The west of Rome and the Han kingdom are in the east, the distance between the two countries is too far, and there are several countries in the middle of the land, including Persian Sasanian, an empire-level country in Central Asia, West Asia, and the Middle East.
In the current situation, whether it is Han or Rome, neither side will choose to start a national war with the other party, and even if there will be conflict, it will be restrained locally, and there will be more small-scale competition.
According to the wishes of the Romans, they were more willing to reconcile with the Han State, especially since the Han State had mastered the sea route from the Far East to the Far West, so they had to do their best to make friends, if nothing else, the maritime trade alone would generate countless benefits for the two countries, and could make a lot of people eat well.
However, the Romans wanted to make friends with the Han Chinese, but it did not mean that they would tolerate without limits, for example, this battle in Constantinople would not end because Wang Meng promised Julian to go to Constantius together, it could continue to fight in the streets, or it could continue in other forms.
"The Persians have to pay the price."
Julian's ill feelings towards the Persian Sassanids were quite strong, and that was the first thing that was decided by the position of his fiefdom: "Please understand the angels. ” "The Persians are not under the jurisdiction of the Envoy."
Wang Meng was stupid to make up his mind for the Persians, and he had to say: "They have come to protect their envoys, and they are also participating in the battle to protect their envoys, and it is their duty to give them protection." ” Julian frowned at Wang Meng's stern statement of wanting to protect him after throwing the pot first: "This is Constantinople, our capital. ” "The Great Qin people are protected in the Great Han, and as long as they do not violate the laws of the Great Han, no one will discriminate against them.
Your envoys to Dahan were given a grand reception, no one shouted and beaten, and no one announced the death sentence of the Great Qin Emperor.
Wang Meng stopped his legs and looked at Julian, and asked: "It is rumored that the Ji 1 Governor 1 Sect is the state religion of Great Qin, and they can represent Great Qin to some extent, so is Archbishop Peter's attitude the attitude of Great Qin?"
"Just as you are not Cyris but Han Chinese, we are Romans and not Great Qin."
Julian hated Archbishop Peter very much at this moment, and the problem was that he still had to defend the Church of the Church of the Church Archbishop Peter also cannot represent the entire Church of the Church, he can only represent himself. ” Wang Meng was noncommittal to Julian's diplomatic rhetoric, and after a fight, the will of the Han State had been demonstrated, and at the same time, the Romans knew that the Han people were not easy to mess with, unless they really wanted to go to war, and they were still pressing step by step to gain more political chips.
The whole city was still in a state of chaos, and the garrison of Constantinople, which had not seen a shadow for a long time, had already been dispatched, but instead of heading towards the main street of Xicheng District, it was going to the rest of the area to suppress the chaos.
From this point, it can be seen that Constantius maintained the greatest restraint, otherwise the Constantinople garrison joined the fight with the Han army in large numbers, and it is estimated that it will be difficult for both sides to step down.
"I have tried my best to learn your language, and there are many Roman nobles who have worked as hard as I have."
Julian saw that Wang Meng's face softened, and said sincerely: "Archbishop Peter's mistake has cost both of us bloodshed, and he will be punished as he deserves.
A mistaken misunderstanding will not turn Rome and Han into enemies of life and death, on the contrary, our relationship will be strengthened by this bloodshed, because we share the same interests. ” Wang Meng asked directly: "What kind of punishment will the Archbishop Peter get for threatening to kill the Son of Heaven in our country?"
"I'm sorry I can't give you a final answer."
Julian was not in a position to decide on this matter, he said: "Augustus will communicate with the archbishop, and what conclusions will be made by the archbishop and the major bishops. ” "Is it true that Great Qin's divine power has reached such a point that even your emperor can't interfere" Wang Meng didn't feel that he was sowing discord: "It's really unimaginable to have a phenomenon like this state within a country. ” Julian had never heard some words, but he could get a rough idea of what they meant.
