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Section 1 The Xiongnu did not annex all the families
"Roman cavalry …"
During the Republic period, there was an anecdote in the Roman army department, that is, whether soldiers "intervened" in the "private" occasions or involved in commenting on the military’s perception, the first sentence often appeared embarrassing when Roman cavalry was raised, but the second half was suppressed for a long time and I didn’t know how to continue. Finally, it could be a sigh.
What are you sighing about? It’s even harder to say that some people ridicule, some despise and some ridicule. Of course, some people are full of regret, but no matter how many different changes in tone there are, it’s still a reason. Roman cavalry … It’s too short’ legs’. Compared with the Roman infantry with dazzling aura and a name in history, Roman cavalry really looks too bleak. Although it is said that there are many hills and rivers in the Italian peninsula that are not suitable for the development of cavalry, there is also a lack of good horses. However, after Rome officially became the overlord of the Mediterranean, the development of Roman cavalry, especially in the Western Empire,
The Romans insisted on unification or paid attention to the actual national characteristics. Sometimes they were incredibly stubborn. These armed’ fine’ and sharp Roman phalanxes helped the Romans win life and death again and again. Even if they occasionally failed, the Romans would quickly learn lessons and spare no effort to strengthen the infantry to overcome difficulties. On the whole, the infantry became the most reliable and cheap recognized panacea in the eyes of the Roman ruling class.
However, due to the terrain, weather and the development stage of cavalry equipment, the cavalry is not very good in the battlefield. It is suspected that the cavalry is too expensive to maintain and it is difficult to scale up. The number of cavalry makes it clear to the Senate that it is purely a wave of Roman resources and citizen wealth.
At the original stage of development, the cavalry body is also sad enough. Those who are far-sighted and have personally experienced the battlefield position may vaguely feel the value of cavalry, but they will have a chance to prove themselves. You expect cavalry to have no saddle, stirrup, horseshoe and protective gear. The vest is fast. An careless rider may fall off his horse and break his neck. How can cavalry prove its value in the era of delusion? In fact, except for scouts and messengers, cavalry are actually infantry on horseback, so how can cavalry stand up in a low position?
However, no matter how firm the view is, it will be changed by practice, just as the Romans almost blindly believed in infantry and relied on it. After the Roman territory was bordered by the Eastern Empire, there finally appeared a little looseness. The vast expanse of sand dunes, Gobi desert and grassland flat land, and those eastern knights who came and went like the wind, let the Romans see the terrible power of cavalry for the first time
Like rain pouring down, sweeping across the sky and the earth, like thunder and horseshoes, the cavalry’ tide’ came in an avalanche, which made the Romans stunned. It turned out that the cavalry could still charge in the flat terrain, and the Romans were completely scared to death.
However, stubborn Romans didn’t change their minds easily because of this. It was not until they paid a few lives and suffered a tragic defeat that they realized that in the mysterious East, they were proud that the infantry phalanx was no longer invincible. The solid shield could not stop the compound bow, the dagger was not as flexible as the sword and the spear, and the achievements of the East in war wisdom dwarfed the Romans. All these urgently urged the empire to make changes or try to adapt, so they gradually established a cavalry regiment in the eastern part of the empire, including recruiting nomads to serve as mercenaries to light cavalry and forming Byzantine heavy cavalry with Roman and Greek descent.
However, this change is more of a regional’ sex’ special situation. In the west, the cavalry is still in a position where grandma doesn’t love uncle and doesn’t like embarrassment. The lack of qualified soldiers and the lack of eyesight of war horses directly lead to the fact that Oka found that the cavalry is still firm after accepting all the military forces in the whole west. Thousands of miserable cavalry are scattered in various legions, and I am afraid that even Huns ordinary herders can’t beat them.
It doesn’t matter whether Orca needs to be a cavalry who can gallop and shake the earth. What kind of people naturally have what kind of vision? Who is Orca? In the past, he was the commander of "Dragon Tooth", the strongest special force in China! In his hands, it is arrogant to be one in a million! Bulao, yazi, Yan Lao, gluttonous … His commander-in-chief is an eternal totem in the eyes of the Chinese people, and it is a crime to command an army that is not strong enough in this army! Not being proud is cowardice! What Oka has to do is to’ excite’ every member who has the honor to join this army, and the deepest part of the blood is silent and yellow! One of the oldest and most powerful human veins!
Born in this way, the army is the arena of the strong in the eyes of Orca! And it’s time to save Rome. He has built a reborn infantry by himself! Now he needs a powerful cavalry to defeat the Chinese ancestors and recruit Huns! No matter how much he pays, no matter how much he sacrifices, he will be deeply branded as a cavalry in the soul of the Roman legion!
At this moment, being in the valley of Tibetan soldiers, Aquila couldn’t help but get caught up in the discussion with Orca about the formation of the cavalry regiment. However, it seems to the guards at his side that he is staring blankly at the scene of Ma Benteng in the green field. Naturally, no one dares to disturb him, so a group of people stopped at the entrance of Gu Dao for a long time without moving.
However, their appearance attracted the attention of the knights who were training. After a while, maybe they received the news. A group of people rushed straight to this side. First, a blond, brown-eyed and rough face always seemed to show a cold meaning. It was Norton!
