"Not even the gods can remove the whip marks......

Avti knelt in front of the idol and prayed sincerely.

She returned to the Macedonian capital not so long ago.

Every grass and tree here has been relocated from the old capital, and everything has maintained the original appearance of the old capital.

The old capital of Macedonia, before it was forced to move by the Romans, was a city that was once extremely glorious. The place where Alexander lived, the glorious capital of Macedonia.

Unfortunately, decades ago, it was plundered by the Romans and almost destroyed.

After the Macedonians migrated, they rebuilt the capital, and everything was modeled after the old capital.

At a young age, Avti had the ability to listen to the secret words of the gods, and as an adult, she was able to repeat the secret words of the gods.

Therefore, since a hundred years ago, no priest could communicate with the gods, obtain the miracle of the gods, and reappear in her, and then become famous and become a well-known genius priest.

However, when she returned, she prayed for more than four hours in front of the idol of the god of wisdom among the twelve main gods.

The 'God' did respond, deepening her affection for her, but it did not remove the mark of the whipping on her.

The sun was setting at night, and the fiery red light shone into the temple.

Avti walked out of the temple in a white robe, looking as usual.

What no one knew was that she was struggling to endure the whipped and wanted to scream.

"Priest Aphti, the lord of the kingdom invites you to the palace."

Another court priest waited outside the temple and bowed and spoke.

The priest was a young man, and under the cold gaze of Avti, he humbly bowed his head, not daring to look directly.

It was two quarters of an hour after Avti entered the main hall of the palace.

She changed into a robe and added a crown of flowers to the top of her head.

It was her crown as a priest of the second court.

In the main hall of the Macedonian royal palace, sat King Perseus IV.

In ancient Greek mythology, Perseus was the son of the god-king, which means the same as the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty.

Perseus IV was over fifty years old.

But he was an energetic emperor, with broad shoulders and a broad back, a high nose and eagle eyes, and some gray-green curly hair, and he was imposing.

The main hall of the palace is large, and the entrance is a stone pillar with vertical lines, which is magnificent.

Perseus sat solemnly on the throne opposite the entrance, nearly twenty feet deep.

In the hall, there are many Macedonian civil and military generals.

To the left, below the throne of the sovereign, stood another high priest.

It was also the current chief priest of the Macedonian court, Pisut, a somewhat stocky old man.

The vacant place opposite it was Avti's stand.

And at the foot of the steps in front of the throne stood an old man of nearly sixty years old, dressed in a splendid robe.

He was the uncle of Prince Rumli, who had come from the Parthian border, and Mithridates.

“… Honorable Lord of Macedonia, take a closer look at the leather scroll I have presented to you, which records the trajectory of the Han army's conquests in recent years. ”

Rumley, Prince of Parthia, looked around to the left and right, and his voice had a metallic friction, which sounded a little harsh:

"In the past four years, the Han Dynasty has conquered hundreds of large and small tribes such as Baiyue and Qiang around its borders.

and their nomadic tribes to the northeast, and the Huns, which were not weaker than my Parthia.

Then there are nearly 50 countries in the Western Regions, which Alexander the Great once set foot in, and were also conquered by it. ”

"The Dayue clan, which can fight well, has been exterminated by the Han people, and the whole clan has become a slave of the Han people."

Rumley's voice was impassioned, and he raised it a little more:

And now, even the Han slaves were no longer needed, and they began to kill captives in order to conquer more land.

The Han in the East is a very terrifying country, and we must unite to deal with the Han legions together. ”

Avti, who came to her place to stand still, also felt a shock in her heart when she heard Rumley's story.

Some of the news that Rumley said, some of which she had just heard, and secretly thought: These news, perhaps Parthia wanted to move His Majesty to war, and deliberately exaggerated, but even if a small part of it was true, it was surprising enough.

The Macedonians knew that Parthia was next to the Great Yue, and that the Great Yue's was next to the body poison.

These two great powers were conquered by the Han...... Rumley's news thundered through the main hall of the palace.

Even Perseus IV, who had always been calm and calm even when the Romans were approaching the border, frowned.

"The venerable king of Macedonia, wise and wise, it is not difficult to see that my Parthia is like a gateway blocking the westward expedition of the Han Chinese.

