A thousand-year-old family begins with one fighting against ten thousand.

"Your Majesty, something terrible has happened!"

"The Han army has reached Nisa City and has amassed nearly 200 million elite troops there. The number of troops is still increasing. The lord of Fandou City requests reinforcements."

Ardashir's face was a patchwork of blue, purple, and white. Luckily, he was still young, otherwise he might have died from such anger.

"I will go to the Roman Empire and ask them to send troops to destroy the Xin Dynasty. I will lead my army to Nisa now."

"Your Majesty, you mustn't! You are now the king of all kings, and naturally you should remain in the capital. How can you act rashly!"

Immediately, a minister stood up to refute this.

The siege of Ctesiphon this time was a great shock to them. In history, Ctesiphon had also been captured by the Roman Empire, but at that time it was the Parthian Empire.

Moreover, all of this is history from books, but this time they experienced it firsthand.

They don't want to go through that again.

Therefore, keeping Ardashir in Ctesiphon was the easiest way to ensure their safety.

Ardashir was also in a dilemma. As the monarch, being stationed in the capital was the most important thing for him.

Even his father tried to persuade him, saying that a king has things to do and responsibilities to bear.

Fighting wars is the task of generals, not emperors.

At his father's urging, Ardashir gave up the idea of ​​personally leading the troops to Fandou and instead sent his generals to lead the troops there.

He himself led a large army to stay in Ctesiphon and handled state affairs.

At this time, in the Roman Empire, Jia Xu appeared in Rome, the imperial capital.

"Your Majesty Severus, I, Jia Xu, representing the Han Dynasty, hope to sign an alliance with your country."

"Don't you know that the Parthian Empire was an ally of the Roman Empire?"

Severus's gaze sharpened, and an immense sense of oppression emanated from Jia Xu.

Jia Xu smiled slightly, ignoring the oppressive feeling.

"Does Your Majesty still care about these things? Aren't there only eternal interests between nations?"

"Your Excellency misunderstands. The Parthian Empire was a beloved friend and brother of the Roman Empire, with whom it had sworn a blood pact!"

Jia Xu understood the unspoken message from Severus: more money is needed!

Paying more is a good idea.

"With the line between Nisa and Fandou as the boundary, the east belongs to the Han Dynasty, and the west belongs to Rome. What does Your Majesty think?"

Severus's eyes lit up. The most valuable part of the Parthian Empire's territory was Mesopotamia, the region where Ctesiphon was located.

According to Jia Xu's division, this entire prime area would belong to the Roman Empire. Such enormous benefits would shake even the first citizen of the Roman Empire.

Is this really true?

Severus's disbelief in the Dao clearly greatly harms the interests of the Han Dynasty. Would the Emperor of Han really agree to this?!

"Of course, I had already received His Majesty's decree before I came."

Jia Xu took out an imperial edict, which was already stamped with the Imperial Seal of the State.

When the government was in Dong Zhuo's hands, Jia Xu and Li Ru did a lot of this kind of thing.

Now that the Han Dynasty is gone anyway, it's perfect to use it as a bargaining chip to sign agreements with these foreign empires.

What does it have to do with them if they overdraw the Han's credibility afterwards?!

Anyway, the Han Dynasty is already dead, so why would they jump out and punch them?

Severus ordered his men to take away the scroll of the edict and translate the text.

The elders who were well-versed in the Han script received the imperial edict from Jia Xu and deciphered it word by word.

After exchanging opinions, the group returned the imperial edict to Jia Xu, bowed to Emperor Severus, and said, "Your Majesty, what Lord Jia said is true."

The imposing aura surrounding Severus vanished abruptly, and a radiant smile appeared on his face.

"Someone, quickly bring a seat."

"I agree to this alliance!"

"The Parthian Empire was a beloved friend, brother, and kin of the Roman Empire."

"Ardashir of the Sasanian family rebelled, destroyed the Parthian Empire, and established the Sasanian Empire. As the first citizen of the Roman Empire, I have an obligation to represent the Roman Empire in punishing the rebels for the destroyed Parthian Empire."

Jia Xu, that old fox, also revealed the same smile, "Your Majesty is wise!"

This time, the Roman Empire dispatched a total of 10 eagle-legions, including the 7th Loyalist Legion, the 11th Loyalist Claudius Legion, and the 9th Spanish Legion.

In addition, there are large numbers of barbarian legions.

Jia Xu, leading the Roman Empire's legions, felt a surge of superiority.

Thanks to the Wei family's continuous improvement of breeds, coupled with the Han Dynasty's annexation of surrounding territories, the Han Dynasty now has a population several times that of Rome.

In this era of cold weapons, population equals military strength.

This means that the national strength of the Han Dynasty was several times that of Rome.

The only factor that determines the outcome between the two sides is the logistics represented by this vast distance.

The homeland of the Han Dynasty was so far away that "ten thousand miles away" was no longer an adjective, but a real noun.

Can you imagine an army going on a campaign and needing two or three years to reach its destination?

Therefore, the central government could at most send some generals to garrison the area, but could not directly deploy troops.

Unfortunately, although the vassal state developed rapidly, it was still far from being able to compare with a top-tier empire.

The Parthian Empire and the Han Dynasty could directly intervene, but the Roman Empire could only rely on these vassal states.

However, this is also an opportunity for them. If they can defeat the Roman Empire and annex it, they will directly possess the foundation of an empire. In addition, with the advanced technology and cultural influence from the Han Dynasty, they may be able to contend with the central court.

The Roman Empire was indeed the foundation of an empire.

Besides the Central Plains, there are three other known foundations of empires in the world today.

The Parthian Empire's homeland of Mesopotamia, the Ganges River basin in southern western Italy, and the Roman Empire's homeland.

Only by occupying one of these three places can one possibly win in the future wars between nations, sweep across all nations, and completely rule the entire known world.

To become the next emperor of all time, standing shoulder to shoulder with the First Emperor!

Jia Xu, Wei Ya, and Li Ru were plotting for Dong Zhuo to conquer the Roman Empire's homeland.

Far enough from the homeland, there are endless barbarians who have no culture of their own and are easily assimilated, making them a great potential force in war.

The Roman citizens, who had their own culture, happened to look just like the Han Chinese: yellow skin, black eyes, and black hair.

This similarity in appearance allowed Dong Zhuo to better culturally invade this people.

This would allow Dong Zhuo to quickly close the gap with those ancient vassal states and rapidly realize his potential.

One step ahead leads to another, and after the fall of the Han Empire, infighting between the vassal states became inevitable.

Without a suzerain state, once the Roman Empire and the Parthian Empire, or rather the Sasanian Empire, collapse, the war between the various vassal states will begin, and the flames of war will continue until a single hegemon is determined.

This overlord will be qualified to challenge the central court, and the victor will possess everything.