When Zhao Rui entered the city and saw this scene, he was suddenly in a trance.
Everything in the city exceeded his imagination. What surprised him most was that many local Persians chose to join the merchant army.
During this time, Tian Changgong and Le Sheng recruited nearly 200,000 people from Parthia and Persia into the merchant army.
In other words, since the Western Expedition, not only have they not suffered much damage, but their number has reached one million.
The most incredible thing is that local people lined up to deliver supplies to them.
If this progress continues, it won't be long before they no longer need to transport supplies from Dashang territory to here.
To some extent, it can help them save a lot of money and food.
After Zhao Rui ordered people to settle down the monks and relics, he entered the Persian palace.
Although the scale here is not comparable to that of Luo City, all the decorations can be said to be extremely luxurious. Even the pillars are inlaid with a large number of precious gems, which are extremely dazzling.
Zhao Rui looked at the layout of the palace and sighed deeply.
"I finally understand why the people of Persia regard us as saviors! With such kings, princes and ministers, it is good that they do not rebel."
Tian Changgong and Le Sheng laughed, and the surrounding generals were also excited. It was too easy for them to defeat them all the way. In some places, they opened the city and surrendered without waiting for them to attack.
"Your Highness!" Le Sheng took out a national seal and sent it over: "Since you are back, it's time to give this to you."
Zhao Rui took the national seal and weighed it in his hand. The material of this thing was really unusual. It was made of an extremely rare mutton-fat white jade, and it was inlaid with a large number of gold lines and gems.
So this thing is a priceless treasure, but no matter how beautiful a country's national seal is, if the people don't recognize it, there's nothing you can do about it.
Zhao Rui casually threw the national seal aside.
"This thing is just a piece of broken stone to me. Only with the will of the people can we completely rule the land under our feet."
After saying that, Zhao Rui took out the map he was carrying and let it hang in the hall.
"When I went to get the Buddha's bone relics this time, I gained some knowledge. It turns out that there are so many countries in this land! And there are two shortcuts to attack the Tubo Kingdom in Xiliao and Gaochang.
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Everyone present became interested and immediately stepped forward.
Tubo can be said to be an ancient kingdom located on the plateau.
This country is basically composed of nomadic people. It was founded more than 2,000 years ago and has been inherited until now.
It can be said that he has existed longer than Dashang.
Since ancient times, the Central Plains dynasty has not taken this country seriously at all, and even excluded this country from the so-called Wan Guo Lai Dynasty.
Firstly, this is because the Tubo Kingdom has never emerged from its barbaric state. Secondly, because their mountains are high and their roads are far away, the envoys of the Great Shang cannot get through, and they cannot send people into the Great Shang.
However, the folk customs of the Tubo Kingdom were very fierce, with warlikeness almost engraved in their bones, and they continued to expand outwards.
Finally, a powerful empire was established across the plateau.
To the north it reaches the Western Regions, to the east it contacts the vassal states of the Central Plains, and to the south it reaches the Harsha Empire and Eastern Tianzhu.
In recent hundreds of years, the Tubo Kingdom has become increasingly unable to restrain its ambitions and has frequently attacked various princes in the Central Plains.
Northern Zhao, Western Shu, Baju and even Sanchuan were deeply disturbed by it.
Fortunately, these princes had mountains and rivers as a barrier, and the Tubo Kingdom was unable to benefit from them for a while. Once, the army of the Breakthrough Kingdom had already attacked Baju, but was blocked by Jianmen Pass.