Your Highness Brisk, the people of Beifu have arrived at the foot of Mount Bosi, are we going to war? Xue Tises asked. He was a henchman of the British government, commanding 20,000 Janissary troops, and he was at the right and left of the British branch.

Xue Tissius's words silenced everyone in the tent, and they all turned their eyes to Beth, who was sitting in the middle.

He wore a long green blouse with wide sleeves, a beautiful shirt tightly tied around his body, large lapels adorned with jewels around the collar, trousers and high boots almost joined together, and a small Persian crown on his head. He sat on his throne without saying a word, frowning and thinking about something.

"Your Highness, if we don't show force, the people of Beifu will not easily withdraw from the Hezhong region." The Chancellor Modaya opened his mouth to break the silence. He was a nobleman in Qadisiyah (west of present-day Najaf in southern Iraq), and his daughter was a favored concubine of British Columbia, and he had many talents for "financial management", so he was very comfortable in front of British C.

"Your Highness, if we lose both sides in a fight with the people of Beifu, it is the Sogdians in the river and the Tocharians in the south who will get the advantage in the end, which is very inconsistent with Your Highness's original battle plan." Another minister, Jarinandi, spoke, but the meaning of his words was faintly in opposition to that of Modaya. However, everyone is also used to it, Jarynandi is the birthplace of the Sassanid Dynasty - the Sassanid royal family of Fars has a distant blood relationship, so Jarynandi's waist is also very hard. From the very beginning of his command to follow the eastern part of the Persian Empire to Khorasan with British government, he and Modaya fought openly and secretly, and they did not win or lose.

Bezchs's eyes lit up when he heard this. Like an eagle, it swept over Jarinandi and Modaya, causing the two ministers and their comrades to keep their mouths shut for a moment.

Seeing that the whole tent was silenced by his gaze, he couldn't help but nod his head secretly, expressing satisfaction with his majesty in front of his ministers. Although he was not very favored, he still admired his father, Shapur II. It was this worship that he had since childhood that led him to imitate everything Shapur II did, consciously or unconsciously. Speak in a tone of voice, act in style, and roar when angry. Gorgeous costumes. The spirit of martial arts. Fanaticism for teaching, even lofty ideals. B.C. was fond of being called the most loyal follower of Shapur II.

It was this imitation that made the Braccian after he arrived in Khorasan determined to follow his father's example and open up new territories for the Persian Empire. To the east of Khorasan were the rich Tocharian and Transoxiana regions, which were nominally vassal to the mighty Persian Empire, but in the eyes of the Phas. But it is a place where Buddhism, Manichaeism, and Nestorianism are hidden, and the Sogdians and Tocharians who live there are mercenary and two-faced people. In order to turn it into the true territory of the Persian Empire, it was necessary to plow it well with fire and knives.

For this purpose, Bezchi has been secretly preparing. He gathered the military power of most of the Persian Empire in the eastern provinces, hoarded grain and grass, spied on the East, and bribed the nobles there. He even hired the cavalry of the Scythians in the north. Just when he was almost ready. Ahura Mazda (meaning "Lord of Wisdom", the supreme god of the religion) gave him a great opportunity.

The people of Beifu came from the far east, and they marched to the Hexi region under an inexplicable pretext. In B.C.C.'s view. The excuse that the people of Beifu came up with was too clumsy. If you covet the wealth of the river, you can say it clearly, and you have to say anything to wash away the shame of the country! There are those who have traveled thousands of miles and found some people who can't beat them with eight poles to take revenge, just because some Kangju people may be the same ancestor as Hu who plagued the Central Plains. Ahura Mazda is above, if this excuse is true, who will dare to provoke the people of Beifu in the future?

The Bishs marched into the Transoxiana with a large army in the name of supporting the Transoxiana region, and this time no one dared to chirp, neither the Tocharians nor the Sogdians were extremely respectful, and even the Kushans, who had always been poor but noble, bowed their arrogant heads and sent 60,000 reinforcements together with the Serb subjects in the Xintou River valley.

After a few months, B.C. felt that most of his goals had been achieved, that Manichaeism had been sacked, and that there was no place for them. Religion will prevail here, and the light of Ahura Mazda will shine on these ignorant people. The Sogdian nations paid tribute to the grain, and the wealth they had accumulated over the centuries had become the spoils of the Persian army, and the poor Sogdians would no longer be worth fearing, but they could continue to do business desperately, accumulate wealth, and provide wealth for the Persian Empire once again. The treacherous Tocharians smiled humbly, and promised to send their children to Ctesiphon or Herat to be educated by the Persian Empire and the Persian Empire.

But the biggest headache in Bezchi now is whether to fight with the people of Beifu not far away?

He also had a time of indulging in the fine things that the merchants of Beifu had brought with him, the celadons, the silks, the papers, the teas, the jades, the cloths, the woolen velvets, all of which were obsessive. These things once made B.C. feel extremely jealous, why Ahura Mazda allowed the people of the northern provinces of the East to have such a rich and magical place, a place where so many goods could be produced.

But now the people of Beifu give more than that. What the Beifu people did in Guishan City, in Zheyu City, and in Juzhanti City, Beisz was very surprised, how could these "extremely vicious" Beifu people create exquisite goods that amazed many Persian nobles and scholars? Moreover, the ability of these Beifu people to attack the city made Biscus and all his generals agree with the opinion that the powerful Persian army would defeat the Beifu army for sure, but it was impossible to defeat it easily, and it was necessary to pay a heavy price.

But the problem is that B.C. is not willing to pay a heavy price. Let the regular Persian army pay a heavy price, so what will B.C. take to suppress and defend the eastern provinces in the future? Let the Scythian barbarian cavalry pay a heavy price. Then these greedy barbarians will open their mouths even more, and this time the harvest in the river may be divided in half, how can this convince the Persian nobles and generals who follow them? At a terrible price for the Tocharian and Kushan alliances, these guts and cunning villains may turn back in front of the battle.

It is precisely because of this problem that in the face of the approaching people of Beifu, the Beisizhi, who led the army to gather in the south of Siwanjin City, has been hesitating.

"Your Highness, we can't just see the disadvantages of fighting with the people of Beifu, but not the benefits of fighting with them." Odoria whispered beside.

Brisky was stunned. Immediately understood one or two. Listen in silence as Odoria continues.

"We can use one or two when we set up our positions. Let's try to keep the losses as small as possible. Odoria continued to whisper, "No one else can believe what you have gained, how can your Highness stand tall without the corpses of the enemy as a stepping stone?" ”

Odoria's words made Pescot nod slightly, compared to establishing military merits and establishing invincible prestige, the loss of some soldiers and horses is nothing

: The corpses of the enemies will become your own stepping stones.

Seeing the clear expression on the face of the Birch, the people in the seat couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, Odoria lived up to expectations, and finally persuaded the Brisk, lest everyone be in a dilemma, it doesn't matter if you come up with an idea, but you can't come up with a wrong idea that is contrary to the master.

Seeing that the Bishchi began to give orders, he was ready to fight to the death with the people of Beifu. Odoria quietly stepped aside. Hide in the shadows of that corner. As the most trusted person in British Branch. Not only was Odoria learned and discerning, but he also managed a large army of concubines in British Clumchina. It is not that B.C. trusts Odoria, trusting him to the point of being willing to "share wives and concubines". It's because Odoria was a eunuch. Born in a small town near Athens, Greece, at the age of ten he was trafficked to Asia Minor and Africa, where he was castrated and resold to the Persian royal family, where he became a man who honorably guarded the bed of His Majesty the Emperor of Persia.

Odoria spent more than thirty years in the palace of Ctesiphon, and since he had received a good education in Greece since he was a child, he continued this higher education in the Persian royal family, because the eunuchs were the most trusted people except for the women on the bed for His Majesty the Emperor of Persia, but it was impossible to give advice and solve problems for His Majesty the Emperor. Odoria was so gifted at learning that at the age of seventeen he was appreciated by the wise men of the church.

