"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is much more advantageous for the Jin people to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight than to form an alliance with either side, and they will not attack us for the sake of the Persians, nor will they abandon the Persians for us. What they hoped for most was to defeat both Persia and Rome, and only then would the Great Jin Empire become the only victorious country when this world war was over! ”

At that time, the Romans were fantasizing about uniting with Shiler to destroy Persia, and then Rome would defeat Shile with great strength, and then the world hegemony would fall into the hands of Rome.

Who knew that the halfway way to bite the gold, not only knocked the Roman allies, the Karma people, into the dust, but also forced the Romans to bow their arrogant heads and beg each other for an alliance. The situation was far beyond what the Romans had anticipated, and despite the efforts of the Roman Empire to defeat its arch-rival Persia, it suffered a series of crushing defeats on the battlefield.

"Your Majesty the Emperor! At all times, we can only rely on ourselves, and we cannot imagine that the Jin will abandon the Persians for the slightest benefit. Please think about it from the standpoint of the Jin people, if Rome is changed, is Your Majesty willing to intervene in the war between the Great Jin and Persia? General Bode smiled bitterly.

Emperor Constantine seemed to understand a little, but the cruel reality made him unwilling to admit it, gritted his teeth, and said after a long time: "You are right, General Bode!" But ......"

Before Emperor Constantine the Great's words were finished, General Bode had already understood what the other party meant, and continued: "Your Majesty, Emperor! In due course. The ministers will make contact with the Jin people! At the very least, we must win enough arms trade! As long as our army can be equipped with enough firearms, we can defeat the Persians as soon as possible, and then strive to let our craftsmen realize the self-production of firearms, only in this way can we completely get rid of the constraints of the Jin people! ”

"General, in front of you is Kabul, which is also called Gaofu in the Han Book!" When the army rode in front of Zhang Fang, he pulled the reins of the horse and stopped, pointed to a tall city in front of him and said loudly.

Zhang Fang was riding on a horse, and when he heard the words, he looked at it, and saw that there was a big city as far as his eyes could see. Vague. I don't really see it, but I can be sure that this is a majestic city, far inferior to Chang'an in the empire, but not inferior to ordinary cities.

Kabul is right in front of you. It's a big city. on the Silk Road. It is an important transit station connecting the east and west, covering an area of dozens of miles, and the city is high and thick. It is extremely strong, it is a strong city, but it is not easy to defend and difficult to attack. Because when the city was first built, the first thing in mind was not to build it into a fortress.

In the early days, it was just a small village, because it was located on the Silk Road, and Kabul was different from the barren land in other parts of Central Asia, and the land was extremely fertile, and it grew in size, and finally it was slowly built into what it is today.

Kabul is located on a plain, there is no danger to defend on all sides, and there are not many fortifications built on the top of the city, although the scale is magnificent, but in terms of defensive strength, it is indeed extremely weak. Therefore, Kabul was suitable as an economic city, but it was not suitable as a fortress for the Jin army.

In normal times, Kabul is extremely prosperous, with countless caravans coming in and out, bringing a large number of goods here from all over the world and from here to all over the world.

"Let's go, let's go into town!" Just as Zhang Fang was leading his subordinates to enter the city, suddenly a group of Rites rushed over, pounced on Zhang Fang's horse, and cried one by one, looking at their appearance, unkempt and ragged, obviously suffering a lot of crimes.

Zhang Fang looked at it coldly, and thought in his heart, maybe when these Lite people betrayed the Great Jin and took refuge in the Qian people, they would not have thought that they would fall into the hands of the Jin people one day! Zhang Fang thought well, but the Lite people really didn't expect that they had just seen the strength of Shile after the rise, and they only thought that they could follow behind the Qian people and get the benefits they expected.

In the minds of the Lite people, the Chinese people in the east have never conquered this place, and even if Shile defeats the Western Regions in the future, they will not be implicated. But they never expected that they had just taken refuge in Shile, and the people of the Qian people were driven out of the Western Regions by the Jin people like rabbits in the next moment, and then Shile went south to India and completely abandoned the Lite people.

Later, the Rites pinned their hopes on the Persians, they thought that only the Persian Empire could compete with the Great Jin, but unfortunately, they looked forward to the stars and the moon, and the Rites did not expect the Persians to arrive, but the Jin people took the Hezhong region like the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves.

Originally, the Lite people thought that with their own business talents, they would let the Great Jin let them go, but who knew that the Great Jin did not take their talents into account at all, there were a large number of business talents within the Great Jin Empire, and even they had a college specializing in cultivating economic talents.

