's opinion. The reason why the people of Upper Macedonia are not inferior is mainly related to the environment of their place of residence, compared with that of Lower Macedonia. Upper Macedonia was much more backward, life was much worse than that of the Lower Macedonians, and they were often regarded as barbarians, which made them have little affection for the Greeks, so they tended to raid the Lower Macedonian region often, if it were not for the fact that the Lower Macedonian region was rich enough. Coupled with the large population, it was able to rely on the defense of the city, while Upper Macedonia was a plate of scattered sand, and Lower Macedonia had long been conquered, just like the unification of the Macedonian Empire back then.

"My lord, I don't understand, why did we go to those small tribes first?" The Greek translator who followed Chen Qingzhi came from an aristocratic family in southern Greece, although he received an excellent education. But it is still regarded as not having suffered hardships, in his understanding, Chen Qingzhi does not go to those powerful tribes to persuade those barbarians, but to go to those small tribes in remote areas is really worth the loss.

"If you can't walk. I can let my subordinates carry you. He looked back at the Greek translator who was a little complaining, Chen Qingzhi. Then he continued on his way. The Greek interpreter looked at Chen Qingzhi, who was much thinner than he looked in front of him, gritted his teeth, and followed.

In the evening, they finally arrived at the destination of this trip, a tribe of about six hundred people, when Chen Qingzhi and the accompanying hundred tiger god army appeared on the periphery of this tribe, it didn't take long for more than a hundred young people to pour out of this tribe, the people in the front row were holding swords and shields, and the archers with open bows and arrows were aimed at them in the back.

Chen Qingzhi nodded, the Macedonians are worthy of being in a battle for a long time, and their reactions are very alert, as long as they can be disciplined and trained, they will be good soldiers. A long series of Latin voices rang out, and one of the strongest men among the young men shouted loudly, and he could feel that the black team that appeared outside his tribe was by no means idle, the soldiers were almost the same height, all black armor, and stood like a javelin, and the distance between each of them was exactly the same, even the most powerful tribe in Upper Macedonia did not have such an elite.

"What did he say?" Chen Qingzhi patted the somewhat hairy interpreter beside him, he had come to subdue these Macedonians instead of killing them, and if he couldn't communicate with them, things would get very bad.

"They asked us who we were, and if they weren't there to trouble them, they would have invited us for a drink." was photographed by Chen Qingyi, the Greek interpreter came back to his senses, he was a little incredulous that the Macedonians in front of him were good to speak, he didn't expect them to take the initiative to invite them, it was really a little incredible.

"Tell them who we are." Chen Qingzhi nodded at the Greek interpreter, and he could see that although these Macedonians were not inferior, they were not ignorant, which could be seen from the fact that they invited themselves to drink.

"Great Qin?" The stout man listened to the loud voice of the Greek interpreter, and was stunned for a long time before he realized that the black team in front of him was the soldiers of the most powerful empire in the world, no wonder it looked terrifying.

The strong man shouted loudly to the clansmen beside him, asking them to put away their shields and bows and arrows, for Daqin, they have a kind of awe, more than thirty years ago, the great war that swept across the entire Asia Minor region caused the Romans to defeat miserably, everyone who hated Rome knew that the Great Qin Legion was the most powerful army in the world, and no one could stop them.

Chen Qingzhi and they received the warmest welcome, the current Macedonians are basically nomadic people, not descendants of the Macedonian Empire, they just have some thin Macedonian blood, they once wanted to integrate into Lower Macedonia, but the arrogant Greeks rejected them, regarded them as barbarians, which made them quite dissatisfied, only to harass Macedonia every year, but their nature of worshipping the strong has never changed, and at the same time they still desire to become civilized people, get rid of the barbarian title; This is especially true for this small tribe. So at the dinner, when Chen Qingzhi proposed to recruit soldiers from their tribe, their patriarch, the stout man, agreed in one go, and in his opinion it was a good opportunity to rid the tribe of the barbarian title.

