Lü Bu had not been in the city of Maracanda for a few days when an envoy from the Sabbath Empire asked to see him, and on behalf of their emperor, Vologis VI, came to invite Lü Bu to visit Sabbat.

Vologis VI had already heard about Lü Bu's personal conquest of the Kushan Empire, and it was the duty of the alliance to provide a lot of grain, grass and horses to support the Han Empire's conquest in Central Asia.

Lu Bu was also very satisfied with this, so he would not refuse the olive branch extended by the Rest Empire.

It's just that Vologis VI didn't expect that his envoy had just arrived in Guishan City, and he thought that the war between the Great Han and the Kushan that could be protracted had ended, and the Great Han had won a complete victory.

Therefore, his envoy only invited Lu Bu to rest and play in peace according to the instructions he had given when he set out before.

Lu Bu also felt that it was not easy for him to come out, so he accepted the invitation.

In March 211, Lü Bu, who had just defeated the Kushan Empire, was escorted by the Imperial Forest Army of the Han Empire and was invited by the Emperor Vologis VI of the Anshan Empire to pay a friendly visit to the Anshan Empire.

The Han envoy followed the route of the Fazheng to Ctesiphon, the capital of the Rest Empire.

Fa Zheng also came from Guishan City to accompany Lu Bu on his visit, and personally served as Lu Bu's interpreter.

Along the way, Fazheng also undertook many new arms orders, some of which had not yet been completed, but the arms that had been delivered made these local princes of the Rest Empire very satisfied.

Of course, the royal family of the Anxi Empire is still the biggest beneficiary, and the Han Empire has helped them establish a complete military production system, from steelmaking and iron smelting to making guns and gunpowder.

Of course, the Han will not trade at a loss, in addition to a large amount of real money and silver, there are many rare ore resources, horses, camels, etc., which the Han lacks.

The first time he saw the large dome of the palace of Sabbation in Ctesiphon, Lu Bu also exclaimed the same as Fa Zheng at the beginning, which showed that the civilization of the Sabbatarians was also very ancient and advanced.

Vologis VI went out of the city fifty miles this time to personally greet Lu Bu's team, and he already knew the news of Lu Bu's complete defeat of the Kushan Empire, and he was even more impressed.

Therefore, he did the ultimate in etiquette and hospitality, and greeted Lu Bu with the most grand specifications.

This time, he saw the style of the most elite army of the Han Dynasty, the three divisions of the Royal Forest Army were extremely powerful, and all of them were murderous, and they had really just come down from the battlefield.

This kind of momentum, he has also seen in the most elite Roman legions, it seems that only Lu Bu's Han army in this world can match the Roman legions.

Vologis VI felt that only these 50,000 Han troops could sweep his entire army, no wonder the Kushan Empire did not last long and was defeated.

This also gave him stronger confidence in the alliance of the Han to work together against the Romans.

Next, of course, is the special dinner of the royal family of the Rest Empire, which is not only full of beautiful women, but also delicious food and wine.

When Lu Bu saw these royal beauties, he did enough of the popular Western etiquette and looked at Vologis VI and Fa Zheng next to him.

Fa Zheng saw that Lu Bu actually knew how to kiss his hand, and his mind was buzzing, when did his lord learn it, I didn't hear that he had come to the West.

On the third day, in the main hall of the Imperial Palace, Vologis VI and Lü Bu led their respective vassals to sit together, and the two sides had a friendly negotiation.

Zhuge Liang gave a brief introduction to the war between Dahan and Guishan, and of course the identity of the undercover agent of Prince Mags's intelligence department was not revealed.

I can't help but sigh when I heard that the Kushan Empire, which was once an old enemy, and called the four great empires along with myself, had fallen to the point where it is today, the country was divided, the infighting continued, and a large area of territory was ceded after the defeat.

Vologis VI was secretly glad at his wise decision to form an alliance with the Han Dynasty, and was determined to keep it up.

The alliance treaty signed between Dahan and Anxi before was already perfect, and Lu Bu did not have too many objections, but hoped that the two sides could continue to maintain it.

However, in the final stage of the talks, Vologis VI drove out all the nobles and high-ranking officials except for the Imperial Vice Chancellor Xerxes, and Lü Bu left only Fa Zheng to accompany him.

Xerxes was the envoy who welcomed Fa Zheng's visit to the Sabbatical Empire, and he was the youngest of Vologis VI and the most trusted person with whom he grew up.

Vologis VI was so mysterious because he had a request from Lü Bu, and the matter was so important that it had to be kept strictly secret.

He told Lüb that his younger brother Ardaban had always been unhappy with his succession to the throne and had always been a self-respecting man who wanted to fight against him, and that he had occupied Armenia.

Due to the peculiar political system of the Sabbatical Empire, these local kingdoms had a high degree of autonomy and established themselves as kings, only nominally under the rule of the Sabbatarian Emperor.

He hoped that Lü Bu's Han would not engage in arms trade with Ardaban in Armenia when maintaining an alliance with the Anxi Empire and conducting various trade exchanges, so as not to continue to grow Ardaban's power.

Lu Bu thought that this request was very reasonable, agreed on the spot, and told the law to be implemented, and Vologis, as his hardcore ally, must be protected.

Of course, Vologis VI expressed his gratitude to Lü Bu for his reasonableness, and hoped that the Han would send military instructors to give guidance on the training of new recruits and the tactics of the use of firearms, and Lü Bu also agreed.

Lü Bu stayed in the Resting Empire for a month, fully appreciated the customs and customs of the West Asian region, and even secretly went to the Syrian front line of the Resting Empire to see the battle scene of the Roman Empire's legions with his own eyes.

After receiving the firearms provided by the Han Dynasty, the army of the Rest Empire was finally able to withstand the ferocious attack of the Romans on the frontal battlefield against the Romans.

However, the Romans also developed rapidly, and they also received flintlock pistols and gunpowder from their allies the Kushans.

With their scientific and industrial base, which was far superior to that of the Kushans, a large number of imitation flintlock pistols and grenades had already appeared in the hands of the Roman Empire's Eastern Legions.

The Eastern Legion is the main standing army of the Roman Empire responsible for fighting against the Sabbatarian Empire, and all equipment and personnel are the best configuration of the Roman Empire.

Therefore, the scene that Lu Bu saw was a picture of a battle between the two sides with a mixture of hot and cold weapons, a scene where the large shields and spears of the hoplites coexisted with muskets, and grenades and crossbow arrows flew all over the sky.

As a result of his trip to Syria, Lü Bu agreed to give the Empire of Rest permission to support a production line of mortars they desperately needed.

If you can consume your future opponent through the flesh and blood of others, why not?