In life, if you don't have to worry about food or clothing, you will basically pursue fame and fortune.
Those who strive to enrich themselves will not be content to live an ordinary life.
People who feel that they are capable, the more they think they are capable, the more they want to be in a position that is in line with their perceived abilities.
If there is a group of people who are undisciplined in the world, there is no doubt that they are the so-called scholars, because of their intelligence, they are always able to judge the situation and make choices in their favor, and usually seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and rarely maintain their firm position.
Those scholars who can maintain their firm position, as long as their status is high enough, can basically make a name in history, the reason is nothing more than that there are too few such people.
In fact, it is also the case, if you see too many things, there is no need to record them, and the more scarce they are, the more they will be promoted.
No historian would record how people breathe air, would they?
The Han Empire's organization of an expeditionary fleet was destined to be ceremoniously recorded in history.
This time there will be 3,000 ships of various types and sizes to form the expeditionary fleet, of which the number of gunboats will reach seven, one of which is the latest technological crystallization of the Han Empire, it is called "Linzi".
It wasn't the largest fleet ever organized by man, but it certainly was the one that sailed the farthest ever to fight a war.
The main component of the expeditionary fleet was drawn from the Nanyang Prefecture, including all the gunboats within the Nanyang Prefecture, and their only two gunboats were requisitioned from the Annam Prefecture.
Huan Wen was appointed commander of the expeditionary fleet, and his two military deputies were Li Mai and Wang Gong, and Wang Meng was the commander of the army.
It means that in addition to Wang Meng, the command team of the expeditionary fleet is all from the south, and even the southerners account for eighty percent of the troops.
The huge fleet was assembled in Hangzhou Bay in later generations.
It was the second largest shipbuilding base of the Han Empire, and ships that were about to sail would be assembled here, mainly for a round of rigorous overhaul and maintenance.
Huan Wen bid farewell to Liu Yan on the second day after accepting the command, and happily set off from Chang'an to Hangzhou Bay.
It took him only five days to arrive at Hangzhou Bay and establish his shogunate as soon as possible.
The gallop road built from Chang'an to the southeast has been more than 800 miles long, if you apply for a clear track in advance, it only takes 41 hours to complete the 800 miles of gallop road, and Huan Wen will ride a horse in person for the next three days.
"All seven gunboats have entered the port" Huan Wen also brought his own shogunate team, what he needs to do now is to know enough about the expeditionary fleet to see what is lacking to make up for it: "How long will it take for them to be overhauled and maintained" The Shrine had been in the south before, and was the commander of a medium-sized fleet on the mainland and Yizhou.
He received a new order to arrive directly at the Hangzhou Bay Naval Base by boat to carry out his military duties as a deputy general.
"The time given by the shipyard supervisor is at least half a month."
Wang Gong thinks that this time is very reasonable, and it is based on the premise that the gunboats are not seriously damaged or need to be overhauled: "They have transferred manpower from Liaodong and Zhuyazhou, and there will be no delay. ” "Very good," Huan Wen said with great satisfaction, "I will ask the Son of Heaven for credit for him." ” Although the warships of the Han Empire were all paddle-aided, it was most appropriate to sail during the monsoon season.
In winter, the natural climate creates a southwesterly monsoon on the south side of the rising sea, which is ideal for ships.
In the summer, the monsoon will change to a northwesterly direction.
Ships that rely on the power of sails will naturally be able to have faster speeds when they are downwind, and it will be difficult to move forward when they are upwind.
This is why the monsoon is so important in the era of style.
The expeditionary fleet had to reach Malacca by the end of the winter season, and then rest here until the onset of summer, taking advantage of the monsoon to pass through the Sanyang as fast as possible.
They may also be able to reach the Cape of Good Hope directly before the monsoon is over "General."
Wang Gong took the document and handed it out and said, "The first army has been stationed in Huiji County. ” Huan Wen took the document and looked at it, paying special attention to the number of the troops who arrived first, and was not surprised at all to see that it was a troop from Jiaozhou Bay.
Each military port in the Han Empire would have a Marine Corps stationed in it, and their establishment can be traced back to the time when the military port was established, and the earlier the military port was completed, the longer the Marine Corps was stationed.
