"Lord Thorn Shi, after more than two months of infiltration, my scout battalion has completed the terrain mapping and reconnaissance of the lower reaches of the Panyang River." Zhao Wu explained as he unfolded a simple map.

"After the Panyang River exits the Jieshan River Valley, it continues to stretch westward for more than 800 kilometers and flows into the sea known locally as the Khazar Sea." Zhao Wu pointed to the westernmost sea area on the map with a small wooden stick, "My subordinates came back and compared it with the map and historical materials provided by the Duhufu, this Khazar Sea should be the West Sea, and the Khazar is the Western Turkic Khazar Department that has been recorded in the historical materials." ”

Zhao Wu did a very meticulous job, and he actually knew that he would compare it with the information provided by Tang Jun, which made Pan Xiaogu a little impressed by him, who would have thought that this person was just a caretaker before.

"Zhao Wu, you did a good job, continue to talk about the situation in the Panyang River Basin."

"The Panyang River, known locally as the new river of heaven, was originally the boundary river between the Khazar Khanate and Persia, with the Khazar Khanate in the north and the Khorasan Oblast in Persia in the south. More than 40 years ago, the governor of Khorasan in Persia took advantage of the civil strife in the Khazar Khanate and destroyed the Khazar Khanate, and Persia established the Khazar Oblast north of the Panyang River. Zhao Wu used a small wooden stick to point to the plots marked with different colors on both sides of the Panyang River on the map.

"The inhabitants of the Khazar region are mainly Turkic and other steppe peoples, who live by grazing, scattered in the steppes of the Khazar province in the form of tribes, and there are no decent towns and towns in the Khazar region, most of the towns in the Khazar region are located on the banks of the Panyang River and exist as trading towns. The inhabitants of Khorasan Prefecture in the south are mainly Persians and Persianized Turks and Hu people, half-cultivated and half-pastoral, with many towns, the largest city is Tus City, located in a river valley basin southwest of the mouth of the Jieshan River Valley, which is the most important city in the north of the Persian Kingdom, and it is said that the population in the city exceeds 200,000. ”

Zhao Wu finished introducing the basic geographical situation and replaced a map, this map is larger and more detailed, and at the same time, on the previous map, which was originally a whole block of the same color, Khorasan Prefecture and Khazar Prefecture, were replaced by colorful small color blocks, but these small color blocks are mainly concentrated near the mouth of the valley near the valley of the Panyang River, and the farther away the small color blocks are, the more sparse they are.

"This is a map of the distribution of local forces that my subordinates and my brothers from the scout camp put together." Zhao Wu first introduced the function and origin of this picture, and then pointed to the small messy color patches on the picture and said

"Now Persia is in complete chaos, and there are divisions everywhere, and the two northernmost states, Khorasan and Khazar, are no exception, but these two states do not have too strong personalities to integrate, so the separatist forces are more numerous and more complex."

Zhao Wu glanced up and saw that everyone was listening carefully, so he pointed to the largest color block on the map with a wooden stick and continued

"The strongest of the two northern states of Persia is Ardashir, the governor of Khorasan who occupies the city of Tus, he is the favorite youngest son of the king of Persia, and he is only twelve years old this year, so the actual control of this power should be Ardashir's sister Princess Tamina."

"Princess?!" Zhao Wu's introduction was interrupted by an exclamation, and it was Yang Zhenbang who made the exclamation

Zhao Wu first glanced in the direction of Pan Xiaogu, and saw that Pan Xiaogu nodded slightly, so he explained to Yang Zhenbang

"Yes, our biggest opponent on this expedition is a Persian princess, and this princess is about the same age as Lord Thorn." Zhao Wu deliberately squeezed his eyebrows at Pan Xiaogu, revealing a smile that all men understand.

That's my age, which means I'm only seventeen years old... It's a good age.... Bah! Fit what! What do you mean to be about my age? Zhao Wu, what do you mean by this?

