In the era of wooden ships, if there was any fear of war, there was no doubt that it was fire.
Whether it is a fire attack on land or a water surface, in fact, fire attack is not so fun, and the time and place are indispensable at all.
There was a sudden strong wind on the sea, and the wind was still favorable to the Han fleet, which was originally just some of the warships that were on fire to attack the enemy, and the ships that were prepared behind launched a fireboat charge, if the wind direction did not change, the result of the battle had actually been shown, and the difference was how many ships each side lost.
"It's over."
Huan Wen was no stranger to water warfare, and when he saw Gupta side's fleet in confusion under the onslaught of fireships, he continued after commenting, "Go down the mountain." ” Dense columns of smoke began to rise into the sky again along the coastline, and smoke was coming from burning ships, and the ships of both sides in the first line of engagement were burning in their hulls so that they could be seen clearly from afar.
Li Mai not only let the ships attack, but also the warships of the fleet continued to move forward, constantly compressing the space for the Gupta fleet to operate, while the ships were densely packed and the Gupta side was even more miserable under the fire attack.
The number of burning ships was so large that the people in the rear could only see the dense smoke, and more and more ships on the Gupta side began to wash the beach, and some soldiers and sailors who abandoned their ships, whether in small boats or swimming, also moved to the beachhead position without life.
The battle on the land, under the continuous push of the Han army, consumed about an hour and a half, and the Gupta side was squeezed into the sea for about a mile.
The Han army's heavy infantry had exhausted its physical strength and had retreated to the rear, and the shield wall was slowly advanced by the shield soldiers, covered by some melee infantry, and a large number of crossbowmen were constantly firing arrows behind the shield wall.
There were already more than 15,000 people in the small beachhead, and there were people who kept going up to the beachhead, which caused a phenomenon of crowding, and they suffered heavy casualties under the continuous coverage of the Han army's crossbowmen, and too many people were bleeding, and the ground was full of blood, and the red water that collected blood appeared on the ground and went towards the sea.
Katruk Karp had already come ashore, he looked at the sea for a while, turned his head to look at the land, the sky was like arrows, his ears were full of screams and wails, he closed his eyes for a moment, gritted his teeth when he opened them again, and said: "Ask the Han army for a truce." ” There is no way, the battle situation on the sea has changed abruptly, the battle on land has been at a disadvantage, Katruk Karp has no hope of winning this battle, the breakthrough is also bankrupt, the beachhead is facing unilateral killings, the support is no longer valuable, it is better to admit defeat than a single one.
When Si Hongzhuang saw Aptra, Aptra immediately knelt down and said a string of words.
Through the translation, Si Hongzhuang knew that the black charcoal in front of him was coming on behalf of the supreme commander of Gupta in this battle, and he was looking for Zampt Warren.
"We admit defeat, please give the order to stop the attack."
Zampt Warren's waist bent down completely: "Please also introduce your generals to discuss the ransom." ” Si Hongzhuang smiled and said, "Order your soldiers to lay down their weapons." ” Zampt Warren had nothing to be pretentious about, and said a few words to Aptra, and after Aptra left, he said to Si Hongzhuang: "We are a civilized country, abide by the rules of engagement in the civilized world, and please also ask the Han Empire, which has a long history and civilization, to respect the rules of war." ” To put it mildly, the development time of the Asan civilization is really not less than that of the Zhuxia civilization, on the contrary, the development time of the Asan civilization is longer than that of Zhuxia.
Not only the Asan civilization, in fact, among the four countries known as the four ancient civilizations, ancient Babylon has the longest history, and then there is ancient Egypt, the Asan civilization and the Zhuxia civilization are not much different in time, but the Zhuxia civilization is definitely not longer than the Asan civilization. fact Ancient Babylon was founded around 3500 B.C., the oldest known civilization, and was officially founded in 2006 A.D., but before the invention of writing.
As the oldest civilization, ancient Babylon had a considerable number of archaeological proofs for the first time, and even created a mythical structure comparable to the Hanging Gardens, which were later destroyed by Assyria.
Although there is still Egypt, it must be said that Egypt has long since declined, and since the Ptolemaic dynasty, Egypt has been a civilization that has been conquered repeatedly.
Egypt, as an ancient civilization, lost its autonomy after being conquered by the Romans, and later became a colonized civilization, and even integrated the Egyptian civilization after the rise of the Arabs.