If Parthia is breached, there will be no one to resist the Eastern legions and force Macedonia. ”

Rumley is a good lobbyist, and Chan says the stakes:

"Our Majesty Mithridates also said that the Han Chinese general who is attacking us, known in the East as the Champion Hou, is a genius general who has never failed, and he is not yet twenty years old.

His military talent, even if it goes back hundreds of years, can only be compared with Alexander the Great, and I hope that Macedonia will pay enough attention to it. ”

As soon as these words came out, there was an immediate agitation in the Macedonian civil and military forces in the hall.

You must know that Alexander, is the pride of all Macedonians.

In the countries surrounding the Mediterranean, for hundreds of years, the most famous generals and commanders have had a miraculous ranking order.

Those on the list were enshrined in the temple, similar to the Han Dynasty's Bingfu Wu Temple.

Among them are Alexander, Pyrrhus, Hannibal Bacca, such a thousand-year-old and world-famous general, brilliant throughout history.

Among them, Alexander is the most dazzling name, and countless people worship him as the god of war, the greatest commander of all time.

"No matter how powerful that Eastern general is, he can't compare with my king of Macedon, Alexander the Great. According to your meaning, an Eastern general can not only enter our commander-in-chief sequence, but also the strongest one? ”

In the position of the ministers in the palace, a young man of about thirty years old walked out.

He was a contemporary Macedonian star and the second son of Perseus, Lore, who idolized Alexander as a teenager.

He led the Macedonian legion to defend against the Roman invasion.

At this point, Lorre said:

"Your Majesty, I am willing to ask for war and lead the army to join the coalition forces. At most, I will defeat the Han army, and I will capture the Han general from the east, hang him outside the royal capital of Macedonia, and let the Han people know that I Macedonian is by no means comparable to any country from the East. ”

"An Oriental man is even more unlikely to be on par with Alexander the Great!"

Rumley was secretly happy.

He knew that Alexander was the source of the pride of the Macedonians, and that the generals from the east could compare with Alexander, and that no Macedonians could endure them.

"We should indeed unite to defend against the Han army and protect this glorious land where Alexander the Great was born."

Rumley's beard, tilting up and down as he spoke, spoke again:

"His Majesty Mithridates said that if you can repel the Han army. We can give up the entire plain of Budali to Macedonia. ”

"I, Parthia, will also become the closest companion of Macedonia, and help Macedonia fight against the Romans."

Under the threat of the Han army, cooperation is beneficial to others and self-interested.

The Macedonian lord had known for a long time, so he was willing to send troops to join the coalition army.

On the throne, Perseus IV bowed slightly:

"Although I don't think that the Han people you mentioned have the wisdom and strength comparable to Alexander, the coalition is what we should do to avoid the aggravation of losses."

When Aphti left the palace, it was getting late.

Soon after, Macedonia was to send another 20,000 troops, led by the second son of the lord, Lore, to gather in the southwestern plains of Parthia.

Twice, more than 40,000 troops were dispatched, which was the limit of Macedonia's troops and horses that could be deployed in addition to the remaining soldiers.

It was dark.

Avti returned to her bedchamber next to the palace.

She took off her robe and looked back, and the two whip marks were still clearly imprinted on the place where she was whipped, sometimes exuding power.

What should I do if I can't get rid of the gods......

At this moment, footsteps were heard outside the hall, and someone entered her dormitory without knocking.

Avti was a little helpless.

There was only one person who could come and go as she pleased, and that was her friend and the other of the two shining pearls of Macedonia, Memnon Lodi.

Memnon is one of the Macedonian surnames, and Memnon Lodi is a member of the Macedonian royal family.

"I knew that you were coming back, so I wanted to come over in the morning, but you went to pray, and just now I was summoned to the palace by my uncle (the lord of the country)."

Walking in was a girl wearing a navy blue dress, and her appearance seemed to be more beautiful and delicate than Avti.

To be precise, it is more amiable than Avti, and people's eyes fall on her, and they can't bear to move away.

The girl and Avti have the same navy blue eyes and long blond hair.

But unlike Avti's indifference and unpretentiousness, the bridge of her nose is straight, her skin is blown up, and her eyes are smart and full of love for life itself.

The girl's breasts were extremely burdened, and the placket of the court dress needed to be very careful to barely close without being stretched open.

She is tall and tall, and the waist-to-hip ratio is a standard gourd-shaped.

