No one will give up showing their value to the Son of Heaven, and as a prince, he will not give up the opportunity to make his father feel that he is an excellent heir.
Liu Shen is young, but it depends on what kind of family he grew up in and what kind of people he came into contact with.
Some of the teachers who taught Liu Shen all explicitly or implicitly taught Liu Shen that as the eldest son of the emperor, he should be the best prince, and expected Liu Shen to take on more responsibilities.
Taking on more responsibilities is nothing more than becoming a prince and being the one who will lead the country in the future.
As Liu Shen's biological mother, Cui Wan did not hide the slightest hint that Liu Shen must go to the throne of the prince, whether she can sit on the throne of the prince is not only related to Liu Shen's life, but also determines whether she, the queen, can sit firmly in her position.
She also more or less mentioned how much effort and price the Cui family had paid for Liu Shen.
Liu Shen, who has carried the hopes of countless people since he was born, no matter how young he is, he will never be ignorant.
Of course, Liu Shen longs for the throne of the prince, and what he was taught is that he should unabashedly express his desire to become a prince, but it is obviously not enough to have a desire, and he has to pay his own efforts.
The Han family, whether it is the Western Han Dynasty or the Eastern Han Dynasty, is obviously not born earlier than other brothers to sit on the throne of the crown prince, but needs to show their ability so that the Son of Heaven thinks that he can inherit the throne.
The Han Empire and Liu, the hometown of the Han Dynasty, should not be related by blood, which even Liu Yan could not judge.
However, regardless of whether the old Liu family of the current Han Empire has anything to do with the old Liu family of the previous Han Dynasty, it is obvious that Liu Yan's actions will not hand over the country to a mediocre heir.
Liu Yan's sending Liu Shen to the army is an obvious move, once Liu Shen arrives in the army and does not show what he wants to see, the impression score will definitely be reduced.
On the contrary, if Liu Shen's performance in the army is very good, not only can he integrate into the army as a collective, but also be recognized by all the officers and soldiers, and even establish some meritorious deeds, it will inevitably make Liu Yan feel happy and gratified.
"Father will not want to see a son who retreats" Liu Shen clenched his fists and said firmly: "I will be here until I enter the territory of Sasanian" Xu Guang immediately breathed a sigh of relief, he would say those words to Liu Shen, but it was not his own thoughts, but he was explained by his father Xu Zheng before he came.
And Xu Zheng is definitely not just expressing his will, it should be a common idea of the military Of course, the military wanted the best candidates for the crown prince of the empire to be close to them, and there was no more effective way to deepen the friendship and impression than to give him more experience in the army.
The Son of Heaven sent the eldest son of the emperor to the army was itself an excellent opportunity for the military to establish friendship with the future prince, and then let him participate in the battle in person, eliminating pure "going through the motions" and forming a real "relationship" with the military.
If he is allowed to participate in a big war and make some meritorious deeds, he will succeed in branding the army The Han army on the east bank of the Penchi River was drawn one after another.
As a rear firearms unit, 5,000 riflemen and 1,300 artillerymen were given the task of destroying an enemy force in the middle and upper reaches of the Pench River.
"Our targets are the remnants of the Roman legions and their vassals."
Liu Shen learned the news from his immediate boss: "Compared with other enemy troops who have fled one after another, this enemy army seems to have given up on escaping. ” In fact, it was not that Marus did not flee with his troops, it was that they got one bad news after another before they were ready to break out.
The more than 200,000 anti-Han axis coalition forces on the main battlefield completely collapsed, and it seems that they were blocked by the Han army.
The death of the main force of the anti-Han axis coalition is only one of the bad news, and for Malus, a force that is still in formation, the devastating rout of the garrison of the third line of defense that has been painstakingly built is the bad news of five thunders, and there is no need to care about other bad news.
It took two months to build a defensive line that consumed an unknown amount of manpower and material resources.
They had expected that even if the battle ahead did not go well, they would be able to hold out for about a month if they retreated to this line of defense, but they did not expect that the defense line they had worked so hard to build would not only play a role in blocking it, but would also likely become an advance base for the Han Empire to continue to advance westward.
