Vol 2 Chapter 2750: The rise of Darius and the fall of the Parthian Empire

Vol 2 Chapter 2750: The rise of Darius and the fall of the Parthian Empire

Chapter 2750 The rise of Darius and the collapse of the Parthian Empire

Chapter 2750 The rise of Darius and the collapse of the Parthian Empire

After Xuanzang’s master and apprentice left, Spartacus was also sent out of the country with gifts.

It can't be done without courtesy. If Tang Seng and his disciples don't kill, the country's own people alone will not be able to deal with Spartacus.

Spartacus took the map left to him by Xuanzang and planned to reverse Xuanzang's westward route and visit the Qin Empire in the far east. However, he did not expect that an accident occurred shortly after arriving in Persia.

 The Persian Empire today is not the same as the Persian Empire in history.

The historical Persian Empire was established in 550 BC by the first emperor Cyrus II, and reached its peak in the hands of the third emperor Darius I, becoming the first empire in world history spanning Asia, Africa and Europe. empire.

  It was passed down to 220 years, that is, in 330 BC, Persia suffered successive defeats in the war with Macedonia, and finally perished during the period of Darius III.

Five hundred years have passed since the Persian Empire in history, and the current founder of the Persian Empire is Darius I, the third most powerful emperor of the Persian Empire.

Darius I was not only a great monarch of Persia, but also one of the famous politicians in world history. He took power during the violent death of Cambyses II and ascended the throne at the age of only 28, but what he inherited was a mess. .

In less than a year after taking the throne, Darius I launched eighteen major battles with a strategy of defeating them one by one, eradicating the leaders of the eight separatist forces, reuniting the huge Persian Empire, and uniting Persia. It developed into a large country spanning three continents: Asia, Africa and Europe.

 After Darius was born, like Alexander and Spartacus, he was also implanted into his own descendants by the system.

But his luck was much better than that of Spartacus. Not only did he not expose his identity, but he got involved in the political circles of Rome, relying on sucking the blood of Rome to strengthen himself and seek opportunities for restoration of the country.

Darius was not the only person who sucked the blood of Rome but wanted to smash the Roman pot. Alexander and Napoleon were also the same.

 Darius was once known as the "Four Heroes of the Empire" together with Alexander, Napoleon, and Caesar, but he was much more low-key and tolerant than Alexander, and he knew what should be in the limelight and what should not be.

Condermaus, Pertinax, and Julianus, these three Roman emperors died one after another. Rome first split rapidly and almost fell apart. Later, the newly succeeded Severus suppressed the conflicts and forcibly maintained it. Surface peace and unity.

At that time, Alexander chose to rebel at the first opportunity, while Darius, who was equally ambitious, chose to side with Severus.

The reason for making such a choice is that Darius knew from the beginning that with Alexander's temperament, he would never be able to watch Severus gradually integrate Rome's major internal strengths through political means, so he would definitely act patiently. He could not help but rebel against Rome one step ahead of him.

Alexander’s purpose of revolting in advance was to intensify the internal conflicts in Rome and allow the Roman provinces that were already dissident to become independent, so as to form a situation in which the heroes were divided.

There are a total of 52 provinces in Rome, and after Alexander, the boss, took the lead and declared independence and established the country, ten provinces also declared independence immediately.

 The Macedonian War of Independence ended with the victory of Alexander and the defeat of Rome, and more than half of the provinces declared independence.

Alexander's goal was also achieved. He succeeded in tearing Rome into pieces with his own strength.

Darius's goal was also achieved. Alexander was the first general in Rome and controlled the largest province in Rome. Once he rebelled, he would definitely attract all of Severus' energy.

With Alexander at the front and fighting Rome, Darius naturally hid behind and took advantage.

Under the banner of being a loyal Roman minister, Darius led an army to attack the three Eastern European provinces that declared independence, and wiped them out and occupied them with lightning speed.

After occupying the three provinces of Eastern Europe, Darius was already full-fledged. He originally wanted to continue to fight for hegemony in Europe and completely occupy the Eastern European region, but Severus no longer trusted him, and the other separatist forces were also on guard against him.

