sweeping the world

Chapter 976 This is the reality

"Killed, except for some young women, all were killed!"

"Twenty-three million people, kill all of them?"

The people talking were Julian and Xyas, who had been with the army all the time, and they followed behind.

Previously, the two knew that the Han Empire had won a great victory. After they arrived, they happened to see the end of the massacre. After inquiring about the news, they learned that the Han army was going to continue marching westward, and they were killed if they could not carry the prisoners.

"It's terrible!" Xyas murmured for a long time: "But the competition between nations is so cruel. Isn't it?"

The history of the Persians is very long. They can exist and have a strong period. Without exception, they are built on mountains of corpses and seas of blood.

No nation in the world is an exception. In the process of growing up, it must step on the corpses of its competitors and rise up. Pure and kind nations cannot survive the competition at all.

In fact, that is the case. All the remaining ethnic groups have blood on their hands. It can be sticking to resisting invasion and killing the enemy, and more is sticking to the process of expansion. There will be no exceptions.

Compared with the Romans, the Persians have a better understanding of the cruelty of competition.

After the rise of the Romans, they rarely encountered strong opponents. They stepped on one competitor after another until they became the well-deserved overlords of Europe and Rome.

Before the Romans encountered the Persians, they did not need to gather the power of the whole country to fight against anyone. Basically, they achieved their expansion goals or military strikes easily or relatively easily.

The Persians will be more tortuous. They easily defeated those competing nations during the rise of West Asia, until they expanded westward and encountered the Greeks who were also in the rising period.The two sides have been entangled with each other for thousands of years, and the bodies of the dead are enough to block the coast of Syria.

The Greeks ended the glory of the Persians, and hit the abyss directly with one blow.For more than [-] years since then, the Persians have been living in the shadow of the Greeks. If it weren't for Rome's expansion to the east, the Persians don't know how long it would take to sink.

Since the Macedonian-Greek king Alexander invaded eastward, Alexander the Great died of illness before he had time to consolidate the results of the war. The Macedonians and Greeks who followed him on the eastward expedition united and first established the Seleucid Empire to rule Western Asia and parts of Central Asia for 240 years. as long as.

The demise of the Seleucid Empire was actually a carnival for the descendants of Greece, but the Persians finally seized the opportunity to grab some fruits.

The establishment of the Parthian Empire was still the mixed descendants of Greeks and other nations as the ruling class.At that time, those Greek descendants stayed in West Asia and Central Asia for too long, and they continued to intermarry with other nations. They merged into a new nation, the Parthians.

At the same time, Alexander the Great's eastward invasion not only affected the (ancient) Persians, but also had a great impact on Central Asia and South Asia.

Many years after the death of Alexander the Great, including the demise of the Seleucid Empire, there are still many countries ruled by many descendants of Greece in the Central Asian part of Asia and the northern part of South Asia.

In those times when they were ruled by alien races, the Persians, as a conquered nation, must have suffered a lot.

After the re-emergence, the Persians liquidated the class that had oppressed them. That was a process of massacres on a large scale, and only then did the Persians regain the right to rule the land.

The Persians who regained their dominance also faced threats from the west, but they changed from Greeks to Romans.

The Persians were quite intimidated by the Romans.They couldn't forget the scene of the Roman army sweeping Parthia, and they used 120% of their strength to fight the Romans.

The two sides fought back and forth for land in this piece of land in West Asia. I don’t know how many Roman soldiers and Persian soldiers shed blood on the battlefield. I don’t know how many civilians were affected in the process. It’s not just Persian civilians, but even more miserable is Syria. people, Iraqis and Egyptians.

The war is ruthless. The Persians and Romans dare not say that they did not clear the field during the confrontation. Clearing the field again and again is the massacre of other ethnic groups. No one can tell how many people were killed. Anyway, the number is Absolutely no less.

"It's actually quite normal..." Julian asked back, "Isn't it?"

If the Persians had a long period of sinking under alien rule, the Romans did not.