Knowing that the garrison on the third line of defense had fled without a fight, Malus, who guessed that Elbata must have also escaped, knew very well that he and the others were finished.
They were Roman troops, and everyone knew that short-legged troops, even if they were forced to march, could only run thirty miles a day, and it was absolutely impossible for them to safely evacuate to Sassanid territory.
After knowing that he could not evacuate, Malus scolded the Persians for being a waste, but he was calm.
They are really short-legged, and on the premise that they can't be withdrawn, they go out into the field and are caught up by the Han army, so it is better to stay in the temporarily strengthened camp.
"Tell the Han army that I want to meet with their supreme commander present."
Malus watched the Han army pull over, and watched the arriving Han army open the front without any movement: "As the nobles of the Han Empire, who are the most powerful country in the world, I believe they will not refuse."
A strong country will have the pride of a strong country, and even if it is destined to face defeat, what it hopes is to get a dignified defeat result.
Malus did not consider Rome to be a weak country, and even if it was to be defeated, it was better to be able to duel with someone who was also the supreme commander in the presence of the enemy army, and then die in front of the crowd.
"Hmm" Qin Song met with the people from Rome, thinking that the other party was going to surrender, but he didn't expect it to invite a duel: "You are destined to be defeated, why should I agree to the request of the duel" "There is no doubt that Seris is a powerhouse, and so is Rome."
Jon Bass looked strange: "We are not like those ignorant nations, as a strong country should have its own universal laws.
Giving the supreme commander-in-chief of the belligerents a dignified ending is due to the mutual respect they deserve. ” Qin Song was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then said, "I will meet him." ” Jon Bass bowed respectfully and turned to leave.
The Han people have the concept of "knowing heroes and valuing heroes", and they also have the concept of respecting the same strong, but many times it is difficult to meet enemies who can give respect, especially when fighting with foreign races.
"Romans, interesting."
Qin Song said to the left and right: "They are worthy of being a race similar to us, and they also have the bearing of knowing us. ” They interpreted the meaning of the Romans to mean that the Roman general on the opposite side knew very well the outcome of the next defeat, and planned to end the war here with his own dignified disappointment, as well as the meaning of exchanging his own death for the Han army to properly treat the Romans after the defeat.
"We are victorious" Zhao Ping said disapprovingly: "Why should the captain risk his life, the other party may not be able to deceive, and wants to kill the captain to try to cause chaos in our army."
"We are different from the army in the conventional sense."
Qin Song knew very well what the risks would be, and said without any concern: "If you kill me, you can cause chaos in the troops, that is, the other party is thinking too much."
If I am really killed, I will ask Zhao Changshi to use all the enemy soldiers to bury me. ” The Han Empire is a county soldier, and there will be no such thing as the collapse of the army as soon as the main general dies, and the officer at the next level will automatically replace him as the new commander.
While some level of chaos cannot be avoided entirely, deadly chaos is simply not possible.
Soon after Jon Bass returned, the gates of their camp were opened, and one after another of flaming Roman soldiers lined up, and soon formed one rectangular formation after another in front of the camp, and one after another formed a horizontal array.
After the Han army arrived, the 5,000 riflemen dispatched 3,000 to arrange the array line in front, and the other two wings each had 500 riflemen to cover the artillery to build a position, and the remaining last 1,000 riflemen stayed in the rear as a reserve.
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The two armies stood at a distance of 500 meters until each of the two armies had about a dozen men moving forward, and then their respective array lines began to advance until they were about 120 meters apart before they stopped advancing at the same time.
At a distance of 120 meters, no matter how good the eyesight is, the person with the best eyesight cannot clearly see the appearance of the other party, and can only recognize the general style of the other party's clothing.
"Are they dressed very similar to us" Ji Hai lowered his voice and said to Cai Hao, who was standing beside him: "They are fiery red, and we are red." ” Cai Hao is Cai You's youngest son, and he wondered: "Is there something wrong with your eyes, in addition to the similarity of color, do we show our two thighs, are we wearing that kind of hard leather armor, do we only have short spears, shields and short swords?"
They compared, of course, the uniforms of the Han Empire's standing army with cold weapons.
