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Chapter 854: Land of Sand and Blood


If you can do it, let's not make a fuss Isn't it because you can't beat it with your hands, you can only get over it, or the kind of uproar that you just shut up and pretend to be your grandson when you see the object of abuse coming.

The Romans didn't think they could beat the Han Chinese, and the vast majority of the Romans in the arena came to see how the Han were defeated.

Once it does happen, they'll cheer bigger than they've ever had before.

The Romans, who had been competing for thousands of years, had their own set of rules, and they didn't wait for everyone to fight at once anyway.

There are events that precede the fight, usually a display of the players on the field, or a ritual to honor the gods.

"Doodoo" The rapid sound of trumpets sounded from the aisles of the seats in the arena, and every few meters above the aisles stood a Roman soldier with a trumpet in his hand blowing rhythmically.

Then, some Roman soldiers at the top of the auditorium raised their drum sticks in their hands and struck the small drum tied to their chests, making a rhythmic sound of "dong dong".

It is the small drum, which looks very particular, they are actually a military order transmission tool on the battlefield, and together with the trumpet, they have become part of the Roman military order transmission sound system, the difference is that the trumpet is generally used in the infantry corps, and the small drum is used in the cavalry brigade and chariot battalion.

The noise died down by the movement of trumpets and drums, and the doors at the front and back of the arena were opened, and the cavalry poured out first, followed by the chariots, who appeared and galloped down the runway at high speed.

At this time, in the central field, where the runway is fenced off, some people first show their heads from the ground, are driven up by the elevator, and they show themselves to the audience when they are out of the ground.

"The basement is basically under the school grounds, and I heard that some arenas have not only had the accident of collapsing the auditorium, but also the ground has sunken."

Cai Mian didn't know where he heard the news: "In the previous exhibition match, the way the lion appeared was to suddenly jump out of the ground. ” Wang Meng didn't have time to learn the news, and he didn't know that in order to provoke the excitement of the audience, the Romans specially arranged for the lion to jump out and kill a worthless gladiator as soon as possible.

If you want to talk about it, there is really no such thing as a machine in Zhuxia, at most there is a hoist, which is the difference in the development route of the two civilizations, and the application of gears by the Romans is earlier than that of Zhuxia.

However, because of the existence of Liu Yan, many things appeared in the Han Kingdom as early as possible.

Therefore, if any modern person really wants to travel back to ancient times, not only is his words and deeds creating history, but in fact, he can also promote social development by just tinkering with some tools.

The number of gladiators on the scene was quite large, at a glance it was not less than six hundred, they came from all over the world, most of them were from various cities in Rome, and some were from countries, tribes, city-states outside Rome, and so on.

Each gladiator had his own attire, usually with his own national characteristics, such as the Germanic gladiators, who had some fur on their costumes.

One thing they all have in common is that gladiators tried to show off their bodies as much as possible before the fight, and they actually chose to wear only the crotch of their pants when they showed off, or simply wrapped their crotch with a cloth to show off their muscles to the audience.

Most gladiators had more or less scars on their bodies, but they weren't exactly the scars left by the fight, and if you knew how to tell the difference, there were definitely more whip marks.

At present, as gladiators, there is usually a master, and in layman's terms, they are some special slaves.

If you go back four or five hundred years, there would have been a Roman emperor among the gladiators.

In the past one or two hundred years, in fact, gladiators were not all slaves, especially during the period of military rebellion, and some nobles played the role of gladiators from time to time to show their martial bravery.

The gladiators showed little discipline and appeared scattered.

Their favorite thing to do is to provoke whoever they catch, but they won't fight on the spot, to put it bluntly, they are actually stirring up the emotions of the audience.

"Seris Boo" "Seris Boo" "Seris Boo" Just shouting slogans is actually nothing, but adding a "shhhh It was the Han people who participated in the competition finally appeared, and they all came up to the ground from the elevator, but the audience didn't understand the customs one by one.

What kind of custom is to show your body to please the audience There were not many Han Chinese who participated in the competition, and the whole team was only fifteen people, some of them wore strong suits and armor, but none of them only wore a pair of pants.

As soon as the Han appeared, the gladiators stopped provoking each other.

The gladiators must have received some explanation in advance, they slowly formed a circle, and there were not too many gladiators who provoked the Han people, and there were many who took off their pants and pointed their butts at the Han people, and it was also a provocative way to directly take out the birds and release the water.

The audience built gladiators and made earth-shattering laughter at the provocation of the Han people, they originally came to see the Han people lose face or lose a big defeat, and they were naturally too happy to see the current picture.

"Can I Kill?"

"It's just a bunch of dry bones in the grave."

"What are you proud of these ruined wastes?"

"All they have left is the ideal of being a dog."

The fifteen Han people who were surrounded did not show a single sense of tension, but some were just endless anger, and they were already thinking about what kind of cruel way to kill.

However, it is also quite strange to say that the Romans wiped out the countries or tribes of those gladiators, and the cowards became the dogs of the Romans, and they were especially proud, and even flocked to them, what kind of thinking structure was it?

"Although I know that I will be targeted" Cai Mian had a stinky expression on his face: "I'm still annoyed when I look at it" Wang Meng didn't speak.

Whether the Han envoys broke out as soon as they came, or a series of subsequent events, it was actually a temptation.

The Roman side must have also arranged a series of tentative actions, which were disrupted by the way the Han side acted.

In fact, if you dare to start a murder in someone else's capital, don't you allow others to complain The Romans' way is already very gentle, and it even seems a little ridiculous.

Of course, all Han people actually have no psychological burden to riot and kill people in other people's capitals, and after expelling Hulu and restoring Zhuxia, the whole nation can experience a cultural revival, including many histories of the Western Han and Eastern Han dynasties, such as how to deal with bad things in other countries To be reasonable, all the members of the envoys, including Wang Meng, were not satisfied with the fact that they only killed Roman soldiers after being provoked, and even felt a little embarrassed by their ancestors, you must know that the Western Han Dynasty and the Eastern Han Dynasty really didn't have too many things to directly kill foreign kings in his king's palace.

Perhaps the top brass in Rome felt that the heat was enough, or maybe it was to break out on the spot if the fight continued to break out, and the Roman side chose to end the "show".

Brigades of Roman soldiers poured into the grounds, and gladiators were restrained in line and escorted back underground.

"Get out of the way" Li Bin rudely pushed away the Roman soldiers who were about to come over: "Lao Tzu is not a slave" In the past, the Roman squad leader was pushed and fell to the ground and gnawed mud, first with a confused face, and then obviously angry, standing up and about to whip it over, but he saw the Han people standing in a row staring at him one by one.

The surrounding Roman soldiers found the abnormality and approached the past, pressing on the hilt of their swords one by one, forming a confrontation scene in an instant.

They are all soldiers, and they have basically been on the battlefield, and no one will be instantly disgraced because of their eyes or something.

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The Roman squad leader was about to shout the military order to suppress it, but a Roman on horseback quickly approached.

The Roman knight who came on horseback was obviously of a higher status than the squad leader, and the knight did not ask the reason, but ordered the squad leader to leave with the soldiers.

When soldiers dare to fight, they often lose their fighting spirit because of an order from someone at a higher level.

The squad leader was extremely angry at that moment, and he felt extremely aggrieved, staring at Li Bin viciously, and still obeying the knight's order to lead the team away.

In fact, just now, the whole arena erupted into an uproar, and the audience "exploded" the moment they saw the Roman soldiers leaving, and they didn't know what the reason was, but they only knew that the soldiers of their own side who were pushed to gnaw a mouthful of mud were actually very cowardly "Rome was already strong thousands of years ago, and it has always been the strongest country in the known world, we have destroyed countless countries, and we have brought civilization to the world" Julian still let the trumpet blow to suppress the scolding, and waited for a while for the audience to calm down before appearing: "The arena is a sacred place, and any contradictions can be resolved in the competition. ” The same words are also appropriate for Zhu Xia, the two peoples are at the top of the food chain most of the time in the West and the East, and it is not good to compare the countries and nations that are eliminated more than one.

Of course, Rome and Zhuxia also had periods of fall, but in general, Rome was better than Zhuxia, after all, East Asia has been a monster house since ancient times.

The audience didn't buy Julian's words, and the result was that the uproar continued.

"No," Wang Meng said to Cai Mian, "the Romans are not afraid of officials. ” Cai Mian smiled and didn't speak.

The development process of the two nations is not the same, there is no shortage of history on the Roman side that needs to please the people to ascend to the throne, and the Zhuxia side has never needed to please the people to gain power.

Not only Cai Mian is studying Rome, but Wang Meng's research on Rome has never stopped, they usually think that Rome is a completely strange country, and they can't understand how those systems can make Rome gradually stronger, not decay or even collapse in internal friction.

Take the feudal system as an example, the Romans have not had centralized power since the founding of the country, large and small nobles not only have their own private kingdoms, but also private armies, the early civil wars are actually very frequent, but there are miraculous contradictions behind it than one is more majestic on the outside, the result is so out of control, Rome's internal contradictions caused by foreign wars continue to expand Rome's territory.

Wang Meng doesn't understand this, there is a contradiction in the country, shouldn't it be a fight to the death, how dare you pull the army abroad, what if the army goes out but is attacked by the opponent, the magic is also here, it's all a life-and-death relationship, but no one took advantage of the opponent to lead the army to raid the lair.

"We're there" Cai Mian hesitated again and again, but still felt unhappy: "After the Spring and Autumn Expansion, there was a never-ending civil war, why didn't it be like the Romans?"

Wang Meng couldn't answer.

A vignette ends, and the arena becomes empty.

It didn't take long for a Roman in a robe to reappear carrying some planks.

That's a lottery, each team has its own number, and everyone has their own number, and the opponent in each round depends on the lottery.

At the time of the lottery, the audience finally stopped making an uproar, and they tried to see the lottery number plate when they were close, and those who were far away could only listen to the narration.

There are too many people participating in the competition, and it is naturally impossible for only one person to draw lots at a time, in fact, it is to touch the number and then make it right, and then it is written on the board, and no one knows whether the process is boring, but the speed is very fast.

Only fifteen Han Chinese competed, and the first round was not drawn, and soon thirty gladiators who participated in individual battles were put on the field, and unlike the previous ones, who wore only trousers, they wore protective gear.

The crowd booed again for the absence of the Han Chinese in the first round, but it quickly turned into cheers, as the gladiators began to fight as soon as they came on the field.

For the Romans who like to watch bloody scenes, it is very easy to arouse their excitement when blood is thrown, and the more bloody the picture, the easier it is to stimulate their "g" spot, as long as it is bloody enough, most of the time it doesn't care who is spilling blood.

Although it is a personal battle, it is obvious that there is an alliance between gladiators, and then it can be seen that some of them have mercy on their subordinates, but some gladiators who look like "dragon sets" accidentally become ghosts wandering.

Gradually, the number of gladiators who could still stand on the field continued to decrease, and the more they went to the back, the less crippled and died, and most of them admitted defeat and quit the field until they were the last winner of the group stage.

"Thank you gladiators for your wonderful performance" Gallus appeared dressed very coquettishly and waved his big hand: "Slaves come to clean up." ” The arena is not small, and one person's voice will definitely not be able to convey the whole audience, so he can only rely on people to shout it again and again for a short distance.

If you want to say exciting, the gladiatorial fight just now is actually okay, at the beginning it fully showed the bloody gladiatorial fight, but later it really became a performance nature, and many fights are obviously to achieve visual effects, basically how to show off your skills.

If it were a normal day, the audience would definitely be booing, and it might even cause a riot, but today is a little different, basically everyone can see that it is targeting the Han people, and they are very happy to see it.

"Then please come out of the second team."

Gallus roared loudly: "This time there will be two Seris on the field":