Out of Yanmen Pass to the north is not immediately into the grassland appearance, on the contrary, the geographical environment is full of mountains and mountains, and everywhere you can see the valley road formed by the sandwich of two peaks.
"Look at the hills."
Julian raised his hand and pointed around: "There is more than one place where you can see the former site of the beacon tower. ” The mountains on this side are high and low, and the average slope is very steep, so it is not easy to climb with bare hands.
"Why didn't the Han people move the pass north, it was built at the southernmost point of the mountain range" Flavies remembers that the Romans chose to build fortifications at both the front and rear ends of the Alps: "Is there still a pass ahead?"
There are no passes ahead, not even the small Tibetan camps and small fortresses that can be found everywhere in the belly of the mountains, only the remains of some beacon towers.
They are constantly moving in the mountains, most of the time walking in the valley environment, constantly circling around the space of the environment, the sun is shining in the sky and cannot tell the direction, and those who are not familiar with this side of the road will soon lose their way.
"The environment is too complicated."
Julian poured a few sips of water and kept scanning his surroundings: "A natural barrier."
"Indeed," Flavis kept thinking about a question just now: "If you use the environment to hide troops, you can constantly ambush invaders, compared to what the Han did when they resisted the steppe invaders." ” However, Flavies guessed wrong, the environment was ideal for ambushes, but most of the invasion phases did not have a fight in this complex environment.
In the face of the invasion of the steppe nomads, many times the Central Plains Dynasty did not have time to react, the front continued to fall, the rear did not get a timely report because of the time difference, waiting for the army to mobilize and assemble, there was no longer too much time to plan the ambush of the mountains, only an adventurous general would lead the army into the mountains in the fog of war, and more generals chose to stay in Yanmen Pass and the Great Wall everywhere for passive defense.
It took them two days to get out of the mountains, and when they looked ahead, they could see the horizon at the end of the horizon, but at least it was a relatively wide view compared to the mountains that could be seen everywhere.
If the field of vision is compact, staying in a space where the line of sight is too far for a long time, and the environment is extremely complex, people with large nerves will inevitably fall into an inexplicable state of anxiety.
In many cases, unless there are too many mood swings, it is difficult for people to perceive their own state, and suddenly change from an uncomfortable environment to a new environment that is pleasing to the eye, and they will wonder how they can let go of what burdens.
There are several counties beyond the mountains of Yanmen County, at most there are as many as 16 counties, but every time the country experiences turmoil, Hulu will take advantage of the situation to invade the south, which will cause the northern Xinjiang to suffer heavy losses, and now only four counties are left, the most famous of which is Mayi.
"After Taiyuan County, you can see that the population is no longer dense."
Flavies constantly scanned the surroundings and saw desolation: "The most densely populated place in the Han Empire is the Central Plains as the Han people call it."
The Romans knew the history of the Han Chinese, and the word "Central Plains" appeared frequently, and it took them a lot of effort to know what territories were covered by "Central Plains".
The so-called Central Plains, in terms of region, refers to the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River centered on the area from Luoyang to Daliang Kaifeng, which is the habitat formed from the Zhou Dynasty after the Xia Dynasty and the Shang Dynasty.
In a broad sense, the Central Plains is generally considered to be Zhengshuo.
The regime changes of the past dynasties, generally which regime rules the Central Plains is regarded as Zhengshuo, and then there is who inherited the Central Plains culture and thought is Zhengshuo, and there is a reason why Zhao and Song obviously lost most of the Central Plains territory but is still recognized as Zhengshuo, not that the Jurchen Jin State, which rules the vast majority of the Central Plains, has the name of Zhengshuo.
"The area with the highest concentration of Dahan population is on the intersection of national highways."
Director Liu didn't think it was a secret: "You went from Jiankang to Tongguan, and from Chang'an to Yanmen, don't you see it very clearly?"
There is no Han Chinese in the Central Plains anymore to emphasize what Central Plains civilization is, and it is also a mentality that does not care which regions the Central Plains refers to.
The thinking of the Han people changed with the division of the center into local and non-local, and was repeatedly influenced by the official guidance, from the sea in the south, to the desert in the north, from the ice field in the east, to the plateau in the west, all of which were regarded as local; Non-mainland areas are enclaves such as the Indochina Peninsula and the Asan, islands, and other islands that are not directly connected to the mainland.
Maps are not as readily available as in later generations, and it can even be said that they can't be seen at all if they don't have a certain height, and most Han people have no idea of how big the territory of the country they live in, and the crooked nuts who have the heart to study do not have much reference and only have a vague concept.
According to official statistics, the total land territory of the Han Empire now has reached 37.46 million square miles, or 18.73 million square kilometers.
Rome's land territory was at its largest, once reaching 5.9 million square kilometers, but now it is less than 5 million square kilometers due to the rise of barbarians.
The Sassanid land territory was the smallest of the three empires, reaching 5 million square kilometers at its largest and 4.6 million square kilometers at the current stage of Shapur II's reign.
The Han Empire's land territory would have been so large that in addition to the expansion of the mainland and the inclusion of islands in the sea, the destruction of the Gupta dynasty would have increased by 3.2 million square kilometers.
If you count the ruling sea, it is still the Han Empire that controls the largest sea frontier, followed by Rome, and Sassanid is still last.
"How much" Julian looked incredulous: "37,460,000 square miles" If Director Liu hadn't been indicated, he wouldn't have the courage to reveal the area of the country's territory, and as soon as he said the answer, he was stunned and dumbfounded.
The Han Empire is the hegemon of the world, and if force can threaten any country, then the mainstream of the Han people will inevitably become the mainstream of the world, which is the inevitable trend of replacing all countries from fashion to some academic terms.
Rome had already begun to learn the Han Empire's units of length and weight, and the Sassanid tsundere followed up in a comprehensive way, not to mention other countries.
Although they have not abandoned some of their technical unit names, they will inevitably subconsciously think that the names of Han technical units are more professional, but they will add a special prefix, such as adding a "Han" in front of "li", and the full name is a word like "Hanli".
If history hadn't been changed by Liu Yan, something like this would have happened, but the protagonist had become British.
If you don't have enough knowledge, even if you know some data, you will be ignorant, and even your head will be full of paste.
Julian did not dare to claim to be a learned and talented person, but he did not think that he was unlearned, and he had a little clarity on the concept of 37,460,000 square miles, and compared with the territory known to Rome, the shock on his face was even more obvious.
"Even if we march eastward to the territory of the Slavs, as long as we do not cross Kazan, it is estimated that it is only much worse than the Han Empire."
Flavies's journey from south to north can be described as well-informed: "There is no point in expanding in Africa, just to catch up with or surpass the territory of the Han Empire, we need to expand south by at least 5,000 Han li." ” Africa, especially North Africa, does not have much territory with value to occupy in this era, and more territory is occupied to sell sand Julian imagined it a little, and there was no disagreement with Flavies' opinion.
Even if the Romans were able to expand now, they would not use their main forces in Africa if they were sick.
Their eyes will only be on the continent of Europa, and the direction of expansion will also be eastward, the first thing to defeat is the Germans, and if they solve the Germans, they will have to face the Goths, and finally the Slavs.
The rise of the barbarians is not a general talk, although there are elements of the Romans themselves fighting civil wars, but the Germanic people are no longer the Stone Age people.
"We want to deal with the Germans, and we can only make real peace with the Persians."
Flavies could not help but look at the Persians on the other frame: "A total truce with the Persians, transfer the army to Europa" Flavis himself had a lot of exchanges with the Germanic people, and knew that the Franks, Burgundians, and Alemanni were the size of the Franks, Burgundy, and Alemanni on the surface, but the three countries were the beacons of the Germanic tribes, especially the Franks, which attracted the attention of more than half of the Germanic people.
"A total and complete peace," Julian could not but smile bitterly: "We are trying to do that, and the Persians have the same idea."
