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"It is appropriate to ensure the interests of allies. Besides, they really need Wusun to flank or threaten the grassland tribes, and if we send troops to attack at this time, they can really only fight. ”

"Many nobles in the country have repeatedly called for sending troops to the east, what should I do?"

"In fact, now not only Wusun needs an empire, but we also need an empire. Wusun needs a series of assistance and direct troops from the Empire, and what we need is goods from the Empire's side. This time, we have purchased so many goods from the Empire, and we will surely be able to make huge profits when we return home. What the aristocracy needs is profit, and we have repeatedly hunted down those fugitives, and the interests of the fugitives have almost been squeezed dry, and it is difficult to grab anything of value except for slaves. ”

"Good way, then let them see the benefits of the trade routes of the East and the West, so that the noise of war will not be loud."

Neither Taprati nor Angele wanted to be at odds with the Empire, on the one hand, because they had been to the Empire and knew how powerful it was; On the other hand, they also think that the distance between each other is too far, and it is difficult to distinguish the winner from the loser in a state of war except for mental hostility.

Parthia and Bactria had been in a state of war with the Seleucid Empire for decades, and their economic development had been stagnant, and if it had not been for the plundering of the two countries from the east, it would have been somewhat untenable.

The Seleucid Empire not only had to deal with Parthia and Bactria, but also had to face the increasingly powerful counter-offensive of the Ptolemaic Dynasty, and the Seleucid Empire, which was a big family, was actually overwhelmed, as can be seen from the defeat of Seleucids in the Fourth Syrian War.

After the defeat of the Seleucid Empire in the Fourth Syrian War, Antiochus III had temporarily reached a truce with the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt, and the current Seleucid Empire was already showing signs of turning its energies to the East.

The Seleucid Empire turned its attention to the East, and it could not have been worse news for Parthia and Bactria, who were highly prepared for war. And preparing for war requires money and related materials.

When a country has been in a state of war for many years, the damage to people's livelihood can be imagined, especially if the war is taking place on its own soil, what kind of situation should it be?

The defeat of the Seleucid Empire at the hands of the Ptolemaic Empire of Egypt and the loss of all the cities along the coast of Seleucia meant that the war with the Greek city-states ended temporarily with that defeat.

The Ptolemaic Dynasty of Egypt reached a truce with the Seleucid Empire, and the Greek city-states in the Mediterranean also stopped their wars with the Seleucid Empire.

There is no doubt that the Seleucid Empire is really weakened, but the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse. Once the Seleucid Empire turned all its energies to the East, Parthia and Bactria said that it would be impossible not to be nervous.

"Only stubborn people can be blinded by hatred, Antiochus III is obviously moving his army eastward, how can he still send troops to attack Wusun at this time?" Taprati put it bluntly: "They actually wanted to plunder enough wealth from the east before the arrival of Antiochus III's army." ”

Parthia now governed the state in alliance with the king, with the king being a great lord and many nobles being minor lords. The minor lords had their own fiefs and private soldiers, and after receiving orders from the king, they prepared their own war materials and responded to the call with private soldiers, and any expenses during this period were paid by the lords themselves. It was only after the end of the war that some compensation was received from the king.

The state of Bactria is roughly the same as that of Parthia, with the only difference being that the Parthian king speaks well, while the Bactrian king does not speak so well.

What kind of man was Assassis II? Otidemus I? What kind of person is Theos? Both of them became kings from the Seleucid Empire, but Assassis II knew how to give as much benefit as possible after each summoning noble. Otidemus I? Dios, on the other hand, was a rather stingy man.

The same is that you need to prepare war materials and troops to serve the king, if the pay is too different from the return you get later, and the return you get after responding to the call once or twice is disproportionate, the third time you should be disobeyed, right?

Many of the Parthian nobles were willing to serve the king. It can be regarded as the unity of the monarch and the minister, which also proves the importance of unity. Parthia's current territory is not large enough to compare with the Seleucid Empire. Even though the territory is smaller than Bactria, Parthia is famous for its good warfare in Central Asia.

Assassis II is actually Arthasis II, but because the founding king of Parthia was Assassis I, he was called Assassis II.

