Eastern Wu is busy here, Wei is not idle, Cao Pi first succeeded to the throne, it is a good time to work hard, work hard, he inherited Cao Cao's meritocracy talent selection system, and vigorously promote the young generation of talents in Wei.

He reused Cao Zhen, Cao Xiu, Liu Ye, Mao Jue and others, and ransomed Mr. Xun You with a lot of money. However, Wei is now different from the past in terms of population, land and property resources, and it is much weaker than Wu.

Therefore, the Wei-Wu alliance has unconsciously changed from the strong Wei state to the leading Wu state.

Their joint military industry research and development and joint production are mainly based on Wu State, and Wu State accounts for the majority of the weapons quota, and Wei State also has to act according to Wu State's face.

As their enemy, the Han Empire once again turned its attention to the west, focusing on its neighbors to the west.

As the two western neighbors in the world at that time, known as the four great empires along with the Han Empire, the Han Dynasty was friendly with the Anxi Empire and maintained relations with the Kushan Empire that were neither hostile nor friendly.

The Empire of Anxi, also known as the Parthian Empire, was also a multicultural state, with a low level of centralization and a high degree of autonomy in the provinces, and was a loose federal empire, mainly Persian and Greek.

At this time, the Rest Empire had actually entered the late imperial period, and it had a more powerful neighbor to the west, the Roman Empire, which had been eyeing it all the time, and the relationship between the two sides was good and bad.

At the same time that Lü Bu ruled the Han Empire, the Roman Empire and the Anxi Empire were constantly at war, but fortunately, although the various forces of the Anxi Empire were not very attached to the emperor, they were still very united in the face of foreign invasions.

The war between the Roman Empire and the Rest Empire, the strength of the two sides was equal, and the war won and lost each other, which also greatly involved the energy of the Emperor of Rest.

At that time, the ruler of the Rest Empire, Vologis VI, had just ascended to the throne, and he was struggling to cope with the attack of the Roman Emperor Severus and on the other hand, he had to appease his younger brother Artaban IV, who was dissatisfied with his succession to the throne.

Therefore, the Anxi Empire sent emissaries, wanting to deepen friendship with the Han Empire, and if possible, to become an ally of the Han Empire in order to gain the support of the Han Empire for him.

Vologis VI even expressed his thoughts in letters in which he considered the Roman Empire to be an extremely aggressive state.

If the Roman Empire finally defeated the Rest Empire, then they would not stop their aggression and would definitely continue to expand eastward to the borders of the Han Empire.

The opening of the Silk Road has allowed more Westerners to see the wealth and civilization of the East, and has verified those legends.

Therefore, the rulers of the Roman Empire have always had the dream and ambition to go to the East and acquire the endless wealth and advanced civilization.

The Rest Empire was willing to be an ally of the Han Empire against the Roman Empire, and he very much hoped for friendship and help from the East before he was destroyed by the Roman Empire.

Although Lü Bu did not believe the threat from the Roman Empire as described by Vologis VI, he still believed that the declining Sabbatical Empire was a better partner than the hostile Kushan Empire in his westward expansion.

He accepted the request of the Rest Empire to ally with the Han Empire, but also put forward harsh conditions and terms favorable to the Han Empire, after all, it was the Rest Empire that came to the door, not the Han Empire.

He reappointed Zhang Liao as the new protector of the Western Regions, and Fa Zheng acted as the plenipotentiary envoy of the Han Empire to negotiate with the Rest Empire.

The Second Division of the National Defense Army, as Zhang Liao's guard unit, also accompanied Zhang Liao to the Western Regions, accompanied by some skilled craftsmen, and the Han army had established a military factory in Shule City, mainly used to make rifle bullets, shells and grenades, and also to repair guns.

Fa Zheng also has a new identity, that is, the newly established Ministry of Foreign Affairs, also known as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, in charge of all affairs of the Han Empire's exchanges with foreign countries, and even has a certain military power.

Xu Rong took over the history of Jingzhou, sat in the new Jingzhou Prefecture to govern Xiangyang, and was responsible for all the defense of Jingzhou, after all, Jingzhou borders two major enemies at the same time, and its strategic position is the most important.

Zhao Yun moved to Xuzhou and governed the three counties of Langxie, Donghai and Guangling. Xu Huang succeeded him as the Qingzhou Assassin History, Zhang He succeeded him as the Jizhou Assassin History, and Zhu Ling was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant of Sili.

After handing over the defense of Guangling, the Haotian army re-boarded the navy's transport ship and returned to Chang'an by water, preparing to go to the Western Regions to accept the new mission given to them by Lü Bu.

In December, the last month of 208, Zhang Liao arrived at Guishan City with the envoys of the Rest Empire, and met with Fazheng, who had been waiting for them for many days.

Zhang Liao handed over Lü Bu's secret letter to Fa Zheng, along with the letter of appointment of Fa Zheng's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the letter of appointment of the plenipotentiary envoy.

Fa Zheng carefully read Lu Bu's secret letter and knew where the boundaries of this negotiation were, which was meaningless to Lu Bu's new appointment to himself, after all, what he did was no different, but there were many trivial things to manage the place.

Fa Zheng arranged the envoy of the Rest Empire, but he was busy handing over to Zhang Liao, and he explained his experience of sitting in the Western Regions for so many years, the local people, and the national conditions of the surrounding countries to Zhang Liao, and left Zhang Liao a copy of the "Records of Experiences in the Western Regions" compiled by him.

In January 209, Fa Zheng set out for Ctesiphon, the capital of the Sabbath Empire, and he took a regiment of the 11th Cavalry Division with him as his guard for the Sabbath Empire.

He was accompanied by a large caravan of camels and horses, which carried many important supplies as a welcome gift for the alliance between the Han Empire and the Sabbatarian Empire.

Ctesiphon was not the only capital of the Sabbath Empire, but the coronation ceremonies of the emperors of the Sabbath Empire in recent generations were held in Ctesiphon, which became the newest national capital, and other large cities such as Susa and Seleucia were once the capitals of the Sabbath Empire.

Fa Zheng is not the first visitor from the East to send an envoy to the Rest Empire, Zhang Qian and Gan Ying have both served as envoys of the Han Dynasty and have sent envoys to the Rest Empire, especially Gan Ying, he was originally going to the Roman Empire, but he went to the Rest Empire, because the transportation was blocked, and he returned in vain.

Fazheng's mission went all the way to the west, accompanied by the envoys of the Anxi Empire, and first went to the city of Samarkand, an ally of the Han Dynasty, Kangju, which was the only way to go.

The French had a friendly meeting with the long-awaited King Alain, and the two sides signed a series of agreements on mutual assistance and cooperation, agriculture, commerce and industry.

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