sweeping the world

Chapter 817 In Persia

While Liu Yan was on vacation in the South China Sea, Wang Meng was riding a camel and walking in the Gobi with a group of people.

As an envoy, there must not be only Wang Meng as the chief envoy. The deputy envoy is Cai You's eldest son, Cai Mian, and there are 200 accompanying guards and entourages.

The Gobi they walked was in the northern part of the Persian Sasanian territory, probably in Sanandaj in the later Iran, and they were going to Iraq.

The Persian Sasanian territory is very large, and most of the areas belong to the plateau state. Due to the special geographical location, the climate is hot in the day and cold in the night. Some mountainous areas will still snow in winter, but the places where it snows are limited to At a certain altitude, it does not actually snow if it does not exceed that altitude.In addition, some peaks that are too high in altitude will be covered with ice and snow all the year round, which is consistent with the situation of Mount Fuji in the Japanese Islands.

There were 500 people in Wang Meng's team when they set off. The reason why there were only 200 people left after walking was partly because they couldn't accompany them due to acclimatization and illness, and some were assigned to do other tasks, such as escorting purchase The slaves who arrived went to a certain port, and were going to be sent to the Pingman Captain's Department before being shipped back to the mainland.

There are not only horses in the team, but also a lot of camels. The Persian Sasanian specially appointed 2000 people as guards, and also sent guides who are familiar with geography.

"There are no villages in this Gobi, and there is no place to rest at all." Wang Meng saw at a glance that there were layers of sand dunes everywhere, yellow sand reflected by the sun, and an air wave on the surface that evaporated due to too much heat. Ripple: "The guide said that after walking for half a day, we can get out."

Cai Mian was almost lying on the camel, drinking a lot of water but his lips were still chapped.He had a serious illness a few days ago, and even if he recovered from the illness, he was still very weak. He was supposed to stay in the town, but he strongly asked to follow him.

They landed from Geza Losia, visited the southeastern scenery of Persian Sassanid all the way to Tessifon, and were warmly received by the current King Shapur II of Persian Sasanian.

Wang Meng’s letter of credence to Persian Sasanian is nothing new, it is nothing more than Liu Yan’s greetings to Shapur II from a distant place, talking about the ancient friendship between the two nations, and looking forward to the friendly development of the two countries in the future.

Han is now in a partial alliance with Persian Sassan, not a comprehensive alliance between the two countries. Although they are all allies, their meanings are still different.

To put it simply, Han and Persian Sasanians will only work together to deal with the Gupta Dynasty, and what to do in other places, even if there are conflicts in other places, it should not affect the common will of the two countries to deal with the Gupta Dynasty.

"The turmoil in their country is too frequent and serious." Cai Mian was deeply impressed by what he saw and heard along the way, and his reluctance to stay in the small town was due to his insecurity: "It looks like a dynasty that is about to collapse."

Cai Mian may be disappointed. The current domestic turmoil in Persian Sassanid is indeed frequent and serious, but the Arabs and Yuezhi people who made troubles also added to the troubles of the Persians.

The current Arabs have not yet achieved great unity. They have their own clans and tribes, and no one intends to listen to anyone.Although it is unanimous to find Persian Sasanian unhappy, those Arabs who are themselves in a disadvantaged position are also fighting with each other. Only when the Prophet Muhammad appears can most Arabs be united.

Not to mention the Yuezhi people, it should be considered a miracle that they can survive till now, and the continuation of the two regimes of the Jidoluo Dynasty and Guishuang (Houguo) is even more a miracle among miracles.With the collapse of Yuezhi's Guishuang Empire, and looking at their population size, in fact, they can only give Persian Sassan a itch.

"If the people of Great Qin didn't have civil strife, maybe they did." Wang Meng's vision has been improved after going abroad, and said: "The Sasanian noble class still obeys the leadership of Shapur II."

In fact, as long as the aristocracy does not follow the current regimes in the world, no matter how the common people make troubles, the situation will be broken, and the dynasty will basically not be destroyed.

