sweeping the world

Chapter 691 Ah San is still quite awesome

From [-] BC to [-] BC, King Alexander of Macedon launched the Eastern Expedition. He led his army to conquer Persia, Egypt, Asia Minor, and Mesopotamia, and finally built a land spanning Europe, Asia, and Africa. of Alexander's empire.

After Alexander died of illness, the huge empire spanning the three continents of Europe, Asia and Africa fell apart in a very short period of time. The influence of Europe and Africa is not over. Let’s not mention the influence of Europe and Africa. The subsequent influence on Asia is that many Greeks have established their own kingdoms. The two largest are the Seleucid Empire and Greece-Bactria. kingdom.

Around [-] BC, the Seleucid Empire was collapsing, and the Parthian Kingdom of the Persians was rising. The collapse of the Seleucid Empire had a great impact on places further east, such as Greece-Bacteri After the Asian kingdom was hit, it lost part of its eastern territory but was compensated in the west. Some Greeks went to the Asan territory to join forces with the local aborigines to establish the Indo-Greek kingdom.

Around 100 BC, the Western Sakya people in Central Asia rose violently. They were a combination of punching Parthia and kicking the Central Asian Greeks and other tribes, and once expanded their territory to the west. Gerry River (approximately the Persian Gulf) north to the Indian desert.

During that long period of time, the impact of Alexander's Eastern Expedition on Asia was gradually cleared up in the chaos of various ethnic groups. At the same time, the Da Yuezhi people who were driven west by the Huns from the north of the Central Plains also rose up. By the time the Parthian Empire had accumulated enough strength to advance eastward, the Dayuezhi people had already established the vast Guishuang Empire in the east.

Speaking of which, Parthia was shocked when it suddenly discovered that there was a huge Kushan Empire in its east. It was simply that both sides were a little overstretched after a series of expansions. They shook hands in a friendly way. I don't know. Whoever suggested it first, the two brothers joined forces to dismember a kingdom called Su Lun.

By the way, the country called Surun is actually a vassal state of the Parthian Empire, a kingdom established by a group of Persianized Cypriots. The empire is basically not a bird, so it was divided up by the Parthian Empire as the starting point for establishing friendship with the Guishuang Empire.

It was almost until the Guishuang Empire rose in Central Asia and invaded South Asia strongly that the influence left by the Greeks was cleaned up. After that, there will be no Hellenized countries in Asia.

The Guishuang Empire flourished for more than 100 years, and it did not weaken until 200 A.D. After the death of Weisudeva II, it split into several countries, but Guishuang with the Da Yuezhi people as the ruling class The empire has been prosperous for at least nearly [-] years, and its influence on Central Asia and South Asia is profound.

The huge and prosperous Guishuang Empire is of course invisible. At present, there is only one Jidoruo dynasty struggling in the handover area from Afghanistan to Uzbekistan. Although they have fallen down, they still represent the orthodoxy of the Guishuang Empire. For quite a few countries And Horde still has a strong influence.

Furthermore, the Persian Sassanids were the hegemons of Central Asia no matter what, and they had a strong deterrent effect on the Jidoro Dynasty, so that they could influence the national policies of the Jidoru Dynasty to some extent, including making the Jidoru Dynasty not The Kushans who dared to support the rebellion in Sasanian Persia could also force the Sidra dynasty to exert influence on some countries surrounding the Gupta dynasty.

The former Alexander's Eastern Expedition has influenced Asia for hundreds of years, and the Da Yuezhi people can maintain their influence for decades, no matter how useless they are, right?
Such a thing as influence is like a favor. If others don’t pay attention to it, it’s useless. But isn’t there still the Persian Sasanian hegemony in Central Asia?With the deterrent power of the Persian Sasanian and the influence of the Jidoro Dynasty, Kianush Arta Ardashir firmly believes that it is still possible to isolate the Gupta Dynasty to the greatest extent.

Lu Yi had doubts about Chianush Arta Ardashir's obvious preparation, and firmly believed that there are no benefits in the world without a reason.

According to some statements and proposals of Kianoush Arta Ardashir, the Persian Sasanian has a set of strategies at all, and it is definitely not like it can be planned on a whim. What Sasanian intentions are starting to generate alarm.

