The Romans felt that they had been neglected...... no, it was no longer neglect, it was a treatment that could almost be called contempt. This made them feel sincerely unaccustomed, and there was also a kind of ...... above that they did not understand the etiquette of the empire How to put it, it should come from the superiority of civilization.

Yes, it's superiority! The thinking of the Romans was very simple, they believed that the strong should respect the strong, not only because the other party was strong, but also because those who did not know how to respect the strong would eventually perish because of their arrogance.

Although the Roman Republic had rivals in the Mediterranean, the Romans did not think that those enemies could stop their expansion, and even Carthage, which showed great military power, was only a slightly larger stumbling block to the Romans.

At this stage, the Roman Republic is removing Carthage as a stumbling block, and with the gradual success of the strategy of wielding the stick of money, the Romans have gradually isolated the Carthaginians, believing that they will soon eliminate the Carthaginian threat to Rome, even if this war cannot really solve the Carthaginian blockade of Rome's expansion, the next time Rome will inevitably solve Carthage completely.

It was a mentality of rising up, rising up, and rising again that made the Romans not only focused on their inner will, but also constantly exercised their muscles in their bodies, believing that they would inevitably become the strongest, but before they really stepped on the throne of the strongest, they knew from the Persians and Greeks that there was already a country that was already invincible in the East.

In Kirusrivi. Luce. Scipio. In the eyes of Calvers and other Romans, the Eastern Han Empire obviously did not know how to respect the strong, and they somewhat understood why the people of the Eastern Han Empire were like this, it was nothing more than that no one could compete with them.

"Indeed, Parthia and Bactria have been trying to know more, and they have been observing for almost three years, except for the Han Empire in the East, there was a nomadic people called the Xiongnu who threatened the Han Empire, but ...... "Kiruslivi. Luce. Scipio. Calfus shook his horsewhip and said in a tone that did not fluctuate, "The Xiongnu have succumbed, and they are at war with an alliance of nomads called Donghu under the drive of the Han Empire. ”

Ulilius's eyes were staring back and forth to the left and right, and on both sides were the cavalry of the Han Empire who were responsible for protecting them on their way to the Western Regions, which was not too many, that is, five hundred knights.

It was precisely the Imperial knights who were in charge of protecting the Roman legations that there were a little less. Luce. Scipio. Calvers and other Romans felt that they were not being treated with the respect they deserved. Not only did they not feel respected, but they also saw one thing from the knights who were responsible for protecting them, that is, the knights of the Han Empire, as the soldiers of a hegemonic country, were constantly unleashing a kind of domineering. It's the kind of thing that doesn't think about other races at all, and it's a kind of ...... that plays from the heart to the gesture How to put it, it probably doesn't matter, no matter who you feel indifferent to.

The Romans had already seen a large Han army to the west of Kangju, the knights...... The so-called "large-scale" is also in the eyes of the Romans, after all, the troops led by Yu Fanjun and Feng Zheng are only the vanguard, also called the vanguard, and the number is only nearly 15,000 combined. However, the Roman Republic now consisted of thirteen legions, ranging from 20,000 to 30,000 each, which was quite a lot to them.

Those armies that have been seen by the Romans, according to Ulilius, those armies of the Han Empire must not be underestimated, no matter how you look at them, they are all battle-hardened, especially the troops of the Qin Kingdom, which are obviously composed of some soldiers with good combat skills.

By the way, although the Romans paid attention to the coordination of the army, the upper nobility paid more attention to the level of personal force. According to the emerging view, the Romans considered a soldier with good combat skills to be clearly an elite one.

Those who were regarded as elite soldiers by the Romans were actually a relatively elite group of people, who retired from various units and became mercenaries and then were hired by Feng Zai.

"They had twenty standing legions, each with fifty thousand warriors." Ulilius took a deep breath and said, "Even if the soldiers of those legions have the ones we have seen, they are sixty percent powerful, and it is only natural for the Eastern Empire to show domineering. ”

The so-called "those" by Ulilius refers to the regular army of the empire led by Yu Fanjun.

