Great Wei Overlord

Chapter 1100 Sorry for posting in the wrong order

Chapter 1111 Sorry for posting in the wrong order
Thinking of the mission officials of the Sassanid Empire, their complexion is not so good.After the rise of the Heda people, they began to invade the Khorasan region of the Sasanian Empire (now northeastern Iran). Although the Sasanian Empire resisted desperately, the effect was not obvious.But in history, it took the Heda people almost 100 years to kill two emperors of the Sasanian Empire and force the Sasanian Empire to surrender to the Heda Empire.

But the Heda people who once terrified the Sasanian Empire.Unexpectedly, it was completely wiped out in less than a year, and the once powerful Heda Empire also disappeared.Don't look at the Sassanid Empire that creates friction against the Anxi Army from time to time, but they really don't have the guts to fight against the Anxi Army.

The members of the Sassanian Mission were all very aware of the gap in military strength between the Sassanian Empire and the Great Wei Empire. This gap made them afraid to have the intention of becoming an enemy of the Wei State.At the same time, he was also afraid of Wei Guo's westward advance.During the friction with Anxi, Liu Ke did not report part of the information.That is the cavalry of the Sasanian Empire who took the initiative to provoke the incident. Even without the help of the Wei army, the Persians would give the heads to the Anxi soldiers themselves.This phenomenon is that the first shot must not be fired first, and the courage of the Sasanian Empire must be played.

Although in the field of equipment, the Sasanian Empire is not too bad, at least the Uzi steel fish scale armor they made by cold forging is no worse than the Mingguang armor of Wei State, but it is a pity that the cost of this fish scale armor is too high A set of fish scale armor sold for more than 200 gold coins in the Sassanian Empire. If it is converted into Wei Guo coins, it is equivalent to more than 100 million yuan. However, the entire Sasanian Empire only has more than [-] sets of equipment, which is only equivalent to [-] million coins in the Sasanian Empire. A little more of the army is equipped with this kind of armor.

In fact, people don’t have much impression of the cost of armor. For those as powerful as the Tang Dynasty, only 20% of the soldiers in the Central Sixteen Guards (about [-] troops) wear armor, and more than half of them are leather armor. Mingguang armor is equipped Except for the Mo Dao Army, almost all of them can be equipped by generals above the rank of captain.If Wei State didn't have a huge colony for blood transfusion, it wouldn't have so much money for equipment.

However, the armor rate of Wei State soldiers is [-]% and they are rich, even the most elite Roman Legion in the Roman Empire can't match it.This is Wei's greatest advantage.

"Everyone knows this truth, but they just don't know how to do it?" Artaxerxenubhir: "Now the Roman Empire and the Great Wei Empire have signed a treaty of friendship, and the military equipment has already been shipped. It can be transported to the Roman Empire within two years, and these equipment will appear on the battlefield between our Sasanian Empire and the Roman Empire in no more than two years."

A member of the mission said: "We can protest to the Great Wei Empire. The Great Wei Empire has seriously hurt the feelings of the people of the Sasanian Empire. On behalf of the Sasanian Empire, we express our strong dissatisfaction and protest to the Great Wei Empire. !"

Artaxerxenubhir said: "Protesting, that's just something you can't do. Shouting again and again is not as effective as the threat of fists. However, everyone knows how difficult it is to make the Great Wei Empire succumb." The Great Wei Empire will never spit out the fat that has already been eaten in the mouth."

Alsace Gambireta said: "The State of Wei will definitely not give up the interests it has obtained. This is for sure. Therefore, if we want to destroy the alliance between the Great Wei Empire and the Roman Empire, we must start from other aspects."

"What method?" Adaxerxen Nubi Hill asked nervously.

Alsace Gambireta said, "I asked the officials of the Honglu Temple in the State of Wei that the Mingguang armor sold by the Great Wei Empire to the Roman Empire cost [-] gold coins each, and the price was only equivalent to the scale armor produced by our Sasanian Empire. If we buy the Mingguang armor of the Great Wei Empire from the Great Wei Empire, will they still have spare armor to deliver to the Roman Empire?"

