The Three Kingdoms Voyage

Chapter 314 East and West Contest World War
The emperor Liu Xie was very happy when he saw Quintus. The Roman Empire, as powerful as the big man, came from such a long distance to ask for help. Anyway, this is an honor.Hearing that Quintus said that there are now four great empires in the world, besides Dahan and Rome, there are also Sasan and Guishuang. The emperor took a deep breath while opening his eyes.

In the eyes of the emperor, Guishuang is already far away in the sky, but Sasan is still west of Guishuang, and Rome is even west of Sasan. How far is it?Twenty thousand miles, fifty thousand miles, or one hundred thousand miles?Liu Xiechang is so big, the farthest to the west is Chang'an, and the farthest to the east is the East China Sea, which already makes him feel very far away. Who ever thought that the world is so big that it is far beyond his imagination.

General Guan Yu, Chariot General Cao Zhang, Taiwei Zhang Zhao, and Prime Minister Gu Yong had different expressions, and none of them spoke. Zhang Zhao and Gu Yong's faces were very straightforward. For the sake of other people's lives, Rome and the big man have no friendship, so it is necessary for the big man to spend such a high price to help Rome fight?
Guan Yu's face was sallow. After Liu Bei died, he cried until he vomited blood. He never recovered. Fortunately, Luoyang was fine.He twirled his beard and pondered for a moment. This Quintus had met Sun Shao and Cao Cao before he arrived in Luoyang. What's their opinion?Sun Shao sent this Quintus to Luoyang, what is his purpose, is he inclined to fight or not?Guan Yu knew that although Yue Kingdom had developed rapidly in the past few years, Sun Shao's strength was far from being able to conquer thousands of miles. Otherwise, he would not have been watching Tianzhu.

However, Sun Shao often makes surprises, so who knows if he will have any daring plans this time?

Cao Zhang was a little excited. He had been preparing for several years, and he wanted to send troops to the Western Regions, but the accumulation of these few years was not enough for him to sweep the Western Regions.The Western Regions can’t be dealt with, let alone Guishuang, and Sassan is even far away. No matter how you look at it, it feels like a dream.

However, like Guan Yu, Cao Zhang was inclined towards Sun Shao's idea of ​​sending troops. The problem was that they couldn't guess how Sun Shao planned to fight.

The monarchs and ministers looked at each other, and no one said anything first. After Quintus was invited out, the five of them sighed unanimously.

"If you really send troops, then three of the world's four great empires will participate in the war. This battle is no small matter, and I think you should be cautious." Zhang Zhao said first. Seeing that Cao Zhang wanted to speak, he sneered again and said: "Che Cavalry general, you can run wild in northern Xinjiang because of 3 iron cavalry, you can hear clearly, Sasanian cavalry is not only [-], and they have heavy armored cavalry, I am afraid that even your iron cavalry may not be able to gain the upper hand , let alone trekking thousands of miles, the luggage, food and grass are a huge problem, and I am afraid that mobilizing all the peasants of the big man will not be able to support this war."

Cao Zhang opened his mouth. Although Zhang Zhao's words were harsh, they were indeed the truth. It was simply impossible to transport grain across thousands of miles.

"It's up to people. Did Mr. Zhang ever think that the King of Yue could conquer Funan and expand the land for thousands of miles?" Guan Yu said in an indifferent way. He was not very satisfied with Zhang Zhao. Zhang Zhao relied on his knowledge and didn't take him seriously. , and he refused to bow his head to these scholar-bureaucrats. He always felt that if Zhang Zhao hadn't been Sun Shao's teacher, he would be squeezed out by Sun Quan just like Lu Xun and others. How could he be so proud.

Zhang Zhao sneered, turned his head, without even looking at Guan Yu.

"Why don't you discuss this matter with the four kings?" Gu Yong said slowly: "This is a cooperation between the Han Dynasty and Rome, and it is not something that any vassal state can handle. It is just arranged by His Majesty, and the four kings will work together to solve it."