I have to tell the truth, when training soldiers, the empire never pays attention to teaching more combat skills, but only teaches three or two tricks, and then repeatedly emphasizes the obedience to military orders, and then repeatedly exercises on the battle array. Therefore, if the Imperial soldiers did not form a battle formation, they would look more powerful, and they would not be able to see how powerful they were.

"That's right!" Ki Bru Wei. Luce. Scipio. Calvers' tone was unprecedentedly serious: "I found that the people of this Eastern Empire, their general height is basically higher than ours!" ”

Indeed, now in addition to those savages who drill forests in Northern Europe and the Chinese land in the East, the races of Central Asia, Europa, and Africa are really generally shorter, such as the average height of the Romans is basically 1.6 meters, and more than 1.8 meters is already regarded as tall.

"They rarely have people under one meter eight!" Ullius had already discovered this problem, and his face was full of seriousness: "They have powerful flesh! We also found a detail that they were generally literate and able to write family letters by hand. ”

It was the night of the barracks, because there were troops to return to the Western Regions, Yu Fanjun and Feng Zheng both informed the soldiers that they could write letters, it was a night when almost everyone was writing letters, and the Romans were very frightened at that time.

Literacy is equal to mastering a certain amount of knowledge, the Romans know very well what it means to master knowledge, that is civilization, is the embodiment of progress, even in Rome, knowledge is still in the hands of a few, many nobles are unable to write their own letters, but they saw a group of soldiers in the far east who can write letters on their own, so that they suffered a huge visual and spiritual impact.

"Yes! A soldier who was able to write letters from home with his own hands...... "Kiruslivi. Luce. Scipio. Calvers didn't even know what kind of expression to use. He seemed to be muttering, "I am becoming more and more interested in the Han Empire in the East. ”

Ullius was saying, "It's good they're far enough away from us, aren't they?" ”

"Yes!" Ki Bru Wei. Luce. Scipio. Calvers looked up at Ulilius, "They're far enough away from us. According to the Persians and those of Greek origin, they also did not show signs of continuing westward expansion for the time being? ”

The Romans did not fully believe the information provided by Parthia and Bactria, otherwise there would not have been Kiruslivi. Luce. Scipio. Culvers took the lead in the matter of the envoy.

Even, Kirusrivi. Luce. Scipio. Even though Calphus and Ulilius had seen so much, they still didn't believe what they saw. Because many times what you see with your own eyes may be someone else's disguise, maybe the army that appeared in the Western Regions is the most elite army of the Eastern Han Empire, maybe those so-called soldiers who write letters to their families are deliberately concentrated, or pretend to be writing letters, after all, they can't read the words of the Eastern Han Empire.

Thinking so, Keresrivi. Luce. Scipio. Calvers couldn't help but look at the knights on the horses carrying the so-called family letters, and he really wanted to see how long the other party could "pretend".

The Romans did not know that the Romans were walking along a large swampy plain with almost no water on the way to the Western Regions, and they soon ran into a problem.

"Water, you know? Water! ”

Ki Bru Wei. Luce. Scipio. Naturally, Calphus would not go to ask for water from the soldiers of the Han Empire in the East, and he went to a Roman warrior.

Now the Roman warrior was waiting for him to bring the kettle and twist it and pour it on the ground, but the empty kettle naturally failed to drip water.

Ki Bru Wei. Luce. Scipio. Calphus and Ulilius watched quietly, knowing very well that the army often had to face not only the threat from the enemy, but also the environmental tests, such as how to find water in a place where there was no one.

But what happened next made Kirusri Vivi. Luce. Scipio. Calvers and Ulilius began to wonder if they had seen something wrong.

The Romans had long wondered why the Han Empire in the East would carry at least ten carriages that looked like round iron buckets, and they had wanted to go over to see what the very large iron buckets were, and some had guessed that they should be filled with water, but they really didn't find that the iron buckets had holes that could produce water.

