Chapter 523 Da Song is super fierce, Europa is afraid! Ask for a monthly ticket)
The Song Dynasty, which had a population of 10 million, could mobilize more than one million troops to perish the Golden Kingdom, which was considered to be powerful enough to be invincible, was beyond the imagination of Rome's king Alexus, and it also aroused his vigilance.
He is not Marco Polo, the Venetian merchant who can even sell his soul for money.
Alexus was the co-governor of the Roman Empire, a loyal believer of God and the defender of the Church of God. He first started by defending the faith of God, then the interests of the Komuning family, and then the Roman people and the Senate.
Although John Vasilius Thirty-I of the Golden Family killed his father and took away the throne that should have belonged to him. However, John Vasilius Thirty-I was a believer in the church of God, and also came from the ancient Golden Sage family. His ancestors were sages who witnessed the birth of Jesus, and their status was at least comparable to that of the twelve apostles.
Therefore, although John Vasilyus became Caesar of the Roman Empire in the 31st, it was not in line with the interests of the Komuning family, but it was beneficial to Rome and the worship of God's Church. Not to mention anything else, the Komuning family could not do it just by turning the eighteen princes of the Rakshasa and the Kingdom of Alan into vassals of the Roman Empire.
Maybe this is really God's will?
But Zhao Kai, the dictator of the Song Dynasty Empire in the East Tu, could never be the person chosen by God, because he and his people did not believe in God at all!
This is not the most excessive. What is most excessive is that these evil Dongtu Song people (including the Tang people) not only do not believe in God, but also try to become God!
During his stay in Chang'an Prefecture, Rome's one-character king Aclatius learned a terrible theory from Marihaxiya and Li Chongwen (who of course was also a Confucian scholar, and he also entered the Neo-Confucianism). He studied things and learned from them!
That is, by studying various things in the world, discovering the principles in it, and thus mastering the power of God to create them, this is simply blasphemy!
If anyone in the world should be the most conquered by the Crusaders across Europe, it is undoubtedly these blasphemers who dare to explore the power of God!
Of course, Aclatius did not dare to say such words to Li Chongwen. This Confucian scholar almost never left his sword (all the Western Tang dynasties). He would only hand over his sword according to regulations when entering the Daming Palace.
However, not saying it does not mean that he does not write that Aclatius has fully understood the cruelty and brutality of the Song Dynasty in the East Tu, he decided to portray the Song Dynasty as a powerful and evil country in his travelogues!
We must make the believers of the God-worshiping Church in the West be alert and strengthen unity to deal with invasions that may come at any time!
In addition, Alexus had completely given up his plan to ask for help from the Song Dynasty. John Vasilius was worshipped by God at least, while the dictator of the Song Dynasty was a blasphemer! If his millions of troops were killed in Europe, then the faith of worshiping God would most likely end.
But Dongtu Dasong still has to go there. If you don’t go there, how could his "Travels of the One Word Side by the King" be authoritative? You have never been there before, and you can just say that people are blasphemous. This is said to be without a market in Europe in the 12th century.
Although Europe in the 12th world is still in the dark medieval era, darkness does not mean that even if it is a bit stupid, it is not stupid enough to be stupid!
Therefore, Aclatius, the king of one character and one character, also had a great wizard who held the same view as him. In February 1141 of the Julian calendar, he embarked on a long-distance journey to the Song Dynasty in Dongtu.
And of course, I became more and more frightened as I went along!
Because the more they go east, the more they feel the vastness and magnificence of "the whole world" (the Chinese world), and at the same time they can more deeply experience the power of the Tang Dynasty in the Western Regions and the Song Dynasty in the Eastern Regions!
The power of these two countries is not entirely due to the large population of the people in the Western Regions is not large, and perhaps only a few million people, not as high as 10 million people in Eastern Rome. However, Aclatius found that the degree of militarization of the Western Regions was very high!
The Tang people, who were called "Chinese people" by them, were almost all soldiers, and even women could ride horses and shoot arrows!
These Tang people lived in or around the trilateral hexagonal fortress called Hamburg. They also maintained military organization at any time and were often trained. They also had to conflict with the nomadic tribes on the grassland from time to time. As far as Aclatius knew, the Tang people had the advantage in these conflicts!
There have even been many battles in which tens of thousands of enemies cannot defeat a Hamburg with hundreds of people stationed in it.
The strength of the Tang army can be seen!
But the Tang army, who was so powerful, was afraid of the cruelty of Song Ruhu, the Eastern Land Song Dynasty. It is also possible to imagine.
When Alexus, Bagration and Malihaxia and his party entered Gaochang Prefecture under the jurisdiction of the Hexi Fuzenglu of the Song Dynasty, he finally understood why the Tang Dynasty in the Western Regions was afraid of the Song Dynasty.
