Chapter 77: Diocletian's Choice
The fact that Diocletian became Liu Xuan's most faithful believer first was actually quite unexpected.
At the beginning, Liu Xuan really didn't take the former ruler of the Roman Empire to heart, and it can even be said that he completely regarded Ya as a passerby.
Originally, I wanted to show the strength of the Han in front of the Roman emperor, so that the Roman Empire could clearly understand the gap between the two sides, but what I didn't expect was that this thing had been thinking of not going back since the day he left the Roman Empire - he was not too young, and the Roman Empire and the Han were a little far away, and with the current means, even the fastest would take more than a year to sail.
So after fighting the Huns that time, Liu Xuan threw this Diocletian aside and didn't bother to pay attention to it, but what he didn't expect was that this Diocletian was really quite persevering, although Liu Xuan didn't entertain him, but he tried to get in touch with and learn the culture of the Han Dynasty and all kinds of knowledge.
He's smart, after all, he's the one who used to be at the top, so he understands what you need to start with in order to understand a culture.
At the same time, he also understood that if he directly made too high demands for such an identity, the other party would not agree, so Diocletian first chose to study in terms of people's livelihood.
Then there is medical treatment and so on, and then slowly go to a deeper level, so far after so many years of study, he has mastered almost all the knowledge that the Great Han can circulate, and at the same time learned the most basic cultivation methods from the army.
And when Diocletian first got great benefits from this basic set of formulas, his body gradually regained strength, and some old diseases that had been in the early years were slowly recovering, this discovery made Diocletian feel so shocked that he even thought that he had finally received the approval and favor of the gods.
Especially after learning that these exercises were actually taught by the Son of Heaven, Diocletian no longer regarded Liu Xuan as the incarnation of a god, but directly regarded Liu Xuan as a god.
After that, Diocletian would respectfully give a big salute every time he saw Liu Xuan, and as for the identity of the ruler of the Roman Empire, he had long been thrown out of the clouds.
Arguably. Diocletian was the most loyal person to Liu Xuan at present, and even his loyalty was directly after those cronies Wenwu and his own women, which made Liu Xuan cry and laugh, but he didn't think it was a big deal. Especially when attacking Europe, Diocletian can play a considerable role first.
For example, now......
If you send a Han official, you need to consider whether there is any resistance on the part of the Germanic people, and at the same time, because of the cultural differences, it is also a great problem for the Germanic people to understand and accept this knowledge, and Diocletian was a Roman firsthand, and he had personal experience. He could better understand and learn this knowledge from the perspective of Europeans, and he understood what could cause misunderstandings for people like them, and naturally he could better teach the Germanic people.
"Your Majesty is asking me to teach the Germans?"
Diocletian looked a little surprised when he first learned about his mission, because he didn't know when the Great Han extended his power to Europe.
He also lived in Dahan for quite a few days, and he always kept a close eye on the situation of Dahan, and was even familiar with many officials of Dahan - especially the officials of the Ministry of Rites and the doctors of Taixue, because he had frequent contact with these people when he was studying Dahan knowledge.
From these people. He can understand all the current dynamics of the Great Han, not that he has any thoughts, it is purely about such a god-ruled country. It's just an infinite curiosity.
At least he already understood that sooner or later this world would be ruled by the Great Han, and he even felt that it was an extremely happy thing for him to be able to become a citizen of the Great Han before the Great Han took that step. ...,
As for the Roman Empire, he would have left that place aside a long time ago, and if he hadn't known that he had no power in the Roman Empire, he would have even wanted to merge the entire Roman Empire directly into the Han Dynasty.
Of course, he knew that he could not succeed in this approach, even if he was still the emperor of Rome, let alone a former ruler who had already stepped down.
But now, His Majesty the Emperor actually said that he would let himself go to Europe and take over an army of barbarians who had just been recruited. Even to arm it with the weapons of the great men and that wonderful magic trick......
When did the Great Han get in touch with those barbarians? Why have you never heard of it?
Isn't the army of the Great Han fighting against the Northern Wei Dynasty in the north? Although I heard that a decisive victory had been won, after a big battle, the finishing work was even more troublesome and trivial than when the battle began, and the Great Han should still be concentrating on cleaning up the mess in the north, and should not have had the time to go to Europe to establish any friendly relations with those barbarians, right?
I turned around a few times in my head, and finally I had to admit it. Diocletian, the ruler of a vast empire, and rose to power by mutiny, had absolutely enough of his own brains, and almost immediately thought of the truth - the Great Han also had a soldier in his hands, and it was quite an elite army, and it was currently in Europe.
