At the end of September of the 14th year of Hongwu, three months after Wen Qiao left the Arabian Peninsula, with the assistance of the military instructors of the Great Jin Dynasty, the First Army of the Himyar Arab Coalition Army was established in the capital city of Caifar.

According to the relevant agreement signed between Ximuyar and the Great Jin, the training and weapons and equipment of the "First Army" were all in charge of the Great Jin, with a total of 10,000 troops, including 3,000 light cavalry and 7,000 musketeers. The people of Himrayar had high hopes for this force, and they pinned all their hopes on it for the unification of the Arabian Peninsula.

On the day the "First Army" was proclaimed, its vanguard marched into the northern defense line of Himyar, replacing the tribal soldiers who had previously been there, and taking charge of the security of the entire northern defense line.

Although the combat effectiveness of this unit is not ideal, after all, they have only conducted military training for a short period of three months, which is far from reaching the standard of the Xiang army, and it is also much different from the soldiers of the Great Jin Dynasty. However, it is more than enough to deal with the tribal soldiers on the Arabian Peninsula who are backward in equipment and tactics.

Not to mention the symbolism of this force, which marked the complete fall of the southern forces of the peninsula led by Himrayar to the Great Jin Empire, which in the eyes of many was the first step of the Great Jin Empire's expansion to the west, and also a test of the Great Jin Empire to the Romans and Persians.

In fact, before that, the king of Himyar, Shemer, had razed the entire southern Arabian Peninsula in one fell swoop with the help of the 'escort' troops in the Great Jin Guild. After consolidating the southern forces of the Arabian Peninsula, Shemmel set his sights on the northern region, even if the Romans did not agree to the excavation of the Suez Canal. He was able to snatch it up and dig it himself.

However, it was only when this force came out that the "Arab world policy" of the Great Jin Empire finally surfaced. Although as early as the end of the World War, many Roman military strategists speculated that when the Great Jin Dynasty expanded westward and encountered Persian obstruction, they would definitely find another way, among which the large Arabs, who were large but in chaos and division, became the best breakthrough for the Great Jin.

Many Western military strategists claim that the Great Jin Dynasty helped the Arab world move towards unification, and it was absolutely not intended to support a powerful Arab state, because it was not in the fundamental interests of the Great Jin Empire, and the purpose of doing so was only to contain Rome and Persia from the other side.

Once the Arabs rose. The Persian Empire will face threats from three directions. In this case, Persia may have no other way out than to bow to the Great Jin. Once the Great Jin Empire became the hegemon of the Middle East, then the interests of the Roman Empire in the East would inevitably suffer a heavy blow!

If the purpose of the Great Jin Empire is only this, I am afraid there is no need to go to such great lengths, he can completely deter Persia by force. Although a little risky. But it's not impossible. You must know that the Great Jin still has a very important trump card in his hands - Hormizd III.

Now, judging from the actions of the Great Jin, they are obviously harboring evil intentions, and their plans are very big! No one can deny that after reunification, Arab Arabia will inevitably occupy a very important position in this world. This can be seen in the history of later generations. After the unification of Arabia, Persia was definitely the most affected, followed by the Romans.

With such a powerful spoiler, the Western world will inevitably make a fuss about it, and the Great Jin Empire in the East can completely sit on the sidelines and become the object of competition from all sides.

For the Great Jin Empire, having such an ally as Arabia in the Middle East can completely get rid of the Persians' clamping on the Great Jin Dynasty and develop its own power in the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula without worrying about the Persians turning their faces. Of course, the unification of Arabia was not simple, but fortunately, the Himyar kingdom was at its peak at this time, and as long as the Great Jin Dynasty allocated a little bit of its strength, it would expand rapidly.

Judging from the actual situation in the Arab world, only by starting from the military point of view can we truly achieve reunification. At this time, the Arab world had two very striking features, namely, that several major Arab tribes and kingdoms had common enemies - Rome and Persia, and that external threats posed far more threats to the Arab world than internal contradictions.

In this way, in addition to the common points of language, culture and religion, the Arab countries also have common topics in security, and they all want more security guarantees, so Arab unity echoes the trend of history. For hundreds of years, the Arabs were bullied by the Romans and Persians all the time, so every Arab knew the importance of unity.

In the eyes of the Roman courtiers, there were many contradictions within the Arab tribes, and it was impossible to achieve unity. Of course, this was what the Romans wanted to see the most, and only the divided Arabs would be in line with the interests of the Romans. And there were also some Romans who did not believe that the Great Jin would really help the Arabs unify beforehand.

But with the advent of the 'First Army', the Romans woke up from a dream, and they clearly underestimated the determination of the Jin. Now by this time, the Great Jin has taken control of the southern part of the Arabian Peninsula, and if the Romans are still slow to react, it is believed that it will not be long before the entire Arabian Peninsula will become an ally of the Great Jin, and then as long as the Great Jin sends an expeditionary force, it can threaten the Roman provinces in the east.