 In addition, the situation in Europe at that time was too chaotic and there were too many strong men. Whether it was Alexander, Caesar, or Napoleon, Darius was not sure of victory.

In order to prevent his hard-earned capital from being wasted, Darius decided to let the major forces in Europe consume each other first, while he led his army to attack the weaker West Asian region, and then counterattacked back to Europe when the forces were strong enough. .

Darius's decision was naturally extremely correct. Although the intensity of the melee among the Western princes was not as intense as that in the East, it was not much different.

 The three provinces of Eastern Europe are barren lands. It is indeed too difficult to dominate Europe with these three provinces.

It happened that the Parthian Empire, the overlord of West Asia at that time, was in civil strife. Vorogasis VI had only succeeded to the throne for four years, and his younger brother Artabanus IV immediately launched an army to fight against him, becoming the master of one side of the empire. Call it life or death.

The four most powerful countries in this era are the Han Dynasty, Rome, Parthia and Kushan. But coincidentally, all four countries have turned from prosperity to decline.

 The Han Dynasty and Rome collapsed due to internal conflicts, while Parthia declined due to the rise of Kushan.

In this civil war between brothers in the Parthian Empire, the younger brother finally gained the upper hand, but the older brother was unwilling to be thrown away from the throne. In his panic, he actually wanted to attract external forces to check and balance his younger brother, and the Roman warlords who divided the three provinces of Eastern Europe Darius was naturally the first choice.

Seeing Vologasis VI stretching his hips like this. As an orthodox emperor of Parthia, he lacked military power, political power, and righteousness. He could not even repay his younger brother. Naturally, Darius felt happy. After all, Vologasis VI If he were really a wise king, then there would be no use for him.

At the cost of Vologasis VI ceding half of the province, Darius agreed to Vologasis VI's employment and led 80,000 elites into Parthia to fight Artabanus IV.

 Just like when Dong Zhuo entered Luoyang, it was easy to invite him over but difficult to send him away.

 Although his younger brother Artabanus IV was stronger than his elder brother, how could he be Darius's opponent? In the duel with Darius, Artabanus IV suffered repeated defeats, and a large number of territories were occupied by Darius.

The elder brother did not expect that Darius was so powerful. His younger brother was unable to resist him, so he became wary and planned to join forces with his younger brother to deal with Darius.

But at this time, Darius's mischief came. He actually accepted the canonization of his defeated brother and openly announced his withdrawal from Rome and joined the Parthian Empire.

This frightened the elder brother, so he could only try to win over Darius to prevent Darius from completely falling to his younger brother.

In this way, Darius changed from a Roman to a Parthian, and the conflict between him and the two brothers also turned into a political struggle within the Parthian Empire.

In the early stage, Darius took the script of Zhu Yuanzhang's "Gathering up grain and slowly becoming king", but in the middle stage, it turned into Liu Bei entering Shu, relying on playing both sides of the brothers, and constantly accumulating political capital, but in the end he went It's Dong Zhuo's way.

 Dong Zhuo's path was not easy, but Darius's political methods were much stronger than Dong Zhuo's, so he really made this path clear.

Darius relied on a coup to kill his elder brother first, but then passed the blame to his younger brother. He killed his younger brother in a fair and just manner, and then first made his brother's son emperor, and then deposed and made his younger brother's son emperor, in order to seek revenge. The military and political power of the Anxi Empire was settled, and the usurpation of the throne was finally completed.

The rest of the West Mountain was already in peace. Where did the resident who suffered from the downs of the great dealers, they quickly split and quickly entered the era of the group of heroes, and finally formed the political pattern of the five major empires, nine kingdoms, and thirteen small countries.

If Parthia had not also had an "Uncle Liu Huang" who led the remaining forces loyal to Parthia and maintained its territory in West Asia, the Parthia Empire would have been completely destroyed.

 The resting ‘Uncle Liu’, the founding emperor Arshak, was naturally extremely capable and skillful.

