The Greek side of the Mediterranean region actually has a military service system, but their military service system is a classical system, and the Spring and Autumn period on the Chinese side is also called the "classical military" era.

What is classical military called? It would take a lot of space to explain it in detail, but it is enough to talk about the limitations, that is, whether it is on the Greek side or the Chinese side, only certain people are qualified to become soldiers, usually people with noble status, such as the class above the "scholar", that is, the so-called "scholar" among the samurai, not the "scholar" of the scholars.

What is the background of a person with a certain status to become a nobleman?

Some people want to control the use of force, and the second is that they need to buy weapons, armor, horses, etc. at their own expense to become soldiers, and the food they bring after entering the army is generally their own. They can only get bonuses for some captures in the course of participating in the war, or let the commander reward them after winning the war.

The most important thing is that the samurai need to spend a long time exercising and training martial arts, so that the samurai cannot produce, and in the era of low productivity, the cost of a person who does not produce but only trains killing skills is far greater than imagined.

Training martial arts requires a good diet, and enough nutrients to absorb to cover the physical consumption during training, but it can't be a thin drink and eat bran. In this case, it usually takes a lot of money to buy meat, so whether it is "middle" or "outside", people who can become samurai basically have a certain amount of property.

"They, like us, are no longer limited to a few people, everyone can participate in the war." Anglie was a bit like he was smiling bitterly: "It's just that their conditions are much better than ours." ”

"Yes, they are productive enough, and the state is strong enough to use the funds of the treasury to arm their own soldiers to the teeth." Isn't Ta Pilates smiling bitterly? He shook his head and said, "We are armed soldiers, and it is very good to be able to equip every soldier with weapons, and the national strength of this Eastern Empire can support the soldiers at least with another pair of armor." ”

"The [Greek] city-states were still in the classical military system, and the armies were usually smaller. But everyone is a warrior who has learned martial arts since childhood, and his equipment is more luxurious than that of the soldiers armed by the state. Anglea paused for a moment, and then continued: "In countless wars that have broken out, the Greek army has been able to contend with Darius's huge army with a small army, and have won the battle, and that is the difference in the quality of professional soldiers and civilian soldiers. ”

Ta Platates was still shaking her head: "It's different, it's completely different." ”

"Times are changing," Anglie continued with a wry smile: "The era of professional samurai has passed, and the number of soldiers consumed in war has become more and more, and the use of civilians to arm armies has become a trend. As a result, the Greek city-states, which still clinged to the classical system, could only huddle in place and wait for their decline or conquest. ”

There are many different things, cultural differences, and different regions will not be consistent in concepts, and it is difficult to evaluate many things.

In Greek culture, a soldier who became an army must not only have a certain amount of property, but also must have a registered permanent property. The so-called constant property is nothing more than land, shops, and so on. Because Greece is located in the Mediterranean region, their culture is one of the constant production of boats, if they don't have land or shops, at least have a good ship. And in Greece. Samurai with ships were usually more popular with the military, as it was easier for the army to collect enough ships for a fee if necessary, without having to go to untrusted merchants.

In Chinese culture, a samurai is generally a "vassal". No matter how much land they owned, the source of the land was a reward from the lord, so the first object of the samurai's allegiance was the lord, and then the lord's allegiance was to the king.

In the Spring and Autumn Period of China. When a war breaks out in a country, the king's steps in assembling an army are usually to give an order to a so-and-so lord, who then assembles his samurai to form an army. Samurai also usually carried a retinue of retinues, which were the predecessors of the auxiliaries.

"I have learned about the history of the Eastern Empire, and they have many systems that have amazing acquaintances with the Greek side, and the two sides are tens of thousands of miles away without communication, but it is surprising that the same system can appear!" Ta Pratates looked at the imperial troops lined up below, and spoke slowly: "Before the establishment of the empire, there were Xia Kingdom, Shang Kingdom, and Zhou Kingdom in this land, and the Zhou royal family lost power later, and the lords and generals below ...... The many kings they called the princes brought the land into the Spring and Autumn Period. ”

Anglie actually learned about it and took over the topic: "Yes, in their Spring and Autumn Period, the king could not call the lord to fight for free, and the lord could not summon the samurai at will. When the king summons a lord to war, he needs to offset the taxes that the lord needs to pay to the king, and the samurai will also use the number of battles to offset the taxes that should be paid to the lord. It's the same on our side. ”

"Yes, yes, it's the same as what we do, so if the war doesn't bring enough benefits, no country will go to war easily, otherwise it will be a loss." Taprati paused and began to concentrate as the Emperor of the Eastern Empire had already shifted his position.

The so-called war with benefits is a war with an obvious purpose, and the wars in the Spring and Autumn Period are often not to destroy the country and destroy the country, but to subdue a certain country and make that country pay protection money, so "levy" should be added to one word, that is, "tax". This has given rise to a culture of "war of conquest".

The underworld boss who used to collect the most state protection fees was the Jin Kingdom. In the heyday of the Jin Kingdom, there were dozens of younger brothers, and the Jin Kingdom relied on the protection money collected from the younger brother to live an unusually nourishing life, making the Jin State the country with the most warriors among the nations, and when other countries could only send thousands, 10,000, and 20,000 troops, the Jin State could pull out tens of thousands of troops just by mobilizing one or two big lords, and mobilizing all the lords could pull out hundreds of thousands of troops, and other countries could not compare at all.

When the Jin State existed, because the Jin State adhered to the national policy of "respecting the king and fighting the king", although the Zhou royal family was no longer able to control the vassal states, because the Jin State respected the Zhou royal family, the Zhou royal family could at least ensure some dignity, and the annexation of the vassal states was not so intense.

After the disappearance of the three points of the Jin Kingdom. Without the protection of the Jin State, the Zhou royal family not only became an ornament, but the vassal states almost lost even the minimum respect. The disappearance of the Jin State directly led to the fact that the vassal states were missing a big mountain on their heads, and the annexation between them became extremely intense, which directly made the history of China enter the Warring States period from the Spring and Autumn Period.

A lot of history can be found in the library, and envoys from various countries can find relevant documents as long as they go to the library when they come to Nanling.

The weak will always learn from the strong, and this is still the case with the country. The envoys of various countries can see the strength of the empire in the East with their eyes, and they will naturally want to learn from the empire, so they will come into contact with some culture in the process of learning, and the modern peoples have abandoned the clothing of their own culture and changed to suits and leather shoes, which has happened. If it's been a long time...... Even thoughts and values will be synchronized.

Some departments of the empire are already studying the matter of cultural export, and they firmly believe that as long as the alien race comes into contact with the culture of the empire, so that their daily habits are close to the empire's side, the empire's future development will inevitably be smoother, and that is why some people in various countries can be allowed to freely enter and exit the library to consult literature.

"Look! Their captives in the war appeared! ”

"The king of the Huns, the man whose name is Shan Yu, he was loaded into a prisoner car. The Xiongnu were a nomadic people with strong force, but they didn't expect to be captured! ”

A burst of cheers erupted, and the procession, which turned out to be prisoners of war, was gradually approaching the city gates. Some of the most important captives were handcuffed and mounted on prisoner carts, while others walked on foot with chains chained hand in hand. Looking at the size of the captives, there should be nearly a thousand people?

There was a reason for some people from afar to exclaim, those from the countries of Central Asia had also encountered the Huns on their way to the empire from Central Asia, and the two sides had a lot of contact. Some of the contacts were for trade, and many of them were also armed confrontations, and with the contact, it was natural to know that the Xiongnu were a fairly powerful alliance of nomadic tribes in the steppe.

There are other people above the tower of Baihumen who also know the strength of the Xiongnu, such as the Wusun people who have been invaded in the mainland. They have been neighbors with the Xiongnu for a long time, and wars have broken out on both sides more than once, how could they not know the fierceness of the Huns?

The belated Donghu envoys were also in the Baihumen Tower. When they saw Tou Man locked in the prison car, his embarrassed appearance was "haha" and laughed.

Donghu and the Xiongnu were also neighbors, and there were many wars between the two sides, but usually the Xiongnu lost the war with Donghu.

"Touman was captured, and the army with losses was at least 130,000. Now the Huns are at their weakest! ”

"Yes! The Xiongnu lost quite a lot of soldiers in the battle with the Chinese, and some tribes who were lured south by Touman also suffered heavy losses. ”

"Now the Huns are in charge of Jituo, and he desperately needs a big victory to increase his prestige."

"Ji Tuo originally wanted to unite the people of the tribal alliance such as King Ding Ling, King Hujie, King Hun Yu and so on to go south, but later Ding Ling and other kings changed their fortunes. Ji Tuo knew very well that he would not be able to curry favor in the war with the Chinese on his own, and that he might follow in the footsteps of Man, so he also followed those from other tribes to pounce on Wusun. ”

"The unfortunate Wusun people, they have Maudun and some remnants of the defeated army in their homeland, and they are about to face the siege of the Mobei and Monan tribes, what a group of poor people."

Some people in Donghu were full of ridicule and schadenfreude in their conversations, they had only been in Nanling for four days, maybe they were not used to the climate in the south or something, they were still wearing sheepskin jackets when they first came, and the next day they directly changed into the clothes style of the empire. Among the many envoys present at the triumphal ceremony, the few who changed into imperial costumes were one of them, the others being the Usun, the Alans, and the Salmarts.

Sima Xin and the other generals didn't know when they had gone up to the city tower, and they were lining up to report something to Lu Zhe.

Whenever a general finishes speaking, someone next to him will spread out loud what that person said.

Lu Zhe would also encourage the generals who made the report, and the words he said were also spread loudly.

In fact, this kind of thing has become a common practice in Chinese history, and some ceremonies have the monarch and the minister to answer each other, and some people repeat the dialogue between the monarch and the minister to the people. And the topic is nothing more than some formulaic things, the general says how the war is going well, how the army is mighty; The king encouraged the generals to continue their efforts, and a certain army was worthy of something.

The words that were spread were cheered every time. If it is the general who said it, the civilians will cheer "so-and-so Wuwei", and when it is the turn to repeat the king's words, the civilians will cheer "My King is wise" or "My King is wise", and when a certain army is involved in the topic, the civilians should cheer a certain number plus the slogan "Wan Sheng".

Before the team of prisoners of war came to the city gate, the generals who should report had basically finished their rotations, and at this time, Lu Zhe would leave his seat and walk to the edge of the female wall to watch the prisoners of war from top to bottom. He had something in his hand, watched for a moment, and dropped it down.

People with good eyesight waited for things to hit the ground and looked at a copper token.

When the token landed, a soldier ran back and built it, and when the soldier ran back, he kept repeating: "My king has an order, behead!" ”

As if they had been prepared, the non-commissioned officers who escorted the prisoners of war quickly escorted a group of prisoners of war to the side of the road, forced the prisoners to their knees, and then made the kneeling prisoners stick their necks out.

Waiting for the prisoners of war to take a pose, a group of armored soldiers with ghost-headed and thick-backed knives lined up and walked over slowly, until an officer shouted "Owl head!" The thick-backed knife with a ghost head raised high fell to the ground, and in an instant, dozens of muffled snorts were made, and the headless corpse with the severed head spurted spurting scarlet blood from the severed neck, and dozens of heads rolled to the ground.

The first prisoners of war were beheaded, prompting an almost earth-shattering cheer from the scene.

In the cheers, the envoys of various countries were a little excited and some were at a loss. In fact, the sacrifice ceremony of many countries in the world will select a group of people to kill, but the killing process is slightly different, such as the Greek culture is to kill with water or burning, the Roman side is to let the prisoners of war fight with the beast, and the Persians like to use the waist to behead.

The second group of prisoners of war was driven out again, and the second group of prisoners of war struggled because of the blank cooperation, but they were not surprised to say "Bow down!" "The middle body is different. (To be continued......)