Caracalla said flatly: "No! If he doesn't come for a hundred years, will I not take revenge for a hundred years? I can't wait too long for this."
Yi smoothed the long strands of beard under his chin and said confidently: "If Liu Xin doesn't want to come on his own initiative, we can try to get him to come."
Ojede said doubtfully: "Could it be that Sir already has a solution?"
Yi said proudly: "Liu Xin once made a bold statement that anyone who dares to offend our Han people will be killed no matter how far away! Why don't Your Majesty take advantage of this to hunt down the Han merchants in Rome and confiscate their goods. When Liu Xin heard the news, he would definitely
We will raise troops and come."
Caracalla pondered: "This move is inappropriate! Back then, my father bloodbathed the foreign caravans in Daqin. As a result, caravans from various countries were no longer willing to do business in Daqin, causing all industries to be depressed. Now, with great difficulty, some vitality has been restored.
How can we do this again?"[
Yi smiled and said: "What's so difficult about this? Your Majesty will only kill Han merchants this time, but will not embarrass the caravans of other countries. You can even sell the goods confiscated from Han merchants to them at low prices. The merchants will make huge profits, and they are grateful.
It's too late for Your Majesty, so how can you hold grudge against Your Majesty until you give up the business here?"
Caracalla thought for a while, raised his head and asked: "Ojede, what do you think?"
Ojede thought for a while, bowed and said: "Although this move is risky, it is worth a try. Your Majesty is brave and resourceful. Your Majesty should keep you here so that sooner or later you can discuss military matters."
Caracalla was an ambitious guy. He planned to capture the Han Dynasty not only to avenge his father, but also to make himself a great monarch who dominated the East and the West. Therefore, he never considered letting Yi from the beginning to the end.
Become the master of the Han Dynasty. As his confidant, Ojeed naturally knows his thoughts very well. He naturally has a deep meaning when he says that he wants to keep his righteousness.
Hearing Ojeede say this, Caracalla understood and couldn't help but smile: "Yes, yes, I need a great talent like Mr. here. Why don't you, Mr., live in the palace temporarily and help me make plans. I will defeat the big man later."
From now on, I will never break my promise and will definitely let you become the governor of the Han Province!"
Yi used to focus on the military, but since he saw through Yuan Shao, he paid more attention to the tactics. Naturally, he could see through Ojied's mind at a glance. He couldn't help but waved his hand and said: "Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty, but
If I want to help His Majesty achieve great things, I must return to Han Dynasty and do more important things."
Seeing Caracalla's expression of concern, Yi quickly explained: "Your Majesty does not know. Although Liu Xin unified the Han Dynasty, there are still many people who are dissatisfied. He went back this time to organize these people and take advantage of the Han army."
Take advantage of the opportunity of the expedition to do something behind them so that they can help Your Majesty!"
But Caracalla knew that what Yi said had some truth, so he didn't force it. Anyway, as long as he defeated the big man in the future, there was no need to worry about Yi being able to escape? Caracalla deliberately showed a look of regret, nodded, and said: "In that case, I will
I wish you great success sir!”
After leaving the Daqin Palace, Yi couldn't help but look back and glanced far away, secretly said "poof", and muttered: "I want to take someone as a hostage in the next life!"
Suddenly, several people rushed out from the alley in front, all holding bright scimitars in their hands. Yi was startled and turned around to leave, but saw a tall carriage parked behind him, with more than a dozen people also holding swords.
A strong man with a scimitar blocked his way. Yi couldn't help but be stunned and asked in a deep voice: "Who are you!"
I saw the leader laughing sarcastically, pointing at the carriage and saying: "Our respected Emperor wants to see you, so hurry up and get in the carriage!"
With Yi's skills, he didn't take these twenty or so people seriously. But his current identity is a Han businessman. Except for the fact that he told his past in front of Caracalla just now to show his honesty, no one else knows about it.
He is a general with strong martial arts skills. Yi knows very well that Liu Xin must have many eyes and ears in Rome. Once he gets involved with these people and makes the matter bigger, it will be exposed soon. If Liu Xin finds out about him,
existence is troublesome.
Yi weighed it repeatedly and felt that since Caracalla wanted something from him, at least he would not kill him now. Thinking of this, Yi relaxed instead, shook his sleeves, put his hands behind his back, and said calmly: "Someone
Let you go!"
On the carriage, two enchanting blond beauties immediately sandwiched Yi in the middle, one on the left and the other on the right. The warm and fragrant soft jade was in her arms, but Jade was not pretentious, hugging her left and right, raising and lowering her hands, enjoying themselves beautifully.
I don’t know how long it took, but Yi suddenly felt something was wrong. The place where he got in the car was not far from the palace, and he should have arrived long ago. Yi couldn’t help but push away the two women in his arms, and wanted to open the car curtain, but
With a "creak" sound, the carriage had stopped. Someone had already opened the curtain, and a fat and white man stood in front of him with a big smile.