He could not refute it, there were too many kingdoms within a state in Rome at present, the fiefdoms of the major nobles, the autonomy of many ethnic groups, and the sphere of influence of the Christianity and the Church was the largest one, although scattered.
The two walked in front, followed by Han and Roman soldiers.
The Han army consisted of light armored infantry and mounted heavy infantry in two rows, and the position in which they walked was on the left.
The Roman soldiers looked dressed as heavily armored soldiers, and they also walked on the right side in two columns.
The team was heading to the inner city, and all they saw was chaos and chaos along the way, with dead bodies and wounded lying on the streets, broken doors of many houses, and a lot of internal disarray.
There was a garrison in Constantinople clearing the way for them, and when they encountered armed men, they expelled them if they were Romans, or killed or captured them if they were not Romans.
Julian's face was very ugly, and he looked at Wang Meng many times and stopped talking.
This battle that should never have happened showed the fragility of Constantinople, and the fact that the capital of a country could be completely chaotic due to local fighting does not mean that at least Constantius's rule is not as stable as it seems.
At the same time, the Romans were extremely insecure, revealing the overall weakness of Rome.
"Cicero has come back from writing a lot of letters from Seris, and we know from the description what kind of country Seris is."
Julian saw that Wang Meng continued to call Rome Daqin, so he continued to call the Han Kingdom Seris: "Seris drove out the Hu Barbarians, exterminated the brutal Hu Barbarians, and restored the rule of the orthodox Seris over that continent." ” Wang Meng didn't say anything, just nodded and motioned for Julian to continue.
"There is no doubt that the same Seris are also from the Syris, but the Son of Heaven of your country with the army of the Northern Seris easily wiped out the country established by the Southern Seris usurper."
Julian asked with a very incomprehensible expression: "Cialis has just been reunited, Cicero said that the people within Cyris are withering, but Cyris is not only expanding to the south, but also to the north and northwest, and even sending troops to the credibility, how do you maintain the logistics of a huge army?"
"The Great Han had nearly five million slaves, and there were no less than one and four million servant state laborers."
Wang Meng smiled, he knew that the Romans had many more slaves than the Han Chinese, but the way the Romans used slaves was not correct: "The Han has always maintained an army of no less than one million, but not every army is a field army, with a considerable number of conscripts. ” Of the 1 million troops of the Han State, less than 200,000 were standing troops, and the rest were conscripts, such as the county soldiers responsible for garrison and the tuntian soldiers responsible for production.
Conscripts are actually compulsory soldiers, and unlike modern Han men, they need to serve for at least three months every year, and each of them is inconsistent when they serve and end their service, which makes the number of troops in the formation seem so large.
"How many million troops" Julian looked frightened, couldn't help but stop, and looked at Wang Meng with wide eyes, his face full of incredulity: "Cyris maintains an army of one million people, and he is still using troops outward, Cicero said that the livelihood of Seris is withering is false" A Roman legion is generally 2,000 people, and the largest number of legions is in the period of Severus as Augustus, that is, when Severus is Augustus, Rome completely solved the old enemy Parthian Empire, but when Severus wanted to make persistent efforts to solve the Germanic enemy, he was killed because of a rebellion, and then Rome itself continued to rebel, and began the era of the rule of the officer emperor.
During the reign of Severus, there were forty-eight Roman legions, but at that time the minimum number of each Roman legion was 6,000, and the larger Roman legions were between 8,500 and 10,000, and the minimum number of soldiers in each Roman legion was nearly 300,000.
And this one was already the largest army of all Roman dynasties, and it was not counted as cannon fodder for those vassal races.
Although Julian was exiled, after he returned to Constantinople, he quickly entered the national decision-making level, and he knew very well how many legions there were in Rome under the rule of Constantius, not counting the noble private army, there were sixty-seven, but each Roman legion was two thousand to two thousand five hundred, which means that there were about 150,000 soldiers belonging to the state establishment.
