But in fact, this guy named Li Sheng is the key to everything!
As for why this guy is the key, it is not because of anything else, but precisely because of the current Tang Empire.
The current opponent of the Tang Empire was undoubtedly extremely powerful and terrifying to Rome.
Regardless of its potential, foundation, or currently accumulated resources, the strategic situation it occupies is huge.
But in fact, it's hard to say whether Rome can't handle all of this.
After all, Rome was also a great empire, and it was a great empire that spanned the vast oceans and had territories in Europe, Africa, and the Americas.
In other words, it is very deep, and this undoubtedly means.
No matter how strong and terrifying the Tang Empire is currently, Rome will have room for maneuver for a long time.
Of course, the Tang Empire had a strong gaming ability, and it was not easy to deal with it. The national power of Rome was currently the result of the elites of the entire Rome gathering together, acting desperately and thinking of ways, and finally managed to hold on to the situation under heavy pressure, and even managed to survive.
Growth continued in the Americas.
But it can be stable. The word "stable" itself means that it is most likely temporary and unreliable.
After a period of time, there is a high probability that the Tang Empire will continue to gain the upper hand - this is why he appears here, risking his life to pass through the northernmost American tribes that have good relations with the Tang Empire, and then to the seaside, and then
The reason for coming from the ocean.
But more than that, the real key is how did it all happen in the first place?
Why did Rome face such a powerful enemy? How did it become powerful?
At present, because the game has gone through countless rounds and countless times, Rome has fought against the Tang Empire overtly and secretly countless times.
And after so many battles, it was naturally impossible for the Romans not to think. Especially for young Romans like Marcus, not thinking was like being in jail. It was extremely impossible not to think.
After several years of exhaustive consideration, the final conclusion came to two words.
Chinese character.
Li Sheng.
This is it!
It is said that the entire Tang Empire should indeed prosper. Marcus investigated the rise and fall of the Tang Empire. He was very lucky to find out, but also very unfortunate to learn that the Tang Empire was the ancient empire that inherited this eastern land. "
"Han" was born.
Of course, there is nothing to say about this kind of inheritance. Rome also inherited the ideological assets of Greece. The key point is that the Tang Empire was not a direct inheritance, but that after hundreds of years of chaos, the country became a mixture of various forces.
A small country—this scene was extremely familiar to Marcus, because before little Hannibal appeared, Europe looked like this!
Of course, Rome still exists in name, but basically every fiefdom is doing its own thing. The nobles only care about their own enjoyment. As for the people's livelihood and the military, they don't take it seriously. The army is left unattended and has to be looting, which is different from the common people.
The contradictions are getting deeper and deeper, which has led to further discrimination against soldiers.
In the end, to what extent did Rome's military power decline? It is simply shocking to think about it.
The same was true of Selis in the East, and what was even worse than Rome was that Rome was still able to block the attacks of many barbarians, such as the Vikings, Celts, etc. At least, the power of these guys was not huge at that time.
, Rome can still withstand their attack.
But Marcus knew very well that if Rome continued like this, sooner or later it would be completely destroyed by the full force of the barbarians. This barbarian could come from anywhere.
If Rome's situation continues, the final result will inevitably be that no one can defeat it - then, of course, the end can come from anywhere.
However, all this ended directly at the hands of the current Emperor of the Tang Empire, Li Shimin. This terrifying military monster was originally just a prince, serving under his father Li Yuan.
Not only did this guy have countless great sages under his command, he was also an extremely rare military genius. Almost all the separatist forces in Selis were completely killed by him alone.
This part is enough to make me, who finally obtained the information, and His Majesty the Emperor Hannibal break into cold sweat.
But if this is the limit, then the matter is actually not that bad, because, because this Li Shimin is so powerful, His Majesty the Younger Hannibal is also worthy of the title of his ancestor, General Hannibal!
The fact is that the great prestige that Li Shimin had in Selis was also possessed by Hannibal the Younger. The great martial arts that Li Shimin achieved in Selis was also possessed by Hannibal the Younger in Europe.
Therefore, this part is actually not that difficult, and to put it bluntly, it is not a problem at all - because logically speaking, it does not matter whether it is Rome or the Tang Empire.
No matter how powerful these two empires are, and no matter how many military elites there are in the country,
The land between the European continent and Selis is really difficult to travel. Not only is it a plateau, but the terrain is also weird and inexplicable. Although it is not closer to the north like the European continent, because it is in the center of the World Island, it is completely
In the inland areas of the country, the climate and temperature vary greatly, and the cold is even more brutal.
In such a place, there are people who come from who knows where, and those extremely cruel bandits are entrenched everywhere.
Of course, in a place like that, no matter how ferocious the bandits are, they are definitely not as powerful as the regular armies of Rome or the Tang Empire, but after all.
It was too far, too cold, and too difficult to walk. To put it bluntly, the Tang Empire and Rome would not even meet.
But the two empires still met, and they had fought countless times in the past few years, and they had repeatedly experienced each other's strengths.
All this is of course not because these two empires are destined to compete for hegemony, but because the obstacles to war have disappeared. The prerequisite for the two countries to meet is actually to be able to send a large number of troops across the Balkan Peninsula. This
Originally, it was something that was basically impossible—perhaps the prefix “basic” could be removed—and the conditions required were simply too harsh to add.
No matter how you look at it, to cross that area with incredibly complex terrain, unless the legendary gods use their superpowers, the manpower and material resources required would be astronomical, and it would be impossible to satisfy them.
However, these conditions were suddenly met overnight.
The Tang Empire suddenly began to build a special road called "railroad tracks" from the rich core area of Selis, which led directly to the deep northwest. After this thing called a railroad track was built, the Tang Empire