The cold weapon regular army of the Han Empire had a red robe on the upper body, black trousers on the lower body, leggings on the calves, and the armor evolved from piercing armor to plate armor, and some of them would wear willow leaf armor or fish scale armor.
For thousands of years, the regular army of Rome was the one who wore a short robe or shirt underneath, and the upper body was covered with hard leather armor or lobster-like metal forged armor, and the lower body would have skirt armor, but there would be no pants and metal leggings on the legs.
As Cai Hao said, in addition to the similarity of color, what is the same between the two "Temperament, I mean temperament" Ji Hai forcibly defended: "Look at them, even in the face of the current situation, they don't seem to be cowardly, they have our fifty percent demeanor." ” When Cai Hao heard this, he nodded in relative agreement.
"Shut up" Xu Guang warned Ji Hai more than once, but he didn't change his teachings: "Next time, you don't even have to fight with a military stick, just let you charge alone" Xu Guang was speechless that their firearms unit was no longer a traditional uniform, but had been replaced with a more straightforward uniform, and the color of the military uniform had also been changed to dark green.
In the middle of the battle array, Qin Song was already facing each other about five meters apart from Marus.
"Dear General Seris."
Malus rolled over from his horse and fell to the ground, untied the shield tied to his horse, drew his short sword at his waist, and said, "It is an honor to have this gladiatorial battle with you under the watchful eyes of the two armies, which is destined to be recorded in the poetry books. ” None of them carried an interpreter, and without a translator, Qin Song couldn't understand what Malus was talking about.
Qin Song didn't plan to dismount at first, he was planning to carry out a riding battle, and when he saw Malus dismounting, he looked like he was inviting to fight, and he thought about turning over and dismounting.
Because he was planning to fight a cavalry battle, Qin Song was wearing a knight-style armor, and in order to facilitate foot combat, he needed to take off the knight-style skirt armor.
Malus saw that Qin Song was standing in place and waiting when he took off the skirt armor that would become a burden.
He somewhat understood that the other party wanted to fight on horseback before.
Cavalry is a long weapon that is more suitable, and what Qin Song was holding just now was a horse lance.
Since it was replaced by foot combat, the horse lance was definitely not so suitable, Qin Song handed the horse lance to his own soldiers, and took off the shield from the war horse, but compared with the large area tower shield held by Malus, his shield was a smaller round shield, and then pulled out the war sword at his waist.
The two protagonists of the duel gladiatorial fight took a few steps forward when they were ready, and the soldiers of both sides who followed them retreated.
"Actually, it's to fulfill your wish before you die."
Qin Song knew that Malus didn't understand, so he still said, "I can shoot you with a crossbow on horseback just now." ” Malus has learned Chinese, but the learning time is too short, and he can only understand a few words, and he just understood the word "riding a crossbow", and nodded in agreement: "You have the pride of a nobleman." ” It means that he agreed to the gladiatorial fight, followed the gladiatorial fighting method of the former commanders of the two armies, and did not use off-board moves.
During the conversation, the two men had already stepped forward and charged, and when they got closer, there was a metal collision between the sword and the shield.
The two were fighting, and each of their armies was speaking out to cheer for their commander.
The Romans shouted the name of Malus.
On the side of the Han army, they shouted in unison: "Wansheng" There were so many people looking at themselves, shouting and cheering, Qin Song and Malus in the fight were both more excited, and the fight became more fierce and exciting.
"Is it necessary to do this" Liu Shen asked his boss Huang Xin: "Press it directly, destroy the other party, isn't it over?"
Huang Xin did not snub Liu Shen, and patiently explained: "Due to the propaganda of the Persians and Romans, the reputation of the Han Dynasty in various ethnic groups is very bad, and Du Hu and Song Changshi believe that it is necessary to improve the reputation of the Han Dynasty.
The reason why Captain Qin agreed to the Roman general's request was that he thought that there was a way to achieve the goal. ” The two people who were fighting, Qin Song seized the opportunity to sweep Malus to the ground with his sweeping legs, and did not let go of himself to bully and press up, and slashed the short sword in Malus's hand with a sword, and the tip of the sword was pointed at the center of Malus's forehead.
The cheering on the side of the Romans stopped in an instant.
The Han army's side roared even more excitedly: "Wansheng":