First 0 The Crazy Storm from the East

Li Guang, Cheng Bushi, Wei Qing, Dongfang Shuo and others pricked up their ears and listened carefully. They knew that Zhou Yang's arrangement must have been a meticulous and planned big move, because since Zhou Yang came to the Kingdom of Bendu, he was collecting information about the Roman Empire and the Mediterranean.

If these materials were made by the Han people alone, it would be impossible to complete by Zhang Qian and Nie Yi. It would be easier to have the Bendu Kingdom. Bendu Kingdom is a big country here and has a very good understanding of nearby countries. The materials are ready-made, so Zhou Yang only needs to sort them out.

Of course, Zhou Yang would not be like a scholar, but just sorted it out for the sake of sorting it out. When he studied these materials, he wanted to formulate the most beneficial strategy to the Han Dynasty. In order to formulate this strategy, Zhou Yang summoned Dongfang Shuo and others to discuss it many times and gathered ideas. This is Zhou Yang's advantage.

Of course, Zhou Yang himself is a good planner. After such careful preparation, his plan must be amazing. It is a great honor to be able to listen to it.

"We fought the Huns. When we fought the Huns, we concentrated our troops and fought with the Huns. After fighting one battle after another, the Huns were destroyed in the end." Zhou Yang did not immediately talk about his plan, but had a previous war: "Why should we fight like this? The reason is that the Huns are vast and the desert is boundless. The Huns can dispatch many troops. Only by concentrating their troops can we defeat the Huns."

The Huns controlled thousands of miles of territory, with extremely large territory, and had a large number of troops. If the Han Dynasty divided its troops to attack, they would defeat the Huns because their troops were not superior. This was a critical point. Wei Qing and the others kept nodding, agreeing with Zhou Yang's analysis.

"And now, the situation is completely different, and this style of play will change."

Zhou Yang took a map and pointed it at it to analyze it to the generals: "Look at the great powers near the Mediterranean, such as the Kingdom of Bendu, the Seleucid Empire, Egypt, and our main enemy this time, the Roman Empire, how big is their territory? However, the Han Dynasty was so big, there were only three or five counties, and the small were only three or two counties. Their territory was not wide, there were not many people, and there were not many troops to dispatch. Therefore, we must divide our troops and attack them, advance in unison, and bloom everywhere!"

During the heyday of the Roman Empire, its territory was only 5.9 million square kilometers, which was a little more than half of China today. When the Han Dynasty was in its heyday, the Han Dynasty had an area of ​​140,000 to 50,000 square kilometers, which was tens of millions of square kilometers more than when the heyday of Rome. How amazing it was.

During the Tang Dynasty, China's territory was 167 million square kilometers, which was not much different from the current Russia and even greater than the Roman Empire.

The Roman Empire has just risen and is far from reaching its peak. Its territory is not large. It is now Italy, Tunisia, Spain, and Sicily, only as big as three or five counties in the Han Dynasty.

In such a large area, how many troops could the Roman Empire call out? More than ten or twenty-hundreds of thousands of troops were the total force of the Roman Empire. Just a few troops were distributed throughout the country and fought against the Han army. It was self-evident how much threat the Han army was to the Han army.

Except for the Roman Empire, the Seleucid Empire had a territory of only 3.5 million square kilometers at its heyday. At present, its heyday had long passed. Its territory area was too small, almost two million square kilometers, which was incomparable to the Han Dynasty.

The Seleucid Empire could not dispatch too many troops, at most, more than one hundred thousand. The Han army only needs 30,000 or more troops to be solved.

As for Egypt, there will not be too many troops, and there will be no major threat to the Han army.

Therefore, when fighting in this area, the Han army no longer had to concentrate its troops to fight one by one like fighting with the Huns, but should divide its troops and advance in unison.

Zhou Yang's plan was very appropriate. All the generals focused their attention and agreed in unison: "What the Grand Marshal said is extremely true! For these so-called great powers, the Han Dynasty only needs a brigade of partial troops to defeat them!"

The Roman Empire was a country surrounding the Mediterranean. The reason why the Roman Empire was so famous was because the Roman Emperor conquered the Mediterranean region and twisted it together. During this period, the Roman Empire was far from achieving this grand goal. There were many countries surrounding the Mediterranean, and their strength was weaker. The Han army could completely defeat them one by one.

