Sweep the World

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 lead a plain life.

People who feel that they are capable, the more they think they are capable, the more they want to obtain a position that fits their own capabilities.

If you say which group is the least ethical in the world, it is undoubtedly the so-called scholars. Because of their intelligence, they are always able to judge the situation and make choices that are beneficial to them. They usually seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and they rarely do. Keep your firm stand.

Those scholars who can maintain their firm stance, as long as their status is high enough, can basically be the reason why they can stay in the history, nothing more than this type of people is really too few.

In fact, it is the same. If you see too much, there is no need to record it. The scarcer it is, the more it will be promoted.

No historian would record how people breathe air, would they?

The expedition fleet organized by the Han Empire was destined to be grandly recorded by history. This time there will be three thousand ships of various types and sizes to form an expeditionary fleet. Among them, the number of gunboats will reach seven. One of the gunboats is the latest technological crystallization of the Han Empire. It is called the "Linzi".

This is not the largest fleet ever organized by mankind, but it must be the longest sailing fleet ever to fight a war.

The main component of the expeditionary fleet was to transfer from the Nanyang Protectorate, including all the gunboats in the Nanyang Protectorate's establishment, and to conquer their only two gunboats from the Annan Protectorate.

Huan Wen was appointed as the commander of the expeditionary fleet. His two military deputies were Li Mai and Wang Kan, and Wang Meng served as the commander of the army. It means that except for Wang Meng, the command team of the expeditionary fleet is from the south, and even the southerners make up 80% of the troops.

The huge fleet was assembled in the later Hangzhou Bay. Here is the second largest shipbuilding base of the Han Empire. Ships that are about to sail will be assembled here, and a round of strict inspection and maintenance should be carried out.

Huan Wen bid farewell to Liu Yan on the second day after receiving the command, and happily set off from Chang'an to Hangzhou Bay. It only took him five days to reach Hangzhou Bay, and he established his shogunate in the first place.

The road from Chang’an to the southeast has been built for more than 800 miles. If you apply for a clear track in advance, it only takes 41 hours to complete the 800-mile road. The next three days Huan Wen is riding a horse in a hurry.

"All seven gunboats have entered the port?" Huan Wen also brought his shogunate team. What he needs to do now is to have enough knowledge of the expeditionary fleet to see if there are any shortcomings to make up: "How long will it take them to make up for it?" Overhaul and maintenance completed?"

Wang Yan had been in the south before, as the commander of the medium-sized fleet between the mainland and Yizhou. He received a new order to arrive directly at the Hangzhou Bay Naval Base by boat to perform his military duties as a lieutenant.

"The time given by the shipyard supervisor is at least half a month." Wang Shan believes that this time is very reasonable. It is based on the premise that the gunboats are not severely damaged or need major changes: "They learned from Liaodong and Zhuya. There will be no delay if there is a deployment of manpower on the continent."

"Very good!" Huan Wen said with great satisfaction: "I will ask the emperor for his work."

Although the warships of the Han Empire were all equipped with oars, it was most suitable to sail in the monsoon season.

In winter, the natural climate will form a southwest monsoon on the Zhanghai (South China Sea) side, which is very suitable for ships to sail.

At the time of summer, the monsoon will turn to a northwest direction.

Ships that rely on the power of sails will naturally have a faster speed when the wind is downwind, and it will be difficult to make an inch with the sails upwind. This is why the monsoon is so important in the era of style.

The expedition fleet needs to reach Malacca through the rising sea before the end of winter, and then rest here until the arrival of summer, borrowing the convenience of the monsoon to pass through Asanyang at the fastest speed. Maybe they can reach the Cape of Good Hope directly before the end of the monsoon?

"General." Wang Yan took the paper slip and said while handing it out: "The first unit has already been stationed in Kuaiji County."

Huan Wen took the Wen Su and looked at it, paying particular attention to the number of the troops that arrived first. He was not surprised to see that they were troops from Jiaozhou Bay.

