Perhaps unwillingly, or perhaps his confidence was boosted after a small victory, Fu Wei chose to hang far behind the remnants of the Gupta Dynasty that had left in defeat.

Two battle formations from different civilizations, they fought all day in the Bay of Bengal region, from the easterly part of the later islands near Sri Lanka to the northerly area at the end of the battle.

After nightfall, Fu Wei thought that the enemy army would control the lights, but what he didn't expect was that the enemy army did not do that.

"It's still a trap." Chen Tan didn't think there was anything complicated: "This area should be not far from their homeland, leaving a light for us to continue to follow, hoping that we will continue to follow." ”

Fu Wei walked to the table where the charts were placed, and after marking the charts with his own hands, he ordered: "Give up following and correct the route according to the original plan!" ”

During the daytime engagement, their three ships did not suffer damage...... If being shot by an arrow is not damage, there is no need to return to the stronghold.

A hasty encounter, almost a whole day of confrontation, the formation in the combat state did not even have time to eat, after the combat state was lifted and changed to a vigilant patrol, the fatigue of the whole body immediately hit, and many people did not even eat and fell asleep directly.

The remnants of the Gupta dynasty of three ships on this side, Picard. Marik really wanted to attract the Han fleet to follow, but since the Han fleet was light controlled, none of them could be sure whether the other party was following or not.

"It's just a small attempt, and it doesn't matter if you don't follow it or not." Picard. Marik faces Dijang. Makul's question, shrugging his shoulders: "The loss of four ships is nothing to us, fortunately the loss of only four ships made us realize that there is a new threat." ”

Whether it was during the Kushan Empire or the establishment of the Gupta Dynasty, Ah San Yang has always been Ah San's ocean, and no one has ever been able to take away control of this ocean from Ah San's hands.

Picard. Marik really didn't take the loss to heart, and after they entered the harbor and docked, he even went to have a little wine in a very good mood, and re-established himself with Dijang the next day. Makull rendezvous, and then went to see his boss.

"You're saying that yesterday we encountered a fleet that they had never seen before, and they attacked without any intention of communicating?"

Katruk. Karp was a Brahmin and, of course, a nobleman. He is not an obese and hateful appearance, on the contrary, he looks like a middle-aged uncle with a very aristocratic temperament and full of prestige.

In fact, most Brahmins were very self-disciplined during the Kushan Empire and the Gupta Dynasty, believing that they were the chosen people, who were more noble than countless people from the moment they were born, and received a systematic education from an early age, including literary knowledge and martial arts used in combat, and more emphasis on management.

On the side of the San, the Brahmins were only divided into two types: nobles and monks, and the nobles were not all equal, and the upper ancestors of the bloodline (surname) were distinguished to distinguish who was superior. Ah San has recognized the existence of "states" since the Mauryan Dynasty, and every Brahmin of the high gate is actually the heir of the "king of the state", and gradually evolves into the manager of society.

Ah San's clothes look very colorful, as long as he is allowed, he is never willing to have only one color of cloth on his body, and he is never willing to lose his fashion if he can wear more gold utensils, and all kinds of pendants such as rings and necklaces will be inlaid with gemstones.

Katruk. Karp was the person mentioned above, shining with gold and precious stones in the sunlight, staring at the two people who came to report in confusion: "They are still carrying out an unhonorable massacre when our ships have clearly stopped to surrender?" ”

Maybe it's nonsense, but it's definitely true, Europa under the rule of the Romans, the countries on the side of Asan, including the Sassanid Dynasty, they were far more warlike than the Central Plains Dynasty at this time. That is, under the premise of being noble enough, he feels that there is no possibility of winning a battle, and there is no hope of escape, and surrender is not a shameful thing, but on the contrary, he agrees to redeem his life by ransom after surrendering. Naturally, the people who were protected by the rules were limited to those who were noble enough to pay the ransom, and the rest were to die, usually slaves.

