"Then let's go together, but the enemy is not easy to mess with. You have to be mentally prepared." Sima Ji reached out and scraped Ataya's nose. After a short period of investigation, with the help of Persian merchants, Sima Ji also had a little understanding of Ataya's roughly enemy. Augustus of Rome, Diocletian, the actual ruler of the Roman Republic.

Although in the eyes of others, Rome has long been the Roman Empire, in the eyes of the residents of the Roman city, they are still the Roman Republic, and the Mediterranean civilization always sways back and forth in the republic and imperial system.

In fact, Diocletian, who divided the empire into two, could he say that he was the first emperor of Rome. His first name was based on the division of the Roman Empire into four. Because he didn't think it was enough, there were two Caesars behind the two Augustus.

Diocletian was Augustus of the Eastern Roman Empire, and the capital was in Nicomedia in the Near East. The territory of the Slavs was across the Black Sea. The swept Slavic tribes were assisted by his Roman legions and Armenian army.

Is Sima Ji not good at evaluating this kind of operation of division into four? Anyway, East Asia will definitely not be able to be implemented. However, if it is a Mediterranean civilization, they do have this tradition of aristocratic republic. There is really no East Asia, there is only one winner, and the civilizations in the two places are different from the root.

People have this foundation, and it is no surprise that the parliamentary system appeared in later generations. After the collapse of Western Rome, the Venetian Republic also appeared soon, and the aristocratic republics in various parts of Europe were never extinguished. As for East Asia, no one thought so, let alone the appearance.

The most ingenious emperor in China was not prepared to share his rights with others, but he just cut all the ministers of the court into eunuchs. If the eunuchs had no desire, they would naturally serve the country faithfully, and then they were destroyed.

Sima Ji once thought about where this empire was going, and in fact he also referred to the new system designed by me in the Song Dynasty since the end of the Tang Dynasty. Although this system is really hard to describe externally, he speculated about the current development trend of the empire in his spare time and felt that at most, there might be enlightened autocracy similar to the imperial and Russian ones, and there was no confidence in everything left.

The Song Dynasty actually had some characteristics of enlightened autocracy, but compared with the enlightened autocracy of Katerina, it was still a bit far behind. As for the separation of powers and capitalism, the King of Yan didn't even think about it. As an empire that has been strengthened over the years, unless it really reaches the end of the road, there is no hope at all. Otherwise, he would not consider copying the political system of another country for reform. China is not an island country. People can't help but Chinese officials can't help them.

Thousands of years have proved that it is effective centralization. Who would give up if you say you give up? He lowered his head and learned from other civilizations. Anyone in small Asian countries can learn, and China is the most unlikely to learn from it. Facts have proved that later republics are still the way of centralization. The appearance has changed, and the kernel is still the same kernel.

In the current Roman Empire, Sima Ji knew that the most powerful figure was not Diocletian. It was Constantine I, the illegitimate son of Augustus in the West. Constantine I should have been considered an important figure in Rome. He would soon become the winner of the four emperors' co-governance and the first undisputed Roman emperor. Unlike now, some people think that Rome is an empire, and some people think that Rome is a republic.

Recently, Sima Ji has been asking Wandat to provide the situation in Rome. After all, as a feud, Persia must have a better understanding of Rome than his second-rate general. Sima Ji was wrong. The last battle between the two sides was a few years ago. Augustus, who came to the Roman Empire, was not Diocletian, but his assistant Caesar, the deputy emperor Galerius.

The Sassanian Dynasty, led by the Persian emperor Nars, defeated Roman Caesar Galerius near Kalynigum on the Euphrates River a few years ago. Galerius supported a supporter in his hometown. After Armenia launched an offensive against northern Mesopotamia, the Persians retreated to Armenia to fight the Romans. The rugged Armenia was beneficial to the Roman infantry, but on the contrary, it was not good to the Sassanian cavalry. With the assistance of the locals, Galerius defeated Persia in two consecutive battles.

In the second encounter, the Roman army captured Nars' camp and abducted his property and his wives and concubines. Galerius ventured into Medes and Adiabonna, and was unstoppable, especially in the battle of Erzurum, where he captured Nisipis and captured Tessifon along the Tigris River.

"Wife and concubine were captured, and the capital was captured? Not ten years ago?" Sima Ji took some information sent by Wandat, and felt a deep regret in his heart. No wonder the Persian Empire is willing to live in peace with it now. It turns out that he was beaten so miserably by the Romans last time? He lost his city and lost his land, his wife and concubine were captured, and the capital was captured?

If this were replaced by the Central Plains, it would definitely be the end of the demise of the dynasty. If one of the hostile sides in East Asia had such an advantage, the Persian Empire would still want to exist? That would be impossible. Stupid, let the tiger go back to the mountain?