The Greek translator translated the dialogue between Chen Qingzhi and the patriarch whose name was blacksmith in Chinese, which meant blacksmith, and was quite pleasant, because Chen Qingzhi actually asked these barbarians if they were willing to become the subjects of Great Qin, and these barbarians really had good luck for ten lifetimes.

The blacksmith, though he looks stout, is capable of being the head of a clan. He's clearly not stupid. So when he heard what Chen Qingzhi said, his first reaction was to be strange, to become a citizen of the powerful empire of Great Qin. Almost most people yearn for the land, but he doesn't think that his people have such good luck, and this world does not give benefits to the land in vain.

"Tell him that the Tang State of Great Qin will conquer Rome and establish a country by the emperor's will. As a subordinate of Tang Guogong, I came here to recruit soldiers to resist the invasion of the Romans against you, and secondly, to recruit people who are willing to follow Tang Guogong. Chen Qingzhi saw that the blacksmith did not show joy, but kept a clear head, and couldn't help but glance at this Macedonian.

The Greek translator's eyes were almost wide, the general of Great Qin beside him shouldn't be talking nonsense, right? The conquest of Rome was simply insane, although more than thirty years ago, Great Qin defeated Rome to the ground. Push the hegemony to the top, but now that Great Qin is under the threat of the Huns, and the army of nearly a million is facing off against the Huns, where is there any spare strength to conquer Rome.

I saw the Greek interpreter's expression of disbelief. Chen Qingzhi frowned and said, "Don't tell him yet." Only then did the Greek translator come back to his senses and hurriedly translated. The blacksmith was also startled when he heard this, and finally stammered and asked who the Great Qin Tang Guogong was.

The Greek interpreter was asked by the blacksmith, and his heart was suddenly shocked, remembering that the justice of the Great Qin Tang Kingdom in Chen Qingzhi's mouth was the king of beasts who killed two fierce tigers empty-handed in the mouth of the merchants who came back from Great Qin, and was regarded as the most terrible demon god by the steppe people, killing more than a million people, and recently, Bandas XVII of Persia took out 50 million gold baht in order to prevent this terrible general from attacking them

If this terrible general had come to Europe in person, I am afraid that the Romans would perish, thinking of Leon's infinitely exaggerated deeds, the Greek interpreter couldn't help but shudder, and told the blacksmith the identity of this Tang Guogong, who was rumored to be as terrifying as a demon god in Europe.

The blacksmith was stunned on the spot, Li Ang's name is definitely the most terrifying legend in recent years, even if they are in the remote inland of Upper Macedonia, they have heard those merchants mention this terrifying Great Qin famous general, but what they heard is more like a myth, for most simple-minded Macedonians, Li Ang is almost as terrible as a god. Of course, the blacksmith doesn't believe that myths are facts, but one thing he can be sure of is that Li Ang is definitely a terrible general, and if he becomes a subject under his rule, he will definitely not suffer, and he also feels that Chen Qingzhi in front of him does not look like he is talking about it, so he decided to join the clan, anyway, at the moment, this is just lip service, and he will talk about it when the Tang Guogong comes.

Chen Qingzhi didn't plan to let the blacksmith and his people die in just one day, some things had to be done slowly, subtly, and with time to change. After staying overnight, Chen Qingzhi began to recruit large numbers of small tribes around him, centered on the blacksmith's tribe, and after playing the name of Li Ang, in just one month, he gathered more than 3,500 Macedonian cavalry, all from small and medium-sized tribes.

Chen Qingzhi's abacus is very fine, he knows very well that going directly to those big tribes with more than 10,000 people can indeed recruit enough cavalry in the shortest possible time, but he also has to pay much more price, and he may not be able to turn the cavalry of these big tribes into his own strength, like he is now, looking for those small tribes, although it is slower at the beginning, but it is better to be able to fully grasp it, with the intervention of the Tiger God Army, from a few hundred people at the beginning to more than 3,500 people now, All of them have been disrupted and reorganized, although they cannot be effectively trained in a short period of time, but compared to these Macedonian cavalry, who were originally undisciplined and only relied on brute bravery, under the constraints of the officers of the Tiger God Army, they already have some shadows of the army.