"Yes, I swear to the goddess." Picard. It is Kshatriya that Marik is qualified to swear to Lord Shiva, one of the supreme gods of Asan, and the castes below Kshatriya do not have such qualifications. "They are definitely a highly civilized country, but their behavior seems extremely barbaric," he swore with confidence. ”

Picard. When Marik swore an oath, he tapped the red mole on his forehead with his right hand, but it was not a mole, it was a decoration that Kshatriyas were eligible to put on it. After tapping with his right hand, he raised his hands high and then spread them downward, and his legs were slightly crossed and bent downward, which was a very religious etiquette.

"I'll take care of it." Katruk. Karp didn't want to ask Kapil at all. How much Malik's formation lost, he just nodded repeatedly, and then said like a charity: "Once the intelligence is useful, you will be duly rewarded." ”

The social system of Ah San is not simple, they accept the hereditary official position, but the central government has never had too much control over the locality, and there is a king with a supreme ruler, but there will be countless state kings below. Under their social system, they can organize their own armed forces as long as they have enough status, but everything from the salaries of the personnel to the equipment they are equipped with is privately funded. In the performance of national tasks, the amount of losses that are reported is generally based on conscience, and whether or not they will be compensated later is another matter.

So, Picard. Malik only needs to report how many high-caste people have been lost, and he needs to pay those who sacrifice high-caste benefits. It is only natural that those of the lower castes, including those who have lost their ships, should not pay their bereavement. If the state does not replenish the warships, he will lose the command of a few ships at most, and whether he will supplement them later depends on his financial resources.

During the whole process of the report, Dijang. Makul is the existence of the background wall, although he is the same Kshatriya, but after the family is broken, he does not have his own armed forces, because the Makul family and the Malik family have been friends for generations, so they can get a position in Picard's battle formation, and they do not directly communicate with Katruk. Karp this Brahmin speaks right.

The two men were led out of the palatial mansion by a large group of servants, and when they reached the street, they stood still.

Dijang. Makul wanted to ask for a long time, but he knew how to read the occasion: "Why don't you tell another layer of speculation?" ”

"You mean, could they be from the Far East?" Picard. Instead, Malik had a 'you're funny' expression, shrugged his shoulders and said, "We don't have proof, and Karp won't believe that conservative country would come all the way to it." Even if it's really from the Far East, don't you think it's better not to talk about it? ”

Dijang. Marcoul was both stunned and confused, and he didn't understand Picard. What exactly does Malik mean?

"My brother, our ancestors have long said that the country belongs to the state, and the family belongs to the family." Picard. Marik looked like a teacher: "The Marik family has done their duty for the country in that fight, and I have reported the facts that I know. Now I have to think about what the Malik family will gain from this unprecedented event. ”

It is not only the families of the Central Plains who will put the interests of the family in front of the country, it is the family of any country in the world, and they will consider the interests of the family first, and then the interests of the country.

The Malik family has been on the side of Cuttak for hundreds of years, and the longer it is, the more intertwined the relationship with the local families becomes. Picard has been on Dijean before. Macul said that there were some merchants from the East on Cuttack's side, and he thought that there must be a connection between them, and perhaps it would be an opportunity for the Malik family to regain the opportunity to regain silk from the East.

The overland Silk Road had been broken since the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the Sassanid and Gupta dynasties were able to obtain a small amount of goods from the maritime Silk Road, but not at all from the west of the Sassanid Dynasty.

The Maritime Silk Road was not prosperous, and it can even be said that only a very small number of Gupta merchants would go to the territory of the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty by sea, which allowed the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty to often receive some countries that did not exist at all.

The number of tributes recorded in the history of the Eastern Jin Dynasty is not small, and under the premise that the north of the Yangtze River has almost completely fallen, those who come to pay tribute are basically by sea, and the names of the countries reported are strange.