"That's right." Xias didn't think he was mocking: "You conquered the Carthaginians, the Gauls, the Egyptians... There must be countless similar scenes."

Julian also didn't feel that Xeas was mocking, on the contrary he thought that Xeas was praising.

The land is so big, and the resources are only so few.

If you want to obtain a wider land and more resources, you don't have to go out and wander around and everything is your own, or you have to rely on force.

"We almost killed the Carthaginians." Julian said with a proud expression: "The Carthaginians should be honored. They are the only nation that we think should be killed."

Carthage was indeed the strongest opponent the Romans encountered during their rise. The Romans themselves said that they respected the fighting and bravery of the Carthage nation before they slaughtered. In fact, the Romans were afraid that the Carthages would have a chance to stand up. .

"Like the Gauls, they are only worthy of being our slaves." Julian pointed his finger: "The Egyptians are only allotted to us to grow food, and the Syrians, Thracians, Iberians, Macedonians, Greeks, Germanic, Celtic, Saxon, Slavic... huh."

Xeasias was jealous at this moment that the Romans had conquered so many peoples.

"What I know is that the Han people conquered and destroyed many more nations than we did." Julian looked at the Han army who was packing up and preparing to move out again from a distance: "Guifang, Quanrong, Beirong, Bairong, etc." Di, Dongyi... I can name no less than [-] of them, and those are countries and nations that were wiped out by the ancestors of the Han people in ancient times."

Xyas knew that Julian did not miss any opportunity to learn about the history of the Han people, but he was still surprised that Julian could name so many ethnic groups that were wiped out by the ancestors of the Han people.

"The Han people call them the Huns, and you call them the Huns. You should be familiar with this nation, right?" Julian received Xeas's nod in response, and continued: "I heard that the Huns used to be a huge empire. From the icebergs (North Pole) in the far east to a place called the Tianshan Mountains, they are all pastures of the Huns."

"Yes, according to some of our records, when the Huns were at their most powerful, they could invade the land of the Han people at will." Xias recalled, and felt that Julian should give a more intuitive data: "The Huns were able to gather at one time. More than 50 cavalry."

The Huns called their cavalry the string-controlling men, and the 50 mentioned by Xyas is not an exaggerated figure, it actually existed.

Julian's knowledge of string controllers came from the Parthians and Persians, and he knew that they were a type of soldier who could shoot arrows on horseback.

When the Romans encountered the cavalry archers in the early stage, they were actually beaten badly by the cavalry archers.It was the first time they fought against cavalry archers, and two of the three legions were disabled. It was such a heavy loss that they changed their tactics that had been used for thousands of years.

The Roman Legion has accumulated experience from the Parthian Empire's battles, and after continuous research and improvement, although they have infantry as the main force, they are not afraid of any cavalry at all.

Julian heard that there were as many as 50 cavalry. Because the Romans were not afraid of cavalry, what surprised him was not how many cavalry the Huns had, but that they were able to assemble an army of 50.

"It took the Han people nearly 200 years to drive out the Huns." Xeas understood that period of history: "After the defeat, the Huns were entrenched in our northeast for a period of time..."

"I know this." Julian cut off Xyas' narration: "The Parthians hired Hun cavalry many times, and we have fought with Hun cavalry many times."

In those battles, the Romans fought against the Huns very easily. They didn't know whether the Huns were so bad at first, or whether the Huns could fight were killed by the Han. Anyway, they didn't feel any pressure to fight the Huns.

"..." Xesias certainly knew that the Parthians had repeatedly hired the Huns to fight for him. He said sourly, "The Huns and the Romans went to war just to get commission, and there is no need to fight to the death."

"Those Huns, are they on the Black Sea now?" Julian remembered one thing. The Han people mentioned that the Persians sent an invitation to hunt down and kill the Huns who fled to the Black Sea.He didn't mention this to Xeas or any of the Persians, and asked feigned curiosity: "The Huns are at war with the Goths?"

