Chapter 175: Five Years of Peace
A month later, Cao Cao, who was in the Rest Empire, sent someone to send back the news. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
The invasion of the Roman Empire, which was supposed to take place in 197, took place earlier due to the opening of the Silk Road. The Roman Emperor Septimius Severus, who had taken possession of the Silk Road and launched an invasion.
The Rest Empire had come to an end, and the country's military strength had declined a lot compared to the early days of its founding, and it was defeated in the face of Roman invasions. Seeing that the other side began to plunder on the plains of Mesopotamia, the king of the Rest Empire, Vologis V, was also helpless.
At least it should have been, according to the original time and space history, the war that took place in 197 AD lasted for a year. It was not until 198 that Rome retreated, and although it failed to capture the military town of Hatra, it also looted the area.
This time, Cao Cao took 5,000 Han troops to carry out friendly diplomacy with the Anxi Empire, and after truly seeing the combat effectiveness of the Han people, the Anxi Empire applied for employment, hoping to hire Cao Cao's 5,000 troops to help them lower than the Roman invasion.
I am actually not familiar with Rome Cao Cao, but after checking the map, I suddenly realized that this Rome is actually Daqin. As they moved further west, language barriers became a serious problem.
At this stage, they hired a man from Kangjuguo, who could speak Chinese and Kangjuguo; At the same time, he hired a native who knew and spoke the Chinese language of Kangju in the country of rest. In the end, the translation needs were met by translating the words of King Anxi into the words of Kangjuguo and then into Chinese, which was very complicated and error-prone.
Fortunately, in China, a group of young students have been sent over to study the words of the State of Anxi, and even the Great Qin State, and then stay here to engage in diplomacy as diplomats.
By the time the news was sent back home, Cao Cao had already agreed to Vologis V's request for employment and began to fight the Roman Empire, which he won in the shortest possible time. The Roman phalanx did have its advantages, but in the face of advanced repeaters, it pale in comparison.
In fact, the mainstream of Rome in these years was also bronze, and there were not too many iron tools. Even the armor and shields are mostly leather shields or shields inlaid with some thick iron, basically within a hundred meters, the strong crossbows of the Han Empire can directly penetrate them and shoot the soldiers behind the shields.
Two volleys are still needed, and the opponent's formation is completely confused, and then the heavy cavalry will carry out a surprise attack, which will directly break up the opponent's formation. Finally, it ended with infantry, and usually by this time, the Roman soldiers had been completely defeated, so the foot soldiers became a prisoner team.
The strength of the Han Empire also made Vologis V feel afraid, but the two sides were too far apart and there was no actual territorial dispute itself, so it was natural that they could have a good exchange and promote the friendship between the two countries.
When he received news from Cao Cao on his own soil, he had actually sent back a second report at the same time, and at the same time sent back to China the draft of the friendship agreement signed with the Anxi Empire. At that time, I am afraid that Liu Wei will have to come over in person, or choose a neutral place to negotiate, and finally the two sides will stamp the national seal and complete the agreement.
"It turns out that we are about to come into contact with the Great Qin Empire before we know it?" Liu Wei looked at the first report sent back by Cao Cao, and couldn't help muttering with interest.
According to someone's message, the Qing Empire was the most prosperous place in the West and the center of Western civilization.
The world map is no longer a strange thing, and with the discovery of the Wa Kingdom and the Ryukyus, many people have come to understand that this map is only true.
Even the round place of the sky that was proposed a long time ago has naturally been overthrown, and more people have realized that the earth where everyone is standing is only afraid that it is a sphere, as for why the people in the south did not fall out, no one has been able to understand it, but there is a study.
Since Daqin exists, then the Arab world and Africa naturally exist, and even in the far east, I am afraid that there really is a vast land, not to mention the north of Dahan, it seems that it is also a vast land!
This discovery made Liu Wei a little excited, after all, with the current technical conditions of the Han Dynasty, even if it is far north, even if it is cold in winter, he can always find a way to survive. Potatoes and ondols are both good things, the former is highly productive and does not require much fertility of the land, and the latter allows people to live in cold places.
TOEFL, Xiliang or the original Xiongnu Hetao Plain, now many people like to hide on the kang in winter, and nothing is easy to get off the kang. At the same time, a lot of coal is imported in Bingzhou for heating, which can be warm all winter, and the elderly and children do not have to worry about waking up.
If enough, children are also responsible for the future of a country, and the huge population base brings more prosperity to the country.
"I just don't know what Daqin looks like...... It's a pity that I can't leave the national capital......" Liu Wei is very curious about the distant Western world, and wants to see those so-called exotic customs. But at the same time, he shook his head helplessly, the mainland of China has not yet been unified, as the orthodox emperor of the Han Dynasty, how can he leave easily?
Of course, it is a bit reluctant to say that it is orthodox, after all, I don't know when it started, and the jade seal of the Han Dynasty disappeared. This jade seal has a special significance, it symbolizes that the Han Dynasty inherited from the pre-Qin and is the orthodox heir. But now that this jade seal is missing, it can't be said that it is not, but it is more or less regrettable.
Liu Wei and even Liu Xie didn't try to find it, but unfortunately they didn't find it. Many people say that it may have been destroyed by the turmoil during Yuan Shao's entry into the palace in the past, and some people say that it was hidden after being brought into Chang'an by Dong Zhuo. It's a pity that so far, no one has really seen the appearance of the jade seal of the country.
Cao Hong's side should have sent back the news ten days later, but unexpectedly, it was not from the Western Regions, but from Bashu. is even on the path of the intelligence department, of course, it is not the soul of the Han Dynasty, and only Liu Wei can mobilize that organization.
This information is actually just four words: 'I'm back', but the meaning of this information shocked the civil and military ministers of the Han Empire, just because it was undoubtedly telling everyone that the southeast of India could indeed lead to the southern part of China. At this moment, Cao Hong directly opened up a passage and arrived in the Nanzhong region.
Later, he may return to Bashu from the Nanzhong region, and then return to Chang'an. Many people want to hear what he saw and heard from the south of Dawan Kingdom. In an era where there is little entertainment, listening to stories from foreign countries also seems to be a good pastime. Of course, this is also related to the attitude of the Han Empire towards the Indian region.
At the same time, after losing the coastline, the Republic of Dahan did not fight back. After all, the enemy is directly at sea, even if he kills with hundreds of thousands of troops, and the other party directly escapes into the sea to carry out artillery bombardment, then they can only stare dryly on the shore.
The sea has been completely blocked by the Huaxia Republic, and this is already a foregone conclusion. Since this is the case, Liu Xie can only acquiesce to this result, and secretly lick his wounds, looking forward to the day when he will fight back.
At this moment, the slave hunting team has gone deep into the Mongolian steppe, and at the same time, it has also brought back Mongolian horses with extremely high endurance. At first, they didn't have much interest in this dwarf warhorse, but as they discovered that this warhorse was not only able to adapt to very extreme environments, but also had excellent endurance.
So this kind of war horse was also brought back, systematically cultivated, and even crossbred as needed.
At the same time, steppe cities began to be established, and trade with the steppe and control over the steppe became stronger. In the final analysis, what the grassland people rely on is a ruthless force that is not afraid of death, as well as tactics that come and go like the wind.
But as the grassland began to be included in the sphere of influence of the Han Republic, and at the same time, the cavalry of the Han Dynasty began to become stronger, so the backward production capacity of the grassland people was completely exposed. The bony arrows couldn't even penetrate the armor of the Han cavalry, and the thickened leather armor couldn't resist the shots of the strong bow and crossbow, let alone the powerful existence of the repeater.
A large number of Zhuge repeaters were also placed in the strongholds of the grassland, which could shoot more than 500 arrows in an instant, and more than 10 repeaters could directly carry out covering shots.
The reason why the grassland peoples of this era are terrible may be that the technology of the two sides is not much different, but to say ruthlessness and blood, the grassland peoples are far better than the farming Han peoples, but as long as they are more ruthless than them, they can always defeat each other.
