Datang Lingnan King

Chapter 410 Europe
Along the coastline, across the Cape of Good Hope, all the way forward, and into the territory of Eastern Rome, Li Chongyi easily crossed states and counties with people and gifts in the name of celebrating Heraclius' birthday.

After all, there were only a few hundred people in their party, and they were carrying gifts, and no one stopped them along the way. They also encountered horse thieves twice, each time nearly 2000 people, but they were shot before Liannu. And Li Chongyi did not kill them all, but deliberately let some prisoners go.

Sure enough, after experiencing it twice, no one dared to attack them. After all, no one knew how long the crossbow would last, and how many people would be needed to fill it. Moreover, those soldiers looked like the best of the best, with iron armor, invulnerable to swords and guns .

With the horses sent by the horse thieves, the itinerary became much easier, and the lords of these cities near Constantinople were much more educated. They not only sent food and supplies, but also escorted them along the way.

Finally arrived in Constantinople before the New Year.

This is a military fortress. The entire city is located on a hill, overlooking the earth, like a beast, looking at the food below.

When I got closer, I found that the city wall was made of bricks and stones. There were two walls, one high and one short. Due to the topography, it seemed that the city wall was climbing to both sides. Behind the two walls, there were many arrow towers.

It is precisely because of the terrain that the attacking side needs to attack upwards, and even if a section of the city wall is captured, the rest must continue to attack upwards.

The city wall is also divided into sections. After being attacked, the gate will be lowered and the enemy can be kept out. It needs to be attacked section by section.

"This was built by our greatest king, Constantine the Great, the largest and strongest city in the world.

Surrounded by the sea on three sides, two bridges must be passed in and out, so it is also called the city of double bridges. "A general who escorted them proudly introduced Li Chongyi and others when he saw how surprised they were.

After reading it, Li Chongyi listened to the interpreter's explanation, nodded, then shook his head and said proudly: "It is indeed a fortified city that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but it is not the largest. The largest city in the world should be ours. Chang'an is right."

"The city wall of Constantinople is forty miles long, 70 people live here, and there are many businessmen coming and going every day." The general said unconvinced.

"Hehe, Chang'an City covers an area of ​​more than 200 miles and has a population of more than 150 million. How can it be compared?" Li Chongyi silently calculated in his heart that it was indeed about the same size as Chang'an, but he refused to admit defeat and included the new city.

Hearing what the interpreter said, the general stared at Li Chongyi in disbelief, thinking that Li Chongyi was bragging in his heart, and couldn't help but look with contempt.

"Hmph! I know you don't believe it, but you can ask those businessmen. Some of them have been to Chang'an." Li Chongyi felt his gaze and said with a cold snort.

The interpreter is a big cannibal. He told the general what Li Chongyi said, nodded and said: "Dear general, what the little prince said is true. I have been to Chang'an since I was young. It is indeed better than Constantine. The castle is even more prosperous. Every day, there are large groups of merchants traveling to and from various places. Tens of thousands of caravans set off from the east and pass through the western regions to Tianzhu, Dashi, Rome, and further afield.

Take a look at my silk clothes, which can be worn by ordinary people. "

Those Roman soldiers, after hearing the interpreter's words, kept looking at the Tang soldiers, staring enviously at their clothes and the boxes on their horses.

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What Li Chongyi didn't know was that although Eastern Rome was quite strong now, it had failed many times with a new country.

The Arab Empire, now the second caliph, is named Omar, and this Omar has led his army to occupy a large number of Eastern Roman lands, and has also defeated the big cannibal, and is expanding rapidly.

This is also one of the reasons why the big cannibals gave up attacking Guishuang and let the small countries in the Western Regions linger in Guishuang.

When Heraclius learned of the arrival of an envoy from the powerful Silk Country in the Far East, he immediately put on a grand welcome ceremony.

Of course, Datang's gift once again caused a sensation, even in this once most powerful country in the West.

At the same time, the force displayed by the elite fighters in the competition is also a very important reason.

After talking with Li Chongyi and secretly investigating, Heraclius finally knew how powerful Datang was, so he became more enthusiastic about Li Chongyi and the others.

The pressure from the Arab Empire has already put a lot of pressure on the elderly Heraclius, and he desperately hopes to have an ally to reduce his pressure from another direction.

So he asked for an alliance. Unfortunately, Li Chongyi did not get such an order, nor did he have the power to call the shots. It was just that the two parties negotiated to establish commercial exchanges, and Eastern Rome needed to build a port.

And Heraclius knew about Datang's huge warship parked by the sea, and also marveled at Datang's strength, so of course he agreed to build a port.

Ten days later, the king's younger brother Theodora was sent to Chang'an with gifts to follow Li Chongyi and others, hoping to form an alliance and let the Tang Dynasty attack from the other side, or provide support from the sea. Of course, Li Chongyi also agreed not to attack Ptolemy. .

This is completely a favor, and now Eastern Rome does not have the energy to fight those small places. The most important thing is to face the menacing Arab Empire.

And just when Li Chongyi and others set off to return to Chang'an, Li Shimin also received a Persian-like call for help, asking Datang to send troops from the Western Regions to attack the Arab Empire.

However, Li Shimin refused because the situation was unknown and there was no accurate information, but he promised the Prince of Persia that if their people fled to Datang, Datang would protect them.

Shortly thereafter, Feng Daiwen also received an imperial decree from Li Shimin, asking him to sit in the Western Regions and be fully responsible for all affairs from the original Western Regions to Longyou.

Feng Daiwen thought about it carefully, and realized that Li Shimin might not be able to resist attacking Goguryeo. He dispatched a large number of young generals to various places, and all the veteran generals were gathering in Guanzhong and Western Liaoning.

Sure enough, the transfer order that came later proved his conjecture even more. Su Dingfang was appointed as the governor of Shazhou, Xue Rengui was appointed as the governor of Dunhuang, and Li Daozong was their superior, but he had already returned to Chang'an to report on his duties.

At the same time, Niu Jinda, who was fighting against the natives in Piao country, was transferred back. Qin Huaiyu, Chang Sun Chong, Feng Daiwu and Feng Daijin were sent back by Niu Jinda. Funan, the people of Chenla, will free up their hands to attack Pyu in the future, saying that they don't blame them for sending troops without permission, and Niu Jinda will also ask for credit for them.

(End of this chapter)