Reborn Tang Emperor Li Chengqian

Chapter 467 Belus' Hope of Restoration
In the early morning, the door-opening drum sounded, and the Sixth Street Envoy who was patrolling the streets led the soldiers to stop patrolling the streets, and the city gatekeeper opened the closed city gate.

A lot of people who are going to enter the city have already gathered outside the city, including ordinary people, merchants from all over the country, and Hu merchants from distant areas.

The moment the city gate opened, there was an uproar immediately, and everyone rushed to enter the city.

"Everyone line up, don't be crowded, don't be chaotic." The gatekeepers yelled, maintaining order, and those who entered the city, no matter who they were, must enter the city in order.

In the distance, a group of Hu people's cavalry came here. They were King Fujaxiong of Khotan and King Belus of Persia who had traveled thousands of miles to Chang'an to meet the emperor.

After entering Cheng, they first went to the post station to settle down, and then went to the Dianke Office to submit official documents, waiting for the summoning of Emperor Li Chengqian.

Li Chengqian first summoned King Fujaxiong of Khotan, and King Fujaxiong of Khotan paid Li Chengqian their local specialties of Khotan, and expressed the goodwill of the Khotan Kingdom to Li Chengqian.

He also expressed that Khotan was willing to become a vassal of the Tang Dynasty forever, always supported the Tang Dynasty as the suzerain of the Khotan Kingdom, and was willing to obey the orders of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

King Khotan was so upright, Li Chengqian naturally would not neglect him, so he rewarded him with a lot of property and so on.

Two days later, Li Chengqian summoned the Persian king, the Persian governor of the Tang Dynasty, Belus in the Zichen Palace.

These few days have been a torment for Belus, and he has always hoped to restore the glory of the Persian Sasanian Dynasty.

But after fighting Dashi for so many years, he realized how difficult it is to restore the country.

Especially wanting to take back everything from the Sasanian Dynasty from such a powerful empire as the Dashi, it is simply whimsical.

At the beginning, I thought that borrowing some soldiers and horses from Datang, as well as some funding from Datang, would be able to drive Dashi out of Persia's territory.

It wasn't until the end that he realized that this was just his wishful thinking, and Dashi was not as easy to deal with as he imagined.

Without the intervention of a powerful dynasty like Datang and sending troops to help him restore the country, there would be no hope at all.

Now Belus no longer expects to be able to completely drive the cannibal out of Persia and regain all Persia's territory.

Now, as long as he can regain half, or even only a quarter, he will be satisfied, and he dare not have too many extravagant hopes in this life.

"Everyone! Persian King Belus brought it!" said the eunuch.

"The governor of Persia, Persian King Belus pays his respects to His Majesty the Emperor." Belus crossed his hands and bowed to Li Chengqian.

"Exemption! A seat!" Li Chengqian said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Belus said thankfully.

"Bilus, I have heard about your situation, and I also understand the power of Dashi. The road to the west is far away. You have traveled thousands of miles to Chang'an, so you can stay in Chang'an!" Li Chengqian said after waiting for Belus to sit down. .

"Your Majesty! The minister is incompetent and failed to defend the Persian Governor's Mansion for the Great Tang, so that the Persian Governor's Mansion fell into the hands of the big cannibal. Please punish me." Belus said hastily.

He didn't talk about the restoration of the country. The first thing he mentioned was the loss of the Persian Dudu's Mansion.

He, Belus, is the Persian governor of the Tang Dynasty first, and the second is the Persian king proclaimed by the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. If he didn't say a word about the capture of the Persian governor's mansion by Dashi, he would instead talk about the restoration of the country.

It will only annoy the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. In that case, the Tang Dynasty will not help him restore the country. The priority must be clear, so as to achieve the effect he wants.

"I don't blame you for this matter. The power of Dashi is beyond my imagination. It is not easy for you to persist in Persia for several years."

"The Persian Governor's Mansion was captured by the big cannibals. It's not your fault. I won't blame you for it. Not only that, but I also want to award you General Youweiwei." Li Chengqian said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty! I have a request, and I hope Your Majesty will grant it!" Belus said hastily.

"What's the matter?" Li Chengqian asked.

"I hope that the Persian Hu Temple can be built in Chang'an as a place for Persians to gather." Belus said.

This is a way out for him. Even if he has no hope of recovering Persia, he can still gather the fugitive Persians for his descendants. Maybe one day he will be able to recover Persia with this power.

"Your request is approved, so let's build your Persian Hu Temple in Liquanfang in Chang'an!" Li Chengqian said.

"I would like to thank His Majesty the Emperor!" Bellesby said, lying down in the tunnel.

"Get up!" Li Chengqian said, Belus got up.

"Your Majesty, I hope that the Great Tang can give me a force of troops, and I will be able to take back the Persian Governor's Mansion from Dashi." Belus said.

Borrowing troops from the Tang Dynasty to restore the country was an important reason why he traveled thousands of miles to Chang'an. Although he did not expect to restore all of Persia's territory, his heart to restore Persia has never been extinguished.

"Don't mention the matter of taking back the Persian Governor's Mansion, it's not the time yet," Li Chengqian said.

After hearing this, Bellus felt ashamed. Could it be that he has no hope in his life?
Li Chengqian went on to say: "I understand what happened to you in my heart, and I, Tang Dynasty, also have the heart to help you restore the Persian Sassanid Dynasty."

"But you also know that now that the Tang Dynasty has just pacified the Liaodong Peninsula and Tubo in the northwest, there are continuous floods and droughts in the Tang Dynasty, and more than [-] prefectures have been affected."

"Right now, Datang really has the heart, but he doesn't have the power to help you recover Persia, but you don't have to worry. After three to five years, after Datang recovers its strength, it will definitely send troops to help you regain Persia." Li Chengqian said.

Belus was filled with hope immediately after hearing this. As long as Datang could intervene in this matter, he believed that Persia would be restored.

He has great confidence in Datang, and he knows that Datang is stronger than Dashi.

In the era of cold weapons, Datang's crossbows and weapons were more advanced than Dashi's.

Under the attack of Datang's strong bow and crossbow, relying on Datang's well-trained and well-formed formation, and the bravery of Datang's soldiers, it is not a problem to defeat Dashi.

The biggest weakness of the Dashi army is its blind reliance on light cavalry assaults. Such tactics are difficult to work against well-trained and well-formed enemies.

At the beginning, when Dashi expanded westward, it was because of this weakness that it was defeated by the Franks who stood firm, and then stopped expanding to the west.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Belus saluted.

Li Chengqian comforted Belus again, and repeatedly assured that he would definitely send troops to the Western Regions, defeat Dashi, and take back Persia.

Only then did Belus leave Zichen Palace contentedly.

Li Chengqian had to think carefully about whether he should really send troops to the Western Regions to fight Dashi.

What are the benefits of Dashi to Datang?
As Dashi continues to expand eastward, sooner or later it will conflict with Datang's interests. Therefore, there must be a battle between Datang and Dashi.

This battle is inevitable, so what Li Chengqian has to consider is how to subdue Dashi so that he dare not have the idea of ​​meddling in Central Asia.

At the same time, Dashi had to spit out the Persian territory that had been eaten in his stomach.

All of these have a premise, that is, they must defeat Dashi and make the opponent submit to Datang.

(End of this chapter)