Chapter 822

For a long time, Syria has been contested back and forth by European civilization and middle east civilization.

As far as civilization is concerned, there will not be only one country or nation competing for Syria, even across the long river of time. Thousands of years ago, ancient Egyptian civilization and Babylonian civilization competed for Syria. Later, Greek city states and Persian Darius competed for Syria, but later, Rome and Parthia competed for Syria, Now it's Persia, sassanne and Rome competing for Syria.

"Syria has been under our control for a long time." Marcus There was no proud expression on Maka's face. He was not afraid of the Persians on the same road. Rome's control over Syria was actually not very good: "the two powerful empires fell into internal trouble at the same time, so that those flea like little guys could also set foot on the arena."

Morrison Hadidan glanced at Marcus Maka couldn't help muttering, "it's not your connivance. One day the grave you dig will lie down."

Marcus Marca will Mosen Hadidan's words were regarded as a helpless curse.

In fact, it's like that. When no one can do anything about it, don't you have to shoot? Curse the enemy with vicious language. Although the curse will not have any effect, it can at least make you feel better.

Marcus Marca doesn't know that, Mosen Hadidan's words were not wrong, but the Arabs buried Persian Sasan first, and then they couldn't get along with Rome, but at that time, the Western Rome had fallen, leaving only the eastern Rome to start hundreds of years of gratitude and hatred with the Arabs.

Arabs are never weak, but they cannot be united themselves. Judging from the current situation, there are at least millions of Arabs. Being able to unite is a strong force, but they choose to fight each other. When they united to some extent, they created a powerful empire across Asia, Europe and Africa. Once stamping their feet can make the whole world tremble.

I'm not kidding. After the rise of the Arab Empire, Li Tang in Zhuxia lost the western regions, which indirectly led to the growth of Tubo. However, the Arab Empire itself collapsed, and Tubo suddenly collapsed. However, in this way, Li Tang's territory has repeatedly shrunk to the East. The influence of ISI, LAN and religion once spread to Pakistan and Shu, such as the western regions Qinghai and Hexi are simply the influence of Yisi Lanyi religion, which has been spread to later generations.

Now, including the Romans and Persians, even the Arabs themselves do not believe that one day the Arabs will create a huge empire, let alone think that one day the Arabs will want to conquer the whole world with machetes and scriptures.

Under Cai Mian's arrangement, Robben has been found a chance to let go, and the Han people have been with Ibn Abdul made contact, but he hasn't talked about anything for a while.

Wang Meng will not talk to Ibn himself Abdul's meeting, not even Cai Mian, will only send middle-level entourage in the mission.

It's not that Wang Meng and others are arrogant and charming. It's what is determined under unequal preconditions. It's an eternal truth that we can get what kind of treatment according to our strength.

They have entered the Syrian border. The difference between this place and Iraq is that it may be close to the coastline. There are far more rivers in Syria than in Iraq. In addition, they can see more green.

"It used to be a rare granary, but now it is deserted everywhere." Varoli Wustans pointed to Hirano: "whether Arabs, Syrians or anyone, their weakness has its own reasons. They are better at destruction than construction."

Morrison It is rare for hadidan to have the same view with the Romans on this point. He said with a sneer: "they are just guys without much creativity. Otherwise, they would not have been a vassal nation for thousands of years."

Han people don't know this place and have no say in those things, but we can see from some one-sided records that, at least so far, no one in this land can manage any decent achievements except the Romans and Persians.

"That's because they can't decide for themselves." Dou ah tilted his mouth and didn't lower his voice: "the nation that can exist must have its advantages. This place is being fought back and forth. When will it be the local people's turn to govern by themselves?"

It's Marcus who's close Maka can understand Chinese, but he doesn't mean to translate at all. In his opinion, doua's argument is reasonable, which is not the key. The key is that the Han people's attitude towards Arabs or Syrians is very strange, which should not be purely out of sympathy.

When entering Syria, which is mainly controlled by Rome, it is naturally impossible for bossasan to send too many troops, but symbolically sent 2400 people to escort all the way. Perhaps bossasan wanted to express that he was still strong. Among the 2400 people, there were 500 armor cavalry and 600 bow cavalry. The rest were all attendants except the head and dancers.

On the contrary, the number of Roman troops entering Iraq was about 5000, but in Syria, it increased to 12000.

According to the current Roman army, it is divided into various arms. The light infantry Legion is generally about 1000 to 2000, and the close guard infantry Legion is about 2500. In addition, the cavalry only has brigade organization, and the javelin is based on battalion. It is usually temporarily deployed to a Light Infantry Corps or close guard Infantry Corps. Therefore, the establishment of any Legion in Rome is not fixed, but it is distinguished because of the different serial numbers.

But if you look at the number of troops sent by Rome to protect, it is six legions, but in fact, there are only three legions with legions. They are all serious guard infantry legions. In addition, there are two thousand cavalry troops (six battalions) in the two brigades, as well as two javelin battalions and three bow and arrow battalions, with a total of 1100 people. The rest are auxiliary soldiers and so on.

Twelve thousand people talked about the military structure of Rome. In fact, there were nearly twenty thousand vassals. For example, a savage wolf soldier from Germania, a Grenadier from Visigoth, and more cavalry. Not only did they have to work hard before the Romans in wartime, but they also had to send people to follow the Romans' command in peacetime to do some chores of eating, drinking and Lazar, which was tantamount to playing the dual role of cannon fodder and civilian husband.