Of course, the benefits to the Han army were not just this point. Zhou Yang immediately said a greater benefit: "The territory of these countries is too small and far less than that of the Huns. Therefore, you don't have to worry that they will drag us and fight us. On the battlefield, you let go and fight hard. Once you win on the battlefield, the war will be over."

It is precisely because the territory of countries around the Mediterranean is too small to use space to exchange time strategy, and only need to defeat his army on the battlefield, then these countries will be destroyed.

The territory of the Huns was very large. Zhou Yang was very worried that the Huns would use space to exchange time, so that they could attack Longcheng in the snow and ice, in order not to let the Huns stubbornly fight with the Han army. Because the Huns had enough space, if the Huns wanted to stubbornly fight, it would have disastrous consequences to the Han army.

Here, there is no need to worry at all. Just win on the battlefield and destroy its country.

"The Grand Marshal said it well! These countries are just jokes when they say they are countries! If they are in the Han Dynasty, at most they are counted as a few counties." Li Guangda was disdainful and mocked him.

Now, I finally know why the Supreme Kingdom of the Celestial Kingdom is the Supreme Kingdom of the Celestial Kingdom, because the Supreme Kingdom of the Celestial Kingdom has the capital of the Supreme Kingdom of the Celestial Kingdom!

"We can also wipe out the six countries in one go." Cheng Buzhi was very excited and actually used Qin Shihuang's destruction of the six countries to inspire everyone.

"Haha!" Many of these Mediterranean countries are not as good as the Six Kingdoms in Shandong during the Warring States Period, and are not as rich as the Six Kingdoms. It is really not difficult to destroy them.

Zhou Yang agreed with this metaphor, nodded slightly, and then said, "We have many advantages. These countries are very decaying and corrupt, similar to the six countries during the Warring States Period. These countries have a large number of slaves, they are highly oppressed and are extremely dissatisfied with the kings and nobles. I believe that as long as we give them freedom and let them live a normal life, they will respond in groups. By then, we will have a solid foundation and whatever we want."

"Haha!" The generals couldn't help but burst into laughter.

The benefits of liberating slaves have been fully proved in the Bendu Kingdom. Zhou Yang's order was passed down, and the slaves were very happy and supported the Han army from the bottom of their hearts.

Slaves will not identify with these countries. They will hate these countries. If they do not agree with them, they will not work hard for these countries. If they hate these countries, they will fight with the Han army.

Therefore, Zhou Yang did not have to worry about the Han army having no allies or supporters. He only needed to give these slaves practical benefits, and they would devote themselves to supporting the Han Dynasty.

With the support of slaves, the Han Dynasty's success was not only a military success, but also a political success, and there was no difficulty. The Han Dynasty could gain a foothold here for a long time and promote Chinese civilization, and the future of Chinese civilization was limitless.

Furthermore, these countries attacked each other and fought continuously, and the people's burden was extremely heavy, similar to China during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. This is a very important reason why Qin Shihuang was able to quickly unify China. If the Han Dynasty could reduce their burden, they would definitely support the Han Dynasty.

Zhou Yang tapped on the map with his right hand: "After we wipe out the countries near the Mediterranean, we will march towards the Roman Empire. I think we can divide it into water and land. Two large armies will advance together, and the Roman Empire will definitely be unbearable."

"Although the Roman Empire is a powerful country near the Mediterranean, it has good strength, but its territory is small. Moreover, it is too scattered. If we attack multiple ways, he will be exhausted." Dongfang Shuo pointed to the map, his fingers stopped ticking the map, and said with a smile: "At that time, the Roman Empire will be beaten everywhere and fail everywhere. When we arrive at the city of Rome, we can almost take down Rome without bloodshed."

As we all know, Italy's terrain is a narrow foot, long from north to south, short from east to west, and complicated and mountainous, making it inconvenient to mobilize the army.

Furthermore, the Roman Empire was divided into several parts and it was difficult to coordinate with each other. If they were attacked at the same time, they could only fight on their own, and the Han army could completely defeat them.

If the Roman Empire army was killed and the Han army arrived at the city of Rome, Rome would be an empty city and could be easily captured.

