To Four Thousand Years Later

Not long after Charles left Rome, the news that he was going to Rome to inherit the throne finally reached Qili's ears.

"King Solomon only brought Frankish soldiers, is he going to attack me?

Throw away the information in your hand. Morrie sneered: "And he hasn't won the Gothic throne yet. He looks very confident. With a look of worry in his eyes, he said calmly, "However, you don't have to panic too much. Although King Solomon declared that he would come to attack us, in fact we will not be under too much pressure. "

"This is not an excuse for me to comfort you. As long as you think about it carefully, you will know that King Solomon cannot bring too many troops." He was about to hold it in his hand; There is no support from the local people.

"Then where do they get their food? Where are their houses placed? Is it taken from the local people who were originally hostile to him, and their houses were taken for rest? Or is it all carried by themselves, and the whole army sleeps in the wild? How could the cities along the way provide enough food and drink for tens of thousands of people?” Mori said calmly, “Unless King Solomon returns to Adeen to supply supplies before setting off after going to Rome—since he directly Crossing Gothic to find us actually exposed that he couldn't bring too many soldiers."

"High priest," the general asked tentatively, "if he doesn't bring many soldiers, should we ambush him on the road and direct him directly?" Not an enemy of Solomon. The ones who are hostile to us should be the Goths whose leader was taken away.

"If King Solomon wants to defeat us and please the Goths, then this undoubtedly shows his innocence and stupidity—since he has not yet become the king of the Goths, it always shows that the Goths today are just like him. Hostile relationship. Weak, the Gothic nobles will definitely betray him immediately, and kill these troops in the country when he returns.

Mori's words are logical and convincing: "The reason why he came to attack us should be that the traitors to the east of us gave King Solomon a gift. At most, we temporarily occupied part of the Gothic territory As long as we didn't massacre civilians, both the people and the city are fine. As long as he sees this scene with his own eyes, he will know my sincerity."

"There are only two steps we have to do. The first is to show our strength, let him know that we are not Sasanian rebels, but should be orthodox; the second is to express friendship, and even form an alliance with the Frankish king. Gon doesn't matter either... as long as he helps us take Persia back. Not even doing anything but keeping them neutral.

So what do we have to worry about?

High Priest Mori said confidently: "King Solomon is a smart man, which is great. After all, a smart man is easier to communicate with than a random one, because he is more sensible, knows gains and losses, and is therefore more predictable in his actions.

"Go ahead and let everyone rest for two days. According to the footsteps of the Frankish army, they should have already completed half of the journey, and they will arrive in a few days."

"The feeble Farks must be shown. We are the elite of Persia," said Ichimari, the brave warrior of Ahura.

"Yes, I got it! High Priest!"

The general suddenly realized, he responded briskly and left confidently.

After a long time, Morrie sighed slightly. A worried look appeared on his face.

Something is wrong. No matter how you think about it, you are right. "King Solomon will not fight them to the death" these two points.

This should be a standard "ceremonial war". The term was invented by his father, the current Sassaeng Sage King Kawad VI.

Before him, most of the wars between Persia and Goths were battles for cities. No one thought that they could completely defeat each other—in fact, it was impossible to do so. Fortunately, Kawad VI and Benito I were both smart people.

Both of them realized that the Gothic-Persian war was actually an unnecessary war. Neither side can do anything to the other, but the residents and the army in the border area are always against each other and King Stone's throne was stabilized only by defeating Persia. For Persia, however, the military class was a base and unstable element. If they are allowed to grow stronger in the country, it will easily cause the division of the priesthood.

So the Gothic king and the Sasanian king reached a secret agreement, which is the so-called "ceremonial war". The two parties agreed in advance. How will the outcome of this war be, and who should cede what benefits. And win it back next time. Keep both sides winning and losing each other, use the opponent's hand to murder disobedient or unstable generals, and artificially shape heroes through continuous victories.

For a moment, it looked like it was no different from before. The only difference is that the intensity of the war is reduced. Fewer soldiers were killed and captured on both sides.

This is also the reason why Gothic has a northern army and a southern army, but when there is a strong enemy in the east, it still organizes the army guarding the eastern border into the northern army. Because although Persia is aggressive. But they won't launch a real raid. Mari has been on the battlefield. Also received many military merits. His one and only miss. It was a missed opportunity more than ten years ago because of pride and self-confidence. The black deer that King Stone named for him to kill did not make up the knife. He believed that the purpose of the war should be to seize it. War should be an effort to make the needy abundant, the poor rich, and the weak strong, and it should be an effort to win all that is right under Ahura's guidance. It should not be an extension of this kind of politics above the court. Because of this, Li became very happy when King Shi was killed. Because this dirty war is finally over.

The Goths absolutely did not expect that when the Persians were vain and obedient to them, they had slowly trained an elite army through scattered deployment of victorious troops, economic development and technological development. Just waiting for an opportunity, ready to take Goth in one fell swoop.

As a result, before they could do anything, King Stone died. The real elite force of the Goths is actually the Southern Army who monitors the most unstable Eastern Egypt...not the Eastern Army deliberately promoted by King Stone.

Morrie could see it. King Shi deliberately promoted the Eastern Frontier Army, which was not very powerful. It is also a means for King Stone to suppress the South.

Right now is the best opportunity. King Shi is dead, no one will know that they are fake beating. If they defeated the Eastern Border Army in one go, it is very likely that the Goths would surrender directly. That's why Mori asked Kavad VI to take Gothic and Frank.

As a result, he was immediately betrayed as soon as he sent troops.

This is definitely an elaborate conspiracy. Otherwise, rely on those sticky old men. It is impossible for them to act so quickly and decisively. But by this time, it is useless to say these things. Without the support from the rear, he could only park his army in Constantinople, keeping a distance from the east and the west, and guarding against sudden attacks from either side... Those high priests obviously knew about this! This is their best chance to swallow Goth, and there may not be such a chance in hundreds of years!

But those stupid high priests took advantage of this time to attack him. They would rather hold the leader who has not expanded for more than a hundred years. Grabbing the only one holy crown, and unwilling to double the territory of Persia. Make yourself king!