Country and Beauty

Of course, it was his ass that decided his brain! Zhou Yang had more things to consider than vice generals, and now, as the Qin Army's overseas colonies expanded, the power of the navy also increased. The navy's share of the power in the Qin Army also gradually increased. For example, Zhou Yang's army could reach almost half of the power of the Qin Army's Navy, and a third of its total strength.

Regarding the military power, it was a question of caution in any empire, if the Tang Dynasty did not adopt a system of restraint and increase the power of the local generals, it would not be as chaotic as the five generations and ten nations, Zhou Yang naturally understood, how much trust Xie Fei had in him! With the power that Xie Fei had given him, he naturally told Zhou Yang his bottom line. At the current stage, Qin State was temporarily unable to fight against Rome, so if Rome wanted to attack them by land, that would be seeking death! Due to geographical reasons, there seemed to be a strange balance between the Qin State and the Empire. Whoever attacked first would lose! Whoever had the best defense would have the highest chance of victory!

Xie Fei gave Zhou Yang the opportunity to fight on his own, and what the imperial government could do now was not to fight, but to fight until Zhou Yang reached the point where they could announce the reason for the war. During the temporary stage, Xie Fei did not want to fight a big battle with Rome. Zhou Yang had a doubt at the bottom of his heart, once the war started, it would not be easy to control their strength! Zhou Yang thought about it, but he did not make up his mind. He said to the guards beside him, "Bring the two people from Rome here! This king will ask you questions! "

Knowing that you know of the enemy, you will not be defeated even in a hundred battles!

Only by getting a better and clearer understanding of the opponent could he increase his chances of winning!

When Zhou Yang heard Ma Niwusi and the apius give a general introduction to the situation in Rome, Zhou Yang was so shocked that he broke out in a cold sweat. Compared to the emperor, guarding the monarch was nothing much to fear, and the most terrifying opponents were the monarch of nations and the monarch of Zhong Xing. With just a simple phrase, the ethereal barbarian leader caused the Qin Shi Huang to raise an army of 300,000 elites and beat the Huns to the point that they almost perished!

This Constantine, from the age of twenty-five onwards, began a civil war, using seven years to defeat one opponent after another, eventually unifying the West and Rome, and then marching east to seize the East and unify the whole of Rome. His entire life had been spent in battle, and this experience was somewhat similar to Xie Fei's. Such an emperor had unparalleled prestige in the military and political worlds, and had always liked to fight head on, so how could he give in?

Zhou Yang started to think. Even if they entered the Mediterranean from the Suez Canal and stepped onto the Roman Empire, they would at most be able to take advantage of an unexpected situation. By the time the Roman Empire reacted and went all out to fight them, Zhou Yang would definitely not be able to take advantage of them!

Zhou Yang could not help but smile bitterly: "Haven't the emperors of Rome ever lost a war before?"

"Of course!" apius said complacently: "Constantine the Great is the most majestic lion in the world, the king of all kings! It is only because of the existence of the Constantine the Great that we Catholics have united under the military flag of Rome! [The king has pointed to a place where everyone is determined to give chase!]

Zhou Yang asked again, "How strong are your Roman Navy?"

Ma Niwusi said, "Our Roman Navy has a history of more than six hundred years. In the First Punic War (263 BC), when us Romans fought with the Phoenicians, the hegemon of the Mediterranean, for control of Sicily, we formed a navy. The Roman Navy's warships were built with the Trireme type Greek warships, and they have three masts and five masts!"

"Are your Roman warships superior or inferior to our Qin Army warships?"

apius glanced at the large warships surrounding Qin Army with trepidation. She felt a chill in her heart. In this era, Roman battleship were invincible in Europe, but they were definitely not invincible in the world. Even the biggest battleship made by the Phoenicians, the overlord of the Mediterranean, was only made with five masts and 300 to 500 crew members, which was equivalent to 500 to 800 tons of wooden ships. Even without Xie Fei, China's history had already created the "Chang An", a gigantic ship that could accommodate 1000 people.

Although it was not rare for people to win by a small margin and win by a small margin, the key point was that these victories depended on the opponent's mistake. If the opponent didn't make a mistake, then a small margin was definitely not enough to win!

Zhou Yang looked at apius and laughed: "What kind of battleships do you Rome have?"

"This is a military secret, no comment!" apius braced herself and replied!

"Very good!" Zhou Yang revealed an enchanting smile that was like a wolf grandma's. "It seems like, you all still have not become captives, let them wake up, and let them find their positions!"

As he said that, four to five naval officers surged forward. Without any further explanation, they tied up apius's arms and legs and threw him into the sea. After two minutes, he brought it up again, brought it up for a while, and then threw it down. After repeating this again and again, apius shouted, "Gentlemen, if you have something to say, please say it to me.

After apius was brought up, she pretended to be shocked and said: "Your Excellency, we are all civilized people, we should not do such barbaric acts. I think we should talk about it like friends!"

"That's right, a friend has come for a drink. The enemy has come for swords and spears!" Zhou Yang said: "This is my principle!"

The apius said bitterly, "Actually, it's fine to tell you. But, in the near future, you will see our Roman battleship! Each of our Roman battleships has a suspension bridge, which hangs from the post and can be rotated. Because of the big iron hook at the bottom of the bridge, looking at the former shaped like a crow's beak, there is a very image of the "crow's beak". This crow's beak is used to hook enemy warships, to carry out gang jumping operations. This is the smartest invention of our Roman! "

"What kind of invention is this!" Zhou Yang thought in his heart: "The Gupta people are much more powerful than your jinx!" However, Zhou Yang did not say that to the apius, because if he said it, it would shock them!

