There were also many eyes and ears of Arshak beside Volojis. When Ardaban said this amazing news, someone had quietly reported it to Arshak. Arshak has always advocated uniting the Han against the Qin Dynasty. Now, the Han army pretended to be a horse thief and invaded. Arshak was very shocked. He hurried to see Volojis, but received a scolding and ordered him to return to Ekbar immediately. Tanner, pack up his troops and prepare to retake the land occupied by the Han army.
Arshak did not dare to neglect, and rushed back to Ekbatana overnight, and began to assemble the army at dawn. He has 100,000 soldiers in his hand, almost half of the Parthian army, and they are all veterans who have been in the army for many years. But Arshak had no idea whether he could defeat the Han army.
At this moment, Remitu suddenly begged to see him and bowed to salute: "His Royal Highness, are you really ready to fight the Han army?"
Arshak sighed and said, "I dare not disobey my father's orders, and the big man also deceives people too much. Even if the horse thieves are not pretending to be them, they send troops into the territory of Parthia without even saying hello. It's rude!"
Remitu spread out a sheepskin map in front of Arshak, pointed to it, and said, "His Royal Highness, please see, the Han army occupied a long and narrow area from the concession to Daqin. If the Dahan wants to annex our Patty Ya, they won't adopt this kind of tactics, they should at least attack Susa first!"
Arshak pondered: "In your opinion, what does the Han want?"
As the former state minister, Remitu's vision is naturally much stronger than that of ordinary people. He is already in his chest, and said with a smile: "His Royal Highness, if I guess it is right, the Han people are planning to use troops against Daqin!"
Arshak suddenly lifted his spirits and asked repeatedly, "Are you sure?"
Remy Tuhaha laughed and said: "I have heard a legend that the Emperor of the Han Dynasty famously said that those who dare to commit a crime will be punishable even if they are far away! Not long ago, Karakala slaughtered Han merchants wantonly, how can the Han people give up? The villain told His Royal Highness, A few days ago, the emperor of Han Dynasty sent an envoy to ask to see his highness. Although the envoy refused to tell the villain his intentions, the villain had already guessed the points. They came to borrow from his highness. They just failed to meet his highness. , They didn’t succeed in borrowing, they came up with this method."
Arshak pondered for a moment, and said: "But they shouldn't slaughter Parthia's subjects. As a Parthia prince, how can I ignore it?"
"Huh!" Remitu sneered and asked back, "I don't know how your Royal Highness would like to intervene? What is your chance of winning a battle against the Han army?"
Arshak was self-aware, and he couldn't help but shook his head with a bitter face, and said, "I'm afraid there is not even one Chengdu."
Remitu deserves to be the think tank that Arshak relies on. He said sharply: "The Han people cleaned the local nobles and rich people, but scattered their belongings to the poor ghosts, and the poor ghosts will naturally turn towards them. We are at this time. If you send troops, should your Highness take back the land and property from the poor ghosts? If you take it back forcibly, I'm afraid the poor ghosts will rebel. If you don't take it back, how would the nobles and rich people in other places treat your Highness. Your Highness, don't forget, Aldaban has always wanted to take His Highness and replace him!"
After regaining the narrow passage occupied by the Han people, and then falling into a long and bitter battle, Arshak can still figure out which is the priority between the king and the throne of Parthia. He couldn't help but frustrated, waved his hand and said: "Pass the order, let All armies went back to camp."
"Hold on!" Remitu stopped the guards who were waiting to go out and said with a smile, "His Royal Highness, can the order be changed at night? Once the army has assembled, then continue to assemble. It does not mean that the Han army suffered the first battle. A fiasco? Then let's just wait and see what happens!"
Knowing that Remitu must have a good plan, Arshak asked quickly: "You tell me, how do you watch the changes?"
Remitu attached to Arshak's ear and whispered: "The Han army is coming from a long distance, and there must be a bitter battle with Da Qin. Only after the Han army penetrates into Da Qin territory, His Royal Highness will send troops to break the way..."
Arshak waved his hand and said, "You still support the recapture of those lands. How to solve the problems just mentioned?"
Remitu shook his head and said, "No, no! Your Highness does not need to retake all the land. As long as the Han army's food passage is cut off, His Highness can take the initiative. Then, use this as a bargaining chip to negotiate with the Han army. ."
"Negotiating?" Arshak asked a little puzzled, "What to talk about?"
Remitu said triumphantly: "Parthia’s mortal enemy is Da Qin, not Da Han, so why bother with the Han Chinese? His Highness only mentions two conditions, one is to let the Han people support his highness in the future, and the other is to return them. Concession!"
Arshak's trust in Remitu almost reached the point of obedience, but this matter was very important, and with Volojis's order, he did not dare to wait silently for the battle report ahead, so he frowned and said again. : "Is it just waiting like this? How do you explain to the father?"
