Chapter 223: Negotiation

Even if Theodosius II made a compromise, he still couldn't stop the footsteps of the Sassanid Immortal Army.

"I've made some concessions on this, Sassanid scout!" Theodosius II's chariot drove up in front of the scout, and he stopped, and Theodosius II, who was standing on the chariot, stared at the Nassanian scout. "But your emperor seems to have lost patience with you!"

"Hah, how can this be?" The scout laughed dryly twice, and raised the flag in his hand again.

"Brush!"

Almost at the same time, the Sassanid Undead Legion, which had been advancing, stopped almost at the same moment. This made Theodosius II's heart tremble, although the number of people brought by Isiai was small, but they were all absolutely elite, and for those soldiers under his command who would still have some commotion when they watched the enemy advance, it was really difficult to compete with the sky.

Now that the two armies were no more than five hundred meters apart, and beyond the range of the archers, the success or failure of the negotiations almost affected the life of Theodosius II. Theodosius thought to himself that this was the only way to delay as much time as possible and see if the ironclad cavalry could arrive.

"That's fine, and let me see what kind of ideas you bring to the table!" Even if the confidence is not hard, but the momentum cannot be lost! Theodosius II puffed up his chest, not at all afraid. "After all, a calm conversation is better than a tense bloodshed, tell Isiai to come out, I was also trying to talk to him!"

"Listen to it!" The Sassanid scout bowed slightly, and rode back into the Sasanian army. In less than a few minutes, I saw a chariot slowly driving out of the Sassanid army, and three men stood on it, a charioteer, a guard in strong armor, and in the middle was a man in scale armor and a head inlaid with gold and precious stones. The carriage drove slowly toward the Roman army without other escorts, and stopped halfway through, as if waiting for Theodosius II to come forward.

"Caesar..."At this time, Marcus was still a little distrustful, and for the safety of Theodosius II, he still did not advocate that Theodosius II personally come forward to negotiate. Otherwise, Caesar will stay, and I will go up and negotiate with them. ”

"Not necessarily!" Theodosius II waved his hand at Marcus, and he looked at Izière, who was waiting there two hundred meters away, and said, "Since the Sassanid emperor has shown sincerity, if I don't go, it will surely make them mistakenly think that we have made up our minds to fight, and will not negotiate with them." Let me go, maybe I'll bring something back. ”

"Order, keep all the cavalry units on standby!" Before leaving, Marcus instructed the heralds: "If any action is found in Sassanid that may threaten Caesar's safety, all cavalry units must rush forward at all costs, and Caesar's safety must be ensured." ”

The herald nodded.

It can only be like this, Marcus is still faintly uneasy, facing a lonely chariot two hundred meters away in front of him, he looks at Theodosius II again, he doesn't know what Theodosius is thinking about and doesn't care so much, come on! "Andrew, you're going to drive the carriage!"

Andrew had the order to climb into the carriage, and he carefully drove the chariot around, and it took less than two minutes to reach the middle of the two armies, less than three meters from the chariot of Isière.

"Welcome, Emperor of the Roman Empire!" Unlike Theodosius II, Isière was down-to-earth and generous, without the slightest hint of worry or fear, and even spoke the Latin language used by the Romans. Theodosius and his entourage did not know whether he was full of confidence or pretended to try to intimidate Theodosius II with his momentum. Isière looked at Theodosius II with a smile, and said with a pimple in his tone: "I thought Your Excellency had no intention of meeting me, but Your Excellency's courage did make me look at and admire, thank you, thank Your Excellency for your courage, which gave us a precious opportunity to negotiate, and of course, it made me feel that my wait just now was still worth it." ”

The ironic welcome words, although beautiful, could not deceive the ears of Theodosius II, which was nothing more than a mockery of him that Theodosius II did not have enough guts.

"Don't talk too much nonsense that has nothing to do with negotiations, it's just a waste of time!" Theodosius II deserved to be the imperial Augustus who reigned for twenty years, and in the face of such insults, Theodosius II did not show any angry behavior, not even the displeasure on his face. "Say, Sassanid Emperor, what did you bring with you by negotiating so proactively?"

"Bring, oh yes yes, peace, I bring peace!" Ise's face was serious, and he saw him stretch out his hand and point behind Theodosius II, who turned his head and realized that the position that Isesi was pointing to was Edessa behind the First Constantine's legion.

"I remember secretly tasting it in the palace when I was a child, and at that time the taste was firmly remembered by my tongue like a brand, and of course, at the same time as this deliciousness, I also discovered the huge commercial value behind such a fine wine." I'm afraid that he has fooled the public in this way, but of course such an opening statement still requires real intentions. "I understand that Edessa's wines are unparalleled in the world, so I have come here to meet you, the honorable Caesar of the Roman Empire!"

Theodosius II sounded very uncomfortable with his words, and he was very alert to the fact that Isesi's motivation was very impure, and the worst result must have been to threaten him to ask the empire to cede the province of Osroen to maintain peace between the two sides, of course, this would never make Theodosius II make concessions, of course, the worst result would be war, only war could solve such a problem, and of course the result would be the destruction of the province of Osroen.

"We need Edessa wines."

"You mean, to establish a commercial trade?"

"No, no, no, it's not just business, I mean, we need to share this delicious taste with your country! Of course, in return, we will return to your country Nisibis, which recently occupied your country. ”

"Share?" It was becoming more and more difficult to understand, and Theodosius II frowned, and Ixier's words puzzled him, and the only thing that made him sure was that it must not be good news.

"What do you mean......"

"For Edessa's profits, we will share them in five, how about this, not only to save us from war, but also to make Edessa the beginning of friendship and harmony between our two countries!" At this point, Isi's face sank, and he deliberately lowered his tone and said, "If not, then let Edessa be destroyed, no one can think of it!" ”