"By land, start from the Kingdom of Bendu, cross the Bosphorus, take down Thrace, Greece, enter northern Italy, annihilate the legions that fought against Gaul here, and then go from north to south toward Rome." Zhou Yang's fingers stopped passing by on the map, staring at Wei Qing and said, "Wei Qing will lead this land!"

"No!" Wei Qing accepted the order loudly, his eyes were bright and he was extremely excited. This was an event that had never been seen in Chinese history, and Wei Qing felt very honored.

"Gongsun He, Gongsun Jian, Zhang Tong, are all under Wei Qing's leadership!" Zhou Yang was determined to equip Wei Qing with the strongest troops.

"No!" Gongsun He, Gongsun Jian, Zhang Tong and others answered in unison.

Zhou Yang looked at them with great appreciation. With Wei Qing's military talent, he would give him land. There would be no problems and he could feel at ease.

"As for waterways, we will not concentrate our troops and start from a port, but will advance in one direction." Zhou Yang's fingers kept jogging on the map: "Seleucus and Egypt have many fleets and fishing boats, which are in their hands. It is the key to our crossing of the Mediterranean and landing in Rome."

The Mediterranean Sea is a natural inland sea, where the wind and waves are small, not as high and rapid as the adjacent Atlantic Ocean. Therefore, the fishery in the Middle East is quite developed, with many fishing boats and fishermen.

Furthermore, these countries often compete for power in the Mediterranean, or cross the Mediterranean and invade other countries. Therefore, their fleets are ready-made. As long as the Han army controls these fleets, they can safely cross the Mediterranean and land in Rome.

"The key to water and land is to control the fleet. Do you have confidence?" Zhou Yang looked at Li Guang, Cheng Bushi, Qin Yi, Qin Wuhui and others, and asked loudly.

"Yes!" Everyone stood up suddenly and replied loudly, their voices were extremely high, like thunder.

"good!"

Zhou Yang was very satisfied, clicked the map and then said, "The flying general boarded the ship in Syria, I boarded the ship in Egypt, and we all went to Rome. General Cheng boarded the ship in Carthage, crossed the Strait of Gibraltar, entered Spain, and annihilated the Roman army there!"

"No!" Li Guang and Cheng Buzhi were very excited and shook their fists hard.

Carthage, which is now Tunisia, is only separated from Spain by one strait, which is the Strait of Gibraltar. The Strait of Gibraltar is not wide, and it is not difficult to get the Roman fleet in Carthage to enter Spain.

"General Cheng, you have another advantage, that is, Carthage has just destroyed Scipio for a while, as long as you arrive, the Carthages will help you." Zhou Yang looked at Cheng Bushi and said with some fun: "Of course, they must also be loyal to the great man!"

The Han army was not a liberator, but a conqueror, and would not allow the Carthaginians to restore the country. Of course, they could make a big fuss. Cheng Buzhi understood this and smiled and said, "Don't worry, the general, I will understand!"

Zhou Yang's deployment is definitely the most suitable for the Han army. There are two main reasons why Zhou Yang dared to deploy like this. One is the strength of the Han army. The Han army's combat power is extremely strong, far from comparable to those of countries near the Mediterranean. Furthermore, the Han army arrived in the Western Regions with nearly 200,000 troops, and had enough troops and had the conditions to advance together.

Another reason is that the Mediterranean countries are too small and too weak. Some small countries are not even able to provide a battlefield. Is it necessary to concentrate the Han army?

When Zhou Yang pacified this, he deeply realized that some small countries in the Western Regions were able to destroy them with horse hooves. There were also such small countries near the Mediterranean, and there were also a large number.

You can imagine that the 5.9 million square kilometers of land in the heyday of the Roman Empire were divided into as many countries. Nowadays, Spain, France, Britain, Italy, Turkey, Greece, Syria, Egypt, and Tunisia are all members of the Roman Empire.

"Do you have any suggestions? If you have any, hurry up and say it, we will march forward." Zhou Yang continued to solicit opinions from all the generals as usual.

"The general is planning properly, I have no objection!" Dongfang Shuo took the lead in expressing his opinion.

"There is no last!" The generals answered in unison.

"That's good!" Zhou Yang stood up and said, "Let's take action now! Leave the affairs of Bendu Kingdom to my uncle. Xiao Shuozi, you have to go with me. You can manage wherever we fight."

