Chapter 50 Colonial

Just when Chen Wanrong was dizzy, Li Longji's voice was quite excited: "Master, please tell me more in detail!"

He wanted to first understand the situation of the Roman Empire in detail, and then weigh the pros and cons of whether he could conquer. If he could, there was no need to be polite. This time he sent troops to the Western Regions and defeated the Dashi and the two Roman empires together.

Enes Ibn Malik did not understand Li Longji's thoughts, so he looked at him in surprise and began to explain in detail: "The two Roman empires have different destinies, and their first division began with the army. Although the Roman army was good at fighting, it was mainly infantry, while the Eastern Roman Empire's army was mainly cavalry."

Li Longji interrupted him and said, "When it comes to power, of course, the cavalry must be large, and the Eastern Roman Empire is true!"

Enes Ibn Malik had his own opinion: "Your Majesty, I don't understand this military use, but each has its own strengths. The rise of the Roman Empire was based on its powerful infantry. The famous genius commander Caesar led his army to fight against the east and west, conquering Gaul and Dabudian. How powerful was that. Later, when he fought a civil war with Pompey, he was ingenious and left a part of the army. When the two armies stalemate, he sent the remaining troops to join the battle, thus defeating Pompey in one fell swoop. From a military point of view, this is called reserve reserves, and Caesar was the first person!"

Before Caesar, the Roman Empire's army rushed forward and did not reserve reserves. It was him who changed the war model and scholars praised him very much.

"If there is no reserve team left in war, can it still be called war?" Cheng Xiaotian shook his head.

Enes Ibn Malik smiled slightly and said, "This general has reserved a reserve team from Caesar. If it weren't for him, the generals wouldn't have reserved a reserve team."

Li Longji waved his hand and said, "Master, this can only be said that Caesar is the first general to reserve a reserve team in the West. Our Chinese have a long history of using reserve teams, much earlier than him. When Emperor Wu of Han fought against the Huns, he had a general named Wei Qing. When he fought against the Huns, he surrounded the Wugang chariot to deal with the cavalry of the Huns. By dusk, the Huns' army was already tired. Wei Qing sent cavalry to capture the left and right wings of the Huns. The Huns were defeated. The Shanyu fled the battlefield with hundreds of people. How could this not be the reserve team?"

Most scholars, including many Chinese scholars, believe that Caesar was the first military strategist to use reserve teams in human history. That was only the West, and the history of retaining reserve teams in China was much earlier.

"Huns?" Enes Ibn Malik was very surprised and his voice was a little loud: "The Western Roman Empire was destroyed by the hands of the Huns!"

"What? The Western Roman Empire was destroyed by the hands of the Huns?" Li Longji's eyes widened, not believing that this was true.

How harmful is the Huns? Any Chinese knows that it is. After defeating Emperor Wu of Han, the powerful Huns finally surrendered to the Han Dynasty and became sinicized. In the eyes of the ancients, the Huns were gone and destroyed. It is not ordinary and difficult to ask Li Longji and others to believe that this is true.

Although Li Longji has the precious quality of Mount Tai falling before his face, he was still surprised when he heard this.

"Your Majesty doesn't know yet?" Enais Ibn Malik's surprise was not under Li Longji, his eyes widened and his face was full of surprise.

The destruction of the Western Roman Empire at the hands of the Huns was not confirmed until modern times, after the exchanges between the East and the West. In ancient times, the Chinese did not know. Although Chen Wanrong was a modern person, his history was not very good and he did not know this history. He couldn't help but be surprised: "Master, can you tell me in detail?"

This is exactly what Li Longji wanted to say, and he couldn't help but nod and approve it very much.

Enes Ibn Malik frowned and pondered for a moment, "This matter starts from two hundred and fifty years ago. At that time, the Huns produced a great emperor named Attila Attila when he was a young man and went to Rome to study and visit. Later, he returned to the Huns and killed his brother in order to be the emperor."

Li Longji sighed and said, "The barbarians are insatiable. In order to be a Shanyu, Maodun did not hesitate to kill his biological father, but his thief will not change his nature!"

Although Enes Ibn Malik was knowledgeable and knew a lot about Chinese history, he was unaware of this history and couldn't help but be stunned and said, "Who is this Maodun?"

