The new round of war between Persian Sassanid and Rome was fought in 337 AD, and the excuse of the war was that Shapur II thought that Rome slandered him and persecuted Christianity, and in fact Shapur II was really persecuting Christianity, if history had not changed, Shapur II completely banned the spread of Christianity in 339 AD.
Rome is in a weak state at this stage, especially after the death of Constantine the Great, the first Christian baptism Augustus, in 337 AD, the Persian Sassanid casually found a lame reason to go to war with Rome, and Rome itself broke out in the war for the emperor, so that the war between Rome and the Persian Sassanid appeared one-sided.
In some ways, it was the Kushans and Arabs in the Persian Sassanid territory who saved Rome because of the outbreak of large-scale rebellions in Syria and Iraq, which caused the Persian Sassanids to lose control of these two regions and were counterattacked by Constantius.
In 348 last year, the Persian Sassanid army and the Roman army fought a very bloody battle in Sinkara, which ended in the victory of the Persian Sassanid army, but failed to fully restore its rule over Iraq, and it is gratifying to occupy a lot of territory.
At present, the battle for the emperor in Rome is still being fought, and there is a saying of "four emperors co-governance", but this second "four emperors co-governance" is much bloodier than the previous first "four emperors co-governance".
"So the so-called Roman legation can only represent Constantius" Lu Yi met with Chianusalta Ardashir the day after the official establishment of diplomatic relations, and learned from the latter's mouth about the current situation of Rome: "It is impossible to fully represent Rome" "They didn't say anything."
Chianush Arta Ardashir gave some remarks about the current state of Rome in order not to tell Lü Yi that Constantius was the most powerful of the emperors and the most likely to win the battle for the emperor: "A man who can only represent certain provinces certainly cannot represent the whole country. ” It has to be said that Lu Yizhen didn't know what the situation was like in Rome, and most of his knowledge of Rome came from Liu Yan's storytelling, referring to the oral accounts of some Gupta prisoners of war, who did not mention that civil strife was breaking out in Rome at all.
Kianush Alta Ardashir said that it was natural for the Han Empire to lower its impression of Rome, and that it would be better to make the Han Empire feel deceived by the Romans.
He himself would not have said that internal rebellions were also breaking out in his own country, especially the Arabs in the western provinces who rebelled most fiercely, compared to the Kushans in the east, who were suffering from scabies at all.
To what extent did the Arabs rebel against the rule of the Persian Sassanids that the Persian Sassanids directly lost control of the provinces, but the Arabs did not establish a state, but instead each tribe went its own way, and it was in this way that the Persian Sassanid was able to break each in the back.
For example, in the Eastern Han Dynasty, internal contradictions broke out in the major empires, and in the Western Jin Dynasty, various ethnic groups under the ruling class rose up, the difference is that some countries are internal contradictions and conflicts between nobles, and some countries are only unilateral.
If you look at the history of the world, you will find that there are so many similar situations that people wonder how countries so far apart can "infect each other".
"Thank you for your advice."
Lü Yi really attached great importance to the reminder of Chianush Arta Ardashir, and even really had a disgust with the Roman envoys.
He raised the cup and invited Kianush Arta Ardashir to drink, and after putting it down, he said: "The Han and Persia do have a long friendship relationship, and in view of this, it is time to cooperate more closely. ” This was what Kianush Arta Ardashir wanted, and after discussion with his think tank, he decided that it was not possible to form a comprehensive alliance with the Han state at once, and that it would be more rational and correct to start a prosperous trade first, and if it was allowed, to form military cooperation in some part of the country.
The main military objectives of the Persian Sassanids at present were, of course, their western provinces, and there was an urgent need to suppress the judgment of the Arabs.
The Arabs can only cause trouble to the Persian Sassanids, but they have been supporting and guiding the Arabs after the Romans have been involved, resulting in the Persian Sassanids will be really difficult to extinguish the rebellion for a while, and the weakened Rome will approach from time to time.
The Han State is currently marching to the Western Regions again, but the footsteps only stop when they reach Shanshan, Kianush Arta Ardashir understands this, and compares the map to find that the eastern provinces of Persian Sassanid are too far away from the Han army, not to mention the Western Regions in the middle, and the Hunnites are firmly in the middle.
It is not easy for the Persian Sassanid to join forces with the Han army in the east, even if the Han army is willing to move westward, considering the relevant terrain restrictions, the Han army has to face the desert to block the way, even if it successfully crosses the desert, it must run into the Hunnites who are not weak in strength as soon as possible.
In fact, the Persian Sassanids did not want the Han to expand excessively into Central Asia, they wanted a buffer with the Han state, and paradoxically wanted the Han to join the war against Rome.
The desire to let the Han army join the war against Rome has existed since the time of the Parthian Empire, that is, the Parthian Empire is really unbearable under the internal and external troubles, and it doesn't care what will happen after the tiger and wolf army is invited.
The current Persian Sassanid is a bit worse, but his old rival Rome is even worse, everyone wants to get outside help to gain an advantage, so that the other party can deal a heavier blow when the other party is bad.
They will pay attention to the Han state, firstly, because the reputation of the Han people is loud enough, and secondly, the Han kingdom is far enough away that even if the Han people really set foot in Central Asia or Europe and Rome, it is impossible to stand firm and not have a real threat.
On the premise that friendship is a huge boost and there is no real threat at all, there is no harm in forming an alliance with such a country, and the chances are slim and worth the attempt.
Kianush Arta Ardashir tried again and again without getting a valuable reply, but he still tried again and again, and when he waited for Lu Yi to make an official response, he was really pleasantly surprised.
"Xindu" Kianush Arta Ardashir tried to calm himself down, and according to the strategy he had thought of before, he said: "If a war breaks out between the Han Empire and Xindu, it is also beneficial for us to attack Xindu, and it is completely possible to carry out a military cooperation there now."
Lu Yi was still very satisfied with the words of Kianush Arta Ardashir, at least the Persian in front of him was not shameless enough to use the statement of helping the Han State, but clearly said that it was beneficial for both sides.
The war between the Han and Gupta was of course continuing, and there was information that the Gupta dynasty was preparing a second large-scale attack, and that the number of ships assembled at Cuttak had once again reached 1,500, and that the Gupta dynasty was still building warships, and that the Gupta dynasty had begun its own mobilization.
In the Han army of Asan Yo, the army was still stationed in the Pingban Captain Department for adaptive training, and there was no plan to land on the Gupta Dynasty mainland in a short period of time, and it was still to use the navy to carry out frequent sabotage raids, first cut off the Gupta Dynasty's maritime trade, and look for opportunities to attack and even annihilate the Gupta Dynasty's navy, and then put the landing operation on the agenda.
In view of the Gupta Dynasty's maritime strength was not weak, the Han State repeatedly sent reinforcements to the Pingban Captain's Department, and almost all the domestic non-systematic navies were transferred, and Liu Yan built quite a lot of system docks around the Pingban Captain's Department and began to manufacture warships, but the system warships would not immediately join the war against the Gupta Dynasty's navy.
Because the maritime power of the countries around the Zhuxia civilization is too weak, the Han people actually have little experience in naval warfare, and more Han people fight water battles on inland rivers by themselves, but the experience of water warfare in inland rivers cannot be used at sea at all.
The Han navy needed to accumulate more experience in naval warfare, and it would be a worthwhile thing to block the Gupta dynasty to gain experience.
In addition, the Han State also knew that the Gupta Dynasty had a sufficient supply of reserve soldiers, and Ah San's own clamoring for organizing several million troops was more of a joke, but it seemed that it could really be done by organizing a million troops at one time.
The strength of Ah San's one million army can only be known by fighting, but it is difficult for the maximum force of the Han State to exceed 100,000.
The Han invasion of the Gupta Dynasty was a cross-sea battle, although because of Liu Yan's relationship was a problem of not relying on cross-sea supplies to a large extent, but the projection of troops was really a big problem.
The Gupta Dynasty should have a population of more than 20 million, and the already armed Ah San will not be less than 400,000, they will not be stupid to let go of the coastline for the Han army to land, and they will inevitably arrange a defense line along the coast.
Huan Wen is now observing the landing location according to the Gupta Dynasty's defenses, and his idea is very simple, to see where the Gupta Dynasty has the strongest deployment of troops, it must be a suitable landing location.
It must be said that although they are all coastlines, not all places can be used as landing points, not to mention the coastal reefs and so on, and the extension of the seabed is also a reference.
There are many coastal areas, the extension of the seabed is very exaggerated, whether it is high tide or low tide, the draft of the extended water area is not too deep, so that the draft of several meters of sea ships can reach the position, maybe a thousand meters away from the land, similar areas are not suitable as landing points at all.
It was by the time of the Second World War that so many scientific and technological products appeared, and there were special equipment for assaulting the beachhead, but the landing was still a huge trouble, and if you think about what the landing should look like in the coastal area where the enemy is defending, the landing side should have to wade through the water and move hard, and suffer endless arrow attacks, and fall into the sea water in pieces and become corpses.
"Naturally, we can cooperate."
Lu Yi admires the sensibility of Kianush Arta Ardashir very much, and the military cooperation between the two countries can really only be carried out by Ah San: "Can you tell me about your proposal?"
Kianush Arta Ardashir was obviously prepared, first talking about the geopolitics of the Gupta Dynasty, including the Gupta Dynasty's relationship with Vagataka, and then the Gupta Dynasty's relationship with several small surrounding countries, and then summarized a little: "The Han Empire's cutting off the maritime trade routes of the Xindu people certainly had a role, but it could not prevent Xindu from continuing to trade with the surrounding countries, which had an impact on their finances, but it was not enough to be fatal." ” Then again, although the Han State broke the raid to cut off the Gupta Dynasty's sea trade routes, it was really not for this goal, it was just to destroy more enemy ships, what to hit the Gupta Dynasty's finances, if Kianush Arta Ardashir didn't mention it, Lu Yi actually didn't realize it.
Of course, the Zhuxia civilization has the concept of economic warfare, and there have been quite a number of economic wars during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, but they have been ignored after waiting for the great unification, and even if there is, there are certain commodity restrictions on the steppe nomads, which is not an economic war.
Lu Yi doesn't understand economic warfare, but people are not stupid, and he understands it after listening to Kianush Arta Ardashir talk a little, but he doesn't plan to start with economic warfare.
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The reason why the Han State invaded the Gupta Dynasty was, in the final analysis, for food, and it was not because of the war to destroy the country from the beginning.
This war was a war of conquest, and to put it bluntly, it was fought until the Gupta dynasty succumbed and was willing to accept the conditions offered by the Han state, mainly to extort food.
Of course, those words don't need to be said by Dikiyanush Arta Ardashir.
"Please believe me, although the Xindu people are not strong in war, it is difficult to destroy them at once."
When Kianush Alta Ardashir spoke, he carefully observed Lu Yi's expression, and when he saw Lu Yi frowning, he explained: "Xindu is a country with a population of twenty or thirty million, and they are very rich in the country because of their prosperous foreign trade, and there are no obvious internal contradictions, so they can unite and resist when they encounter a crisis. ” It's really not that easy to destroy a country, especially not a small country with a small population and a small population.
The demise of a great country is usually due to internal and external troubles, the inability to resist externally, and the difficulty of appeasing internally, so the country perishes under internal and external difficulties.
"Before coming to the Han Empire, we very deliberately invited the two Satraps of the Serbs and the Jidora dynasty of the Kushans."
Seeing that Lu was puzzled, Kiyanush Arta Ardashir said with a smile: "One of them is connected to Xindu in the northwest, and the other can influence many countries although it is separated by several countries from Xindu. ”: