Ascended into the air, under the excitement of Zhang Bai and the whole boat. The Apostle showed an overwhelming speed advantage, throwing Zero far behind.

Angry that Mu Jing became angry in the transmission, she posted several wind talismans in a row, and threatened to go back to Peshawar to go shopping, Zhang Bai slowed down and waited for Zero to move west together. That night, the fleet passed through the neighboring High Annex, which is now Kabul.

At noon the next day, they had already crossed the nearest Hindu Kush mountain range and flew to the city of Lan.

Compared with the full speed of the fast horse, it is actually slightly inferior. But the advantage is that you can go day and night. The horses always have to rest, and the full run can only be carried out for a short time, unless the horse relay is as fast as the Central Plains Station, it is possible to outperform the spaceship in speed.

And the economy is even more incomparable, Zhang Bai commanded two ships and easily carried nearly thirty people. Horses need to be fed, drunk, and sleeped, which is time-consuming and costly. A horse can only carry one person, even if it is Genghis Khan's horse team, one person and two horses can not compete with the efficiency of the spaceship.

When it comes to long-distance maneuverability, a spaceship is definitely better than a horse.

Especially above the clouds, the flight is smooth unless Altocumulus clouds and storms are encountered. Everyone eats, sleeps, and sleeps every day, and they can enjoy the boundless scenery, who has ever seen such a battle?

Piggy was placed in the bow of the boat and was responsible for lookout. The lookout's view is partially obscured by the airbags above, and it can only see the area in front of it and below. However, there is no threat from the Heavenly Realm above, and the problem is not big for the time being.

Zhang Bai has been looking at the map in the cabin for the past few days, which is a map bought at a high price from a street merchant in Peshawar. This map is not a military drawing with poor drawing skills, but the distance marked, the mountains and rivers, and the level of detail in the town market are okay. Zhang Bai didn't care whether the map looked good or not, he was a painting professional, and he changed it casually with some paint brushes, and the map became tall and tall.

He carefully calculated the distance on the map, and compared with the speed of the day's march, he estimated that it would take about ten days for the ship to reach Ctesiphon, the capital of Parthia. In terms of speed, it is more than half as fast as when he escaped from Yingshan.

The Apostle had four manpower engines, which was already fast. And half of the credit for the increase in Zero's speed should be credited to Ma Ge and Qing Chi, the two of them were diligent, relying on the power of cultivation to take turns to speed up the pedal. Of course, the other half of the credit was on the unconvinced Mu Jing, who wrote the talisman wildly, pasting it several times at a time, until the Flying Ship won the Apostle once.

Central Asia is dry and rainless, so as long as there are no sandstorms, the journey can be easy and smooth.

The flotilla went all the way without incident, following the planned route, passing through the city of Mulu, Susiya, Nisa, along the gap between the Elbul Mountains and the salt desert of Kavir, and heading west through the northern road to bypass the vast barren Iranian plateau.

The yellow-brown rock-strewn Albour Mountains, at the southern end of the famous Caspian Sea, offer a view of the calm blue-green sea from the starboard side of the ship.

"What beautiful mountains and rivers!" Zhang Bai pretended to sigh, squinting at Chen Yu beside him.

Chen Cao was really fascinated by this wonder, and agreed: "To be able to take this superb view of mountains and seas above this nine heavens is enough for the rest of my life!"

"Insufficient and insufficient, the two river basins where Ctesiphon is located are incredible, and they are the oldest place of origin of mankind. General Chen must take a good look, he knows that the world is big, and the Han Dynasty in the Central Plains has been resting on its laurels for a long time. ”

"It's not enough to rest on your laurels, right?" Chen Cao said: "When Emperor Wu Zhang Qian went out of the fortress, when Emperor Ming was Ban Dingyuan recovered the Western Regions, Gan Ying sent the prime minister to envoy Daqin, and now the prime minister sent the last general to the west, all of which are good intentions for the outside world?"

"No, what I mean by closure is actually the closure of the mind and knowledge. For many years, the Han Dynasty has been good at foreign countries, but from beginning to end it has always regarded itself as the superior kingdom of the Celestial Empire, and only repairs it and does not study!" Zhang Bai sighed with emotion: "Rome is good at building fortifications and is rich in bronze; Parthia is good at cavalry heavy armor; Sassanid can cast light and strong chain mail; Guishan has many horses, many war elephants with poisonous bodies, and many rattan armor in southern and central China. Everything can be used in the Central Plains for a while, if the Han can make the best use of it, how many soldiers can be recruited and how many people can be saved!"

Chen Cao didn't know how to answer for a while, so he had to be silent.

After another two days, the ship passed through Apamea, the closest point to the Sassanid capital on the entire route. Zhang Bai deliberately asked the pig to look at the ground, and then let it turn into a tattoo on his forehead. In this way, what Piggy sees, like a video replay, can be watched casually.

Whether it's the sky or the ground, there's nothing out of the ordinary.

After another three days and three nights, the fleet was far away from the Caspian Sea, and the ground was full of towering peaks and mountains, and it had reached the sky above the Zagros Mountains, with the valley of the two rivers in front of it.

Ctesiphon was on the banks of the Tigris, and when the ship arrived, it was nine days after leaving Peshawar.

The Parthian capital of Ctesiphon, after years of conquest and three occupations by the Roman army, has begun to decline. However, at this time, it is still the most prosperous city in the Lianghe River Basin, known as the "Twin Cities".

Its western city, also the old city, called Seleucia, was a Hellenistic city. It attracted merchants from the Mediterranean, including Greeks, Jews, Syrians, Arabs, and Chaldeans, and a variety of artisans gathered to form a large market. The scale of the output of bronze weapons alone was enough to supply the king's army for a major battle.

The eastern area of the city is called Ctesiphon. It is an orientalized area and is the seat of the Parthian royal palace. A large number of Parthian aristocrats lived here, and it belonged to the high-class residential area of the city. The two urban districts, respectively, attract Orientals from the Near East and Central Asia, and Westerners from the Mediterranean, who blend together to sustain local prosperity.

The pig was in the bow of the boat, and he had already seen Ctesiphon, but Zhang Bai was in no hurry to land. He left the fleet hovering high in the air unnoticed, and waited until night before quietly landing on the surface of the Tigris.

Although these two ships are spaceships, the cabins are made according to the specifications of normal ships when they are built. It didn't work out, because the craftsmen thought they were building boats.

This adds a bit of weight to the ship, but it also has the advantage that the ship can be docked on the water, so that ordinary people will not be overly surprised. It's just that the next morning, when the city gate was opened, there were still many people, pointing at the boats in the river.

Two strange ships.

One of the smaller ones was fluffy and covered with leaves, and the other was a big one, with rib-like things growing out of its hull, and a black flag and white skeletons painted on the bow, which was a bit creepy.

Zhang Bai can't take care of this, he needs to find Sulaj as soon as possible to avoid more trouble here. He instructed Mu Jing and Qing Chi to guard the Zero, and Ma Ge came to the Apostle to watch a group of soldiers not to make trouble, and at the same time asked him to overhaul the propulsion device of the Apostle.

He took Chen Cao and Zheng Xuan, and the three of them asked someone by the river to inquire about the situation in the city, and then went straight to Taixifeng East City.