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However, everyone knows that there can be only a limited peace, that there is no possibility of genuine mutual trust and coexistence, that friction cannot be completely avoided, and that the number of troops stationed on the border is only limited. ” Flavis also began to smile bitterly, due to the strength of the Han Empire, the two countries are trying to move towards understanding, and the hatred of more than a thousand years can be resolved He even knows that even if there is no millennium of hatred, only the conflict of interests is enough for the two countries.
The territory called the Eastern Territory by Rome, covering Syria, Palestine, Iraq and other places, was independent and independent, and the area controlled by Rome and Sassanid respectively was a quagmire.
Sassanid and Rome want to be friendly with each other, and how to solve the problem of belonging to the Middle East is a big problem.
Unless either Rome or Sassanid is willing to withdraw altogether, the dispute will never go away.
However, whether it is Rome or Sasansani, who dares to give up the Middle East easily The Romans' abandonment of the Middle East was tantamount to opening up the eastern gateway to the Mediterranean, and if they did not dare to place the security of the Mediterranean on the conscience of the Persians, it would not have been possible to relinquish their control over Syria and Palestine.
In the same way, the Persians did not want the Romans to control Syria, Palestine, and Iraq, and because the Romans did not leave these three regions, there would never be any security in the western borders of the Sasanians.
"Therefore, we are forever entangled with the Romans."
Glancing at the Romans in front of him, Ksiaias said with a grim face, "The Romans will never believe us, no matter how good they say."
Again, we don't really trust the Romans. ” I have long known that the Han Empire is strong, and just now I know the territory of the Han Empire, and what other small countries think, the big countries will not care at all.
It is also nominally an empire-level country, and it doesn't matter what ideas or intentions the Han Empire has, just because even if they know, all they can do is estimate how big the Han Empire's appetite is and how far they can resist.
"The territory of the Han Empire is already so large, it is not difficult to guess that the Han people have actually reached the bottleneck of expansion."
Cambyses reasoned very seriously: "The extent of a country's territory does not depend entirely on force, but on whether it has the ability to rule."
Obviously, the territory of the Han Empire was already too large, and it took more than half a year for the news of the border to reach the center, how fragile that kind of rule was. ” It will take half a year just for the message to be delivered, then the mobilization of the army will need even more.
If a place needs to wait for reinforcements for up to a year, it means that there is no so-called security in that place at all, and once it needs to be repeatedly fought for to ensure that the territory remains on the territory, unless the country has endless national funds, or in the end it can only be reluctantly abandoned.
"We have received information that the Han army has withdrawn from the Hunit."
Ksiaias obviously understood what Cambyses was trying to say, and agreed: "The Han Empire was obviously able to capture the territory of the Hunite, but they didn't do that, which proves your guess. ” "This time the Han Empire is going to deal with the enemy in the north, and it is those tribes that have united to threaten the Han Empire."
Cambyses didn't know much, and what he wanted to say was: "We can wait for the outcome of the war and see how the Han Empire handles the war in the north."
The retreat of the Han army to the mainland once it was done proves our guess. ” If the Han Empire had no need to expand, it would be great news for the Sasanians, who would have been forced to recklessly tilt their economy into the military without worrying about the Han army's westward expansion every day.
The Sassanians adjusted their national policy in the eleventh year of Yuan Shuo, mainly because they were frightened by the Han Empire, and subconsciously began to prepare for war.
Until the twelfth year of Yuan Shuo, due to the easing of relations between Sassanid and Rome, it can be regarded as able to transfer some troops from the west to fill the gap in the east, the key is that there is still no sense of security, and the formation of a new army is not only not slowed down, but is frightened by a series of military movements of the Han Empire in the north and accelerated.
"In less than four years, our military spending has increased from 13 million gold coins per year to 60 million gold coins now."
Xeias took a deep breath, and could fully imagine that the various classes in the country had increased their taxes: "If this continues, we will not have to wait for the Han or the Romans to kill us, and we will have to repeat the old story of Ardaban IV." ”: