Four-Armed Divine Emperor

For details, please refer to the Xerxes' occupation policy of Devangel and the border areas.

It can be said that they have become relatively restrained because their own strength is relatively balanced.

Orthodox fire worshippers...will only become more brutal.

When Ai'er learned that the Alan Empire would intentionally increase its exploitation of the newly conquered territories and stimulate local resistance so as to "reasonably" suppress them, wreaking havoc, looting, and enslaving them, even though he had a deep understanding of this orderly yet barbaric East Continent Empire, he still couldn't help but sigh that the Zoroastrians were somewhat inhuman. No wonder the Asta people fought to the death to beat them down - before Emperor Asta's Eastern Expedition, the Zoroastrian Empire had been expanding towards the Aegean region for hundreds of years, and had fought a full five full-scale wars.

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If originally.

The Romans are willing to grovel, prostrate themselves, lick Prince Ahmed's boots, and kneel before the Eternal Flame.

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War can still be avoided if we swear allegiance.

However, the procedures of ceding land, stationing troops, paying tribute, and offering slaves had to be followed.

But then at least perhaps, the country can still exist.

But when the Romans retaliated and killed (missing meant they died in battle) the Alan army that had crossed the border to provoke and plunder caravans, and firmly rejected the envoys sent by the governor of the Shirvan province to persuade them to surrender, war became inevitable.

Unless the emperor died suddenly halfway through the army after the prince went on the expedition, Ahmed would probably turn back immediately. However, there has been no major movement from Iskhanfar so far, so the war must be carried out. Otherwise, the expedition would be in vain, which would be a big blow to the prestige of both the prince and the emperor.

The Alan people are very keen on expansion. Powerful families and slave owners will actively accept conscription or form private armies to join the imperial legions to fight together, but the prerequisite is that they can benefit from the war, whether it is glory and reputation or real material gains.

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Therefore, the military discipline of the Alan people has always been particularly poor, and burning, killing and looting are the most basic "military traditions"...

After receiving the order from Prince Ahmed, an advance force of 20,000 people, consisting of border troops from the two provinces of Shirvan and Scythia, as well as the private soldiers of local dignitaries, launched an attack on the Romans with a large amount of baggage and supplies.

The progress was smooth and with almost no resistance, the provincial army "captured" the city of Constantinople, taking over this hub city which was vital to the Romans' trade with Alam.

Before the provincial army attacked, the Romans had already retreated, leaving an empty city to the enemy. Obviously, they were not stupid enough to want to fight Alan at this border where the enemy could easily deploy troops, pursuing the so-called "keeping the enemy outside the country."

Of course, you can’t just write this in the report.

What's there to say about an armed march and taking over a fortress abandoned by the enemy where there are only a few living people?

The commanders on the front lines appropriately "optimized" the battle report and sent it back to the governor in the rear. The governor discussed it with the local wealthy families who participated in the expedition, and after another round of wording, when it was passed to Prince Ahmed, it became:

The barbarians were on high alert, trying to rely on the fortress city of Constantine to put up a resolute resistance, and also set up ambushes to try to cut off the retreat of our northern expeditionary army;

Fortunately, our generals Nasim Ahmed, Mahta Salim, etc. were excellent commanders and saw through the enemy's tricks. Our holy army was in high spirits, invincible in every battle, and won victory after victory. We chased the enemy for dozens of miles a day and killed tens of thousands of people. After three days of fierce attack, we successfully captured the enemy's important border town and opened the gateway to the heartland of the barbarians!

This is all thanks to His Royal Highness the Prince's wise command and sharp vision, who ordered us to take advantage of the enemy's unstable foothold, blah blah blah...!

Anyway, just exaggerate yourself and flatter your boss at the same time.

As a prince and crown prince who led an army of 300,000 to the north to fight against the barbarians and expand the territory of the empire, Ahmed would not care about it even if he knew that the record was fake. He went north to stay away from the court struggles and to gain prestige for himself to prepare for what was to come. There was no need to do anything extra.

