With the advent of a new day, the clouds in the east have dispersed, and the sky is full of belly color when the morning sun rises.
At a glance, wisps of cooking smoke rose from the beachhead and inland, which were two armies burying pots in the early hours of the morning, and when the morning sun rose, the rice had actually been opened, but the firewood had not been completely extinguished.
Zampt Warren led people to set off under the light of the rising sun, he didn't dare to go to the Han army in a daze, he sent someone to contact him first, and only after getting a reply did he officially go on the road.
At the time of breakfast, the fighting on land was in a temporary halt, but the noisy land had a little rest, but the fighting on the sea was still going on.
The battlefield was naturally a mess, with discarded debris everywhere, and there were inevitably some lying corpses on the ground, especially the corpses at the front of the battle between the two armies, and then there were arrows stuck all over the ground.
The person who met Zampt Warren was Si Hongzhuang.
Si Hongzhuang squinted his eyes when he first saw Zampt Warren, who was a Kshatriya of the Gupta Dynasty, and there was no shortage of Caucasian people in the Kshatriya of the Gupta Dynasty, and the Han people, who had been ravaged by the Qiang people for decades, could be said to have a natural sense of hatred for Caucasians.
Zampt Warren's dress is very normal in Ah San's opinion, the robe is colorful, there is no shortage of gold pendants on the body, and the jewelry inlaid with gems can be loaded as much as it wants, and anyone who sees it has to jump out of their hearts The word "local tyrant" jumps out in their hearts.
He didn't look like he was wearing armor on the outside, but he actually wore two layers of chain mail inside his robe, plate armor on the vital part of his chest, and a scimitar hanging from the belt around his waist.
The two met in a tent in the forward position of the Han army, Zampt Warren was very careful on the way to observe, the fortifications of the Han army camp seemed dense, and then the mood of the soldiers seemed very relaxed.
A little military common sense understands that the relaxation of the soldiers of an army is the key, at least it indicates that the morale of the army is acceptable, and it is not easy for a morale army to lose.
Zampt Warren also faced up to one point, because of the existence of exchanges between the three civilizations, the Mediterranean civilization, and the Central Asian civilizations, each has the shadow of the other, and it is somewhat familiar with each other when it comes to cognition, but the civilization of the Central Plains is "unique" everywhere, whether it is from the dress, or the hair ornament on the head, at least for the time being, the civilization that will tie the hair is only in the Central Plains Dynasty.
"My master is from the southern part of the great empire, and is the greatest nobleman in the region, with a large land and slaves, and more wealth than Shashuo, who can fight with lions."
Si Hongzhuang listened to the translator constantly boasting about Zampt Warren's life experience and ability, and his face twitched when he heard it, how could he not know whether to evaluate whether he should be thick-skinned or shameless.
The problem is that no matter whether it is the Argentine civilization or those civilizations in Central Asia and the Mediterranean, they really usually put all kinds of "halos" on their bodies, showing off their status, wealth, force, and fame is a process, and the more titles they have, the more awesome they usually become.
"This official is the captain of the Great Han Pingman."
Si Hongzhuang raised his chin slightly, just introduced the official position without talking about the title, and asked expressionlessly: "When the two armies are fighting, what are you waiting for, but you have to surrender?"
After waiting for the translation to be completed, Zampt Warren confirmed that there was no mistake in the translation, and said: "This is our sea, and the country of Burma is also a subject country protected by the great Gupta country, and it is an uncivilized and barbaric act that you have violated our sea and occupied the land of Burma. ” "We came, we fought, we occupied."
Si Hongzhuang tugged at the corners of his mouth, and said with disdain: "Don't say whether there is a master land, the land where the Han military boots step is the Han land." ” Zampt Warren was not a Kshatriya who did not know how to learn, he was stunned after listening to the translation, thinking of the words of Caesar of Rome, "I come, I see, I conquer".
Caesar has been pioneering outward, and Crassus and Pompey are also doing this at the same time, and the Roman triumvirate has all said similar things, generally believing that the stronger side can naturally occupy more land, and there is no difference between good and evil.
Si Hongzhuang saw that Zampt Warren was stunned, and said impatiently: "Since you have to come to surrender, you can leave." ” "The empire is a powerful country, we rule the Indus River and the Ganges River valley, and the country is rich and populous."
