Chapter 654

Liu Yan has told many stories outside the "world", not only about ah San territory, He told a lot about the scattered stories north of the North Sea (Baikal Lake), north of the western regions, and north of the grassland. The only thing he didn't tell was North America and South America. These two continents have oceans from the world island. Even if ships can only cross the oceans, they can't be included in the territory of their generation in their lifetime.

When talking about ah San, Liu Yan never lacked some sarcasm. The impression he gave to the courtiers was that the people on ah San seemed to be nothing. The obstacle for the Han state to conquer ah San was the road. After overcoming the difficulties on the road, the army would be able to take anything when it came to ah San's territory.

In fact, a San's combat effectiveness was not weak in the era of cold weapons.

Alexander, a Macedonian, fought all his life. In the end, he lost his halberd in the hands of assan. After retreating to Persia, he never had a chance to make a comeback and go east again.

The Dayue people invaded the A-San area by defeating the A-San cavalry group in Kashmir, and then overturning the war elephant group near the Ganges River Basin. After that, the Dayue people gradually promoted it by means of encroachment. However, the Dayue people also failed to completely eliminate the local power of A-San. The North belongs to the Dayue aristocracy, The south is still dominated by the A3 aborigines.

The regime adopted by the kusana empire is very similar to the dual system, which is more similar to the structure of the Liao state with two capitals. Da Yueshi occupied the territory of a San, but also fell into the big Tiankeng of a San caste system and Zong 1 religion. Later, there was a civil strife between the north and the south in the kusana empire. Both sides beat their brains out. It happened that the A-San aborigines in the South won the final victory, but the Dayue people still left their northern habitat, but the A-San Aborigines were torn apart after the war.

A San divided himself into hundreds of States and kingdoms, and then there was no independent reunification. At present, there is a fairly strong Gupta Dynasty in the northeast, a vakataga Dynasty in the middle, and the rest are fragmented States, especially the small states along the southeast coast.

Of course, Liu Yan doesn't know what's going on in ah San. He only knows that there are no big countries. Even the northwest of ah San is basically a vassal of Sasan.

It should be said that the sea navigation of the Gupta Dynasty was very developed. Their main trading objects involved Eastern Rome, Greek city states, Persians and Arabs. Even the Egyptians were also one of the main trading objects. They even discovered the existence of the Strait of Malacca early and had sea trade with the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

It is difficult to tell when the maritime Silk Road began. Some relevant documents and relics show that there were ships in the Strait of Malacca earlier than the Han Dynasty, that is, in the Pre-Qin Dynasty.

The official definition of the maritime silk road is that the maritime Silk Road became prosperous in the Sui Dynasty and developed into the Tang Dynasty. Even the eastern Romans traded with the Tang people by sea.

There was a maritime Silk Road in the Sui Dynasty, but people in the Central Plains didn't care at all. They even knew that the merchants came from the sea, but didn't study where they came from or what routes there were on the sea.

In the Song Dynasty, because of the rise of the Arabs, the Arabs actually cut off the trade between the Central Plains Dynasty and the Mediterranean countries. This war was a contest of control over the silk road. The Arab Navy had an absolute advantage, but the war also forced the maritime trade of the song people to stop.

There is a saying that the death of the Southern Song Dynasty was due to redundant soldiers and officials. However, the phenomenon of redundant soldiers and officials in the Northern Song Dynasty has been very serious. In particular, as long as an official can hold several wage "titles", there was little lack of money until the interruption of maritime trade. It was not until the interruption of maritime trade that it fell into a financial crisis, which eventually led to the subjugation of the Southern Song Dynasty. (maritime trade tax was an important source of revenue in the Southern Song Dynasty, accounting for more than 20% at one time, and related business tax accounted for 53% of the total revenue. When maritime trade was broken, the corresponding business must also be affected, which was almost fatal.)

At present, the Arabs are either ruled by the eastern Rome or the Sassanian Dynasty. Not only do they have nothing to do on the land of Central Asia, but they will not have their voice on the sea. It is certain that the Gupta Dynasty is absolutely rich because of the prosperity of maritime trade.

Liu Yan didn't know that there was maritime trade with the countries on the other side of a San as early as the Eastern Jin Dynasty. He waited until the Navy reported that he had found an unknown ship, sank it earlier and captured it later.

