After half an hour of indiscriminate bombardment, the Ming army gradually stopped shooting, and the Roman army in the North City suffered a devastating blow in this round of bombardment.
Surrender——
It was also because part of the Roman army chose to surrender that the Ming army's artillery fire gradually weakened until it finally stopped shooting completely.
At dawn.
The Byzantine battle is completely over.
"Where is Galienus?"
In the square of the City Lord's Mansion, Liu Yan asked in a deep voice.
"Report to Your Majesty!"
The hussar general Salminder came out and said: "According to the surrendered Romans, Gallienus led his bodyguards and escaped through the north gate shortly after the bombardment."
"Hmph!" Liu Yan snorted coldly when he heard this, and immediately looked at the Roman soldiers who were arrayed in order not far away.
A battle last night.
Of the more than 100,000 Roman troops, nearly 40,000 were killed and injured. Except for some who escaped, there were about 20,000 remaining, and they chose to surrender.
In this battle, the Han army won a great victory.
Counting yesterday's daytime battle, the Romans suffered nearly 70,000 casualties, while the Han army's losses were only 4,300. These casualties mainly came from yesterday's siege.
There were 4,300 casualties and nearly 70,000 enemies were killed.
This number is such a disparity.
When the surrendered Roman soldiers heard this number through a translator, they were all shocked. This was definitely the most disastrous defeat the Roman Empire had ever suffered.
"You all should listen to me!"
Liu Yan stood in front of the army and said loudly: "Today, under the orders of His Majesty the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, I, the Ming Dynasty cavalry, march westward to conquer Rome. This is to eradicate war forever."
"You Romans still retain the system of slavery. This is a system that is against humanity. This is an undesirable system. Moreover, the Roman royal family and nobles are even more extravagant."
Next to Liu Yan is the Ming Dynasty Hussars General Sam Mingde. Sam Mingde is one of the few generals in the Ming Dynasty army who is familiar with Roman language.
So when Liu Yan was speaking, Sam Mingde acted as an interpreter.
"Such a corrupt Roman Empire!" Liu Yan said loudly: "It should not exist in this world. I am following the decree of His Majesty the Emperor of the Han Dynasty to march westward to save the poor people who are struggling to survive under the tyranny of the Roman royal family."
"Listen up, all of you!" Liu Yan raised his finger and pointed at Rome to surrender his troops and said: "Today, the Han Dynasty is the only one who respects the Han Dynasty. Those who obey the Han Dynasty will prosper, and those who disobey the Han Dynasty will perish."
The Roman soldiers listened to Liu Yan's words, although they were a bit harsh, but they had to agree.
No way——
This world is a world where the strong are respected.
"Our Han Empire advocates equality for all. The people of the Han Dynasty all have land to farm, everyone has books to read, everyone has food to eat, clothes to wear, and a house to live in." As he spoke, Liu Yan looked at the surrendering soldiers.
After nodding slightly, he said firmly: "If you choose to surrender today, you don't have to worry that I, a big man, will discriminate against you."
"The Han Empire will never treat those who surrender and lose as slaves and inferiors like the Romans did."
"Under the rule of the Han Empire, everyone is equal;" Liu Yan once again pointed to the Roman generals who surrendered: "This includes you."
Hearing this, the Roman generals who surrendered their troops were all a little unbelievable. You must know that whether it is in Rome or in the surrounding areas such as the Germans, Goths, etc., those who surrendered their troops and the defeated can only become the victors.
slave.
But the Ming king said they were not slaves.
This——
Is it true?
"Now -" Liu Yan paused before saying loudly: "Although you have surrendered now, I still respect the will of His Majesty the Emperor of the Han Dynasty and respect your own choices."
"If you want to return to Rome, you can leave now;" Liu Yan said without changing his expression: "Don't worry, I will never send people to chase you. Of course, if you choose to continue to fight with me after leaving,
If you are an enemy, you have to consider whether you have this ability."
"If you don't want to leave, you can choose to become my subjects of the Han Dynasty, or follow His Majesty the Emperor of the Han Dynasty in the Western Expedition to save the poor people in Rome."
After saying these words, Liu Yan said nothing more.
More than 20,000 Roman troops surrendered, a large number of people.
However, Liu Yan did not intend to keep them all. After all, they were forced to surrender when they were unable to defeat them.
If you want to stay, you must keep those who truly surrender.
For those Roman soldiers who were unwilling to surrender but had to surrender, there was no point in staying behind, and it might have the opposite effect.
But——
We can't kill them all. If we really kill them all, the Romans will fight to the death during the Western Expedition. This is not the result that the Han wants.
The purpose of the Han Dynasty's Western Expedition was to completely conquer the Romans.
This is what Liu Chan said to him before.
Of course, in the past few years, Liu Yan was king of the Ming Dynasty in Taixi, and he also felt his father's wise actions. The national policy of the Ming Kingdom was that regardless of whether they were Han people or the original Sasanians, the Ming Dynasty would treat them equally.
No one is more noble, and no one is lower.
Officials at all levels of the imperial court must strictly implement the purpose of serving the people.
After several years of rule, the Ming Kingdom has gradually got on the right track, and the people of all ethnic groups in the country are getting along very harmoniously.
Perhaps at the beginning, the Sasanians were still a little resistant to the Han people, thinking that the Han people were aliens and invaders.
But as time went by, under the rule of the Han people, the people had houses to live in, clothes to wear, fields to farm, and they could also serve the court by studying, practicing martial arts, and then participating in the court's assessment.
In all this, the Han people are not superior to the Sasanians.
The common people are all simple, and their demands are not particularly high. As long as they don't let them starve, freeze, or be oppressed, they will support anyone.
The Han people are fundamentally different from the Sasanians and Parthians before them.
Today's western expedition to Rome naturally hopes to completely conquer the Romans in the same way.
Should you go or stay?
It was completely left to the choice of more than 20,000 Roman soldiers and generals.
Liu Chan stood on the third-floor balcony of the City Lord's Mansion, quietly watching every move in the square below. He was very satisfied with Liu Yan's speech just now.
With a son like this, what can I ask for?
Next to him stood Deng Ai, Tian Mu, Sima Yan, and Cao Fang.
Liu Chan glanced at Sima Yan out of the corner of his eye and whispered to himself, although you are also called Sima Yan, it is a pity that your mother is not Wang Yuanji, so she cannot be Emperor Wu of Jin Dynasty.
Of course, even Sima Yan in history was not very good.
In the early days, they just relied on the foundation laid by their fathers and reaped the benefits. However, during the reign of the Western Jin Dynasty, many ridiculous things were done.
Do you know if it is a good thing to watch a sheep cart?
Thinking of this, Liu Chan couldn't help but smile and said to himself that Wang Yuanji is a good woman, but it's a pity that Sima Zhao's genes are not very good.
Take a look——
Liu Yan downstairs was also born to Wang Yuanji, but his father is me.
Just when Liu Chan was secretly proud that his son had a promising future, the Roman soldiers downstairs seemed to have made a choice.
Back to Rome!
There were about three to four thousand people, and they chose to leave and return to Rome. After all, whether they were the Emperor of the Han Dynasty or the King of the Ming Dynasty, they were all Han people, not Romans, no matter how nice he said it now.
Foreign races——
Of course, these three or four thousand people did not leave together. They were still a little worried at first, even though Liu Yan said that he would not stop the pursuit.
But, are his words credible?
So at first there were only a few brave soldiers who surrendered and chose to leave, but Liu Yan kept his word. Not only did he not send troops to stop them, but before leaving, he also gave each of them two one-yuan silver coins and some compressed biscuits as dry food.
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Silver Coin——
Of course the Roman soldiers knew what this thing was.
The Romans also used coins, but the pictures and text on the coins were different. This shocked other Roman soldiers.
After receiving the silver coins and compressed biscuits, they left Byzantium without any hindrance.
I saw someone in front of me leaving safely, followed by another group of people walking behind.
A total of three to four thousand people left.
Liu Chan saw some people choosing to leave one after another, and he still felt a little embarrassed. Can't I, a big man, conquer these Romans?
Do they hate us Han people so much?
Just when Liu Chan was confused, the remaining Romans downstairs suddenly knelt down on one knee and shouted something in unison.
As for what they were shouting, Liu Chan couldn't understand a word.
But Liu Yan downstairs quickly knew the answer and he was very satisfied.
Sam Mingde translated: "Your Majesty, they said that they are willing to surrender to your Majesty sincerely, and they are willing to be the people of the Han Dynasty forever."
Hahaha——
Liu Yan was very satisfied. He had the same idea as his father just now, although he agreed that these Romans could choose to stay or stay on their own.
However, we cannot all choose to leave.
Everyone leave, don’t you want to lose face?
Of more than 20,000 people, only three or four thousand left.
Well——
Acceptable.
"Your Majesty!" Yunyang Hou Cao Fang asked with some confusion: "These Romans have already surrendered, why are they allowed to go back?"
"If they return to Rome, won't they become enemies of the Han Dynasty again?"
