Let Aulus speak for himself. He dared to make a cross on his chest and swear to his heart that Marcus was definitely the most loyal warrior in Rome and would never have anything to do with the Tang Empire. This was Aulus.
This is a picture that I have thought about, because it was actually discovered in Rome that someone secretly exchanged letters with people suspected of being from the Tang Empire, and this happened more than once, and some of them even contained very important information.
With this situation existing, the arrest of spies in Rome was of course quite strict, and the atmosphere was naturally somewhat turbulent, but this was not the point. The point was that Aulus believed in his friends.
but.
Aulus didn’t understand why a word of Chinese suddenly came out of Marcus’s mouth. Now even Aulus knew that the language of the Tang Kingdom was called “Chinese”, which came from the predecessor of the Tang Empire hundreds of years ago, a country called “Han”
The empire was as powerful and glorious as Rome at that time, but at that time, neither the Han Empire nor the Roman Empire were able to establish large-scale material exchange channels at home and abroad. Therefore... only envoys exchanged the etiquette of friendly exchanges, but no
There was no trade and no war, in other words, no substantial exchanges took place.
But now, the situation is different... Because of the aforementioned reasons, and also because according to Hannibal Jr. and Marcus's judgment, although the Tang Empire's overall strength is similar to that of Rome, it always gives people a very strange feeling in the country.
Feel……
That is, the vitality of this empire is extremely strong, and it seems that it will never be used up...
Vitality is something that is difficult to describe using any indicator. However, it is something that everyone in the world knows really exists.
Although the military and economic costs were similar, in terms of vitality, the Tang Empire felt that it was significantly higher.
Also because everyone can feel the existence of vitality, but no one can tell what the vitality is, which leads to fear... Under this inexplicable nervousness and inexplicable neurotic mentality, Rome investigates the spy issue.
Very severe.
So strict that recently, in Rome, everyone who knew some Chinese had more or less experienced being accused, because if they were found to be spies of the Tang Empire, the informants would indeed receive a large reward.
As a good friend of Marcus, Aulus... it was impossible not to make the key point of the matter clear to Marcus.
This matter is of course not a big deal, but it is certainly not a trivial matter in Rome.
However, Marcus was stunned for a moment when he saw his friend's expression, thinking that he had said something outrageous.
But he immediately reacted and said with a smile, "You are thinking too far, this is what this sentence means..."
The saying "Besiege Wei and save Zhao" is a household name in China, and all women and children know it.
Marcus explained it like this, and Aulus understood it, but then he also showed doubts, "Marcus, since everyone in the Tang Empire knows about this plan, will they...
Wouldn't you see through it and do us harm?"
Thinking of this, Aulus frowned, and he was really worried. But Marcus waved his hand and said with a smile, "It doesn't matter. This is called conspiracy in the philosophy of the Tang Empire, which means directly controlling the opponent's influence."
A trick done under the nose. Hmm..."
"It may sound unbelievable, but there are tricks in the world that can be done in front of the opponent. It's as simple as that. And... in the history of the Tang Empire, there were indeed many successful times."
Rome, the capital of Rome, is full of soldiers. Anyone who can speak Chinese will be punished. Of course, he also has a lot of Chinese foundation...
In other words, since a few years ago, the imperial advisors who came from the Tang Empire have retreated behind the scenes, mainly doing the translation work of the Tang Empire's classics, and Hannibal the Younger had to appoint a few more talents as prime ministers.
After all, the original national preceptor was quite special. There were many knowledgeable people in Rome. Despite the pressure of the tightening trend, some still secretly collected and read it. Marcus was one of them.
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Aulus was startled, and stopped thinking and laughed. After all, he was on an envoy, so if there was anything wrong with his words, it was really out of the question. But...
This time, it was Marcus's turn to fall into thought, his eyes a little solemn.
I don’t know if I am thinking too much. The history and philosophy of the Tang Empire give people an unfathomable feeling. If this game cannot be handled well...
Marcus suddenly discovered that if something goes wrong in Southeast Bay...
Then Rome will lose all strategic fulcrums in the eastern half of the World Island, as well as the possibility of rebuilding strategic fulcrums.
And the World Island is a place...
It can be regarded as the location of the place where dragons thrive, or in other words, there are only four dragon veins in Kanyuology.
Europe is a vast land connecting Western Europe and Eastern Europe, and it also has a food production base and a source of troops.
The eastern side of the plateau that splits the continent leads to a basin area called Yizhou. This is another line that has both a food production base and a source of troops.
China's Sushen area to the Youyan Plain area has both a food production base and a source of troops.
As well as a belt from Central Asia to North Africa, it has both a food production base and a source of troops.
Soldiers and food sources are the key to everything.
Farming war is the key to unifying a dragon vein area and integrating resources.
But in disputes between different dragon veins that have also completed the integration of resources, the way of struggle is different. As a great man once said, a barbaric body and a civilized spirit are the best choices for young people in a cruel world.
The only two magic weapons to gain a foothold.
Conquering the world must be based on etiquette and education. Otherwise, there will be a strange phenomenon of occupying but not being able to dominate, defeating but not being able to rule. Just like a hot girl wants to have eight-pack abs, but if she has no abs, she will not know how to dress.
He can only be used as a provider.
But... just as the wearing of clothing must be based on abdominal muscles, the spread of etiquette must also be coordinated by military force.
If you don't do chivalry yourself, how can you mobilize all the people in the world to cooperate with you in doing chivalry?
Expansion, of course, must be done at the lowest possible cost. Expanding with all the troops who look after homes and homes is like selling houses and speculating on stocks... Although there is no lesson learned from the handsome guy with a mustache in this era, for strategists
To say that this is not an understanding that requires lessons from past mistakes, it is common sense. To reduce costs as much as possible, strategic pivots are crucial.
The great men of later generations dared to fight a war that destroyed their country because of a landing supported by a distant empire. It was the product of this strategic sobriety. Once the fulcrum was formed...