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    "Respected General Qibi Heli, General Xue, and Envoy Ciro send you greetings on behalf of the great Roman Emperor!" An Eastern Roman with brown hair and a high nose walked into the tent of the military camp and spoke with a standard  In Chinese, he bowed to Qibi Heli on the main seat and Xue Wanche next to him.

    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 Eastern Roman Empire's envoy came to the Tang Army camp in Nihavand and asked for Qibi Heli.  During the interview, they also held in their hands an autographed letter from the Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II. After identification by Belus and his son, it was confirmed that the other party was indeed an envoy sent by the Eastern Roman Empire.

    After confirming the identity of the other party, Qibi Heli and Xue Wanche, who had long understood the situation in West Asia and Southern Europe, immediately understood the intention of the Eastern Romans. At the same time, they finally understood why the cannibals were so eager to negotiate peace before.  s reason.

    In fact, this matter is very simple. After Dashi defeated the Persians, it continued to fight against Eastern Rome, which was also an ancient civilization. It also occupied all the southern and eastern provinces of Eastern Rome. It can be said that the Eastern Roman Empire  They have the same problem 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 structure is still intact. At the same time, they also have a relatively powerful navy in the Mediterranean.

    Now that we know the above, the purpose of this group of Eastern Roman Empire envoys is self-evident. They must have come to ask for an alliance and then jointly fight against Dashi.  Regarding this point, Qibi Heli and Xue Wanche had discussed this with Belus and his son last night and thought this was a good opportunity. After all, Dashi was now the strongest. Eastern Rome only had the strength to defend itself, but Persia needed the army of the Tang Dynasty.  Support, so we are not strong, so it will be beneficial to everyone to join forces now.

    It is precisely with these considerations in mind.  So today Qibi Heli received the Eastern Roman envoy in the big tent, and Belus and his son were also sitting next to him.  Speaking of which, Yazdgeld III and Belus are very contented now, and they also understand their identities very well. When facing Qibi Heli and others, they also assume a vassal attitude. This  The Tang Dynasty was also very satisfied with their father and son, and their aid to Persia was going very smoothly. For example, they were now expanding a local city and naming it Guangming City before retaking the capital Ctesiphon.  The City of Light will temporarily become the capital of Persia.

    After the Eastern Roman envoy who called himself Ciro met with Qibi Heli and others, the two parties sat down separately, but what surprised Qibi Heli and others.  Not only could the Xiluo envoy speak Chinese, but he also seemed to be very familiar with the etiquette of the Tang people. From the moment he entered the door to the moment he sat down, he was completely polite and without any rudeness.  Of course, it doesn't matter if the other party is a small country surrounding the Tang Dynasty.  But Ciro was a Roman from far west, which is surprising.

    However, no matter how surprised Qibi Heli was, it was not easy to ask questions in such a formal occasion, and the other party had no intention of explaining. He immediately mentioned their emperor's wish to form an alliance with the Tang Dynasty and Persia, and also analyzed it.  Let¡¯s talk about the benefits of the Three Kingdoms Alliance.  And extremely exaggerated the threat of the Great Eclipse to world peace.

    Although both Qibi Heli and Yazdgeld III knew that the other party's words were exaggerated, the alliance was only beneficial to them, so they did not object.  An alliance letter was drafted on the spot, written in Chinese, Persian and Greek, and then signed by the three of them.  Although the Eastern Roman Empire has always regarded itself as pure Romans, in fact, the country has been Hellenized, and even the language is Greek.

    Qibi Heli was the general of the Tang army.  And before leaving, Li Shimin granted him the power to make decisions before the battle.  In addition, Yazdgeld III is the current monarch of Persia.  Although Persia is a little miserable now, as long as he does not die, he has the right to represent Persia. As for Ciro, he was originally responsible for forming an alliance, so he was naturally granted the power of full agency. Therefore, the three of them signed the  From that moment on, the alliance treaty became legally binding.

    In fact, what the ancients called a covenant was very simple. It was not like several countries in later generations who wanted to sign a contract. They had to negotiate and negotiate again and again, and it would take months before they would be embarrassed to start writing.  For example, the covenant signed by Qibi Heli and the others simply stated that the three countries had formally formed an alliance, and then stipulated that when any 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 stipulating an obligation and a right, and there are no other conditions.  But next, Ciro expressed the hope of direct trade with the Tang Dynasty. After all, the territory to the west of the Tang Dynasty has reached the east coast of the Caspian Sea. After the Caspian Sea, not far to the west, it is between Eastern Rome and Dashi.  In Armenia, Eastern Rome also had considerable influence there, so this was a relatively safe trade route, which also gave the Tang Dynasty and Eastern Rome a basis for direct trade.