The people who are now in power in Parthia have been replaced by Friopachus, partly because of the aging of Atasis II, and partly because the state of Parthia is in flux.

Before Tapra proposed to envoy the Eastern Empire, Parthia also sent envoys to the Mediterranean, but the Parthian envoy to the Mediterranean was not to envoy to any Greek city-state, he was to cross the Mediterranean to the Roman Republic.

The Roman Republic was at war with Carthage, and Carthage after Hannibal's defeat was difficult to compete with the Roman Republic.

Parthia sent envoys to the Roman Republic to complete a strategic arrangement, the Seleucid Empire in the Mediterranean direction was originally a tug-of-war with the Greek city-states, but with the coastal cities of Seleucia falling into the hands of the Ptolemaic Dynasty of Egypt, the Seleucid Empire obviously will no longer have any conflict of interest with the Greek city-states located in the Mediterranean, Parthia saw that the Roman Republic shifted the direction of expansion to the Mediterranean, and was seeking the possibility of the Roman Republic intervening in the Seleucid Empire.

If history had not changed, the Roman Republic would have turned its attention to the Mediterranean, and the Roman legions would have conquered many of the Greek city-states, and finally the once-powerful kingdom of Macedonia.

The Roman Republic that conquered the Mediterranean region did not stop the pace of eastward expansion, they first fought with the Ptolemaic Dynasty of Egypt, but the Roman legions did not take advantage of the Egyptian army at the beginning, and many Roman nobles turned their attention to the gradually weakening Seleucid Empire, and then there was a real war with the Seleucid Empire, and finally carved up the Seleucid Empire with Parthia, Armenia and other countries, so that the Seleucus fell apart and became a third-rate effect to shrink on the Syrian side.

Of course. It was more than a hundred years after the Seleucid Empire fell apart, and the current Seleucid Empire, although it has fallen, is still very strong.

Taprati and Angele approached Liu Bang, and together they showed Liu Bang their attitude, saying that in order not to disagree with the empire on Wusun, they decided to send someone back to China. At the same time, in order not to have a conflict with the Wusun side, they decided to separate from the imperial envoys and no longer go to the Wusun side, but to transfer to the Puchanghai side. If you take the route of the river and take the route of the dangerous su, you will eventually stay in the wheel of the turtle.

Angree smiled and said, "We will wait in Luntai all the time, when are you going to start again, and we will rendezvous?" ”

"That's fine, you haven't reached an understanding yet, and it's really a bad trouble to enter Wusun now. But you are carrying so much cargo, and the escort of the team is only more than 7,000 people, is it enough? Liu Bang tilted his head, thought for a while and then said: "I heard that there are also Hun cavalry wandering on the side of the Qiuzi people?" ”

Angre and Ta Platates glanced at each other. "There are only a few Hun cavalry wandering around Qiuci, and we already have contact with King Qiuci, and King Qiuci will guarantee our safety during our stay in Luntai. ”

Liu Bangcai didn't care whether the Parthians and Bactria were alive or dead. He did not want the people of the two countries to get out of his control, so he said kindly: "The Huns have repeatedly suffered losses at our hands, and they are far more afraid of us than the army on the side of Qiuzi." So, I'll send some cavalry to follow you to Luntai? ”

Qiuzi can also be regarded as a big country in the Western Regions. It is not clear what the population is, but the country has nearly 40,000 troops, and Qiuzi has maintained good relations with several neighboring countries. If the entangled coalition army can also combine 70,000 or 80,000 troops, it is only that a large group of fugitives will first disrupt the interior, and then there will be Mao Dun and his troops continue to invade, and the national strength will weaken very quickly.

Bactria has good relations with Kangju country, Kangju country has good relations with many countries in the Western Regions, although Qiuzi has also participated in the confrontation between Wusun and Parthia and Bactria before, but recently Qiuzi has hooked up through Kangjuguo's thread.

"Oh? How many cavalry will you send with us to the wheel? Ta Pilates looked surprised.

