1. Hermes was just a pure warrior and was not very sensitive to political matters, but this was not the case with Paleus. How could a man who could become a diplomat appointed by the Roman emperor be insensitive to political matters?

And Rome had to fight against Sabbath, and it was indispensable to gather as much information as possible about Sabbath. Of course, due to the conditions of the times, Rome did not gather much information on the rest, but it was possible to collect some of it. Paleus was a man in Roman political circles, so he naturally had access to some information about rest.

In short, according to the information gathered by the Romans, the political pattern of the last few years, or the way of dealing with many things, has become a little different from the previous one. Again, Rome has the historical limitations of Rome, so they don't know that the resting Cass Eli is undergoing reforms under the behind-the-scenes guidance of Wan'er, and they only know that the current rest is a little different from the previous rest.

However, this problem did not attract much attention from the Romans at first, and it can only be said that it was a result of the pretentiousness and self-feeling of the Romans, who looked down on Sabbath anyway, and thought that this change of Sabbath would not have much significance.

Then, after the start of the war, some of the things sacrificed in the aspect of rest caused the Roman side to suffer a lot. For example, the Roman infantry phalanx, Rome has been at war with Sabbath for more than 100 years, and it should be said that it knows the tactics of Sabbath, so as long as the Roman heavy infantry phalanx has a firm foothold on the battlefield, the light and heavy cavalry of Sabbath has always been the main body and will not be able to take the Roman infantry. However, after this battle, when the Roman legions calmly set up battle formations on the battlefield, the rest side was not the cavalry and charge of light and heavy cavalry, but the overwhelming rain of arrows and a small number of cannonballs mixed in the rain of arrows.

The heavy shields in the hands of the Roman infantry could block the rain of arrows, but if it was to block the shells, it was better to save money. To put it mildly, the dense and slow formation of the Roman infantry phalanx happened to be the favorite target of artillery; But if you are scattered, it will become the favorite thing for the rest cavalry, because once you are scattered, it will be easy for the cavalry to break through.

In short, after a few battles, the losses suffered by the Roman side were really not small. This is also fortunate that the firearms in the rest side have not been fully in place, and the corresponding infantry artillery tactics are still immature, so it is only a situation that can take advantage of some advantages, but it cannot seize the initiative, otherwise I am afraid that the Roman side will have been completely driven out of the Armenian region by the rest of the country.

It is understandable that this is the case for the Sabbath Church, but to put it bluntly, there are only three problems: the time is still short, the foundation is not enough, and there are still too many internal problems to be solved.

These three issues are interrelated. Let's put it this way, Rest is still semi-agrarian and semi-nomadic, which makes it relatively difficult to concentrate the working population, which is one of the problems within Rest and needs time to change; However, it is difficult to concentrate the working population, which affects the speed of industrial development in peace, and the speed of industrial development is not enough, but it has caused the industrial base to not keep up.

In addition, a few years ago, in order to seize the opportunity when Lao Cao and Liu Bei were fighting for Hanzhong on the Huaxia side, Wan'er instigated Cass Yili to provide military assistance to Kushan and the 36 countries of the Western Regions, that is, a lot of stocks in terms of rest and things produced in time were provided to Kushan and the 36 countries of the Western Regions.

It should be said that if it wasn't for Lu Ren's timely discovery that the situation was wrong, and he tried his best to maneuver, Wan'er's arrangement, or to be more precise, "his" arrangement would have been successful, at least Huaxia would have lost the Liangzhou region, so it is really difficult to say what kind of pattern it will be next. Of course, later the Kushan and the 36 Western Regions were driven out of China, and the things provided to the Kushan and the 36 countries in terms of rest were basically lost.

As for Anxi, those things were originally not intended to be taken back, but Lu Ren's next military attack in Central Asia was shocked by Anxi, how did Anxi never expect Lu Ren to react so quickly, so Wan'er repeatedly warned Cass Yili to hurry up the construction of the navy, otherwise what would Anxi do to fight Lu Ren when Lu Ren's fleet came? Therefore, in the following period, most of the artillery produced was allocated to the navy, and the distribution to the army was relatively limited.

It was at this time that Rome once again started the war against Anxi, and because of the insufficient quota of weapons obtained by the army, they did not have time to train in those related infantry and artillery coordinated tactics, so after fighting here in Armenia, it could only make the Roman side suffer some tactical hardships to a certain extent, but it was difficult to occupy the initiative, and the war situation became a tug-of-war stalemate.

In fact, from another point of view, the Roman side also inadvertently took advantage of it, that is, the time of Rome's troops was stuck at a key point on the rest side, at least it made it impossible for the rest side to develop with peace of mind. If it had not been at this time, but a few years later, some things on the rest side would have been basically formed, and at that time they would have fought against Rome, and the poor Roman infantry would have had to cry.

On the other side, Lu Ren will not be able to fight in Anshan in a short period of time, and if it were not for the intervention of the Roman side, the Anshan side would definitely support Guishan, then Lu Ren's progress on Guishan's side would not be so smooth, so Lu Ren and Rome would reach such an alliance. It is precisely because Lu Ren learned about some relevant situations that he will provide some weapons and equipment to Rome, so that Rome can bring back some unfavorable situations.

All of the above is nothing more than to explain that it is unreasonable for the Roman side to say that it is completely unaware of the situation of rest, and the Roman side, after suffering some losses in rest, is also very strange how the rest suddenly has such a difference. For some more sensitive people, after learning about the power of the new weapon used by Anxi, and after seeing the weapons provided by Lu Ren, they were already speculating whether Anxi got something from Dahan.