Zhang Fang glanced at the Lites contemptuously, then waved his horsewhip and said, "Expel these Rites and enter the city!" ”

"No!" The three thousand cavalry behind him agreed with a bang, and immediately went forward to drive away the Lite, but the Lite did not leave immediately, but looked at Zhang Fang under the handsome banner with blank eyes, and his eyes were full of begging for mercy and flattery.

Some people were so anxious that they shouted: "Great General of the Celestial Empire! We are not Karma, we are Rites, Rites! We were also vassals of the Emperor of the Celestial Empire! ”

"Great General of the Celestial Empire! We are different from the Karma people! ”

At this time, some Lites also regretted their rash choice to cooperate with the Qiang tribe, knowing that Shile was a paper tiger, how could they not be in such a hurry to get on each other's broken boat, but now they can't get down.

Zhang Fang listened to the chaotic shouts of the Rites, and suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed, and the laughter couldn't help but make the Chestrites frightened for a while. After laughing, he suddenly looked at those Lites with electric eyes, and said coldly: "Everything you have today is your own effort, you chose the traitor Shile at the beginning, but now you expect us to forgive you!" It's really wishful thinking, what have you done, you know very well, since you have chosen to be the enemy of the Great Jin, you must pay the price for your choice! ”

The Rites were stunned, they didn't expect Zhang Fang to say such a thing, originally they thought that as long as they expressed their attachment again, Dajin would definitely accept them happily as before, but looking at Zhang Fang's appearance and those words, it was clear that he was going to settle accounts with them.

"General of the Celestial Empire, what are you going to do with us?" An old man in his fifties asked cautiously.

Zhang Fang glanced at the Sogdians, only to see that they were all nervous, and said coldly: "If you want the Great Jin to accept you again, you must pay the price!" That's all, get out of the way! Town. ”

After Zhang Fang finished speaking, he waved his hand and ordered his entourage to enter the city.

The Rites were stunned one by one, looking at the neat Dajin cavalry walking in front of them with fear in their eyes, they didn't understand what Zhang Fang said, but they understood too much, if they wanted the Dajin to accept them, they had to prove their loyalty.

The best, and most direct and effective way, is for each person to offer a large sum of money to the Great Jin to atone for the mistakes they have made. After all, everyone knows that the Rites are good at business, and almost one out of ten people is extremely rich. The surrounding chestnuts glanced at each other, and then they all began to run frantically towards their homes, at this time, they had to see how fast they were!

When he arrived at the city of Kabul, Zhang Fang took a look, and saw that Kabul, a famous city in Central Asia, was tall and majestic, strong and abnormal, and it was indeed a magnificent city.

Entering the city, I saw that the wide streets were very neat, no less than Chang'an, Zhang Fang nodded again, and couldn't help but admire in his heart, Kabul was originally built by the Rites, if in terms of civilization, at least in terms of architectural culture, the Rites have their own unique side.

The city seemed very empty, and there was not a single ordinary Han except for the Lite people. This is also the main reason why Emperor Sima Shu asked for the implementation of military management in the river, before the Lingbao Sect was fully rolled out, it was a bit unrealistic to implement the county system here.

Within a few days, Zhang Fang received a large amount of money from the Lite people, and after having the money, he began to build roads on a large scale. Of course, not all Lites are allowed to pay money to atone for their crimes, and there are still a group of Lites who were cleaned up by Zhang Fang as the target of killing chickens and monkeys, so that the Lites are more honest.

After stabilizing the Hezhong region, Zhang Fang was about to prepare to return to Chang'an, and at this time, Beigong Chun in Persia would take over from him and guard the western frontier of the Great Jin Dynasty!

"Captain Beigong, the river will be handed over to you, I hope you will not live up to Your Majesty's trust and trust, this place has just been conquered by us, and many people have not completely attached themselves to us. Therefore, you have a lot of responsibility here, and you have to remember: you must be ruthless when you should be ruthless! People here believe in the strong, and sometimes a knife is better than a mouth! Before leaving, Zhang Fang told Beigong Chun again and again.

"Please rest assured, with my Beigong Chun for one day, I will never let anyone take the river away from the hands of the last general!" Beigong Chun assured.

"By the way, about the matter of building a road in the river, Captain Beigong must pay close attention to it, this is related to the key to whether the empire can completely grasp the river! In addition, part of the money extorted from the Litres, except for the one that the general took back to His Majesty to give to His Majesty, is all in Kabul, and this money is enough to support the construction of roads in the middle of the river! ”

"Please rest assured that the general will definitely urge this work well!"

"Good! Ben is leaving, Captain Beigong take care! ”

"General go all the way!" (To be continued......)