Li Longji explained to him: "Maodun was the Shanyu of the Xiongnu. After he became the Shanyu, he unified the grassland tribes and controlled 400,000 strings, which was very powerful. He once surrounded Liu Bang, the Emperor Gaozu of Han, in Pingcheng, and Chen Ping used a trick. Liu Bang escaped without hesitation. Maodun was very rampant and once wrote a very insulting letter to Lu Zhi, who was Liu Bang's wife, saying that he wanted to sleep with Lu Zhi, which was a national humiliation for a while."

The cultures of the East and the West were very different. Enes Ibn Malik said disapprovingly: "What's wrong with them wanting to be lovers? The demise of Western Rome was caused by Attila's desire to be lovers with the princess of Western Rome."

Things became more and more strange, and Li Longji's interest increased a little: "Master, speak quickly!"

Enes Ibn Malik continued: "After Attila became the emperor of the Hun Empire, he fought east and west, and his empire expanded rapidly. Later, the Western Roman Empire and the Visigoths formed a coalition force, and his army fought with his army in Sharon. The coalition forces won and Attila was defeated. This battle was very tragic, and the Visigoth emperor also died on the battlefield.

"Attila was frustrated in the west and decided to attack eastward. The Eastern Roman Empire became his fat and allowed him to slaughter. After many wars, Attila gained a lot and finally came to Constantinople, the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire. If Constantinople had not been extremely strong, it would have fallen into his hands.

"I could not defeat Constantinople, Attila had to retreat. Fate always made people. The princess of the Western Roman Empire, Honolia, did not want to marry a nobleman in the palace, so she wrote a love letter to Attila, saying that she would marry him. Attila knew very well that according to Roman laws, he would get endless benefits and demanded that half of the Western Roman Empire be used as a dowry.

"Of course the emperor of Western Rome would not agree to exile Princess Honolia. Attila used this as an excuse to lead his army to cross the Alps, enter northern Italy, burn, kill, loot, and do everything evil. Wherever his army passed, it was terrible. He once said, "No new grass will grow in places where my horse trampled upon it." In northern Italy, he did this.

"After his battle, the Western Roman Empire suffered heavy losses and was already dead in name only."

Attila is synonymous with barbarity and cruelty, and is called "the Whip of God". During his reign, the Hun Empire was prosperous for a while, starting from the Aral Sea in the east, to the Atlantic Ocean in the west, to the Baltic Sea in the north, and to the Danube in the south.

Li Longji commented: "The Huns have no ambitions and only know how to loot, with their intentions to be gold and silk children, and do not know how to govern. Attila is the same as his ancestors!"

China has always been invaded by the nomadic peoples from the north. These nomadic peoples have always been in trouble for the sake of gold and silk, rather than to win the world. Li Longji's comments are very memorable and very reasonable.

Enes Ibn Malik did not understand China's thoughts and said in surprise: "Your Majesty, what's the difference?"

Li Longji smiled and said, "The difference is huge. When we have time, let's have a good chat. Now, please continue to say, what happened to Attila afterwards?"

Enes Ibn Malik continued: "He had already gained the upper hand, but I don't know why, he suddenly withdrew his troops, and soon he died suddenly. After his death, his empire soon collapsed and was forgotten by people."

Until now, after the exchange between the East and the West, historians have cleared the veins between the Western Xiongnu and the Eastern Xiongnu. After Emperor Wu of Han defeated the Xiongnu, the Xiongnu gradually weakened and the Southern Xiongnu surrendered to the Han Dynasty. The Xiongnu, who were unwilling to surrender, moved north and settled in the northern desert. However, they were not willing to fail and plagued the Southern Xiongnu from time to time. The Han Dynasty would send troops to attack them from time to time.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Dou Xian was arrogant and violated the national law. In order to atone for his sins, he led a Han army to attack the Northern Huns. Ban Gu wrote an influential article "Le Yanran Ming" on Yanran Mountain. This time, the Eastern Han Dynasty hit the Northern Huns with heavy blows, and countless cattle and sheep were killed and injured. The Northern Huns no longer had the strength to confront the Eastern Han Dynasty, so they had to move west to settle down in the Voga River Basin. For centuries, the Huns became stronger again, and the Huns had already belonged to Europe. Under the leadership of Attila, they fought east and west, and established a huge empire that Europeans were attracted to each other.

