While Liu Yan was on vacation in the South China Sea, Wang Meng rode a camel and walked in the Gobi with a crowd.
As an envoy, Wang Meng is certainly not the only envoy. The Deputy envoy is Cai Mian, the eldest son of CAI you, and there are 1200 accompanying guards and attendants.
The Gobi they are walking in is in the north of the territory of Sasan in Persia, probably in sanandaji in later Iran. They are going to Iraq.
The territory of bossashan is very large, and most areas belong to the Plateau state. Due to the special geographical location, the climate is hot in the day and cold at night. In some mountainous areas, it will still snow in winter, but the snow is only limited to a certain altitude. It doesn't snow if it doesn't exceed that altitude. In addition, some peaks with too high altitude will be covered with ice and snow all year round, which is consistent with the situation of Mount Fuji on the Japanese islands.
Wang Meng's team started out with 1500 people. There were only 1200 people walking. Part of the reason was that they were not acclimatized and could not accompany them when they were ill. Others were assigned to do other tasks, such as escorting the purchased slaves to a port, ready to be sent to the pingman school Captain's department first, and then transported back to the mainland.
There were not only horses, but also camels. Persian Sasan specially assigned 2000 people as guards and sent guides familiar with geography.
"There are no villages in this Gobi, and there is no place to rest." Wang Meng saw that there were layers of sand dunes everywhere, yellow sand reflected by the sun, and an air wave ripple that evaporated because it was too hot on the surface: "the guide said that you could go out in half a day."
Cai Mian almost spread himself on the camel. He didn't drink less water, but his lips still showed dry cracks. He was seriously ill a few days ago. Even if he recovered, his body was very empty. He should have stayed in town, but he urged him to follow.
They landed from Georgia, toured the southeast scenery of Persian sassanne all the way, arrived at texiphon, and were warmly entertained by Shapur II, the current king of Persian sassanne.
Wang Meng's credentials to bossasan are nothing new. They are nothing more than Liu Yan's greetings to Shapur II from a distant place, talking about the ancient friendship between the two peoples and looking forward to the friendly development of the two countries in the future.
Han is now a local alliance with Persian Sassanian, not a comprehensive alliance between the two countries. Although they are all allies, they are still different in sense.
In short, the Han state and the Persian Sassanian will only work together against the Gupta Dynasty. What should be done in other places, even if there are conflicts in other places, should not affect the common will of the two countries to deal with the Gupta Dynasty.
"The unrest in their country is too frequent and serious." Cai Mian was impressed by what he saw and heard along the way. He didn't want to stay in the town because he didn't have a sense of security: "it's like a dying Dynasty."
Cai Mian may be disappointed. At present, the domestic unrest in bossasan is indeed frequent and serious, but the Arabs and Yueshi people who make trouble also add trouble to the Persians.
The current Arabs have not yet achieved the final outcome of the grand League. They have their own clans and tribes, and no one plans to listen to anyone. Although they were unhappy to find bossasan unanimously, those Arabs who were in a weak position were also fighting with each other. It was not until the Prophet Mohammed appeared that most Arabs were united.
Not to mention the Yueshi people, it should be a miracle that they have survived until now, and the continuation of the jidoro Dynasty and the kusana (later Kingdom) is a miracle among the miracles. Taking the collapse of Yueshi's kusana empire as an example, judging by their population, in fact, they can only give Persian Sassanian a itch.
"If the people of Daqin didn't have civil strife, maybe they did." Wang Meng went abroad and his vision was improved. He said, "the aristocracy of Sasan still obeys the leadership of Shapur II."
In fact, as long as the nobles do not follow the current regimes of all countries in the world, no matter how the civilians do things, the situation will hurt their muscles and bones again, and the Dynasty will basically not perish.