When the Romans saw that the knights of the Han Empire in the East were just twisting a device and filling up the water bags, their heads were basically full of question marks.

"It's ...... Valve? "Kirusrivi. Luce. Scipio. Calvers looked hard at the small device, then at the large iron bucket, and said in a tone full of confusion: "Could it be that the Eastern Han Empire relied on such a product to maintain the water supply of a huge army in areas where there is no water source?" ”

Don't blame Kerus Srivi. Luce. Scipio. Calvers, because it seems to anyone that this way is really clumsy, and if it is this way, how many iron buckets should be made for water?

A Sima, as if he understood what the Romans were asking, said in a nonchalant tone: "How can it be maintained?" That's how it is maintained. ”

Ki Bru Wei. Luce. Scipio. Calvers was stunned for a moment and said, "So how many buckets do you use?" ”

"Use as much as you want." The other Sima glanced at Ji Ru Si Wei with a ridiculous expression. Luce. Scipio. Calvers, urging his companion to get ready to get back on the road, said to his companion, "Are these Romans so frightened?" ”

Ki Bru Wei. Luce. Scipio. Why wasn't Calvers shocked, he really didn't understand!

Well, in fact, other Sima just thought it was funny, and then deliberately misled with wrong information, the empire is able to make enough iron buckets to hold water, but really no large number of troops will carry a large number of water-filled carriages after they need to carry the necessary supplies, and it is better to re-plan the march route and go where water can be fetched.

With a dazed and inexplicable bewilderment, Ki Rusri Wei. Luce. Scipio. Along the way, Calphus and other Romans tried to communicate with the knights of the Han Empire in the East, and they had too many questions.

After a week, they began to encounter the natives of the Western Regions on the way, and the Romans noticed a new situation, and the Western Regions who appeared either avoided their group from afar, or would stop on the side of the road and wait for them to let out cheers as they passed.

The resurgence of the two very different sides gave rise to the cause of the Kiruth Srivi. Luce. Scipio. The curiosity of the Romans such as Calphus and others, they had even seen more than once, that is, the people of the Western Regions would respectfully offer some items to the cavalry of the Han Empire in the East, mostly some food or something, and also some women who offered it.

"Basically we don't eat their food." Sima Zhangkai had been walking with the Romans for a week, and had begun to be somewhat happy to chat with the Romans. He was bewildered by the fact that he was bewildered by the fact that he was striking. Luce. Scipio. Calvers said: "The people of the Western Regions are very complex, they have countless different tribes and races, and they basically look the same, and God knows whether the natives of the Western Regions who give food are kind or malicious. ”

Ki Bru Wei. Luce. Scipio. Calvers laughed a few times, he grasped a key point, the Eastern Han Empire did not trust the people of the Western Regions, and the Eastern Han Empire had not yet fully controlled the Western Regions.

The Imperial troops in the Western Regions were not nervous about the vigilance of the natives of the Western Regions, and the early garrisons of the Empire in the Western Regions were confident that the natives of the Western Regions would not dare to disrespect them, but they were obviously confident that they were in the wrong direction.

Just like Zhang Kai said, there are too many forces in the Western Regions, and there is almost no big difference in appearance, some natives of the Western Regions just used their hands and feet in food, killed the imperial soldiers who trusted them, and when the empire wanted to pursue it, it was difficult to arrest them.

In the beginning, the empire directly drew a circle, surrounded the area where the imperial soldiers died, killed a certain percentage of the people in the Western Regions, and captured some as slaves. This brutal method has a deterrent effect, but because of its simplicity and rudeness, it also makes the natives of the Western Regions who originally had a good impression of the empire turn hostile.

At present, the empire does not have a plan to invade the Western Regions on a large scale, and the strategy adopted is to pull a group of people in the Western Regions to fight a group and deter a group. After all, if the empire wants to develop its internal affairs, it is really very lacking in labor! (To be continued.) )