An escort nearby heard Gu Tong's words and couldn't help but asked: "Wouldn't it be easy for the East Roman Empire to implement a system of military and political compatibility that would lead to the separatism of vassals and towns?
Think about it, a military general has both the army and the finances in his hands." , he can conscientiously obey the orders and dispatches of the court."
Gu Tong smiled and said: "The military district system of the Eastern Roman Empire is different from the border towns and vassal towns before the Tang Dynasty.
First of all, the border towns of the Tang dynasty were in charge of military and political affairs, financial power, and personnel appointment and dismissal rights.
The military generals of the Eastern Roman Empire only had military power and financial power, but no personnel appointment and removal rights.
From the governor, military generals, to The centurions and captains below were all appointed and dismissed by Constantinople.
In addition, the power of the Tang vassal towns was concentrated in the hands of the Jiedushi.
The officials and generals below the Jiedushi did not have much power.
However, the military district system of the Eastern Roman Empire was different.
A military district was divided into several divisions.
A division was divided into several regiments, and several regiments were divided into several divisions.
There are several battalions, and each battalion is divided into several teams.
These chief officers have military and financial power.
The only ones the military region generals can really mobilize and command at will are their own personal guards.
If you want to mobilize the division-level troops below, you must have soldiers.
However, this system will definitely be broken by the generals of various military regions using their power as time goes by.
As the saying goes, the mountains are high and the emperor is far away.
Once the prestige of Constantinople drops, the voice of the local military generals will increase.
The chief officers of the divisions, regiments, battalions, and teams below will not be able to get the monarch With the support of Fort Tantino, their rights will only be deprived and controlled by the military generals, and it will only be a matter of time before the vassal towns are separated."
"In addition, the army of the Eastern Roman Empire is mainly divided into three parts.
The most powerful one is the Central Army, which is directly under the command of Constantinople.
They have uniform equipment and uniforms; the second one is the military district army, which is the entire Eastern Roman Empire.
The number of military districts in the Roman Empire varied in each period.
Some were merged and some were split.
Most were split, splitting a large military district into two or three smaller areas.
The total number of military region soldiers in the country is about 90,000.
The taxes of the military region not only support the military region soldiers of the military region, but also turn over a considerable part to Constantinople.
The third-line army is the second-line army, which is not equipped with enough equipment.
Military region troops that are complete, have insufficient military expenditures, and are not full of personnel will be driven out of the military region fields and engaged in the task of escorting military pay and military supplies to various fortresses, castles, and military camps."
"Although the Eastern Roman Empire has always wanted to build an army with heavy cavalry as its main combat effectiveness, the formation of heavy cavalry requires huge military expenditures.
Until now, only the Central Army in Constantinople had the financial resources to form a large, organized army.
Large-scale heavy cavalry, and although there are many cavalry in each military region, they are all light cavalry, even if The knights were equipped with weapons such as heavy armor and lances, and they could not afford vests.
Therefore, the army of the Eastern Roman Empire was still mainly infantry, supplemented by cavalry.
In each military district, if the income from the fields was small, it would take several soldiers.
Only a free family could support a cavalryman, and a wealthy cavalryman not only had servants, but also slaves to serve him."
Zhao Ziliang asked: "Do you know what the military organization of the Eastern Roman Empire was like?"
Mercenary Arut said: "I have spent ten years in the Eastern Roman army, and I have served as a centurion.
I have a relatively good understanding of the Eastern Roman military system.
The central army of the Eastern Roman Empire adopts the legion system.
System: ten squads are organized into a small squadron, five squadrons are organized into a squadron, six or ten squadrons are organized into a large group, and ten large groups are organized into a legion.
The number of troops in a legion is between 3,600 and 5,000.
;Although the army establishment under the military district system also adopts The army system is adopted, but the organization below is different.
A military region usually has two or three legions under its jurisdiction, one legion has five divisions, each with one thousand men, and one division has five regiments of two hundred men. , a regiment governs two or five battalions, with a number of between 40 and 100 people, and a battalion governs four or ten teams, each team has ten people; the second-line army responsible for logistics supplies and transportation is unobstructed.
If the establishment is not full of personnel, the situation in each military region is very different."
The narrations of Gu Tong, Arut, Dio and others allowed Zhao Ziliang to understand the military system of the Eastern Roman Empire in such detail for the first time.
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This situation is not unimportant.
There is no doubt that for the Eastern Roman Empire, the military reform over the past decade or so has greatly strengthened the central government's rule over local areas and strengthened its own military strength.
However, it has also undeniably weakened the peasants.
The development of agricultural production in the country has come to a standstill.
The integration of military and peasantry has made farmers no longer pure farmers, but farmers in their spare time and soldiers in wartime.
They can neither devote themselves wholeheartedly to agricultural production nor concentrate on military matters. train.
