Chapter 1380 Seleucid Army

"What is this?" In a hidden forest outside the pass, two groups of people met quietly. One group was dressed as a merchant, and the other group was dressed as a Xiongnu.

The man dressed as a Xiongnu was talking. He looked at the thing in his hand and was very puzzled.

"This is a book."

"Of course I know it's a book, but we are here to rob you. Why are you giving me a book?" The Xiongnu man asked in confusion.

"This is the general's order. Are there a group of strange soldiers under the Xiongnu account?" the merchant asked.

"This is what I was about to tell you. It's true. They came from the desert and were taken in by Touman, so they are working for Touman. They are very powerful. Go back and tell the general to be careful of losses." It turned out that this Xiongnu was also a Qin person, but he was undercover in the Xiongnu.

"It's already a loss, so now the general wants to get rid of them, and this book is the key. You will understand what is recorded in this book when you go back." The merchant said, and then began to take off his clothes.

Since it is a robbery, it is natural to be more thorough. Basically, every time they meet, they have to give all the goods, property and clothes to the man who is undercover in the Xiongnu.

The man nodded. He naturally knew how to deal with it. He would find a Qin slave to read these books when he returned. In fact, he knew Xiaozhuan, but as an undercover, he was set up so that the Xiongnu could speak poor Qin language but not Xiaozhuan.

After the meeting, the Xiongnu turned around and went to the grassland with the things, and soon disappeared at the ground line. The group of merchants who withered in the cold wind also received support from the army. Even the Qin army did not know that they were actually meeting. Seeing the appearance of the merchants, they immediately cursed the Xiongnu.

The name of this Xiongnu spy was "Heitan", a small leader of the Xiongnu tribe. Once again, the leader Touman returned with a full load. Naturally, he liked Heitan very much and gave him part of the wealth. The rest was his own.

And Heitan did not say much, but returned to his camp to find the scholar captured by Qin and asked him to read to him.

Su Qing was this unlucky guy. He was originally a county official in a border town. Unfortunately, he was captured a few years ago and became a slave until now. Su Qing changed hands several times before falling into Heitan's hands some time ago.

In Su Qing's heart, Heitan was relatively good. At least he only let him manage the accounts, and he would not let him do heavy work, which made him feel like a scholar again.

"The Great Voyage?" Su Qing thought, what is this? It seems to be a book, but it is neither bamboo slips nor brocade. He has never seen such materials.

"I think the merchant seems to like reading this thing very much. It should be very interesting. You read it to me." Heitan said.

Su Qing nodded. He thought Heitan could not read, but he did not doubt it and started his work.

Soon, both of them were immersed in the world of the book. This book is a treasure book and a fairy tale. At least Su Qing did not believe that there was any continent on the other side of the sea. If there was, it would be a fairy mountain. How could it be a place occupied by primitive people. There are no immortals, only slaves. This kind of thing goes against the setting of the ancestors for overseas.

After listening for a while, Heitan still couldn't grasp the relationship between this book and the strange army. It was dark when he heard it. Heitan asked Su Qing to stop. He took the book and quickly flipped through it, and finally saw a picture. The people above were wearing armor similar to that of the weird troops: "Just read here."

The pattern showed Roman soldiers, but of course these weird soldiers were not Romans. To be precise, they were descendants of Macedonians. Their ancestors had gone on an expedition to India with Alexander the Great in his early years. Later, Alexander the Great died, and the territory he conquered was divided into multiple countries. The one left on the edge of India was the Seleucid Empire.

These weird soldiers were actually the troops arranged by the Seleucid Empire in the Indian colony, but when India counterattacked, this army was outnumbered and had to flee India, crossing the mountains and deserts to the east.

However, both Macedonia and Rome belonged to the Greek civilization circle, so their armed equipment was similar. It's just that Rome is mainly square shields, while Seleucid is still round shields, and the difference is still very obvious.

After listening, Heitan finally knew what to do. He asked Su Qing to go down and prepared to rest. The next day, Su Qing continued to read. Although he still felt that everything in the book was fake, the more he read, the more he was shaken.

After two days of reading, Heitan finally decided to find Cleon. Cleon is the leader of this Seleucid army, and now he fights for Touman to repay his gratitude.

Ebony has met Cleon and knows that he has learned the Hun language, so he gets straight to the point.

Cleon and his army have their own camp, which is not big but very neat. They are a professional army, unlike the Huns who have to play bandits.

Cleon didn't know the purpose of Cleon's visit. Although they had met, they had never communicated. In Cleon's heart, Cleon was a terrible person who always liked to rob and strip the enemy's clothes to humiliate them.

"This is you." Ebony showed Cleon the pattern of "Roman soldiers" in the book.

Cleon was stunned immediately. He would never dream that he could see the picture of Mediterranean soldiers here? Although the Mediterranean is still far away from Seleucid, there is no desert and no snow-capped mountains. The Mediterranean to Seleucid, Seleucid to Huns, the two sections of the road are simply the difference between heaven and hell.

"Are you Romans?" Ebony continued to ask.

"Do you know Rome?" Rome is a transliteration, so Creon was immediately excited. Rome is Macedonia's enemy, but now that he heard the enemy's name, Creon was also very happy.

"Of course I know. It's all recorded in this book. It took me two days to let my slave read it. This is so interesting. It turns out that we can sail around India and reach Rome. It's incredible. It only takes a few months. You can go back and forth.”

"Do you still know about India? It's all recorded in this book?" Creon was completely uneasy when he heard about India. They were driven here by that group of unruly people in India.

"Of course, it's all recorded in the book. They also said that there was a Mauryan dynasty in India that was very powerful, not weaker than the Qin Dynasty." Heitan said, "It seems that you are really from there."

"I am not a Roman, I am a Seleucid, but it is indeed a place." Creon said: "It really records the events of Rome, and it also says that you can go to Rome by sea?"

"Yes, the book says that the world is like a big bathtub, all land is soaked in sea water, and all seas are connected." Heitan said: "It's incredible. I didn't expect Qin to have developed to this point." It was out of emotion and sincere. Although Heitan was a true Qin man, he never expected that the Qin State would have a fleet that could go so far away.

Creon was stunned again. He had no way to go home. He didn't expect that the enemies of the Huns had already approached his home from the sea. Then it is not impossible to take a boat and go to Rome first and then return to Seleucus.

Once he had this idea, Creon couldn't help but tremble all over. But Qin was the enemy of the Xiongnu. It was impossible for him to get help from Qin when he was helping the Xiongnu. Thinking of this, Creon calmed down as if cold water had been thrown on him.

Heitan has been observing, and then continued: "The book also said that the Romans who can build city walls have arrived in Daqin. It is very likely that Daqin will come to build the Great Wall this time. Maybe you can meet them. If the Romans are captured, If so, maybe you can have a chat.”

Creon didn't respond, not knowing what he was thinking.