"You know I'm coming?"

I couldn't help but be surprised when I saw Pesul, who looked like a scholar, as I imagined...... As the leader of a guerrilla group, Pesul should be a veteran or something like the five big and the three rough or the powerful. But when I saw Pesur...... But he overturned all the previous impressions of him, he was an old man with white hair and white beard, plus a clean white coat and white hat...... There was no way to hook him up with the leader of a thousand men.

"I knew you were coming!" Pesur nodded to me lovingly, motioned for me to sit down in front of him, and then calmly handed me a cup of tea: "Honorable guest, for your defeat of the Soviets twice in Afghanistan, let's have a drink!" ”

Muslims don't drink alcohol, so now tea is really used instead of alcohol.

"Distinguished guests!" After a cup of food, Pesul raised the teacup again and said: "For the sake of the lives you saved countless guerrillas in Afghanistan, let's have a drink!" ”

I drank it all again.

"Distinguished guests!" Pesul raised his teacup for the third time: "For you to be kind to the Afghans in Pakistan, let's have a drink!" ”

I smiled...... Secretly said that this Pesul is also interesting, before he started to talk about anything, he poured me three cups of tea, but fortunately, all I walked along the way was the desert, and my mouth was thirsty...... No amount of tea will come up and you won't want to get me drunk!

"That's it!" Pesur nodded at me and said, "I've already thanked you for what I should have thanked, now you can say anything!" ”

I couldn't help but be stunned when I heard this, it turned out that Pesul's three cups of tea still had a clear meaning of grievances...... Thank you first, but he will not compromise on the next business......

Sure enough, the ginger is still old and spicy...... I don't know where to start!

I thought about it. I bowed to Pesur and said, "Then I'll be straight to the point...... I'm here this time. On the one hand, I want to cooperate with you. Hoping to exchange weapons, food, etc. for a place in the Hijeo Valley...... Of course, I would like to affirm...... The place you have given us belongs to no other country, only Afghanistan, and I think you've already met Rajir......"

"I believe it!" Pesul interrupted me: "What about the other thing? ”

"Can I ask where you got your guns, ammunition, and food?" I say.

"Of course!" "It's our honor," Pesur laughed, "we brought some of our guns and ammunition ourselves, some of them bought, and some of them were paid from the Soviets...... I think you're wondering how we're sustained, it's simple...... Sneak attack on Soviet supply lines. Sustain us with their supplies! ”

"Oh!" I nodded, and then said, "So...... I don't understand that you weishenme will refuse our help...... We can supply you, the Higio Valley is so big...... More than 1,000 of you can't defend it at all, and once the Soviets discover you and launch a targeted attack, it will be difficult for you to stop the Soviet offensive when you are short of supplies...... weishenme: No? ”

Pesul poured me a cup of tea with a smile and asked without answering, "Distinguished guest, do you know the history of Afghanistan?" ”

I shook my head blankly, the reason why I knew this country was entirely because the two superpowers, the Soviet Union and the United States, had invaded it. As for its history...... I can say that it is a blank slate.

"Afghanistan...... In Old Persian, it means 'man of the mountain'! As if telling a story, Pesur said slowly, "It means that we are people who live in the mountains. Our country is also a country on the hill...... But Afghanistan is a country that is more than just a mountain! Dear Guests...... I think you've seen it too, our country is full of barren land. It's either yellow sand or stone, and there is very little land that can grow crops! ”

I nodded: "The geography of Afghanistan is indeed very harsh! ”

"If it's just a bad environment...... Pesur shook his head and smiled bitterly: "That's nothing, some places and countries...... Often, because of the harsh environment and no wealth, other countries have no interest in it, but escape the catastrophe of conquest! ”

I couldn't help but nod my head when I heard this, what Pesur said was indeed reasonable, for example, Japan is a resource-poor country, and it is precisely because it does not have many resources that the ancient powers were not interested in him, which makes it almost not affected by foreign culture. On the other hand, Africa is now divided and wars are frequent because of its abundant resources, and all countries want to intervene.

So from this point of view, resource scarcity is a good thing, isn't there still a modern term called the "energy curse"? It means that the richer the resource, the more difficult it is to develop, and the poorer the resource, the more the country can only sell its labor, develop industry, develop services, and develop tourism...... In this way, we can develop!