"Make the king laugh!" Wandat squeezed out a smile that was even worse than crying. If it weren't for the purpose of increasing confidence to Sima Ji, he wouldn't be willing to reveal the scars of his country. The disastrous defeat against Rome directly made the senior emperor angry to death. The senior emperor was busy suppressing the rebellion, but was ambushed by the Arabs and even a lot of land in the east had been retracted, otherwise Sima Ji would have seen the Persian army as soon as he left the Western Regions.

Rebellions in China have been one after another, and it is a bit harmonious, so Sima Ji broke into Khorasan. Of course, this is also a good thing. Khorasan's Persian nobles were also in harmony with Taixifeng.

The situation in the Persian Empire was not as stable as it seemed on the surface. When Sima Ji came from the east, the country had just stabilized for not long. The large-scale rebellion of the Arabs could only be said to be stable. Speaking of which, the King of Yan was really in the support room.

"The Romans are infantry, how can you lose?" Sima Ji was very curious and unconsciously uncovered Wandait's scars. The cavalry dared not say that fighting infantry is safe. Can't even do it in June 4th? The Roman legion, whose main force is infantry, even the capital was broken. No wonder Sima Jigang said that he had no malice. The other party went down so easily. It turned out that the internal injuries that were beaten by Rome had not yet been cultivated.

Sima Ji, who was regretful in his heart, felt that he had missed an opportunity to increase money, and it was unreasonable to raise the price now. He thought that world history was more clear than Chinese history. The King of Yan, who had an international perspective, had doubts about his knowledge reserves for the first time.

"The battlefield is complicated, and the judgment that the king himself has made is more useful than I said. There are many soldiers who participated in the war at the beginning. In a few days, I will let them come over to let the king's army understand the Romans. The last defeat of Persia has a lot to do with the participation of several northern countries as Roman allies in the war. People will introduce them one by one when the time comes." If there is an evaluation of Wandait's military level, Sima Ji is a second-rate standard, and he is not at the right time and cannot say what kind of insights he has.

"Then, I have a reluctant request." Sima Ji hesitated and said, "I hope you will demonstrate the battle formation and formation of the Roman army. After all, our army has never seen it before."

Sima Ji was vigilant against the Roman Empire for the first time. Before that, he thought that lying on the ground in Eurasia was like taking a pupil, and only hitting people by himself, no one could hit him. But the miserable situation of Persia made him a little clear. If it weren't for the two soldiers of the Jin Wei Longque, to be fair, the Jin army and the Persian army were in the same level as if they were stronger.

If there is a level now, the King of Yan has regarded the Roman Legion as the Jin army fighting a civil war. This evaluation is already high and unimaginable. After all, he can only use all his strength to fight a civil war. The Linyi, the three Hans and Goguryeo fights, just gestures and doesn't have to use all his strength at all.

Since the Roman Empire was able to use infantry against Sassanthemum with heavy cavalry for a long time, it means that the Roman infantry legion must have its own uniqueness. If Sima Ji dived in and regarded the other party as the three Hans, he would definitely die miserably.

"Call Murong Han back quickly! I will do my best." Sima Ji's words were concise and could not let these allies strait outside. Then he calculated the troops in his hands with his fingers. In addition to the servants of the Eight Banners and Four Vaults, there were less than 150,000 soldiers and horses in total, including the eight banners and four vassals of the army, the most reliable one was the 120,000 army brought out by Hu Han.

This is probably equivalent to the twenty legions of Rome in terms of number. Although Sima Ji was not prepared to trouble Diocletian, if he switched to Egypt, the other party could rescue him. It was the Mediterranean, with land on all sides, and the convenience of sea transportation was hundreds of years, which was much more mature than the sea transportation of a little 2 meters higher than that of the Bohai waves in the East.

The Roman Empire surrounded the Mediterranean territory. As long as Sima Ji entered the Roman Empire, it was actually the same everywhere. People could use sea transportation to support it. Although Diocletian's reforms were average in terms of the common rule of the four emperors, Sima Ji's Eastern perspective was relatively average, but they had outstanding military achievements. After Constantine I became the only Augustus in Rome, he also followed Diocletian's Roman military system.

The total number of Roman legions is about 400 to 500,000. Diocletian was the Augustus of the East, and Egypt was also under his jurisdiction. As the leader of the four emperors, he had enough prestige to mobilize other Roman legions to fight.

In the rich fertile land of the crescent moon, the soldiers of the Persian army lined up were murmured in their hearts. It was the first time they had joined the army for many years, as a feud, to practice in front of another army. In a sense, the army in front of them was also an uninvited guest.
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