Pan Xiaogu glared at Zhao Wu viciously, but Zhao Junzuo didn't see it, and continued to introduce the princess

"Our scouts have heard a lot of local legends about this princess, who is said to have shown great military talent at a very young age, and was also very strong in person, and at the age of twelve defeated the first master of the royal guard in a tournament. It is said that when the capital of Persia fell, the princess Tamina single-handedly escorted her brother and mother out of the siege and all the way to the state of Khorasan, which was controlled by her uncle..."

"Wait, you wait."

Zhao Wu said this, and was interrupted again, this time it was Pan Xiaogu who interrupted him

"You just said that the capital of Persia has fallen?" Pan Xiaogu stood up and asked with a confused expression

Zhao Wu nodded affirmatively and said

"Yes."

"Are the Seljuks so strong in combat?" Pan Xiaogu sat back in his seat in disbelief

"Well... According to the information obtained by his subordinates, the kingdom of the Persians was not conquered by the Seljuks? ”

Nani?

Pan Xiaogu's face was confused.

Zhao Wu continued

"The subordinates inquired in the city of Tus that the Persians had concentrated their main forces in the western states to resist the attack of the Seljuk Turks, and as a result, the capital was empty, and the True God in the city took the opportunity to cause trouble and took the Persian capital in one fell swoop."

True... Risers of the True God?

Pan Xiaogu's face was confused.

"The True God cultists have risen, but the Great Food Eater has also intervened in the affairs of Persia." Cheng Yun asked instead of Pan Xiaogu

"Yes, soon after the fall of the Persian capital, the army of the Great Food Nation came across the sea, and now it has occupied several states in the south of Persia, and is rapidly advancing towards the central part of Persia."

Why did the Arab Empire have to cross the sea, could it not be that Persia became an island?

Pan Xiaogu's face was confused.

The Arab Empire is now also involved, and the situation in Persia is becoming more and more complicated. What does this have to do with me

"Alright, you can go on." Pan Xiaogu waved his hand and asked Zhao Wu to continue

"Okay, just said that Princess Tamina took Prince Ardashir and fled to her uncle to seek refuge, but I didn't expect that their uncle actually had ambitions because of the chaotic situation in Persia, and wanted to plot the Persian throne. The governor of Khorasan greeted the princess and the prince with enthusiasm, but then poisoned his own sister during the dinner, and Prince Ardashir was dying. ”

Zhao Wu's story was well told, and several listeners listened to it with relish, but Zhao Wu's next narration angered these listeners

"Then the former governor threatened the prince's life and proposed to Princess Tamina..."

"Shameless!"

"Brute!"

Compared with the others who jumped on their feet, Pan Xiaogu was relatively calm, but he simply despised it in his heart

Your circle is really messy!

Pan Xiaogu showed such a calm not because he had a heavy taste, but because he knew that this kind of ** behavior that was heinous in the eyes of Chinese was actually very common in other countries.

"Everyone be quiet, now the governor of Khorasan is the prince of Ardashir, presumably that shameless man has not succeeded, everyone should not be excited. Okay, Zhao Wu, you continue to introduce. Pan Xiaogu stood up to maintain order, and Zhao Wu continued.

“... Which princess Tamina was not threatened at all, and directly killed the former governor and several masters who were responsible for protecting him. Then all the sons of the former governor were arrested, and asked about the whereabouts of the antidote one by one, if you don't say or don't know, the princess will kill with a knife, and then go to ask others, relying on this method, Princess Tamina finally found the antidote, and woke up her brother, and then she immediately ordered the execution of her uncle's entire family, and pushed her brother to the position of the governor of Khorasan by force, but because the prince and princess have too shallow foundations, the two can only control the valley around the city of Tus, The rest of the world is semi-independent. ”

"However, Princess Tamina has now completely controlled the power of Tus City, and is actively preparing to conquer other surrounding forces at this time, and when the time comes, our army in Rivers Town is likely to collide with the army of Tus City, so our scout camp believes that Princess Tamina of Tus City will be our biggest opponent in this invasion of Persia!"

Powerful, young and promising, plus decisive killing, how does this Persian princess named Tamina sound more like the protagonist?!