The most glorious period of the Asan civilization was in the Ashoka era of the Mauryan Dynasty, but the Asan was brilliant for that time, and then fell into division, and was conquered by the Kushan of the Great Yue Clan, and after the collapse of the Kushan Empire, it was divided into more than a dozen countries, large and small, of which the Sunga Dynasty had the largest territory, and it was also the founder of the Sunga Dynasty, General Psyamido, killed the last king of the Mauryan Dynasty, Prihadorada, during the military parade, and the Sunga Dynasty was established. 185 BC In fact, the Sunga Dynasty did not have a good time for long, and soon lost the Lianghe River Valley, and even in this land of Ah San, it was not even as good as the Baicheng Dynasty and the Daluo Dynasty, which was actually one of the vassal states of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
Almost at the time of the fall of the Eastern Han Dynasty, regardless of whether it was the Baicheng Dynasty or the rest of the countries, it was the Vagata Dynasty that rose first, and the Gupta Dynasty could only be said to be the last.
The ups and downs of Zhuxia civilization are also very many, the Western Han Dynasty and the Eastern Han Dynasty can be called the peak of civilization, after the chaotic war of the princes in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and then a three kingdoms stand side by side, Zhuxia civilization is actually sinking in the civil strife, as the crime of Zhuxia gravediggers really can't all go to Sima's head, the responsibility of each family is far greater than Sima's, but who made Sima's royal family.
If history had not been changed by Liu Yan, the fall of the Zhuxia civilization would have lasted for hundreds of years, until Yang Jian established the Great Sui on behalf of Zhou to be revived, although after the war at the end of the Sui Dynasty, Li Tang still stood in the east of the world after the establishment of Li Tang, but the glory of Li Tang did not last long, and the war of the five dynasties and ten kingdoms completely changed the Zhuxia civilization.
It is not nonsense to say that the war of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms has a far-reaching impact on the Zhuxia civilization, it is precisely because of the chaos of the military generals of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms that the Northern Song Dynasty has been suppressing the military generals since its establishment, and the military generals do not think that there is anything wrong with being suppressed, it is because they know from the history books that those military generals of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms are domineering.
With the two Song Dynasty's emphasis on literature and light on martial arts, Confucianism also completely rose in the true sense, and since then, the Central Plains civilization has only attached importance to military generals in Zhu Di's generation, and the subsequent emperors have all tried their best to suppress military generals under the inducement of the so-called scholars, even if the status of the country's generals has not been promoted.
Speaking of the rules of engagement, in fact, the Zhuxia civilization ceased to be a classical civilization since the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, and began to move towards the road of "doing whatever it takes", while the rest of the civilizations more or less preserved the rules of engagement in the classical era, including the fact that the defeated side will be treated preferentially as long as its status is noble enough, and the defeated will also pay a ransom to redeem their freedom.
Si Hongzhuang is not from a family, in fact, even if he is a son of a family, he no longer talks about the rules of engagement, and it is basically useless for Zampt Warren to talk about respecting the rules of engagement.
As Gupta laid down its arms, the victory or defeat in this battlefield was undoubtedly revealed.
On land, the Han army collected the prisoners and got the cooperation of Gupta on the side, even if Gupta cooperated again, it would not be over for a while and a half.
In the process, some things happened that seemed funny to the Han army, such as some Kshatriyas in Gupta asking for treatment that matched their status.
"What the hell?"
"I need a comfortable place to live, and I need a servant to serve my life."
That's right, Ah San's nobles are so arrogant, they admit defeat and are willing to cooperate with being taken into custody, but they must have a comfortable house, and there must be no less people to accompany them.
The Han army still has so many requirements for the defeated, in addition to being funny or annoyed, the Zhuxia civilization has long been unaware of the rules of war, and only with the special permission of the generals of the same army, some of the defeated will receive special preferential treatment, but it is usually an individual case.
"What" Huan Wen first smiled bitterly when he learned the situation, and then he was slightly annoyed: "At least 1,700 so-called nobles protested, demanding that prisoners of war be treated in accordance with their status" The aristocracy of Ah San is divided into classes, not the class of official positions, it is a distinction between castes, even if they are all high castes, there is a clear class, and what class it should be cannot be crossed.
Huan Wen's annoyance lies in the fact that the prisoners' requests are numerous and complex, and if the requirements are subdivided, the respective status of the prisoners of war can definitely be seen. "1,700 nobles" Si Hongzhuang really didn't know in advance, and he was a little stunned when he heard the data: "All the nobles of Gupta are here."
