What is the mystery of the disappearance of the Roman Expeditionary Rest Army?

Ancient Rome not only gave birth to civilization, but also seemed to write the history of western military affairs. They started wars everywhere, leaving many mysteries behind.

According to historical records, in 53 BC, crassus, one of the "Big Three" in ancient Rome, marched in the East (now northeast Iran) to rest. In Parthia, he was besieged by the remaining troops, and the commander-in-chief crassus was captured and beheaded. The Roman legion was almost wiped out. Only the first legion led by crassus's eldest son, Publi uz, made a desperate breakthrough, and there was no news after the breakthrough. Thirty-three years later, the Roman Empire signed a peace treaty with Rest, and the two sides began to repatriate prisoners of war to each other. However, when the Roman Empire asked for the repatriation of officers and men captured in the Calais War, it was rejected by the authorities of the interested countries. The Romans were surprised to find that more than 6,000 people of the First Legion of Rome who broke through in that year were mysteriously missing. The Romans looked for it several times, but they couldn't find it. Then where did they go? According to Hanshu? Chen recorded that in 36 BC, Khan, a northern Xiongnu, captured Wusun and Dawan, threatening the western regions of China. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent Gan Yanshou, the viceroy's lieutenant, Chen Shang to send troops to live in comfort and destroy Zhi Zhi Khan. The Han army saw a strange army in Kangzhou. "There is a heavy wooden city outside Tucheng" vault. "There are more than 100 people in the infantry, and they are fighting." After this army was surrendered by the Western Han army, all the captured soldiers were incorporated. Later, the Western Han government set up Lixian County in Qilian Mountain to resettle captured soldiers. Historians believe that only the ancient Roman army adopted the defensive formation of building "heavy wooden city" fortifications and connecting fish scales with circular shields. Therefore, this army may be the remnants of the First Roman Legion led by Publi Uus who broke through in the Battle of Carre.

According to the analysis, it is likely that more than 6,000 people led by crassus's eldest son, Publi Ous, broke through Kale in Pattaya and moved around. Later, he broke through the eastern defense line and entered Central Asia, where he was recruited as a mercenary by Zhihan. In the war between the Western Han Dynasty and Zhi Zhi in 36 BC, it was collected by Chen Tang and brought back to China. But some scholars hold different opinions. They believe that "heavy wooden city" and "fish scale array" are not entirely Roman military art. In China, wood weaving or rammed earth has existed since ancient times, with Guo in the outer city and China in the inner city. Moreover, it is recorded in Zuo Zhuan that China also used the "fish scale array" in ancient times, and the official name at that time was "The Mermaid array".

In the 1940s, De Xiao Gan, a famous British sinologist, did a lot of work in this field. He pointed out in the article "Li Gan City in Ancient China" written by 1947 that China called the Roman Empire "Li Gan" in ancient times and later renamed it "Daqin". The Biography of Daqin begins with the sentence "A plowman of Daqin State". The article goes on to point out that in ancient China, the only cities named after foreign countries were Kuqa and Wensu in Xinjiang, which were the old names of immigrants. The emergence of Li Gan is naturally related to the existence of foreign nationals. According to historical records, Li Gancheng first appeared on the territory of the Western Han Dynasty in China in the 20th century BC, when the Roman Empire demanded the repatriation of prisoners of war. This is by no means a historical coincidence. It shows that the Roman Expeditionary Force, which broke through in the Battle of Calais, came to China and settled under the Qilian Mountains when their old country was still looking for them.

Until 592 AD, in view of the integration of Ba people with Han people, Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty issued a letter to merge Li Gan County into Fanhe County. At this point, Li Ganjian County was established in * * 6 12. In this way, the people of China quietly disappeared from history.

However, due to the lack of any valuable results in the excavation of the ruins of the ancient city of Li Gan, people infer that the ancient city of Li Gan may be buried deep underground and become a city under the city. Due to insufficient evidence, the disappearance of the First Legion is still an unsolved case in Roman history, which has been a mystery to people since 2000.