Because the Song Dynasty, which has a population of 10 million, is also a highly militarized country, just like the Tang Dynasty, which has only more than one million nations.
From Gaochang Oasis, to Hexi Corridor, to Guanlong, and to the Central Plains, we walked for nearly 5,000 miles and passed dozens of cities of all sizes. From the vast and sparsely populated western part of the Song Dynasty to the densely populated so-called heartland of the Central Plains, Alexus discovered that all parts of this Eastern Empire maintained a considerable degree of combat readiness, even in places far away from the frontline and with good public security, the warriors were still ready to go to the battlefield to fight the enemies of the "dictatorship".
Aclatius saw groups of Dongtu warriors who went to designated locations to serve in many places. All of them were well-equipped and highly morale!
In addition, Aclatius also discovered that a large number of "hamburgers" were built in Gaochang, Xizhou, Hexi Corridor, and western Guanlong. These hamburgers are covered with bricks and look extremely sturdy and durable.
Aclatius roughly estimated that the total number of troops in the Song Dynasty in Dongtu was likely to be as high as 3 million. This is a behemoth that Europe absolutely cannot fight against!
In the first-class cabin of a passenger boat heading east along the Han River Yangtze River, Alexus, who was busy writing "The Travels of Alexus", felt a little hungry. He looked up at the window. It was just as the sunset was setting.
Another day!
The co-governance emperor of the Roman Empire was really a little numb to the long distance. When he had just entered the territory of the Song Dynasty, he still observed very carefully, trying to find out the military weaknesses of the Song Dynasty.
But after searching for a few months, he finally gave up his hope because he discovered that the military of the Song Empire had no weaknesses at all!
Impossible!
Their cavalry was strong, their infantry was strong, their firearms were unique in the world, and their fortresses were extremely strong. Moreover, their army was not foreign mercenaries, but similar to the civilians of the Roman Republic. However, their civilians had a very solid economic foundation. The state would allocate enough land to military citizens and allocate huge sums of taxes to subsidize them.
In addition, the Song Dynasty also strictly restricted the amount of land held by the nobles, and also competed for the nobles to acquire slavery, which delayed the process of wealth concentration and left the Song Dynasty's military citizens in a situation where the gap between the rich and the poor is not too large.
Therefore, the military citizens of the Song Dynasty would not go bankrupt like the Roman militia, and would be easily united.
This state is simply the dream of the Gragu brothers
As the king of Rome, Aclatius certainly knew how powerful such a military citizen was!
So he felt that what he could do was to use a travel notation to sound the alarm bell for the sleeping Europe!
The pagan empire in the East is so powerful that believers in the Church of God must unite, otherwise they will lose everything!
Having written this, Aclatius suddenly smiled bitterly and put down the quill in his hand. Looking at the manuscript written on the paper, he felt uncomfortable!
Europe is too backward and there is no paper to wipe the butt. The Song Dynasty, the East China Earth, must know that Europe is so poor, I guess I am too lazy to invade? Is there nothing to rob if I go!
Just as he was sighing for the poverty and backwardness of Europe, a burst of cheers suddenly sounded outside the cabin, and then he saw the great wizard Baglation and Marihaxiya walk in together.
These two wizards worshipping the Church of God were all excited.
The great wizard Bagladion smiled and shouted to Alexius: "Here, we're in Basels, we're finally here!"
"Where did you go?" Alexius was a little stupid when he "coded" and didn't know where he went.
Marihaxiya's voice trembled a little, "Nanjing Yingtianfu, the largest city in the world! Basels, we have finally arrived!"
Alexus and his group witnessed the Yingtian Prefecture in Nanjing, because when they were escorted by officials from the Hexi Jiedushi Department to the Di Henan Road, Zhao Kai was in Yingtian Prefecture in Nanjing. So he ordered people to send this Roman king who came from afar to Yingtian Prefecture.
Therefore, Alexus arrived south to Xiangyang Prefecture and boarded a guest boat to Nanjing at Fanchenggang. Now the guest boat has finally arrived at its destination.
The most majestic and wealthiest city in the world is right in front of Alexus, who is out of the cabin.
"O God" Alexus looked at the large tall and majestic city wall in the distance and couldn't help but exclaim, "Rome and Constantinople combined are not as good as this city!"
"That's it" answered him was Li Chongwen. He was ordered to escort Alexus to the Song Dynasty in Dongtu. This was also the first time he had arrived in this land that he had been dreaming about. "This is one of the two capitals of the Song Dynasty!"
It's one of the two capitals
Alexius thought to himself: Another capital of the Song Dynasty is not much smaller, right? This country is so terrible!
Chapter completed!