Jiaozhou Bay was not the first military port of the Han Empire, Ma Shijin in Liaodong was, and Jiaozhou Bay belonged to the second.
"This time, there are 3,000 ships of all kinds, and the number of land troops carried has reached 30,000."
Wang Gong still needed some confidence in his heart, and asked respectfully: "Will there be a follow-up fleet?"
Huan Wen knew that there would be no follow-up reinforcements for at least three years, only they would invade Rome tens of thousands of miles away from the sea.
The scale of the Han Empire's war against Rome will depend on what kind of war they can fight.
"That's it," Wang Gong was not disappointed: "Three years, starting from the Han Dynasty, it will take at least six months to enter the Roman maritime frontier, and a round trip is at least one year and two months. ” The Han Empire was so far away from Rome that it would take more than a year just to deliver the news, and they began to invade Rome, and no matter what the battle was, it would take so long to send the war report back to the country, so that the center could evaluate whether to continue to increase the investment of troops or let them retreat according to the war report they sent back.
Huan Wen turned to look at the map of the mountains and rivers that was hanging from the wall.
Huan Wen has been looking at this map for several years, and has screened the map more than once, using various channels to understand the mountains and rivers on the map.
"When will Wang Jingluo arrive" Huan Wen had several in-depth and detailed discussions with Wang Meng when he was in Chang'an, and generally learned some key information from Wang Meng, and there were still many doubts that needed to be answered: "He has been to Rome, and when he returned to China, he had personally heard and seen along the way. ” Li Mai happened to lead Wang Meng in and heard a tail from Huan Wen's words.
"I mentioned Jingluo just now."
Huan Wen and Wang Meng are actually not so familiar, if they weren't in the same shogunate this time, they would have only been in contact with each other because of some official affairs before, and they had no personal relationship in private.
He turned his head to continue looking at the map of the mountains and rivers, and asked: "Their strait of Gibraltar, the terrain on both sides of the strait is as mentioned in the long history, the north shore is a land with dense vegetation, and the south bank is a desert."
Wang Meng saw that Huan Wen used two titles in one sentence, especially the back of which was to call himself Changshi, knowing that it was during office hours, he walked to the edge of the mountains and rivers, pointed to the north bank and said: "Here the Romans have established a coastal defense, and there is a defense zone in depth.
They call it Spain. ” Spain was called a long time ago, and the Romans changed its name many times, but the Han people classified it according to the information they knew, and called Spain.
"The south shore is a shallow sea, and most of the inland from the beach to the interior is desert."
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Wang Meng compared the map, and it was more than two hundred miles inland before stopping: "There are oases in these places, and some small and medium-sized tribes are gathered. ” "In that case, the breakthrough will not be on the South Bank."
Li Mai asked Wang Meng: "The coastal defense on the north bank was built from the sixteenth year of Yuan Shuo?"
"Indeed."
Wang Meng laughed and said, "The last time the Han Dynasty directly arrived at the capital city called Constantinople through this strait, the Romans were terrified. ” "It's a pity" Huan Wen glanced over the Strait of Gibraltar, looked at the sea area further north, and asked: "Here to the north, and then to the northeast, there is a strait similar to the Han land and Yizhou" The map hanging on the wall, which gives a rough picture of the territory of Rome, is not actually accurate, but there are few errors in general.
"This island, they call it Britannia."
Wang Meng introduced: "The Romans occupied half of the British islands, and the rest was divided between the Celts and the Saxons. ” "Did the Romans withdraw their troops from Britain because of the Celts and Saxons?"
the king paused and asked again: "If the Han invaded Rome, could they be used by the Han?"
Wang Meng couldn't answer this question, but he learned that Huan Wen was considering giving up the attack on the Strait of Gibraltar and making a detour to invade the waters north of Europa.
"The current Roman emperor started from the East, and there are many contradictions with the Roman nobility in the Europa part," Wang Meng has already told a certain person more than once what he knows.
This time, however, he needed to make it clear: "Meng has reported to His Majesty that the contradictions between the East and the West of the Romans may be eliminated by the invasion of the Han Dynasty, so that they can be united. ” Huan Wen nodded approvingly.