That's when I felt a little puzzled...... So Afghanistan is a resource-poor country, what is the matter with her?

As if he had seen through what was going on in my mind, Pesur continued: "The problem is...... Afghanistan is located in the middle of Asia, at the intersection of West Asia, South Asia, and Central Asia...... No matter which country is strong and wants to expand its territory, it needs to pass through Afghanistan...... Alexandria's presence in Macedonia, the White Huns, the Turkic tribes, Genghis Khan's troops, and so on, have left their footprints here for thousands of years by great powers and civilizations: Bactria, the Achaemenid dynasty, the Greek kingdom, etc., etc., etc., ......etc., etc.

Pesul's eyes turned from calm to heavy at this time, and he continued: "But because Afghanistan is extremely poor in resources and does not have the wealth they need, the footprints of these civilizations in Afghanistan are just 'casual walks', coming and going...... They don't want to stop here, and they certainly don't want to develop here, they don't defend here, so the Afghan people are facing war after war, and everyone is just passing through here, just like the Soviet Union ...... now."

I admit I was blown away by Pesur's words...... I never imagined that an old Afghan would have such a wealth of knowledge and such a unique insight...... His view seems to be jumping out of the current war, but looking at the war that Afghanistan is facing now from a historical perspective.

And his analysis is obviously also correct, was the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan for the sake of Afghan soil? Of course not...... The Soviet Union simply wanted to open up its access to the Arabian Sea, and as Pessell put it, "passing through".

"So......" Pesal Zuihou asked rhetorically, "Do you now understand that I don't want to use Liliang from other countries?" ”

I nodded slowly: "I want to ...... Do you think ...... No matter which country's liliang is used to repel the invaders, Afghanistan will eventually be ruined or enslaved by another country, so you want to rely on the Afghans' own liliang to drive out the invaders until all the invaders are driven out......"

Pesur nodded: "You said what I wanted...... Today you are here, and I am a guest when you are ...... Honor you and share my food with you. Tomorrow, I may consider you enemies, whether they are Soviets, Americans, or you......"

I couldn't help but be in awe of Pesur...... Originally, I thought he was just an old stubborn as Hassan said, but I didn't expect his ideas to be so unique and insightful...... At the same time, it shows the indomitable character and high self-esteem of the Afghans.

"You have a point...... "I thought about it, and I said to Pesul, "but don't you think you should be treated differently?" Like you said...... Because Afghanistan is the heart of Asia, connecting West Asia, Central Asia, and South Asia, no matter which country is strong and wants to expand its territory, it will have to enter Afghanistan sooner or later. But what if a country is not strong? Or even want to defend against the invasion of powerful countries? Even defending against the same enemy as Afghanistan......"

"You're talking about ......"

"China!" I said: "I think Ragil has already analyzed the situation with you, China is also an enemy of the Soviet Union, we Chinese have an old saying, 'the enemy of the enemy is a friend', so we will come to help you!" Because we have a common enemy...... USSR, that's why we consider you friends! What's more...... China is also not powerful, so there is no possibility that it will invade or control Afghanistan in the near future! ”

Pesul was silent for a moment, then said, "Honorable guest...... You should know that human desires are endless, and so is the country, which looks like it will not invade Afghanistan now, but will be strong in the future......"

"Chief Pesur!" I said, "I may not know the history of Afghanistan, but you don't know the history of China either...... China has not invaded any country since ancient times, and there has been a war in China...... All for the sake of unification or to defend against foreign invasions. If a country violates repeatedly, you have every reason to suspect that she will do it again, but what if she never did it? She had always just wanted to keep her home, right? Do you doubt that she will invade Afghanistan as well? ”

Pesul couldn't help but be silent when he heard this.

I continued, "What's more...... We didn't want to control the Afghan army from start to finish, even Hassan's army, and the command was completely in Hassan's hands...... We just advise them, equip them and train them as well as if you wish...... We can do this for your troops too, and there won't be any requirements...... All we want is that you can defeat the USSR, and the better you fight and the longer you drag, the less threat there will be to the Chinese side! That's what we get paid! (To be continued......)