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Chapter 52 The Arrival of the Romans

After settling some details, Liu Xuan directly issued an internal mobilization order.

This order was not publicized to the outside world. Only the ministers in the court and the generals in the army knew about it. But even so, some people could feel from the gradually changing atmosphere that the huge machine of the Han Dynasty was starting to run at high speed.

The Han Dynasty has a vast territory and a large population. It will take a lot of time to truly mobilize. Moreover, Liu Xuan also intends to take this opportunity to examine the current efficiency of the Han Dynasty... not only the efficiency of the army, but also the state of mobilization.

Afterwards, what was the reaction of officials from various places?

The mobilization order lasted for a full year, during which countless problems were exposed.

The mobilization of the army, the mobilization of ordnance, the mobilization of grain and grass, the mobilization of officials from various places...

The entire Han Dynasty was so busy. Some officials who could not keep up with the pace and were very slow were demoted or dismissed from office. What they knew was that the court was carrying out a big move. It was very important, so they acted so resolutely. I don't know what they thought.

The situation in the court was changing, and what earth-shattering power changes had taken place!

Even in remote places such as Guangzhou and Jiaozhou, there were rumors that the emperor had passed away. After receiving the news, Liu Xuan directly ordered the arrests and beheaded the rumor mongers in the streets. This stabilized the situation in the south and nothing happened.

After struggling for so long, the vanguard troops and horses have already moved to Yongzhou under the leadership of Lu Bu, and then will go north in Yongzhou and keep pushing northward.

This time, Liu Xuan did not engage in a strategy of sending out several armies to strangle the Huns. Instead, he simply left Yongzhou and headed north, killing enemies when he encountered them, and then stopped one step at a time, constantly squeezing the Xiongnu's survival.

space until all the Huns are finally destroyed.

This style of fighting should be the most royal style of fighting. It is simply to push through with superior strength. The Huns have no other choice except to continue to resist without any doubt.

Tactics such as roaming, harassment, and running attacks are all nonsense in the face of this style of play, and the Huns will also lose the mobility they are most proud of - in fact, even if they are fighting for mobility, the Huns are not.

The opponent of the big man.

"After preparing for so long, the rest of the army will also go to the battlefield!"

This is Liu Xuan's last night before departure. The review before departure has already been completed, but there is only one reason why Liu Xuan hasn't set off yet. He is waiting for someone.

"Where is Diocletian?"

In order to wait for the former ruler of the Roman Empire, Liu Xuan delayed his departure. Anyway, in his opinion, fighting the Xiongnu was a large-scale experiment. In this case, it was better to show the true strength of the Han Dynasty.

So he not only invited envoys from the Roman Empire, but also invited some Persians. After all, the Persian Empire has now taken shape. Unfortunately, the Persian Empire does not seem to realize that there is a powerful empire in the far east.

This empire was so powerful that it could crush the emerging Persian Empire into ashes with a wave of its hand.

This time, Liu Xuan just hopes that these Persians will bring this news back. Although he will fight there sooner or later, after all, the fight is not going to start immediately. Before that, he should maintain some communication. This will be helpful for conquering these countries in the future.

It’s also much more convenient.

"Your Majesty, Diocletian has already landed in Qingzhou, and then transferred to a Han Dynasty ship from the Yellow River waterway to Luoyang. According to calculations, he will arrive at midnight tomorrow at the latest and midnight today at the earliest."

Diocletian's whereabouts have always been under Chen Lin's control, especially after arriving in the territory of the Han Dynasty. It can be said that Liu Xuan knew how many times Diocletian went to the toilet.

"Oh, it's almost there!"

Liu Xuan was very curious, what would Diocletian do after seeing all the magical things in the big man?

In fact, Diocletian never stopped marveling at it ever since he boarded the ship he bought from the Han Dynasty.

He simply couldn't figure out how to do such a fast ship without the need for manpower - the engine system was so complicated that even the Romans couldn't do it even if they wanted to take it apart and study it.

What's more, the cultivation civilization of the Han Dynasty has been upgraded to a new level. The Romans, who don't understand these things at all, if they hadn't hired a group of Han people as sailors, I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to sail a ship to sea. Even with the help of these people's step-by-step guidance,

Currently, there are not many people who are proficient in ship posture skills.

After Diocletian saw this situation, he felt more and more that his decision was correct, and his trip to the East would definitely have a good result.

And after reaching the territorial waters of the Han Dynasty - in fact, all the oceans can now be regarded as the territorial waters of the Han Dynasty, because no one can compete with the navy of the Han Dynasty at sea - Diocletian finally saw the rumored iron ship.