It's quite simple. Firstly, civilians have fewer resources. Secondly, it is difficult for people with strong appeal to appear. Finally, civilians have no relevant military knowledge.Even if they can do it across the country, they will definitely not do it under the leadership of one person. Each region has its own leader, or even multiple leaders in one region. There is no coordination and unified nature. How to fight the power struggle?Another most important thing is that they only see the present and don't think about the future at all. It becomes like locusts passing through the border, destroying wherever they hit without thinking about construction.

"I heard a story told by Your Majesty. In that story, a disaster occurred within a huge empire, half of the country was in turmoil, and a rebellious army was the most powerful. They successfully entered the capital of the empire and occupied it." Wang Meng turned his head to look. Cai Mian, who listened attentively, asked, "Do you think that the change of dynasty has been successful here?"

Cai Mian will focus because the story is told by Liu Yan, knowing that there must be a follow-up.

"It's true that the dynasty has changed, but it's not that rebellious army that has stabilized the country." Wang Meng was stunned when he heard Liu Yan tell this story: "The rebellious army occupied the capital of the empire, and the first thing that came to mind was the same as usual. That kind of looting and destruction. At this time, a general guarding the pass of the important town heard that the capital of the empire had been captured, and opened the fortress to let the foreign troops enter."

Cai Mian immediately showed a disgusted expression and said, "That general should be killed!"

Wang Meng also thought that the general should be killed, and continued: "The alien army marched into the customs under the banner of avenging the imperial family, defeated one resistance after another like a storm, and finally fought against the rebel army. The main force collided. The rebel army collapsed in just one battle, and they still have a large number of control areas, but because they were too completely destroyed by themselves before, they have no chance to make a comeback."

Cai Mian understood, the rebellious army has not been separated from the bandit army from the beginning to the end, no matter how big the territory is, there will be no output without governance, and if it keeps winning, it will only be looting that happens all the time Well, if they succeeded in changing the dynasty, they also took over a country that was destroyed by themselves.

Cai Mian thinks about how the rebellious army has always been. Maybe there are no people who know how to build it. They have conquered the capital of the empire and have not changed from bandits to rulers. Waiting for the people to live in dire straits.

"Whether it is the Arabs or the Yuezhi people, they have been destroying without building, and they are even a mess." Wang Meng saw it clearly all the way: "Even...they killed those who also opposed Sasanian themselves even more ruthlessly."

When the Persian Sasanian suppressed the riots, at least not everyone was killed, but some leaders were killed, and the rest were beaten into slaves.

Those who feel that they are rebelling, they will kill indiscriminately, except for leaving young women as sex slaves, and every time they will not let go of babies from top to bottom. .

Speaking of which, Wang Meng had to thank those people, otherwise how could he have arrived in Sassanid Persia and purchased more than [-] slaves in two months, including as many as [-] female slaves.

"Your Majesty came to write a letter." Cai Mian recalled what he had written, and said, "We haven't found anyone who believes in that religion."

Liu Yan treats that religion like a scourge, and he doesn't want people from that religion to come to Han.He couldn't remember when that teaching appeared, but it didn't prevent him from giving Wang Meng instructions when he remembered.

There are quite a lot of religions in the world now. Since most nations are still in the Stone Age, the worship of primitive totems is relatively popular. Christianity has just been legalized and promoted in Rome, and Taoism has just begun to appear. Buddhism is comprehensively weakened, and Hinduism and Zoroastrianism have the most beliefs.

Wang Meng was very impressed with the Zoroastrian religion. It is definitely not because he enjoyed the saints sent by Zoroastrianism once. It is because this religion has a very formal system and order, and the mythological background stories are quite rich. Even those rioters actually believed in this religion.

It was only when they went abroad that they discovered that Wai Guoren was so serious about religious beliefs. Then they thought that they were also very serious about their beliefs, at least they were willing to work hard to defend the honor of their ancestors.The difference between the two is that Wai Nuo Ren believes in the fictional gods, while he and others believe in real ancestors.

There are priests from Zoroastrianism in the mission team, and they try hard to develop believers in the mission group. It must be said that many Han Chinese do not reject Zoroastrian beliefs, and some It is a pleasure to make those priests excited and happy.

