Chapter 21: The Conquest of Persia!
Pan Xiaogu was hindered by his status as a "Persian returnee", so it was difficult to ask directly about the doubts in his heart, and he felt more and more that he was currently closed to information and ignorant of the various changes in the new earth.
Last time, Pan Xiaogu asked Song Jiang to help him collect some history books, but because Anxi is a remote place, the style of writing is not prosperous, so he only found a few books, which were brought by these people from Zhichong Mansion.
Only one of these books is the history of the Tang Dynasty, and it is seriously damaged, and there are few valuable things in it, but Pan Xiaogu also found a useful piece of information in it, that is, the beginning time of the earth's enlargement, the first change occurred in the second year of Zhenguan (627), and the history books say that the sky is auspicious, and the land is wide and thousands of miles.
Pan Xiaogu has found such records several times, most of which occurred during the period of Taizong Gaozong, so the author of the history book called the two Holy Emperors, and there seem to be several records during the reign of Wu Zetian, perhaps because the number of times is less than that of Taizong Gaozong, or it may be because the author of the history book was bullied by his wife at home, and a generation of empresses actually only got the title of deputy saint.
Despite this, the social status of women in the Tang Dynasty is still soaring, higher than in history, they can be taken to the imperial examination to become officials, and after Wu Zetian, there have even been female prime ministers and female generals...
There is only some useful information in the history books, and they are all vague, and many things are mentioned in one stroke, and there is no specific information such as geographical changes at all.
The maps that Pan Xiaogu wanted most, especially the more accurate maps, belonged to the secrets of the Tang Central Committee and the military, and Song Jiang just asked someone to bring Pan Xiaogu a map of the Anxi Governor's Mansion, which was still a civilian version, and the painting was the same as Picasso's painting...
Pan Xiaogu wanted to get more useful information, so he could only make up his mind with these people in Zhichong Mansion.
"Brother Cheng, I was originally a reclusive in the countryside, I don't understand the affairs of the world, after Brother Cheng is famous, he has seen far above me, and he still asks me." Pan Xiaogu sincerely bowed to Cheng Yun.
"Command your lordship not to do that." Cheng Yun stretched out his hand to support Pan Xiaogu, after all, in name Pan Xiaogu is his superior - Cheng Yun is also the deputy commander, assisting Pan Xiaogu in training, although the position of the captain of Zhichong Mansion is half a level higher than that of the commander, but according to the military system, he must obey the orders of the commander in the new army, which is also the reason why Cheng Yun looked at Pan Xiaogu unpleasantly at first.
"Brother Cheng doesn't have to be so polite, according to your military rank, you are much higher than the junior brother, do you have to let me call you an adult?" Pan Xiaogu asked with a smile
"This..."Cheng Yun was speechless for a while, and after thinking about it, he felt that there was indeed some truth, so he agreed to it.
"Okay, then from now on, you and I will be called brothers in private, and if there is anything you don't understand, you can come and ask me."
"Little brother is not sure about something, this Persia is a big country anyway, how can it not even defeat the enemy who crosses the sea, is this Seljuk country so powerful?"
"That's not it, there were originally a lot of Turks in Persia, after all, the Seljuks were of the same language and race as them, and with a little instigation of these Turks, they launched a rebellion to contain most of the Persian national strength, so they grabbed a bridgehead by the sea, and then encroached on it step by step, occupying half of Persia." Cheng Yun stopped talking and sighed
"Originally, this was a godsend, if my Anxi army marched westward at this time, it would definitely be able to expand its territory and take half of Persia into its pocket, but it is a pity that the imperial court transferred my Anxi elite back to the Central Plains at this time, and sat back and watched such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to miss, alas, sad!"
Pan Xiaogu's heart jumped suddenly, and a bold thought came to him, what if I lead the army westward at this time?
As soon as this thought came to mind, a system message suddenly popped up.
Trigger Main Mission 1: Conquer Persia!
Persia is in a crisis of internal and external difficulties, and if you don't know what to do at this time, what's the point of crossing?
Requirements: Establish at least five provinces within Persia before the fall of Persia.
Note: If you capture a settlement with more than 10,000 people, you can get a territory certificate, and you can set up a township-level territory.
Rewards: 1. Reward a high-level heritage building.
2. Development points will be awarded according to the number of territories established.
Failure Punishment: Turn into a salted fish! A traverser can't even complete the system task, what's the difference between you and the salted fish.
"Uhhhh
"What did you just say?" Cheng Yun thought that Pan Xiaogu had a question to ask
Pan Xiaogu does have a problem, and it is still a big problem related to salted fish.
"Brother Cheng, how long do you think this Persia can last?"
"Well... Judging from the news obtained by the Persian merchants who came to Anxi, at most they could barely hold on for two or three years, by the way, I heard that the old king of Persia is dying, and several princes are not in harmony, and if you don't do it, you will have civil strife, and if you don't make it, you will lose the country in another year! ”
I'll go, do you want to be so fast!
Pan Xiaogu suddenly realized that time was becoming short.
"Brother Cheng, can you speed up this training?"
Cheng Yun was baffled by Pan Xiaogu's sudden change of topic
"Brother Xian, didn't I just say that the battle qi training must not be urgent, let the soldiers gradually adapt, otherwise they will die!"
Pan Xiaogu ignored Cheng Yun's advice and insisted that he speed up his training.
"It's okay, my Pan family can hold it!" Pan Xiaogu has such confidence because of the existence of Linggu, the first batch of Linggu has been harvested, and the output is enough to supply five or six hundred people for a month, he plans to take it all out for the people who are being trained, of course, and the supply from Tietong can't be forgotten...
Pan Xiaogu suddenly thought of the terrible traffic situation between the two places.
What a hassle! It seems that new settlements will have to be opened!
Pan Xiaogu thought secretly in his heart.
"Since you insist, Brother Xian, then we will start to increase the training intensity tomorrow, but if I find that more than thirty percent of the people can't hold on, we must change back to the original method, and you must listen to me in the future training arrangements!" Cheng Yun couldn't resist Pan Xiaogu's repeated requests, so he had to play a trick and put forward a condition for retreating.
Cheng Yun has his own calculations in his heart: In the past, even if we used a step-by-step method of training, most of the people would be eliminated, and the participants in the training were all elite soldiers carefully selected by the military government, and if they were farmers of the Pan family, I think they would definitely not be able to hold on for even a day, and then Brother Pan Xian would know his mistake, and he would not interfere in military affairs indiscriminately in the future, and the task of secretly controlling the new army assigned by the clan uncle was also completed.
"Okay, I agree to this condition!"
Pan Xiaogu didn't know Cheng Yun's calculations, and even if he knew, he didn't care too much, because he had personally tried the effect of Linggu, and the ability to recover his physical strength could be called against the sky, no matter how much physical strength he had consumed before, after eating the food cooked by Linggu, his physical strength would recover within an hour or two!
Pan Xiaogu has confidence in the people who participated in the training!