Diocletian was even invited to board the flagship by Yu Jin, who was specially sent to pick him up. Only after he actually set foot on the Han's warship did Diocletian realize how wrong his and others' guesses were.

.

"A boat that's really made of metal...how does it float?"

Diocletian did not speak Chinese, but the Roman Empire had very frequent exchanges with the Han people in recent years, so there was no shortage of people who knew how to Chinese, so Diocletian specially hired a few people to be his translators. At this time, he finally

It came in handy.

Yu Jin frowned. He only had a rough understanding of these theories. If he wanted to explain them clearly, he would probably have to send Diocletian to Luoyang University to study for a few years.

So he could only give a general explanation. Fortunately, Diocletian listened in the fog for a while and found that he couldn't understand at all. He decisively gave up questioning and continued walking up and down the deck, constantly talking.

He reached out and stroked the hull of the boat.

Diocletian was not an ignorant man, and he was also very knowledgeable. After just touching it a few times, Diocletian discovered that the metal used to make the ship was something he didn't recognize at all, and it was extremely strong - even the Roman

Even the sharpest spear could not leave even the slightest trace on this battleship.

And how did the big man build such a strong metal into the shape of a ship?

This thought was put aside after turning around in his head. Compared with these, there were more questions he wanted to know.

It can be said that after receiving the Roman Empire's fleet from the sea and inviting the former Roman Emperor aboard the ship, Yu Jin ran into huge trouble - this Roman who was not young seemed to be interested in

He is curious about everything and asks questions almost all the time. If Yu Jin had not had a good temper, he would have gone crazy long ago.

At this time, he was glad that he came in person. If he had sent Gan Ning, he would have really gone crazy.

After about half a month, Diocletian finally didn't have so many questions anymore, because he had already got most of the answers. As for a small part of the answers, it wasn't that he couldn't tell them, but that he couldn't listen at all.

Understand - for example, how on earth does this boat move forward on the water?

He could understand some things, but most of them he couldn't understand. He was keenly aware that those things he didn't understand were the key to his trip. If he could understand them, he might get great benefits.

Especially, when he learned that Yu Jin was already over a hundred years old this year, but still looked like a man in his thirties, his heartbeat suddenly accelerated a bit.

"Abandoning the throne of the Roman Empire and coming to this far away east, this place known as the country where the gods live... is really the most correct choice I have ever made in my life!"

Standing on a much smaller warship, Diocletian would look at both sides of the Yellow River every day to see the strange and beautiful scenery.

Especially when we arrived in Luoyang, even though it was night, we could still vaguely see the outline of Luoyang City, because Luoyang City was so huge that we couldn't see the edges at all.

Yu Jin stood nearby and looked very proud when he noticed Diocletian's surprised mouth.

"This is the capital of the Han Dynasty, Luoyang City!"

Diocletian could not imagine how such a huge city was built. The tall wall with no end visible at a glance gave people a more astonishing visual impact than an iron lump running back and forth on the water.

Diocletian did not fully come to his senses until the ship docked on the log.

The closer you get, the more shocking you are. Coupled with the continuous development of Luoyang over the years, its prosperity is definitely the highest in the world. Even though it is already midnight, you can still see the lights in the town that are like stars - that

Luoyang City is a city that never sleeps, with almost all kinds of consumer and entertainment facilities. It is the busiest place in these places at night, and many people who have worked all day are willing to go there to have some fun and relax.

Compared with Diocletian, it was not the first time for the Roman merchants he brought to see Luoyang, so they behaved slightly better. They were even introducing the city to some compatriots, including what fun places there were.

There are delicious food and drinks, which makes these people excited and want to get off the boat and run straight there.

But they knew this was impossible, because... when they set foot on the ship, they learned that the supreme ruler of the Han Empire, His Majesty the Emperor, who was called the incarnation of Jupiter in the world by many Roman businessmen,

We are waiting for their arrival and will take them to see a big show tomorrow morning.

They never knew what it was exactly. Now that they had arrived in Luoyang, Diocletian finally couldn't help but ask - he also wanted to take a walk around this magical city and see it up close.

The many wonders of the city.

But he was also a little curious about what the so-called 'big show' was? Was there some grand celebration?

Once here, there was no need to hide Yu Jin. Anyway, he was leaving early tomorrow morning, so there was no harm in telling the former Roman emperor now.

"My Han army has been preparing for war this year, and even 50,000 troops have gone to the north. Tomorrow, Your Majesty will personally lead the remaining 250,000 troops to go to the north to destroy the Huns!"

As soon as these words came out, several Romans were stunned into silence.

p.s: There is going to be a war again...I am so depressed...
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