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Chapter 170: Macedonia has collapsed, Rome must rise
But even if Alexander's achievements in the Eastern Expedition were exaggerated, we have to admit that he was indeed a strong man. It was not something that ordinary people could do to lead an army of tens of thousands of people to conquer so many places.

Regardless of whether he really ruled and occupied the place, he did conquer it. But are the people in these places too soft-hearted to kneel down to Alexander so happily?

Even though Alexander was a very good commander in battle, the people in these places were too weak to fight.

But for Daqin, this is good news.

The people here are weak-kneed and weak-kneed. If they can submit to Alexander, it means they can also submit to the Qin Dynasty.

This will make it more convenient to govern the Qin Dynasty!

Li Nian nodded and said, "As General Wang said, if Alexander really marches east to our Great Qin, at most he can rely on his unique tactics to gain a certain advantage in the early stages."

"If he fails to conquer our Great Qin during this period of advantage, he will have no chance in the future. Can Alexander conquer our Great Qin quickly?"

Without needing others to answer, Li Nian asked himself and answered: "Of course not. Our Great Qin is not comparable to those countries he defeated along the way. Once we understand their fighting methods, their advantages will be gone, and then it will be time for them to fail in their eastern expedition."

Li Nian talked about the point that all the ministers had thought of: "Alexander was indeed extraordinary for conquering so much land. Under his leadership, Macedonia reached its peak in territory. However, Macedonia's territory was actually very small..."

The word "virtual" reveals the essence of Macedonia's territory. It is virtual and not real. It is for conquest rather than rule. It has not been actually controlled and turned into real territory.

This reminded Ying Zheng of the situation after the Qin Dynasty unified the six kingdoms. If Li Nian had not pointed it out, the Qin Dynasty would have been similar to Macedonia.

Although it seemed that he had unified the world, in fact, large tracts of land in the six kingdoms were not really controlled by Qin. It was only because they were afraid of him and Qin that the people of the six kingdoms had to swallow their anger and submit for the time being.

But this kind of patience is limited. Once he dies or when his patience reaches its limit, it will explode.

In this respect, he and Alexander were surprisingly similar. They both unified large tracts of land, made a country strong, and both died after their death...

Well, after his death, he was not as good as Alexander. After all, although large tracts of Macedonia fell apart after Alexander's death, it at least still exists today. However, the Qin Dynasty perished just a few years after his death.

Li Nian continued: "Many places and many people were intimidated by Alexander's personal prestige and were included in the Macedonian territory. He did not really control them, and he did not decide on a successor during his lifetime."

After hearing what Li Nian said, others didn't feel much, but Ying Zheng, who was sitting on the dragon throne, said: "..."

My goodness, he didn't even have a successor decided. If this Alexander wasn't a person who lived more than a hundred years ago and was from a foreign country, Ying Zheng would have suspected that he was his half-brother.

"Alexander died of illness shortly after returning with his army. He was only 33 years old. After his death, because there was no qualified successor, various places and tribes rebelled, and a series of wars broke out."

This is different from Alexander. According to the history Li Nian told, he did not die young.

"After more than twenty years of fighting, the vast territory conquered by Alexander was divided up by three main victors, namely Ptolemy, Seleucus and Antigonus."

Li Nian pointed to three places on the map with his wooden stick. When everyone saw the places pointed to by Li Nian, they felt sad. The territory conquered by Alexander was divided like this.

Although he was a foreign monarch, Alexander could indeed be called a great emperor. From the beginning of his reign to his death, it was only seventeen years, but he accomplished extraordinary achievements.

At this time, the young man who had asked about the oil issue earlier asked again: "Although Alexander is dead, does he have no son to inherit his throne?"

Hearing this, Ying Zheng's face twitched slightly. Do I really have such a stupid son? Is he really so useless?

No wonder they were slaughtered by Hu Hai without even a decent resistance.

Is there any need to ask this question? Just think about it and you will know the answer. Even if Alexander had offspring, they must have been taken care of first. Otherwise, how could others take charge of the situation?

Li Nian said: "Yes, there were, but because Alexander did not designate a successor, many people thought they could interfere, and no one was willing to submit, so a fight broke out. Alexander's mother and his wife were both killed." The young man wanted to ask again, since he was Alexander's son, who dared to kill him?

But suddenly, he felt a chill on his body, and when he looked in the direction of the feeling, he saw his father looking at him with cold eyes, which made him swallow back the words he wanted to ask.

Li Nian said: "Although the lands conquered by Alexander were very small, he did make many countries influenced by Macedonia. Simply put, the language, writing and customs of Macedonia at that time influenced these regions."

Understand, it is equivalent to a simplified version of the Qin Dynasty's "standard writing and standard wheel gauge". Although Alexander's Macedonia collapsed, its influence was far-reaching.

This made Ying Zheng feel unwilling to admit defeat again. If Alexander could influence several continents, then his Qin could do the same.

Li Nian said: "In addition to Macedonia, there are other countries in Zhuzhou, such as Rome. If Daqin enters Zhuzhou in the future, it may become a great enemy of Daqin."

This statement aroused the interest of all the ministers, because this was the first time that Li Nianshi said that a certain country would be a great enemy of the Qin Dynasty.

Li Nian firmly believed that the Qin Dynasty's military power was now the best in the world and could defeat any country today, but he must not think that he was too strong and be arrogant and look down on others, especially Rome, which was on the rise.

Any country or dynasty will not be too bad in all aspects when it is on the rise.

Because only when people's hearts are united, administrative capabilities are efficient, and the army is capable of fighting well, can a country rise.

"The Roman state was called the 'Roman Republic' at this time. It had been established for more than 200 years and was a country without a king. It was governed by the Senate, consuls and tribal councils."

It was another country without a king, but people had heard of Carthage before, so they were not too surprised by this. They were just interested in the possibility that this country might be an enemy of Qin.

"Needless to say, the Senate is similar to the Carthaginian 'Citizen Assembly' and the 'Comitia Centuriata'. The consuls are different from the Carthaginian 'Suffites'. Although they are also elected, these two consuls are in charge of domestic affairs and can command the army in battles. However, they can only serve for one year and cannot be re-elected."

The consuls of Rome are much better than Sophites of Carthage, but it is a pity that their term of office is only one year. If the decrees of the next consul conflict with those of the previous consul, won’t the decrees change every day?
Li Nian continued, "The reason why Rome may become the enemy of Qin is that it is in its ascendant, just like Qin was gradually becoming stronger after it gained Lord Shang."

After hearing this, all the ministers immediately understood that Rome was a Zhuzhou version of the Qin Dynasty.

The country is thriving and its national strength will gradually grow stronger, but Macedonia is now in a period of decline, and Rome may replace Macedonia and become the next continental power.

If this is true, they may indeed become enemies of the Qin Empire when the Qin Empire enters this continent!
The ministers’ guess was correct. Rome did replace Macedonia and became a powerful country. What’s more interesting is that Rome was really called “Da Qin” by the people of the Han Dynasty.

"The Roman army was not weak either, and had very strict military laws. Outside the army, even if a Roman youth made a serious mistake, he would not be sentenced to death. However, in the army, if he ran away, stole, or lost his weapons and armor, he would often lose his life."

"If someone who escapes on the battlefield is sentenced to death, the officer will lightly touch the weapon to signal the execution, and then other soldiers can punish the person in any way they want."

"If a group of people escape, then the group will draw lots, and one of the ten lots will be a death lot."

This is actually better than the Qin Dynasty's total extermination, but it is equally horrific, and has a greater actual deterrent effect on the army.

Because total destruction would make people feel like they have reached a dead end, so they might as well push the dead end to the end and just rebel. However, this method of drawing one out of ten seems to have a possibility of survival, but who can guarantee that they won't draw that "one"?

In order to avoid being the unlucky one in the lottery, I will try my best to fight to the end.

After hearing about the military law of the Roman Empire, everyone felt that this country could indeed be an enemy of the Qin Empire. Under such military law, the Roman army would at least not be inferior to the Qin army in terms of fighting spirit.

Moreover, Rome is now in its ascendant period, its national strength is growing day by day, and its army will inevitably become stronger like its country.

Wang Jian's eyes lit up when he heard this. With such a country and such an army, there must be famous generals. He hoped that they could be opponents of him or his disciple.

(End of this chapter)