Sweep the World

At that moment, Julian and Xias remembered a lot of past events.

There have been many times, as the two of the Roman royal family and the Sassanid royal family, they have absolutely ignored the people from the small country, and even done more arrogant and rude things.

Today, they themselves have become the object of indifferent in the eyes of others, and they have a deep understanding of what kind of mood it will be.

What kind of mood is that? It may be humiliation, but it is more helpless.

Under the premise of unequal strength, others should be lucky if they are willing to give a good face.

One party is absolutely powerful, and the other party can't be beaten. You really should feel fortunate that you haven't been beaten. How can you expect more!

"Xi Gaoche..." Julian was silent for a long time, and asked in a low voice, "Isn't it bordering the Sassanian border?"

Xi Gaoche is actually a name given by others. They call it a country rather than a tribal alliance formed by scattered tribes.

The alliance is dominated by Dingling people. They do not have a fixed boundary. The east is probably from the Jinshan (Altai Mountains) as the starting point and all the way to the Daegu River (Irtysh River) in the west; the north is to the frozen soil area. To the south, it is close to Yueban and Hunnet.

Xias only knew that there was no country called Xigaoche in the east of Sassanid. He was not sure if it was a translation problem. Perhaps the Han Chinese were called Xi Gaoche, but they called them by other names.

"The approximate geographic range should be inferred?" Julian saw Xias dazed, frowning and said: "You haven't increased the exploration and investigation of the east?"

Xias is a little strange now. Sassan wants to improve diplomatic relations with Rome, but the two are not allies. They didn't understand Julian's self-confidence to spy intelligence so brightly.

Besides, even if Sassan and Rome become allies, the basis of the alliance is only on the premise that the Han Empire is fighting one of the two countries. Whenever the allies should report all the information to each other.

"But..." Julian didn't seem to notice Xias' strange expression, and said to himself: "The Han Empire has only mobilized less than 30,000. It should be a raid, not a big move westward. You guys. There is still enough time to learn enough about the east."

At present, Rome and Sassanid are building more mutual trust, and the two sides have begun to regain strength from their respective front lines.

Not to mention whether Sassan and Rome had established enough mutual trust foundations after they transferred their frontline troops back, but the local Syrians and Arabs who were seeking independence became happy.

The Syrians have been colonized for a long time. They were first ruled by the Seleucid Empire and later replaced by the Parthian Empire.

Waiting for the Romans to march into the east to conquer Syria and establish a province, the Syrians were again ruled by the Romans.

Syrians under the rule of the Romans were either captured by the Roman legion as laborers or sold as slaves.

If the Jews in West Asia and the Europa are a calculation-savvy group, then the Syrians also have the same reputation, and even other ethnic groups think that the Syrians are more cunning than the Jews.

Syrian free people often acted as hawkers in Rome or the Parthian Empire. Syrians who were sold to Rome were either sent to the arena or became accountants for some Romans.

For a long time to come, Syria became a battle zone where the Parthians and the Romans fought.

The army of the Parthian Empire and the Roman army have been in Syria back and forth for nearly a hundred years. The Syrians, who have been under the flames of war, can imagine what kind of life they are living.

People who have experienced misery tend to yearn for a better life, and try to live a better life over and over again. The key is that there is no slight improvement after repeated efforts, and even those with perseverance will become depressed after repeated failures, and even despair of survival.

If any nation in the world took the first desperate suicide attack, it is undoubtedly the first of the Syrians. They once organized more than 30 people, and each of them entered the arena with kerosene and then blocked them to death. Various exits were set on fire in the arena again, playing a raid. It's just that there was no such thing as a "terrorist attack" at the time, it was just a record of a fire in a certain arena on a certain day.

The place name is still Syria. As for how many out-of-the-ordinary Syrians there are, it’s hard to say. The statistics of the Romans are about 1.6 million, and the statistics of the Persians are about 2.4 million. Everyone It is not clear whose statistics are closer to the facts.