Kianush Arta Ardahir did not see the changes in Lu Yi. After the lecture, he could use the influence of the Jidoruo Dynasty to isolate the Gupta Dynasty. Later, he talked about the two satraps.He believes that it is very wise to bring the two Satrapus into the alliance to deal with the Gupta Dynasty together. They can let the two Satrapus attack the Gupta Dynasty from the northwest, and most of them will involve the forces of the Gupta Dynasty. Together with the Persian army, they were able to land from the southern coast of the Gupta Empire.

"The two countries originally had territorial disputes. Although they have not fought a large-scale war, their relationship with each other is not friendly." Kianush Alta Aldashir looked completely reasonable. , continued: "As much land as the Han Empire wants to occupy in Xindu, it can be conquered from the south. I believe that the fighting power of the Han army will not allow the Serbian people to gain much land."

"The division of land depends on how much each can occupy?" Lu Yi was certainly interested in increasing the territory of the Han Kingdom, and he was never sloppy about the division of land. Then he asked, "What about your country?"

Kianoush Arta Ardashir waved his hands and said magnanimously: "We will not occupy even an inch of land, and the areas we conquered can be handed over to the Han Empire."

However, Lu Yi was more vigilant because of Kianush Arta Ardashir's selfless dedication, and looked at Kianush Arta Ardashir with strange eyes unbearably.

"We are not without any pursuits. In addition to proving that the Han Empire's alliance with us is completely correct, as a replacement of land, the Han Empire can provide compensation in other aspects." Kianush Alta Aldashir said cheerfully After laughing for a while, he proposed the so-called compensation: "We are in desperate need of silk. If the area we conquer is large enough, will the Han Empire be willing to teach us how to make silk?"

Regarding Central Asia and even Europa's extreme desire for silk, Lu Yi already knew it all, but he didn't understand why they were so obsessed with silk for the time being.

For a long period of time, the Central Plains Dynasty believed that the reason why Central Asia and Europa were so obsessed with silk was because of the beauty of silk, but in fact they did not know that after silk passed through Central Asia, it was sold to Europe and Rome with the same weight of gold. The price is even several times the price of gold.

Clothes made of silk are of course comfortable to wear and also a symbol of face, but there are other reasons why silk is so expensive. In addition to being tolled by Central Asian countries for a long time, it is also because silk can prevent arrows!

Regarding silk, it can effectively reduce the damage caused by arrows. Even wearing multiple layers of silk will make it easier to remove the arrowhead after being hit without tearing the flesh.

The Central Plains dynasty was not unaware of the knowledge that silk had anti-arrow effects. What they did not expect was that the reason why Central Asia and Europe were so obsessed with silk was because silk could save lives. However, Central Asia and Europe knew that wearing silk was for added protection. In terms of arrow ability, the Central Plains side is not that capable.

Silk originated from the Xia civilization, but it was not used for military purposes at all in the Central Plains dynasties in the past dynasties, but it was widely used in the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties. According to the "World Military History Encyclopedia" records: Mongolian light cavalry and heavy cavalry both carry a short machete or a tomahawk, and each soldier also wears a silk robe before the battle begins.This kind of silk is made of raw silk and is very finely woven.Genghis Khan found that it was difficult for arrows to penetrate this kind of silk clothing, and would only insert the arrow and cloth into the wound. Therefore, the surgeons from the Central Plains recruited by the Mongolian army only had to pull out the silk to pull the arrow out of the wound.

The Han Dynasty had discovered the military use of silk, and the test of silk in wars was also verified in several battles with the heavy cavalry of the Jie nationality.After discovering this use of silk, Liu Yan vigorously encouraged the increase of silk production. In recent years, silk production has only increased under the leadership of the government, but it is false to say that the army's wanton equipment is false.

"We can only afford to deploy some heavy and sudden cavalry, but we can't fully deploy them at all."

After Lu Yi separated from Kianush Alta Aldashir, he went into the palace to report the discussion. He did not add any comments based on his subjective impression. After hearing this, Liu Yan also had the same feelings about Persian Sassanids. Be alert.

If Persian Sassan wanted to exchange land for silk production methods, in fact, it was more or less reasonable. The reason why they were vigilant was that Persian Sassan had made relevant plans before going on a mission.

