"I have long said that the great merchants are not easy to offend. They insist on attacking their Western Regions. Now I have angered this tiger!"
"I heard that their army is coming here now, and the target is us, Persia!"
"We don't seem to have provoked them, so why are they attacking us?"
...
Just when everyone was noisy, a guard hurriedly ran in.
"Oh no, the Dashan army captured fifteen of our cities!"
The ministers present were immediately shocked.
They never dreamed that the merchant army would move so fast.
The King of Persia immediately stood up and said: "Quick, mobilize troops from other places to support us!"
There was chaos in the court hall. They had never experienced anything like this.
In the past, even if someone came to invade, they would only capture two or three cities at most. This was the first time that so many cities were captured at once.
At this moment, in a city in the interior of Persia, Zhao Rui stood at the top of the city and looked at the scenery in the city.
This place is a little different from Dashang's city. It has a rather exotic feel, but the design of the city is a bit unreasonable.
At least strategically and tactically it lags behind Dashang for hundreds of years.
I originally thought that Persia would be a little more difficult to fight than Parthia, but I didn't expect that it would be this kind of virtue.
And the gap between rich and poor in this country is beyond his imagination.
Not only were the nobles' warehouses filled with all kinds of gold, silver and jewelry, as well as grain and wine, but the ordinary people couldn't even afford a full meal, and quite a few even didn't know how they would survive tomorrow.
In the most serious city, more than 80% of the people are slaves of the city lord.
Zhao Rui's army only distributed food to some people who could not survive along the way, but they actually brought the merchant army into the city, saying that they were sent by God to save them.
Especially when Zhao Rui announced that he would be released from slavery, the people here felt like they had seen a savior and wanted to give their lives to Zhao Rui.
This also led to many cities surrendering as soon as they saw the merchant army. Some of them resisted, so the local people took up arms and went to attack the city.
Fighting all the way here, except for some casualties when attacking the first two cities, there was almost no damage at other times.
Ziyun very carefully carried some wine up to the top of the city.
"Your Highness, this is the wine and dried meat found in the city owner's manor. It is said to be local specialties. Would you like to try it?"
Zhao Rui turned around and looked at the food in Ziyun's hands.
I have to say that these things are really exquisite. Even the vessels for wine and meat are made of gold and silver and inlaid with luxurious gems.
"The nobles here have reached this point because they lived a luxurious life in the past. Do you want me to become like that?"
Ziyun suddenly felt aggrieved. He took the food out of kindness, but was scolded.
"Then I'll take it!"
Zhao Rui suddenly stepped forward and grabbed Ziyun's shoulders.
"Okay, I'm just saying what I feel, I hope I don't do it next time!"
Ziyun immediately agreed and handed over the wine and meat.
At this moment, the Queen of Rest quietly came to the side.
"I have met His Royal Highness King Zhao!"
Zhao Rui didn't look back: "It's so late, what can I do to the queen?"
The Queen of Rest hesitated slightly, and then took out a sheepskin map from her body.