"What we know is that the Huns have just been defeated by the Goths." Xias thought there was no need to hide it, and said, "The Goths defeated the Huns' invasion and suffered heavy casualties themselves. They are now licking Unfortunately for the Huns, the Sarmatians and Slavs jumped on them like wolves when they knew they were defeated."

In the past, the Romans did not pay attention to the Huns at all. They found that the Persians used the Huns as bait to invite the Han people to go west, so they had to pay attention to the Huns.

Regarding the fact that the Han people regard the Huns as their mortal enemies, they are still the kind of mortal enemies that they know where they are, no matter how far away they are.The Romans didn't quite understand why the Han had to wipe out all the Huns, but they could guess that the Persians were attracting the Han to go west to fight against themselves.

If there is no follow-up, the Romans are really worried that the Persians will attract the Han people, but the Han Chinese fleet has sailed to Constantinople, and the military strength displayed by the Han people is so terrifying, the Romans are very clear Not only will the Persians no longer attract the Han people to move westward, on the contrary, the Persians are the ones who are most afraid of the Han people going westward.

"The reason for the westward advance of the Han Empire this time is to attack a country called Gaoche?" Julian knew that Xeas had urgently sent back the information about the westward advance of the Han army.He had nothing to gloat about, and asked, "What kind of country is that Gaoche country, and how did they provoke the Han Empire?"

"The Han people called the country in the west Xigaoche, and they just wiped out Donggaoche and Rouran in the east." Xias said worryingly, "You have also seen that the Han Empire only dispatched less than 20 troops. Donggaoche with [-] soldiers and [-] soldiers was easily wiped out, and the remnant enemies who had not been completely eliminated before were easily eliminated. Xigaoche and Donggaoche are of the same ethnicity, and the Han people should think that Donggaoche is the sin of Xigao Drivers should also take responsibility."

A word appeared in Julian's mind instantly, and that word was "overbearing".

They only know the general situation, and do not have all the information.Donggaoche and Rouran were really wiped out, Tuoba's remnants chose to join, and Murong's remnants rushed west as soon as they saw the opportunity.

"Wait!" Julian seemed to have seen something, and raised his finger forward in great surprise: "That...isn't, isn't...the prince?"

Xias looked in the direction Julian pointed, and what he saw was Liu Shen riding on the horse.

In terms of age, 11-year-old Liu Shen is a child, but he has the height and physique of a teenager.

Of course they knew who Liu Shen was. When meeting Liu Yan on several official occasions, Liu Shen appeared once or twice and had a very formal introduction.

"Why did he appear here?" Julian was surprised at first, and then puzzled: "Does the emperor of Han attach great importance to this war? Did he send his own prince to supervise the battle?"

Xias was shocked. What he knew was that the Central Plains Empire attached great importance to the royal family. He racked his brains to recall and think about it, and he could only remember that the number of times the princes of the Central Plains Empire went out with the army was very few.

"We..." Julian hesitated extremely: "Would you like to go over and say hello?"

"It seems to have concealed his identity." Xias distinguished Liu Shen's attire, and looked at the guard who looked like a certain important person: "Why don't you go there rashly?"

They were still discussing, but Liu Shen came over to them.

"You two." Liu Shen pulled the reins to control the speed of the mount, and asked curiously after saluting, "Why are you here?"

Naturally, Julian and Xyas returned the greeting grandly, and they looked at each other after being asked.

"With the permission of the emperor of your country, I came to watch the battle." Julian hesitated and asked, "What are you?"

Logically speaking, the three are the royal family of a country, but the same royal family can also be divided into high and low.

It is obvious that the Han Empire is the strongest in the known world. When Julian and Xyas faced Liu Shen, even though they were much older than Liu Shen, they had to show due respect.

"Want to watch the battle?" Liu Shen nodded, and left without answering Julian's question, let alone saying anything unnecessary.

Xyas and Julian were a little dazed, watching Liu Shen and the Han army knights keep going away, they looked back at each other and smiled wryly.

(End of this chapter)