Winter ice and snow blow all over the Central Asian steppe, cold air hovering over the Caspian Sea, continue to meet the stubborn obstruction of the Persian Plateau in the south, hiding in Mesopotamia, southwest of the Persian Plateau, the beautiful two river basins are still warm and humid climate, the climate at low latitudes has mixed pros and cons, at least in the tail of winter only wear a linen robe without worrying about being frozen to death. ＋◆

A grand feast is being held in Ctesiphon's royal palace, and the protagonist of the banquet is the old emperor of the Parthian Empire, Mithridates I, who hosts a mysterious guest, the Seleucid emperor Demetrius II.

Zhang Qian stood by the fountain pool and looked at the reflection in the pool, with a neatly trimmed beard and curly hair, wearing a crimson robe and cloak to protect his figure, and his appearance changed by makeup was a little more Parthian, if it wasn't for the fact that he was not too tall, it was a standard Parthian rich and handsome.

"Honorable guest, please wait a moment, there is a young lady over there who wants to plant your name."

"Huh?"

Zhang Qian subconsciously looked in the direction, a young woman with brown hair and brown eyes smiled and nodded to him, most of the women beside her showed pity, Zhang Qian took a few steps back speechlessly and remembered the customs and habits of the Parthians, the Parthians with thick lines only integrated into part of the overflow of ancient Greece, and the love affair between men and women still maintained the customs of the tribal era.

Parthian women can be like men, in any public social occasion to meet their favorite people boldly to ask, the bold and pungent style of Parthian women are born to be a warrior of infinite strength, in the war of the Seleucid Empire, the Parthians once sent women to scout the enemy, the main force of the battle also followed the man to charge on horseback.

The special circumstances created the privileges of the Parthian woman. As the times changed, the brave Parthian women did not have to stand up in times of crisis, and most of the time the Parthian Empire fought with a crushing posture. The few hard bones simply stopped or went around, and the Parthians were not stupid and arrogant. Even though their talent is very poor, all skills need to be taught and learned.

However, Parthian women are very powerful, Zhang Qian has never seen a thief in the streets and alleys of Ctesiphon, and this group of city rats are not allowed to come out when they are driven there, which shows that this group of pink overlords is not a bully on the surface, so simple things can be done in minutes.

"Sir, I'm Xi...... Hope to get to know you. ”

Zhang Qian took half a step back, was stunned for a moment, and shook his head with a smile: "I'm sorry, I'm going to take the exam soon, please leave it to me then." ”

"He's my man. Hurry up and get out of the way! ”

Tasparamia walked in, a sentence scared people no, take a closer look at her dress not only into the taste, don't say some strange words to cause unnecessary conflicts, all girls are beautiful embryos, now it seems that the mouth is more powerful, sometimes men are not used to scolding a few words, but don't make a very bad thing.

The man was very angry: "Do you know who my father is? ”

"Who do I care who your father is? Your father is the third prince and the ninth prince or the prince king.

He chose to calmly announce the top card in his father's list, you tell me that my father is not good. I'm not convinced.

Zhang Qian was also very depressed: "Will you help us first?" ”

"I don't know."

Tasparamia worked hard to live, and her disguised makeup did not prevent her from projecting bitter hatred, and she looked in the direction of the old Emperor Mithridates I.

"Huh?"

The old emperor gave him a strange look: "Who is that?" ”

"The great merchant of Kangju has a large handful of pure snow salt in his hands. It seems that there are connections of that empire in the East. ”

"You mean the Huns?"

Mithridates I was lost in thought, for he had heard the legend of a powerful Hun Empire in the East, which was said to be the most terrible cavalry empire in the world. The dead Assyrians and Persians were far inferior to him.

The old emperor absolutely did not believe in this evil, and he firmly believed that the Parthian Empire led by him was the cornerstone of the steppe civilization. As the direct heir of the emperor, he has the important matter of whether he can inherit the inheritance of the empire, and as a result, there is a big gap between his grandson's skills and his son's. In areas where there are abundant ores, ores are the least valuable things, and food is given much more priority than tools.

"Your Majesty, your guest has arrived."

Mithridates I smiled and put away his thoughts, and Dmitry II's smiling insults and insults were surprising in a very surprising place that made people lie down for a second.

"The emperor is very concerned and loving to the person who left, and it is very funny when the emperor decides to go down with his heart."

The old emperor said: "Dmitry II! Let's talk about ideals! Your Seleucids are about to fall apart, so throw yourself into the arms of my Parthia, and trust that you will get what you want. ”

"I want to be free, can you help me?"

I believe that many people know the second-hand market in Dmitry No. 2 City, and the one tested is not very accurate, there is too much time to think about and the information acquisition is very sloppy.

