Controlling mountains and rivers since the Warring States Period

Chapter 155 Darius Arrives in New Summer

After dealing with the traitors, Darius put on his kingly attitude and promised the people of Xinxia, "If you escort me to the eastern provinces and help me gather troops, I will let you enjoy all the glory and wealth of Persia!"

Sui Si waved his hand and told him his group's experience with regret.

Now the nobles of the eastern provinces,
I am ready to change my monarch and serve him with allegiance!

Governor Baisu wanted to kill him and usurp the throne. Now if Darius ran there alone, there would definitely be more Baisu running over to "protect the king", and then as they worked hard, they would become the new king.

Darius did not believe it at first.
But when he disguised his identity and followed the delegation to meet several nobles, indeed none of them showed any nostalgia for their king.

When they reached the central part of the eastern province, a noble declared that "Darius III and Governor Bessu were both dead", then proclaimed himself king and confronted Alexander who had gathered his army and rushed over.

The beacon fire was lit behind them,

The delegations were also forced to speed up their return journey.

Only Darius was heartbroken by this world full of betrayers. He stopped struggling and became decadent. He sat in the carriage crying and reminiscing about his past glory.

Look at him like this,

Qin Jin suggested: Let’s just release this barbarian king!

Although bringing one more person would not be a heavy burden for the delegation, the out-of-print figures are indeed precious and pleasing.

But you can't go against your own wishes.
No?
Sui Si and others thought what he said made sense.

So they found Darius and asked him through an interpreter, "We are about to leave the border of Persia. Do you want to stay here or continue to return to Xinxia with us?"

Darius was stunned, then silent for a long time, standing on the carriage and looking at the territory that once belonged to him.

He burst into tears again and couldn't help but touch the scar on his chest.

Everyone in the delegation felt that under such circumstances, he would definitely choose to stay.

But Darius said, "I will go with you!"

"I want to meet your monarch, borrow troops from him, and then restore my country!"

Fire burned in his eyes, and he firmly believed that after fate freed him from the entanglement of death, it would definitely open up a new path!
Now that the original road has come to an end,
No matter how bad the new road is,
It won’t be that bad!

Sui Si and the others looked at each other, then looked at the last king of Persia with a lion in his eyes, and felt that his idea might not be realized.

But since the other party wants to follow me back,

Then it would be fine to take it back and report back as a "Persian specialty"!
……

When the delegation crossed Yangguan Pass and returned to Xinxia, Darius, who could already speak a few words of the Xia dialect, suddenly said haltingly:
"this place!"

"My country once ruled!"

Because of that mountain pass,

and the Xingshan Mountains, which run east-west.

It was easy for the Persians to follow the mountain road to Sindhu and reach the banks of the Sindhu River.

It was only during the reign of Darius that Persia had lost this land for some time.

"Don't talk nonsense!"

Zhao Ning pointed out, "Your behavior of carving out a province and then not caring about anything else, do you think it's ruling?"

Although under the feudal system of the Xia Dynasty,

The Zhou emperor would not interfere in the internal affairs of the princes.

But that doesn’t mean we don’t care about anything!

In addition to the relationship established by the feudal system,

There are also clan system, ritual and music that together build up the identity of the various Xia people——

I am a gentleman,

How can we be the same as barbarians?

therefore,

Although so many years have passed and the princes have become a mess, fundamentally, the foundation of "one world" still exists.

As for those who are not my kind,
The power of the Chinese to educate the world,
There is no such thing as Persia.
As the territory shrinks,

The marks disappeared immediately.

The noble officials in the eastern provinces had difficulty speaking Persian, so they did not hesitate to betray the Persian monarch.

Darius heard this.

Closed his mouth.

He had lost even the capital of his country. What was the point of looking back at the territories that Persia had acquired at its peak?
He still remembered his goal.
So we cannot anger these Xinxia people.

……

"You brought this back?"

When someone reported that several young masters had returned, Lord Xia happily met the younger generations.

The three boys knelt side by side in front of the king and reported their experiences to him.

then,

Xia Jun was shocked when they said, "We went on a diplomatic mission to Persia and brought the Persian king back. He really wanted to go home with us!"
Fortunately, the King of Xia was also well-versed in history books and knew that over the past hundreds of years, it was not uncommon for princes and kings who failed in the fight for the throne to flee to other countries.

So although he was surprised that there was such a coincidence in the world, he finally accepted it.

After all, everyone is here.

You can't just throw him back.

What Xia Jun was more concerned about was the movement in the west.

"If the Horse Kingdom continues to advance and intends to swallow up all of Persia's heritage, it will inevitably come into conflict with Xinxia."

Xia Jun had someone bring up a sand table, arranged stones into the shape of rolling hills, and then used wooden sticks to mark out a path.

Persia,

Half grazing and half farming,
In addition, the land was not as fertile as that of other states. Therefore, in order to feed more people and meet the entertainment needs of the monarch and nobles, they attached importance to commerce, traveled more abroad, and occupied a lot of land.

However, by the time Darius, the last monarch, came to power, the eastern province had shrunk to the western end of the Xingshan Mountains, and it was only able to obey orders and not decrees, and its rebellious nature was obvious.

But just talking about the geographical situation,
There is no big problem in advancing all the way from the west to Xinxia.

And according to the information relayed by the delegation, the monarch of Malaysia is a young and ambitious man who will not be easily satisfied.

Xia Jun then thought:
Fortunately, the Yangguanshan Road was built long ago.
Our ancestors’ concept of “worry” is indeed full of wisdom.

He said to his son Suisi, "Xinxia must be on guard against this ambitious monarch!"

then,

He met with Darius, the fugitive king, asked him about the specific situation of the Persian state, and summoned his ministers to listen to his analysis.

After all, the delegation only infiltrated the country for a few months. How could their understanding of the country compare to that of King Darius?
The interpreter still followed Darius -

After meeting his king, the translator followed him all the way to Xinxia, saying that he would be loyal to his monarch.

"Although I don't have any talent, the king doesn't know your language, so I can still do it by helping him communicate!"

……

Xia Jun sat in the first seat and said to Darius, "My distinguished guest from afar, I have heard about you."

"And our tribe's custom is to pay attention to past events and learn from them how to deal with relevant problems."

"New Xia is a country that has been established for less than fifty years. I dare not call it prosperous, but as a monarch, I have always been worried about its future decline."

"So I want to ask you for your advice on the rise and fall of a country."

Darius was very sad:
I never thought that the destruction of my own country would be used as a resource for the advancement and growth of another country.

But now,

We also need to rely on the power of Xinxia.
So he had no choice but to cooperate.

Darius then began to talk about the history of Persia and relayed it to the foreign rulers and ministers through an interpreter.

(End of this chapter)