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Chapter 980 Trojan War
Chapter 980 Trojan War
Liang En's theory convinced everyone at the venue, so two days later, Liang En took Joan of Arc, a complete White Knight security team, and several members of the Golden Dawn to fly to Athens, and then changed to a boat and went straight to Athens. destination.
Because of Atlantis, Golden Dawn happened to have a dedicated expedition ship operating near Greece, and now this ship was being used to deliver supplies and Liang En and the others to the excavation site this time.
The reason for bringing the White Knights security team is also very simple. After all, this time they are in direct conflict with the Thule Association personnel, so some violent confrontations are likely to occur.
Because the voyage would take some time, Joan of Arc and Liang En came to the free activity area at the stern to get some air. At this time, Joan of Arc asked a question that she had been curious about before.
"To be honest, I'm curious what the Trojan War was like in that era." Joan of Arc asked while looking at the sea in the northeast while tying herself a ponytail to avoid blowing her hair.
"There are very few books in our time, and Homer's epic is one of the very few books of that time. The first time I saw it was in the church after the Battle of Orleans .”
"This book opened up a world that I had never touched before, and I also knew that besides my hometown and motherland, there is a bigger world that is completely different from my hometown."
"After reading the book, I had a lot of thoughts, such as did Troy and this war really exist, did they really mobilize 10,000+ troops each, and was Helen really so beautiful that it was worth a long battle?" Ten years of war."
After speaking these questions, Joan turned to look at Liang En, her eyes full of curiosity.Liang En thought for a few minutes after listening to these questions, and then replied:
"Some of these questions now have answers, and some don't, but I can tell you all these things, and then you can judge whether these things are correct."
"Let's talk about the authenticity of Troy first. There is no doubt that this ancient city did exist," Liang En said, looking at the distant sea.
"At least from the ruins of Hittite, an ancient country, we can be sure that this country does exist, and it is also a military ally of Hittite."
"However, in the era of Troy, the Hittite dynasty declined due to civil war. Therefore, the Trojans, who were at the junction of two ancient civilizations with obvious competition between Hittite and ancient Greece, were unfortunately crushed by two huge forces. .”
"It makes sense." Joan of Arc thought about Liang En's analysis for a few minutes, then nodded with a clear expression.
"This war is a bit strange if you look at it purely from the epic, but if you look at the overall situation in the eastern Mediterranean, this war is not only reasonable, but also seems inevitable."
"Yes, the general situation at that time has determined that this war is inevitable, but it is absolutely impossible to reach the huge scale of 102000 people on the side of ancient Greece and 50000 people on the side of Troy as said in the epic."
After explaining the first question clearly, Liang En began to talk about the second question. In this regard, he insisted that those bards greatly exaggerated the size of the army.
At least the size of this army could not be supported in the Bronze Age. If any party organizes an army of this size, it will [-]% be dragged down by itself before the war begins.
This can also be inferred from the army size of the same bronze civilization in other parts of the world. For example, the Hittites only mobilized 1274 soldiers in the Battle of Kadesh in 47500 BC.
At the same time, Fuhao in the Eastern Shang Dynasty launched an army of 13000 people to crusade against Guifang. Considering that she was fighting on the outside and Hittite was fighting on the inside, the military mobilization capabilities of the two countries should be said to be relatively close.
However, both the Hittites and the Shang Dynasty were the top countries on earth at that time, and neither the Greek coalition forces who had their own calculations nor the Troy places of a bunch of city-state alliances could do this.
We must know that whether it is the analysis of the productivity at that time or the relics of the same period that have been found, the population of a city at that time was between 5000 million and 1 thousand.
If all males between the ages of 18 and 50 belonged to the reserve army before the Industrial Revolution, then the limit of conscription in a city-state was between 1000 and 200, and this kind of army was limited to defending the city, so don’t expect them to be able to fight in the field.
Of course, this population does not include the people or slaves in the surrounding farms, because these people in the Bronze Age were not qualified to be warriors at all, so naturally there is no need to count them.
"So if we extrapolate this way, the Greek coalition forces will probably mobilize 12000 to 17000 people in this war, while the Trojan side will have 5000 to 7000 people including allies." Liang En finally analyzed.