Dmitry II rolled his eyes and nodded reluctantly to show that he was so cold only because he had forcibly extinguished the fire in the camp, and that after he was captured, he tossed wildly, screaming and venting his dissatisfaction as if he had gone crazy, and sometimes he was like a middle-aged man who had achieved nothing, frustrated, angry, annoyed, and resentful, and that he was the young emperor of Seleucid.

The Seleucid Empire is already yesterday's yellow flower, and all of Europe and Asia followed Seleucus to the old paper pile, he, the emperor of the Seleucid Empire, was only a nominal person, and he didn't have an inch of land in Mesopotamia, and the original capital Seleucia was changed to Ctesiphon, and he didn't even have the last trace of thought.

"Damn old fear, you're going to die."

The old emperor laughed: "Dmitry, you milky and dry child, don't you still understand your situation? Remember that your failures come from the military, not from politics. ”

"You'll regret it sooner or later, I'm younger and stronger than you, look how good you are!"

"I'll wait to see how you perform."

The news of Dmitry II's capture came into Ctesiphon like a gust of wind, and the battle on the Western Front gradually went in a normal direction, and it would not have been in the past before that no one remembered what constellation you used to be, and the emperor of an empire was defeated and captured, no matter how brave he was before, he could not hide his identity as an executioner.

After a long wait, Zhang Qian got a chance to face the old emperor.

"Kangju?" Mithridates I changed to the Kangju language: "Why did you come to me? Is it just to make money? ”

"We want to go to the west, bypass Seleucus to the world of the barbarians in the northwest."

Mithridates I said absurdly: "You must be crazy, the Germanic barbarians are the most terrible warriors, and you will definitely die if you go there." ”

"We just look, we don't go too deep into the territory."

Zhang Qian took the trouble to explain his destination, trying to avoid talking about going to Rome from his own mouth, Parthia and Rome did not have a good relationship, and they would be enemies in the future.

"For the sake of the gold coins, I don't care about your destination, if there is any business you can go directly to my servant, he will tell you how to find me as soon as possible." The old emperor got up and left.

Zhang Qian was a little disappointed, he had originally wanted to find a Germanic who could speak well as a guide, but it turned out that things were not so good in this era, and it seemed that the Parthians had no interest in establishing contact with the northern barbarians.

Tasparamia comforted: "Sir, please don't be too sad, our technology is not up to standard, it does not affect our belief in survival. ”

"Thank you, you look great today."

Suddenly, Tasparaamia blushed and lowered her head shyly: "Sir, I like you." ”

"Huh? You...... Do you know I'm going to go and like me? ”

"Yes, I've always liked you, and without your sacrifice, my child would have died a long time ago." Taspalamia said slowly.

Zhang Qian didn't dare to respond, lowered his head and slowly walked back to the dilapidated and familiar alley, the Parthian capital of Ctesiphon has improved in recent months, at least not to dig up piles of dead bodies every morning as before.

The good thing is that the food supply is much more abundant than before, the rest emperor Mithridates I defeated and captured the Seleucid emperor Demetrius II on the battlefield, and with his great hard power, the Seleucid army was routed and captured alive The emperor put him under house arrest, and Seleucus was also plunged into a war internally, and the usurper established the kingdom of Triphon.

The deteriorating situation made Seleucus even worse, Demetrius II's rule in the country was not popular, he was a puppet of the Ptolemaic Empire, and his defeat and capture did not attract the attention of his subjects.

Although Dmitry II was not capable, one of the most beneficial brands of the Diadochi War was that it was too hard, including the old emperor of Parthia, Mithridates I, who was also willing to come into contact with useless little puppets.

The foreign war of Parthia came to an end, and more forces were put on the rebel forces that were too heavily consulted, and the remnants of the Persian Empire, the remnants of Alexander's time were all in the country, and it was not so easy for these people to find someone when they saw that the situation was not right, and Cao Shi had always suspected that Tasparamia was a descendant of the Seleucid nobility.

Zhang Qian was also very embarrassed to hear the true thoughts in her heart, the women of this era are very unrestrained, he can't recklessly agree or refuse, and after careful consideration and weighing, he said: "Dear Taspalaemia, can you give me some time?" I'm going to think about giving you a reply. ”

"I'm not going to embarrass you, be careful not to hurt yourself, and recently my brother may send a letter to guide a path to Seleucid."

"Antioch? There belonged to the usurper Terifon. ”

"No, we're going to Issus."

Zhang Qian was stunned, this is not the first time he has heard the name of Issus, two hundred years ago, Alexander the Great relied on the Battle of Issus to defeat Darius III, and the Achaemenid Dynasty was defeated and quickly perished. (To be continued, please search, the novel is better and updated faster!)