It's a dead man! Not only did the two Ibn feel nothing, but even any Arab leader would not have a special feeling. They believed that the world was dying all the time, either in the hands of Persia or in the hands of their own people. They could do something meaningful and the sacrifice was completely worth it.
There was another reason why the two ibons didn't care. They sent out to die, either miscellaneous soldiers or mercenaries. The miscellaneous soldiers just pulled a bunch. The mercenaries only gave 30% of the deposit, but they didn't care at all.
At present, the Middle East is very chaotic, or should be said to have been very chaotic. It has been a battlefield between Persians and Greeks or Romans for hundreds of years, and one or more large-scale wars are staged almost every year. They have been fighting all the time. People in this area have long been used to the days of insecurity. Many people have not lived a peaceful life even from birth to old age. People they know talk well at one moment, but they are pulled into the battlefield as cannon fodder at the next moment.
To be honest, the average life expectancy of men in the Middle East is not more than 30, but that of women is more. This is not entirely a matter of diet. It is more a matter of dying in various wars or disturbances. Only some tribal leaders or clan dignitaries can live to white hair and beard.
"Bourbon!"
"Hardy!"
Two young people, who had not seen each other for some time, hugged each other excitedly as soon as they met. They danced and celebrated and could see each other.
Erben is a thin young man, wearing the national costume of a tribe and holding a short spear in his hand.
Hardy is dressed up as a local farmer, but he has a wooden stick pinned to his waist and a straw Lou in his hand.
"The elder said you would come back, but I didn't expect it so soon." Hardy and Erben were very young and had not seen each other for more than two years: "by the way, I forgot to tell you. I married your sister and now I'm your brother-in-law."
"We almost couldn't come back." Erben didn't care about faxiao marrying his sister at all. He didn't even ask. He just rejoiced that he had a kinship with his faxiao: "are you going to fetch grass?"
"No, I'm going to pick up sheep dung." Hardy knew why Elben didn't ask. Women in this place have no social status at all. The more traditional Arab tribal women are, the lower their status is: "come to my house for dinner in the evening?"
"I'm afraid not." Erben pointed to the side, where there were many armed personnel: "the Persians are chasing closely. We need to replenish our supplies and continue to start."
As soon as Hardy heard that there were pursuers behind him, he immediately changed his face: "you're crazy! You know that there are pursuers still running towards the village!?"
"It's not that I can decide." Erben showed an unhappy expression. What he should say still had to say: "I was looking for you and wanted to tell you to run."
In fact, the Persians either catch Arabs or kill them, but they won't be polite to the rebels. To some extent, Persians are far more rational than Arabs. At least they are willing to take prisoners. Arabs can kill all and never leave anyone even if they go to war with their compatriots.
Of course, there have been some changes in the recent situation. In particular, whenever Wang Meng goes to a place, he will visit the local governor and talk about some promising slave trade issues. As a result, the governor's means are becoming more and more fierce. In the past, he would seriously investigate whether a place is really connected with the rebels. Now even for an unwarranted reason, he can do something to the village.
Wang Meng has been doing the great cause of sprinkling gold in Sasan, Persia. The necessary gift is a small box of gold bars. He can get exceptional courtesy anywhere. After discussing with a governor, he will leave several people as liaison officers, waiting for the governor to catch people, who are responsible for the acquisition.
Hardy didn't want to delay anything. When he got home, he called his family to pack up quickly. His wives knew that his brother wanted to ask something when he returned to the village, but he stared at him and held back everything.
"Our two families hid in the mountains together." Hardy warned his wife very seriously, "you can't tell anyone. I mean, apart from any of our families, are you clear?"
Her face was covered with black cloth, and her body was also black. Her whole body only showed a pair of brown eyes and surrounding skin. Seeing that her height was only about one meter and five, she hesitated and said in panic: "don't you tell other relatives?"
"Fool!" Hardy was furious and shouted in a low voice: "tell a person, one will tell ten, ten will tell a hundred, and then even we can't go."
Hardy is an Arab, or an Arab living in war-torn areas. He doesn't remember who was kind to those who found something wrong and secretly ran away? It seems that there have been so many times when someone was kind, but he even took his own life.
In such an area, countless facts have long proved the same thing. It is correct for anyone, except his close relatives, to protect his own life and his close relatives' life when a disaster is imminent.
Soon hardy didn't have to worry. He hadn't packed up his belongings yet, but his brother-in-law came with someone.
"Hardy, you're lucky." Er ben had no facial expression of envy and congratulations. On the contrary, his face was extremely ugly: "you have been recruited and become a soldier fighting for the leader."
Hardy was stunned at first, but then immediately shouted, "of course I'm willing to fight for the leader."
Would you like to? Look at those covetous guys. If you don't want to be beaten and run away, don't even think about it. If you refuse to be taught a lesson, you will encounter all kinds of difficulties or abuse. Don't you hurry to express your willingness to shed the last drop of blood for the leader? At least life will be easier.
"No..." Nina was just rolling up the package and found something wrong running out of the house: "brother, you can't do that!"
In fact, you can't recognize that people are your sister at all. Who let her wrap her up with only one eye? Again, she hasn't met for too long, and her voice has long forgotten. He looked at the man who suddenly ran out and hugged his thigh. He threw his thigh and pushed it with his hand. He glanced at the people who came with him. His face was very ugly and shouted, "this is our destiny. Don't make trouble!"
A few more people came out of the house. As a result, a young man was pulled, and the crying woman was violently driven away.
Hardy is not the only one. Two ibons came to the village with a team and met the village elders. They exchanged several gold bars and several conditions for the elders' consent. The young people in the village can be recruited at will except the village head and the sons of several elders. By the way, if someone in the village can give enough money or materials, it can also be forgiven.
Both Ibn didn't rest in the village that night. They left immediately after pulling enough people and things. They went to a village one after another, and the same process was repeated. Later, they simply took people to hang around next to some enemy tribes.
The villages they passed by, without exception, welcomed the Persian army. The people left in the village, including but not limited to Arabs, Cypriots, Yueshi, Gypsies, etc., thought that as long as they were obedient and blackmailed some money or materials, the matter would be over. But this time they were wrong.
"Count one and take them all." Rabadi was the leader of the team. He looked at the crowd of women in the square with bright eyes: "the Han people are not picky about food at all. As long as they are people, they are willing to buy."
Er, not everyone in the Han Dynasty is willing to buy it. Anyway, the elderly, both men and women, don't want it, and don't want too small babies. This is a necessary thing. Old men have no ability to work, while women are infertile. What's the use? It makes sense not to have a baby, or do you buy it back to feed milk powder?
Then the matter is very simple. Not to mention that the young and strong in the village were almost taken away by two IBNS. Even if the young and strong were not taken away, they can only recognize counseling in the face of thousands of Persian soldiers. Real resistance is also a one-sided massacre. Counseling some people to save their lives first is almost the priority of any nation in this land. They can't resist.
"Old, separate it." Rabadi looked at those people who kept trying to squeeze in. Seeing their age and appearance, he at least was an elder, so he asked them to come over: "old rules, hand over enough property."
Come on, the knives are all around their necks. Nothing is more important than saving their lives. The benefits they got from the two IBNS quickly changed their hands, and even took out a lot of their savings.
"Good, you can go." The smile on rabadi's face is strange: "you can also take your family."
Several people who thought they had spent their money to eliminate the disaster were very happy. They didn't bother to listen to the pleading and crying of the villagers. They went home with great joy. However, they soon welcomed the Persians. Then they were killed, and the young family members were still taken away.
When the Persian army withdrew, it casually threw some torches. One house after another soon burned, and soon the whole village was ablaze.
This is not the first time they have done such a thing. They are doing it all the way. The orders come from the top... The reason is that in view of the fierce resistance of the rebels and the frequent help of the local people, it is a serious truth to give necessary lessons, even to Shapur II.
Probably when the Chinese embassy was about to enter the border of Iraq, Wang Meng was killed by Persian governor kiyanush Jalali asked him to stay and said there was a batch of first-class goods.
If you enter Iraq, it will be in an anarchic area, where the distribution is very chaotic. Persia has controlled some areas. Rome also controls some areas, and many locals are in the autonomy of the local people, or no real regime has the final say.
In such a place, the Han embassy has to face the common protection of the two countries, that is, both Persian sassanne and Rome sent troops to ensure security. In recent years, sassanne of Persia and Rome have rarely reached a consensus on one thing. It is not that the two armies draw a knife directly when they encounter it.
Wang Meng knows that the so-called superior goods are high-quality women. Generally, the Persians destroy the tribe of which Arab or ethnic group, catch the women who think they are very beautiful, and trade directly with Wang Meng. With Wang Meng's rich performance all the time, the price will be a lot more.
It happens that er ben's sister... That is, er ben's wife Nina, is actually on the transaction list, but she is not a direct transaction list. She is regarded as an accessory as a beautiful maid.
In terms of Han people's aesthetics, in fact, whether Arab women or Persian women, as long as they are not too ugly, they are generally above the level of Han people's aesthetics. More importantly, the Han people like the women here. The bimodal is large enough, and the hips can be raised and the crotch can be seen. Therefore, it is also the preferred place for the Han country to obtain female resources. Anyway, it is countless times better than the female resources on the three continents.
After receiving a group of female slaves, Wang Meng said he was very happy. He paid enough money and sent kianush again Governor Jalali gave some personal gifts, and the two sides were reluctant to part.
After officially entering Iraq, I met the waiting Roman army not far away.
"We are composed of selected soldiers of Constantius and Julian." Marcus Maka is no stranger to the Han people, but he stayed in pingman for nearly half a year, learned some Chinese, and knew Dou A: "our two monarchs attach great importance to your envoys."
Another Roman centurion representing Julian was called varoli Wustans, Wang Meng was a little dizzy when he heard the name.
In Rome, the name Gaius or Julius is simply not too much. Then there are many names with the word us in their surnames. The more prominent people's names include surnames and middle names, the length is terrible.
Varoli Wustans has blond hair. He felt strange when he saw Wang Meng and apologized: "please don't think my monarch is impolite."
Orthodox Romans did not have blond hair. In the Roman period before Caesar accepted Gaul, blondes would be regarded as barbarians. Even if they could obtain Roman citizenship, they would never climb to a high position. However, after repeated reforms, Rome has gradually accepted the naturalized barbarians to enter the top of Rome, that is, the long-standing habits have not been completely discarded, and a blonde hair will still be despised.
Varoli Wustans explained that it was necessary. He didn't want the Han state to make him feel despised. It was just that his inner feeling was no better. In short, it was inferiority complex.
Five thousand Roman troops came, and three thousand troops were dispatched from Julian in Egypt. Two thousand troops belonging to Constantius came from a long distance across the sea.
It can be said that the Romans still showed considerable courtesy, that is, compared with Persian sassanne, thousands of Persians have always defended the Han diplomatic corps, and they sent 80000 not long ago, which is really incomparable.