The apius continued: "Actually, our Roman warships are not as big as yours. Even our largest five masted warships are only half your size! But our ships in Rome are different from yours,

Our Roman battleship s have only been strengthened by iron or copper at the waterline, and the bronze angle near the bow of the ship only struck the enemy ship's waterline to break its hull, or to break its oars to make it lose its power. On the ship, there are usually two or three crossbow gun s, and one or two catapults (Torsional catapult)! "

"Wait, what are crossbow gun s? I have only seen crossbows and cannons. Stone cannon. I've never heard of any crossbow gun s using a catapult. Could it be a mixture of a crossbow and a cannon? " Zhou Yang was suspicious!

Anyway, this crossbow gun was invented by the Greeks. However, our Roman has made a lot of improvements to increase its range and power. Our crossbow gun can shoot 45 kilograms of stone bullets to a distance of 300 yards!

"A 90 kilogram stone bomb, shooting 300 yards?" Zhou Yang was secretly shocked, if not for the appearance of the cannons, just the long range shot would have made Qin State lose. The Qin State's catapult could only fire twenty to thirty kilograms of bullets at a distance of 300 steps, and its accuracy was poor, other than covering and accurate hitting, there were no other effects. If the stone bullets were reduced, didn't that mean that their crossbow gun could be shot even further?

If one entered from a distance of 300 steps, other than Hanwu Emperor, the other wooden battleships would not even be able to handle their 90 kg of stone bullets. Even if it was a mast, facing such a heavy stone bullets, it was helpless!

Zhou Yang thought to himself, "So dangerous!" Fortunately, he did not directly enter the Mediterranean Sea, otherwise, when they set up a row of crossbow gun s in the harbor, he would not have the chance to land at all.

Around the second century BC, Dios Issos of Alexandria designed this landmark weapon: the spare arrows of the crossbow gun were stored in a V-shaped magazine, and by means of reciprocating movements of a set of pentagonal gears and chain mechanisms, the waiting, loading, and firing of the crossbow gun were automated with admirable precision. This was the same work theory as the Zhuge crossbow that appeared in Chinese history, however, regardless of the Gan crossbow. Even the Zhuge crossbow, they were all weaker than the consecutively shot crossbow gun that Dios had designed, and they were all slower! However, it was a pity that although the firepower density of the consecutively released crossbow gun had increased greatly, at the time when their productivity was low, they had the notoriety of "wasting ammunition". After a brief flash, they quickly disappeared, and the earliest consecutively released weapon had actually died so easily. If the Roman legion were equipped with this kind of standardized weapon, one could imagine that the Holy War would be another outcome!

However, even though the trees wanted peace, the wind did not stop! Just when Zhou Yang had completely given up on attacking the Mediterranean, the airship that was flying in the sky suddenly saw two white sails appear on the sea. Then, three, four, five … It was like a white cloud flying close to the sea. After close surveillance, they found that there were more than 300 ships. In the northwest sea in the front, there were 357 enemy fleet, of which there were 3 medium level battleships, 246 mast, and the rest were 92 large five-masted battleships.

"What?" was very surprised to hear this news! He never thought that the Roman battleship would appear here!

When they were hunting in Somalia, there was a fish that escaped the net. Coincidentally, this fish that escaped the net was the servant of the eldest son of Constantine, Kris.

With Ma Kusi's information, Constantine felt deep hostility towards the Qin State. At this moment, Kris' words made him even more furious!

Constantine hurled the teacup from his hand and slammed it against the forehead of one of the captains. The regiment commander could not care for the blood on his forehead as he lay on the ground, begging nonstop, "Your Majesty, please spare us, please spare us …" Constantine was in his fifties, and the years had obviously left no visible mark on his face. At least he looked to be in his thirties.

At this moment, he was extremely furious. Like a furious lion, he said to the Roman minister, "The Great Qin has gone too far! Killing my Roman citizens and robbing my Roman merchant ship, this enmity will never be avenged!"

All the Roman ministers were silent in the face of the raging Constantine. Constantine roared: "What are you waiting for? "Tell the Pope to recruit the believers of God under the Cross. Do you want to wait for those heretics to fight their way into the city?" In fact, what Xie Fei did not know was that his unintentional actions had actually caused "Holy War" to erupt prematurely! If Zhou Yang did not know that the Roman had crossbow gun, he would have immediately ordered the fleet to set up a One Line Snake Formation to fight against Rome! However, after knowing the situation, he did not dare to be careless!

Zhou Yang ordered: "Use the Hanwu Emperor's flagship to suppress the enemy and the other warships to retreat slowly. Wait for the opportunity to cut the Roman fleet in half!"

Following Zhou Yang's order, the warships that Qin Army was disguised as pirates all removed their disguises and brought down the Skeleton Race as well as raising up the black dragon flag of Qin Army!

The entire Qin Army's fleet was like a black wave, but the Roman battleship was mainly white. The difference between black and white was clear, as they watched the white tide rush towards the black tide like surging waves!

As the distance between them got closer and closer, the Hanwu Emperor did not retreat. Zhou Yang wanted to know how powerful the Roman's crossbow gun was!