Okay, now let's get back to it, and that's why Paleus's face will change dramatically. He was a sensitive person in those matters, and he was aware of certain problems. It's just that he is not the kind of person who can go to the front line, so he is only in a state of ignorance and suspicion about the war reports sent back from the front line, but he does not dare to express anything openly when deliberating. This is the case, he himself does not know the real situation on the battlefield, and he is also worried that the soldiers on the front line are exaggerating the rest in order to cover up their mistakes, and there are too many such things in ancient and modern times, both in China and abroad. As a politician, you won't do that kind of nonsense and touching your head.

But at this time, he suddenly heard Lu Ren say that there were many talents on the Han side who had been displaced to rest and were reused for rest, and Paleus knew that the situation was wrong, at least it also showed that the front-line soldiers in Armenia were not lying. In addition, the tactical drills he saw today also scared Paleus a lot, and he said that if the rest of the people of the Han Dynasty were really used as Lu Ren said, so that the rest of the people had mastered these terrible advanced weapons, as well as the tactics that Lu Ren had used just now, then the Roman side would still fight a chrysanthemum battle? Is it just sending the soldiers to Hades, the king of Hades?

Swallowing his saliva with difficulty, Palius still said to Lu Ren with a little hope: "Will Lu Nanhai be exaggerating?" ”

Lu Ren secretly swept Paleus's expression, and immediately understood what kind of mentality Paleus was holding now, and after secretly sneering in his heart, he said with a cold face: "Do you think I'm scaring you?" Amusing! What good will it do me if I scare you? Expect you to buy more weapons from me? ”

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Paleus didn't dare to say anything, but looking at his expression, there was really a little bit of "That's what you Lu Ren thinks".

Lu Ren was also amused, shook his head and said, "Do you think I am willing to sell weapons to you?" I'll tell you the truth, I don't make much money by selling you the weapons here, and to put it mildly, the weapons I sold to you Rome are almost half sold and half given away, and basically all I get back is just a cost price. Mr. Paleus, think about it, if I really just want to make more money, wouldn't I make more money by selling only porcelain, tea, and silk to you? And the caravans between you and me, I won't talk about it here, don't you Roman merchants want to load more porcelain, tea, and silk that are more profitable in Rome? How much money can you sell for those weapons in Rome? ”

This is a great truth, a truth that Paleus could not respond to at all. Let's put it this way, if you can only put three crossbows in the same space, how much can you put in tea or silk? There is no such thing as a comparability in terms of profit values. And Paleus is also a person with a lot of private goods this time, so he absolutely knows this kind of thing, so he can't refute Lu Ren's words.

Lu Ren also slowed down his tone at this time, and said to Paleus and Hermes in a serious tone: "We are friends and allies, so when I see that my friends and my allies are making some mistakes, I must stand up and point out the mistakes that my friends and allies are making. ”

After a pause, he took a sip of wine and moistened his thirsty throat after saying so many words just now, and Lu Ren continued: "Now that you Rome has decided to make peace with Anxia for the time being because of the stalemate in the Armenian war, there is nothing wrong with that, but I want to tell you that the war cannot be stopped at this time.

"If you Rome truce, it is nothing more than to let the soldiers rest and recuperate, let the peasants cultivate well, and when the soldiers' strength is sufficient, and the peasants' money, food, and taxes are collected, they will go and fight in peace, but there is no improvement in itself, but what about rest? Rest in peace will also allow the soldiers to recuperate after the temporary truce, and let the peasants go to farming, but they will also forge more cannons at this time, and further practice the new tactics they have learned from our Hans. Then it won't take much longer, three years, probably only three years, and the tactical level and ability of the rest soldiers will probably be similar to the ones you just saw.

"Next, you can try to imagine again, you Rome has not changed much in the past three years, or the soldiers form a formation like that and rush forward stupidly, but rest can be bombarded with artillery like me, and after the battle formation you are proud of is blasted away, it will be the cavalry charge, then do you think that by that time, the Roman soldiers can still fight the battle?"

Paleus lost his temper immediately. He is a man who plays with his brains, and he can deduce some things, knowing that the situations that Lu Ren said are very likely to happen. And Hermes, who was a little brainless, was also a little dumbfounded after listening to Lu Ren's words, because judging from a battlefield general like him, if he really encountered that situation, he was afraid that the battle would really not have to be fought.

Besides, Lu Ren is not doing any alarmism.

"If you Rome truce, it is nothing more than to let the soldiers rest and recuperate, let the peasants cultivate well, and when the soldiers' strength is sufficient, and the peasants' money, food, and taxes are collected, they will go and fight in peace, but there is no improvement in itself, but what about rest? Rest in peace will also allow the soldiers to recuperate after the temporary truce, and let the peasants go to farming, but they will also forge more cannons at this time, and further practice the new tactics they have learned from our Hans. Then it won't take much longer, three years, probably only three years, and the tactical level and ability of the rest soldiers will probably be similar to the ones you just saw.

"Next, you can try to imagine again, you Rome has not changed much in the past three years, or the soldiers form a formation like that and rush forward stupidly, but rest can be bombarded with artillery like me, and after the battle formation you are proud of is blasted away, it will be the cavalry charge, then do you think that by that time, the Roman soldiers can still fight the battle?"

Paleus lost his temper immediately. He is a man who plays with his brains, and he can deduce some things, knowing that the situations that Lu Ren said are very likely to happen. And Hermes, who was a little brainless, was also a little dumbfounded after listening to Lu Ren's words, because judging from a battlefield general like him, if he really encountered that situation, he was afraid that the battle would really not have to be fought.

Besides, Lu Ren is not doing any alarmism.

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I'm so tired from writing that I want to sleep......