This huge team composed of three imperial levels has caused a shock in the surrounding areas, including Syria. The most obvious reaction is that the forces or individuals who are empty in their hearts begin to flee, and some people come with all kinds of gifts.

"In sassanne, the Persians tried their best to show their muscles." Doo ah smiled a few times. He was really surprised that Persia had many armor and riding equipment, and was deeply impressed by the archers, but the Persians couldn't handle other arms except these two. He looked at the Roman army around him and continued, "when we get to the territory of the Daqin people, they will naturally show us their strength."

The Han people have found that if the Persian ace is armor, riding gear and archers, then the Roman ace is heavy infantry. That was their conclusion after careful observation, not just the equipment of Roman heavy infantry.

In short, the Romans always focused on infantry in planning from equipment to troop arrangement, and any arms other than heavy infantry were subordinate.

"Listen to the people of Daqin. What we see is not the complete face of their regiment." In fact, Cai Mian didn't understand what the Romans meant by that: "they made special arrangements for us. They said where they were going? They could see their integrated Legion."

Wang Meng knew more. The Romans really wanted to show them their strength. Before they arrived, they planned military operations, constantly squeezed the hostile forces against Roman rule, forced them to a city, and even allowed those hostile forces to constantly strengthen the city wall, so as to attack the city and show the Han people what a Roman war is.

The Han state also did similar things. When the envoys of Rome and Persia went to the Han state, they not only let them know the vast territory of the Han state, but also specially took some people to the battlefield in some places to see how the Han army fought with the enemy. However, those people did not catch up with the war against Murong Yan state, but first saw the final battle on the grassland, The war between the Han state and Gupta is the most watched behind.

In the communication between countries, we must show our muscles first. It's best to intimidate each other. We can occupy more voice in the communication process. Even if they don't paralyze each other and make each other understand their own strength, it is also the basis of equal dialogue. After all, no powerful country is willing to listen to the nonsense of a country whose strength is only equal to its own village.

Han people are guests to Persians, Romans or whatever. They go where they want to go. If they don't know the geography, they just follow.

Of course, the Romans who have become the host will still inform Wang Meng where he is going, or where they are now. It's just that there is no difference between what they say and what they don't say. The Han people have a rough judgment about the place name and location, and there is no more.

On the 24th day after entering Syria, the most profound impression of the Han people on Syria was that most parts of Syria were plains. They agreed that this terrain was too suitable for cavalry. For example, Dou a mentioned it to Wang Meng privately. If the tiger Ben army and the feather forest army came to such a place, it would be a lot of fun for any enemy.

It was twenty-five days before he was led to a camp because it was night. All Han people, including Wang Meng, didn't see what was going on around.

Waiting for the sun to rise the next day, people also woke up. When they came out of the wooden house built by the Romans and looked northwest, they saw a city with four walls.

With the cover of the city wall, you can't see what's going on in the city. The periphery is full of dense tents, shacks and messy things. From a distance, the people there are also dense, and you can see a variety of flags.

Outside the chaotic area, those people also built fences, walls, fences and other defense facilities, and even saw the excavation of a ditch with a length of about ten miles. Not only that one, but the outer surface has been excavated a lot. Each one is not straight and of different length. It looks like it has been tossed by earthworms.

Wang Meng was invited to a highland to see the situation in Rome. The camp they stayed in should be the main camp of the Roman army. In fact, there are many smaller camps around, which are scattered everywhere, and strongholds such as fortresses are set up on the highland.

"We have arranged seven legions, fourteen brigades and twenty-one battalions here." Marcus Maka didn't say how many people were in the end. He introduced what people were surrounded. Then he said to Wang Meng, "we've been busy for nearly four months for today."

Doua then took advantage of the highlands. Taking a general view of the overall situation, it was preliminarily judged that Rome should have dispatched 50000 or 60000 people, and the unknown forces surrounded should not be less than 70000 or more. He whispered his judgment to Wang Meng.

Back, Marcus Maka himself said the number. In fact, the number of troops concentrated in Rome is more than 80000, but only 30000 of them are Roman soldiers, and the rest are soldiers of vassal races. He also told Wang Meng that the number of besieged enemy troops exceeded 100000, but he also said that the components were very miscellaneous, and only 30000 or 40000 could really have combat effectiveness.

"..." Wang Meng didn't understand what the Romans were going to do. He didn't wait to ask. He didn't know where there was a sound like a trumpet. He subconsciously looked at the direction of the sound: "are you going to attack?"

"Just warm up." Marcus Maka played a good role as a guide and pointed to the slowly advancing Roman Army: "the Han people have seen how we fight in Gupta, but the number is too small. You should see what will happen once our soldiers reach a certain number."

There should be five or six thousand Roman troops marching into the battlefield. From a distance, the vast majority of them are infantry. Each infantry is holding a tower shield in one hand and a short sword in the other. At the same time, any infantry is wearing heavy armor with multi-layer links like skin shrimp. I don't know whether it is a Sao bag or specification. Each of the individual queues has a red cloak.

The actions of the Roman army caused confusion among the encircled forces. From a distant place, people were seen surging, and the sound of musical instruments such as horns, war drums and gongs came out frequently.

The advancing Roman infantry stopped in the sound of trumpets, the camp doors of several camps were opened, and some huge animals pulled by animals and manpower were pushed out. They were many kinds of military equipment, the most were stone throwing vehicles, and some were equipment that the Han people could not recognize.

Marcus Marca said proudly: "what you will see is the complete Roman Legion."