Chapter 923: Old Accounts
"Your Majesty, we Sassanids have no intention of confronting Great Qin, as long as Great Qin returns the Seven Rivers Valley and returns to its old state, the heroic and warlike Sassanid soldiers will immediately retreat, and the great Sassanid Empire will also become a friend of Great Qin!"
The Zoroastrian Palla, who had gone back to recruit shipbuilders the previous time, returned, and indeed brought back fourteen shipbuilders, but also the messengers of Sassanid Persia.
I heard that this man was the firstborn son of a governor.
Before the rise of religion, Zoroastrianism was the state religion of the Persians.
He had a high status in Sassanid and was inextricably linked to the upper echelons of the Sassanid Empire, so it was not surprising to bring back an emissary.
"Return the Seven Rivers?" Yang Zheng couldn't help but sneer.
The most fertile places in the Western Regions are also three major blocks, Gaochang, Qihe River Basin, and Hezhong.
This man wants more than 400,000 square kilometers of land in one mouth.
Later Germany, Britain, and Xiaori were not so big.
"Yes, Your Majesty the Great Emperor, our Sassanid Empire is not an enemy of Great Qin, on the contrary, we have common interests, for hundreds of years, the Silk Road has connected the two great empires together, we have a common enemy from the northern steppes, we should go hand in hand, not fight each other, it is meaningless."
I heard that he learned the Chinese dialect on the way to Daqin, and he learned the Chinese dialect with Bo Luoxi, and the words were very affinity, but they were very confusing.
However, Yang Zheng's mind is already as strong as steel, and he will not change easily.
Expanding the Chinese civilization circle is the greatest wish in this life, on this road, Yang Zheng has long been determined to meet the gods and kill the gods and the Buddhas, how can he be persuaded by people in a few words?
Spit out Xia Guo, wouldn't all these years of investment be in vain?
After the Wusun people returned to the country, they would immediately throw themselves into the arms of the Sassanids and become the biggest threat to the Western Regions.
Yang Zheng would never allow such a thing to happen, staring at the envoy, this person is very popular and talkative, and he should be a powerful person in the Sassanid Kingdom.
In fact, Yang Zheng has also been collecting intelligence on Sassanid Persia recently.
Sassanid Persia was expanding into the Mediterranean, plotting to attack Rome.
One or two can also be heard from the envoy's words - Sassanid does not want to be an enemy of Great Qin, in the final analysis, he does not want to go to war on both sides at the same time, especially with great empires like Great Qin and Rome.
Geographically and strategically, Rome has been the old enemy of the Persians for thousands of years.
From the perspective of Sassanid Persia, there is no doubt that the Mediterranean region is more strategically valuable.
Second, the envoys of Sassanid Persia came from thousands of miles to lobby, who was more empty in their hearts?
At least Yang Zheng never thought of negotiating with the Sassanids.
What you can't get on the battlefield, you can't get at the negotiating table.
"My Great Qin really wants to make friends with you Sassanids." Yang Zheng said with a smile.
The messenger was overjoyed, thinking that Yang Zheng was relieved.
But as soon as the conversation changed, "In order to reflect the affection between you and me, why don't you return the Hanzhong region to Daqin?" ”
The envoy's face froze on the spot, probably because he didn't expect Yang Zheng's ambition to be so great, "The river is the old land of the Kushan people, how can you say that you want to return it?" ”
"And who are the Kushans?"
"The people of the Great Moon Clan have no connection with Great Qin."
Wei Qian arched his hand and said: "The envoy doesn't know, the Dayue clan is my Central Plains people, during the Han Dynasty, settled in Liangzhou Zhangye, Dunhuang area, and then to avoid the Huns, moved to the west of the Green Ridge, first destroyed Daxia (Bactrian Kingdom), and then captured the river, the establishment of the Kushan country, you destroyed our subjects, how can we not ask for an explanation?" ”
The Dayue clan has five marquis, including Xiumi, Shuangmi, Guishan, Dun and Dumi, and after crossing the Green Ridge, the Guishan is growing stronger and stronger, becoming the Guishan Empire.
