This is the first time Lu Bu has seen Osidmus, and it feels amazing to change from a former rival to an ally now.

However, Lü Bu did not despise him because of this, after all, the province of Bactria is now one of the most important supporters of Mags, and Osidemus is also his number one general, so it also plays a very important role in the interests of the Han Empire in the Kushan Empire.

Osidmos was even more shocked to see the scene of the huge naval fleet, and also saw the imposing Imperial Guards coming down from the giant ship.

It was the first time that he saw His Majesty Lu Bu, the founding emperor of the famous Han Empire, as a Chinese expert Osidmus, he could even speak fluent Han official dialect.

He even translated Sun Tzu's Art of War into Kushan script, which was printed and distributed in the Kushan Empire.

Although Lu Bu is fifty-five years old this year, because of his long-term insistence on exercising and training, his physical fitness is excellent, and he looks like he is about forty.

Lü Bu had already arranged for him to march overland when he arrived in Minagara, and he would lead his Imperial Guards to visit Peshawar by land, then to Ctesiphon, and finally to the front line between the Han and the Romans.

From Minagara, they traveled north, passing through provinces controlled by Mags, and Osidmos led the Bactrian Army to personally clear the way and protect Lüb's army.

Of course, he also knew that the three divisions of Lu Bu's Imperial Forest Army were several times stronger than any army of the Kushan Empire in terms of combat strength and equipment, and if he wanted to destroy these armies, he would probably need more than three times the strength to make it possible.

Finally, after a long journey, the Han army reached Peshawar, the capital of the Kushan Empire, but the atmosphere in Peshawar was tense at this time, and heavily armed soldiers could be seen inside and outside the city.

According to Osidmos's explanation, the situation between the East and the West has recently become tense again, the armies of both sides are being moved, and Peshawar is only a few hundred miles away from the front line, so it is completely wartime atmosphere.

Mags traveled twenty miles out of the city to meet Lü Bu, and held a banquet at the palace to entertain Lü Bu, and the first garrison division was allowed to enter the city to escort him, while the other two divisions were stationed outside the city.

Mags still prepared a sumptuous banquet with great luxury, and there was a wide variety of fine wine and food.

When Lu Bu saw Mags again, he felt as if he was twenty years older, obviously a few years younger than Lu Bu, but he looked like an old man of seventy or eighty years old, and he was about to die.

It seems that this emperor is uncomfortable, and he is worried about it until he is old.

Mags introduced his crown prince Ingor to Lu Bu, saying that he also felt that he was aging too fast, and he was afraid that he would not be the emperor for a few years, and planned to pass on the throne to the crown prince after the situation stabilized, hoping that the Han Empire would continue to support him.

He personally hoped that Lu Bu would take care of his children and grandchildren as long as his family was still in power, and he was willing to be friendly with the Han Dynasty for generations.

Lu Bu comforted him with kind words and promised him that as long as the Maggs family remained loyal to Dahan, he could let Dahan take care of his children and grandchildren and help him as much as he could.

During Lü Bu's stay in Peshawar, the civil war in Kushan did not break out again, perhaps because Bo Tiao got some news that the border between the two sides was much calmer.

After a week's stay in the Kushan Empire, Lü Bu continued his long journey from Peshawar to the Sogdian Governorate of the Han Empire.

The current Sogdian governor is Wei Yan, and after going around the navy, he still feels that the army is more suitable for him, and he is respected by the military department.

Being able to grasp the military administration of a viceroy alone has a lot of power, and he is a veritable feudal official.

Lu Bu inspected the Sogdian Governorate, Wei Yan did a good job, the scale of the national contradiction problem was well grasped, the Sogdian people were also obedient to the people, and they were relatively easy to manage, as long as you did not squeeze him, he would be honest.

Lü Bu visited Kangju and then entered the borders of the Persian Empire, where Central Asian allies such as Khorasan and Sistan had joined the Persian Empire as important provinces, and only Khorezm remained independent.

Shapur, the crown prince of the Persian Empire, had been waiting for Lü Bu's army in Khorasan for a long time, and he accompanied Lü Bu on the land of the Persian Empire.

Lü Bu marched on the newly built Silk Road, a new high-grade highway that was newly built by the Ministry of Communications of the Han Empire, in order to ensure the transportation of soldiers and materials needed for the expedition of the army.

The highway could see endless convoys and caravans, and the logistics department of the Imperial Army used all means of transportation to ensure logistical supplies, after all, it was too far away from its own homeland.

There are many things that the logistics department procures from the Persian Empire, Kangju, Khorezm and other places, which also greatly contribute to the economic prosperity of these regions.

Shapur learned a lot of Han culture from Fazheng, and he spoke fluent Chang'an official dialect without translation at all, which made Lu Bu very pleased.

Lü Bu took a closer look at the current state of the Persian Empire, and the remnants of the Sabbatarians still stubbornly existed in some of the empire's frontier provinces and remote areas, and the Romans often supported some locals to rebel against Persian rule.

However, the centralized system of the Persians was much more complete than that of the Sabbatarians, and the management from top to bottom was well organized, and although there were rebellions, they were all small fights and could not make the climate.

The Persians not only restored the Achaemenid dynasty, but even expanded, and the great name of Sassanid Persia became famous all over the world.

This time, the Han prepared a large-scale expedition against Rome, with the support of the Persian Empire, from Ardashir I to the provinces below.

Ardashir I had mobilized 300,000 Persian troops and the entire Persian navy to prepare for the Han Empire's military operations.

Hearing this, Lü Bu expressed his heartfelt gratitude to Ardashir I for his support, and once again assured that the friendship between the two empires was unbreakable and that victory over the Roman Empire would be achieved.

Finally, he once again arrived at the famous city of Western Asia, Ctesiphon, the capital of the Persian Empire, and Ardashir I also traveled fifty miles out of the city to meet Lü Bu's army.

At this time, Lü Bu's army was not only the three divisions of the Imperial Forest Army, but also more than a dozen divisions of the Imperial Army and the Haotian Army, all of which had converged one after another along the way, and more troops had already arrived in Damascus and Mosul.

Lü Bu stopped at Ctesiphon for a while, while the army marched to Damascus and Mosul to assemble and stand by.

Lü Bu and Ardashir I were now waiting for Sima Yi's Egyptian side to open the Suez Canal.

The closer it was to opening, the more anxious it became, and information kept coming and going, and Sima Yi sent someone to report the construction progress to Lu Bu every day.

The canal has been repaired to the last few tens of kilometers, and it will soon be fully connected.