The two old men watched the soldiers under the hillock silently for a while, and then Sun Simiao...
The expression of compassion that originally appeared faintly on his face gradually became more intense.
And then, he couldn't help but turned his head, looked at Cheng Yaojin aside, frowned and said, "The general really intends to do that? But this kind of thing is of great importance after all..."
Sun Simiao thought for a while, then paused, as if he felt that he was talking too much.
But after being silent for a while, his eyes showed determination again, as if he had figured it out, realized that he had to, had to talk more, and then continued,
"The king intends to punish the arrogant captives. This is an opportunity for the general to show off his skills. But since your Majesty's intention has been decided long ago, wouldn't it be best to comply with the army outside..."
"These Romans are not idle people, and their leader is a hero among men. The general's plan is still too dangerous, he is just a charlatan, and he is a man of low words, but..."
"I hope the general will think twice!"
Sun Simiao was very excited when he said this, and even looked a little sad.
And these words were not said out of nowhere, but after Cheng Yaojin said something to himself just now,
Sun Simiao was silent for a long time, the old man was silent for a long time... After a while, he finally said these words. It was only a few words, but it was obvious that the old man also expended a lot of effort. More importantly,
It took a lot of effort to express what was on my mind.
When Bu Cheng Yaojin heard this, his face... actually showed a bit of bitterness. After all, theoretically speaking, anyone who wants to do something but is discouraged from doing it will feel bitter. Of course Bu Cheng Yaojin
It’s not that he felt bitter because he was opposed, but... he shook his head and said, "The Tang army has been stationed outside for too long. How much money and food have it consumed from the people? I don’t know how many of the men in the army can survive.
I don’t know when I can marry my mother-in-law after I go back. Now that I’m older, since I don’t have much use anymore... at least I can help these sons and daughters make some achievements!"
Cheng Yaojin finished speaking in an unusually calm and stubborn tone. Sun Simiao was stunned for a moment, then thought about it and said, "But General, this matter is still too dangerous..."
Sun Simiao didn't say the rest, because the meaning was very obvious. The starting point of Cheng Yaojin's words... It's not that he couldn't understand it, but the logic in his words was a bit problematic.
As a general, there is nothing wrong with wanting to lead the disciples under his command to get rich. Then again, isn't he also looking for a living for the disciples in Chengxi College? After all, they are all here to study this antibiotic, and they don't know anything about it.
If we can make a breakthrough at that time, and if we can guide some of the disciples to do something else, such as this food, that would be a great act of kindness.
Sun Simiao still clearly remembers the land under his seat - or the students in the academy's parlance, and the situation at home, because this academy was established by Li Sheng, and it is an enlarged version of the imperial examination system, so it has quite a few family members.
The extremely poor need students who make money, and for this reason... In addition to researching antibiotics and other things, I also need to find other jobs for the students to do, so as not to end up being unable to get out and everyone drinking the northwest wind together.
An important mission, after all... A teacher for a day is a father for life. If you don't care about many things, no one will care about them.
After all, they are all old men, and what they think in their hearts is actually the same, there is not much difference.
What Sun Simiao meant was nothing else, but Cheng Yaojin's method... Even a layman like him felt guilty after seeing it.
Speaking of this whole thing, in fact... it was this military operation. Although the plan Li Er decided in Chang'an was to use high-yield grain to attract the Romans to send troops to plunder - this thing is really worth plundering.
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Then...he would take the opportunity to ambush and eat part of the Roman troops.
Of course, this is still secondary. The main goal is to lay a nail east of the Alps in Europe as a strategic fulcrum to push China's overseas military towns... towards Rome!
And this time the advance is different from the previous advance in southern Africa...
To continue advancing in southern Africa, the army would have to go all the way north and eventually reach the north to fight the Romans there. And - this kind of attack seems beautiful. After all, northern Africa is the granary of the Romans. Kill the granary first and then fight the Romans.
The battle is simply a pleasure - it looks like this, no, no matter how you look at it. But the actual situation is much more complicated, because the African continent... the road is too difficult to walk, and there are so many snakes, insects and beasts, it is simply more than ten in China.
The Wandashan area is even more difficult.
The key point is that the place is still extremely hot. It would be great if some effects can be achieved when the army moves over. The key point... is actually hard to say about this matter.
The Romans had been in the Mediterranean area for too long, and even before Hannibal the Younger returned and rebuilt the Roman Empire, the upper-class nobility of Rome were very familiar with the place - and this meant that even if
The imperial army of the Tang Dynasty followed Huo Qubing's example and penetrated deep into the enemy's territory, piercing the enemy's granary in one go. However, the next step still had to be entangled with the Romans in the Mediterranean area.
Whether we can win this entanglement is much more difficult than just defeating the opponent's granary in northern Africa. It can even be said that it is a matter of narrow escape.
After all, Africa is still too close to a barren land, and the army must be highly dependent on logistics. It would be okay if it was a small country, but the key point is that Rome is obviously not at the level of a kitten or puppy...
...So sending a large army by sea to fight the main force of the Romans is definitely asking for it...
So in the end, the battle for hegemony has to be done by the army, and the most stable way is the army.
However, the army also has its limitations. The key is to not be timid when charging. At the same time... when it is time to be stable, it must not go up. Once it is up, something will definitely happen. Now Li Er arranged to use high-yielding grains that the Romans could not research to lure the enemy.
, it is a brilliant plan that is impeccable no matter how you look at it.
But Cheng Yaojin didn't think so, because the Tang Dynasty's army had been stationed abroad for too long - and Cheng Yaojin knew very well that the army had been stationed abroad all year round but could not achieve sufficient results. It relied on logistics and did not have enough self-sustainability.
, what will happen over time.
Therefore, Cheng Yaojin had a new idea, which was to deliberately let the Romans discover that the Tang army was ambushing them, bring more troops, and then... surround them with a second-level ambush!