The uncle Zhou Yang mentioned was Tian Fu. Tian Fu was a smart man with a good talent, but he loved fighting cocks and dogs. A few years ago, he scared Zhou Yang and threatened Emperor Jing. He actually changed his temperament and devoted himself to studying and no longer did the work of fighting cocks and dogs. To this day, he was as handsome as a gentleman. Emperor Wu of Han sent him to the West this time.

Emperor Wu of Han sent many civil officials to the West. Their mission was to govern these newly conquered places, and Tian Fu was just one of them. Here, Zhou Yang had to admire Tian Fu very much. Although he was not as good as Dongfang Shuo in governance, he was the best. He was very relieved to hand over the Kingdom of Bendu to him.

Tian Fu, a famous powerful minister in Chinese history, became a famous minister because of Zhou Yang's intervention, which is another butterfly effect.

"It would be better to hand over the Kingdom of Bendu to Lord Tian!" Dongfang Shuo agreed with this. Since Dongfang Shuo came here, the Kingdom of Bendu has undergone great changes. Although Dongfang Shuo has made contributions, Tian Fu has made great contributions.

"Let's do it!" Zhou Yang stood up and ordered loudly.

"No!" The generals took the order, strode out and made preparations.

Zhou Yang stepped out of the commander's mansion. The autumn wind blew, and it was already cool. It was time to use troops. Zhou Yang shook his neck, was energetic, and smiled and said, "It's time to smell the blood again!"

"Master, the first thing we have to face is Antioch VII. I wonder what the situation is there?" Li Guang walked beside Zhou Yang and asked with a smile.

"Antou VII, he thought so beautifully!" Zhou Yang was a little disdainful: "He heard that we destroyed the Bendu Kingdom, and he was afraid. He sent someone to lobby, saying that we would give us good things and be friends with us, and only seek one purpose, that is, to let us retreat!"

"He is daydreaming!" Cheng Buzhi cracked the corner of his mouth with disdain: "The great man came this time to destroy the Roman Empire. If Rome is not destroyed, how can we retreat?"

"That's it!" Li Guang and the others agreed in unison.

If it were in the past, they would have thought it would be difficult to destroy the Roman Empire. Now, they do not have this idea. First, as their understanding of the Roman Empire deepened, they found that the Roman Empire was not on the same order of magnitude as the Han Dynasty. Furthermore, with the base of the Bendu Kingdom, there was a springboard, and there was less trouble to enter the Roman Empire, and the generals were full of confidence.

"I refused again and again, but he added gifts again and again. Finally, I was impatient and told his envoy directly that if he wanted to fight, I would not talk nonsense!" Zhou Yang sneered: "Since then, he has never sent an envoy to come, and has been concentrating on dispatching troops and preparing to fight with us."

"Master, we can actually take a gift without retreating the army, and catch him off guard! We are not tired of cheating!" Li Guang said with a bad smile.

"Flying General, you don't understand the commander's intention." Dongfang Shuo slapped Li Guang on the shoulder: "The commander wants to use this method to let Antioch VII mobilize all his troops. In this way, we only need to win on the battlefield, and the Seleucid Empire will be over! Isn't this the victory in Longcheng?"

"Oh!" Li Guang suddenly realized, raised his thumb and praised: "The Great Marshal!"

"I have another intention, which is to use this to shock these countries!" Zhou Yang's eyes flashed: "Although we fought very beautifully in Bendu Kingdom, Westerners would think that we have good luck. If we kill Antioch VII's army again, then they will be completely frightened. At that time, our march will be more smooth."

"Great!Great!" The generals exclaimed again.

A victory may be luck. If there is another similar victory, it is not luck, but strength. If this is the case, many countries around the Mediterranean will surrender to the Han Dynasty without using force.

"This time, our way to deal with Antioch VII is just like Mitradati, to solve their army simply and quickly! If Antioch VII wants to surrender, he will surrender, and if he doesn't want to surrender, he will kill him!" Zhou Yang narrowed his eyes and was full of murderous intent.

In this battle, establishing authority was one of Zhou Yang's targets. Only by killing all the troops of Antioch VII, this authority will naturally be established. If you use kindness, you will receive the miraculous effect of combining kindness and power. This is far-sightedness.

As soon as Zhou Yang's order of advance was passed, the Han army set out, heading west and south, two large armies were like two steel rushing toward the flood.
Chapter completed!