Although this empire is huge, it is still pitifully small compared to China in the East.

The Southern Xiongnu merged into China and was sinicized, and no longer existed. Only a large part of the surname "Liu" was descended from the Southern Xiongnu. After Attila's death, his empire collapsed, and the only remaining Xiongnu group was finally assimilated to the Europeans.

The Huns no longer exists, only exists in historical records!

According to Chinese history, the Huns no longer existed. Unexpectedly, there was such a Hun. Li Longji was very surprised: "This Atti is a character, but he died too early!" The implication is that he cannot "expel the barbarians."

Enes Ibn Malik frowned and said, "While Western Rome did not perish after Attila's attack, it was equivalent to perishing. The Germanic tribes in the north entered a large scale and destroyed the civilization of Western Rome. Western Rome is still in darkness."

If Attila hadn't destroyed the strength of the Western Roman Empire, the barbarians would not have invaded, and they would have been impossible to destroy Roman civilization. The West would not have been so dark. Speaking of which, the real promoter was China, the powerful Han Dynasty, and the general-purpose Emperor Wu of Han.

Li Longji shook his head and said, "A nation that can only destroy cannot do anything. If he does not perish today, he will also perish tomorrow!"

In response to this statement, Enes Ibn Malik agreed: "Your Majesty said very well, and I think so too! Only a nation that can build can stand forever. Please remember it!"

"Master Xie's teachings, Li Longji remembered it." Li Longji agreed with this statement very much and asked, "Where is the Eastern Roman Empire?"

The bamboo joints in the hands of Enes Ibn Marek said on the territory of the Eastern Roman Empire: "The Eastern Roman Empire is better than the Western Roman Empire. One hundred and fifty years ago, the Eastern Roman Empire produced a very talented emperor named Justinian. Justinian was extremely smart and ambitious to reunify the Roman Empire, and he did it. He had a resourceful general named Belisarius, who was Justinian's guard. Because Justinian appreciated him, he sent him to lead his army to fight. He was invincible, and his good elders defeated the more with less, conquering a large area of ​​Roman Empire land. When Justinian was in power, he almost recovered all the territory of the Roman Empire. Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. After his death, the empire was split again."

Li Longji was very interested and asked hurriedly: "How can he split after conquest?"

This problem must be clarified, otherwise it is hard to say whether the troops can be sent. Li Longji was very anxious.

Chen Wanrong didn't know much about this. He had heard of Justinian, but he didn't know anything else. Li Longji's words were exactly what he was thinking, and he couldn't help but open his eyes wide.

Enes Ibn Marek shook his head and said, "Justinian was a very smart emperor, but his actions aroused the resistance of the people. The Roman Empire was very famous, and the slaves of the Roman Empire were also very famous, and the circular arena was famous all over the world. The Roman Empire had few citizens, most of them were slaves. By the time of Justinian, slaves resisted and had already obtained freedom to a large extent. After Justinian conquered Western Rome, he wanted to restore the system of the Roman Empire. Those slaves who had finally obtained freedom would not agree, so they naturally had to fight him to the end. When he was there, the empire could still be maintained, and after his death, the empire collapsed."

Li Longji said excitedly: "After more than a thousand years ago, when Qin Shihuang unified the world, he abolished his slaves. Justinian was really a rebellious act. He wanted to have a slave a hundred and fifty years ago, but it would be unreasonable if he didn't die!"

China was the first country to enter feudal society. The advanced nature of its social system was far beyond the reach of the Roman Empire and the Dashi Empire. This was a major advantage of the Tang Dynasty.

Enes Ibn Malik sighed and said, "Justinian's rebellion is more than this. Belissaliu has made such great contributions, but he blinded Belissaliu's eyes."

Li Longji was so surprised that he asked, "Why is this?"

Enes Ibn Malik sighed and said, "Belissaliudo is powerful and good at using tricks. In the words of the Tang Dynasty, the Otgoths were willing to surrender, but he wanted to be the Otgoth king. Belisaliudo pretended to agree, and then refused. This incident aroused Justinian's suspicion and finally blinded his eyes. Belisaliudo could not survive, so he could only take his granddaughter to beg. One day, he happened to meet his subordinates. When his subordinates met him, they were extremely surprised and did not believe that this blind old man was the once mighty general!"

