Beicheng, the capital of the Beika Kingdom in Beijia, the north of the palace, is a newly opened post house on the east side of the palace, which is specially responsible for receiving some more important guests, and outside a small courtyard in the post house, hundreds of strangely dressed soldiers are guarding outside. In a bedroom in the courtyard house, a teenage boy sits at the head of the bed, holding a beautifully carved seal in his hand, and is crying quietly.

The young man's brown hair, high nose, deep eyes, and blue pupils would immediately recognize him as a Persian or a Westerner if an experienced person saw him, and judging from his clothes, he could conclude that the other party must be a Persian.

This Persian boy named Belus, the son of the last monarch of the Sassanid Dynasty of Persia, Yazdegerd III, is just fifteen years old this year, and the reason why he appeared here is also a last resort, because the ancient Persian Empire can no longer support it, and it may perish at any time, and his father sent him out of Persia in order to let his son escape, and finally Belus finally escaped here.

The Persian Empire, like other dynasties that are coming to an end, is gradually heading towards the abyss, especially seven years ago, the Persians organized an army of 150,000 to resist the attack of the 10,000-strong army of the Great Eclipse in Nehavand, and it is worth mentioning that the Persian army of 150,000 is already the last force they can organize after losing the capital Ctesiphon.

Unfortunately, the last resistance of the Persians also failed, although in the early stage, they fought with the Great Cannibals, and also killed the commander of the Great Food in the enemy army, but later the new commander of the Great Food was defeated. The concentration of superior forces crushed the Persian army, and as a result, the last of the Persians' strength was also buried on the battlefield.

The Battle of Nehavand marked the end of the Persians' inability to resist the attacks of the Great Cannibals. Even after Yazdegerd III heard the news, he immediately fled to eastern Khorasan. And during this period, he repeatedly asked the Tang Dynasty for help, hoping that the Tang Dynasty could send troops to support Persia, but unfortunately Li Shimin considered that Persia was too far away, and the Western Turks had just been destroyed, and the Western Regions had not yet been completely stabilized, so he did not agree to the other party's request.

However, Yazdegerd III was not discouraged, and just last year, he sent his son Belus to the Tang Dynasty via the overland Silk Road. One is to rescue Li Shimin again, and the other is to send Belus to Datang as a hostage.

After several years of governance, especially the implementation of the Sinicization policy, the rule of the Tang Dynasty in the Western Regions has been stabilized, and even many Han people have taken the initiative to move to the Western Regions, which has also greatly strengthened the rule of the Tang Dynasty there. In addition, in recent years, the financial revenue of the Tang Dynasty has increased every year, and the treasury is also very abundant, so Li Shimin has enough strength to wage a war against Dashi, and there is no problem in keeping at least the last bit of strength of the Persian Empire.

But Li Shimin also has his own considerations. First, now the expansion of the Tang Dynasty has reached the limit, the western border has reached the Caspian Sea, and it is quite far away from Chang'an, and the transmission of government decrees has been very difficult. This also made the central government of the Tang Dynasty somewhat powerless to rule there, and could only give the two protectorates, Anxi and Beiting, the power of self-determination, and manage the western territory through them.

However, this may create the hidden danger that the two protectorates are too powerful. If it is to help Persia send troops, then it will definitely further increase the power of the two protectorates. This is what Li Shimin does not want to see, and he is even thinking about how to reduce the power of the two Western protectorates. Of course, this is on the premise of not affecting the rule of the Tang Dynasty there.

In addition, there is another point, that is, this time the dispatch of troops does not have much benefit to the Tang Dynasty, even if it is to repel the Great Cannibal, at most it will only help Persia to restore the country, and then deter the expansion of the Great Cannibal, which is really not cost-effective compared with the huge price paid by the expedition to the Great Cannibal.

It was precisely because of these considerations that Li Shimin once again rejected Persia's request and sent Belus back. However, Belus collected some news in Chang'an, knowing that there were three princes of the Tang Dynasty who were fighting abroad, among which the power of the sixth prince was mainly in Nanyang and other regions in the south of the Tang Dynasty, while the seventh prince and the eighth prince had already landed on the Tianzhu continent, which was not far from Persia.

Moreover, Belus also learned that the power of the three princes outside was not controlled by the Tang Dynasty, and each of them had their own army, that is, as long as they could be persuaded to send troops, especially the two princes of Tianzhu, then there was still hope for them in Persia.