Faced with such a rotten and complicated situation, even the founding emperor was unable to make a comeback. He could only lead the remaining forces to retreat to West Asia, lingering, waiting for the opportunity, with the intention of making a comeback.

After Darius became emperor, he led his army to expand eastward and invade West Asia, establishing the Persian Empire spanning the three major regions of Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and West Asia with a total population of 15 million. The well-deserved dominant force in the country.

On the contrary, Alexander, who was the first to oppose Rome, expanded his territory greatly after the Macedonian War of Independence, but soon became weak and fell into the quagmire of the European war. He has not further expanded his sphere of influence for a long time.

Of course, although Alexander was overtaken by Darius who came from behind, the establishment process of Macedonia was very stable and there were no major hidden dangers.

Unlike Darius, although the territory was large and the population was large, there were great internal dangers due to the coup to seize power and seize the throne, and to gain the country unfairly.

However, Darius was smart in his political skills. If he was given enough time, he could naturally eliminate these hidden dangers. However, his strength and domineering also aroused the fear of other forces.

The other four great empires in West Asia, Kushan, Timurid, Samanid, and Seljuk, although they also had many conflicts with each other, they had already reached a consensus on suppressing Persia.

Although Persia's strength is strong, after all, the country is still young and has insufficient foundation. In addition, there are many internal hidden dangers. Naturally, it cannot be an opponent of the four major empires. If it is not careful, it may face the danger of national subjugation.

In order to divide the four empires, Darius chose to actively cede territory to make friends with Timur and Saman and isolate Kushan, which ranked second in strength.

 Amidst the uneven distribution of interests, conflicts arose between the four countries, which allowed Darius to stabilize the situation and gain a valuable breathing opportunity.

Darius now needs time to sort out the internal affairs to digest the huge territory he has swallowed. Naturally, he least wants to start a war with Kushan and other forces.

Kushan wanted to go to war with Persia, but did not dare to go to war with Persia alone, but it was worried about wooing the other three powers. After all, except for Seljuk, Timur and Samman were too close to Persia. If they really united, they would worry about it. If you are cheated, you may not be able to win if you don't unite.

In this way, under the mutual checks and balances between the five major countries in West Asia, they have entered into a strange peace.

Originally, all this had nothing to do with Spartacus. After all, he was just a passing traveler. He was neither prepared nor able to participate in the affairs between the five major countries. He didn't want to cause trouble, but trouble came to him.

In the slave market of Persia, Spartacus accidentally met the old members of the Unification Rebellion, and learned that after the uprising was suppressed by Caesar, many people were sold as slaves to Persia, including his second wife Mira. .

Spartacus naturally could not leave the old troops alone, and after desperately rescuing the old troops, he learned that Mira had been sold to a Kushan merchant.

After his mother, wife and daughter were insulted to death, the reason why Spartacus was not driven crazy was largely because of Mi Li's comfort. After escaping and taking revenge, the two naturally became husband and wife, but they were happy. The days are so short.

After the rebel army was suppressed by Caesar and Hercules, Spartacus thought that Mira had died in the rebellion, but he did not expect that Mira was lucky enough to escape, but unfortunately she died again. into the hands of slave traders.

Mira is the last relative of Spartacus in this world, so naturally she must be saved.

Spartacus intercepted and killed more than a dozen groups of Kushan slave traders and rescued nearly a thousand slaves. However, not only did he not find Mira, but he also alarmed the top brass of the Persian Empire.

 After all, in addition to the thousands of Kushan slaves who escaped, many Kushan merchants died in Persia, and some of them were Kushan nobles.

If this matter is not handled properly, it may aggravate the conflict between the two countries and trigger a war among the five Central Asian countries.

Now that the whole country in Persia does not want to fight, the only option is to capture the escaped slaves and hand over the troublemakers to the Kushan Empire to calm the diplomatic turmoil.

The branch plot about the West and Journey to the West is over, and then we return to the main plot of the war.

　　(End of this chapter)