With 3,500 young cavalry and 1,000 Tiger Divine Army, Chen Qingzhi was sure to sweep any 10,000-strong tribe in Macedonia, you must know that these tribes did their best, and they could each get 4,000 cavalry, and many of them were old and weak, and they couldn't be compared with him at all.

With such an army as the foundation, it is much more convenient for Chen Qingzhi to talk to those big tribes, and for the Macedonian tribes who also believe in power, strength is the best language and means of communication. It was only at that time that the Greek translator who followed Chen Qingzhi understood Chen Qingzhi's true intentions.

Under the absolute strength of the suppression, several large tribes in Macedonia were broken by Chen Qingzhi, recruiting 1,500 to 2,000 young cavalry from their tribes, and then after he issued a recruitment order for the entire Macedonia, those small and medium-sized tribes sent their own young and strong people in, after screening, Chen Qingzhi left only 20,000 Macedonian cavalry, re-disrupted the order and organized according to the military system of Daqin, and based on the first 3,500 people, The outstanding ones were selected as fire commanders as officers, and cooperated with the Tiger God Army to train the cavalry of 20,000 people.

From before the beginning of spring to the completion of the recruitment of 20,000 cavalry, Chen Qingzhi took two months, and at this time the Roman legions basically completed the preparation for the expedition, but due to the rationing and transportation of materials, it had to be delayed for a month, thus giving Chen Qingzhi the most basic training for the 20,000 Macedonian cavalry.

As a nomadic background, the horsemanship and bows and arrows of the 20,000 Macedonian cavalry are quite passable, as for their close combat, in the eyes of the Tiger God Army, it can only be described as miserable, but fortunately, Chen Qingzhi did not intend to rely on them as the main force to resist the attack of the Romans head-on. He just wanted the 20,000 Macedonian cavalrymen to complete their training in discipline in a month and to be absolutely obedient to orders, and not just a rabble, as they had been, and they would rush up when they saw that it was profitable, and they would immediately disperse as soon as they encountered a strong enemy.

After half a month of training, Ran Min took his 30,000 Spartan heavy infantry and 6,000 Mo swordsmen to Macedonia, compared to Chen Qingzhi, he was much more lucky, after the re-independence of Greece, the Spartans resumed their traditions, the weak babies born would be thrown into the valley, only the strong ones remained, they learned how to fight from an early age, became Spartan warriors, they had strict discipline and organization, for Ran Min, he only had to impress these Spartan men, and send officers to tell them how the battle formation of Great Qin worked, can be directly pulled out to fight, if there is Daqin's heavy infantry equipment, these 30,000 Spartans and Daqin's heavy infantry corps are almost identical.

Now that Ran Min is here, Chen Qingzhi naturally also focuses on the upcoming war, the south of Greece has the combined navy of Daqin and Greece, plus the southern coastal city-states of Greece are well fortified, and equipped with ballistas and trebuchets and a large number of soldiers to defend the city, the problem is not big, as for Macedonia, located in the plateau and mountainous areas, the only few passes only need to be equipped with a small number of elites to be able to hold on, and the real focus is on the plains of Macedonia, The Roman navy was ready to deploy their legions along the coastline of Lower Macedonia, and this would be the main battlefield for them to compete with the Romans.

In this important battle related to the survival of Greece, but there are only a handful of Greek officers who can really participate in the actual situation, for Chen Qingzhi and Ran Min, those academic aristocratic officers in Greece are very good at speeches, and they are also good at inciting soldiers, but when it comes to real military issues, they are completely on paper, Chen Qingzhi and Ran Min naturally will not let them interfere in command for the sake of the face of these noble officers, resulting in the failure of the entire war situation, for which Chen Qingzhi set up a special general staff, He arranged the aristocratic officers who came to make military merit into it, and let them use their strengths in front of the sand table and the map, and as for the plan they submitted, he turned around and looked at it and threw it away.