"So it took us six hundred years to grow from an ordinary country in Italy to a top empire that stands proudly in the world." Ganassis showed a rare hint of arrogance.
"It's not easy for everyone." Huangfusong nodded and said. He also understood how Rome grew. To be honest, in Huangfusong's opinion, the greatest influence on Rome should be the Celts and Carthaginians, and later of Parthians.
It is precisely because of these three enemies that they woke up Rome every time when it was expanding. Rome was able to encounter dangers several times in the past few hundred years and surpassed it several times. In the end, it was able to stand proudly on the top of the world and then stand tall. Top of the world.
To a certain extent, foreign enemies are indeed very important. Thinking of this, Huangfu Song also understood more and more why the Han Dynasty central government and the family council would implement the plan to completely encircle Rome in the end, because only in this way can both sides continue for a long time.
The strength of the Han Dynasty was almost created by the Xiongnu. To defeat a powerful opponent, if there was no other choice, the only choice was to become stronger than the opponent. And the Han Dynasty encountered many challenges in the past four hundred years. , but the ups and downs were all over in the end.
From what Huangfusong saw, even if the Han Dynasty collapsed without catching up with Chen Xi during the Jian'an period, it still had the combat power to suppress all parties when it collapsed. Even if it collapsed, it was not because of lack of military strength, but more Because the reality is that there is not enough money.
This is the meaning of an opponent. From the beginning to the end, this kind of strength is enough to ensure that when the country collapses, it will still not be invaded by barbarians. This is very important.
"It is indeed a good place. The wind and waves are calm. Even though I am a northerner, I don't feel faint sitting on such a big boat." Huangfu Song looked at the fishing boats in front with a rather emotional expression.
"Hahaha, the Mediterranean Sea is very peaceful all year round." Ganassis said with a smile, "This is the mother who gave birth to us."
Huangfu Song nodded. As a high-quality fence-sitter, he never said a bad word about the Mediterranean from the moment he boarded the ship. Even as a top general, he understood the fatal weakness of this kind of territory from the moment he understood the meaning of the Mediterranean. But Huangfusong pretended not to know and only talked about the good things and not the bad things. Anyway, everyone liked to hear it.
It was a smooth journey to the Italian province. At this time, the port had already arranged personnel to welcome the new commander of the 20th Eagle Banner Legion, Varilius, who was only 20 years old.
"I have met General Huangfu and Duke Ganassis." Varilius bowed to Huangfu Song and Ganassis, then looked at Li Jue and the other three, thinking whether he should pretend not to know these three. Guy.
However, at this moment, Ganassis pulled Li Jue and greeted Varilius, "This is the Marquis Chiyang I often say, a brave, courageous, and independent hero."
When Huangfu Song heard this, he glanced at Li Jue with a strange look on his face, and then withdrew his gaze. Varilius smiled and gave a slight salute to Li Jue, "I have met Marquis Chiyang, Meiyang." Marquis, Marquis Wannian, three of you have invited me."
The three idiots bowed awkwardly to Varilius. The three of them had often fought against Varilius in Great Britain. It was indeed a bit embarrassing to think about it.
"Ahem, cough, cough, we didn't talk nonsense about what happened last year. We are indeed lost." Li Jue is still a human being after all. The other party is giving him face, so he is willing to speak clearly and take action. But the blame is not his, Li Jue's. You twenty Eagle Banner Corps fought with them first.
"We have already verified this in Iceland." Varilius nodded.
Although this guy is young, he is indeed extremely cautious. What happened last year was indeed blamed later, but he had to find out whether Li Jue's fight with him was intentional or an error. Finally, he found out, What the other party said is most likely true.
After combining it with the secrets of the gods and determining the walking trajectory of Li Jue and others, Varilius was basically sure that when the three fools came to them to ask for food and were about to leave, they were sincere. What happened next was considered to be It's not easy to care about the coincidence of circumstances, and each will hit fifty big boards.
Of course, the most important point is that Li Jue's strength has been certified by Varilius, otherwise this matter would not be so easy to pass.
"Next time we meet on the battlefield, we won't let him go so easily." There was already a billowing heat wave around Varilius, and he stretched out his hand towards Li Jue.
"It's just that last time I had fewer people, so you think you are Alessandro." Li Jue laughed and scolded, saying nonchalantly that he was not afraid of the opponent at all during the fight. He suffered a loss last time purely because of the small number of people.
"How many of you know each other?" Ganassis asked strangely.
"Didn't I tell you that we went to the Han Dynasty to strengthen our combat power? You see, my inner energy has left my body." Li Jue said with some resentment, and then showed off the strength of his own inner energy. Ganassis nodded. , a little envious.
As the essence of heaven and earth rises, the difficulty of leaving the body is plummeting, but for most people, it is still very difficult. At least Ganassis has no hope of leaving the body. However, looking at the person in front of him, It is impossible not to be envious of an opponent who was once the same as himself and whose inner energy has left his body.
"Then I got lost." Guo Bang compressed his magnificent life into five words.
Ganassis looked at Li Jue and the three of them, and saw that the three of them became lighter with unbearable expressions. He didn't think much about it. He just regarded it as some kind of test. After all, it could be a means of leaving the inner Qi from the body. He didn't even think about it. Too easy.
"General Chunyu." Varilius bowed slightly to Chunyu Qiong, "The adjustment of the Twenty Eagle Banner Corps is about to be completed. We will meet again in Eastern Europe if we have the opportunity."
"We'll see when the time comes." Chunyu Qiong didn't show the slightest worry on her face, she just looked at Varilius calmly and said.
Varilius didn't say anything and nodded. He didn't see the joke. The adjustment of the Twenty Eagle Banner Legion was about to be completed. The illusory Eagle Banner of his own had also been quite developed under the guidance of Caesar. In conjunction with the original Eagle Banner, With the power of the emblem, the 20th Eagle Banner Corps has reached a new peak.
"Rome looks very wealthy." Zhang Ren observed casually, gradually deepening his understanding of the situation in Rome.
"Well, after all, it is the city of Rome in the Roman Empire. It is equivalent to the best place in Chang'an. Of course it is not bad." Huangfu Song said casually, and soon he met an acquaintance who was riding a horse with Taqito. Ma Chao was pulling and pulling.
Huangfu Song wanted to pretend that he didn't see Ma Chao, but Ma Chao saw Huangfu Song with sharp eyes and ran over on his own Li Feisha to greet Huangfu Song.
"This is the commander of the Seventh Eagle Banner Corps, Chao Mamikonyan." Ganassis introduced him casually, because everyone present basically knew him.
"Tachito, you have a good horse." Li Jue was not interested in Ma Chao. He was very interested in Tachito, the guy who sold him horses.
"Of course it's good. This is a new breed of horse that I've been catching in Spain for a long time. It's much better than the horses you defrauded." Tacito said proudly.
You must not admit that it is a transaction. You must be deceived by the other party. Even if everyone sees that it is a transaction, they cannot tell it.
"It's not bad, it's not as strong as my horse." Li Jue chuckled. The horse he was riding on the opposite side was very good. With its streamlined figure, it looked like a top horse breed with equal emphasis on endurance and speed. But the Shire horse under his crotch was very strong. , do they need speed and burst? No need to hit him to death!
"Ah, your horse is indeed very strong." Tachito looked up and down for a long time and said slowly, "Where did you get it from?"
"The breed of Celtic horse in Great Britain, the Shire horse." Valilius replied, "But this horse is not good, it has no explosive power, and its speed is only an ordinary high-class horse. Go ride your Friesian horse. Moreover, this horse eats a lot, twice as much as yours. If you don’t want to be picked on by the financial officer, don’t focus on this. To be honest, this thing is not suitable for you.”
"Oh oh oh, those are the farming horses you sent back." Tacito replied casually, losing interest for a moment. What he wanted was the top horse breed with strong explosive power and good durability, the Shire horse. Let's go. If it is scattered, even if the essence of heaven and earth strengthens the courage, the speed will be the same.
After all, the Ninth Spanish Legion is a standard top heavy cavalry regiment. Their war horses are vehicles and require explosive power and speed. Unlike the cavalry mudslides of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, the horses of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry are not vehicles but weapons. So there is no need for speed at all, only combat power, so the positioning of the two sides is completely different.
To be precise, most of the Xiliang cavalry are mounted infantry. Although they are among the best in the cavalry circle, in fact they are simply a mudslide among the cavalry.
"What kind of farming horse are you talking about? Sell it to me for more money!" Li Jue retorted on the spot, but then he remembered that the top horse breeds in Rome felt worthless. The ninth Spain on the opposite side had already changed to three top horse breeds, and last time the horse After being taken away by them, this guy has nothing to do. Maybe he can get Sharma through legitimate channels.
"Ah, can you sell it?" Tachito asked Varilius in a daze.
The important reason why Tacito can sell Andalusian horses is that the Spanish provinces under the Spanish Legion are horse-producing areas, and Andalusian horses are found wild in Spain.
If you don't have any more, just catch him. Tacito's horse was bought by Li Jue last time. Pompianus was not going to give Tacito any subsidies, so Tacito went back to Spain to catch and train for half a year. Of course, after catching it After the Andalusian horses, better Friesian horses were discovered in the next province, so they changed horse breeds again.