Now those who have a little knowledge in Rome, the successive actions of the Himhayar Kingdom in the Arabian Peninsula must be behind the Great Jin. Everyone knew that the strength of the Himyar kingdom alone did not have the strength to unify the Arabian Peninsula at all, but now only a few months have passed, and the Himyar army, led by the First Army, has swept through the southern part of the peninsula.

More importantly, when this force formed a fighting force, it greatly strengthened the confidence of the Himyyars in the unification of the Arabian Peninsula. In the past, as long as Persia and Rome jointly came forward to intimidate, the other side would definitely give up unified action, but now with the support of the Great Jin and the presence of such a strong army, Shemer is full of confidence.

There is no doubt that as long as the First Army formed a combat force, there would be no problem for Himhayel to sweep across the Arabian Peninsula. Although the instructors from the Great Jin Dynasty looked down on the combat effectiveness of this army, after some training from them, it was still enough to deal with the soldiers of the Arab tribes.

The only problem is the logistics of this army, at the moment the Arabs are not able to produce their own firearms, so all the weapons and ammunition needed by the Arabs have to be imported from the Great Jin, so that the Arabian Peninsula has become the third largest sales area of the Great Jin weapons.

In July of the 14th year of Hongwu, the First Legion of the Himyar Kingdom finally achieved the greatest victory since its establishment. At that time, the northern Arab tribes gathered an army of 70,000 in an attempt to encircle this elite force and destroy Himyar's ambitious unification plan in one fell swoop.

Who knew that in the face of the menacing Northern Coalition Army, the 10,000 soldiers of the First Legion, with the help of the instructors of the Great Jin Dynasty, did not panic, but established a defensive position in an orderly manner. As a result, in the three-day siege battle, the First Army relied on its powerful firepower and advanced tactics to block several desperate attacks by 70,000 northern coalition troops.

In three days of fierce fighting, the First Army lost less than 1,000 men, but they killed more than 20,000 enemies, and finally when the 3,000 cavalry attacked, the remaining Northern coalition finally collapsed. In this battle, the First Legion defeated the 70,000 Northern Coalition with only 10,000 men, completely making its own reputation, and also making Shamer, the king of Himyar, a hero of the Arabs!

After this battle, the northern coalition was completely discouraged, and they could no longer stop the Himyyar army from unifying the Arabian Peninsula, even if the Romans and Persians provided them with no amount of support. The Romans did not think of sending legions to directly intervene in the peninsula, but for fear of angering the Great Jin, they could only watch the Himyar Kingdom unify the Arabian Peninsula step by step.

Two months later, Shimel finally unified most of the Arabian Peninsula, and the rest of the country remained in Roman hands, especially Suez, which was a major Roman defense. The Arabian Peninsula is located between Asia and Africa, and it juts out from the Middle East to the southeast into the Indian Ocean. With an area of about 3 million square kilometers, it is the largest peninsula in the world.

The unification of the Arabian Peninsula marked the official rise of Arab power!

With the gradual unification of Arab military power, Arab power began to become a force to be reckoned with in the world. Although the strength of the Arabs at this time was still relatively weak, they were probably the smallest of the four major powers in Europe and Asia. Not to mention that compared to the Roman Empire, even the Persian Empire was not something that the Arabs could resist.

If it weren't for the fact that the Great Jin had been supporting each other behind the scenes, I am afraid that the Arabs would not have been able to move towards reunification so quickly. Historically, it was not until more than 300 years later, after the rise of Islam, that Arabia was completely unified. There is no doubt that Persia was most affected by this event.

As early as the end of last year, shortly after the armistice of the world war, Persia and Rome secretly formed an anti-Jin alliance. However, when the Arabs became independent with the support of the Great Jin, the Persians 'woke up like a dream', and if the 'Hormizd III rebel army' and the Tocharian garrison in the north of Persia were added, Persia would face a three-way siege.

The threat of garrisoning the Tocharian Jin army was already great enough, but now, after the unification of the Arabs, it must pose a mortal threat to Persia. If it weren't for the fact that Persia had just ended the war with Rome, and its war wounds had not yet been completely healed, and they were powerless, I am afraid that the Persian Empire would have deployed troops on the Arabian Peninsula long ago.

In fact, not only the Persians had a hard time, but also the Romans.

The unification of the Arab world did absolutely nothing good for Rome. In the words of Constantine the Great, whether it was the Jin Empire or a newly formed Arab state that ultimately controlled the Arabian Peninsula, it would not be friendly to the Romans anyway, especially the Roman provinces in the East and Africa would definitely be under great threat. (To be continued......)