Zampt Warren frowned at Si Hongzhuang and continued: "We have an army of 400,000, and we can organize another army of one million anytime and anywhere. ” Zampt Warren doesn't seem to brag, if you calculate it in terms of national strength, because the Gupta Dynasty has a large area of grain production, there is really no shortage of domestic food.
In addition, in addition to being at odds with Vagataga, the Gupta Dynasty also maintained prosperous trade with neighboring countries and Rome, and it was definitely rich in terms of financial resources.
They should have a population of about 25 million even the untouchables, and they will not hesitate to arm the untouchables to death without treating them as human beings, let alone arming a million untouchables, and they can do another one million things.
The Han state has limited knowledge of the Gupta Dynasty, but it has more or less discovered some information, including the wealth of the Gupta Dynasty and the fact that the Gupta Dynasty is indeed a hegemon in South Asia, but it is difficult to judge whether it can organize an army of millions.
"That's very good."
Si Hongzhuang was not the slightest bit frightened, but licked his lips and said excitedly: "The Han has cleaned up the surrounding Hu people, and my generation is worried that there is no place for meritorious service." ” Zampt Warren felt that the Han Empire general in front of him was sick, and he was the one who was not lightly ill.
In the eyes of any country or nation, war is never a trivial matter, on the contrary, it is a major matter related to the rise and fall of the country and the survival of the nation.
The Gupta Dynasty was located in South Asia, not counting the Kushan Empire, and they had no conflict with the Han Kingdom in East Asia at all, let alone any entanglement of interests.
And if the Kushan Empire had a conflict with the Han Chinese, it would have been hundreds of years ago, and there was nothing wrong with the Gupta Dynasty being established on the ruins of the Kushan Empire, but the Gupta Dynasty was not the successor of the Kushan Empire.
In Zampt Warren's opinion, the distance between the Han Kingdom and the Gupta Dynasty is too far, what kind of madness should be to think about the labor expedition, even if he wins the battle, it will be blackmail at most, can he still defeat the Gupta Dynasty to destroy the country or what "There is always a motive for any war."
Zampt Warren tried his best to endure his anger, and in the spirit of good communication, he asked: "What did the Han Empire want to gain by launching this war?"
Si Hongzhuang knew what he wanted, but it seemed a little embarrassing to say it, and it would seem a little fuss, staring at Zampt Warren with a puzzled face with an expressionless face and not giving an answer.
The reason why the Han and Gupta dynasties can't get along is that they know that the Gupta Dynasty is rich in grain here, and the Han Kingdom is about to face a great drought, and the vast majority of areas will have no harvest under the drought.
Later, the Han army came to Asanyang, and established a base on the southern coast of the Pyu Kingdom, and successively probed more information about the Gupta Dynasty, and found that the Gupta Dynasty was not a country that could be destroyed by a dozen, on the contrary, the Gupta Dynasty was the overlord in this area, and it was really rich in grain, and it was still an extremely rich country.
The overlord of any region should not be underestimated, and should be treated with enough caution, so not only the invasion force has been increased, from the original one standing army to two standing armies, and the original servant army of only 20,000 has also increased to 40,000.
At this time, there was a sound of notification outside the tent, and Si Hongzhuang allowed people to enter, and the information about the naval engagement was also revealed.
The Han fleet and the Gupta fleet began to fight at night, and in the early morning they were still fighting, and the big ships of the two warring sides did not lose many ships at night, but the losses of the ships and warships on both sides were relatively large.
After the arrival of the new day, the navies on both sides of the battle, whether they admit it or not, are very tired, especially those who are responsible for rowing the oars are the worst, many of them do not even listen to the call of their arms, but because the speed of the big ship has dropped, the battle situation has become more and more ferocious.
Just now there was a large-scale battle between the fleets on both sides, first the long-range weapons greeted back and forth, and then there was simply a warship colliding and gangside fighting, which was equivalent to the outbreak of a local decisive battle, Si Hongzhuang got the report that his side lost seventeen ships, the Gupta fleet lost sixteen ships, and the damaged warships on both sides were still counting and estimating, and the Gupta fleet took the initiative to retreat to announce the victory or defeat of the local decisive battle.