So the prince of the end of Persia did not follow Li Shimin's arrangement to return to Persia, but went to sea by shipowner, and then went south on the fastest steamship, during which he also stopped in Taiwan for a while, and saw the prosperity that he could not imagine in his dreams. Originally, he didn't want to see Li Su, but at that time, Li Su was busy with the Javanese plague, and he couldn't see anyone at all. Belus didn't put his hope on Li Su, so he didn't feel sorry for it, and boarded the ship again and went to Tianzhu.

However, when he arrived in Tianzhu, he found that the power of the two princes of the Tang Dynasty had just begun to start, and they only occupied South Tianzhu, and they also occupied a small country in North Tianzhu, not to mention that the overall power was compared with the Tang Dynasty, and even the six princes of Taiwan were much stronger than them.

This discovery made Belus feel like he had been slapped in the head, originally he put all his hopes on Li Zhen and Li Yun, but now he suddenly found that the strength of the other party was not as strong as he imagined, which was naturally a cruel thing for him.

However, although Belus was disappointed, he finally went to Nantianzhu to meet Li Yun, but Li Yun has always been a person who seeks stability, and they have just developed such a little power in Tianzhu now, and they really have no strength to help others, so he naturally has no interest in aiding Persia.

However, Li Yun's temperament also decided, he would not say one thing to death, so he let Belus go to Li Zhen in Beitianzhu, hoping to make Li Zhen a bad person and refuse Belus.

Although Belus is young, he has grown up in exile since he was a child, and his mind is already very mature, and he also vaguely guessed Li Yun's thoughts, and after they arrived at Bei Cheng in Beitianzhu, Li Zhen did not summon them at all, but only sent a minister to inquire about their intentions, and then there was no news for several days, which made Belus feel a little desperate.

Today, Belus had dinner and saw the golden seal given to him by his father, which was a birthday gift from Yazdegerd III on his birthday, which was carved with the scene of the Persian capital Ctesiphon being conquered by the great cannibals, so that he could remember the day of shame in Persia and never forget to revive Persia.

This gold seal is the source of power for Belus, whenever he encounters frustration and frustration, he will take it out and look at the carving on it, the hatred of the Great Food in his heart makes him full of strength, if it were not for the invasion of Persia by the Great Cannibal, he would still be a noble Persian prince, and he would not be as displaced as he is now.

But today this method failed, Belus held the gold seal in his hand, and the hatred of Da Shi in his heart became deeper and deeper, but he was not as motivated as before, but felt a deep sense of powerlessness, Datang has rejected their call for help several times, and the only two Tang princes who he regarded as hope were still weak, and their attitude towards themselves was also very cold, which made Belus feel a helpless despair, and finally cried bitterly.

From the time he was sensible, Belus's father, Yazdegerd III, often told him in his ear that you are the prince of Persia, and now the whole country is facing life and death, so you are different from other children, others can feel wronged and cry, but you are not qualified to cry.

It is precisely because of this kind of education since he was a child, Belus has not cried for many years, but today he can no longer bear this feeling of despair, and can only use crying to vent the pain in his heart, no matter how strong he is, after all, he is only a teenager who has just turned fifteen, not to mention that he is now in a foreign country, and there is no one around him who can speak, which makes him extremely vulnerable.

However, Belus did not know that at the same time in the study of the Becheng Palace, Li Zhen also did not sleep, but was discussing with Wang Xuance about aiding Persia.

"Your Royal Highness, in my opinion, Da Shi Xinli, like the newborn sunrise, it can be said that the momentum of development is unstoppable, at least with our current strength, we really can't compete with Da Shi!" Wang Xuance said categorically.

"I naturally know this, but if Persia is destroyed, then the Great Food will not only border with the Tang Dynasty, but also adjacent to Tianzhu, with the current strength of the father, naturally not afraid of a new rise of the Great Eclipse, but we are different, now Tianzhu is still in chaos, if the Great Cannibal takes the opportunity to enter, then not only will our plan to unify Tianzhu encounter important challenges, but it is even possible to be suppressed by the Great Cannibal in a corner, and the opportunity to unify Tianzhu will be lost forever, so we must find a way to curb the development of Great Eclipse!" Li Zhen also said with a serious face.

However, after listening to Li Zhen's words with a smile, Wang Xuance said unhurriedly: "Your Highness can think so long-term, which makes Your Majesty very impressed, and Your Highness's point of view is also Your Minister's point of view." I just said that we can't compete with the Great Eclipse, but that doesn't mean that the Great Eclipse is allowed to expand so unscrupulously, and now it's time to give them some color to see, but this needs the help of others! ”

Li Zhen was stunned when she heard this, and then said, "Xuan Ce, do you mean to pull up the sixth brother?" ”

"Hehe, not only His Royal Highness King Qi, but also another most important person!" Wang Xuance smiled very sinisterly. (To be continued......)