Chapter 691

From 334 BC to 324 BC, Alexander, king of Macedonia, launched the eastern expedition. He led his army to conquer Persia, Egypt, Asia Minor and the two river basins, and finally established the Alexander empire across Europe, Asia and Africa.

After Alexander's death, the huge empire across Europe, Asia and Africa collapsed in a very short time, However, the influence of the Greeks (including Macedonians) on Europe, Asia and Africa has not ended. Let alone the influence of Europa and Africa, the subsequent influence on Asia is that many Greeks have established their own kingdoms, the two largest of which are the Seleucid Empire and the Greek Bactrian kingdom.

Around 150 BC, the Seleucid Empire collapsed and the Persian Parthian Kingdom rose. The collapse of the Seleucid Empire had a great impact on the further east. For example, after the impact of the Greek Bactrian Kingdom, part of the eastern territory was lost, but it was compensated in the West, Some Greeks went to the three territories of Afghanistan to establish an Indo Greek Kingdom with the local aborigines.

By about 100 BC, the sisaga people in Central Asia rose violently. They punched Parthia and kicked the Greeks in Central Asia. Once, they expanded their territory from the tigri River (about the Persian Gulf) in the west to the Indian Desert in the north.

For quite a long time, the impact of Alexander's eastward expedition on Asia was gradually cleaned up in the chaotic war of all ethnic groups. At the same time, the Dayue people who were driven West by the Huns from the north of the Central Plains also rose abruptly. When the Parthian Empire accumulated enough strength to push eastward, the Dayue people had established a vast kusana empire in the East.

To speak of, pattya was shocked when she suddenly found that there was a huge kusana empire in her East. Simply, after a series of expansion, both sides were eaten and supported. They shook hands friendly. I don't know who proposed first, so the two brothers united to dismember and divide up a kingdom called sulun.

By the way, the country called sulun is actually a dependency of the Parthian Empire, which is the Kingdom established by a group of Persian Cypriots. Although they nominally belong to the Parthian Empire, they are basically not bird to the Parthian Empire. Therefore, they were divided up by the Parthian Empire as the starting point for establishing friendship with the kusana empire.

It was almost until the kusana Empire rose in Central Asia and strongly invaded South Asia that the influence left by the Greeks was cleaned up. After that, there will be no more Hellenized countries in Asia.

The kusana Empire flourished for more than a hundred years, and did not weaken until after the year 2300. After the death of vesutiva II, it split into several countries. However, the kusana empire with Dayue as the ruling class has enjoyed a glorious scenery for at least 200 years, and has a far-reaching impact on central and South Asia.

The huge and prosperous kusana empire is certainly invisible. At present, there is only one jidoro Dynasty struggling in the handover area from Afghanistan to Uzbekistan. Although they have fallen, they still represent the orthodoxy of the kusana Empire and still have a strong influence on a considerable number of countries and tribes.

Moreover, the Persian Sassanian is also the overlord of Central Asia for good or bad. They have a strong deterrent to the jidora Dynasty, which can affect the national policies of the jidora Dynasty to some extent, including the kusanas who make the jidora Dynasty dare not support the rebellion in the Persian Sassanian, and can also force the jidora Dynasty to exert influence on some countries around the Gupta Dynasty.

Alexander's eastward expedition has affected Asia for hundreds of years. Even if they are useless, how can they maintain their influence for decades?

Such a thing as influence is like human feelings. If others don't pay attention, it's useless. But doesn't there still exist Persian sassanne, the hegemonic state in Central Asia? With the deterrence of the Persian Sassanian and the influence of the tydoros, kianush Alta Aldasher firmly believes that the Gupta Dynasty can be isolated to the greatest extent.

LV Yi to kianush Alta Aldasher was clearly prepared and doubted, and firmly believed that there were no benefits in the world for no reason.

According to kianush Alta According to some of aldasher's statements and suggestions, Persian sassanne simply has a set of strategies, which is definitely not like being able to plan it by a sudden idea. LV Yi was alert about Persian sassanne's intentions.