But it was useless for Odoria to be knowledgeable, he was still a eunuch. He stayed in the palace, waiting for a concubine, watching the life of the Bristles, and perhaps seeing how he was made, watching the Bezchi grow up, watching him study, taking care of the life of the bezest under the will of the concubines, and finally following him to Khorasan.

In Odoria's heart, Bezchi was his son, the son whom he had spent his whole life bringing. For Bez, Odoria was his true father, at least, he only admired Shapur II, but he was truly dependent on Odoria.

In the autumn and September of the third year of Taihe, at the foot of the Boxi Mountain, the Persian army and the Beifu army finally camped more than ten miles apart, and a general battle enveloped the land with the increasingly pervasive cold.

"By the orders of His Majesty Emperor Shapur II, King of the Great Persia, King of Kings, Companion of the Stars, Brother of the Sun and Moon, His Most Faithful Follower, His Royal Highness the Mighty King of Khorasan, Governor of the East of the Persian Empire, His Royal Highness the Mighty King of Khorasan, demonstrates to the Eastern nations the great strength and supreme majesty of the Persian Empire......"

Zeng Hua sat in the center, patiently listening to the Persian envoy's long speech. This is the fifth time that the British branch has sent an emissary, and it is also the most solemn, no, there is a lot of verbosity in what is said, and even the beginning has a long list.

Zeng Hua smiled and listened to the Persian envoy read this long list quickly and clearly, and then after listening to the interpretation of the translator next to him, he couldn't help but whisper to Zeng Wen, Deng Yao and Zhang next to him: "This kid's breath is really long, he can actually read it in one breath." ”

Deng Yao was an old man, and he just smiled faintly. Zeng Wen was still a teenager, and he and Zhang couldn't help but laugh, and their voices were not small. When everyone heard the sound, they looked up, and found that Zeng Wen and Zhang, who were standing behind Zeng Hua, were almost blue, knowing that these two people had always loved moths, since Zeng Hua did not speak. And everyone didn't know what was going on, so they didn't make a sound.

The Persian envoy sneered twice, and did not know what was going on, and was stunned for a moment, and when he saw that there was no reaction around him, he continued to read again.

The envoy boasted that Shapur II led the Persian army to defeat 100,000 Roman elites, killed the Roman Emperor Julian, and forced his successor, Jovian, to sign a thirty-year treaty. The light of the Persian Empire has shone all over the world.

Hear here. Zeng Hua turned around and asked the person sitting next to him. And talk in a low voice.

The man was about thirty years old and named Marc Aurello. He moved to Carthage with his father, who was an officer, and spent his youth there. Later, because of his father's adjustment, the family moved to Athens, Greece, where they were deeply educated in Greek classical culture. became a Neo-Platonist. At the age of twenty, Valerian's parents died one after another, and he left the family property to his younger brother and fled alone to Alexandria, Egypt>+, the birthplace of Neo-Platonism

In 362 AD, five years after the official division of the north and south between Beifu and Jiangzuo, Sebastian, the Duke of Egypt, was ordered by the Roman Emperor Flaviusaudius Julian to prepare for an expedition to Persia. So there was a big recruitment. "Luckily" was named by a magistrate. Become an honorable Roman non-commissioned officer, as Valerian disgraced the nobleman in a major debate.

The Roman army was defeated near Maranga. Valerian became a prisoner of the Persian army, and as was customary in Shapur II, he and many other Roman captives were placed in various parts of the Persian Empire in order to use their expertise and technology to develop the wool and silk industries and build cities. Valeryan had a strong desire to learn and yearn for the mysterious East, so he signed up for Herat in Khorasan.

He did not live comfortably in Valeryan, the city of Herat, because he was not a Christian, not even a Christian, because he was not very firm in his faith in God. At least I haven't been to church in a few years, and I haven't prayed in a long time. Valerian wholeheartedly took advantage of various opportunities to learn from wise men and monks from all over the world, and was hungry to learn the mysterious oriental civilization, but for the current Valeryan, the ancient Indian civilization centered on Tianzhu represents the oriental civilization, and for the more distant Chinese civilization, it is just a legend. However, he soon had the opportunity to come into contact with and learn about this civilization. Moreover, there were very few Greeks and Romans in this place, and Valerian seemed very lonely, so he did not have many friends and foreign aid.

