Just when the Han army was attacking the Arabian Province, Yolian, the governor of the Egyptian Province, also received a letter from Horik asking for help. Like the situation in the Arabian Province, the Egyptian Province did not have many garrison troops. Should a new army be organized?
Yolian struggled for a long time. But within a few days, the news of the fall of Arabia came. The fierce offensive of the Han army shocked Yolian, and he stood in the room anxiously.
Suddenly, the guard outside the door hurried in, bowed and said: "Dear Sir, the Han people have sent a letter."
This letter was written in Daqin script, and it also conveyed Liu Xin's order, requiring Egypt to declare independence and allow Yolian to be the king of Egypt. Otherwise, Horik's fate would be his tomorrow.
Yolian's hand holding the letter kept trembling, and after a while he asked to the left and right: "What do you think I should do?"
The bloody massacre carried out by the Han army in the Arabian Province has long made these people sleepless and uneasy, and their treatment is far inferior to that of the regular legions of the Qin Empire, and they are not obliged to work for Caracalla and Geta. I heard that their treatment is far inferior to that of the regular legions of the Qin Empire.
The Han army was about to attack, and even if Yolian wanted to resist, they would not. Now when Yolian asked, everyone persuaded them: "Sir, let's surrender."[
In fact, Yolian had already had this idea, but he still couldn't let go of his dignity as a noble of the Qin Dynasty. Now seeing that everyone supported surrender, he no longer hesitated and said in a reserved manner: "It's just that, who is willing to negotiate with the Han people?"
Woolen cloth."
But his subordinates couldn't wait any longer. One of them stood up and said loudly: "The Han people are all at the door. How can we slowly negotiate? There's no need to say anything. Just offer the city!"
The rest of the people also agreed. Yolian had no choice but to be thick-skinned, waved his hand and said: "Okay, okay, I will follow you, surrender, surrender."
The Han army marched into the Egyptian province without a single blow. Liu Xin did not break his promise. He treated everyone from the governor, nobles, civilians, and slaves in the Egyptian province as criminals, and held a coronation ceremony for Yolian.
In return, and in order to please Liu Xin, Yolian offered to let them bear part of the food and grass for the Han army. Liu Xin did not show any pretense and accepted it happily.
Both the Egyptian and Arabian provinces became independent, but the endings of the two provinces were very different, and the news spread quickly. The Han cavalry marched westward. In just half a month, Cyrene was destroyed like dominoes.
The provinces of Canada, Africa, Numidia and Mauritania successively declared independence. The entire southern coast of the Mediterranean was completely separated from the control of the Qin Empire.
The independence of these four provinces did not require the use of soldiers by the Han army. Except for Wallen, the governor of Mauritania, who refused to surrender and was killed by his subordinates, no one else wanted to end up like Horik.
In fact, making these provinces independent was just an attempt by Liu Xin, and he did not expect that things would go so smoothly. In order to consolidate the achievements, Liu Xin personally came to Alexandria, the capital of Egypt. At this time, Syria, Asia Minor, Cyrena
The new kings of Nigeria, Africa, Numidia and Mauretania also came here in compliance with Liu Xin's order. After a cheerful feast, Liu Xin issued the Alexander Declaration, and these countries became signatories of the declaration.
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In the Alexander Declaration, Liu Xin reiterated that the Han Dynasty would respect the territorial and sovereign integrity of all signatory countries, not interfere in the internal affairs of these countries, and establish free, equal and fair trade relations with these countries.
At the same time, in order to prevent the situation between the weak and the strong among the contracting states, each contracting state will only maintain a standing army of up to 8,000 people in the future. When encountering foreign aggression, they can request the Han Dynasty to provide military support. In return, each contracting state should
The Han army was allowed to pass and station freely within the territory, and it was provided with part of the supplies needed by the Han army.
This declaration seems to stipulate civil rights and obligations for both parties, but in fact it is still an unequal treaty. However, for the kings of each contracting country, their status is confirmed and protected, which is enough.
The independence of the major provinces allowed Liu Xin to find a new magic weapon to deal with the Qin Dynasty. Soon, all the Han army's light cavalry withdrew to Syria and began to attack the provinces of Cilicia and Cappadocia in the northwest of Syria.
These two provinces, as well as the Pontic province to the north, are the headquarters of the Pontic Legion. Although this legion does not belong to the Royal Forest Legion, it is also a veteran legion of the Qin Empire and has quite strong combat effectiveness. They are in these three professions.
The province built many fortifications and recruited a large number of free people and slaves to prepare for a decisive battle with the Han army.
The Han army was still led by thunder chariots, but this time what fell were not stones, but various cartoons. The cartoons depicted the different treatments suffered by the Arab and Egyptian provinces, as well as the enslavement and enslavement of them by the Qin people over the years.