It is obviously more difficult for a king who "cannot tolerate any grain of sand in his eyes" to gain the support of his subordinates.

Although the vanguard did not achieve any substantial results, Governor Shirvan was very cunning. He and the powerful families in the province gathered a group of nomadic slaves from the grassland and escorted them south in the name of "Roman captives". Some of them were presented to Prince Ahmed, and some were sent to Iskhanfar to be presented to the King of Kings.

The prince also admired the governor's "talent". In the name of the Imperial Prince and Commander-in-Chief of the Army, he sent a commendation to Governor Sylvan and presented his own sword to the governor himself. In addition, those individuals who appeared in the battle reports and the forces behind them all received more or less profits.

At the same time, the prince publicly stated that he did not want any prisoners given to him by the local authorities, including any spoils of war in this war.

"The light of the eternal flame can illuminate the mountains, and the authority of the King of Kings can subdue the northern border of the empire. This is the greatest reward for me personally!" said the prince in his morale-boosting speech.

He said that he would donate all the spoils he personally deserved in the war to the members of the Northern Expedition Corps and would not take a penny for himself. This statement immediately gained the support of everyone from officers to soldiers.

The soldiers chanted the name "Ahmad" and added the title "The Generous One" in front of it.

The prince's work had yielded initial results, which made him very happy. He was impressed by the governor who was very tactful and knew how to please him. Through private channels, he wrote a letter to the governor named Khalid, expressing his affirmation and appreciation for the other's abilities and hoping to continue "working together" in the future.

This is actually a straightforward solicitation.

And in Sylvan.

In the Governor's residence.

A group of people were sitting in a hidden back room, holding a secret meeting unknown to outsiders.

The people present were either rich or noble.

There was the provincial governor, Khalid himself, the military tribune, Faris, who was supposed to be leading the army on the front lines, the provincial noble families, the local elders of Dihgan, and so on...

Khalid is a middle-aged man with a somewhat obese figure.

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Although he is known for his charisma, the Shirvans, apart from not being in awe of him, actually quite "respect" the governor's rule.

Because satisfying the governor's desires is very simple, as long as he has enough food, water and female slaves, he will not make trouble. In fact, if it is not for festivals and sacrifices, he will not step out of his mansion all year round. Even the citizens of Sylvania, the provincial capital, rarely see their ruler, the local governor.

This kind of ruler who only cares about eating, drinking and having fun, and does not bother the common people, can be said to have an above-average "excellent rule".

Although the governor's incompetence would make some people who seek provincial development and status improvement feel dissatisfied, it was only dissatisfaction.

But the governor who was sitting in his seat at this time, although still fat and looked a little bloated and funny, no one dared to ignore the rationality and calmness revealed in his eyes.

He placed the letter from the prince on the long table and circulated it among the brothers, saying, "Our early work has achieved initial results, and our eldest brother has rewarded us."

Upon hearing this, everyone present immediately crossed their arms over their chests.

“Holy!”

The coordinated movements accompanied by whispered prayers immediately made the room look like a gathering of some kind of cult.

"Continue our work. The truth will soon descend upon the earth, and the time will come when the stars will return to their proper positions..." The Governor issued a decree from the Most High. He trembled as he relayed the message from the Holy Spirit: "All foolishness will be cleansed, and we will usher in eternal divine salvation!"

“Holy!”

Everyone shouted in unison:

“Graceful Father, Graceful Savior!”

144: Sharp Sword

When the Alam people were in high spirits and their army was marching north, Rome had already woven a large net for its enemies.

Just like flies entering a spider's nest, they might be able to stir up trouble for a while and turn Thurso upside down, but in the end, all their space for movement would be compressed by the silk threads wrapped around their bodies, which kept tightening, and they would eventually lose the strength to struggle and become lambs to be slaughtered. Perhaps, the Alans were wary of Rome, but how could they have predicted how ambitious the "barbarians" in their eyes were in this war, and how could they have known their true strength?

In this war, the northern provinces that supplied the army of Alan had been infiltrated by the descendants of Ai'er. As the three provinces closest to the northern frontier, Sylvania, Scythia, and Achaemeni had been reduced from top to bottom to external nests controlled by the Four-Armed Ones.