"Gu Gong thinks he can fight?" The Son of Heaven looked at Gu Yong with some surprise. Gu Yong usually seldom speaks, and would tell him in private if he had any opinions. It is rare to say this in front of other people.

"I don't know the art of war, so I don't know if I can fight." Gu Yong smiled slightly: "However, there are not only a few of us in the big man, but also four vassal kings. Why don't your majesty ask for their opinions?"

The emperor nodded again and again, Sun Shao and Cao Cao pushed this hot matter to him, and he had to invite the four kings to discuss it.Without further ado, he asked people to send an edict to the four kings, asking them about their attitudes.After Quintus heard about it, although he was anxious, he had no other way. This matter is indeed too big, and it is reasonable for the big man to discuss it.

After much deliberation, Quintus felt that these people were unreliable, and that the final decision was to be made by Sun Shao, king of Yue, so he returned to Yue after confirming that Sun Shao would not come to Luoyang. At that time, he had already bid farewell to Cao Cao and returned to Qiantang. Quintus met Sun Shao in Qiantang City.

Seeing that Quintus was sweating in a hurry, Sun Shao smiled: "Why, the trip to Luoyang is not going well?"

Quintus smiled wryly and shook his head: "It's not going well, your majesty the emperor has no courage at all."

"Uh——" Sun Shao pointed to Quintus, "You can't say that, my majesty is a rare hero, but you barbarians can't understand it."

Quintus also knew that he had made a slip of the tongue, so he did not argue, and told the situation of the trip to Luoyang.Sun Shao has already received the emperor's edict, but he has not yet replied, because several courtiers around him disagree. He estimated that only those generals who can agree to this war, and other high-ranking officials will clearly say be opposed to.And he himself knows that it is impossible to complete this world war with the power of Yue alone, at least with the help of Wei's iron cavalry, but Cao Cao's time is running out, Wei is likely to face an adjustment, At this time, it is almost impossible for Wei Guo to send troops.

"Quintus, don't worry." Sun Shao said with a smile: "If they don't help you, I'll help you. Don't worry, I won't watch my friends being wronged. And you, don't stay here either. Immediately go back to Rome by boat and tell your queen mother and emperor that I am willing to meet them, but according to the rules of my Han people, I cannot go to your Rome. Unless..." He smiled: "I have set foot on give me all the land."

Quintus was taken aback. This Sun Shao’s appetite must be too big. The places he stepped on belonged to him. Then invite him to the city of Rome. Doesn’t the city of Rome belong to the country of Yue?He quickly smiled and said: "I also know the rules of your big fellows, the king of a country cannot easily go to another country, so what does your Highness think is a better place to meet?"

"It's a pity that your Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea are not connected. Otherwise, my warship can enter the Mediterranean Sea directly." Sun Shao said with some regret: "Choose a place that is about the same distance for both sides. Your Roman warship Will the boat work, if not, I can send someone to pick you up in the Red Sea."

"Our Roman warships are also capable of navigating the seas." How dare Quintus let the Roman emperor sit on the warships of Yue. If the people of Yue had bad intentions, wouldn't it be troublesome?

"Well, I think it's here." Sun Shao pulled a chart and clicked on the southern tip of the Persian Gulf in the Arabian Sea: "Let's meet at the gate of the Sasanian's house and see how he reacts. If If he is sensible, then we all sit down and talk together, and if he doesn't know the heights of heaven and earth, then we will humiliate him at the door of his house."

Quintus was overjoyed, if he really wanted to do this, then the Yue Kingdom and the Sassanid people would have no room for redemption.

"By the way, if you have time, go to Guishuang. The conflicts between the Guishuang people and the Sasanians are not small. If you can negotiate with Guishuang, it will definitely touch the Sassanians even more."

Quintus nodded again and again, and left happily.

When Sun Shao reported the news to the accompanying officials, everyone was shocked. They couldn't believe their ears. The Yue Kingdom was going to travel thousands of miles to help the Romans fight?There is no mistake.Tianzhu at the door of the house has not been settled yet. It is nonsense to go so far to fight the Sasanians who are good at cavalry.

"Zhongda, what do you think?" Sun Shao looked at Sima Yi who had been silent all this time, and asked in a relaxed voice.Sima Yi was stunned for a moment, forced a laugh, and declined, "I'm new here, and I don't even know where Rome is, so how dare I talk about it."

Sima Yi was very depressed. He didn't like Cao Cao very much. As a rich man in Hanoi, he looked down on Cao Cao, who was born in an eunuch, and was ashamed to serve under him. This was the reason why he refused to be an official at the beginning, but Cao Cao was unreasonable and forced him He has been keeping a low profile all these years, rarely taking the initiative to advise Cao Cao, and he has not made any great achievements. Of course, his promotion is also slow. There is also the reason why Cao Pi values ​​​​him.Unexpectedly, Cao Pi's life was not long, and he died before Cao Cao, which directly cut off Sima Yi's hope.

Cao Cao half-forcibly sent him to Sun Shao's side. He understood very well and was relieved.Cao Cao had only been around for a few days, and he was afraid that Cao Cao would find a reason to get rid of him before he died. Cao Cao had been jealous of his wolf, Gu Zhixiang, for not a day or two.

Even so, he has no plan to show his talents in the Yue Kingdom. Although Sun Shao is better than Cao Cao, he is not much better. They are all ignorant.Sometimes Sima Yi also felt very puzzled, why so many aristocratic families failed to succeed, but the three families of Cao, Liu and Sun became popular, and these three families had no academic background.

"Has Zhongda heard of Alexander, King of Macedonia?" Sun Shao was not angry, and said slowly.

Sima Yi shook his head. He had heard about it, but he was not interested in commenting on it. In other words, he didn't want to talk to someone like Sun Shao from the bottom of his heart. He was very annoyed now.I am 45 years old, I have crossed the middle age and entered the old age, but now I have been expelled from the house by Cao Cao, and I have not achieved anything. Do I want to go to Yue State to be promoted step by step?

"Have you heard of it?" Sun Shao saw that Sima Yi was not interested, so he turned his attention to Master Sima behind Sima Yi.Sima Shi is 27 years old this year. He looks talented. Unlike Sima Yi's dark face, he looks more sunny.

"I know a little bit." Master Sima saw that he couldn't escape, so he cupped his hands and smiled, "I heard that he is as wise and powerful as His Royal Highness the King of Yue. There are still people who can reproduce the great achievements of Alexander, that is the king."

Sun Shao was surprised, the members of the Sima family were really tight-knit.However, he was also very wary of the father and son, so of course he wouldn't be dizzy by such an obvious ecstasy soup.He shook his head and said with a calm smile: "Alexander's inexhaustible talent, how dare I compare him to him. He defeated the Persian Empire and made an expedition to Tianzhu, but now I have nothing to do with Tianzhu at my doorstep. The distance is far away."

Sima Shi smiled and said nothing more.

"Whether you fight or not, you can't draw a conclusion because of one reason. Although I can't compare with Alexander, but what the Macedonians can do, why can't we Han people? After careful consideration, It’s really too difficult, but that’s okay. We can take a step back, create conditions slowly, and then do it when the conditions are right. If you don’t even dare to think about it, and stand still, it’s not a good phenomenon. I always say, the sky is moving Jian, a gentleman strives for self-improvement, and a man must dare to think. Whoever said that, think boldly, and carefully verify. You have all seen teapots boiling water, but who would have thought that the steam could have such a big effect? Gentlemen, let go of your thoughts."

Sun Shao tried his best to persuade everyone, but everyone was silent after listening to it. Although they felt that Sun Shao's words were empty, it was indeed the same reason. If Alexander could do it, why couldn't the Han people do it?At least it's possible, it's just a matter of how to do it.

Sun Shao took a sip of tea, looked at the expressions on everyone's faces, and said, "This time, we either don't fight this war, or we fight it well. Although there are countless small countries and states in the world, the ones that can really be mentioned are this one." Four countries. If it works better, it is entirely possible for us to take advantage of this opportunity to reap the benefits of the fisherman.”

"Your Majesty is right." Yang Xiu stroked his beard and smiled suddenly: "It doesn't matter whether we can fight the Sassanians or not, at least we can encourage the Romans. The harder he fights with the Sassanids, the better for us." .If the Sassanians destroy Rome, I'm afraid it's not a good thing. I think that Ardacher is also a militant. He is polite to us now, and I'm afraid he still can't get out to deal with us. He If we can fight on two fronts, attacking Rome in the west and Guishuang in the east, how do you know that we won’t fight against us in the future? Rather than that, let them fight for a few more years, and it would be great if they can lose both sides.”

After hearing this, everyone laughed at the same time and nodded frequently.

Sun Shao immediately asked Yang Xiu to write back to Luoyang. In the letter, he explained the deeds of Alexander's Eastern Expedition again, and then explained the significance of this battle. Finally, he said that this war involved too much, and the country of Yue could not undertake it alone. I hope that the emperor and the other three countries will help each other, and everyone will work together to come up with a good solution.

The Son of Heaven has nothing to do. Seeing that Sun Shao is full of confidence and fighting spirit, he also praised him a few words, and then authorized Sun Shao to preside over this battle, to see if it can be fought, and if so, how to fight it.

Sun Shao got the authorization and immediately launched a diplomatic offensive. He repeated the old trick and sent envoys to Guishuang and Sassan in the name of persuading peace.

The people who went to Guishuang went smoothly, and Guishuang Wang Bodiao is now in a state of desperation. Since the death of the talented and generous Guishuang Wangpo Su Dipo, Guishuang has begun to decline. They are getting smaller and smaller, and the most arrogant one is Feroz, the new king of Zhuluo supported by Wu Jun. In a few years, he has expanded his territory by two or three times, and part of it is from the hands of King Saalbaha of Zhuluo. Some of the ones that were snatched were snatched from Guishuang.

Sancharo (mobile agent) of Feroz has appeared in Fahrenheit City more than once, and Bodiao felt great pressure. On the one hand, he stepped up his defense against Feroz, and on the other hand, he also wanted to prevent the Sasanians in the west. In front of the newborn Sassanians, Guishuang is like an old man who is dying, vulnerable and defeated in every battle.

Now Sun Shao proposes to make peace, although Bo Tiao knows that this is impossible, the Sassanians are full of fighting spirit, and the Yue people are not good birds. Maybe he just wants to fish in troubled waters. You must know that behind Feroz is Wu The army of the state of Wu, and the commander of the army of the state of Wu is Sun Shao's brother-in-law Lu Xun.Although Wuyue is said to be two countries, they have the same surname. It is just a cover to say that they are two countries.

Bodiao was very polite to the envoys of the Yue Kingdom, and he very much agreed with Sun Shao's proposal, expressing his willingness to exchange envoys with the Yue Kingdom to discuss the truce. big.

Sun Shao agreed, and he immediately ordered Lu Xun to retreat a hundred miles. Although Feroz was very reluctant, without Wu Yue's support, he was no match for the Guishuang people. Although Guishuang was almost finished, But it's still no problem to deal with a small juro.

"Don't worry, I Han people have a saying, if you want to get, give first, if you want to advance, then retreat." Lu Xun persuaded: "Your territory has expanded a lot in the past few years, and it is time to stop and rectify. Look at Zhe How good are Luo and Pandya now, they don’t need to fight, and they can get rich, the country is peaceful and the people are safe.”

Feroz had a headache: "Then what should I do? I also want to do business, but the merchant ships of the Vietnamese country seldom go here. They would rather go to Panyue or Yangon than come here. General Lu, Can you give me an idea."

Lu Xun chuckled: "It's not easy? You're doing business with the Guishuang people. We're retreating here. He must concentrate his troops to the west to defend against the Sasanians. All kinds of supplies are needed for war. Why don't you make a profit from it? "

Feroz suddenly realized, and then he understood why Lu Xun retreated a hundred miles back without saying anything after receiving Sun Shao's order. It turned out that it was to let the Guishuang people and Sasanians go desperately.

　Severe cold, dizziness and brain swelling, runny nose, miserable!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)