Sun Jian frowned slightly, glanced at his eldest son, and said in a deep voice, "The military order we received was to rush to the destination before the appointed time. It's best if there are no enemy troops to stop you along the way, and if you are so competitive, don't you want to delay the military plane? ”

"Yes." The young Sun Ce hurriedly lowered his head and said, "The child knows. ”

"Hmm." Sun Jian nodded with satisfaction and redirected his gaze to the distant coastline. He said loudly: "It's not that these Great Qin people don't have a water division, it's just that they are afraid of our army's Xuanhe military might and dare not approach to fight." After a pause, he focused his eyes on his eldest son, and said in a serious voice, "In this world, personal martial arts play a small role in the real decisive battle. Only strong strength is the foundation of everything. Our Han is invincible in the world at this moment, you must learn the art of war in the future, don't think about playing and hunting all day long. Do you understand? ”

"Yes." Sun Ce responded with a respectful salute and said, "The child understands, and the child must follow his father's teachings." ”

"Hmm." Sun Jian nodded with satisfaction and refocused his gaze on the distant place where the sea and the sky met. He said softly, "Since they have already arrived here, it is not far from the place designated by Lord Taiwei, right?" ”

When Sun Jian's army slowly passed through the Bosphorus Strait and entered the shore of the Asia Minor Peninsula, the Han army, which had been waiting here, set off a roar of cheers.

"Lord Tai Wei!" The old and solemn Jia Xu's voice was also excited: "Our sailor has finally arrived!" ”

No wonder these people are so excited. After sweeping across the peninsula of Asia Minor, the huge Han army fell into a strange circle of invincibility. There were no more enemies on all sides that could be directly touched. Either the land they occupy or the natives who are subservient. If they wanted to continue the attack, the Romans had to cross the vast sea.

It was only at this time that the generals of the Han army understood how important the sailor was.

Like this narrow Dardanelles. The magnificent Byzantine city on the other side could be seen clearly, but the mighty army could not get through. The reason is very simple, a Roman sailor with no more than 100 small boats blocked the strait, and the suppressed Han army did not dare to cross the sea on a boat at all! I can only watch from the shore.

This kind of obviously occupies an absolute advantage. But the feeling of helplessness against an enemy that is close at hand is really terrible. And there's a huge threat to it. Those Romans could kill anywhere by sea. But the Han army could only passively pursue everywhere. Often, by the time the army arrived, the Romans had already burned and looted and then boarded the ship and left.

This was also a time when the enemy had fewer soldiers and fewer ships. Wouldn't it be more passive if the enemy's main army came over?

OK. All these worries and concerns disappeared with the arrival of Sun Jian's sailor.

"Good." Gao Yang nodded with satisfaction. With a huge naval division, the Roman Empire will lose its last support! Eastern Mediterranean. It can no longer stop the advance of the Han army!

"Everybody's ready." Gao Yang shouted loudly to all the generals beside him, "Three days! After three days' rest, we will attack with a large army and cross the sea to capture Byzantium! ”

The geographical location of Byzantium is so important that anyone who can read a map can know it. This is a choke point in the truest sense of the word. Stuck here is tantamount to occupying the junction of Europe and Asia, blocking the connection between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean. Whether by land or sea, it is the center of the whole of Eastern Europe.

The Strait Fleet, which belonged to the Thracian province of the Roman Empire, was completely destroyed by the huge Han naval division.

The strongest warship of the Age of Sails, built with modern industrial technology, is completely invincible here. Not to mention the powerful weapons that are equipped, even if it is only a comparison of size, the sturdy ships of the Han army and sailors can sink all the Roman warships with a collision!

After the strait was blocked, the desperate Roman Strait fleet launched a desperate charge against the Han naval division. It's a pity. Their ships are too small, they are too poorly equipped, and they are completely at an absolute disadvantage in numbers. Unexpectedly, they were all blown up by the Han army's sailors! This huge fleet, which has traveled tens of thousands of miles and created an unprecedented glorious voyage, still maintains a high standard of combat and strong morale. They are so powerful that they make their enemies desperate.

The Romans had already followed the satrap in Asia Minor before the main army of the Thracian province was wiped out. After losing the blockade of the fleet, the Han army that crossed the sea took Byzantium, an extremely important city, with little effort.

After occupying Byzantium, blocking the route of attack from the north. Gao Yang led the army on the warship of the Shangshui Division and sailed to the Greek Peninsula on the other side of the Aegean Sea!

Greece, the birthplace of Western civilization.

Ancient civilizations were born on this small peninsula, and the Greeks once set foot in all corners of the world. Before the Romans, they had swept all known lands. The most typical example is Alexander's expedition.

The ancient Greeks once created countless glories. Not much to say about those, philosophical, artistic. In terms of military affairs alone, the mighty Commonwealth of Ancient Greece had already won the Trojan War more than a thousand years ago in the mythological era. Burning the civilization of Asia Minor to the ground. They also defeated the mighty Persian Empire, dragging this huge empire across three continents to death.

The ancient Greek army was extremely strong, especially the world-famous Spartan warriors. Merely. All this glory is now a thing of the past.

When the Roman Empire rose, the collapse of the Greeks was unstoppable. When the whole of Greece was occupied, the cradle of Europe's oldest civilization was completely lost. Everything is gone, and only the ruins of the magnificent temples are still telling the world of their former glory and glory.

"Do you know the reason for the decline of the Greeks?" Outside the city of Athens, among the magnificent temples. Gao Yang raised his hand and gently stroked the stone pillar that condensed the traces of endless years, and asked softly.

"Isn't it because of the rise of the Romans?" Origin asked curiously.

"Huh." Gao Yang smiled and shook his head. Looking up at the magnificent temple built on a high mountain, he walked to the temple gate, and looked down at the magnificent city at the foot of the mountain, where there was still smoke in many places.

Gao Yang felt the sea breeze with a hint of coolness and fishy smell, and said, "When the Spartans occupied this city during the Peloponnesian War. The future of the Greeks was completely cut off. Even the Spartan warriors, who had muscles in their heads, only knew how to govern the country, and they did not know how to govern the country. to develop and inherit civilization. When the city of Athens, the only source of civilization in the Greek world, fell, the Greeks lost their civilization. We have entered the age of ignorance. ”

"You're saying that the decline of the Greeks was due to civil war?" Yuan asked softly.

Gao Yang smiled, stared at the city that had carried thousands of years of glorious history at the bottom of the mountain, and said with a smile, "With the passage of time, the unification of the various city-states in Greece is inevitable. But the unification of Greece by the Spartans was a disaster. In fact, the strength of the Greeks was really very strong, even comparable to Hannibal and Carthage at their peak. The civilization of Athens and the force of Sparta. If they could have been well integrated, there would have been nothing to do with the Romans. ”

"It's a shame." Yuan Dian said softly.

"There's nothing to be sorry for." Gao Yang shook his head and said with a smile, "Anyone is responsible for everything they have done. It's a choice of fate. The Greeks themselves chose this path, and they had to bear the consequences. It's a pity that this word doesn't exist. ”

"It's useless to talk about that now, is it?" The origin asked curiously, "Everything here is yours now." ”

Gao Yang looked up at this temple, which represented the glorious past of the Greeks, smiled, and said, "Everything in the world belongs to the victors. ”

The Romans encountered a similar situation in Greece as Egypt. After the Greeks, who had been enslaved for many years, saw how powerful the alien armies were from afar, the rebel forces in various places suddenly surged. The Greeks had been eager to free themselves from Roman rule for too long. The arrival of the Han Legion gave them the long-awaited hope!

Gao Yang's army was unequivocal, and after landing on the shores of Marathon, more than forty kilometers northeast of Athens, it quickly crushed the Roman legions stationed there. Then the army marched towards the city of Athens.

After a huge army surrounded the city of Athens, it carried out a fierce attack for three days. Heavy siege equipment such as catapults and bed crossbows were used to violently destroy the fortifications on the city walls. Of course, with the equipment of this era, many stones and other stones fell into the city of Athens.

Living in peace and tranquility for many years, the Athenians have long forgotten the cruelty of war. They feared the attack of such a large alien army, and feared that the entire city would be destroyed in the flames of war. As a result, after their persuasion failed, they launched a large-scale rebellion against the Roman garrison, which had been weakened after the defeat at Marathon.

The Athenians succeeded in seizing control of the city, capturing the Roman governor and the nobles. Subsequently, these Athenians opened the gates of the city and chose to surrender to Gaoyang.

Gao Yang successfully took over the slightly damaged city of Athens, and also agreed to the Athenians' request that they not plunder on a large scale.

The successful capture of the city of Athens was a seismic shock to the entire Greek peninsula. With the fall of the city of Athens and the fall of the main Roman garrison, Roman rule on the Greek peninsula quickly waned. Rebels are surging everywhere, and people are called kings almost every day.

For these careerists and fools who took advantage of the chaos, Gao Yang did not have the slightest sympathy. But he didn't choose to exterminate them immediately. When these people took the initiative to send the letter of submission, Gao Yang took it with a smile.

For Gao Yang, the most important enemy at this moment is still the powerful Romans. As for these small fish and shrimp, that was the matter of Cao Cao, the future governor of Western Europe. (To be continued)