The messenger was dumbfounded.
Turning over old accounts is naturally Daqin's strong point.
As long as Yang Zheng nodded, the scholars of the Literature Museum could find countless pieces of evidence from the Library Pavilion......
"In addition, Wusun is also a subject country of the Central Plains, when it was defeated by the Dayue clan in Dunhuang, fled to the Xiongnu, and fell into the Seven River Valleys, and then became the Wusun country, which has been a vassal state of the Central Plains since the Han Dynasty, and Wusun will not return to the country, it is our own family business, and we don't need to worry about your country." Wei Qian learns to be rich and has five cars, and these things come as soon as he opens his mouth.
The envoy was also a smart person, so he didn't continue to go around this, "Your Majesty, we have the sincerity to form an alliance with Great Qin. ”
Yang Zheng laughed, "Then return to the river!" ”
It is impossible for Great Qin to spit out the Seven River Valleys, and it is impossible for Sassanid to give up the region in the middle of the River.
So in the end, it's still up to the knife to speak.
This is in line with Yang Zheng's intentions.
In the past few years, Guanzhong has already recovered its vitality and has the ability to launch a large-scale expedition.
Du Yu was only a vanguard, and the Daxing Chinese Army was ready to march west at any time.
Of course, when it really got to that point, Yang Zheng's appetite was not only in the Hezhong area!
"The Sassanid Empire has a population of 20 million and an army of millions, and Your Majesty really wants to abandon our friendship?" The messenger resorted to the last resort and began to threaten with force.
Yang Zheng has been mixed for so many years, and he is not scared, "It's too coincidental, my Daqin also has 20 million people, a million male soldiers!" ”
The Sassanid Empire has a population of 20 million, and it is definitely bragging, and the real army of 20 million people and one million people would have overthrown Rome a long time ago.
The population of Daqin is 20 million, which is a conservative estimate.
In recent years, it has been incorporated into Liaodong, absorbing the people of Sanhan and Linyi as slaves, and with a small outbreak of the population in the interior, it should have exceeded 20 million.
After the Huns were defeated, they continued to eat and drink spicy food in Central Asia.
After the Otsuki clan fled into Central Asia, they entered the flock.
The same happened in history as the Turks and the Western Liao, and by the time of the Mongol expedition to the west, they were almost swept away......
Yang Zheng believes that in the era of cold weapons, the East is crushing the West.
Especially now, the Central Plains is unified, the people's morale is recovering, and the Qin army that is fighting the world is not old, and its combat power is at its peak.
This is also where Yang Zheng's confidence lies.
Negotiations have stalled.
Yang Zheng didn't have the heart to talk to a messenger, the Sassanids had already invaded the south of the Tianshan Mountains, and at this time, Daqin took a step back, and others would go further.
The collision of two civilizations has reached a critical juncture.
Take 10,000 steps back, even if Du is unfavorable, Yang Zheng still has a trump card in his hand.
That is to unite the Romans and attack the Sassanids!
The Three Kingdoms Era in the Central Plains became the Three Kingdoms Era of the world.
Great Qin, Rome, and Sassanid happen to be three civilizations.
In the general situation, Rome and Sassanid are undying enemies, and Great Qin is the object of wooing both sides.
"Since Your Majesty rejects our friendship, we can only see you on the battlefield." Although the talks collapsed, the envoy still maintained his courtesy.
"As you wish." Yang Zheng said with great confidence.
The envoy's eyes rolled around and he made a Sassanid salute, "If Your Majesty doesn't mind, I want to observe Daqin's army." ”
"It's rare that you have this Yaxing, Boyu is a good hospitality." Yang Zheng didn't mind.
"Yes." Wei Qian left with the messenger.