"Aquila!" When I came near, I saw clearly that when I was standing in Taniguchi, I was riding on Manorton’s stiff facial muscles’ meat’ finally changed. I shouted at Aguilera and showed a little excitement in my cold expression.
A cry brought Aguilar back to reality, just when Norton and others came to the front in uniform, Aguilar couldn’t help but say with a smile, "I’m sorry to see this scene suddenly. You did a good job here, Norton. I probably estimated that there are thousands of cavalry here."
"There are nearly 12,000 cavalry here!" Hearing Aguilera’s amazing tone, Norton gave an unexpected number with great difficulty.
"Twelve thousand ride? ! It’s so huge that it’s hard for predecessors to imagine numbers! " Aquila gave a low shout with a face of surprise and immediately asked, "What is the composition of the army? Twelve thousand people is not a small number. "
"According to the orders, 4,000 of them were’ drawn’ from various field armies, and the Roman cavalry was equipped with a set of new cavalry equipment, including 3,000 Qingqi and 1,000 Heavy Riding. The remaining 1,000 were recruited locally from the Germanic ethnic groups merged into the empire, mainly alemanni, Teutonic, Shiva and some small tribes, such as Batavians, Cocken and Frisians, which have completely become members of the empire." Although Aguilera is in charge of this operation, Norton has been handling the specific implementation, so many details can be assured.
"So that’s it. Well, let’s go. This is not the place to talk. Go to your headquarters. I have important things to discuss." Aquila nodded and said.
"Come with me" Norton then turned his horse’s head to lead the way, and the two teams merged into one. He followed Norton around the training ground along the edge of Yuan Ye and came to a hillside, where he saw a round tent of different sizes, modeled after nomadic people, standing there.
Without looking at it, the group rode directly to the hillside. The guards dispersed and rested separately, while Aquila and Norton went into the command account alone to discuss important matters.
"Are these foreigners reliable in recruiting cavalry?" As soon as I entered the account, I kept on asking Aguilar, and immediately expressed my doubts. It was not that he didn’t believe in these barbarians, but that Orca discussed the great hidden dangers and disadvantages brought by the empire’s massive recruitment of foreign mercenaries more than once. But now I have to recruit the barbarian Aguilar to form cavalry, which is really a little uneasy.
However, Norton seemed to see his idea at a glance and said with confidence, "You don’t have to worry about this. Aquila, these conscripts are not foreign mercenaries."
"What do you mean?" Aquila looked at Norton with a confident expression and some doubts.
"Have you forgotten the strategy of ethnic integration?" Norton gently clicked a result, so he saw Ankui Lamian Noodles’s "dew" suddenly "color" and no longer turned around and opened it directly and said, "Do you remember when you asked the Northern Legion to be responsible for searching and summarizing the information of all ethnic groups in Germany before clearing the Germans? The Germanic people on the imperial border listed in detail can be divided into three parts, namely, the North Germanic people live in the frozen peninsula, the island Scandinavia peninsula and the coastal tribes, which have no connection with the empire at present; Then there are the West Germanic people, which were once the greatest threat to the empire, but the specific breakdown can be seen in three branches. One is the Svibi, Shiva, alemanni, Quadi and Teutonic who are mainly active in the Elbe River basin, the other is the Batavians, Fries, Cocken, Saxons, Angles and Jutes who are active in the North Sea, and the last one is the Cherusians, Kadis and Franks who are most familiar with the Rhine River and Wessee River area. The Goths, Vandals and Burgundy belong to the East Germanic School. "
"Yes, I have read all this information, which is very helpful for the empire to treat the Germans who have targeted’ sex’."
"Yes, but because you have been stationed on the border for a long time, you may be a little behind in understanding the latest progress of reform. For example, when it comes to these Germanic tribes, their situation has changed a lot now."
"oh? You elaborate. "
"Well, first of all, Jutes, Saxons, Angles, Quardits, and some Franks went to Britain. It was a long time ago, but the tribes with large populations, such as Svibi, Batawi, and alemanni, have been defeated by the empire for many times, and then they broke up into small groups of refugees and were finally absorbed by the empire, which has forced them to move to the south in an organized and scattered way.
"The remaining tribes in northern Xinjiang, including Cocken, Fries, Teutonic and Shiva, decided to treat them differently because of their small population, but allowed them to live in their native land to reduce their resistance. However, officials and troops were sent to strictly romanize these tribes, and at the same time, the garrison deterred them. Now these tribes are all semi-nomadic people in Rome. Whether it is economic, cultural or ruling, these tribes have all tended to be loyal to the Roman language and paid directly from the barbarians.
"It turns out that this is the case. It was originally intended to turn these barbarians into alliance city-states similar to the Republic period!" After listening to Norton’s introduction, Aquila immediately reacted and deeply understood Orca’s intentions, and she couldn’t help but marvel.
"It is true that although these barbarians do not have an alliance city-state, to some extent, Rome is a mixed empire of several nationalities, and these newly joined barbarians will soon bathe in the light of Rome and wash away those barbaric dirt."
"Our plan will surely succeed in this war, and I believe these new members of the empire will show their loyalty."
"I hope so too."