In fact, 700 nobles are really nothing, as long as the Asan civilization is a high caste, they are all nobles, and their race Kshatriya is used to lead troops, and there is really no shortage of Kshatriya in the army, and the so-called aristocracy in the whole country is based on "10,000" as the basic unit.
Huan Wen is not a rigid person, he learned about Ah San's civilization and customs, and knew an overview, although he was annoyed, he was more crying and laughing: "According to their habits, the Han Dynasty and above are all nobles, so there are at least 100,000 nobles in the Han Dynasty." ” Later, Katruk Karp and some others were taken to Huan Wen.
"Our request is very reasonable."
Of course, Katruk Karp was not mistreated, and even because he was the supreme commander of the Gupta side in this battle, he was given preferential treatment.
He reasoned and said, "We have treated your captured nobles well. ” Katruk Karp was talking about the Han army who had gone to Gupta to conduct intelligence spying and were arrested, and he made a special mention of the treatment Li Ming received after being captured, and Huan Wen and other Han generals were stunned when they heard that Li Ming had even been arranged to live in Gupta Palace.
Li Ming is just a team leader, and the title is the second rank of the lord, although there are not so many people like him in the Han Kingdom that they are rotten streets, but there are not hundreds of thousands of people who are equal to them, but tens of thousands.
In this way, after he was captured, he was well served, and even lived in the palace of Gupta .
Although Huan Wen didn't know who Li Ming was, he knew that he wouldn't talk nonsense as Katruk Cap, and although he was still unhappy in his heart, he ordered Gupta nobles to be treated as prisoners of war who matched their status.
"Thank you very much for your civilized treatment."
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Katruk Karp's inner desire to say that he was not apprehensive was false, and it was also a temptation to strive for prisoner of war treatment that matched his status.
He had already obtained the desired result, and he was on the defeated side, and he did not dare to be disrespectful in his attitude, and engaged in some conversations that were almost idle chatter, without finding out why the Han army was attacking the Gupta dynasty, and then said: "According to the rules of war, each of our Kshatriyas will be given the same weight of gold as the body to redeem freedom."
I myself will deliver a hundred wagons of treasure. ” Huan Wen knew some news from Si Hongzhuang, Ah San was defeated and wanted to redeem his freedom with gold or something, and he was stunned when he mentioned the treasure of a hundred carriages to redeem his freedom.
"Rules of Engagement" Huan Wen loves gold, but he scoffs at Catluk Karp's right: "Only the big man can make the rules." ” Katruk Karp frowned and asked, "So, how much do you want?"
Huan Wen was not entangled in the question of how much ransom to get, he was just that after the defeat of Katruk Karp, he repeatedly pretended not to look at it, and the response he gave was a series of "hehe" laughs.
"The fortune of a hundred carriages is more than two hundred thousand gold coins."
Katruk Kapu is a Brahmin, even if he is defeated, as long as he does not die in battle, the ransom must definitely match his status, and he feels that the price he offers is very reasonable: "It is 200,000 gold coins" The Gupta dynasty had its own monetary system, which was divided into three types: copper, silver, and gold.
The three-tier system of this currency is actually more perfect than that of today's countries, and the Central Plains Dynasty is really backward compared to it.
Let's not worry about how many copper coins are exchanged for how many silver coins, or how many silver coins are exchanged for how many gold coins, or anything like that.
The currency of the Gupta Dynasty naturally has a strong Asan, and the pattern is very beautiful, and the weight of each gold coin is about fifteen grams.
To put it simply, Katruk Karp has to hand over a ransom of 200,000 gold coins, fifteen grams each, and 200,000 coins are fifteen tons, which is fifteen tons of gold.
Huan Wen was displeased to let Katruk Karp take him down, and said very unhappily: "What is his attitude, is it that we have won, or have they won?"
Si Hongzhuang didn't do anything else just now, he was calculating how much ransom could be provided by 1,500 Gupta nobles, and the calculated data was at least seventy-five tons of gold, and then he was calculating how much Katruk Kap's ransom was.
"Uh" Si Hongzhuang said to Huan Wen with a slightly sluggish expression: "General, if they really pay the ransom, there will be ninety tons of gold in total."
Huan Wen was only annoyed just now, he really didn't count it, and his mouth couldn't help but open wide when he heard it
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