Before Yi could speak, the two blond women had already bowed and saluted: "I have seen your Majesty."
Yi was surprised and asked: "Who are you?"
The two blond women had already said in unison: "This is our Emperor of Qin."
After a while, Yi just figured out that there were two emperors in Da Qin. Gaita was very polite, saluted repeatedly, and welcomed Yi in. Although this was not the Imperial Palace of Da Qin, it was equally magnificently built, and a group of young women were singing and dancing in the hall.
The table is filled with mouth-watering delicacies and fruits.[
The host and guest sat down, and Gaita imitated the Han etiquette and handed over his hands and said: "I don't want to know what your husband just said to my elder brother. However, I can guarantee that as long as your husband is willing to cooperate with me, the conditions I offer will definitely be better than mine."
Big brother wants to be generous!"
Yi asked in surprise: "How do you know who I am?"
As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Yi regretted it. Since they were able to block him in the middle of the road, and they obviously had spies around Caracalla, how could they not know who he was? It seemed that he was too incompetent to blurt out such a question.
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However, Geta told the truth and said with a smile: "There is someone beside my eldest brother."
Yi was a little surprised by Geta's frankness, so he also told the whole story about his discussions with Caracalla. In fact, he also knew that since Geta had an informant around Caracalla, the content of the conversation between him and Caracalla
He certainly couldn't hide it, so he might as well be more honest. Yi's decision was very correct, because Geta's spy around Caracalla was actually the interpreter, so every word he said to Caracalla and Geta had already
Clearly.
After hearing what Yi said, Geta laughed and said disdainfully: "My eldest brother was scared to death by the Han people. I have already said that the Han people don't know any magic. However, the Han army's cavalry is extremely sharp. This is
What I’m most worried about is, sir, since you have been fighting with them for many years, is there any way to break them?”
In fact, Yi has only fought one battle with Liu Xin so far, and has not fought for many years at all. However, Yi has his own experience in dealing with cavalry. When Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan fought in Panhe, Yi set up a trap
He ambushed Gongsun Zan and defeated Gongsun Zan's white horse army. Hearing Geta ask what he was proud of, Yi couldn't help but talk eloquently, and said with excitement: "If you want to defeat the cavalry with infantry, you should use crossbows!..."
Yi's explanation made Geta fall into submission. Geta had an impatient personality and needed someone as proficient in the art of war as Yi, so he couldn't help but offer to retain Yi like Caracalla. Of course, he did it out of sincerity. However, Yi has his own
He politely declined Geta's kindness.
Over there, Caracalla launched an operation overnight, sending envoys to the countries surrounding the Han Dynasty. According to Caracalla's original intention, as long as these countries remained neutral and did not help each other, it would be fine. However, the results of the mission surprised him greatly.
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Ordinary citizens in these countries are quite friendly to the Han people, but the attitudes of the nobles are inconsistent. Among these countries, Kang Ju is firmly on the side of the Han. No matter how many benefits the envoy of Qin promised, the young and beautiful
The Queen Mother simply refused to make any promises. Shendu people were not warlike and did not want to ask too much about the dispute between the Han and Qin, preferring to remain neutral. However, the attitudes of the three kingdoms of Dayuan, Wusun and Guishang were somewhat ambiguous.
Due to the constraints of the Treaty of Shule and seeing the strength of the Han army with his own eyes, King Mozhiti of Dawan naturally sided with the Han. However, other nobles in Dawan had two different voices. Some people advocated that
Continue to be on good terms with Dahan. After all, Dahan and Dawan are close neighbors. Offending Dahan will not do Dawan any good. However, some people are still worried about Dawan's defeat and want to use the power of the Qin Empire to save face.
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The situation in Kushan is somewhat similar, but it is King Hubisega, not other nobles, who is obsessed with this. Hubisega is infatuated with the beauty of the Queen Mother Kangju and holds a grudge against Liu Xin for disturbing his good deeds.
This time the envoys of Great Qin took the initiative to come to our door, which was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
In fact, Wusun did not have many conflicts with the Han Dynasty, but Wusun King Xing Miyuan was quite ambitious. He always wanted to dominate the Western Regions and free them from the influence of the Han Dynasty. More importantly, Wusun Dynasty also once belonged to the Han Dynasty.
Under the rule of the Western Region Protectorate, the Han Dynasty has developed rapidly in recent years. Xingmi Yuan was very worried that Liu Xin would bring Wusun back into the jurisdiction of the Western Region Protectorate, so he wanted to find a backer who could compete with the Han Dynasty.
If Caracalla was overjoyed to be able to gain explicit or covert support from the three kingdoms of Dawan, Wusun and Kushan, then the result of the Da Qin envoy's mission to Parthia was his biggest gain.