Chapter 52: Only Two of the Four Great Empires Remain Outside the imperial palace, choose a mansion to settle Su Daji. He also ordered people to pay attention to the people to see if they could really find the ancestors of other warriors. Liu Xie then turned his attention back to the battlefield on the front line and stopped thinking about this matter. After all, even if those people really exist at this point in time, they would be difficult to find. Su Daji was brought here by Sun Wukong, otherwise how would he know where to find her? For example, Qilin. In the original plot, if she hadn't run to the Feiliu area and been hit by a stray bullet and not died, she would have been noticed by the official. Under normal circumstances, even the remnants of Denor could not detect out of thin air that she was carrying the Shenhe gene. Now, similarly, Liu Xie’s attempt to find Qilin’s ancestors is like looking for a needle in a haystack. Just ask someone to pay a little attention to it. It’s not cost-effective to spend a lot of manpower and resources to look for it! "The army has almost reached the border of Parthia. I think it won't be long before we can start the formal attack..." Gana introduced the situation on the front line to Liu Xie through the projection screen and said: "As for the navy, they have already reached the Sea of Okhotsk in the north."
"To the south, they have also completely controlled Southeast Asia and the entire Philippine Islands." "The navy that entered the Bay of Bengal has also cooperated with the army's five rear armies to open up traffic between the former Kushan Empire and South India..." Gana's introduction is very detailed. The names of many regions on the current world map were actually entered by Liu Xie according to the names used in later generations. After all, the Philippine Islands at that time did not even have a name. It was not until the Song Dynasty was discovered that it was called "Luzon". In this era, there were no named areas, so for the convenience of calling them, Liu Xie could only copy the familiar names from his memory. "Send a message to the navy that has already arrived in the Philippine Islands, telling them to stop moving south after they have captured Malaysia and Indonesia." After understanding the situation, Liu Xie asked Gana to help him convey the first order through the satellite system. Because, if the navy continued to move south, they would reach the Australia region in later generations. Although Australia has a vast land area, it is just a showpiece. Except for some coastal areas, the inland is completely uninhabitable as most of the climate is tropical desert. There are already so many areas that can be developed, and there is no need for the Han Dynasty to rush to open up new areas. "Let them stop in the north as well. If they go further north, they can land in Siberia." Liu Xie continued. He doesn't want to touch those areas that were occupied by the Russians in later generations. In addition to being extremely cold, these areas are still in a very wild state, so there is no need to rush to take them over. Only areas that have developed humanistic culture and abundant resources were included in the Han Dynasty's first development plan. After the Han Dynasty has digested Europe and Asia, Liu Xie will consider gradually taking over the remaining regions of Africa and the Americas. In other words, the army only needs to attack the Roman Empire.
The reason for America is that you also need to open up the land yourself, which is more troublesome. Africa, then everyone knows... Although there are a lot of them there, to put it nicely they are labor, to put it bluntly they are farm tools. However, Liu Xie did not dare to be careless in dealing with them and could only leave them alone for the time being. Get rid of random thoughts. Liu Xie then issued his own orders: "Also tell Sun Ce to land in the Arabian Sea, cooperate with the army that conquered Parthia to establish a new supply line, and then go to conquer the Middle East..." The Middle East is rich in oil, so Liu Xie naturally could not let it go. With the subsequent development of internal combustion engines, the Middle East will also become the Han Dynasty's oil depot. After all, since there is already such a good place to extract oil, there is no need to drill in other more difficult places. These orders were quickly sent to the generals on the front line via satellite communications. …… Until the 33rd year of Jian'an, which was 230 AD. Just then news of another great victory came back from the front. The Parthian Empire was also conquered by the Han Dynasty. The Parthian War was much faster than the Kushan War. It only took half a year for the army to nominally take over the entire Parthia territory. But to be more precise, it should be called conquering the Sassanid Empire. The Parthian Empire was already destroyed before the Han Dynasty conquered the Kushan Empire. Compared with the Han Dynasty in history, they were a pair of brothers in distress, and both of them were basically destroyed during this period. The ruler of Persis, "Ardashir I", was the head of a vassal force under the rule of the Parthian Empire. Because he was dissatisfied with the rule of the Parthian Empire, he defeated the Parthian monarch "Artabanus IV" in 224 and established the "Sassanid" dynasty. Internal strife and a long war with Rome weakened the Parthian Empire, which was soon replaced by the Sassanid Empire. But what the newly established "Sassanid" Kingdom did not expect was that they would be faced with the Han Dynasty's iron army just a few years after their founding. In fact, as early as last year when the entire Kushan territory fell, they already knew that the Han Dynasty was advancing westward. However, they have not encountered it yet, so they still have fantasies. But after they actually encountered it, they no longer had any illusions, and even collapsed at the first touch. After all, the former Parthia had already been weakened by Rome, and when they overthrew the Parthia, they weakened the country again. The country's national strength had not yet recovered, and seeing the Han Dynasty's god-like weapons and equipment, they had even less desire to fight. It was also because of this that the Han army was able to enter the territory of Parthia, which is now the territory of the Sassanid Empire, and conquered it all in a short time.
The Sassanid king, Ardashir I, surrendered. He and the entire royal family, like the former Kushan royal family, were collectively sent to the Han Dynasty. At this point, Han flags were also planted all over the land of the former Parthian Empire. Of the four great empires of this era, only two remain. However, the unexpected and rapid capture of the original Parthian region caused the Han Dynasty's entire plan to temporarily fail to keep up with the changes. So, after discussion with Zhuge Liang and other civil officials, Lu Bu also accepted their suggestions. It was decided to temporarily stop the westward advance towards Rome. While resting, they can also send troops south to continue opening up a new supply line according to the original plan. Otherwise, whether it is through the Silk Road that went westward at the beginning, or through the new route from South India to Kushan that was opened not long ago, transporting supplies is too far! (End of this chapter)