"There is a big difference in military strength between the two, but considering that one side is on an expedition across the sea and the other side has strong enough fortifications, it is very normal for the war to become a long tug-of-war."
In the Bronze Age, human beings were extremely poor at attacking strong fortresses. In the absence of sufficient attacking equipment, unless it was a surprise attack, they could only fight protracted siege warfare.
Therefore, the protracted siege of Troy in the epic is indeed true, but there is a high probability that it will either be fought and stopped and the conflict time will be included, or it will be exaggerated. Otherwise, ten years is still incredible.
"Well, this is indeed a reasonable explanation." Joan of Arc nodded slightly, and then asked the last question. "So the war was really caused by Helen?"
"This question is, and it is not." Liang En gave a Humphrey-style answer, because it is really difficult to draw a simple conclusion on this question.
"On the one hand, the marriages of the royal family in that era were basically arranged marriages, and they had a strong political meaning. If it was a marriage, it would represent an alliance between two forces, and one party's infidelity would mean war."
It may be difficult for people to understand this now, but it was the truth at that time.For example, the Egyptian Pharaoh Ai murdered the Hittite prince Zananza who came to marry Pharaoh Tutankhamun's widow Ankhesenamon.
This led the slain prince's father, Supiro Uma I, to launch an attack on Egyptian territories in Syria and take thousands of Egyptian prisoners.It was only because he had enemies on the northern and eastern borders at that time that he did not launch a full-scale attack.
"In addition, Helen also took away a huge amount of wealth equivalent to a queen's status, which must include such gold and silver products, jewelry, weapons and utensils inlaid with gems and gold and silver, etc." After talking about the political significance , Liang En brought the topic to the economy.
"If Helen is compared to an American, it is equivalent to taking away all the gold reserves of the United States in Fort Knox before running away. This will trigger a large-scale war even today."
"What's more important is that Troy's location not only allowed them to accumulate countless wealth, but also created certain economic competition with those ancient Greeks. Therefore, after Helen was the fuse, the war naturally broke out."
(End of this chapter)
Liang En's theory convinced everyone at the venue, so two days later, Liang En took Joan of Arc, a complete White Knight security team, and several members of the Golden Dawn to fly to Athens, and then changed to a boat and went straight to Athens. destination.
Because of Atlantis, Golden Dawn happened to have a dedicated expedition ship operating near Greece, and now this ship was being used to deliver supplies and Liang En and the others to the excavation site this time.
The reason for bringing the White Knights security team is also very simple. After all, this time they are in direct conflict with the Thule Association personnel, so some violent confrontations are likely to occur.
Because the voyage would take some time, Joan of Arc and Liang En came to the free activity area at the stern to get some air. At this time, Joan of Arc asked a question that she had been curious about before.
"To be honest, I'm curious what the Trojan War was like in that era." Joan of Arc asked while looking at the sea in the northeast while tying herself a ponytail to avoid blowing her hair.
"There are very few books in our time, and Homer's epic is one of the very few books of that time. The first time I saw it was in the church after the Battle of Orleans .”
"This book opened up a world that I had never touched before, and I also knew that besides my hometown and motherland, there is a bigger world that is completely different from my hometown."
"After reading the book, I had a lot of thoughts, such as did Troy and this war really exist, did they really mobilize 10,000+ troops each, and was Helen really so beautiful that it was worth a long battle?" Ten years of war."
After speaking these questions, Joan turned to look at Liang En, her eyes full of curiosity.Liang En thought for a few minutes after listening to these questions, and then replied:
"Some of these questions now have answers, and some don't, but I can tell you all these things, and then you can judge whether these things are correct."
"Let's talk about the authenticity of Troy first. There is no doubt that this ancient city did exist," Liang En said, looking at the distant sea.
"At least from the ruins of Hittite, an ancient country, we can be sure that this country does exist, and it is also a military ally of Hittite."
"However, in the era of Troy, the Hittite dynasty declined due to civil war. Therefore, the Trojans, who were at the junction of two ancient civilizations with obvious competition between Hittite and ancient Greece, were unfortunately crushed by two huge forces. .”