It can be said that it would have been better if Prince Ahmed's 300,000 troops had not come. If they really stepped through the city of Constantine and entered the territory that originally belonged to the Kingdom of Xerxes, then the three provinces could immediately unite in rebellion and block the northern expedition army in the mountains, leaving it in a dilemma.

Even if he didn't use the card of secession in the north, Ai'er was confident that he could rely on his now growing group of descendants and his truly fearless mortal army to defeat the arrogant Alan people...

But the lion will also try its best to fight the rabbit. In addition to Rome's own army, Ai'er also "bribed" a large number of grassland nomadic cavalry in the name of "hiring" to pass through the northern grassland and enter Thurso to prepare for the war.

In fact, some of these nomadic tribes were hired by Rome through the "Dragon Eagle Khan Court", a branch of the descendants of Ai'er on the grassland, to "harass and plunder the enemy's rear", but more of them were elite soldiers who followed Ai'er's sons in their northern expansion and fought east and west on the grassland, and were trained in the process of transforming from several small tribes into a rising grassland empire.

Without exception, all of his followers are fanatical believers of the Four-Armed God.

The people of the grassland are even more backward and ignorant than even the people of Serso in the land of poor demons.

For the herders, the reverence for a "great sage with powerful magic" can easily turn into the worship of "a supreme and great god", so in the mountains, they mostly worship the "wise teacher" and "respected father", and outside the mountains, they mostly worship the god of salvation, the four-armed Anu.

And because Ai'er intended to maintain a parallel situation of one south and one north, one civilized country and one nomadic royal court, even if the Alan people racked their brains to investigate, they could only guess that the new "Purple Tent, Dragon Eagle Khan Court" might have a certain relationship with the Romans. Including Ai'er pulling in troops from the grassland base, also under the banner of "mercenaries", no one could guess that the real connection between them was that they came from the same origin.

At present, the Roman army was divided into three orders:

A conscripted army consisting of veterans and able-bodied laborers who have received military training;

The minimum service period is more than three years. In addition to military training, they are also required to undertake standard military projects such as civil defense, public security, production and construction. This part is the largest, with 230,000 people, divided into 23 regiments of 10,000 people.

In Ai'er's plan, once war breaks out, each 10,000-man regiment must have at least 150 to 200 descendants incorporated into it, serving as commanders and also forming an important part of the combat force.

Each of his descendants must learn knowledge related to war. Even if they have been doing civilian work since they grew up, they must at least "study" in the army for a period of time, pass the test, and determine a position. When war breaks out, they can immediately join the army and go to the battlefield.

This standard template of troops may not be able to compare with the elite of Xerxes in conventional combat power, such as the three armies with a thousand-year heritage, but whether it is daily training or discipline, combat morale, combat wisdom and other aspects

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On the other hand, they are already capable of defeating provincial soldiers like A Lan.

After the infiltration of Alan was successful, many things about this vast empire became no secret to the Four-Armed Ones: its composition, its system, its military strength, its internal factional struggles...

In this world, powerful spellcasters can sway the course of battle, so regardless of whether they are from the East or the West, there is only one requirement for mortal soldiers:

courage!

Focus on courage above all else.

In addition, there is personal martial arts training.

The result of the battle-formed army facing spells like fireballs, pyrotechnics, and chain lightning was a massacre.

But a single soldier might be able to rely on courage, martial arts and a bit of luck - for example, the Holy Wizard standing opposite him has exhausted his magic power reserves, or has fallen into a state of "magic disorder" due to continuous high-intensity spellcasting, and the spell turret has temporarily silenced.

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Capture a noble spellcaster alive.

Or stab the other person to death.

So even for a continental power like the Alan Empire, the training of its soldiers was... extremely average in El's opinion.

Even in terms of personal martial arts, Roman soldiers were not inferior to the Alamians. Although they had not yet reached the point where all of them were full-time warriors, systematic teaching and training had ensured that they would not have obvious shortcomings in any aspect.