His actions also illustrate the fact that the invasion did not pin the invasion on the division of Rome, at least not in advance.
"This Britain may be able to become the bridgehead of the Great Han in Europa."
Huan Wen knew very well that it was impossible to destroy Rome with 30,000 landing troops: "We need a bridgehead far away in Europa.
When I went to Rome for a long time, I had contact with the Celts or Saxons."
"Disappointed the general."
Wang Meng shook his head and replied, "Meng may not have really set foot on the land of Europa, and the farthest is to reach Constantinople.
The Romans called it Asia, not Europa. ” This is something that Huan Wen has never understood.
He nodded at Wang Meng and asked another question: "Qinling's firearms soldiers, when will they come?"
This Wang Meng can answer: "Three thousand firearms troops will come in the middle of autumn."
He paused, smiled wryly and said, "Among them is Prince Ming." ” Huan Wen knew the news for the first time, and said without concealment: "It's troublesome now."
Wang Gong and Li Mai, who were standing on the side, glanced at each other and smiled bitterly one after another.
Before Liu Shen was sent to the army and participated in the war in the territory of Hunnite, people who did not know before returned to the jurisdiction of the Anxi Protectorate with Liu Shen, and had embarked on the return journey of Chang'an, which was known by more and more people.
Their understanding is that Liu Yan is accumulating prestige for Liu Shen, and paving the way for Liu Shen to become the prince.
If Liu Ming had not been arranged to enter the army, they would have been 100% sure of their guesses, but Liu Yan had arranged Liu Ming to the army, so the original 10% certainty would have been reduced to 80%.
"Your Majesty is in the prime of life."
Wang Meng served as Liu Shen's personal secretary, and recently became one of the three major servants, no matter how you look at it, he is Liu Shen's confidant, and some words should be said by him: "The position of the prince is not in a hurry." ” "I heard that before Shang Shuling went to the Western Xinjiang, he asked His Majesty" Huan Wen didn't use a questioning expression at all: "I heard that the Cui family instigated the ministers, and was suppressed by the Zhongshu Order" Wang Meng could say some things, but these words obviously couldn't be said, and he wouldn't even say anything, so he glanced at Huan Wen strangely.
"We are all loyal to Your Majesty, and we can only be loyal to Your Majesty."
Huan Wen did not stop the topic because of Wang Meng's strange expression: "This expedition, maybe three or five years, maybe ten years or even longer, can return to Dahan." ” "For so many years, Prince Ming has been away for a long time, there should be something for us to worry about."
Li Mai smiled bitterly and kept shaking his head: "Don't be labeled as anything, right?"
Let them refuse Liu Ming to the expeditionary fleet, they don't have the guts. is indeed afraid of being inexplicably labeled as Liu Ming.
What can Wang Meng say, he knows what people including Huan Wen are afraid of, it is nothing more than that once Liu Yan establishes the prince, they are tens of thousands of miles away, it will definitely be difficult to make any statement in time, if the prince thinks that they are people from Liu Ming's faction, it is useless to be afraid that no matter how great the credit is.
"This expedition will be accompanied by the captured Roman royal family."
Wang Meng is talking about Julian.
He reverted back to the expedition: "In addition, the Major Envoy Helena is pregnant. ” Coincidentally, after Rome, Persia and the Han Empire entered a state of war, the Roman princess and the Sassanid princess who married far away from the Han Empire successively spread the good news.
They have been in the deep palace all along, and they don't know the fact that their home country has entered a state of war with the Han Empire, and they are waiting for the birth with peace of mind.
"Oh" Huan Wen was stunned for a moment, and said with a laugh: "Our Roman governor and Persian governor have been chosen. ” Wang Meng smiled, then shook his head, so that he would not say anything.
Even if the Han Empire destroyed Sassanid and Rome, it would be difficult to achieve full annexation, and it really needed a person with Han royal blood and Roman and Persian blood to become the local administrator.
"While there is still time" Huan Wen walked to the edge of the desk, restrained his smile, and said seriously: "Arrange a few more sets of plans."
Roughly marching from Egypt, choosing to storm Gibraltar, or marching to Britain, or something else. ” This is Wang Meng's authority, so he asked his entourage to come over and come up with a plan that may have been formulated a long time ago
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