The system of enfeoffing land for military generals and implementing a system of military and political compatibility has caused more and more military generals to become feudal lords.
As time goes by, these military feudal lords will inevitably deprive free farmers of their living space, and a large amount of hereditary land of free people will also be lost.
It will gradually be annexed by the feudal lords of the military group, and the military district system will definitely decline.
As far as the current situation of the Eastern Roman Empire is concerned, the Cilicia Military District has three legions, and the establishment of the three legions is not full.
As the guard of Topracale Fortress, Larsius has Three thousand men and horses can be considered a strong force.
These three thousand men and horses are equivalent to one-third of the strength of the entire Cilicia Military Region.
Because the Cilicia Military Region is close to the border of Western Qin, it has nearly 9,000 men.
The army, and many inland army districts cannot even gather 3,000 troops.
After two days of traveling westward, the caravan arrived at the town of Ceyhan on the banks of the Pyramus River.
The Pyramus River flows through this town in a zigzag shape, and the current is fast.
The residents here have built high dikes here.
Block the impact of water flow, and it is precisely because of the water resources here Rich, the land in this town has become fertile under the erosion of the river over the years.
The residents here have become wealthy because of the fertile land, developed transportation, and prosperous commerce.
This is similar to the depression and desolation that Zhao Ziliang and others saw before.
Huge difference.
There is also a small church in the town, which is presided over by a priest.
There are both stone houses and houses with brick and wood structures, as well as two clean and long streets.
The entire town is home to thousands of people.
Not only the population, In terms of size and prosperity, Ceyhan was considered a large town in this era.
When Zhao Ziliang's caravan arrived outside the town, the pastor of the town and church who had already received the news brought some people out of the town entrance to greet them.
The caravan had never received such treatment before.
"I am Varnado, the mayor of Ceyhan Town, and this is Father Bablos of the church in the town, as well as representatives of the residents of these towns.
On behalf of the 3,786 people of Ceyhan Town, we welcome Dear guests from the Eastern and Western Qin Kingdom, if you are willing to stay in the town, we will arrange the most comfortable hotel for you, and open up another space for you to trade with the residents of the town."
A forty-year-old man with a thick beard said: The middle-aged official said to Liu Dan, Dugujun, Qin Zipeng and others.
Qin Zipeng stepped forward and returned the gift in accordance with the etiquette of the Eastern Roman Empire, and said: "I am Qin Zipeng, the manager of the Qin family's caravan in the West Qin State.
On behalf of everyone in the caravan, I would like to thank you for your enthusiasm.
Our caravan has a large number of people, so the small town I'm afraid the hotel we're staying at won't be able to accommodate so many people, so we can just find a clean and spacious place to camp outside the town.
I'll camp there tomorrow morning We will place the oriental commodities we brought outside the caravan camp for the residents of the town to come to view and trade.
As long as it is the currency of our Western Qin State or the official currency of the Eastern Roman Empire, we can use it to purchase our goods.
Goods and goods.
Tonight, we will hold a banquet in the camp for the mayor, priests and representatives of the residents.
Please be sure to enjoy it."
Varnado and Father Pablos looked at each other with smiles on their faces.
Varnado smiled and said: "Shopkeeper Qin is so enthusiastic.
We will definitely go to the banquet on time."
The caravan guards worked together and quickly found a dry highland and set up camp.
As night gradually fell, a dinner for the mayor, priests and residents' representatives was also prepared, and torches were lit throughout the camp.
There were several oil lamps lit in the big tent at the banquet site.
In order to add some fun to the banquet, Qin Zipeng also sent people to the town to invite a circus that was temporarily staying here to perform for the guests after the banquet started.
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"Mayor Varnado, this time our caravan came to Ceyhan Town, we have to rely on the support and care of the mayor.
When we came here, we not only brought high-quality and low-price goods, but also brought a lot of support to Ceyhan Town.
The town has brought commercial tax revenue and prospered the economy of Ceyhan Town, and we have also made money ourselves.
This is a win-win situation for us," Qin Zipeng said with a smile, and then stuffed a cloth bag containing gold coins under the table. .
Varnado took it and touched it, and the smile on his face became even brighter.
He was already a little drunk and he suddenly said happily: "Shopkeeper Qin is so right.
Come, cheers to our win-win situation."
"Cheers" Everyone stood up and cheered happily.
At this time, a dark wind blew, and all the lights in the camp were immediately extinguished.
The oil lamps in the big tent also began to swing and could be blown out at any time.
A black mist suddenly poured in from outside the tent, and the ground was densely covered with insects.
Come in, it's terrifying.
The expressions of the representatives of the residents in the town suddenly changed.
The mayor Varnado was so shocked that he shouted: "No, it's a wizard, a wizard is coming."
"Run!"
Someone shouted, and there was chaos in the tent.
The residents of the town screamed and rushed out of the tent to escape
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