In the current naval battle, it is not easy for the warship to sink, even if the ship is burned, but if the hull of the cabin is not broken, it should be the horizontal plane that burns almost to the bottom of the ship to cause sinking.
The fleet commanded by Fu Wei lost seventeen ships, only four were sunk, and the rest was captured due to the defeat of the gang jumper, and the last twelve ships were burned, and only one was brought back by the retreating Gupta side; Of the sixteen ships lost on the Gupta side, seven were sunk and nine were captured.
The Gupta fleet took the initiative to evacuate, so naturally it was impossible to take away the captured ships, and it was impossible to rescue even their own personnel who fell into the water, but the Han army was able to do the above things.
Judging from the losses between each other, it was the Han fleet that was at a disadvantage, but in any case, the Gupta fleet chose to retreat, and the local decisive battle was the final victory of the Han army, and the attempt to break the blockade that Katruk Karp hoped for failed.
After listening to the translation, Zampt Warren was proud that his side had suffered less losses than the Han Empire, but he was also disappointed by the failure to break the blockade.
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In fact, he knows very well that any confrontation cannot only look at losses, and whether the desired result is achieved is the key.
The failure of the breakthrough is tantamount to a predicament for a fleet that is blocked on the coast, and the next Gupta side will definitely continue to organize a breakthrough until the fleet warships lose to a certain extent, or there is no confidence in breaking through, and then it will admit defeat.
"But there are still things that have not been said" Si Hongzhuang asked casually and waved his hand: "The captain of this school is very busy with military affairs, and he has no time to talk about it." ” "I'm going to stay here."
Zampt Warren at least knew that the Han Empire would not kill the envoys, and said bluntly: "No matter what the final outcome of this war is, I will stay on behalf of the Empire." ” Si Hongzhuang was strange, he didn't understand what kind of thinking this Ah San had.
He thought about it for a while, he really needed someone to convey his intentions, smiled and said, "In this case, you will stay close to the captain of this school." ” The army's morning food has long been eaten, and the Han army on land is ready to attack, as the commander of this battle, Si Hongzhuang will naturally not stay in the tent, but he will not do anything to lead the charge, after all, he is the commander of this battle, the charge is what the front-line soldiers should do, and his responsibility is to take charge of the overall situation and deploy troops.
Zampt Warren followed Si Hongzhuang out of the tent, and saw that the Han army with solemn faces was standing around, and saw that the number of Han troops was really quite large, and he immediately noticed that the Han army was making a big move.
Si Hongzhuang needs a sufficient height to look at the overall situation, but he can't find a mountain, he has to keep a distance from the participating troops, and if necessary, he can stand on the front line in person, and the nest car three or four floors high has become an observation place.
The Han army's attack on the beachhead Gupta troops broke out in a burst of war drums, and after a neat battle call of "Han Army Might", the servant army in the front began to march forward, and the follow-up queue was the soldiers of the standing army.
It was also Zampt Warren, who was also standing on top of the nest car, he had enough height to observe, and he had seen the Han servant army yesterday, and he had no curiosity about this group of slave soldiers who were dressed in everything, but he was very curious about the Han army with red and black robes and armor.
No matter how bad the soldiers of the standing army are, they will have a leather armor, and the standard configuration on the body is to see what kind of soldier they are, and they are repeatedly selected, whether it is from height or figure, they are all superior, and they are at least experienced in dozens of battles, and they all look like fierce soldiers.
The "mounted infantry" Zampt Warren paid the most attention to a large array of iron-clad phalanxes, and when he saw the Mo knife or broadsword in the hands of those heavy infantrymen, his cheeks twitched: "One after another is like an iron tower." ” The Han army's mounted heavy infantry are all tall people, with an average height of 1.9 meters, which is indeed very deterrent.
Speaking of which, the average height of the Chinese Miao descendants, especially the Chinese Miao descendants in the Central Plains, from the Warring States to the Three Kingdoms is really not bad, and it is not difficult to find a young man with a height of about 1.9 meters.
Just as Zampt Warren continued to observe, his ears were shocked by the shouts of "Long live the Son of Heaven" and "Long live the Celestial Empire" chanted by an unknown number of people, and he turned his head to look at it, and saw the Han crossbowmen covering it, and at the same time, the servant army in the forefront also charged
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