"According to the prisoner's account, Gupta has trade relations with many countries, and the country is extremely rich. Militarily, there are 600000 infantry, 100000 cavalry, 30000 chariot soldiers and 20000 war elephants, and more than 500 ships." To tell the truth, Jichang was a little surprised by the news. He said cautiously, "Gupta also has a neighbor named vagadoga, with only a few fewer troops."

600000 infantry alone? If you count other arms, you can't exceed one million! Liu Yan is a little confused to tell the truth. I really don't know that there is such a dynasty with so many troops in ah San in addition to the Peacock Dynasty and the kusana empire.

"Prisoners must exaggerate their strength in order to survive." Liu Yan had to settle down. On the other hand, he didn't believe it at all: "that place has a pleasant climate, is suitable for agricultural production, and has a large population. Few people don't believe that a country can feed millions of troops for a long time."

Even in the Western Han Dynasty, when it was the most exaggerated, the troops were recruited to establish an army of about 700000. The armies of all dynasties have been maintained within 300000, and they are basically corvee soldiers. There are 10000 or 20000 professional soldiers.

In the Han Dynasty, there were 13 standing armies without production, with a total of more than 200000 people. Behind them, there are more than 300000 field reclamation legions and nearly 400000 slaves dedicated to food production, but they are a little unable to support, not counting the support of weapons and instruments.

Liu Yan doesn't know how many people there are in the Gupta Dynasty. Considering that it's very good to grow food there, and according to some data during the Kushan Empire, there is a reliable guess that twenty or thirty million people should be, but even if the food production there is good, why can't they support millions of troops for a long time?!

"My Lord, the war soldiers are professional..." Ji Chang didn't dare to say that Liu Yan was also frightened, but he had to remind: "organize more than 200000 unproductive legions, only you."

In the past, there were too few dynasties to raise professional soldiers.

In the early Western Han Dynasty, there were the northern army and the southern army. Later, Liu Che began to gradually become a professional army, which was divided into three departments and eight schools. The three are the attendant army, the period gate army and the Yulin cavalry. Each is actually a system of more than 1000 people. There are only 700 Yulin cavalry selected by the dead soldiers and orphans. In fact, the eight schools are the so-called "central Garrison Army". They are the central base, garrison, infantry, Yueqi, Changshui, Huqi, Shesheng and Huben. The establishment of each school is only 700 people. Then we can see that after Liu Yan gradually became a professional army, the professional soldiers who did not produce anything in the Western Han Dynasty can be up to 8600.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were only five schools. That was to dismiss the southern army that thought it had little combat effectiveness, integrate the eight schools of the northern army, and reduce them into five battalions: tunqi, infantry, Yueqi, Changshui and Shesheng. The establishment of each battalion is different. For example, the infantry battalion compiled by the Han people has more than 3000 people. The battalion composed of wuwan people and southern Huns such as Changshui and Yueqi has 700 to 1000 people. Because the establishment of professional soldiers in the Eastern Han Dynasty changed from time to time, sometimes there were still empty numbers and no actual soldiers. It's hard to say how many professional soldiers to raise, but it won't be less than 10000 in the end.

One is to raise 200000 professional soldiers who do not work in production. They not only trace back to the previous dynasties, but also appear in the Chinese civilization in modern times. There are too many people who do not understand Liu Yan. If it were not for the threat of Hu Lu, I don't know how many oppose it.

"The Han people only have more than 17 million..." Ji Chang wanted to seize the opportunity to persuade Liu Yan. The Jie people are finished, and Xianbei is no longer such a threat. It can be said that there are really no countries around that can put too much pressure on the Han country. It should be downsized. When he was halfway through his speech, Liu Yan looked at it and swallowed the following words and changed the topic: "if Gupta really has a million troops, it can be seen that it is a militaristic country."

In an era of low productivity, it was normal for ten families to raise one soldier. Ji Changcai didn't believe that the Gupta Dynasty had a population of 100 million, but he had to think about it. The king of his family dared to recruit more than 200000 soldiers when he had a population of 1 million. There will be an example of everything. That is only to think about the Gupta Dynasty as a militaristic country.

"Unfortunately, there is no more information." Jichang now wants to know whether the Gupta Dynasty is at war with any country. If the Gupta Dynasty is in a state of war, it may be a true thing to have millions of troops: "will they be at war with the vagadoga and enter the decisive stage?"

How did Liu Yan know!

After the collapse of the kusana Empire, a San split and began to fight against each other. The Gupta Dynasty and the vagadoga Dynasty were established by the aristocrats in the South during the kusana empire. There should be some fighting against each other, but there is relative peace between big countries. Basically, big countries are bullying small countries.

"There is absolutely no million troops." Liu Yan doesn't think that every ruler is a madman like Shi Hu, and not everyone can have Fu Jian's courage: "regardless of the troops mobilized by Gupta, it's more to cut half and then half, and have an army of 120000 or 200000 waiting for war."

This is Liu Yan's woodlouse, and the people's Gupta Dynasty is not so stingy. In the period of the period of the period of the battle of the army, the army was not less than three hundred thousand.

At present, the Gupta Dynasty is under the rule of shamudragupta. He does not have the spirit of surpassing the sun king. However, in order to deal with the threat of the northern Cypriots and the vagadoga Dynasty in the southwest, it is also the Gupta Dynasty. Because of its prosperous trade, it is not short of money. In addition, it occupies the grain producing area of the Henghe River, it is really like playing around to feed 300000 troops.

"Even if it's only 200000, how many troops should the big man send out to effectively invade?" Ji Chang's brain hurts when he thinks about it. It's not that he can catch it when he goes abroad. It's that he has to sail tens of thousands of miles of the sea. How many ships do he need?

Liu Yan's heart is also bitter. If he really wants to invade ah San's territory, even if he doesn't deliver vegetables, it won't have much effect. It's a severe test for transportation capacity to want to send large troops. He asked Cui Zong to find the map and wait for it to spread out. He stepped on it for a tour.

"What's under the Biao country..." Liu Yan stopped at the junction of Myanmar and Thailand, pointing to the location on the Andaman Sea named by later generations: "a port must be established here and a garrison site must be opened up."

The alleged coastal area is the earthen tiles of Myanmar, but Liu Yan shook his head and pointed to Yangon again: "look, if it will disturb the three countries of Afghanistan, then retreat here (earthen tiles)."

Ji Chang is also a prime minister who has worked for several years. He has broadened his horizons. The country has always been in a state of war, which makes it difficult for him not to learn strategies and tactics: "there really needs to be a transfer station."

"Let the Liang family, the Chen family and even the Sima family mobilize one by one, concentrate their efforts on the development here, and let them complete the military port and garrison area." Liu Yancai didn't care what impact that would have on those colonial legions: "if few people allow them to go out to colonize and obtain great benefits, the country should try its best to fulfill its needs!"

Ji Chang, as prime minister, of course agreed. He even thought that Liu Yan was intentional. He didn't want those families to have breathing time, let alone allow them to accumulate too much strength to threaten the mainland.

"One soldier of a big man can equal five Hu people." Liu Yan recalled and said, "in the past, Da Yueshi could rule thirty or forty million ah San with a population of less than two million. In the past few years, ah San has hardened one by one after eating divine oil? How can a Han army be worth seven or eight ah San!"

It is because the Dayue people fully respect the tradition and religion of ah San. As a result, the Dayue people also fell into the Tiankeng, but the Dayue really completed the great cause.

According to the urine nature of the Central Plains Dynasty, whether weak or strong, only foreign nationalities have always been used to the customs of the Central Plains, and they have tried their best to suppress the religious 1 religion. Anyway, the Central Plains Dynasty likes to promote sinicization everywhere. It's called to bring advanced civilization to a group of people who drink blood and hair. I really didn't expect to still follow the customs of the local people.

Liu Yanzhen, who was preconceived, didn't look down on ah San much. His impression was that anyone could go to ah San and run wild. In the cold weapon era, Da Yueshi, Persia and Arabia took turns to bully ah San. In the firearms era, the Spanish and French colonized first. The British actually picked up the advantages of the Spanish and French, It's just that 10000 or 20000 Westerners can really hold down tens of millions of ah San.

Anyone can bully ah San. Of course, Liu Yanli believes that it is not difficult for the Han country to bully. Even if you are more careful, you can always press ah San on the ground along the southern coast by investing 50000 troops at a time instead of sending thousands of people to expect to win?