      Regarding Xi Luo¡¯s request for trade, Qibi Heli, as a military general, naturally could not give him any reply. Xi Luo also knew this, so he took the opportunity to propose that he could go to Chang¡¯an to meet with His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.  At that time, they could ask His Majesty the Emperor for permission, and Qibi Heli also agreed to this, and also gave them a pass as a spy.

    After the business talk was over, Qibi Heli set up a banquet in honor of Shi Luo and a group of envoys.  While everyone was eating and drinking at the banquet, some questions that could not be asked before could now be asked. For example, Qibi Heli and Xue Wanche were very curious. Not only did the Siro envoy speak Chinese well, but he was also very knowledgeable about the Tang Dynasty.  The familiarity naturally aroused their curiosity.

    Silla did not hide the curiosity of Qibi Heli and others. He reached out and pulled out a red ribbon from the clothes under his neck. The ribbon had changed color. It seemed that it was worn around his neck frequently.  And underneath the red ribbon is a gold medal.

    Silla took the medal off his neck, then put his hands in front of Qi Bi Heli and said with a smile: "General, please look, you should recognize this medal!"

    As soon as Xiluo took out the medal from his neck, Qi Bi Heli and Xue Wanche were immediately surprised, because they recognized it at a glance. It was a medal from the Tang Games, and looking at this style, it should be the first medal in the Tang Dynasty Games.  A Winter Games hosted by brothers Li Min and Li Ke.

    When they took it and took a closer look, they were more certain of their previous guesses. At the same time, they also discovered that the front of the medal showed an athlete throwing a javelin, which meant that this should be the championship medal for the javelin throw category at that Winter Games.  .

    "I happened to be in Chang'an during that Winter Games and watched it from beginning to end. If I remember correctly, the javelin championship that time seemed to have been won by a Tibetan warrior." Qibi Heli has a very good memory.  I 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, "By the way, I remember that the Tubo warrior has a strange appearance, no  Like ordinary Tubo people, they are somewhat similar to people from the Western Regions"

    When Xue Wanche said this, he suddenly turned to look at Silla, looked at him carefully for a few times, and finally patted his head, pointed at Silla and laughed: "I remember, at that time His Highness King Qi also said something to that Tubo warrior  I was very interested, and even summoned the other party, but the news came out later that the other party was a Roman nobleman who had lived in Tubo. Could it be that your envoy"

    Xue Wanche didn¡¯t finish his words, but the meaning in his eyes was already very clear.  After hearing this, Qibi Heli also looked at Ciro up and down with some suspicion, but at first he just watched the game from a distance in the stands, and didn't pay much attention afterwards. In addition, in his eyes, the appearance of the Romans was almost the same.  , and he couldn't remember the name of the Tibetan warrior, so he couldn't judge.

    After hearing this, Xi Luo also burst out laughing, and he admitted generously: "The two generals guessed it right. I was the Tubo warrior back then. Unfortunately, I was not captured when I fought against the cannibal. Later, I ended up in Tubo."  , entered the Royal Guards, and later had the honor to come to the Tang Dynasty, and also participated in the first sports meeting held by His Highness King Qi. It can be said that that period was the best time when I was living abroad, and this piece  The beautifully made gold medal is also something I cherish, and I can say that I never leave it. Even when I was in Rome, someone offered me a thousand gold coins to buy this gold medal, but I refused."

    When Silla said these words, his eyes were full of excitement. It could be seen that he missed his experience in Datang very much.  In fact, that sports meeting did change Shiloh's destiny. As the second person from Tubo to win a gold medal, he gained the trust of Songtsen Gampo after returning to Tubo and soon became a mid-level military attache in the Tubo army.  , but he always wanted to return to Rome, so he later took advantage of an opportunity to patrol the border between Tubo and Datang and fled to the south of Datang.

    Then Ciro lived in the Tang Dynasty for another two years and finally arrived in Guangzhou. Then he followed a fleet going south to Tianzhu. He finally reached Tianzhu and then found the Persian caravan. After several twists and turns, he arrived in West Asia.  At that time, Persia and Dashi were at war, and he also experienced life and death several times.  Perhaps his hard work paid off, and Ciro finally returned to Constantinople in Rome six years ago.

    And it is worth mentioning that Ciro did not lie to Li Min at the beginning. He was born in the Crispus family of Eastern Rome, and he was an officer himself, so he was considered a member of the upper-class aristocracy of Eastern Rome.  In addition, he suddenly returned to Rome after being captured for many years, which immediately caused a sensation in the whole of Rome. At the same time, he also wrote his experiences in Tubo and Tang Dynasty into a book called "Journey to the East",  As a result, countless people rushed to buy it, and it also made Ciro famous in Rome.
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