This is a secret of the Eastern Roman Empire, and everyone listened to it with relish.

Li Longji frowned and said, "Although Belisario used tricks, he could not do such tricks. Such things are the easiest to be taboos, and no emperor can tolerate him."

This is the truth, Chen Wanrong nodded.

Enes Ibn Malik shook his head incomprehensible and then said, "After Justinian's death, the treasury was empty and could not maintain the army, and the places where he conquered were successively abandoned. After the rise of the Great Food, he seized Egypt and Palestine, leaving only such a large area.

"Forty years ago, Dashi dispatched more than 100,000 troops to launch an attack on Constantinople, the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, but because Constantinople was too strong and did not take down. At the critical moment, the Navy of Eastern Rome arrived and burned the Dashi warships with Greek fire, causing the Dashi to be completely defeated by both water and land, and finally had to retreat."

"There is only a little bit of this huge empire. The Eastern Roman Empire is a little peaceful! Sad! It's a pity!" Li Longji was very interested in Constantinople: "What's the excellence of this Constantinople?"

Enes Ibn Marek pointed to the map and explained: "Constantinople was built by the Roman emperor Constantine the Great. This is the hometown of the Greek colony Byzantine. A few scholars call the Eastern Roman Empire the Byzantine Empire. It faces water on three sides, and on one side, it is a transportation hub, and it is a land throat connecting Asia Minor and the West. When it was first cultivated, Constantinople named it "New Rome". Later generations called Constantinople to commemorate Constantine the Great. The treasures inside are extremely rich. It can be said that almost all the treasures of the Roman Empire are here."

The Eastern Roman Empire was also called the Byzantine Empire, but it was called by later historians.

Li Longji didn't say anything, looking at Chen Wanrong. Chen Wanrong understood what he meant, and was asking Chen Wanrong whether the artillery could capture Constantinople. Chen Wanrong had absolute confidence in this and nodded slightly.

"The master has already told me about Greek fire." Li Longji said kindly: "The master has been explaining for a long time and is a little tired. Please go and rest."

Enes Ibn Malik was indeed a little tired, so he responded and helped Gao Lishi.

"Yao Chong, Song Jing, Chen Wanrong stay, you guys go down too." Li Longji ordered.

Cheng Xiaotian and the others understood that they had a new understanding of the situation in the Western Regions, and Li Longji and the others were going to discuss military aircraft. Although they could not participate in the discussion, they had learned from Li Longji's eyes that Li Longji was determined to fight in the Western Regions, and that the Great Food and the Roman Empire were his goals.

This is a good thing that may not happen in ten lifetimes. Cheng Xiaotian and the others were very excited and went there happily.

After everyone left, Li Longji was very excited and paced for a while, sat down and asked, "What do you think you have a general understanding of the Western Regions?"

Yao Chong understood what Li Longji meant. If he really wanted to fight in the Western Regions, he would have no objection. However, he was the prime minister and had to be pragmatic. He thought for a while and said, "Emperor, one big food is enough for us to fight. There is no need to provoke the Qin Dynasty again."

Song Jing also agreed with this: "Your Majesty, what Yao Xiang said is very true. According to our understanding, it should not be difficult to defeat it, but how to manage it will be a problem. After all, it is too far away, and supply and reinforcements are all major problems. If you cannot manage it well, what are the benefits of the Tang Dynasty?"

This kind of worry is very reasonable. Li Longji did not speak immediately, saying, "What the two of you are worried about is not unreasonable, it is very reasonable. However, if the Tang Dynasty really wants to advance westward with all its might, neither the Dashi nor the Roman Empire can stop the Iron Cavalry of the Tang Dynasty. I am unwilling to accept it even though I know that I can fight but not fight! Chen Wanrong, what are you thinking?"

Chen Wanrong frowned and was pondering. When he heard this, he said, "Your Majesty, if you really want to fight, you may not be able to manage it."

"Oh! What's your solution?" Li Longji asked anxiously.

The fight will definitely be able to fight, but it cannot be managed. If it can be managed, it will have to fight. Yao Chong and Song Jing also looked at Chen Wanrong with interest.
Chapter completed!