Chapter 349
But even according to preliminary assessments, the fighting power of these Romans was much higher than they had previously anticipated. At this time, it is really difficult to deal with the dispersion, and if they are brought together and formed a fist and then deal with it, I am afraid it will be much more troublesome than now. As long as the Romans can keep their heads clear during the battle, and the commander is a real Roman, then even if the Sassanid Empire can really suppress this great revolt of Roman slaves in the end, it will be a reluctant move to do it with the strength of the whole country, if not to die, then it must be peeled off a layer of skin. For at least five years, the Sassanid Empire lost the ability to expand externally, and if it was more serious, it might even need to make concessions in the border dispute between Armenia and the Byzantine Empire in order to protect itself.
Therefore, the people of the Sassanid Empire have been trying to divide and eliminate these Roman rebels, for fear that these Roman rebels will successfully join forces and condense into a big threat, so in fact, for the rulers of the Sassanid Empire, every day that is delayed now, then there will be more danger of being overthrown by the Roman slaves, so they are so eager to end the sabotage on Li Wenyuan's side, and instead devote all their energy to suppressing the Romans.
Li Wenyuan also relied on the opportunity of the Sassanid Empire and the Byzantine Empire to be entangled in the ownership and dominance of the Armenian region, and no one was willing to give up first, so he issued instructions to let Zhang Juntai resolutely not make concessions no matter what, and Zhang Juntai also faithfully carried out Li Wenyuan's order. So the Sassanid Empire, after some sabotage, and then found that it had no effect, they also abandoned this idea, and turned their goal back to the country, wanting to gather heavy troops to suppress the great revolt of the Romans. But the Romans' revolt was not something they could easily suppress. After all, this time the Romans were no longer alone, and it was Li Wenyuan standing behind them.
After all, Li Wenyuan has never been a fuel-efficient lamp, although he does not know that the Sassanid Empire has sent many people to its Central Asian region in order to sabotage its construction work in Central Asia and the stability and unity that it has so hard to obtain. But Li Wenyuan knew one thing in his heart: if he wanted to crush a huge empire with the least loss possible, then the best way was to plunge the empire into civil strife, the so-called thousand-mile embankment was destroyed in the anthill, and the collapse of all behemoths often began with internal decay. In the civil war, the vitality of the Sassanid Empire was constantly depleted, and Li Wenyuan believed that it would not be long before this huge empire would be consumed and only an empty shell would be consumed.
Therefore, what Li Wenyuan did was no different from what the people of the Sassanid Empire did, they were all secretly sending spies to the interior of the opposing Sassanid Empire, and provoking contradictions between the government and the people through the infiltration of spies, so that the other party was tired of dealing with internal strife and had no time to care about external troubles.
But the difference between the two is that Li Wenyuan succeeded, and the Sassanid Empire's plan fell to naught. Before the Sassanid Empire's small abacus became a climate, it was strangled to death in the cradle by Zhang Juntai's army and the military lords, without any waves. The defeat of the Sassanid Empire can be said to have ended in a dead end from the beginning, and spies and counter-espionage were still two unfamiliar words for the people of the Sassanid Empire at this time. I had never even heard of it, let alone applied it skillfully, so the Sassanid Empire naturally did not have the rich counter-espionage experience of the night owls and military lords under Li Wenyuan. Therefore, the traces of these people sent in by Li Wenyuan were not noticed by the officials of the Sassanid Empire.
Of course, this cannot all be blamed on the incompetence of the Sassanid officials. Are they incompetent? Incompetence is true, but their incompetence is based on historical limitations. The men sent by Li Wenyuan were highly trained, and after successfully infiltrating the territory of the Sassanid Empire, these people would not stay in some towns for too long. Instead, after taking a short break and buying enough food and drink supplies for the road, they will stay away from the towns and villages and choose some off-the-beaten roads to travel. Directly through these unnoticed paths, they reached the camp of the Roman rebels, led by the brothers Heras and Varyagi Curt.
By now, the number of Han Chinese who served in the Roman rebels was considerable. It is obviously impossible for so many people to want to hide as before, and it is extremely easy to show their feet. Therefore, these Han people simply moved directly from behind the scenes to the front of the stage, clearly letting the Sassanids know that there were Han people in the Roman rebel army. In this way, these people of the Sassanid Empire have exploded, after all, this great revolt of Roman slaves is an internal matter of my Sassanid Empire itself anyway, so what is the matter with so many of you Han people mixed in it?
As a result, the diplomats of the Sassanid Empire repeatedly lodged solemn protests with Li Wenyuan, demanding that Li Wenyuan recall these Han Chinese who supported the rebels' movements, as a sign of friendly and cooperative relations between the two countries. However, after listening to the diplomat's words, Li Wenyuan also spread his hands helplessly, saying that although these people also bear the name of Han Chinese, they have fled from Central Asia, and most of these people are people who do not appreciate their own ruling methods and are powerless to resist, so they have to leave their homeland and escape to the interior of the Sashan Empire. As for why they became the people under the Roman rebel army, Li Wenyuan is also unclear. Therefore, asking Li Wenyuan to recall these refugees is simply an impossible task. However, in order to maintain the friendly and cooperative relations between the two countries, Li Wenyuan also expressed strong condemnation of these people in the official name, and at the same time informed the government of the Sassanid Empire that if these Han Chinese who had defected to the Sassanid Empire from Central Asia were caught, they could be directly sent back to Li Wenyuan's rule.
The people of the Sassanid Empire came to sue to no avail, but they were beaten upside down by Li Wenyuan, and all the blame was put on those Han people, not to mention, Li Wenyuan also refused to admit that the appearance of those Han people in the territory of the Sassanid Empire had something to do with him. At this time, it was Li Wenyuan who adjusted the various economic data under his rule, so that he could maintain good operation and support the war when the war broke out suddenly.