It's a simple truth. First, civilians have few resources. Second, it's difficult to have people with strong appeal. Finally, civilians don't have relevant military knowledge. Even if they can sweep the whole country, they will definitely not do so under the leadership of one person. It is that each region has its own leaders, or even multiple leaders in one region. Without coordination, how can they compete with a unified political power? Another most important thing is that they will only see in front of them and don't think about it at all. After that, they will become the same nature as locusts crossing the border. They don't want to build wherever they hit or destroy.
"I heard your majesty tell a story. In that story, there was a disaster in a huge empire, unrest occurred in half of the country, and a chaotic army was the most powerful. They successfully entered the imperial capital and occupied it." Wang Meng turned to look at Cai Mian, who listened attentively, and asked, "do you think it's a success to change the dynasty here?"
Cai Mian will focus because the story is told by Liu Yan. He knows there must be follow-up.
"It's really a change of Dynasty, but it's not the chaotic army that holds the country steady." When Wang Meng listened to Liu Yan's story, he was stunned: "the chaotic army occupied the imperial capital. The first thing he thought of was looting and destruction as usual. At this time, a general guarding the important town pass heard that the imperial capital was captured and opened the fortress to allow foreign troops to enter."
Cai Mian immediately showed his disgust and said, "the general should be killed!"
Wang Meng also thought the general should be killed, Go on: "the alien army entered the pass under the banner of revenge for the imperial family, defeated one resistance armed force after another, and finally collided with the main force of the chaotic army. The chaotic army collapsed only in World War I, and they still have a large number of control areas, but because it was destroyed too thoroughly before, there was no chance to make a comeback."
Cai Mian understood that the chaotic army did not break away from the nature of the bandit army from beginning to end. Even if it had laid down a large territory, it would not have produced any output without governance. If it had been successful, it would only have been looting. If they had succeeded in changing their Dynasty, they would also have accepted a country that had been destroyed by themselves.
Cai Mian thought again about what the chaotic army had always been like. Maybe there were no people who knew how to build. It was clear that they had conquered the imperial capital and had not changed from bandits to administrators. He felt that they were really sitting on the river and waiting for the people to make a living.
"Whether Arabs or Yueshi people, they have been destroying, without construction, or even scattered sand." Wang Meng came all the way and saw it clearly: "even... They killed the same people against sassanne more ruthlessly."
When bossashan suppressed the riots, at least not everyone was killed, but some leaders were killed, and the rest were beaten into slaves.
Those who feel they are uprising, they are killing indiscriminately. In addition to leaving young women as sex 1 slaves, they often don't let go of babies from top to bottom, far more ferocious than the Sassanian army that suppressed them.
Speaking of it, Wang fiercely thanked those people. Otherwise, how could he have arrived in Sasan, Persia and bought more than 50000 slaves in less than two months, including 40000 female slaves.
"Your Majesty specially sent a letter." Cai Mian recalled what he had written and said, "we have not found anyone who believes in that religion."
Liu Yan regarded that religion like a flood and a beast. He didn't want the people of that religion to go to the state of Han at all. He couldn't remember when the sect appeared, but it didn't prevent him from giving instructions to Wang Meng when he remembered.
At present, there are many religious religions in the world. Because most nationalities are still in the stone age, the worship of primitive totem is more popular. Ji1 Du1 religion has just been legalized and popularized in Rome. It is not long ago. Taoism has just begun to show signs, while Buddha 1 religion is in full decline. India 1 degree 1 religion and Zoroastrianism are the most popular religions.
Wang Meng was very impressed by Zoroaster. He definitely didn't enjoy the saints sent by Zoroaster. It was that the religion had a very formal system and order, and the mythological background stories were quite rich. In addition, those rioters actually believed in this religion.
When they went abroad, they found that waiguoren was so serious about religious belief. On second thought, they were also very serious about faith, at least they were willing to work hard in defending the honor of their ancestors. The difference between the two is that crooked nuts believe in the fictional gods, and others believe in the real ancestors.
There are clergy from Zoroastrianism in the mission team. They try to develop believers in the mission. It should be said that many Han people do not exclude Zoroastrianism, and some people join the church, but they make those clergy excited and happy.
But soon the clergy from Zoroastrianism were unhappy. On the one hand, they found that the Han people were very casual about their beliefs, on the other hand, they quit immediately when they talked about giving up their original beliefs. For any religious 1 religion, the existence of Han people is a black hole in propagating beliefs. It is impossible for Han people to give up their respect for their ancestors and believe in a fictional God. If we find so many Han people who are willing to give up their ancestors and seriously study them, the Han people are not Han at all except for their appearance, It's the so-called banana man.
"We will soon enter Iraq." Morrison Hadidan's whole body, including his head, was wrapped up, with only a pair of eyes exposed. In fact, this was a serious desert dress. He said to Wang Meng in short sleeved shirt and shorts, "on the other side, we have arranged 5000 people. They will ensure your safety anytime, anywhere. If necessary, you can contact the surrounding garrison."
The current Iraq, just like future generations, is a place without order, with attacks and dead people all the time. Future generations of Iraq will be like that. Of course, the credit is done by the white skin race. The current situation in Iraq will be like this. Rome and bossasan fought several big battles here first, and the latter two countries chose to quit. However, the local people did not think of a peaceful day at all, and they worked with each other again.
It's not that Wang Meng has to take the route of Iraq. It's that they all come to the northern border of Sasan, Persia. If they turn around and go by boat, the journey is too far. In the middle, they have to pass through several areas under war again. It's better to simply take the route of Iraq.
Think you can see a green after the Gobi? That's nothing. The reason why I passed through the Gobi is that I met an oasis, but the scope of the oasis is so small that it is still surrounded by yellow sand.
There were people in the oasis before, but the army of bossashan came first to drive away the tourists who used to rest here, so as to facilitate the entry of Han envoys.
Seeing the world full of yellow sand, there was a small lake and a small number of plants and trees. People who had seen enough yellow sand and suffered from heat and thirst cheered, and some people who couldn't bear it simply rushed to the water source.
"Don't rush in!" Morrison Hadidan was not restricting the Han people, and he was not qualified to restrict them. He was angry when he saw that the Han people were still in a queue, but his people rushed around and felt a little ashamed: "who dares to step his boots into the lake will be hanged immediately!"
None of the Han people feel hungry and thirsty? Of course, there are, but if they can be selected as envoys, they must know how to restrain themselves. People in other countries also know the importance of unity and order.
The oasis was originally controlled by Sassanian soldiers. They became an irregular circle, surrounded the oasis, set up tents, even prepared food and wine, and specially arranged women to serve.
There are not many people in the periphery. As a result, there are a lot of tents. They find that new teams come, and the number is quite large. They all go out of the tent and wait and see.
"The rumored Han imperial mission is this team?" Ibn Abdul has the delicate facial features of Arabs. In terms of modern aesthetics, he may be a beautiful man restricted from entry. Unfortunately, he was blindfolded: "are you sure they want to enter Iraq?"
Next to him was the masked Ibn Rahman nodded with great certainty and said, "as with the message, there can be no mistake."
The Han people don't have the habit of covering the whole body. Otherwise, people living in the Gobi environment for a long time don't wrap themselves up because of the characteristics of national clothing, in order to prevent sunburn.
Of course, many Han people actually cover up more skin with cloth. Some people, such as Wang Meng and Cai Mian, don't need to do that because they have sunshades.
"The puppet emperor sent 2000 people to follow him for a long time, and 5000 people were arranged in Iraq. The Han people themselves had their own soldiers..." Ibn Rahman frowned and continued, "it's almost impossible for us to catch them alive."
"Then kill." Morrison Hadidan smiled a few times: "even if he can't kill, as long as he causes a real threat, the Han Empire will certainly blame the puppet emperor."
Yes, Shapur II is known as the great emperor, but the state of Han corresponds to the king.