Liu Yan still had considerable foresight. When he learned that a foreign envoy was coming, he had long been vigilant against other countries' prying eyes on silk manufacturing methods, and made relevant arrangements in advance.

After those envoys arrived in the Han Kingdom, they really tried their best to find out how to make silk, but of course they were not acquired because the Han Kingdom had already prepared for it.

"I heard that Ah San started imitating our silk a long time ago." Lu Yi said as a joke: "Ah San tried to use spider silk to make it, and it seems that he really made a similar raw silk, which is made of silk. Silk is two products."

No kidding!Ah San is really researching spider silk to make silk, and started trying it hundreds of years ago, and it seems that he has made a finished product, but during the experiment, he was caught on fire and turned into ashes, and the research was stopped for a long time. Just started trying again.

In fact, spider silk is really a good thing. To some extent, spider silk has more fiber strength than silk. Spider silk can really be made into clothes, but it needs mature technology, not by spinning, but by using spiders. The stickiness of the silk itself, the Kucong people in Yunnan have relevant technology.

Until the development of science and technology to a certain level, the development of spider silk surpassed that of silk, and the value of spider silk in many military applications was far higher than that of silk. For example, spider silk was used as a sight for telescopes and guns during World War II The crosshairs of the optical device in the system, and later researched things for military purposes such as body armor.

Lu Yi was telling it as a joke, but Liu Yan, who knew that the spider thread was being used, couldn't laugh.

"Ah San is at the forefront of the world in smelting. I didn't expect that the research on spider silk is the same..." Liu Yan's words made Lu Yi completely stunned, and the latter words almost made Lu Yi petrified: "We There should also be related research on spider silk."

Lu Yi was so surprised that he couldn't speak for a while, he didn't know what expression to use to face his king.

Liu Yan hasn't talked about religion yet. If religion is included, Ah San has a rhythm of wanting to go to heaven.

That is, no matter what Ah San invents, in the end it is not his own. For example, the Uzi steel became the Persians, and Buddhism flourished in the East. The "1, 2, 3, 4...9" has also become Arabic (no nonsense).

"Your Majesty?" Lu Yi came back to his senses and asked immediately: "About the Persian proposal?"

"The method of making silk is absolutely impossible to leak out!" Liu Yan is not as great as Ah San. He doesn't even have the slightest idea of ​​sharing papermaking, printing, gunpowder, and compass with the world. Tea can be shared, but tea varieties are. Don't even think about bringing out the Han people.He said simply and clearly: "It is the Persians who want to form an alliance with the big man, and the big man has no need for an alliance. The willingness to let Sassan take a share of Ah's share is to lay the foundation for future strategic deployment. If there is any unreasonable desire..., You should know how to deal with it.”

Liu Yan stopped talking, and he signaled Cui Zong to bring the memorial sent back by Huan Wen.

"Huan Wen is a pioneering military commander, and I made the right decision by sending him to command." Liu Yan handed the memorial to Lu Yi and said with a smile, "He did not limit his sights to Gupta."

After the collapse of the Guishuang Empire, it split into several countries. The Gupta Dynasty was only one of them, and the land of Asan was not completely conquered by the Da Yuezhi. Since the collapse of the Maurya Dynasty, the indigenous country of Asan has always existed. Since the Han army is invading Asan's territory, it doesn't necessarily need to stare at the Gupta Dynasty. It can look for other countries as a breakthrough.

"This..." Lu Yi was a little shocked after reading the memorial. What he saw was Huan Wen's proposal to attack a small country near the Gupta Dynasty, and land directly in that small country. He hesitated: "Small countries can be destroyed easily, but... yes Wouldn't it make the countries there unite against the big man?"

Including Huan Wen, anyone in Han who cares about the name of that small country will probably have a mentality of "I beat you because I think highly of you".

"Of course that will happen." Liu Yan smiled for a while and asked Lu Yi: "Once the army lands and successfully gains a foothold, does it make any difference whether it is in the Gupta territory or in other places?" ?”

Lu Yi thought about it for a while, and really thought there was no difference. The countries of Ah San should or would unite, but once Huan Wen did that, there would be no room for Han to operate diplomatic relations.

(End of this chapter)