Year: 879 AD
Tang Dynasty
Guangzhou
Since the Pang Rebellions, the Caesarian Empire which had previously been more neutral in China's internal affairs was now intervening to keep China unified for both financial and political reasons.
Emperor Augustus II sent the 4th Caesarean Legion led by the Legatus Legionis Andreas Tiberius Julian, your intention is very clear: To gain military prestige in the Far East and perhaps in the future succeed the Flavian Dynasty which was already showing signs of wear and tear.
The Legatus Legionis was part of the Julian Family, a family that claims to have Julius Caesar himself as an ancestor, using very old records dating back to the 1st century, his family is part of the construction industry and one of the most powerful, they managed to create the first reinforced concrete in the world and were responsible for the construction of the Abbey of Saint John, in New Cincinnatus in the year 760, being the first construction to be made with reinforced cement and the first church in the Roman-Gothic style, being a great novelty in architectural style.
In political terms, the Caesarian Empire was at its calmest, the senators were discussing who should be the successor of Augustus II, his eldest son Commodus Flavius Magnus, the Dux of New Naples or Lucius Flavius Marcus, Dux of New Ravenna, both are great administrators of the aforementioned provinces in addition to being one of the five richest provinces of the Caesarian Empire, which at that time it appeared as a normal path for the Flavian Dynasty rule the Caesarian Empire until its end, but a great rebellion would break out in the future and the Flavian Dynasty would have its reign that had already lasted two centuries and the Julian Family would rise to the Caesarian throne and the Julian Dynasty would rule from the end of the High Middle Ages until the middle of the Central Middle Ages.
Andreas in his campaign in the Tang Dynasty managed to defeat Huang Chao's army in some battles, but nothing that changed the tide of the war in favor of the Tang Dynasty, until that moment.
Emperor Xizong learned that a large number of Huang Chao's forces were heading towards Guangzhou which would cause the Tang Dynasty to fall into bankruptcy due to the loss of trade with the Indians, Persians, Arabs, with that he sent a message to the 4th Caesarean Legion to defend Guangzhou from attacks by Huang Chao's forces.
Guangzhou
Afewmonthsago
Andreas arrived in Guangzhou with his legion after a few weeks crossing the China Sea to the city that the Chinese emperor Xizong had ordered to be defended from a possible attack by Huang Chao.
Andreas after all the legionaries disembarked from the Romulus Alpha ships, left the port and he arrived in the middle of a city gate and said:
"We are here on behalf of our Emperor Augustus II who, with his unparalleled sense of manhood, decided to help the Chinese Emperor Xizong against the usurper Huang Chao and his rebellious mob. As heirs to the Roman Empire, we came to help China not to fragment and be invaded by the Mongols or the Turks, which would be terrible for us and for the Saracens, Indians and Persians which also has trade with the Tang Dynasty. So we all have at least one consensus that if the Tang Dynasty falls, the Silk Road will end and by this it means that a Fall of China would be even more catastrophic than the Fall of Rome, because unlike our ancestors, the Chinese are ethically Han, while the Germanic kingdoms they govern much of Western Europe, with the exception of the Italian Peninsula, which remains Western Roman, while the Eastern Romans have become Hellenized and are becoming less Roman and more Greek.Our main objective is that if any force of the usurper Huang Chao tries to besiege Guangzhou, we Romans will prevent a siege from being laid in Guangzhou." said Andreas.
"Long live Emperor Augustus II the Wise!" shout the centurions.
"Hooray!!!" shout the soldiers.
Andreas then orders the soldiers to reinforce the city's defense, meanwhile, he went to sleep after a long journey.
Guangzhou
Now
It was a winter morning when the soldiers loyal to the Tang Dynasty saw thousands of soldiers arriving on the horizon and they were a larger force than expected, so they sent a translator to tell the Romans about the arrival of Huang Chao's forces in Guangzhou.
Andreas was with other high-ranking military personnel smoking a cigar when the translator arrived and said:
"Honorable leader of the 4th Caesarian Legion, Andreas Tiberius Julian, thousands of Huang Chao soldiers are approaching Guangzhou, we need your Roman legionaries to come and defend our city." said the translator.
Then Andreas replied:
"Finally, the time has come to show the efficiency of this thing you call gunpowder and whether it is as powerful as the substances we used in other wars." Andreas replied.
Andreas and the other high-ranking military officers left the hotel they were staying at and gathered the soldiers to defend the city.
After about an hour, the 4th Caesarean Legion was ready for battle.
The Caesarian army underwent a new reform in the year 871,the first arquebuses in the world were made by the Caesarian Empire who had for the first time a firearm that reached about 275 meters, this invention was called "Fulminatrix Alpha", already that it used the same functions as the Fulminatrix, but had a greater range than a catapult and all the tests that were carried out showed that this weapon would be another of the great inventions of the Romans.
The soldiers of Huang Chao's forces looked in awe at the Caesarian army with the famous Palatine bombards protecting the city and mysterious weapons instead of swords as was the most battles.
Andreas was seeing that a large part of Huang Chao's army was made up of peasants angry with the Tang Dynasty, but they had some deserter soldiers and then he realized that despite being with numerical superiority, but perhaps this large number of soldiers were not ready for what would happen in this battle.
Andreas then meets with the high-ranking military officers and in his military tent he explains what the battle strategy will be:
"Tribunus Laticlavius Paulus Magnus Titus, you will lead the left flank having about 10 Palatine bombards as your artillery, Praefctus Castrorum Tiberius Gaius Marcus, You will lead the right flank having about 10 Palatine bombards as your artillery, while the main flank will be led by me, having about 20 Palatine bombards. We will not move even one Roman soldier, we will remain on the defensive for obvious reasons, so we will use our artillery to repel the attack of the enemy forces and it will be with this force that we have that we will defeat the enemy forces." explains Andreas.
Andreas and the high-ranking military officers leave the tent and they get on their horses to go to their respective places.
About two hours passed, until the Huang Chao army took the initiative and began marching to attack the city's defenders.
Andreas calmly waited for the time when they would be in range of the Palatine bombards, one of the gunners was sleeping when Andreas orders:
"Now!!!! Fire!!!!" Andreas orders.
Bombardment shots tore apart entire formations and now screams of Huang Chao's forces could be heard spreading across the battle, at that moment Andreas knew that due to the discrepancy in technology and took his wine glass and said:
"The Flavian Dynasty will have its two-century reign evaporated by the force of gunpowder, the Julian Family will ascend to the Caesarian throne." said Andreas.
The Battle of Guangzhou ended with the victory of the Caesarean Empire and the Tang Dynasty, Huang Chao's army lost about 70 thousand soldiers killed and 30 thousand soldiers seriously injured, not a single soldier on the defending side died.
The Julian Family after this victory, began to lead the opposition against Augustus II who was already showing signs of senility and tensions began to rise in the Caesarian Empire, but a certain monk would overthrow the Flavian Dynasty and another dynasty would ascend the Caesarian throne.