After several days of arduous trekking, the Han envoys finally arrived at Bactria (Bactra [Latin] Alexandria, the capital of the Great Xia Kingdom). Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

However, it was customary for the dynasty to transliterate it as 'Blue City City'.

The city of Blue City is a very typical Greek city-state.

It has a typical Hellenistic urban structure, and on the periphery of it, there are large tracts of farmsteads.

According to rough estimates, there are about 70,000 or 80,000 people living around the city, and half of them are slaves.

In the middle of the city, there is a huge temple complex.

The temple complex includes temples of the Hellenistic Osspirin gods, as well as Buddhist temples and Zoroastrian altars.

This is one of the characteristics of the localization of the Greeks in Central Asia.

As soon as he entered the city, Chokodamo was immediately rejuvenated and the dragon spirit was fierce.

Because, here he met many Buddhist monks like him.

When they heard that Chokodamo had actually crossed the sea and arrived at a new and powerful empire, and had obtained the permission of the emperor, they all showed envy and admiration.

Buddhism in this period was very pioneering.

Mainly because in India, they were already defeated by Hinduism and were defeated (mainly the decline of the Mauryan Empire, which believed in Buddhism).

Therefore, a large number of Buddhists are opening up in all directions.

Bactria, the Otsuki clan, and even Kangju became the places where they preached the Dharma.

Others went to sea and spread Buddhism to the islands of Southeast Asia.

And for those successful monks who can sacrifice their lives and forget to avoid hardships and dangers, and spread the Dharma for thousands of miles, all Buddhists are very respected and respected.

This kind of person is a truly virtuous monk.

At this time, the Buddhist monks were basically well-informed intellectuals (no way, in that place in India, the people who could recite the scriptures must be nobles).

Therefore, as soon as they heard Chokodama's introduction, they immediately linked the place where Chokodamo went with the legendary Silk Country.

This is a silk country!

Powerful, rich, and unrivaled silk country!

As early as hundreds of years ago, the Maritime Silk Road brought silk and handicrafts from China to Central and South Asia.

People have legends about this faraway country.

Legend has it that this silk country, but the homeland of silk, is said to be a paradise country where gold is cast.

At the same time, the arrival of the mission also attracted the attention of the king of Bactria, Euclatides II.

Even, it made him excited.

Okratides II was a typical Macedonian nobleman, he was tall, relatively strong, and had the dark eyes of his ancestors, but also had Aryan features, black hair and brown eyes, and a slightly high nose.

Like Alexander the Great and the Victorious King, he loved all things new and ambitious.

However, it is an unfortunate fact that in his hands the great kingdom of Bactria is already in the twilight of its life.

Even, it is no exaggeration to say that the kingdom of Bactria has fallen to this point.

On the military merit medal, there is half of his credit.

Back then, when his father Okratides I was in power, he was known as Okratides the Great!

This is the true Emperor.

He once led 300 warriors to defeat 60,000 Indian troops in northern India, and within five months the kingdom of Bactria ruled almost all of northern India.

This was another period of strength for the Bactirian kingdom since the civil strife in Bactiria.

However, alas, Okratides I was too fond of war.

During his reign, there was hardly a year without fighting.

The wealth and slaves recovered from the victory of the war were used by him as funds for the next war.

This undoubtedly sparked public outrage!

About eight years ago, when Oktiladus I returned from his victory in India again, his son, Oktiladus II, cut him off his chariot with a knife in his hand, and the emperor was crushed to pieces by the wheels.

Oklatides II, killed his father.

But he did not hide his attitude, and he openly declared: The man I have killed is no longer a king, much less my father, but an enemy of the country! (He is no longer a father, but an enemy of the community.) Description by the Roman historian Justine).

He even allowed his father's body to be exposed in the wilderness.

This is obvious, poking a hornet's nest.

His brothers, at once, united themselves and raised up to fight him.

Okratides II couldn't resist his brothers, so he thought of borrowing a teacher to help him.

Therefore, he sent an envoy to the tribe of the Otsuki clan, who had crossed the green ridge and settled in the Amu Darya area, to ask for help.

The Yueshi people were stunned by this pie that fell from the sky.

How is it possible to refuse?

The various units of the Yue clan immediately mobilized, with money and people, and in just half a month, a cavalry of 20,000 people was assembled and joined the battlefield.

Then, without much effort, the Yueshi were on the battlefield and helped Euclatides II kill his brothers one by one.

Eventually, Euclatides II was proclaimed king.

However, the Yueshi people are obviously not living Lei Feng.

Since your throne was obtained with the help of the Yue people.

Naturally, Oklatides II had to reciprocate.

Since then, the powerful kingdom of Bactria has become a vassal and slave of the Yueshi people.

The Yue nobles forcibly looted the wealth and population of Bactria, and forced the Bactrians to send troops to fight for them and send women to warm their beds.

The wife of Okratides II was even occupied by the Yue's Guishuang Qiu, and although the grass on her head was long, and she even liked to be a father several times, she could only endure it.

At this point, the Bactilean Kingdom became the thirty-six kingdoms of the Western Regions of the Yue people.

Relying on the nourishment of Bactria, the strength and strength of the Yueshi people quickly recovered.

In particular, the five strongest Xi Hou, each of which has tens of thousands or even more than 100,000 subordinates.

However, the good days of the Yueshi people did not last long.

The Huns chased after them.

The Yueshi formed an alliance with Bactria and the Kangju people and resisted hard, but they were still rushed by the elite cavalry of the Huns.

The Da Yue clan suffered heavy losses, and it was not easy for the Huns to withdraw their troops.

As soon as the Huns withdrew, the Yueshi began to exploit and absorb the wealth and population of the Bactrian kingdom.

In just over a year, Blue City and Alexandria City in the extreme east have been blackmailed and extorted more than ten times by the Yueshi people.

Each time, Oklatides II had to satisfy the appetites of the Yueshi people.

Because, if you can't satisfy them, they'll do it on their own – that's terrible!

And at this time, the arrival of the dynasty and his party became the savior of Okratides II.

The reason is very simple - others don't know who Silk Country is? How else could he know?

In today's Central Asia, there is such a legend.

Far to the East, there is a powerful dragon empire known as China.

It was strong, rich, and invincible, and it was the terrible Huns who were driven to Central Asia by the army of this empire.

As a result, in the minds of the top leaders of the Central Asian countries, a formula was naturally formed automatically -- China was more terrible than the Xiongnu and Dayue combined.

Even better, such a powerful empire could not pose a threat to the nations, including Bactria, because of its distance.

As a result, countless people racked their brains to get in touch with it and hugged their thighs.

However, the Huns blocked all attempts to go east.

And the missions that went to the sea to cross to the east also went and did not return.

This is why countries have gradually stopped thinking about it.

But, now, the mission of this powerful empire actually sent itself to the door?

No matter how stupid Okratides II is, he knows that he must hug this golden thigh.

If you can get the support of that powerful empire, then many problems may be solved.

Even, most likely, neither the Great Moon nor the Huns dared to invade the great Bactria again.

This made Okratides II inexplicably excited, and he immediately ordered: "Go and invite the Silk Kingdom delegation to my palace, inform all the elders, and all come to the palace to meet the Silk Kingdom envoys!" ”

It wasn't long before the nobles of Bactria led their guards to find the Han mission, who was surrounded by monks and citizens.

"Your Majesty the Honorable Oklatides II, Envoy of the Silk Kingdom, King of Bactria and India, son of the great Alexander the Great, is invited!"

To leave the thorn Jing Ke said

During this period, there was relatively little information about Daxia and Yueshi, and I checked a lot of books to get a rough idea~

If there is any omission, please forgive me~