No matter how many Syrians there are, they are not the main force in this wave of people, ethnicity, and independence. Arab talents are.

At present, there is no official name for the Arab nation. The Romans and Persians unanimously regard them as Semites and also called Semites.

The name Arab is the self-proclaimed name of some Semitic tribes. It is no different from the birth of any nation. The self-proclaimed will not be accepted by all countries. You need to wait for the day when they will show strong enough force to force each big country to recognize it. Their existence, the original self-proclaimed name will become the official name.

The Semites are a huge ethnic group. Assyrians, Akkadians, Kuti, Amori... and many other ethnic groups belong to the Semitic branch.

There is a related record that the history of the Semites can be traced back to the third millennium BC. Their most glorious history is the establishment of the Babylonian Empire (Amorites).

There are many ethnic groups claiming to be Arabs, and their distribution is very scattered and widespread. There are tribes claiming to be Arabs in North Africa, East Africa, West Asia, and Central Asia.

The Arabs who are currently seeking independence or self-government are mainly tribes in West Asia, and they are slowly spreading to East Africa, which means they are rebelling against the rule of Persians and Romans at the same time.

The Arabs challenged the two empires at the same time, but the strange thing is that the tribes did their own things and did not form a "united front." They could only make troubles all the time. In fact, they were making troubles, which caused the two empires. Some minor troubles.

The key is that there are too many Arabs who have begun to resist. Even though a "united front" has not been formed, more minor troubles will become major troubles. The direct manifestation is that the Sassanian empire belongs to the scope of the "heavy disaster area". The logistics line of the frontline troops in the battle between the Shan Empire and Rome became extremely fragile.

The Sassanian Empire and Rome both withdrew their troops, and the "blank areas" formed by the withdrawal of the two armies almost instantly emerged innumerable forces. Even in a small village, at least two or more forces declared ownership, and the result was those forces. They fought each other, and the withdrawal of the two countries did not bring peace to those places. On the contrary, they became more chaotic.

"We are focusing all our energy on consolidating the sea and territories." Julian may know Syria better than Xias, all because his fief is in Egypt and Asia Minor: "The more chaos there is, it is actually for us. Both sides are more advantageous."

What Xias knew was that the Romans were really crazy and seemed to be consolidating the sea. The strait of the Spanish province alone allocated two million gold coins to build fortifications. If it weren’t for the technology to build a gate to block the strait, No matter how much it costs, it will be built up.

The Romans were really frightened by the fleet of the Han Empire driving directly to the coast of Constantinople. They absolutely didn’t want to see the Han Empire go to war with them one day, and then the fleet of the Han Empire approached directly. Constantinople makes a landing.

In addition to building the Strait fortifications madly, the Romans were still frantically studying warships. On the other hand, they also placed orders with the Han Empire to buy any ships that could be purchased. Obviously, they were suffering from the "warship shortage". Kind of disease.

"It's not just the provinces of Spain..." Julian said with a gloomy look: "The provinces of Egypt are also building coastal fortifications."

"That's right!" Kesias thought of something and asked: "I heard that the Han Empire proposed to re-excavate the ancient Suez Canal with Rome?"

The ancient Suez Canal was excavated for the first time around two millennia BC. At that time, the 12th dynasty of Egypt, the Pharaoh Senusret III (Senusret III, whose name is the source of the word "Suez") was used for the purpose of carrying it out by land-bound punts. Direct trade ordered the excavation of an "east-west" canal connecting the Red Sea and the Nile.

Some evidence suggests that this canal lasted at least until the Ramses II period in the 13th century BC, after which the canal was abandoned.

The ancient Suez Canal was regained by Ptolemy II around 250 BC, and was continuously improved, destroyed and rebuilt in the following thousand years.

The current ancient Suez Canal is in a stage of destruction. Rome has fallen into civil strife in the past few decades, and there is no ability to restore it at all.