Liu Bang waved his hand and said: "It's not the escort team of the envoy corps, it's that I will communicate with the national defense force, how can I be transferred to a school if nothing else." In addition, isn't Wusun the leader of the alliance of the countries of the Western Regions? I'll also talk to 'Kunmo' when I arrive in Usun. He didn't say anything about communicating.

The empire has already begun to lay out for the Western Regions, and a large number of troops are not simply to support Wusun, but also to show their faces to various countries, so that the countries of the Western Regions know the existence of the Empire, and if necessary, they will show their troops.

In fact, the empire also made it clear that with the situation of Wusun being a little bad, Wusun's influence on the countries of the Western Regions has been declining, and at this time, Bactria continued to appear in the countries of the Western Regions, obviously wanting to replace Wusun's influence in the countries of the Western Regions.

Bactria is too close to the Western Regions, and they have a cooperative relationship with Zhaowu Jiu, compared to the fact that the empire has too many conveniences in the Western Regions, and it is obviously not feasible for the empire to take the conventional route.

After a long discussion, the center of the empire formulated a plan, the first thing to do is to help Wusun tide over the current difficulties, in the process of helping Wusun, let the countries of the Western Regions know the strength of the empire, and then gradually spread its influence.

The empire's help to Wusun does not mean that it wants Wusun to regain control of the countries in the Western Regions, but rather to use Wusun's past influence in the Western Regions to enter the sight of the countries in the Western Regions. If possible, the empire also needs Wusun to make a gesture, at least let Wusun send people to get the countries of the Western Regions to agree to the military access of the imperial army, and the excuse is already there, that is, to exterminate the Maodun troops wandering in the Western Regions.

A group of people parted ways near Puzeze, and most of the Central Asians followed Parthia and Bactria, leaving only a small number of them.

"Why don't we go to Luntai?" The Kashmiri envoy looked strange in the face of Liu Bang's question. He was confused and said, "They have a conflict with Wusun, but we don't. Now everyone knows that the Western Regions are not peaceful, and we carry so many goods and do not follow the powerful empire, why should we go to Luntai, which has no security guarantee? ”

Liu Bang and the rest of the imperial civil and military were very happy to hear the Kashmiri envoys say this.

In fact, it is also the imperial side that does not know much about the situation in Central Asia, Kashmir, Palpamaises, and Yacha Shila...... Although other countries followed Parthia and Bactria to the empire, it does not mean that everyone is the same as Parthia and Bactria.

"We are different from them, they are of Greco-Macedonian descent, Seleucids and other countries are basically of Greek descent, we are Serbs and Dravidians, which is what you know as the Mauryan Empire." Seeing that Liu Bang and the others did not understand, the envoy of Yu Cha Shiluo explained succinctly: "We are closer to the Peacock Dynasty. ”

In this way, Liu Bang immediately understood, that is to say, there was cooperation between them, but more of them were to mention each other, for example, although the Alans and the Northern Sakya also followed Parthia and Bactria all the way to the empire, but the Alans and Parthia were at war all the year round, and the Northern Sakya people were not only fighting with the Yueshi people but also fighting with Bactria for the northern plains.

After the parting of ways, the team continued west and south. To the west was the Imperial Legates, who met a team sent by the Usun to meet them when they reached the south of Puzawa, and then turned south under the guidance of the Usun people.

"Gao Chang?" Liu Bang looked surprised and asked, "Isn't Gaochang the territory of the Pu people?" When did it become a place for the Wusun people? ”

It was Prince Wusun who came to lead him, and he replied with a smile: "It is common for cities in the Western Regions to borrow from each other, and we are only borrowing Gaochang temporarily. ”

Liu Bang understood a little, the Wusun people are nomadic, and they don't have many cities, and there are not many big cities that can accommodate a team of 100,000 people, so Wusun borrowed the city from the Pu people so that they could have a place to rest in the snow season.

"I heard that there are 5,000 imperial cavalry going to Qiuzi?" "Be careful of King Guizi, who is now not only in a hot fight with those who come from the West, but also rumored to have some agreement with Maudun. ”

Liu Bang smiled "hehehe", his eyes narrowed. (To be continued.) )