Capital Datang

"Respected General Qibi Heli, General Xue, Envoy Ciro sends you greetings on behalf of the great Roman Emperor!" A brown-haired, high-nosed and deep-eyed Eastern Roman entered the tent of the barracks, and then greeted you with a standard Chinese, bowing to Qibi Heli on the main seat and Xue Wanche next to him.

And Qibi Heli and the two looked up and down at the Eastern Roman envoy in front of them. Just yesterday afternoon, a team claiming to be the envoys of the Eastern Roman Empire came to the Tang army camp in Nihavand and asked to cooperate with Qibi Heli. They also held a letter written by Emperor Constance II of the Eastern Roman Empire in their hands. After the identification of the Belus father and son, it can be confirmed that the other party is indeed an envoy sent by the Eastern Roman Empire.

After confirming the identities of the other party, Qibi Heli and Xue Wanche, who had already known the situation in West Asia and Southern Europe, immediately understood the purpose of the Eastern Romans, and at the same time finally understood why the big cannibals were so eager to negotiate peace before. s reason.

In fact, this matter is very simple. After defeating the Persians, Dashi fought endlessly with Eastern Rome, which is also an ancient civilization, and also occupied all the southern and eastern provinces of Eastern Rome. It can be said that the Eastern Roman Empire They share the same disease as Persia, but their situation is undoubtedly much stronger than Persia. At least the capital of the empire has not been lost, and the military system is still relatively complete. At the same time, they also have a relatively powerful navy in the Mediterranean.

Now that we know the above, the purpose of these Eastern Roman Empire envoys is self-evident. They must have come to ask for an alliance and then jointly fight against the Great Food.Qibi He Li and Xue Wanche had already discussed this point with Belus and his son last night, and they thought this was a good opportunity, after all, Dashi is now the strongest.Eastern Rome only had the strength to defend itself, while Persia needed the support of Tang's army.So the strength is not strong, and it is good for everyone to join hands now.Capital Datang 608

It is also in consideration of these.So today Qibi Heli received the Eastern Roman envoy in the big tent, and Bellus and his son also sat beside him.Speaking of which, the current Yazdgerd III and Belus are very contented, and they also understand their identities very well. When facing Qibi Heli and others, they also put on a posture of belonging to the country. It also made Datang very friendly to their father and son, and the aid to Persia went smoothly. For example, they are now expanding a local city and named it Guangming City.Before regaining the capital Ctesiphon, the City of Light will temporarily become the capital of Persia.

The Eastern Roman envoy, who claimed to be Xiluo, met with Qibi Heli and others, and then the two parties sat down as guests and hosts. However, what surprised Qibi Heli and others was that this Xiluo envoy could not only speak Chinese, Moreover, he seems to be very familiar with the etiquette of Tang people. From the moment he enters the door to when he sits down, he is full of etiquette, without the slightest bit of disrespect.Of course, if the opponent is a small country around the Tang Dynasty, that's fine.But Ciro happened to be a Roman in the Far West, which cannot but surprise people.

However, no matter how surprised Qibi Heli was, it was not easy to ask questions on such a formal occasion, and the other party had no intention of explaining.When he opened his mouth, he brought up His Majesty's desire to form an alliance with Datang and Persia, and also analyzed the benefits of the three-nation alliance, and exaggerated Dashi's wēixié to world peace.

Although both Qibi Heli and Yazdgerd III knew that the other party's words were exaggerated.But the alliance is only good for them, so there is no objection.The alliance letter was drafted on the spot, written in Chinese, Persian and Greek respectively.Then it is signed by three people respectively.Although the Eastern Roman Empire has always regarded itself as a pure Roman, in fact, the country has been Hellenized, and even the language is Greek.

Qibi Heli is the general of the Tang army, and before leaving, Li Shimin gave him the power to make decisions in front of the battle.In addition, Yazdgerd III is the current monarch of Persia. Although Persia is a bit miserable now, as long as he does not die, he has the right to represent Persia. As for Ciro, he has the mission of forming an alliance, so he naturally It was also granted the power of full agency, so from the moment the three signed it, the alliance treaty had legal effect.

In fact, the so-called covenant of the ancients is very simple. It is not like when several countries in the later generations want to sign a contract, it is negotiation and negotiation.For example, the covenant signed by Qibi Heli and the others simply stated that the three countries had officially formed an alliance, and then stipulated that when any one of the three countries was attacked by Dashi, the other two parties had the obligation to send troops.

This is a very simple military covenant, each stipulates an obligation and a right, and there are no other conditions.But in the next step, Xi Luo expressed the hope of having direct trade with Datang. After all, the western territory of Datang has reached the east coast of the Caspian Sea, and after passing the Caspian Sea, it is not far to the west, which is between Eastern Rome and Dashi. In Armenia, Eastern Rome also has considerable influence there, so this is a relatively safe trade route, and this also gives Datang and Eastern Rome the basis for direct trade.