If history has not been changed, Augustus, who is waiting for Julian to become Rome's new term, will order another reconstruction.

Now? Augustus of Rome was Constantius II. He couldn't even recover from the wounds of the civil war, so there is no time to manage the ancient Suez Canal.

"Well, the Han Empire proposed a joint restoration of the Suez Canal." Julian knew that he couldn't hide it, and said with a wry smile: "Just like we can't refuse the Han Empire's lease of ports and leases, it is for the joint restoration of the Suez Canal. I can only agree to the suggestion, but... we are still dragging time."

In fact, whether they are Romans or Persians, they are really wondering how the Han (official) know them so much. They can't guess how the Han people know all they should know if they have only been in contact with each other for a short time.

The Suez Canal has proven its value very early. With its existence, it can directly communicate with the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. The navigation between each other does not need to go around the big bend in Africa.

It was precisely that the time spent on sea voyages was greatly shortened, and that was the point that the Romans were most worried about.

If one day Rome and the Han Empire became belligerents, they believed that the Han Empire would definitely not choose to fight from the east to the west. Just thinking with your knees would understand that cross-sea invasion is the most convenient way.

The Han Empire had leased a considerable number of ports from Rome, and restrictions were given according to the signed treaties, which included that the Han Empire could not be anchored in the form of a fleet.

The treaty is like that. The Romans are not sure whether the Han Empire will obey the treaties. The Romans will treat whether the Han Empire obeys the treaty as a "warning line", if one day those leased ports anchored The number of battleships in the Han Empire was a little too much, and the Romans should understand that the war was about to break out.

Similarly, the Persian Sassanids also have similar treaties, that is, the Persians are relatively close to the Han Empire, and after doing their best to negotiate, there is still a port that is defined as a military port. The military port did not limit the number of large-scale warships that the Han Empire could dock. The number of warships that the Han Empire wanted to dock was completely logical, reasonable and legal.

"Actually, it's all the same." Xias didn't see it openly, but knew it or didn't know it. "Our Majesty has already seen it completely. Maybe when the war breaks out, we will choose to become the Persian of the Han Empire. The prefecture under the jurisdiction of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government?"

Julian was stunned, and then asked with an unbelievable look: "Is it fake?"

Of course it is false. On the one hand, Xias said that he was really helpless, so why didn't it stimulate Julian's thoughts?

"If there is a war within two years, how long will we be able to resist it?" Kossias said seriously: "How long can we last depends entirely on how many firearms troops are dispatched by the Han Empire."

"If Rome can help the first time..." Julian asked seriously: "In your estimate, how long can you last?"

"The Han Empire is more than just powerful firearms. You should be clear about this." Kesijas thought for a while and gave the answer: "If our two countries cooperate sincerely, maybe we can establish a reliable line of defense in South Persia? The persistence depends on how determined they are to invade ~ www.wuxiamtl.com ~ Southern Persia is the parts of Chalaseni, Elam, Medes, Fars, and Sistan. The terrain on this side is quite complicated. There are vast desert areas as well as many mountains.

Long, long ago, and now, South Persia is a very wealthy place, and it is also the best line of defense against any intruder.

When the Parthian Empire was defeated one after another in the west, it was relying on southern Persia to survive and survive for nearly a hundred years, until the southern Persian defense line was torn by the Roman legion, and those Persians took advantage of the situation and took advantage of it. Now this Sassanian Empire is established.

"Do you think..." Julian subconsciously glanced at the Han army in a marching state in the distance: "When a war breaks out, when will it happen?"

"It's hard to guess!" Kexias smiled bitterly: "When we thought that'they' would enter a rest period after fighting Ahsan, the battle of Xijiang broke out first. We thought that there should be a period after the battle of Xijiang. Peace, as a result, the Battle of Northern Xinjiang began again."

Julian also smiled bitterly: "Indeed, we never guessed correctly."