The people of Beifu came to war, and the Sogdians and Tocharians appealed to the mighty Persians for help. On the orders of the Bęswis, the city of Herat sent an advance team to help the Sogdians resist the attack of the northern provinces. The Persian officials finally found an opportunity to add to the ranks Valeryan, who liked to run around all day long with nothing to do, and who, who called him skilled in architecture, could go and guide the Sogdians in strengthening the city's defenses.

When he arrived at Siwanjin City, Valeryan, who was not welcomed, was kicked out again and was directly sent to Juzhan Ticheng. As soon as Valerian arrived in Juzhanti, the people of Beifu came to him, and finally stopped his "eastward advance", otherwise it is estimated that he would be kicked to the Western Regions. During the battle, no one paid attention to the aid engineer sent by the Persian Empire, and Valerian protected himself well, surrendering to the Beifu army unharmed when the city was broken.

When the sergeant of the northern province registered the prisoners, he heard that Valerian, a "foreigner" from Rome, was actually proficient in architecture, physics, arithmetic, astronomy, and could speak Greek, Latin, and Persian fluently

Finally, Zeng Hua heard that there was such a captive. By translating such a little feeling of seeing each other late, Valerian stayed by Zeng Hua's side.

Hearing Zeng Hua's question, Valerlian, who was originally on the side, immediately began to refute.

"In 3633, the Egyptian army of Sebastian (Duke Sebastian of Egypt) was united with the forces of Procopius, with 30,000 men and horses, and marched north toward Nisibis, as a suspicious force to disrupt and pin down the main Persian force, and to seek an increase in Armenia. After a detour south to Persia, he pacified Media and Adiaben, while Emperor Julian himself personally led a main force of 60,000 men (including Romans, Gauls, Arab Saracens, etc., and a large combined army) to fight the main battle, relying on the transportation and supply of a hundred ships, and marched south along the Euphrates into the core of Persia. According to the plan, the two armies would eventually meet up in the southern capital of Persia, Ctesiphon, and capture it in one fell swoop. ”

Valeryan became more and more agitated the more he spoke, after all, these were things that he had personally experienced, and his speech in Persian had silenced the Persian envoys. Because relatively. This emissary, who had not participated in the battle, was not qualified to tell about the war at all.

"The Persian city of Anata is descending in []. Bypassing the difficult fortress of Thilutha, the main army captured Perisabor, the second largest city in the Persian province of Assyria, in May May, and then captured the city of Maugamacha by digging tunnels, leveling hundreds of miles of nearby fortifications and fortifications. ”

"Our Roman army came to Coche, an important town south of the Persian capital of Ctesiphon, and on May 29, the Roman army crossed the Tigris River at night and began to attack the city. After a day of fierce fighting, the Persian army abandoned the city and fled. Our Roman army won a major victory, the death toll was 2500. A large number of gold and silver coins, fine weapons and horse ornaments, and furniture made of sterling silver became trophies for our Roman soldiers. It took only more than fifty days for our Roman expeditionary force to reach the city of Ctesiphon. Shapur II sent an emissary to sue for peace, but was rejected by His Majesty Emperor Julian. The more Valerian spoke, the more agitated he became, because he was recommended by a teacher to transfer to the Chinese army as a clerk. Follow in the footsteps of Emperor Julian.

"Still. Our Roman army lacked the equipment to besiege the city, and the main force of the Persian army remained in the city and held on to the city, and we had nothing to do in the face of the majestic Ctesiphon. And our detachment in the north. Due to the dispute between Sebastian and Procopius, and the disobedience of the Armenian king, it was not possible to go south to join His Majesty Emperor Julian. Emperor Julian hesitated for a long time, but finally decided to leave the Euphrates and Tigris regions and advance into the inland provinces of Persia to avoid being held hostage to the enemy, and to seek a decisive battle in anticipation of expanding the results of the battle. On 3 June, Emperor Julian ordered his transport ships to be set on fire and marched eastward. Speaking of this, Valerian couldn't help but speak in a low and solemn tone.

"After entering the interior, Persia responded with a scorched earth policy of fortified walls. The towns along the way are all ruined, the people are hiding, and the idea that we will eat the enemy cannot be realized. The tens of thousands of troops were short of supplies, and His Majesty Emperor Julian could only lead his troops on a rapid march to the great city of Susa. At this time, Persia sent a group of spies into our Roman army [Count to gain the trust of His Majesty Emperor Julian. They volunteered to be our guides, but they led us into the Persian wilderness and left us wandering. The morale of the troops soon fell and food was scarce, and Emperor Julian had no choice but to retreat to the border provinces of the Roman Empire with his troops. During our withdrawal, the elite Persian cavalry pursued closely. On 26 June, Emperor Julian's army met the pursuing Persian forces near Maranga and engaged in a massive battle. ”

"The Persians gathered several legions and lay in ambush behind the hill and attacked our camp with cavalry and war elephants. At dawn we began to fight. Due to the hot climate, His Majesty Emperor Julian mounted his horse to aid our rearguard without armor. But a rain of arrows and arrows was thrown from the Persian army, and one of the javelins pierced through the bones of Emperor Julian, piercing his liver, causing His Majesty to tumble and fall from his horse. Our soldiers mustered up courage and fought to the death against the enemy, and did not withdraw until dark. Our chief general, Anatolius, died in the chaos, and the adjutant Salust survived; However, the Persians suffered even more serious damage, and it is said that the two generals and more than 50 nobles were all killed in battle, and tens of thousands of soldiers died. That night I was dismounted by an arrow and captured by the Persians. ”

Valerian's detailed account was listened to with great interest, and most of the people here were military generals, so they were naturally very interested in the war, and the decisive battle between the two great powers of the West attracted them even more.

After Zeng Hua heard this, he sighed very much. Fortunately, there was a person around him who understood and knew the details of the battle between Persia and Rome, otherwise he would have been fooled and intimidated. Although he is not afraid of the intimidation of the Persian army, he is fooled by others, and he is fooled by others, and he is fooled by others, which is really faceless.

And Zeng Hua also understood why the prince of Bishchi had been hesitating and did not dare to fight him directly. The Persian army fought a bloody battle with the Roman expeditionary force, and the real losses were heavy and the vitality was greatly damaged. If the 200,000 Persian army in Persian was crippled by himself, Shapur II would definitely have to sever the father-son relationship with him.

Zeng Hua pointed to the Persian envoy, and Zhengse said: "After the story is told, you should also make your intention clear." Damn, we've been talking since early in the morning, and I'm about to eat lunch and I don't know what you want to do here? ”

Everyone next to him burst into laughter, and they all looked at the Persian envoy with a playful expression.

After listening to the words of the translator, the Persian envoy, who was extremely embarrassed by Valerian's refutation, couldn't help but turn red and blue and white, but he was worthy of being a professional "diplomat", and soon returned to his normal color, and continued to talk with a serious face, first continuing to boast about the strength of the Persian army, and then asking the people of the Northern Mansion to understand the kindness and forgiveness of His Royal Highness the Prince of the British Branch, and immediately withdraw from the middle of the river.

After listening to a lot of words, Zeng Hua finally understood, and couldn't help waving his hand and said: "Let's just say that you Persians are uneducated, isn't it just a matter of one sentence, and he said a lot." ”

Speaking of this, Zeng Hua turned to the generals and said: "If we people from Beifu speak, we will only say one sentence: Descend when you hear it, and those who dare to block the car with their arms will be burned." It's so unmomentum to declare war! ”

After finishing speaking, Zeng Hua turned to the Persian envoy, looked at him with a positive color, did not make a sound for a long time, and kept seeing that the Persian envoy was a little flustered, and finally spoke: "Go back and tell your Highness the Persian branch, tomorrow's battle, with victory or defeat, whose country is in the river!" ”

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