From what he knew about the barbarians, he knew that those guys were not good men and women, and they would never accept the rule of others for no reason.
Otherwise, over the years, those barbarians would not have become the biggest hidden danger of the Roman Empire in the north, and if you want to make this group of barbarians work for you, then there is only one way: he can't even find a home after beating, he is convinced, and he will never dare to raise any other thoughts after beating.
Only in this way can you turn them into subordinates for you to drive at will.
Therefore, the greatest possibility that the Han can recover this group of barbarians is that they have already been afraid, and the barbarians may not be as strong as the Han army, but after all, there are many tribes, and many people are scattered everywhere, and if there is no army, only a few people can also subdue them - after all, they can still run if they can't be defeated, and the European place is not small, and it is enough for people to have a headache to run around.
In this way, the conclusion is finally reached.
turned his head to look at the great man and found that Liu Xuan on the opposite side was also looking at him.
In fact, Liu Xuan could see that Diocletian had already guessed the general truth, but it didn't matter...... To put it mildly, Diocletian is not a big Han at all, and it is impossible for him to enter the core circle.
But it was precisely because of his identity that he was the most suitable to contact the Cataclysmic Legion, so Liu Xuan didn't intend to hide it from him from the beginning, and even gave him a chance to continue to take a step forward.
"You guessed that!"
After a pause, Liu Xuan showed a shallow smile, and the trace of pride in the smile was very clear, as long as the eyes were not blind, they could see it.
"In Europe, I also have a very strong legion, numbering about fifty thousand people!"
Diocletian was shocked first, he had lived in Dahan for so long, he knew the combat strength of the Dahan army.
Don't look at the number of the forbidden army of the Han Dynasty is only 800,000, and it is distributed in such a vast land, and with the end of the Northern Wei Dynasty, there are only less than 300,000 soldiers and horses left in the Gyeonggi area that can be mobilized at any time, but the combat effectiveness of the Han soldiers is not something that ordinary people can resist at all.
Diocletian also estimated when he was bored, don't look at the Roman Empire's army configuration of nearly one million, but if you want to fight with the Han, the Han only needs to use 100,000 forbidden troops to bulldoze the Roman Empire.
If the Han Dynasty also uses the elite of those elites to the war, then the war can end within half a year - this is still a judgment made taking into account the vast territory of the Roman Empire and the north and south shores of the Mediterranean, and it is inconvenient to mobilize soldiers and horses?...,
Whether it's hovering cars or those strong, somewhat exaggerated mounts, it can ensure that the Han army does not waste time on the road, all they have to do is to slaughter the soldiers of the Roman Empire without stopping.
Even if the Han wanted to, they could let the elite cavalry troops carry out a first-line assault, and if they did not occupy it, they would just keep attacking, and then the Roman Empire might fall within three months.
It can be said that Diocletian is very respectful of the combat effectiveness of the so-called elite corps of the Han Empire, and judging from the tone revealed in Liu Xuan's words just now, the legion in Europe is also such an existence, and the number is as high as 50,000.
You must know that whether it is the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, the Tiger Ben Army or the Yulin Cavalry, the number of soldiers in these elite regiments has always been 5,000 and has never been expanded.
Shocked, Liu Xuan said another sentence at this time: "In addition, this time you went over, not only to be responsible for organizing and teaching that group of Germanic people!"
Diocletian knew it was important and listened intently.
Sure enough, then Liu Xuan continued: "When the reorganization of the legion is completed, I ask you to lead this legion and pacify the whole of Europe!"
Diocletian was dumbfounded, he really didn't expect it to be such a request.
Pacify Europe? Let's not talk about the barbarian tribes, the current ruler of Europe is the Roman Empire, and if he wants to pacify Europe by himself, doesn't that mean that he wants to lead the barbarians to destroy the Roman Empire?
This......
Liu Xuan patted Diocletian on the shoulder: "Of course, I won't force you to go, in the end you go or not, you can decide for yourself, but how to choose, you'd better decide as soon as possible!"
Just when Liu Xuan thought that Diocletian would go back and think about it for a while before making a decision, Diocletian gritted his teeth first and said directly: "Thanks to Your Majesty's attention, naturally you will not shirk anything, and you will definitely live up to Your Majesty's trust and put the whole of Europe in Your Majesty's hands!"
Hearing Diocletian's answer, Liu Xuan smiled happily. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )