Zhao Kuo's eyes lit up suddenly: "Then what are you waiting for, why don't you bring someone to me quickly!" ”

A moment later, several Hu people with high noses and deep-set eye sockets appeared in front of Zhao Kuo and saluted respectfully towards Zhao Kuo.

Zhao Kuo set his eyes on one of the Hu people: "Cretas, you can talk about it." ”

It stands to reason that if you want to contact the Perseus family, then it is the best and most convincing choice to let Perseus himself come forward.

However, Li Mu was obviously unwilling to do so.

In fact, Perseus himself is still following Li Mu's army towards the north, preparing for a decisive battle with the Huns.

Before pacifying the Huns, it would have been impossible for Perseus to come to the land of Ili.

Even after the pacification of the Huns, it is unknown whether Perseus will appear in the territory of the Bactria region.

Since Perseus could not return to Bactra City, the task of contacting the Perseus family could only be completed by Zhao Kuo.

Fortunately, Perseus didn't seem to be aware of the true intentions of the Zhao people, or he didn't believe that the Zhao people could occupy the Western Regions for a long time, so he was very generous to Li Mu's request to write a handwritten letter.

It seems that Kretas, who has taken refuge in Zhao Guo's side, seems to have completed the task, but what exactly it will be, in fact, remains to be verified.

A smile appeared on Kleitas's face, and he glanced at a man who looked like he should be a Seleucid nobleman, and said respectfully to Zhao Kuo: "General, this is Lord Atarus, and he is also the younger brother of Lord Perseus, this time as the plenipotentiary of the family, responsible for the cooperation between us. ”

This Atalus does have some similarities with Perseus in terms of appearance, but he is only in his forties, and the whole person looks younger, and at the same time, there is a bit of aristocratic arrogance in his demeanor.

Zhao Kuo paused for a moment, and then a very enthusiastic smile appeared on his face: "Mr. Atarus, let's go, let's go into the city and chat." ”

The group walked towards the city of Ili not far away.

……

The carriage continued to move forward, but Perseus in the carriage suddenly opened his eyes, and a pair of old eyes, which were already a little cloudy, quickly focused.

"No, something is wrong!"

Just as Perseus was kneeling and sitting, Ales, who was already a little drowsy, suddenly opened his eyes, and the whole person suddenly became vigilant: "Master, what happened?" ”

When he said this, Ales's hand had already subconsciously touched his waist, where there was a very delicate and sharp dagger that could be unsheathed at any time.

Perseus shook his head, a glimmer of light suddenly flashed in his old eyes, and said, "Zhao Guoren is calculating me!" ”

Ales paused for a moment, looking visibly confused.

Perseus opened the window of the carriage, looked at the endless green outside the window, and couldn't help but sigh softly: "Li Mu is now about to arrive at the royal court of the Huns, do you know what this means?" ”

Ales looked dazed.

Perseus's face suddenly turned a little pale: "Actually, I should have understood when I saw what ridiculous auctions Li Mu was doing in those oases, alas. These damn Zhao people, they really don't want to leave when they come! ”

Ales thought for a while, and couldn't help but speak: "But Ales remembers that the master said that it is impossible for these Zhao people to gain a long-term foothold in the Western Regions?" ”

Perseus' sigh grew heavier.

"Yes, if there is only one Western Regions, then there is no way for the Zhao people to carry out a large-scale garrison here for a long time, and in this way, the Western Regions will never become the territory of the Zhao people. But—"

Persewton paused, his old face twitched slightly, and then continued: "If they can take Bactria, the situation will be different. ”

What is Bactria?

The Bactria region is a vast place, capable of accommodating millions of inhabitants, and able to organize an army of 100,000 people.

Perseus's old face showed a look of annoyance: "I underestimated the ambition and appetite of the Zhao people, this time, they want to swallow the entire Western Regions and Bactria together!" ”

This is where Perseus has been negligent all along.

In Perseus's view, no matter how powerful the people of Zhao are, the Western Regions are after all a barren place thousands of miles away, which is far inferior to the Central Plains, the ruling center of Zhao State, and it is impossible for Zhao people to fight for such a place that has little value.

In fact, Perseus's conjecture is also the mentality of the kings of the Central Plains dynasties in the past dynasties, it is precisely because of the barrier of the Western Regions, so even in the strong period of many Central Plains dynasties in history, only one or two dynasties are willing to cross the Western Regions and continue to move westward.

But the problem is that Perseus doesn't know that the current king of Zhao is not an ordinary monarch!

Ales rolled his eyes and comforted: "Please rest assured, master, even if the people of Zhao are ambitious, with this mere 30,000 cavalry, can they really swallow the huge Western Regions and Bactria?" Besides, if the people of Zhao really dared to attack Bactria, how could our King Antiochus III, as the emperor of Seleucus, be indifferent? ”

Until now, Perseus had never really doubted the true number of troops dispatched by the Zhao army this time, after all, 30,000 cavalry is also a long dragon that can't see the edge, and 50,000 cavalry is still a long dragon that can't see the edge......

After Perseus listened to Ales's comfort, his whole mood also settled down a lot, and he said helplessly: "I hope so." By the way, you should prepare more for a while, and if the situation is not right, we will run away immediately. ”

Ales replied very seriously and said, "Please rest assured, Ales will definitely be ready." ”

Suddenly, a long horn sounded, followed by a sharp cymbal that continued to spread through the air.

"What's going on?" Perseus was shocked again.

Ales hurriedly said: "Don't panic, master, I'll go down and have a look first." ”

Ales ordered the coachman to stop the carriage and exited the carriage.

Perseus waited in the carriage with some unease, and the old man, who thought he thought he was a wise man, suddenly found that there was a hole in his originally perfect plan, which caused a great setback in his self-confidence, so that his mentality began to fluctuate significantly.

After a while, Ales hurried back and said to Perseus: "Master, ahead is the royal court of the Huns!" The people of Zhao are gathering their forces and preparing to start a decisive battle with the Huns! ”