Kianush Alta Aldasher did not see the change of LV Yi. After talking about the use of the influence of the didoro Dynasty to isolate the Gupta Dynasty, he talked about two satraps. He believes that it is a very wise thing to join the two satraps in the alliance against the Gupta Dynasty. The two satraps can attack the Gupta Dynasty from the northwest, which greatly involves the troops of the Gupta Dynasty, and then the Han Army and Persian army can land along the sea from the south of the Gupta Dynasty.

"Originally, the two countries had territorial disputes. Although they had not fought a large-scale war, their relations with each other were not friendly." Kianush Alta Aldasher was completely reasonable and continued: "how much land the Han Empire wants to occupy can be fought from the south. I believe that the combat effectiveness of the Han army will not allow the Cypriots to obtain much land."

"The division of land depends on how much they can occupy?" LV Yi was certainly interested in increasing the territory of the Han state. He was never careless about the division of land. Later, he asked, "what about your country?"

Kianush Alta Aldasher said magnanimously, "we will not occupy even an inch of land. The area we laid can be handed over to the Han Empire."

Lu Yi was because of kianush Alta Aldasher's selfless dedication was more vigilant and looked at kianush with strange eyes Alta Aldasher.

"We are not without any pursuit. In addition to proving that the alliance between the Han Empire and us is completely correct, as a replacement of land, the Han Empire can compensate in other aspects." Kianush Alta Aldasher smiled brightly for a while and proposed the so-called compensation: "we desperately need silk. If the area we laid is large enough, would the Han Empire be willing to teach us the method of making silk?"

As for Central Asia and even Europa's extreme desire for silk, LV Yi knows it completely, but he doesn't understand why they are so obsessed with silk for the time being.

For a long time, the Central Plains Dynasty believed that Central Asia and Europa were so obsessed with silk because of the beauty of silk, but in fact, it did not know that after silk passed through Central Asia, it was sold to Europe and Rome at the price of gold of the same weight, or even several times that of yellow gold.

Of course, clothes made of silk are comfortable to wear and a symbol of face, but there are other reasons why silk is so expensive, not only because it has been paid by Central Asian countries for a long time, but also because silk can prevent arrows!

As for silk, it can effectively reduce the damage of arrows. Even wearing multiple layers of silk, it is easier to take out the arrowhead after hitting the arrow, so as not to tear the skin and flesh.

The Central Plains Dynasty did not know that silk had the effect of preventing arrows. What they did not expect was that Central Asia and Europa were so obsessed with silk because silk could protect their lives. However, Central Asia and Europa knew that wearing silk was to improve their ability of preventing arrows, but the Central Plains did not do so.

Silk originated from Zhuxia civilization, but was never used for military purposes in the Central Plains dynasties. Instead, it was widely used in the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty. According to the complete book of world military history, Mongolian light cavalry and heavy cavalry carried a short machete or a battle axe, and each soldier had to wear a silk Robe before the battle began. This kind of silk is made of raw silk and woven very carefully. Genghis Khan found it difficult for the arrow to penetrate the silk clothes, and only inserted the arrow and cloth into the wound. Therefore, the Central Plains surgeon recruited by the Mongolian army only had to pull out the silk to pull the arrow out of the wound.

The Han state has discovered the military use of silk, and the test of war on silk has been verified in several battles with the heavy cavalry of the Jie nationality. After discovering this use of silk, Liu Yan wantonly encouraged to increase the output of silk. In recent years, the output of silk has been increased under the leadership of the government. It can be said that the military's wanton equipment is false.

"We can only train and install some heavy and sudden riders. We can't do a comprehensive train at all."

LV Yi and kianush Alta Aldasher went to the palace city to report the process of the negotiation. He didn't add his subjective impression to make any evaluation. After hearing this, Liu Yan was also wary of bossasan.

If Persian sassanne wanted to exchange land for silk production methods, in fact, it could be more or less justified. The reason why they were vigilant was that Persian sassanne had made relevant plans before he went on mission.

Liu Yan still had considerable foresight. When he learned that foreign missions had come, he had long been vigilant against countries' prying into silk manufacturing methods and made relevant arrangements in advance.

After those envoys came to the Han state, they really tried their best to explore the manufacturing method of silk. Because the Han state had prepared for it, of course, they were not obtained.

"I heard that ah San began to imitate our silk long ago." LV Yi was completely joking: "ah San tried to make it with spider silk. It seems that he really made similar raw silk, that is, silk made of silk is two products."

No kidding! A San really studied spider silk to make silk, and he began to try hundreds of years ago. It seems that he also made finished products, but he was caught on fire and turned into ashes during the experiment. He stopped the research for a time, and began to try again after a long time.

In fact, spider silk is really a good thing. To some extent, spider silk has more fiber strength than silk. Spider silk can really be made into clothes, which requires mature technology, not spinning, but using the viscosity of spider silk itself. Kucong people in Yunnan have relevant technology.

Until the development of science and technology to a certain extent, the development of spider silk exceeded that of silk. In many military uses, the value of spider silk was much higher than that of silk. For example, during the Second World War, spider silk was used as the crosshairs of optical devices in the aiming system of telescopes and guns, and bulletproof vests and other military uses were developed.

LV Yi was telling it as a joke. Liu Yan, who knew that the spider silk was being used, couldn't laugh.

"Ah San is at the forefront of the world in smelting. Unexpectedly, even the research on spider silk is the same..." Liu Yan's words stunned LV Yi completely. The latter sentence almost petrified LV Yi: "we should also have relevant research on spider silk."

LV Yi was so surprised that he couldn't speak for a moment. He didn't know what expression to use to face his king.

Liu Yan hasn't said that he is religious. If religion is included, ah San has a rhythm to go to heaven.

No matter what ah San invented, he became not his own in the end. For example, uzgang became Persian, and Buddhism was carried forward only in the East. Even the set of numbers "1, 2, 3, 4... 9" painstakingly studied and created became Arab (non nonsense).

"King?" LV Yi came back and immediately asked, "about the Persian proposal?"

"The method of making silk can never be leaked!" Liu Yan is not as great as ah San. He doesn't even have the slightest idea of sharing with the world in papermaking, printing, gunpowder and compass. Tea can be shared, but tea seeds can't be brought out of Han soil. He said simply and clearly: "it is the Persians who want to form an alliance with the big man, and the big man has no need to form an alliance. Being willing to give sassanne a share in Afghanistan is to lay the foundation for future strategic deployment. If you have any extraordinary desire..., you should know how to deal with it."

Liu Yan said and stopped. He motioned Cui Zong to take the memorial sent back by Huan Wen.

"Huan Wen is a pioneering general. It's right to send him to command." Liu Yan handed the memorial to LV Yi, smiled and said, "he didn't limit his eyes to Gupta."

After the collapse of the kusana Empire, it split into several countries. The Gupta Dynasty is only one of them. The land of a San has not been completely conquered by the Dayue people. Since the collapse of the Peacock Dynasty, a San's indigenous countries have always existed. Since the Han army invaded a San's territory, it does not necessarily need to stare at the Gupta Dynasty. It can find other countries as a breakthrough.

"This..." Lv Yi was shocked when he finished reading the memorial. What he saw was Huan Wen's suggestion to attack a small country near the Gupta Dynasty and land directly in that small country. He hesitated and said: "small countries can be destroyed easily, but... Will the countries there unite against the big Han?"

Anyone in the Han Dynasty, including Huan Wen, cares about the name of that small country, and probably has a mentality of "Uncle thinks highly of you when he beats you".

"Of course that will happen." Liu Yan smiled for a while and asked LV Yi, "once the army lands and successfully stands firm, is it in Gupta territory or in other places?"

LV Yi thought for a moment and really thought that there was no difference. Should the countries of ah San unite or will unite, that is, once Huan Wen did so, there would be no room for the operation of diplomatic relations between the Han state.