"Why did you come back so quickly, didn't you say that you would unite against the invaders from the east?"

"Well, our great, futuristic, and most beautiful priest of the gods has taken action in person, has he already eliminated the invaders from the east." Memnon Lodi is a good story.

I was almost killed by him and given a beating...... Avti's face was full of sorrow.

She didn't need to hide it from Luo Di, took a light breath, and directly told the process of encountering Huo Qu's disease.

Luo Di's eyes widened in surprise after hearing this: "You said that you were whipped by the invaders in the east, and our powerful Macedonian army was defeated by him with a military formation?" ”

Afuti nodded.

Lodi was incredulous: "My God, is he the resurrection of Alexander the Great, so powerful?" ”

Avti was dissatisfied: "He is my opponent, I will definitely kill him to wash away my shame!" ”

Luo Di was surprised: "But I feel that he is so strong, you were beaten back without much action, how did you kill him?"

Didn't you say that even the gods could not remove his mark? ”

Avti said: "Don't forget, I have the forbidden chapter blessed by the gods, and there is also a wisdom artifact that can be used, and no one can resist the power of the combination of the wisdom artifact and the forbidden chapter." ”

"I'll be looking for him soon."

In addition to the mission to Macedonia, Parthia is also actively contacting other parties.

Including the nomadic peoples around the Caspian Sea north of Parthia.

Armenia sent an envoy to Antioch to seek an alliance.

At the same time, in the city of Nordyari.

In the camp of the Han army, Zhang Qian walked into the mansion in the center of the city.

As soon as I entered the mansion, I smelled the smell of meat.

As we walked forward, the sound of people talking also came to my ears.

Enter the atrium of the back house.

Gongsun Hong, Huo Guang, and several Han army generals who did not go on the expedition, Gongsun He, Su Jiandu, sat in the open air.

There was a roaring bonfire in the courtyard.

There are two whole sheep on the shelf, and they eat very horizontally, without vegetarian food, and with whole meat.

The lamb is roasted with grease, fat on the inside, and slightly charred on the outside.

There is also a large pot next to it, into which fresh and tender lamb is sprinkled with salt and simmered with the simplest condiments.

The sweetness of the meat itself is thoroughly stimulated.

Bai Nanyu used a seven-inch-long meat knife to cut off the best fine ribs on the sheep, put them in front of Huo Quai, and handed the remaining two ribs to Xiong San beside him.

The bear's talent for the bones is quite remarkable, and the tongue is the same as the meat hook, and it is fighting against the sheep's skull.

The umami of mutton fills the courtyard, and the meat is served with a bowl of mutton soup sprinkled with green leaves.

Behind Huo Qu's illness, there were still big cats and fat tigers squatting, drooling urgently, waiting to be fed.

Zhang Qian has been walking around in the Western Regions during this time, with poison, Dayue Clan and other places.

He has the practice of the Yin and Yang family, and he has traveled all over thousands of rivers and mountains, absorbing the qi of heaven and earth in different regions and landforms, which is of great benefit to his cultivation.

"Lord Hou wants me to send an envoy to Seleucus and go to the capital of its country, Antiochus, and tell them not to participate in the alliance?"

"That's right."

Huo Quai: "The so-called distant and close attack, when the Seleucid Empire fell apart, most of the land was occupied by Parthia.

They were very hostile to Parthia and would not easily join the alliance. Although we are not afraid of them even if they join, it is always more advantageous to weaken their power from within and reduce our attrition, and to defeat Parthia faster. ”

Zhang Qian bowed his head: "No problem, this is within my responsibility, I originally wanted to do something for my Han, for Your Majesty, and for the Hou Ye."

Without further ado, I'll set out for the west tonight. ”

Huo Quzhi nodded: "I will send troops to send you over, there are our people fighting Parthia all the way, pay attention to safety on the road." ”

The dinner lasted until the rising of the moon in the next month, and Zhang Qian was escorted by the Han army directly after the meal, entered the Parthian border, and went west to Andi as an envoy.

Huo Qu was sick and returned to the back house of the temporary residence.

After reading Han Xin's military book in the study, he walked to the dormitory.

The sky is full of stars and moons.

The moment he walked into the room, in the darkness behind the door, without warning, a short knife was stabbed, as fast as lightning, and it hit him at the throat.