Remitu smiled and said: "You don't have to wait. Your Royal Highness can send an envoy to the concession to ask the Han people why they kill my people indiscriminately, and ask them to give us an explanation. This way, the king can justify it without fighting."
Arshak hesitated: "Will the Han people talk so easily?"
Remitu confidently said: "The Han people's primary goal is Daqin, so naturally they will not entangle us too much. I believe that the Han emperor is a sensible person, and he will definitely come up with a scapegoat. Everyone can justify it. If your Highness can trust the villain, the villain is willing to take on this responsibility and promise to fulfill the mission.
Arshak thought for a while and said, "I need your advice sooner or later, so let's send someone else."
Early the next morning, a team of Parthian envoys appeared in the Han Concession and lodged a solemn representation with the Han Dynasty. The call was to wait for Liu Xin's reply. At this time, Liu Xin had just arrived in the concession from Beitian City. Hearing the request of the Parthian envoy, he couldn't help but laughed and said: "Come here, go and call sister Kleia, I have a gift for me. Give it to them."
The Parthian envoys came to the door, but Liu Xin remembered what gift to send to Sister Kleia, which made Jushou feel a little inexplicable, and quickly said, "Your Majesty, it is not appropriate to anger Parthia too much at this time. is not it… "
Liu Xin laughed and said, "Don't worry, that gift is not only for Sister Kleia, but also an explanation to the envoy of Parthia."
At dusk, Sister Kleia rushed over from Beitian. Liu Xin then commanded: "Play the drums and gather the generals, listen to the orders outside the door!"
Sisters Kleia felt a little strange. Liu Xin hurriedly summoned them, but did not elaborate a word, and gathered the generals outside the gate. Even if there were any gifts for them, there was no need to do so. Be formal. Could it be that Liu Xin is going to take them with him on this westward expedition? The sisters couldn't help but get a little more excited.
At this time, the Parthian envoys sent by Arshak were also waiting outside the gate. After the salute to Liu Xin, several envoys began to rush to ask why they sent someone to pretend to be a horse thief to slaughter Parthia's subjects!
Liu Xin glanced at them and said coldly: "What evidence do you have that the horse thieves were pretended by me?"
A Parthian envoy said loudly: "Those horse thieves rushed into the Great Qin Empire and are being besieged by the Great Qin army, but your Han army rescued them. If it wasn't for the Han army to pretend, why bother to rescue them? What?"
Liu Xin said sternly: "Yes! These horse thieves were rescued by our army. Because they are the people of the big man, the sins they committed are punished by the law of the big man, how can they be killed by outsiders? The army will naturally rescue them, and then punish them according to the law of the Dahan. What's wrong with this?"
The envoy was speechless for a while, and another envoy jumped out again and said sharply: "Even so, your army cannot enter the territory of Parthia without permission. This matter, respected man Your Majesty, what's the explanation?"
Liu Xin laughed and said: "Then you can only blame the incompetence of your Parthian army? If I don't send soldiers to help, can I let these horse thieves harm the people? Hmph, don't forget, if it wasn't for me to send soldiers to help, you would Tia was destroyed by Da Qin a long time ago, so you can make irresponsible remarks here!"
These words were extremely overbearing, and the soldiers outside the gate cheered in unison, and the sound shook the sky, so that the faces of the Parthian envoys were earth-colored, and they did not dare to speak for a long time. However, Arsak gave an explanation when he was leaving, he must ask the Han for an explanation, otherwise he is not allowed to come back! Even worse, their families have been taken hostage by Arshak. Several envoys discussed for a while, then introduced another, and said, "Your Majesty, we all believe that you are right. Those are real horse thieves, and the army of the big man came to help us. But the foreign minister still thought about it. I dare to ask, where are those horse thieves, I don't know how your Majesty wants to deal with them?"
Liu Xin saw that they were not as arrogant as they were at the beginning, and his expression eased. He waved his hand and said, "These horse thieves are good citizens of the big man. They came out to commit evil after being instigated by a treacherous man. I have already reprimanded them. Now, as long as they are willing to sincerely regret their mistakes, they will not be blamed for the past!"
This kind of disposal is equivalent to doing nothing, and several envoys immediately got up. As a result, there is no way for them to go back and explain.
But Liu Xin said again: "Of course, I will not let go of the first evil person."
When the envoys heard this, they quickly asked: "Where are the first evil men mentioned by your Majesty, and how should you deal with them?"
Liu Xin waved his hand and said, "This evildoer is the traitor who instigated them to cause trouble. I have found out what happened and arrested him. Today, I will execute him in front of you. It’s also good for you to go back and have an explanation."