But the clergy from Zoroastrianism soon became unhappy. On the one hand, they found that the Han people were very casual about their beliefs, and on the other hand, when they talked about giving up their original beliefs, they immediately quit.For any religion, the existence of the Han people is a black hole in the promotion of beliefs. It is absolutely impossible for the Han people to give up their respect and love for their ancestors and believe in a fictional god. If there are so few who are willing to give up their ancestors Han people, after careful consideration, apart from having a Han appearance, the Han people are actually not Han people at all, they are so-called banana people.

"We will enter Iraq soon." Mawson Hadidan's whole body, including his head, was covered, with only a pair of eyes exposed. In fact, this is a serious desert outfit.He said to Wang Meng, who was wearing a short-sleeved shirt and shorts: "We have arranged 5000 people on the other side. They will ensure your safety anytime and anywhere. If necessary, you can contact the surrounding troops."

Today's Iraq, like the one to come, is a place where there is no order at all, where attacks and deaths occur all the time.The future generations of Iraq will be like that, and of course the credit is due to the white-skinned race.The current situation in Iraq is that Rome and Persian Sasanian fought a few big battles here first, and then the two countries chose to withdraw, but the locals did not have the idea of ​​a peaceful life at all, and they fought each other again.

It’s not that Wang Meng insisted on taking the route of Iraq, it’s that they all came to the northern border of Persia and Sassanid, and it would be too far to take a boat if they turned around, and they had to pass through several areas where wars were taking place. Just take the route through Iraq.

Think you can see a piece of green after passing the Gobi?That's something that doesn't exist.The reason why it is said that it passed through the Gobi is because it encountered an oasis, but the scope of the oasis is pitifully small, and the surrounding area is actually an environment filled with yellow sand.

There were people in the oasis before, but the Persian Sasanian army came first and drove away the travelers who had been resting here to facilitate the entry of the Han envoys.

Seeing a small lake in a world full of yellow sand, and seeing a few plants and trees, people cheered after seeing enough yellow sand and suffering from heat and thirst. People even rushed to the water source.

"No act of rushing in!" Mosen Hadidan was not restraining the Han people, nor did he have the qualifications to restrain them. He felt a little ashamed when he saw that the Han people were still maintaining a queue while his own people were rushing around. Angry: "Whoever dares to step into the lake will be hanged immediately!"

Among the Han people, there is no hunger and thirst?Of course there are, but if they can be selected as a member of the mission, they must know how to restrain themselves, and they are more aware of the importance of unity and order when they are in other places.

The oasis was already under the control of Sasanian soldiers. They surrounded the oasis in an irregular circle, set up tents, even prepared food and wine, and even arranged for women to wait on them.

There were not many people on the outside, which resulted in a lot of tents in that group and this group. They found that there was a new team coming, the number was quite large, and they all came out of the tent to wait and see.

"The rumored envoy of the Han Empire is this team?" Ibn Abdul has the exquisite facial features of the Arabs. From the perspective of modern aesthetics, he may be a handsome man who is restricted from entering the country. It's a pity. The only one was covered with a quilt: "Are you sure they are going to enter Iraq?"

Ibn Rahman, who was also covering his face beside him, nodded with certainty and said, "It's the same as the news delivered, there will be no mistakes."

In this area, the Han people do not have the habit of covering their whole bodies, or the people who have lived in the Gobi environment for a long time do not wrap themselves up because of the characteristics of the national costumes, but to prevent sunburn.

Of course, many Han people actually use cloth to cover more of their skin, even Wang Meng, Cai Mian and others have parasols so they don’t need to do that.

"The puppet emperor sent 2000 people to follow him for a long time, and Iraq arranged another 5000 people. The Han people themselves have their own soldiers..." Ibn Rahman frowned and continued, "It is almost impossible for us to capture them alive. "

"Then kill." Mosen Hadidan chuckled a few times: "Even if he can't be killed, as long as it poses a real threat, the Han Empire will definitely blame that false emperor."

That's right, Shapur II is known as the Great Emperor, but the Han Kingdom corresponds to the king.

(End of this chapter)