859 The Fire Hunt after the Rise
Eight years later, as Li You said, Huoxun has become the new hegemon. Even the Byzantine Empire was overwhelmed by him. The two sides were very peaceful and there was no war. The Syrian action they robbed of. In order to save the territory, Huoxun did not care about them, still only defending the front line of Yamanga Army City.
Although peaceful on the surface, undercurrents are actually surging. Huoxun’s powerful trading capabilities and the diversity of commodities dealt a blow to the Byzantine Empire in many respects. Business is at the forefront. There is hardly any product in them that is better than Huoxun. Cheap, in desperation, the merchants had to sell fire-hunting goods, but this led to the collective unemployment of many artisans and workshop owners in the country, which naturally had an impact on the imperial taxation.
In order not to affect the taxes of the empire, the original handicraftsmen’s taxes were gradually added to the merchants. The merchants themselves were looking for cheaper goods, so they didn’t make much money. Once the taxes were increased, they would also not make much money. It's more difficult, and I feel that I can't see a good future.
Huoxun pursues a low-tax national government, which attracts people to go. Huoxun is always willing to come to Huoxun. As long as they are willing to come to Huoxun, they will be given national treatment. Common people will distribute land when they come, and merchants will be exempted from three. Annual taxes. If a craftsman comes to Huoxun, he will not only be exempted from taxes for three years, but he will also be given a house. Those who are able to do this kind of thing, apart from the wealthy Huoxun, no one dares to do it.
In the past two years, a large number of handicraftsmen, artisans and merchants have successively traveled to Huoxun to seek a living. The fiscal year of the Byzantine Empire is not as good as one year. The taxes on the farmers are already very high. They can't increase it any more. , There is bound to be the danger of riots, so the days of the empire and the people are not as good as each day. The point is that they seem to be unable to find an effective solution at all.
The rise of Mani-Protestantism also caused the challenge of faith in Byzantium, which was extremely dangerous for the rulers. In this regard, they carried out a cruel cleansing of heresy, and in this way, the hidden Protestant believers It is even more recognized that the Byzantine Empire is the incarnation of the dark demons, and it is easier to compare the fire that represents the light. In order to let more people understand the nature of the world, in just two years, they have developed a number of people. One hundred thousand believers, of course, they still can’t make it public. The Byzantine Empire has always maintained high pressure and spared no effort to suppress these believers. However, what kind of results this situation will eventually lead to is basically predictable, that is, civil strife and war. .
Regarding these things, Byzantium dared not say anything. It turned out that they wanted to fight someone, but Huoxun was a powerful enemy they didn't dare to move. Two years after the canal was repaired, hundreds of warships with the Huoxun flag arrived, and they all left after swaying for a while on the Mediterranean Sea. This kind of seven or eighty-meter-long giant ship looked scary. , This is not comparable to those so-called warships. The key is that these ships also came out of the Golden Horn and shelled the sea, which was a full display of force.
On the land, regardless of Huoxun’s army, it has maintained an army of 300,000, but these armies are all elite, mostly cavalry, with very strong mobility, and the weapons they are equipped with are unmatched by others. They can’t compare with firearms and crossbows. Talking about it, just armor and swords can't be made by anyone. Because the weapons and armor currently used by the Huoxun Army are all forged with manganese steel, ordinary bows and arrows, even if they are shot at close range, cannot penetrate such armor.
It is precisely because of this that the cavalry of the Khazanite Khanate will use the fire to find the cavalry. They have no way. They are looted and beaten every year. They can't beat them and suffer heavy losses. The opponent's riding and shooting skills far exceed them, and the bow and crossbow are also In this way, it is impossible to get in at all, even if it is close, Huoxun's cavalry is still stronger than them.
In order to prevent Huoxun’s looting, the Khazarian Khanate fought for four consecutive years, fighting every fall. After four games, the total loss of soldiers reached more than 100,000. Later, they stopped fighting. Anyway, they couldn’t fight. Hide, whoever encounters it will be unlucky. Anyway, the tribes take care of themselves. It is true that the Huoxing Cavalry is too strong to be able to do it.
How strong are the cavalry of Huoxun? When they hit the autumn breeze, they rushed for more than four thousand miles to the west of the Black Sea, the territory of the Avars on the Danube River, which was regarded as passing the border between the east and the west of the Khanate. The Avars were considered powerful barbarians by the Byzantine Empire. They plundered the Byzantine border several times. The Romans fought with them for more than a hundred years and failed to eliminate them. They still occasionally appeared on the southern bank of the Danube and ransacked villages.
When the Avar met the five thousand invading Huoxun cavalry, they drew the warriors of all tribes to fight with them. As a result, they were defeated in all three wars, and nearly 20,000 troops were killed and injured. They were really beaten by Huoxun. The fire-seeking cavalry ransacked five tribes, and they had only twelve tribes in total, which was the worst lesson.
This is only the strength displayed by five thousand cavalry, and every time the Khazanite is sacked, at least 30,000 cavalry are dispatched. Therefore, after such continuous looting, the Khazanian can no longer lead. Other tribes too.
Huoxunren then put forward a condition, saying that the hostile is the Khazanite, as long as it is not a tribe of the Khazanah, they will no longer be looted. Since some tribes are willing to accept the conditions of Huoxun, they really no longer Suffered from looting. In one year, almost all tribes did not recognize the Khan status of the Khazan Khanate, and regarded the Turks and Sabirs who dominated the Khazan Khanate as enemies. They believed that this kind of suffering was caused by the Turks and The Sabirs brought it to them.
Of course, with this kind of result, it is inevitable that someone will preach and secretly change the concept behind the scenes. Anyway, it is not difficult to talk about it. The final result is naturally that the fire seeks 100,000 cavalry to encircle and suppress the Turkic tribes of the Khanate and the Sabirs. The Ministry, the killing was head-bending, all the leaders and nobles of the tribe were killed, only the civilians were left, and the Khanate was destroyed. Then came the missionary servants of the Manihaean Protestantism, who ran to deliver food and clothing to the people, preaching the sacred doctrine.
Therefore, the Byzantine Empire did not dare to go to war with Huoxun, even if Huoxun was building a giant city on the Crimean Peninsula north of the Black Sea, they did not dare to say much.
It can be expected that as long as the giant city built on the Crimean Peninsula is completed, whether it is the Avars, the Slavs, or other barbarians, they will suffer huge losses. A large number of warships will also appear in the Black Sea.
The point is that when the Byzantine Empire faced such a situation, it could not rely on war to solve the problem. This was a headache. To deal with it well, more wisdom was needed. (End of this chapter)