Artaxerxenubhir said: "The Great Wei Empire has already signed an agreement with the Roman Empire, will they still renege on their promises and get fat?"

"If we raise the purchase price, will they not be moved?" Alsace Gambiretta said: "The Roman Empire bought one set for every 39 gold, and bought 40 sets, and we also bought 1000 sets, and we will be released." Fifty gold, sixty gold, even one hundred gold is cheaper than the fish scale armor made by our Sassanid Empire. The Great Wei Empire may not be tempted by one hundred thousand gold and one million gold, but if we give twice as much The price is [-] million gold more than that of the Roman Empire, will His Majesty the Emperor of the Wei Empire not be tempted?"

"I'm afraid His Majesty the Emperor will not agree to this!" Artaxerxenubhir said, "After all, our Sassanid Empire has been fighting for years and the treasury is not rich. Even if His Majesty wants to buy it, I'm afraid he won't be able to spend that much money. "

Alsace Gambireta said: "Count Artaxerxes, it seems that your family is the wealthiest family in the Khorasan area, right? And the Schnell family, your family can easily spend no less than 1000 million gold Isn’t it difficult for the Rochetao family to come up with 600 million gold? Of course, our Alsace family can give 1000 million gold, and each of the noble families of the Sassanid Empire can make up the same amount of money. Already!"

Artaxerxenubhir also muttered in his heart, any country is actually similar to China's national conditions, the richest is not the treasury, even if the treasury can be empty enough to starve mice to death, but the private tycoons and nobles have With wealth that can rival a country.These wealth are usually hidden, not visible, but once used, it is definitely an astronomical figure.The nobles and tycoons of the Sasanian Empire were very rich, and Adaxerxenubhir knew this very well, but no one’s wealth came from strong winds, so it would be difficult for them to make selfless contributions to the country.

Seeing the silence of the crowd, how could Alsace Gambireta, as a nobleman, fail to guess the worries of the crowd?Alsace Gambireta laughed and said: "For this batch of armor, I mean that each of us will pay for it in advance, and when the equipment returns to the Sasanian Empire, our Emperor will have enough of the Roman Empire Mingguang armor and the Wei State crossbow." After the loss of opportunity, you will realize the importance of this batch of equipment, and the country is in danger. Will our emperor not want this batch of armor? Besides, the emperor will starve to death, and he will not let our families suffer. , even if His Majesty the Emperor can’t come up with the money, he can compensate us with other things, such as mines? Fiefdoms.”

Adaxerxenus sighed in his heart more than Hilton. With this batch of equipment in hand, it was equivalent to having a well-equipped army at any time.There are countless servants and slaves in every family and clan, and there is no shortage of money and food. Once this army is armed, His Majesty the Emperor will have to meet their requirements.

In fact, doing this is equivalent to an investment. It can not only destroy the friendship between the Roman Empire and the Great Wei Empire, but also win the support of the people in the Sasanian Empire. At the same time, it can also become a bargaining chip for the court. .The aristocrats of the diplomatic corps quickly unified their opinions and expressed to the court of Wei that the Sasanian Empire also needed equipment from Wei, and at the same time implicitly stated that the price was negotiable.

"Your Excellency, Earl Artaxerxes, I suggest that the Artaxerxes family, the Schnell family, the Luo Qitao family and our Alsace family form an alliance. If the Great Wei Empire continues to invade westward, as long as they can guarantee our interests , we don’t mind cooperating with the Great Wei Empire, only in this way can we protect our interests!” Alsace Gambireta pouted and said: “Ardashir was originally the governor of Fars Province, but they betrayed His Majesty Aldaban, their Ardashir family was a shameful traitor. Although they stole the national power, they will never be wiped out as a shameful thief. Of course we must defend the glory of our ancestors , we should advance together and retreat together!"

In fact, there are conspiracies and tricks in every country and regime change. Ardashir established the Sasanian Empire (named after his grandfather Sassan (the priest of the Temple of Anahit), but since its establishment, the empire has invaded The Parthian Empire, although the Parthian Empire finally perished, there was fierce resistance all over the Parthian Empire. Some nobles of the Parthian Empire began to exile to the Gupta Empire to help the Gupta Empire rise rapidly, but more nobles chose to fight with Ardahi Seoul's royal compromise.

Temporary compromise does not mean complete surrender.Even if Tian Khan Li Shimin ascended to the throne of God, the Guanlong aristocratic group and the Shandong gentry group within the Tang Empire still adopted varying degrees of confrontation with the Tang emperor.Such a phenomenon not only existed in the Chinese dynasties, but also in the Sasanian Empire.Of course, this is mainly because of the conflict of interests.Although the nobles of the Persian Empire do not have to pay taxes in name, in fact, since the establishment of the Sasanian Empire, successive years of wars have seriously unbalanced the treasury income. In order to fill this huge deficit, the emperor of the Sassanian Empire can only ask the nobles to provide money and food to fill this gap. .In fact, during the rule of the Sasanian Empire, the Persian noble families suffered losses to varying degrees.

This irreconcilable contradiction intensified the high-level struggle within the Sasanian Empire.It's just that there is a huge opportunity in front of them now. The emperor of the Sassanid Empire is actually very vigilant against the nobles, constantly weakening the troops controlled by the nobles.All noble families are very rich, but they have no access to military equipment, so their private soldiers are naturally unable to confront the Sasanian army head-on.However, the State of Wei could actually sell military equipment to the Roman Empire, and it would also sell equipment to the Sasanian Empire, because only maintaining the balance of military strength between the two sides and intensifying the war between the two sides is in the best interest of the Wei Empire.

Feeling the pressure and threat from the domestic emperor, these nobles were finally forced to unite and collude together, which to a certain extent would also limit the expansion of the Great Wei Empire.

The nobles of the missions of the Sassanian Empire are only a part of the nobles of the Sassanian Empire. Of course, the Sassanian Empire is the same as China, and the nobles are usually cross-married, and the various families are intertwined and have complicated relationships.The nobles of the Sasanian Empire in Yecheng initially reached an intention to form an alliance. Once they return to China, their alliance will continue to absorb more nobles to join the alliance, which will have a greater impact on the court's policy and the emperor's attitude.Once this noble alliance can obtain 40 sets of Wei armor and weapons, even to a certain extent, the emperor will have to compromise, otherwise it will mean the division and civil war of the Sasanian Empire.

After the envoys of the Sassanid Empire united and unified their opinions, they started negotiations with the State of Wei.In fact, Wei Guo also has the idea of ​​selling and buying. Regardless of the defensive ability of Wei Guo's armor, it also depends on the target of defense. If it defends against crossbow arrows or horizontal knives, the effect is of course good.But if you want to defend against the bullets of Wei Guo's Type 150 rifle, it's absolutely nonsense.The caliber of the bullets of Wei Guo's Type [-] rifle is almost [-]mm of that of the later generations. It is almost the same caliber as the heavy machine gun. It has an effective range of [-] steps, at least within [-] meters. The Type [-] rifle can ignore the defense of armor.

Therefore, even if the Sassanid Empire possesses the armor of Wei State, it cannot pose a threat to Wei State.After more than half a month of repeated negotiations, the State of Wei and the Sasanian Empire finally reached an agreement on the issue of arms sales.The State of Wei will sell 40 sets of Mingguang armors to the Sassanian Empire at a price of 30 gold each, and 900 crossbows at a price of [-] gold each. , but the price is very high.It actually reached an astonishing [-] million gold.

Relatively speaking, the Sassanid Empire seemed much richer and richer. They did not adopt the method of installment payment. Even if they wanted to pay in installments, Wei Guo would not agree.The Sassanid Empire made a down payment of 2000 million gold, and the rest of the payment will be paid when the Wei State equipment arrives in the Khorasan region of the Sasanian Empire.

Naturally, Ran Ming was not clear about the small thoughts of the Sasanian Empire mission, and even if he knew, he would be happy to see it.Ran Ming would never kindly remind the emperor of the Sasanian Empire.

Now the surrounding areas of Wei State are basically calmed down, only the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau makes Ran Ming worry.The plateau revolution, which was originally vigorous, was pacified by Fu Jian, and Ran Ming could only lament: "The Tubo people are really muddy and cannot support the wall."

In order to instigate the Tubo slaves to rebel, the Wei State spent a lot of manpower, material and financial resources, but the results were really limited. In addition to causing tens of thousands of casualties, it was probably burning and destroying dozens of large and small cities. .Now the plateau has become a frozen world, and all military operations have stopped. Wei Guo's army has not fought in the plateau for many days, and it seems to have the taste of Ma Fangnanshan.

In fact, Ran Ming did not let the army retreat, but used this harsh winter to train soldiers to adapt to altitude sickness and freeze tolerance. In fact, Ran Ming on the plateau was not worried, because fighting is fighting for national power, and Wei Guo has enough strength to kill Fu Jian .Hundreds of thousands of troops from the state of Wei entered the plateau from three directions, south, north, and north, and a large amount of logistics materials were continuously transported up.Generals and soldiers of the Wei Army can live in an igloo, drink butter tea, eat steaming meals, bragging and farting.

A while ago, Fu Jian organized a large-scale counterattack. As a result, during the sneak attack, he was discovered by Wei Guo's secret sentry. The secret sentry rang a grenade. It was just a simple warning, but it caused an avalanche, killing Fu Jian and his wife. Tens of thousands of troops lay under the snow.After this battle, Tubo and the Di and Qiang tribes were terrified of Wei, and even Fu Jian was shaken for a while.Wei's firearms are very easy to cause avalanches, but the continuous mountains on the plateau can become a natural help for Wei's army anytime and anywhere.Even a small scout team in Wei State could easily kill a large number of Fu Jian's troops.

What made Ran Ming most distressed was that Liu Zhao sent more than 300 members of the royal guards to the plateau to carry out the export revolution, but more than 260 people were trapped. If these royal guards were killed because their identities were exposed, Ran Ming I felt better, but the news came out that Fu Jian resorted to perverted killings to disgust Ran Ming. The more than 260 exposed members of the Royal Guard were not thrown into the dog pen and killed by Tibetan mastiffs. , that is, peeling off human skin to make human skin drums, and cutting off limbs to make human pigs. As for those who were trampled to death by war horses, those who were dismembered by yaks, and those who were burned to death by fire, all kinds of perverted punishments since ancient times have almost been tried. over again.Fu Jian was spreading the word, but he was afraid that Ran Ming would not know.

Ran Ming was very angry when he heard the news.Ran Ming was very angry and the consequences would be very serious.When Ji Li saw Ran Ming, the imperial study was in chaos, but Ran Ming kept his face livid and silent.

Ji Li naturally knew why Ran Ming was angry, and of course he was very angry when he received the information.It's just that I can't get angry again, the tragedy has been discovered, and the plateau has become a frozen world at this time, there is no way to deploy troops, even if I want to take revenge, at least I have to wait until the next spring when the ice and snow melt.If the Great Wei is now angry and mobilizes troops, I am afraid that Fu Jian will be the happiest. Once the Great Wei soldiers start their operations, the harsh weather on the plateau will be Fu Jian's natural helper, and if it is not done well, there will be a big battle. defeat, and even shake the foundation of the country.With a little apprehension and doubts, Ji Li knelt in front of Ran Ming, not daring to breathe or raise his head.

(End of this chapter)