After several small and medium-scale training sessions with Alan's troops, it was easy to mobilize the army to do something when the entire province was made up of their own people.

The sons of war reported this conclusion to their father:

Ignore the impact of supernatural powers on the battle situation;

Apart from the fact that their equipment was still lagging behind, the fighting capacity displayed by the servants (Roman soldiers) could be said to have generally surpassed that of the general provincial army of the Alans. As long as the battle was large-scale and required the testing of organization and coordination, the Romans could easily gain an advantage over the Alan army.

It can be said that if the supernatural power suddenly disappeared in the world of Il, this new "Roman Republic" born in the mountains would indeed have the possibility of dominating the world, winning big with small, and swallowing up Alan.

These twenty-three legions, which already possessed near-first-class strength, and their more progressive and advanced systems, were the capital for Rome's rise to become the "Fourth Empire."

The last rank in the Roman army was known as:

The "Respecting Father Army" of the "Wise Guards".

A unit belonging to the elite template.

The total number of people is 50,000, divided into eight organizations. The largest organization of 10,000 people is responsible for defending the capital of Rome and is stationed in Constantinople. The commander is one of the sons who rotates to the capital to assist Ai'er in governing the country.

Among the other seven organizations, there is a 4,000-man Forbidden Palace Guard, commanded by El's 36th child, his daughter Camilla. This force is basically not mobilized. They have been responsible for "garrisoning" Calvik for years, isolating this game city and ensuring that all the dark secrets in it will not be leaked. They are under the psychic radiation of the father of the tribe every day, and have long become fanatics who can commit suicide immediately without any hesitation at the command of El.

The remaining six elite legions each consisted of 6,000 men, each led by an extremely outstanding heir as a permanent commander. Among the soldiers were veterans who had worn the "Norman flag" at the beginning of the Unification War, as well as veterans who had slaughtered nomads on the grasslands under the banner of the Dragon Eagle Khanate.

With the best equipment and treatment.

Although according to Al's military concept, he did not like the division of the army into different ranks, with a central army, a side army, a damned fourth-class army, and the elite guards who received the best treatment...

But this is the mainstream of the world of El, and elite troops do play an irreplaceable role in the "Cold Weapon Era" in a certain sense, so El made such an attempt.

The ensuing war would be the first step for his tribe to officially step out into the outside world, and it would also serve as a test of whether his sword was as sharp as he had imagined.

145: Women's College

"This is our land and our water! Take it! Zoroastrians! Take it all!"——Leonidas, the king of the Iron Kingdom, responded to the Zoroastrian envoy's request for "soil and water".

He ordered his men to bring a water jar and force one messenger into it, drowning him. He then had sand and gravel dug out and a long, hollow tube inserted into the mouth of another messenger, pouring in more sand and dirt, causing his stomach to swell and die. He then convened a meeting and announced his intention to lead the army to fight against the Zoroastrian invasion. However, the elders were dissatisfied with his unannounced killing of the enemy messenger and feared the Zoroastrian fleet that blocked the Aegean Sea and rained arrows that could cover the sky. They were unwilling to take the initiative to fight against them and rejected the king's request. Ultimately, King Leonidas was forced to take his loyal guards and volunteers from the city-state, totaling 1,200 men, and set off for Thermopylae...

Wearing a black women's suit, a red bow tie on the chest, a white short shirt inside, a lady's bun, holding a blackboard, and looking like the female teacher in El's previous life...it seemed that the places where she appeared had gradually become some informal occasions. The priestess was teaching the ancient history of Tartarus to many "nuns".

"Don't other countries provide support?" A girl with short hair and a face as tender as a baby raised her hand and asked curiously.

There were a total of thirty ladies sitting in the classroom, each with their own unique appearance, temperament and demeanor.

Pick out one

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Everyone who comes here is an outstanding beauty in every aspect.

Not only are they outstanding in appearance, but they are also above average in etiquette, education, cognition...all aspects.

The kind that can support a family and build a prosperous family.

If one has a noble status, it is the kind that the powerful and wealthy would most like to pursue.