Exploitation, calling on them to give up resistance and choose independence.
These cartoons were of little use to the Qin soldiers in the Pontic Legion, but the temporarily recruited freedmen and slaves became uneasy. The commander of the Pontic Legion originally thought that recruiting these freedmen and slaves could supplement the strength of the army.
Unexpectedly, his shortcomings turned out to be destabilizing factors. He was at a loss and had to send people to ask the governors of the three provinces to discuss countermeasures.
Unexpectedly, the governor of the province of Cappadocia came to invite him. The commander of the Pontic Army happily went, but was ambushed and had his head cut off and sent to Syria. As a result, the Pontic Army collapsed. It turned out that these three
Every governor knows that it is impossible to withstand the Han army's attack with just one legion, and Caracalla has been slow to send reinforcements. Once they are defeated by the Han army, their fate will be extremely miserable. It is better to lend him one of his heads in exchange for everyone's safety.
, to keep the glory and wealth in front of you.
The Han army advanced steadily and soon arrived in Asia and Bithynia. When the weather was fine, the shadow of the city of Athens could be vaguely seen across the sea. Various provinces along the way also announced their separation from the Qin Dynasty and established an independent country. Liu Xin
Declare that the provisions of the Declaration of Alexander also apply to these newly independent provinces.
After these provinces became independent, in order to show their friendship with the Han Dynasty, they took the initiative to provide food and grass supplies and paid for the Han army to build positions. In fact, they are now firmly tied to the Han army. If the Han army is defeated,
They will be punished the most severely by Caracalla, so by helping the Han army now, they are helping themselves, otherwise, they would not spare no effort like this.
With the help of these emerging countries, the Han army's problem of lack of food and grass was easily solved, and it no longer needed to implement the strategy of supporting war with war. It also gained a good reputation in the local area, laying a good foundation for future exchanges with these places.
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In just over a month, many provinces declared autonomy one after another, and almost half of the country became independent from the territory of the Qin Empire. This was a huge blow to Caracalla, and he had to reconsider his plans.
In order to think about the battle, he sent someone to invite Geta. Although Caracalla did not understand the principle of "brothers of one mind can break gold", he also knew that now was not the time to argue about who would inherit the throne of the Qin Empire. If he did not defeat the Han army, he said
Nothing makes sense.[
Although Geta had a bad temper, he was not confused and knew that now was not the time to act impulsively. After receiving Caracalla's invitation, he immediately rushed to the Qin Palace.
With a smile on his face, Caracalla pointed to the seat opposite and said, "Geta, it's been many years since you and I sat face to face like this."
Geta said carelessly: "Brother, I know everything about the situation. Don't say anything now. After the Han army is defeated, we two brothers will have a good arm wrestling match!"
Caracalla took a picture of the cases in front of him and said loudly: "Okay! Brother, I am waiting for your words. Only by uniting can we repel the Han army!"
These two brothers are much smarter than Ardaban and Arshak. Although they are bound to fight openly and secretly, they will not hold each other back, and they can still put aside their differences and join hands at critical moments.
The conversation between Caracalla and Geta was not a harmonious one, but at least they reached an agreement and decided to concentrate the superior strength of eleven legions to fight the Han army in Asia and Bithynia.
The current total military strength of the Great Qin Empire still has 15 legions and 750,000 people. However, Rome has to fortify itself, so it needs to leave four legions. These four legions are the Roman legion, the Greek legion, the Gallic legion and
The German Legions, Caracalla and Geta each accounted for two. Of the eleven legions deployed on the front line, Caracalla accounted for seven, including another Guardsman Legion, the Sicilian Legion. This arrangement is also Caracalla's sincerity in cooperation.
, a huge concession made on the initiative. The two men left equal forces in the rear, avoiding the suspicion that they were using the war to consume Geta's strength.
There is a strait dozens of miles wide between Asia and Macedonia. It was blocked by this strait that prevented the Han army from continuing to advance westward. However, this strait could not stop the Qin army, because the Qin army
The empire has a powerful navy.
Just look at the territory of the Qin Empire. A large piece of land across Europe, Asia, and Africa surrounds the Mediterranean Sea. The Mediterranean Sea has almost become the inland sea of the Qin Empire. In the long-term expansion war, it has a powerful naval fleet.
, the armies of the Great Qin Empire were able to be successfully delivered to various battlefields.
Liu Xin has also formed a powerful navy. Although he has not experienced a few actual battles, Liu Xin is confident that he can defeat the navy of the Qin Empire. It is a pity that this navy cannot follow his army here, otherwise Liu Xin would have been
So he marched his army across the sea and headed straight for Rome.
More and more Qin warships began to gather on the coasts of Macedonia and Thrace, and the raised sails covered the sea like dark clouds.