If you want to become a Roman soldier, citizens are one of its foundations, but it is not a citizen after being a soldier, in fact, as long as the parents are citizens, the children are also citizens, and at the same time, civilians can join the army as long as they are recommended or have passed the assessment, and civilians will also become citizens after serving in the army for many years or making any contributions.
Julian had privately calculated that if the citizens were recruited to the greatest extent, Rome would be able to form about 160 legions, but this is about 320,000 troops, plus some cannon fodder troops of vassal races, and the army that Rome can control is only 500,000.
He also knew a little more that even if the nobles' private army was included, at most the number of 500,000 troops would increase to about 700,000, which was still far from the number of a million soldiers anyway.
Julian was not sure that Wang Meng would answer, and even if Wang Meng was willing to answer, he felt that the answer he said could only be used as a reference: "If the Son of Heaven of your country thinks it is necessary to expand, how many troops can Seris arm at most?"
"Two million, three million, four million" Wang Meng chuckled and kept reading out the number, but then asked rhetorically: "Does it make sense?"
Julian understood, as long as the Son of Heaven of the Han Kingdom was willing, any Han person would respond to the call, which was Wang Meng's expression of the popularity of the Son of Heaven of the Han Kingdom.
He also knew why Wang Meng asked if it made sense, how many soldiers could be armed was based on national strength, and the logistics provided after arming were the limit.
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The two chatted all the way, and both sides got enough information from each other, but no one guaranteed the authenticity of the information, but this conversation was also quite meaningful.
When he arrived at the gate of the inner city, Wang Meng was told that he could only choose a maximum of ten soldiers to follow, and the rest of the soldiers needed to stay on this side, and the attendants could only carry a maximum of twenty.
"Does the envoy need to untie his sword?"
Wang Meng asked, while untying a box carried by the soldiers, and took out a talisman from it, which is a kind of scepter that can represent the Son of Heaven, and also took out a cloth bag, and picked out a cloak from the cloth bag: "If you can see your country's Augustus for the first time, this envoy needs a little time to make the necessary preparations." ” Wang Meng will ask like this, even if there is an envoy from the Han Kingdom, he will definitely not get the Son of Heaven for the first time.
Those envoys need to go to the Honglu Pavilion to learn etiquette first, and even if the envoys learn it, it is unknown when they will be able to meet the Son of Heaven.
"Yes, Augustus is already waiting."
Julian worked hard to learn Chinese, but he was still extremely unfamiliar with Han: "Is there any problem?"
"Not really."
Wang Mengcai will not show the surprise in his heart on his face: "Then I will prepare as soon as possible." ” In fact, Wang Meng was already doubting the strength of Rome, it was a battle that caused Constantinople, the capital of Rome, to be in chaos, and it was also the judgment that Augustus gave immediately after coming over.
He went to Sassanid in Persia, and after arriving at Ctesiphon, he did not see Shapur II immediately, but was first arranged to live and rest for five days, and was taught by the Persian etiquette teachers, and even learned about the history of the Persians, and waited for another ten days to be received by Shapur II.
The head of a country, especially the more powerful the country, where is the head of the head so good.
Only the heads of some small countries are not reserved, and they can't be reserved even if they want to, let alone a diplomat of a powerful country, even if they are rich people from other countries, they can see every minute.
Wang Meng has already put what he should wear on his body, which is slightly different from before in that there is an extra cloak embroidered with the royal totem, and there are also some cloth bags on his chest, and he is also holding the Son of Heaven Festival.
Those cloth bags are not just as simple as cloth bags, they actually contain some special meanings, such as some Fu cards, and military bags, as well as herbs and some flowers and plants of the Han Kingdom have dried up, each of which has a special meaning.
The so-called Son of Heaven Festival is a scepter, with a trident at the top, and some animal furs, tails, feathers, etc., and bells are hung.
"Augustus valued his friendship with Seris."
Julian sensed that something was wrong, but he didn't touch the key point, hiding his confusion: "Of course, there was an unpleasant misunderstanding, and some small situations may arise later." ”: