Chapter 289: Destroying Guo by a False Pretext Pei Xingjian

[The person who wrote to Erfeng was Yisiqi, the last emperor of the Sassanid Dynasty.

As we all know, history has always been full of unlucky people, and Yi Siqi was no different.

Moreover, everyone is very familiar with his script: the young master is suspicious of the country, there are external and internal troubles, and the power is on the sidelines.

The Sasanian Dynasty replaced the Parthian Empire and also inherited the conflicts between the Parthian Empire and Rome.

Just before Yisi ascended the throne, the Four Hundred Years' War between the Sasanian Dynasty and Byzantium came to an end.

Since 613, both sides have tried their best to resolve this century-old feud.

The Byzantine emperor Heraclius personally conquered the country and found Cossacks and Western Turks as helpers.

The Sasanian dynasty increased taxes unprecedentedly to replenish the treasury, and joined forces with the Slavs and Avars to attack.

The final result was that the Sassanid Dynasty was defeated and the political situation was turbulent. Five emperors were changed in five years, and Yisi was the sixth.

Yi Si, who came to the throne in 632, was able to secure the throne not because of his clever methods, but because of the emergence of Arabs who believed in the food religion.

The Arabs launched attacks on Byzantium and the Sasanian dynasty at the same time, and successfully captured the Sassanid capital Ctesiphon four years later. The Persian emperor Yisi began to flee eastward.

And who is there to the east? Western Turkic Khanate and Tang Empire.

In view of the fact that the Western Turks once helped Byzantium beat the Sassanid Dynasty.

Yi Siai could only place her hope on Li Shimin.

In the ten years starting from 638, Erfeng received four sincere letters for help from Yi Siai, and then Erfeng declined four times in a row.

After all, the straight-line distance from East Asia to the Red Sea is 6,000 kilometers. Even if you fly back and forth, it is 30,000 miles. This distance was really impossible in ancient times.

After Yi Siai died in 651, his son Belus succeeded to the throne and continued to write letters to the Emperor of Tang Dynasty asking for help.

For the first time, Li Zhi told the truth that he was too far away and couldn't help, and there were also Western Turks.

The Western Turks had been destroyed for the second time, and Li Zhi was so annoyed that he had no choice but to send an envoy to make Belus the governor of Persia.

In 675, the White-coated Food, which had completely annexed Sassanid, began to invade eastward.

Belus went directly to Chang'an with Li Zhi's personal seal and was awarded the title of General Youwei.

The nirvana master Pei Xingjian asked for was the son of Belus, the current king of Persia. 】

For the ministers of Ganlu Hall, sooner or later they will be able to witness the future of the Tang Dynasty with their own eyes.

On the contrary, it was the customs and customs tens of thousands of miles away that interested them even more.

"In other words, Na Yisi has not yet ascended the throne?"

Fang Xuanling calculated it with full interest:

"Well... this should be a time of internal and external troubles."

"What can we do?"

Li Shimin stared at Aldashir's name again and again, but finally let it go. After all, this person had probably been dead for almost four hundred years.

As for the light screen's teasing, Li Shimin could only say that he was used to it. After all, it was impossible for him to actually get through the light screen and beat up Wen Mang.

At this time, after hearing Fang Xuanling's question, he shook his head:

"The only thing we can do is to clear the four directions. How can the ambitious people of Sassan, who have only one king every year, unite to fight against the enemy because of a word from thousands of miles away?"

Then his tone was full of envy:

"This big food has become a fisherman's profit."

The meaning behind the words is: Why didn't such good things happen to me?

Du Ruhui frowned:

"When Sassanid was not destroyed, Arabia was still a great food. After the Sassanids were completely destroyed, it was called a white-robed food."

"During the reign of Emperor Xuanzong, Gao Xianzhi was also known as the Great Food in Black when he fought fiercely with the Talas."

"What's the difference?"

There was too little information, and everyone could only look at each other in confusion. Fang Xuanling could only barely guess:

"From what he said, it seems that all Arabs believe in the Taoist Cult, or is that because of that?"

We can only guess like this at first.

Li Shimin vaguely remembered:

"At the time of Talos, the light curtain also said that the black-clad emperor was still fighting fiercely with Byzantium. How could Rome have lived so long?"

After all, if calculated like this, wouldn't the Roman state be at least seven or eight hundred years old?

Du Ruhui disagreed:

"What Byzantium is to Rome may be similar to what the Tang Dynasty is to China and China."

"From the perspective of outsiders, isn't it true that our country, Zuo, has not been destroyed for thousands of years?"

This statement was accepted by Li Shimin.

Then I saw him walking to the map, briefly measuring the distance with his hands, shaking his head and saying:

"The land route is a natural chasm, and there are hundreds of countries blocking the way."

The index finger clicked on Chang'an again, drew an arc along the Hexi Corridor and Congling, and then clicked on the Khyber Pass:

"This place is rich, and it may be possible to set up a military mansion to defend against enemies from the west."

The record of later generations still makes Li Shimin feel itchy. A small country in Tianzhu can directly take over the food and grass for 200,000 people without breathing!

The wealth here may be beyond imagination.

Seeing His Majesty standing in front of the map, he fell into deep thought again.

Li Shi came to Su Dingfang and chuckled:

"Dingfang is saddened by the loss of his beloved disciple. How do you feel?"

Su Dingfang's face suddenly darkened and he said indifferently.

"In His Majesty's eyes, it's all for the sake of the country, so there's nothing wrong with it."

"On the contrary, it's General Maogong."

Su Dingfang looked at Li Shi, then suddenly smiled and said:

"I wasted thirty years in Chang'an, and yet I am still as famous as you."

"Now add another thirty years of war..."

The words are not finished yet, but the meaning is very clear.

Li Shi 𪟝 snorted coldly, asking for trouble.

Li Jing did not participate in these, but just sighed with envy:

"Western Turks can actually participate in such a great power's conquest..."

...

"The world is vast..."

Liu Bei murmured, remembering the words of the light curtain before:

"Small countries have no sovereignty, weak countries have no diplomacy."

"Those who lose their country are even worse than this."

Then he was a little fascinated:

"I wonder if I can meet Ardashir in my lifetime."

The Tang Dynasty emperor faced the end of the Sassanid Empire, and they faced the end of the Parthian Empire.

But because they were too far away, at this distance, neither conflict nor cooperation seemed likely, and the only thing they could do was probably cultural exchange.

So Liu Bei was a little interested in the founding monarch himself.

Zhang Fei seemed very interested:

"What if we send a letter to expose Ardashir's rebellion?"

Kong Ming thought about it carefully and shook his head:

"The expenses can be paid by Yide."

"We will know what will happen after we do it."

Zhang Fei backed off at that time:

"Forget it, I am not interested in spending money to make a noise."

Kong Ming laughed immediately.

Liu Ba was the only one in the hall who still remembered the original purpose:

"The Tang Dynasty wants to quell the unrest in the Western Regions. What does it have to do with the Sassanid Empire?"

Kong Ming said uninterested:

"It's just a plan to destroy Guo by pretending to be a way."

"Let's wait and see."

[After asking Li Zhi for Ni Nei Shi, Pei Xingjian and his party set off.

The journey from Chang'an to the Western Regions was very hard, so after arriving in Xizhou, Pei Xingjian couldn't wait to use his connections.

Having guarded here for twenty years, it can be said that everyone, big or small, was unconvinced, and they all came to welcome Pei Xingjian.

During the banquet, the locals in the Western Regions also asked Pei Xingjian about his work:

Escorting the new Persian governor Ni Neshi to Persia to take office.

During the banquet, Pei Xingjian also complained loudly, saying that going on the road in the hot summer was simply courting death, and he would wait until the weather was cooler in autumn before leaving.

This news was quickly sent to the Western Turkic leader who was plotting a rebellion, which made the two of them relieved:

I said, how could the court send only a dozen people to quell the rebellion?

Pei Xingjian had already planned this. He first summoned the heads of the four towns of Anxi, saying that it was a good time to hunt now that the water and grass were abundant, and asked the heads of the four towns to gather some young men to go out and play together.

No one doubted this, after all, Pei Xingjian had this interest when he was the governor of Anxi.

Thanks to Pei Xingjian's reputation, he quickly gathered tens of thousands of people, which shows how successful Pei Xingjian's work in the Western Regions was.

So these more than 10,000 people turned left and right in the name of hunting, and soon accidentally arrived at the camp of Ashina Duzhi who was plotting a rebellion.

Pei Xingjian was also very reasonable. He asked more than 10,000 people to wait where they were, and then sent an envoy to reason with them.

Ashina Duzhi was very sensible and chose to surrender at that time. Then Pei Xingjian used Ashina Duzhi's token to summon the chieftains of the Western Turkic tribes who conspired to rebel and arrested them together.

Then he selected an elite cavalry and directly raided the camp of another rebel leader Li Zhaifu and arrested him on the spot.

So far, the turmoil that had not yet occurred was eliminated. The leaders of the Western Regions spontaneously engraved stones in Suiye City to praise Pei Xingjian's merits, and the two rebel leaders were also escorted to Chang'an to show their merits.

The most unlucky person should be Ni Neshi. Pei Xingjian followed the team to return to Chang'an and didn't care about him at all.

Ni Neshi, who was used and thrown away, could only go to Tokharistan by himself.

This last royal family of the Sassanid Dynasty lived in Tokharistan for 20 years, but ultimately failed to realize his dream of restoring the country.

In 707, Ni Neshi returned to Chang'an and accepted the position of General of the Left Guard granted by Emperor Zhongzong of Tang.

He eventually died of illness in Chang'an, bringing an end to the Sassanid Dynasty. 】