Book II: The White Waves of the Western River, Section XIV, Rome

Rome, which has grown up in countless wars, has grown stronger in countless tribulations. Located at the intersection of Greek civilization, Phoenician civilization and Gallic civilization, ancient Rome gradually absorbed the advantages of various civilizations and developed into a unique ancient Roman culture.

Early Roman military technology completely imitated Greek city-states such as Sparta in Athens, so the original Roman army was also the domain of the Phalangists. However, in countless actual battles, especially in the battles with the Gauls, Rome, which was dominated by the Falangists, suffered a great loss, and Rome, which had grown wise and wise, gradually learned the military characteristics of the Gauls and Spaniards, and gradually separated from the Falangists in terms of weapons and equipment, forming its own military style. The Romans, who were good at learning, gradually eliminated other tribes and city-states on the Italian peninsula by virtue of their military and institutional superiority, and completed the unification of the entire Italian peninsula.

It was at this time that the vast Macedonian Empire was torn apart after the untimely death of Alexander the Great, giving Rome the perfect opportunity to expand. The tension between an expanding Rome and Carthage, another expanding power on the other side of the Mediterranean, intensified. The two powers could not stand side by side, so the conflict between Rome and the Carthaginians soon became white-hot, and there were three Punic wars in a hundred years. With the advantage of the Raven Bridge, the Romans, who were skilled in land warfare, defeated the traditional maritime power Carthage in naval battles.

And in the Second Hidden War, the outstanding performance of the famous Carthaginian general Hannibal also brought back a lot of face to Carthage. Climbing through the Alps, Hannibal, who ravaged the heart of Rome, once defeated the Romans, but the Romans eventually defeated the Carthaginians by virtue of their superiority in sea power. After the elimination of the Carthaginians, a powerful enemy, there was no country in the entire Mediterranean that could oppose Rome, so Rome quickly expanded with the advantage of the Mediterranean fleet, and soon turned the Mediterranean Sea into an inland lake for Rome.

Along with Caesar and Pompey, Crassus was one of the Triumvirate and was pleased with Caesar's successes in Gaul and Britain, so in order to expand his power, he set his sights on the Resting Empire to the east of his domain.

The Sabbatical Empire was founded by the Parthians, a nomadic people from the Caspian steppes of Central Asia. The Rest Empire was mainly located in the fertile valley of the Two Rivers and the Iranian Plateau. Similar to the later Mongols, Parthia, who were good at mounted archery, had both the nomadic people who were good at riding and archery and the civilized people.

The lone Roman army encountered a cavalry legion led by the Prince of Parthia in the endless wilderness. Although the Roman legions withstood the initial rain of arrows with tortoiseshell formations, after the supply lines were cut off, they were attacked by the Parthians with recurve bows.

After the rain of arrows exhausted the will and morale of the Romans and broke the Roman formation, the onslaught of the Parthian ironclad cavalry finally ravaged the Roman legions. In the end, the Roman legions were completely destroyed, and they were either killed or captured. Like the large number of Soviet troops captured by the Germans during World War II, the captured Roman soldiers were sent by the Reich to guard the border. However, Soviet prisoners of war were guarding the Atlantic defense line, including Normandy, and these Roman soldiers were used as border guards in the eastern part of the Rest Empire.

Homesick Roman soldiers fled eastward, and a few of them became mercenaries of the Huns in Central Asia. In that thousand-mile attack of "those who dare to offend strong men, although they are far away, they will be punished", Chen Tang, the deputy captain of the Western Regions, captured and beheaded the Xiongnu Zhizhi Danyu, and hundreds of Roman soldiers were not killed in the battle, but were captured. Later, the Han Dynasty moved the captured Huns to the interior, and there should be the ancestor of this strong man. As for the legendary First Legion that the strong man said about the eastward breakthrough in the Battle of Calle, it is a joke, not to mention whether the Romans on foot can escape the pursuit of the Parthians, who are known for their cavalry, even if they break through to the east without food and grass supply. If this strong man's logic is true, the besieged German army at Stalingrad during World War II should have several divisions to break through to the east and from Siberia to China. The so-called remnants of the 1st Army to the east - the breakthrough was nothing more than a strong man to avoid his ancestors.

Zhao Hong estimates that the ancient Roman ancestors of this strong man eventually migrated to Liangzhou with the Huns who migrated inward, and finally settled in this village in Shangai County.

When you have good luck, you can't stop it, a small village can pick up treasures, it seems that you will laugh in your dreams tonight! Zhao Hong's face couldn't help but have a slight smile.

For the people of the Han Dynasty in this era, the Great Qin State is a strange and distant country in the West, perhaps in their eyes, the Great Qin State is not as familiar as Kangju, Great Xia, and Rest in peace, and they don't know how good the Great Qin State is. However, Zhao Hong, who came from the Internet era, often saw "ancient Rome" when he visited the forum in his previous life, and the martial arts of ancient Rome were exciting to think about, and the military technology was very different from other warlords who followed the Han Dynasty in the Three Kingdoms era in the future.

As the last empire of the classical era in Europe, if the Han Dynasty and Rome were at war at the same time, who would be the best in terms of military tactics? This question of Guan Gong vs. Qin Qiong has provided an excellent topic for the YY of countless forum post bar netizens. The topic of YY in his previous life was able to have the opportunity to practice it himself, and Zhao Hong couldn't help but be overjoyed when he thought of this, and began to be secretly proud.

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Another dancing dragon poured out of the burning village, followed by the sound of countless horses' hooves. It turned out that the remaining cavalry in the village, after burning, killing and looting, also rushed to the bottom of the hill with torches to join the cavalry watching. At this time, the new enemy cavalry under the hill plus the dozens of people who were originally responsible for monitoring the hill, it is now estimated that there are nearly a hundred enemy cavalry, and they circle around the hill where Zhao Hong is located. These enemy cavalry were all around the hills, and they did not enclose the hills tightly, but rather sparsely. For the cavalry, these Zhao Hong, people without horses, can't run anywhere, and if they can fight on the plains, they can't ask for it, so they are not worried about Zhao Hong's tribal alliance breaking through.

The cavalry seemed to be more leisurely, and around which piles of bonfires were lit at the lower end of the hills, and the cavalry sat on the ground and began to feast on the various delicious food they had just obtained from the village. The smell molecules in the food spread with the movement of the air and the Brownian motion, and people who had been hungry all night couldn't help but start drooling when they smelled the scent. There was still some food left over from the bullock cart.

"Let's eat those cakes!" Zhao Hong, who had already thought about it, said to all the people in the team. People who are well fed have the strength and morale to be high, and they are more likely to survive in today's situation. If you are careful at this time and can't resist these unidentified cavalry, the food will naturally be the enemy's spoils. If you don't even have your life, what are you talking about saving?

Then, upon hearing the leader's order, all the people in the team began to nibble on the cakes, and soon wiped out the deeply processed dry food.

After the two sides finished their meals, the two sides fell silent for a while in the dark night, and the confrontation began. Who did not take the initiative to attack. Zhao Hong estimated that the main reason why these cavalry did not attack was that they felt that they were elite, and they obviously suffered a big loss in the situation of night fighting. However, your own team is even more powerless to take the initiative to attack, so the most important thing is to recuperate.

Zhao Hong looked at the people around him, everyone who had been busy for most of the night was a little tired, and his face was full of sleep. Since there will be no fighting for the time being, the importance of maintaining energy is obvious, but it also needs to be sentry, otherwise napping in front of a strong enemy is no different from suicide. Who is better suited for tonight's vigilance?

Zhao Hong made a calculation in his heart, Cao Peng, who was the first to ascend last night, must be full of resentment now, and he naturally wants to take a rest: Liu Songmo is a little lacking in courage every time, in case the enemy sneaks up, the soles of his feet are oiled---- that is to let his head move; Li Yong's heart is too straight, and he doesn't have so many fancy intestines, so he may not be able to detect the enemy's abnormal movements; Dong Zheng is new, and reliability is a problem, so he has to inspect and use it, so in the final analysis, the younger brother is more at ease. Zhao Hong, who had been thinking about it for a while, looked at the five chiefs who were waiting for the task.

"Wang Ming, you are responsible for guarding the enemy with a bow and arrow. Others began to rest. Wait until dawn to begin the rotation of vigilance. ”

After giving the order, Zhao Hong, who had not slept all night, was a little tired, so he found a relatively flat and clean ground and covered it with a piece of felt brought from Baoji Village. Then he fell asleep on the rock.

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In the haze, Zhao Hong, who has been worrying about his mind subconsciously, has been in a state of sleep. Suddenly, his heart suddenly tightened, what is the situation now? Then Zhao Hong subconsciously sat up from the felt. Zhao Hong, who was not awake for a while, only felt that his eyes were blurry, and he could barely see pieces of flickering light and shadow, and then these scattered lights gathered together in Zhao Hong's pupils, and the outline of the boundary gradually became clear......

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By the way, spit on the words of harmony. There's a forbidden word in today's chapter to the east-breakout, and it's not allowed to break out to the east, which really makes me laugh.