Chapter 362 The Strongest Teacher

The Romans did not take advantage of the sea. If they switched to the land to compete, who was the real king of this era?

As the saying goes, the benevolent person has different opinions.

What else? For the sake of which is stronger, the Qin army or the Roman army, someone has made some arguments and refutations on the Internet with developed information in later generations. Of course, the arguments have always served the opinions. Since the information cited by both parties is paranoid, the final conclusions drawn are also very different.

As for the details of the Roman land forces, as early as when Fugo planned Seleucid, he ordered Chen Ping to speed up the collection of information on this aspect, in other words, to do a good job in intelligence in advance.

With silk, an important bribery material, Chen Ping's work went smoothly. In the early days of the Roman Republic, the soldiers in his army were mobilized from the citizens. Since they had to bring their own weapons, the Roman cavalry and the best-equipped heavy infantry came from the richest class at that time.

Like the Greek and Macedonian armies, there were also slightly less-equipped infantry detachments in the Roman army, such as javelins, stone casters and other auxiliary soldiers without armor.

All kinds of troops were formed in units of one hundred people, called the 100-man brigade. The combat formations of these early Roman troops were also square formations. Heavy infantry were lined up on the front, while light infantry fought in front of the quad and were responsible for covering the flanks of the quad. However, in this era, the combat mode of the quad formation that made the Romans famous all over the world had not been finally formed. According to historical records, it would take more than a hundred years for the Romans to truly use the quad formation team.

Despite this, the Roman army under Marclus still possesses considerable tactical qualities. Compared with soldiers from other countries, the weapons of Roman soldiers are mainly short swords and heavy javelins.

Heavy javelin is a type of javelin. It appeared in the third century BC like a dagger. Speaking of the history of javelin, it can be traced back to the Paleolithic Age. Most of the Romans were tall and powerful. For them, javelins were both easy to throw and penetrating, which was a suitable long-range weapon.

At the same time, in order to increase the hit rate and increase the projection distance, the Romans also wrapped a rope around the wooden pole of the heavy javelin. In this way, pulling hard in the moment of projection can make the javelin rotate forward. If the enemy's shield is just penetrated, the shield will be pulled, and the soldiers holding the shield will have to let the ancient Roman soldiers rush up and stab with a short sword.

Also, if the distance is close and the throw is not enough, the heavy javelin can be used as a powerful near-spike spear.

The main function of the Roman dagger is not to cut and kill but assassination. It is more flexible than the darts. Its sharpness is not questioned. After actual combat tests, this dagger can kill enemies more than a big sword used for assassination.

Regarding the effect of this short sword, in historical records, the historian Li Wei once described in his own works that when the Macedonian soldiers "when they saw Roman soldiers chopping their human bodies into pieces with swords, chopping their arms off the human body, and separating their shoulders, limbs or heads from the body, and their necks were pricked to the point of blood and blood, and their internal organs were exposed." They were all so scared that they were all out of their minds.

Javelins and daggers are important weapons usually carried by Roman legion soldiers. Their use and formation of teams greatly enhanced the combat effectiveness of the Roman legion.

The Romans' fierceness was actually similar to that of the Qin soldiers. On the battlefield, the Qin soldiers who used killing enemy soldiers as certificates to collect their heads were only better than those of the Romans in terms of bloody killings.

In the battle of Changping, Bai Qi killed 450,000 Zhao troops, which caused the six Kanto countries to change their emotions when they heard about the Qin army. Therefore, they always faced the Qin army and were timid before they fought.

During the process of unification of the New Qin Dynasty, the Qin army led by Fu Ge experienced countless battles, especially in the initial period, Dong'a, Yongqiu, and Julu were not from the crowds of corpses. The army that survived in such a difficult situation will naturally not lack blood and the confidence to compete with the enemy.

Therefore, if the question of which is stronger and more powerful mentioned above is answered by the soldiers of Qin, it is very simple, the Great Qin. Similarly, if any soldier in the Roman army is replaced, their answer will be equally positive.

Of course, everyone can say that if you really want to fight, theoretical analysis is just a reference. Everything depends on the strategy of the general, the bravery of the soldiers and the response to the battle, and many other aspects of competition.

Even if one side wins a battle, it is impossible to determine that the other side is completely ineffective, because any slight change on the battlefield may change the course of the battle.