"It makes sense." Joan of Arc thought about Liang En's analysis for a few minutes, then nodded with a clear expression.
"This war is a bit strange if you look at it purely from the epic, but if you look at the overall situation in the eastern Mediterranean, this war is not only reasonable, but also seems inevitable."
"Yes, the general situation at that time has determined that this war is inevitable, but it is absolutely impossible to reach the huge scale of 102000 people on the side of ancient Greece and 50000 people on the side of Troy as said in the epic."
After explaining the first question clearly, Liang En began to talk about the second question. In this regard, he insisted that those bards greatly exaggerated the size of the army.
At least the size of this army could not be supported in the Bronze Age. If any party organizes an army of this size, it will [-]% be dragged down by itself before the war begins.
This can also be inferred from the army size of the same bronze civilization in other parts of the world. For example, the Hittites only mobilized 1274 soldiers in the Battle of Kadesh in 47500 BC.
At the same time, Fuhao in the Eastern Shang Dynasty launched an army of 13000 people to crusade against Guifang. Considering that she was fighting on the outside and Hittite was fighting on the inside, the military mobilization capabilities of the two countries should be said to be relatively close.
However, both the Hittites and the Shang Dynasty were the top countries on earth at that time, and neither the Greek coalition forces who had their own calculations nor the Troy places of a bunch of city-state alliances could do this.
We must know that whether it is the analysis of the productivity at that time or the relics of the same period that have been found, the population of a city at that time was between 5000 million and 1 thousand.
If all males between the ages of 18 and 50 belonged to the reserve army before the Industrial Revolution, then the limit of conscription in a city-state was between 1000 and 200, and this kind of army was limited to defending the city, so don’t expect them to be able to fight in the field.
Of course, this population does not include the people or slaves in the surrounding farms, because these people in the Bronze Age were not qualified to be warriors at all, so naturally there is no need to count them.
"So if we extrapolate this way, the Greek coalition forces will probably mobilize 12000 to 17000 people in this war, while the Trojan side will have 5000 to 7000 people including allies." Liang En finally analyzed.
"There is a big difference in military strength between the two, but considering that one side is on an expedition across the sea and the other side has strong enough fortifications, it is very normal for the war to become a long tug-of-war."
In the Bronze Age, human beings were extremely poor at attacking strong fortresses. In the absence of sufficient attacking equipment, unless it was a surprise attack, they could only fight protracted siege warfare.
Therefore, the protracted siege of Troy in the epic is indeed true, but there is a high probability that it will either be fought and stopped and the conflict time will be included, or it will be exaggerated. Otherwise, ten years is still incredible.
"Well, this is indeed a reasonable explanation." Joan of Arc nodded slightly, and then asked the last question. "So the war was really caused by Helen?"
"This question is, and it is not." Liang En gave a Humphrey-style answer, because it is really difficult to draw a simple conclusion on this question.
"On the one hand, the marriages of the royal family in that era were basically arranged marriages, and they had a strong political meaning. If it was a marriage, it would represent an alliance between two forces, and one party's infidelity would mean war."
It may be difficult for people to understand this now, but it was the truth at that time.For example, the Egyptian Pharaoh Ai murdered the Hittite prince Zananza who came to marry Pharaoh Tutankhamun's widow Ankhesenamon.
This led the slain prince's father, Supiro Uma I, to launch an attack on Egyptian territories in Syria and take thousands of Egyptian prisoners.It was only because he had enemies on the northern and eastern borders at that time that he did not launch a full-scale attack.
"In addition, Helen also took away a huge amount of wealth equivalent to a queen's status, which must include such gold and silver products, jewelry, weapons and utensils inlaid with gems and gold and silver, etc." After talking about the political significance , Liang En brought the topic to the economy.
"If Helen is compared to an American, it is equivalent to taking away all the gold reserves of the United States in Fort Knox before running away. This will trigger a large-scale war even today."
"What's more important is that Troy's location not only allowed them to accumulate countless wealth, but also created certain economic competition with those ancient Greeks. Therefore, after Helen was the fuse, the war naturally broke out."
(End of this chapter)
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