The forces of the Byzantine Empire's master Belisarius Byzantine had long developed the ability to respond to a new war with the Gots. The army consisted only of mercenaries from various barbarian tribes, mainly cavalry, and a small number of heavy infantry. Velisarius graduated from the Roman Empire's Academy of Military Affairs with outstanding grades and was appointed as a guard. In 520, he began training elite mid- to long-term soldiers armed with bows and light spears. The elite unit received close training as well as a raid. In addition, Bellisarius armed them with a flagged dart that could be thrown by hand in the white battle. They carried a wide-edged sword in case they didn't win with a light spear. It took a lot of training to skillfully use these four weapons on horseback. Since two hands were needed to use the bow, Bellisarius trained soldiers to sit on the saddle and support themselves with their backs and drive horses on both knees. The saddle was wide and comfortable. The soldiers wore small shields with straps on their left arms, sleeveless sloth armor that came down to their thighs, and long leather boots. When the soldiers were not using the bow, they hung it on their shoulders, and the arrows were carried in the tradition of hanging next to the sword on the left waist. Twelve darts were carried in pockets attached to shields, and spears were carried in leather barrels on the right side. Gungsul imitated the Huns, and Masangchangsul imitated the Gotts. The training method to improve the skills of the knights was to rush toward straw dolls hanging from the gallows. As the driver approached, he first staged an active demonstration, and finally practiced attack with a spear or dart. Depending on the proficiency of one practice or another, salaries, meals, and classes were given. During the Great War under Justinian, Bellisarius learned the military by carrying out various operations in the Donau River basin and east. For example, fighting against the Huns mounted archers in Bulgaria, he devised original and successful tactics. The problem was that they had to lure their enemies to fight the white army. His solution was to seduce with living bait. In other words, it was a tactic to block and eliminate the retreat if several soldiers on agile horses come forward and lure the Huns, who are anxious to fight, to a certain place. In order to remove the wagon barrier, Bellisarius had the soldiers ride horses toward the wind and blow fire arrows. He also traveled to various garrison on the eastern border while serving as a military training instructor for four years and organized the training system. In several operations against the Persian, he also achieved remarkable success. Until then, the only time he failed was when he tried to get rid of a large whale called Porphyry, which was feared by the people of Borporus. The failure was not his fault, but because his crew was scared and failed to aim at the dialyzer. In 532 Bellisarius was appointed commander in the war against the Vandal. He started the Byzantine (East Roman) Empire with 10,000 infantry and 5,000 cavalry, consisting of a complex ethnic group. The majority of the troops consisted of mercenaries, but there were many direct troops of the Belisarius individual, and in a sense it was the first feudal army. In general, infantry soldiers had excellent qualities. They were Isaurian mountaineers who Bellisarius himself trained. Of the cavalry, 600 were Huns and 400 were Herul, and there were 1,500 individual chest cavalry of Belisarius. His chief staff was an Armenian eunuch named Solomon, and the general command included Procopius, an officer under Justinian. Like any other operation, Bellisarius accompanied his wife, Antonina. Antonina had courage and was a woman of doubt. The army sailed through Italy and Sicily under the cover of 92 single-story speed galley ships, driving a fleet of 500 transport ships of various sizes. The galley, called "Dromon," was supposed to row 20 people. Velisarius gave the soldiers the impression of being a strict discipline by executing the two Huns who killed one soldier during a drinking party. There was no resistance when landing in Africa. The army marched to Carthage along the shaded road and through lush orchards. Every night they dug and perished in the way of ancient Rome. At the tenth milestone outside Carthage, the Romans met with half-moon troops. The Vandal were excellent as riders, but the cavalry fought only with light spears and wide-edged knives, and the archer was only in infantry. They consisted of about 80,000 soldiers in total, but the army was much less experienced and poorly trained than Belisarius' army. Some of the Roman cavalry met a half-moon cavalry dispatch in the canyon and engaged in the first neck-and-neck race. The Roman cavalry, who immediately attacked, was defeated by the half moon, and Gelimer's younger brother, the dispatch captain, was hit by a dart on the forehead and died. Meanwhile, a large-scale unit owned by Gelimer on a nearby plain was terrified by the Roman army's rain-like arrow attacks and exotic appearance. Soon, however, the forces of the half-moon gathered in a canyon that was good for defense and aligned them. A much smaller number of Belisarius' army was in a difficult position. But then an unexpected incident took place. When Gelimer, who is hot-tempered, heard that his younger brother was dead, he gave up all the advantages of the battle and launched a charge. Velisarius did not miss the opportunity and divided the troops into two and sent them up to both hills of the canyon. They continued to fire at the same time on both sides and slaughtered the half-moon people, and the next day they received the surrender of Carthage Castle. To avoid looting, Bellisarius did not allow his troops to enter. Subsequently, in December 535, Bellisarius won the Trikamaron, and the half-moon people of Africa were completely conquered. The war then moved to Italy. In 535-540, Belisarius suffered from political conspiracy in the Byzantine court and suffered from indecisiveness and jealousy by Emperor Justinian, so he went out with only about 7,500 troops to conquer the Austrogotians. The most noticeable anecdote about the war was that he defended the 20-ri Roman wall for a year with only 5,000 people. In 540 Ravenna surrendered, but there was a riot almost immediately. Velisarius and Narces, the 80-year-old coroner, fought the Gots again for another 14 years. Peace then came, but it was a exhausted peace and an empty victory. Italy was already so devastated that it was unable to defend against the Lombards when they were pushed over the north in 565. Velisarius did his best. He is a classic example of a loyal and competent soldier who was forced by a second-class political leader to achieve unrealistic strategic goals. The source is from the history cafe of the Roman Empire. Zarbang is the central prisoner of the Roman Empire, Romano... Without Belly Sarius... I don't think Emperor Justinian will ever get the title of Great Emperor.
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