Each military port of the Han Empire will be stationed with a Marine Corps. Their establishment can be traced back to when the military port was established. The earlier the military port is completed, the longer the Marine Corps stationed will be established.

Jiaozhou Bay is not the first military port of the Han Empire, Ma Shijin in Liaodong is the only one, and Jiaozhou Bay belongs to the second.

"This time there are 3,000 ships of various types, and the marine force they carry has reached 30,000." Wang Yan still needs some confidence in his heart, and respectfully asked: "Will there be a follow-up fleet?"

Huan Wen knew that there would be no follow-up reinforcements for at least three years, and only they would invade Rome tens of thousands of miles across the sea.

The scale of the Han Empire's war against Rome depends on what they can fight into.

"That's it..." Wang Yan didn't have any disappointment: "Three years? It takes at least six months to enter the borders of Rome from Dahan. One round trip is at least a year and two months."

The Han Empire was too far away from Rome. It took more than a year to pass the news. They began to invade Rome. It took so long for the battle report to be sent back to the country, no matter what it was. Based on the battle report they sent back to assess whether to continue to increase the input of troops, or to let them retreat.

Huan Wen turned and looked at the mountains and rivers that were hung on 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 terrain of the mountains and rivers on the map.

"When will Wang Jinglue arrive?" When Huan Wen was in Chang'an, he had several in-depth discussions with Wang Meng. In general, he learned some key information from Wang Meng, and there are still many doubts that need to be answered: "He has been there. Rome, when I returned to my country, I personally heard and saw along the way."

Li Mai happened to lead Wang Meng in, and heard a tail of Huan Wen's words.

"I mentioned Jing Lue just now." Huan Wen and Wang Meng are actually not so familiar. If it weren't for the same shogunate this time, they would only have contact with each other on official business, and there was no personal relationship in private. He turned his head and continued to look at the maps of mountains and rivers, and asked: "Their strait (Gibraltar), the topography on both sides of the strait is as long history said, the north bank is a land with dense vegetation, and the south bank is a desert?"

When Wang Meng saw Huanwen using two names in one sentence, especially his long history, he knew that he was entering office hours, walked to the edge of the mountains and rivers map, pointed to the north bank and said: "The Romans here have established coastal defenses and have defenses in depth. Bring. They call it Spain."

Spain was called it a long time ago, and the Romans repeatedly changed their names later, but the Chinese were classified based on the information they had learned, calling for Spain.

"The south bank is a shallow sea, and most of it is desert from the beach to the inland." Wang Meng compared the map, and stopped after more than two hundred miles into the inland: "These places have oasis, and some small and medium tribes gather."

"In this case, the breach is not on the South Bank." Li Mai asked Wang Meng: "The coastal defense on the North Bank was built in the 16th year of Yuanshuo, right?"

"Indeed." Wang Meng smiled and said, "The last time the big man went directly to the capital named Constantinople via this strait, the Romans were all terrified."

"It's a pity..." Huan Wen glanced across the Strait of Gibraltar and looked to the sea further north, and asked: "From here to the north, and then to the northeast, is there a strait similar to the Dahan land and Yizhou?"

The map hung on the wall, which roughly draws the territory of Rome, is actually not accurate, but there are not many errors in general.

"This island, they called Britain." Wang Meng introduced: "The Romans occupied half of the islands in Britain, 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?" Wang Shan paused, then asked: "If the big guys march into Rome, can they be used by the big guys?"

Wang Meng couldn't answer this question, but he understood that Huan Wen was considering giving up the attack on the Strait of Gibraltar, and was detouring from the northern waters of Europa.

"The current Roman emperor started from the East and has many contradictions with the Roman aristocracy in Europa..." Wang Meng has already introduced what he knows to a certain person more than once. This time he needs to make it clear: "I have reported to your Majesty that the contradiction between the East and the West of the Romans may be eliminated due to the invasion of the big man, so that they can unite."

Huan Wen nodded in agreement. His actions also illustrate one thing. The division of things that did not pin the invasion in Rome, at least not in the first place.

"This Britain may be able to become the bridgehead of the big man in Europa." Huan Wen knew very well that Rome could not be destroyed by the 30,000 landing troops alone: ​​"We need a bridgehead far away in Europa. When the long history went to Rome, there was a chance with Kai. Have contact with the Altes or the Saxons?"

"Disappointed the general." Wang Meng shook his head and replied, "Maybe Meng did not really set foot on the land of Europa, only to reach Constantinople as far as it is. The Romans called that side Asia, not Europa."

This is something Huan Wen never understood. He nodded to Wang Meng and asked another question: "When will Qinling firearms come?"

This Wang Meng was able to answer: "Three thousand firearms troops will come in mid-autumn." He paused and said with a wry smile: "Among them is Prince Ming."

"..." It was the first time that Huan Wen knew the news, and said without concealing: "This is troublesome."

Wang Yan and Li Mai, who were standing on the side, looked at each other and smiled bitterly one after another.

Before Liu Shen was sent to the army and participated in the war in the Hunite territory, people who did not know before returned to the Anxi Duhu prefecture with Liu Shen, and they have already embarked on the way back to Chang'an. People know.

Their understanding is that Liu Yan is accumulating prestige for Liu Shen and paving the way for Liu Shen to become the prince.

If they were arranged to enter the army without Liu Ming, they would have a ten-percent certainty of their own guesses, but Liu Yan assigned Liu Ming to the army, and the original ten-percent certainty was reduced to 80%.

"Your Majesty is in the prime of life." Wang Meng once 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. Some words should be said by him: "The Crown Prince , In no hurry."

"I heard that before Shang Shuling went to Xijiang, Your Majesty Xiang..." Huan Wen didn't use a questioning expression at all: "I heard that the Cui family encouraged the ministers and was suppressed by Zhong Shuling?"

Wang Meng had some things that he could say, but he obviously couldn't say these things, and he didn't even make a statement, so he glanced at Huan Wen strangely.

"I am loyal to your majesty, and 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 to five years, maybe ten years or more, before returning to the big man."

"For so many years, Prince Ming has been away for so many years, so there should be our distress." Li Mai smiled bitterly and constantly shook his head: "Don't be labeled with any label, right?"

Let them refuse Liu Ming to join the expedition fleet, they would not have the guts. He was indeed afraid of being labeled Liu Ming inexplicably.

What can Wang Meng say? He knew what the people including Huan Wen were afraid of. It was nothing more than once Liu Yan established the prince, and they were tens of thousands of miles away, it would be difficult to make any statement in time. If the prince thought they were from Liu Ming’s faction, he was afraid. No matter how great the credit is, it is useless.

"This time I set off, the captured Roman royal family will also accompany it." Wang Meng said of Julian. He brought the topic back to the expedition: "In addition... the young envoy (Helena) is already pregnant~www.wuxiamtl.com~ It happened that after Rome, Persia, and the Han Empire entered a state of war, they married Han The Roman princess of the empire and the Sassanian princess had good news one after another.

They have been in the deep palace, and they don't know the fact that their home country has entered a state of war with the Han Empire, and they are rest assured that they are waiting to give birth.

"Oh?" Huan Wen was stunned and said with a big smile: "Our Roman governor and Persian governor have been elected."

Wang Meng followed with a smile, and then shook his head, so that he could not say anything.

Even if the Han Empire destroys Sassanid and Rome, it is actually difficult to achieve a complete annexation. It really needs a person with Han royal blood and Roman (Persian) blood to become the local administrator.

"While there is time..." Huan Wen walked to the edge of his desk, smiled, and said solemnly: "Plan out a few more plans. Basically, they will march from Egypt, choose to attack Gibraltar, or march into 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 might have been drawn up a long time ago.