The face of the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty has long been trampled on the ground, and it will not investigate whether there is that country at all, and will receive it cautiously every time, and give several times the return of the tribute, so as to prove that it is still the upper kingdom of the Celestial Empire, and there are still a group of younger brothers who are willing to come to greet them.

"Isn't that country oppressed to the south by the nomads of the north?" Dijang. Makull knows some information, but it's definitely outdated. He speculated: "Could it be that they have resolved the external crisis and returned to their previous strength?" ”

It seems that this is the only way to explain it? Otherwise, a country facing an external crisis will not have enough power to protect itself, and how can it expand externally.

The Gupta dynasty still knew that there was once a powerful empire in the East, and that that powerful empire was finally overthrown in civil strife, and it was rarely concerned about what happened after that, after all, the two sides were too far apart.

"No matter what becomes of the East, I really can't think of anyone who can reach our oceans but them." Picard. Macri stopped on the street and said with a smile, "But that's the big man's business, what we need to do now is to find those Eastern merchants." ”

Cuttack was somewhat of a good city in the Gupta Dynasty, and it is unclear what the population was, because the Gupta Dynasty, like the Kushan Empire before it, did not treat untouchables as human beings, and only recorded the household registration of people above the Shudra.

Just off the coast, there were several foreign trading ports where immigrants landed, some of whom would go to Fahrenheit (the capital of the Gupta dynasty), and some would sell and purchase goods from the city to the sea.

There are still a lot of commodities produced by Asan, but the largest export share is pigments and metals, and the export of high-quality steel is the most profitable. Of course, they don't sell steel directly, they make it into weapons, and they don't sell weapons of that standard, they sell them as luxury goods.

As the head of the snake, Picard. It took nearly half a month for Marik to collect information about the Eastern merchants, which is enough to show that the Han people in the Gupta Dynasty were very careful.

"They weren't in Cuttack, the last one left was seven days ago." Dijang. Marcul accepts Picard. Malik's employment is not just for military affairs, but more like an assistant in normal times. He had to wonder: "I must have known that someone was looking for their information before leaving." ”

In the past half month, the news of more unknown fleets has increased on Sanyo. Karp also approached Picard several times. Malik made inquiries because the Gupta side had repeatedly increased losses.

Catruk as the top local manager. Karp paid attention to it, and the first thing he did was to check the ships in the port, and he really seized a ship from the Han Kingdom and detained some crew members, but the rest of the Han ships left the port early.

Picard. Malik had been to the prison to see the detained crew members, and he had brought with him an interpreter such as Katruk. Karp is likewise available with very limited information.

"I have spread the word about the detention of the vessel, and I believe that someone will be in contact soon."

Picard. Marik at least knew that there was a unified country in the East, and the name of the country was still the very prestigious 'Han', and he couldn't tell the difference between the current 'Han' and the 'Han' during the Kushan Empire, but he knew that Katruk. Karp decided to take his detainees to Fahrenheit just because he heard the name 'Han'.

Of course, Ah San knew about Xianhan, after all, the powerful Guishan had suffered losses on the Xianhan side many times in a row, and the nobles of the former Dayue clan suffered great shame because of the matter of asking to marry the princess of the Han family, although it didn't matter what happened to Ah San in the south, and even used this matter as a joke, but at least he knew who was not easy to mess with.

"The lord of the city invited me to go to the capital with me." Picard. Malik gestured to the butler, who was standing quietly next to him, and then to Dijan. "I've decided to go with the lord of the city to see the king," said Macul. ”

Dijang. Makul agreed, but then he said in great confusion: "Why does the city lord attach so much importance to the other party's country name just when he hears it?" ”

At this moment, Picard. Malik has a sense of superiority, all because he knows a lot of information, and he said with feeling: "Because 'Han' represents strength and prosperity, the destruction of the country and the destruction of countless peoples, not only the city lord will pay attention to it, but I believe that the king will not dare to be careless." ”