It's just that with the improvement of science and technology, the gap in combat effectiveness between the two sides has opened up to an unbelievable situation. In this case, powerful weapons directly fill in the bloody problem, sometimes only need to pick the trigger, and then there is a loss of life, once like a tiger and a hungry wolf, but now like a group of moving targets......
Gongsun Zhan, who was in charge of the northern attack, couldn't help but sigh.
A large amount of effort also means that the number of test subjects has increased, and Zhang Yan's control over the properties of fierce drugs has been further strengthened. The side benefit is that the number of slaves traded in the south has also increased a lot, most of them are secretly traded, and are directly used as test subjects. In terms of pharmacology, Hua Tuo is stronger than Zhang Yan, a half-hanger, and has taken a lot of detours, but also caused a lot of killings.
The three countries are all saving strength, developing silently, and even don't mind communicating with each other and trading on an equal footing. The whole of China was peaceful, as if the previous war had not happened at all.
Bao Xiang, who lived in Taoyuan City, was arrested, and at the time of his arrest, he was also a well-known rice product king in Taoyuan City. There are a large number of factories and a large number of workers, so this arrest is not without rumors, saying that the Republic of China wants to slaughter fat sheep.
In the end, the result announced to the public was the crime of espionage, and Bao Xiang was a spy who was developed into the Han Soul Organization from a very early age. This is the most terrifying thing, because in the systematic identification, he is actually a devout believer of Li Yu.
What kind of training does it take to be able to become a supporter of others and act as a spy for other countries? If in the past, those unpopular spies Li Yu could even see at a glance, a month ago he even let all the county orders enter the county office, and then found a few people through the system who didn't even exist followers, and finally found out that they were all spies.
But Bao Xiang, or more existences like Bao Xiang, remained, which made him feel terrible. What kind of existence is this Han soul, and how can people do this?!
Bao Xiang's shop is not far from the city government, and many people are used to buying something from him after work. It's no wonder that there is always government intelligence leaked out, if there are no special channels, I am afraid that I don't know that Bao Xiang, who is so honest and honest, and loyal to his own existence, is actually a die-hard spy of other countries......
For espionage, Bao Xiang is naturally outspoken, and his admiration for Li Yu disappeared almost instantly, as if he never knew who Li Yu was.
After all, this almost means that the so-called cronies around him may not be real cronies. It's a terrible feeling, very bad. Even the existence of a devout person can become a spy for the enemy country, and even the moment he is captured, his attitude can be quickly reversed......
"Continue to strengthen the connection with special channels, similar to this is also a very deep hidden existence, must be completely eliminated!" Li Yu called Yuan Chang over and said solemnly.
"Whoa!" As the acting minister of the Ministry of the Interior, Yuan Chang is naturally also responsible. Over the years, he didn't know what kind of education he had received from Momen, just like Li Yu's minions, in addition to being loyal to Li Yu, he didn't even smile at others.
Or maybe this is his way of self-preservation. The Ministry of the Interior is like the Jinyiwei of the Ming Dynasty, as the head of the Jinyiwei, if even the emperor is not loyal, then there is no need for the Jinyiwei to exist.
In the time that followed, through the line of Bao Xiang, more than a dozen members of the Han Soul Organization were directly dug up, and three of them were deputies to the National People's Congress, which can be said to be how funny. I had just been discussing national affairs with everyone, but when I turned around, someone directly passed on the content of the discussion to a foreign country......
Fortunately, there is nothing private about the content of the discussion, otherwise it would be too dangerous!
The territory of the Huaxia Republic has also expanded a lot, excluding Wuling and Nanjun, most of the prefectures and counties in Jingzhou are already under the rule of the Huaxia Republic, not to mention Jiaozhou in the south; Through special channels, Li Yu even knew about the Southern Silk Road plan of the Han Empire, but he would not take action immediately.
He is waiting, waiting for the path to be opened, and then he will take this delicious fruit into his pocket!
In this way, the three countries temporarily maintained a certain degree of peace, and it lasted for a full five years...... (To be continued.) )