Regarding Xi Luo's request for trade, Qibi Heli, as a military general, naturally couldn't give the other party any answer, and Xi Luo also knew this, so he took the opportunity to propose that he could go to Chang'an to meet His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and then he could He asked His Majesty the Emperor to agree, and Qibi Heli also agreed to this, and also issued a pass letter to them.

After discussing the business, Qibi Heli set up a banquet for Xi Luo and other envoys.And at the banquet, everyone ate and drank, and some questions that could not be asked before can be asked now. For example, Qibi Heli and Xue Wanche were very curious. The familiarity, which naturally aroused their curiosity.

Xi Luo didn't hide the curiosity of Qibi Heli and the others. He stretched out his hand and pulled out a red ribbon from the clothes under his neck. The ribbon had already changed color, and it seemed that he often wore it around his neck. The reason, and under this red ribbon, is a gold medal.

Ciro took the medal off his neck, then put his hands in front of Qibi Heli and said with a smile: "Look, general, you should recognize this medal!"

As soon as Xi Luo took out the medal around his neck, Qibi Heli and Xue Wanche were a little surprised immediately, because they recognized it at a glance. A Winter Games hosted by brothers Li Yin and Li Ke.

When they took it over and took a closer look, they confirmed their previous conjecture even more. At the same time, they also found that the front of the medal was an athlete throwing the javelin, which also meant that this should be the champion medal of the javelin team in the Winter Games. .

"I happened to be in Chang'an that Winter Games, and I watched it from beginning to end. If I remember correctly, the javelin champion that time seemed to be won by a Tibetan warrior." Qibi Heli has a good memory, very I can still remember things from years ago very clearly.

"Yes, I also remember that the other party is a Tubo warrior." At this time Xue Wanche also frowned and said, but then he seemed to think of something again, and said with surprise on his face, "By the way, I remember that Tubo warrior has a strange appearance, no They look like ordinary Tubo people, but they are somewhat similar to people from the Western Regions..."

When Xue Wanche said this, he suddenly turned his head to look at Xi Luo, carefully sized him up a few times, finally slapped his head, pointed at Xi Luo and said with a big smile, "I remembered, His Royal Highness Qi Wang was still talking to that Tubo warrior I was very interested, and specially summoned the other party, but it was only later that the news came out that the other party was a Roman nobleman living in Tubo, so he might be an envoy..."

Xue Wanche didn't finish his sentence, but the meaning in his eyes was very clear.After hearing this, Qibi Heli also looked at Ciro suspiciously, but at the beginning he just watched the game from a distance in the stands, and he didn't pay much attention afterwards, and in his eyes, the appearance of the Romans was actually similar , he also couldn't remember the name of the Tubo warrior, so naturally he couldn't judge.

And Xi Luo also laughed out loud after hearing this, and immediately admitted generously: "The two generals guessed right. I was the Tubo warrior back then. Unfortunately, I was not captured when I fought against the big cannibal. Later, I was exiled to Tubo. , joined the Wang Ting Guard, and later I was lucky enough to come to Datang, and also participated in the first sports meeting held by His Royal Highness King Qi. It can be said that that period of time was the best time when I was living outside, and this one The exquisitely crafted gold medal is also something I treasure, and it can be said that I never leave it. Even in Rome, someone offered a thousand gold coins to buy this gold medal, but I refused.”

When Xi Luo said these words, his eyes were full of excitement, and it could be seen that he missed his experience in Datang very much.In fact, that sports meeting did change Xi Luo's fate. As the second person to win a gold medal in Tubo, he gained the trust of Songtsan Gampo after returning to Tubo, and soon became a middle-level military officer in the Tubo army. , but he always wanted to return to Rome, so he fled to the south of Datang while he was patrolling the border between Tubo and Datang.Capital Datang 608

And then Ciro lived in Datang for another two years, and finally arrived in Guangzhou, and then he went south with a fleet to Tianzhu, finally arrived in Tianzhu, and then found a Persian caravan, and finally arrived in West Asia. , At that time, Persia was at war with Dashi, and he also experienced life and death several times.Perhaps hard work paid off, and Ciro finally returned to Constantinople in Rome six years ago.

And it is worth mentioning that Xi Luo did not lie to Li Yin at the beginning. He was born in the Crispus family in Eastern Rome, and he himself was an officer, so he could be regarded as a member of the upper nobles in Eastern Rome.In addition, he suddenly returned to Rome after many years of captivity, which immediately caused a sensation in Rome. At the same time, he also wrote a book about his experience in Tubo and Tang Dynasty, called "Journey to the East", As a result, countless people rushed to buy it, and it also made Ciro famous in Rome. (to be continued...)