Therefore, what a wise commander must do before the war is to calculate his own advantages and strengths as much as possible and give full play to them. In addition, he is to let his opponents fight in an unaccommodating environment as much as possible. At this point, Fu Ge undoubtedly did a pretty job in the sea battle just now.

In history, the Qin army and the Roman army had no chance to meet. Which of the two most powerful empires in the same era is stronger and whose army is more powerful. This question has caused many military enthusiasts to argue endlessly. Now, when history changes because of the emergence of a person, this question is finally no longer a problem.

After a whole day of fierce fighting, the Roman fleet at the sea suffered a great loss. Marclus had no choice but to order the remaining 32,000 soldiers to land. At the same time, in order to expand the momentum, the Romans gathered more than 60,000 paddling slaves and organized them into the battle sequence.

The vast army of more than 100,000 generals came ashore, and even if they were suppressed, they would crush the weak Egyptian court. The prosperity of Alexandria, gold, silver and jewelry, and the treasures of pharaohs in the pyramids outside Cairo, all made the Romans very moved. Anyway, they were defeated and would not spare themselves when they returned to the Senate. It would be better to kill him in Egypt and enjoy it. If they could take the opportunity to occupy Egypt, General Marclus would be the governor of Egypt, and the others would also be very popular and spicy.

With this idea in mind, the Romans abandoned the warships and rushed to the shore. However, when Marclus actually brought the troops ashore, he found that he was wrong.

It was too wrong.

As if he had calculated that he would abandon the ship and land on the shore, the Qin army actually set up an ambush on the shore, a cavalry that had no opponents across thousands of miles.

Everyone has a killer weapon, and the key is to use it on the point.

In dealing with such a major strategic matter as the Romans, Fu Ge would certainly not be stupid enough to press all his treasures on the fleet. According to his expectations, if he could win the naval battle, the Romans would abandon the ship and go ashore as if they were in real battle. If they could not win, the Qin fleet could also retreat to the coastline. At that time, there would be support from the crossbows on the shore. Even if the Romans could not be repelled, they would at least be able to protect the soldiers on the ship to escape safely.

The cavalry was secretly mobilized from Babylon and Antioch to Egypt, and the vacuum zone left was filled with the second-line troops led by General Han Xin. After more than a year of suppressing the rebellion and pacifying, the Qin army basically controlled the two vassal states Daxia and Anxi, and supported the new regime that was close to Qin.

The dusk gradually covered the beach, and a ray of setting sun in the sky was accompanied by clouds falling. The red contrasted with the beach, making the panicked Roman soldiers and the broken ships dyed blood.

The black Qin cavalry lined up in a row and was arranged on the open sandy plains of the Sinai Peninsula. This place was originally formed by the long-term erosion and accumulation of sand and stones on the Nile River. The tiny sand and soil are quite tight, which is suitable for cavalry to fight.

The flags were flying, and the roar of "hulala" was blowing under the strong wind.

The main formation of the Qin cavalry, commander Li Lie, had a solemn look on his face, and his fibres were opened one by one. Beside him, the young Li Guang looked excited, and his eyes showed an infinite desire to fight. He looked more like Li Lie, who fought back on the banks of the Jing River, and destroyed Chen Yu's tens of thousands of troops.

Time seemed to have stagnated, and the era of the descendants of the Li family has arrived. This time, the protagonist was replaced by Li Guang, a famous general who had never been granted a title in history, ushered in the most important battle in his life.

"Haha, the Romans have indeed come ashore. God really helps our Li family and cavalrymen. It's time for you to make achievements."

Seeing the Romans getting closer, Li Lie finally showed a smile on his face. To be honest, the feeling of waiting just now was really uncomfortable. He could hear the sound of killing sounds on the sea from afar, but he had nothing to do with him. This made the cavalry soldiers feel so suffocated. Fortunately, the Romans finally gave face and came as soon as they came.

Half-cross waiting to be attacked is an eternal creed in military tactics.

"Li Guang, take your troops and charge!" Li Lie finally issued an order to attack.

Li Lie's order was like a quick death talisman, which immediately made the calm coast extremely lively. The crossbow cavalry charged forward, and the crossbow arrows were densely packed, just like raindrops flying in the sky, causing the Roman soldiers who had just relaxed their spirits to collapse again.

The sound of horse hooves shook the sky like thunder. This first wave of arrow rain was a gift for crossbow cavalry. In fact, for the cavalry of Qin, crossbows and fighting swords were their essential weapons.

Use the most suitable weapon within the right distance.
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