The Romans are not here to grab territory, they are here to grab people and technology.

When the news came back to Luoyang, the officials were annoyed, and Lu Bu sighed.

However, this time, Lu Bu did not go to war in annoyance, but retreated from the lead.

Of course, it does not mean that the army retreats, but that the whole population is moved.

The Romans succeeded because they had mastered their weaknesses and threatened the people.

Since the future is a war between the east and the west, there can be no more people along the area.

In addition, the Grand Canyon of the Red Sea was also to garrison troops to prevent the Romans from going around the rear.

Lu Bu was not in a hurry, even if Rome grabbed some equipment and technicians.

But it takes a lot of time to test the local oil and all kinds of creation.

In two or three years, Lu Bu believes that he will not do much at all.

When he has enough shells in stock, he pushes down.

In the face of Lu Bu's plan, Sima Shi could not find a breakthrough and had to retreat.

Next time, you can choose another breakthrough to plan again.

In fact, the two sides fought, and Rome sacrificed nearly 20,000 soldiers.

The number of Chinese soldiers killed was no more than 3,000.

And most of these people were actually slave soldiers, but the Romans killed more than 30,000 people.

When reporting on the military situation, Sima Shi not only counted all these heads as military merits, but also exaggerated them to 100,000.

In other words, they sacrificed 20,000 soldiers in this battle, but killed 100,000 enemies.

In addition, hundreds of Han engineers and a large amount of drilling equipment were robbed.

The value of these things is immeasurable.

Anyway, Rome's communications are backward, and he can't find out the specific front-line battles, so he can blow it.

Macrinus also needs a big victory to establish his prestige, how not to preach nationally.

He had seen the large transport ships brought by Sima Shi, and if this was Huaguo's technology, Macrinus knew that Rome was really too far behind.

But with this oil equipment and workers, his great Roman Empire would also be able to own oil.

With oil, he can also build such large warships.

With his large Rome's hundreds of millions of people, how can it not confront China.

Yes, in terms of the total population, even if Lu Bu encourages childbearing, the current total number is not comparable to that of Rome.

From the second century BC to the second century AD, ancient Rome was at its peak, with a population of 130 million.

They had a large number of alien slaves who built too many castles, roads, docks, aqueducts, etc.

It is now the third century A.D., and although Rome has declined, it is still there.

At present, there are about 100 million people in Rome, but there are only 50 million Han Chinese, and most of them are children. Including the colonies, there are only about 70 million.

Therefore, Lu Bu still has to wait, first, when the colonies are more stable, he can pull more troops.

Second, he is considering whether to fight Rome first or the surrounding small countries first.

The advantage of fighting Rome first is that as long as Rome is defeated, the surrounding small countries can be conquered even more.

But the downside is that these small countries are prone to swinging. In other words, it is very likely that there will be a foot in the side.

It is more likely that the snipe and the clam are competing and the fisherman is profitable.

It takes a lot of time to fight the small countries first. Moreover, it also needs all kinds of funding in the early stage to stabilize its regime.

The two plans also have their own supporters, which makes it difficult for Lu Bu to make a decision.

At the same time, Sun Quan also occupied the island of Ireland and had a base.

It's just that the distance is too far, and the news hasn't reached Lu Bu yet.

Upon learning that the Chinese army and the ocean-going army had landed on the island of Ireland, the Roman Senate was furious and wanted to send troops to kill them.

Having just won a big victory, the Roma hierarchy began to swell.

The bragged Huaguo is not worth mentioning.

In order to divert internal contradictions, Macrinus of course agreed.

The hatred between Sima Shi and Lu Bu is known to Macrinus.

Because Sima Shi himself confessed to him, Macrinus was able to use Sima Shi boldly with confidence.

And Sima Shi has military merits, and Macrinus can also be awarded the title again.

not only promoted Sima Shi to a general, but also married his own three daughters to Sima Shi.

He has so many children that he marries as he pleases.

But this time, it was Sima Shi and his daughter who sent troops to meet the Chinese Navy at the same time.

Navy, Rome also has it.

Moreover, with the transport ship brought by Sima Shi as the technical blueprint, it has been built in recent years.

Even if a steel ship can't be built, a wooden one can.

Without heavy oil for combustion, coal is still available.

And the excavation of coal, Rome has long had.

There is a 30,000-kilometer sea journey from Ireland to Luoyang, and it is so difficult to send a message to Lu Bu over such a long distance.

Therefore, if there is no particularly major event, Sun Quan will not pass on the letter.

Every time I go to sea, it is a very hard thing.

You know, it took them nearly half a year to find this island just by looking for it.

Without satellites, without latitude and longitude, it's all very difficult.

It took a year and a half from Sun Quan's expedition before Lu Bu received Sun Quan's military report for the first time.

The report is that he has landed and has a foothold. Then he fought a battle with the Roman navy, destroyed ten Roman ships, and killed more than 30,000 enemies.

If you only look at the twists and turns, Lu Bu will naturally be happy.

It's just that the distance is too far, and Lu Bu doesn't know whether all this is true or not.

Sun Quan has no virtual military information, and he doesn't know at all.

At such a distance, even a spy of the Shadow Secret Guard or something can't do it.

But since it was a military feat, Lu Bu preached it and prepared for his next campaign.

Lü Bu decided to fight the surrounding small countries first, and finally fight Rome.

There is only half a year left before his five-year recuperation plan.

So after the beginning of spring, they began to set out.

Lü Bu asked Bu Jingyun to lead 50,000 steppe troops to attack east and west, and first conquered Ley, Xiancai and other countries.

Ma Chao led 50,000 troops from the Western Regions to attack the Northern Xiongnu and conquer the grassland tribes that had fled.

Zhao Yun led 50,000 navies into the Red Sea, conquering the African coast first, establishing a base area, and at the same time, he wanted to ensure the smooth flow of the Red Sea.

It can be said that there are now 200,000 soldiers and horses attacking alone.

plus Lu Ling and Cao Cao's soldiers and horses, once they are fully opened, at least 600,000.

And the logistics and transportation attached to the war require at least a large number of manpower.

Therefore, the total manpower of millions is basically to be invested.

This is already a very good number, if it were changed to the past, let alone fighting, even if it could be fought, it would be impossible to transport logistics alone several times.

More importantly, under the previous conditions, the grain transporters ate up on the way, so how could they transport as much as they could.

Now there are ships and trains, which are greatly reduced consumption and increased speed.

In the spring of 219 AD, Lu Bu came to this world, and it was exactly twenty years.

It took 20 years to unify the Central Plains and the Asian United States.

Lu Bu hopes that in the next ten years, the world will be truly unified.

After completing this goal, Lu Bu can retire.

Then I don't care about anything, just live a shameless life with the concubines every day.

In January 219 AD, Jiuquan Rocket Launch Center.

The seventh space rocket was launched again.

(End of chapter)