Cao Fang was really confused. She just listened to Liu Yan's eloquent talk and saw the Roman soldiers leaving one by one with silver coins and dry food.
Isn’t this something only a fool would do?
The Han Dynasty has strong soldiers and advanced weapons, but the enemy is always the enemy. The best way to deal with the enemy is naturally that those who obey us will prosper and those who go against us will perish. Those who are willing to surrender can use it, and those who are unwilling to surrender should be killed.
Is there any reason to take prisoners and let them go?
When Liu Chan heard this, he laughed and asked: "Marquis Yunyang, if you are a member of the Roman troops who left, what will you do after you return to Rome?"
Cao Fang was stunned for a moment.
"Do you dare to be my enemy again?"
"Can you block my big man's cannon fire?"
Facing Liu Chan's continuous questions, Cao Fang thought for a while and suddenly realized something. He shook his head slightly and said, "Of course I don't dare."
Cao Fang was once an emperor, so she was just standing in the emperor's position. As the ruler of an empire, he was unwilling to let go of any enemy, because letting enemies go would cause trouble for himself.
Because they can now go to the battlefield to fight against themselves, and after returning, they will soon pick up weapons to fight against themselves.
But——
He never thought about considering the problem from the perspective of these soldiers who left. In just one day and one night, the Han army only paid a few thousand casualties to defeat the Roman army of 160,000, and it also cost the Romans nearly 70,000.
Casualties.
The Han people are too scary.
As ordinary soldiers, they are absolutely unwilling to encounter such an enemy on the battlefield again, because if they can escape by chance this time, they may not be so lucky next time.
Then, Liu Chan asked with a smile: "I let them choose to stay or go on their own, and those who go will be given travel expenses. What kind of army do you think the Han army will be in their minds?"
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"When they go back, will they tell other Romans about their experiences here?"
"If other Romans knew about our army's policy... what would they do?"
Listening to Liu Chan's series of questions, Cao Fang suddenly understood why the Han Dynasty could become the winner of the Central Plains, and why the Wei Dynasty he ruled and the Soochow Wu ruled by Sun Quan were ultimately defeated by the Han Dynasty, which was originally the weakest.
Both the Wei Dynasty and the Eastern Wu Dynasty aimed at conquest.
But the Han Dynasty mainly focuses on winning people's hearts, and conquering is secondary.
These Romans who left will definitely tell more other Romans what happened here after they return.
The Han people do not have slaves, and the Han people's policy is that everyone is equal.
The Han people treated prisoners preferentially, etc.
But you must know that in this world, the suffering and oppressed people are definitely the main force and the largest group in this world, even in the Roman Empire.
If you were a commoner at the bottom of the Roman Empire, you would know the Han people’s system and life.
Can they not yearn for it?
The Han people treated even the captives who surrendered so favorably, let alone their subjects.
Soon, in their minds, they will make a clear comparison between the Han people and the current Roman rulers.
Everything and everyone is afraid of comparison.
It seems that the Han army released three or four thousand Roman surrender troops, which seems to be a bit stupid. Only a fool can do such a stupid thing.
In fact, the Han people are very smart.
The Han army had just entered the Roman border, but it had already begun to undermine the political situation of the Roman Empire.
It is conceivable that the people at the bottom living under the rule of the Roman Empire now don’t want to have enough food and clothing, a house to live in, and a way to get ahead?
In the Roman Empire, they did not have this opportunity. If they were slaves, they would be slaves for the rest of their lives, and if they were civilians, they would be civilians for the rest of their lives.
If the Han army attacks Rome in the future, wouldn’t the people and slaves living at the bottom of the Roman Empire hope that the Han army would defeat the Roman army and then let them live a happy life without worries about food and clothing?
Gao Ming——
This is really a very clever method.
Cao Fang suddenly felt that he had not lost to the Han army's advanced weapons, but to the Han's advanced philosophy of governing the country.
As the saying goes, he who wins the hearts of the people wins the world.
After the two of them finished talking, they continued to look at the square downstairs. They heard Liu Yan start talking loudly again. They had no idea what they had said before because they were having a conversation. At this time, Liu Yan suddenly pulled out his hand.
With the long sword on his waist, he said loudly: "The whole army rested in Byzantium for three days. After three days, the army set off to conquer Rome!"
"Conquer Rome!"
"Conquer Rome!"
"Conquer Rome!"
In an instant, the shouts of 'Conquer Rome' in the square downstairs resounded in the sky, with such momentum that even those Roman generals who chose to surrender were following the Ming army at this moment, learning and selling, shouting loudly.
With——Conquer Rome!
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This chapter has been completed!