At this time, Ran Liang had already led his army to defeat the Huns tribe, his former allies.
And they conquered a large area of land from the Aral Sea to the Caspian Sea, and the local Khorezm, Huns, and Nyssa people all surrendered one after another.
Ran Liang's strong attack immediately caused the Sasanian Dynasty to make the most fierce counterattack.
The newly appointed Sasanian king personally led an army of 100,000 servants, and divided the troops into three groups to attack Ran Liang's territory.
At the same time, the Sassanid counterattack in the east soon left the kingdom's western frontier empty.
The Roman Empire, an old enemy, had just been reunified under Constantine I.
The Roman Empire's ambitions for Sasanian Persia certainly would not let them let go of this opportunity.
Emperor Constantine I, who was sitting in the east of the empire, quickly sent envoys across the Caspian Sea, arrived at Ranliang's territory, and conveyed his proposal to form an alliance with him to fight against Sasanian Persia.
However, Ran Liang did not have the authority to respond directly to the invitations from the Roman Empire's envoys.
Because the person proposed by these Roman Empire envoys was the monarch of the Han Empire, not a feudal monarch under the rule of the Han Empire.
Therefore, when Ran Liang offered prisoners to Luoyang this time, he also sent someone to inform Liu Yu about this.
Historically, the Han Empire and the Roman Empire were the two supreme beings at the east and west ends.
However, these two empires rarely communicated directly, and they only speculated on each other's beauty in fantasy.
Now that he finally had a real opportunity, Liu Yu certainly didn't want to give up.
However, Liu Yu was not very interested in the alliance's attack on Sasanian Persia.
Not to mention whether the Roman Empire had an advantage over Sassanid Persia, the Roman Empire's consistent tendency to treat its allies made Liu Yuti uninterested.
The expansion of the Roman Empire can be said to be a history of divisions, alliances, and fights with a group of allies.
Except for the many barbarian allies when the empire died, all the Roman allies in the early and mid-term were eaten by him one by one.
Liu Yu quickly formed an envoy team, which also served as a caravan, heading to the Western Regions and going directly to the Roman Empire as an envoy.
Regarding the candidates for the chief and deputy envoys, Liu Yu chose his nephew Liu Xun as the chief envoy and "alchemist" Ge Hong as the deputy envoy.
The territory that Ran Liang had established was really too big, and Liu Yu already felt that it was necessary to entrust another clan to the Western Regions.
As the emperor's nephew Liu Xun who once led the army in battle, he was naturally the best candidate.
Not only is there no hidden powerful clan, it can also revitalize Han culture in the local area.
Moreover, as a child of the royal family, he was bound to receive more attention from the Roman Emperor Constantine I.
As the deputy envoy, Ge Hong was also assigned multiple tasks by Liu Yu.
Not only was Ge Hong asked to lead people to record and map the wind and geography along the way, he was also asked to search extensively for books, picture books and translators within the Roman Empire.
Of course, as all technical secrets of the Han Empire, they must be kept secret and the accompanying personnel must be monitored.
After two full months of preparation, a delegation of more than a thousand people set off westward in a mighty manner.
at the same time.
As the middleman, the great Han Pingxi Wang Ranliang was having a hard time at this time.
The city of Bhanla.
Since the Sasanian Persian army began to counterattack, Ran Liang took the initiative to retreat from some territories.
However, the fierce offensive of Sasanian Persia soon expanded to the city of Bhanla.
This is the center leading to the river area, so Ran Liang naturally cannot give up.
However, these Sasanian Persian fronts arrived too quickly.
The troops sent out by Ran Liang have not yet withdrawn.
At this time, there were less than a thousand soldiers in the city, and the rest were all servants.
These servants and horses can defend the city well, but it would be a disaster if they went out to fight in the field.
Therefore, Ran Ling personally led the guards out of the city to counterattack, first to dampen the vigor of Sasanian Persia, and then he could calmly defend the city.
Outside Bhanla City.
Facing Ran Liang who came out of the city to fight, the Sasanian Persian forward generals did not pay attention at all.
He ordered the army to rest in place to replenish its strength, and only sent five hundred Sasanian cavalry to attack.
Five hundred Sasanian cavalry rushed towards Ran Liang's array with full confidence.
"kill!"
"Kill!"
Following roars in Persian, five hundred armored cavalry armed with long spears rushed over diagonally from the front.
"Hold! Hold!"
Ran Liang held a spear and raised his arms in the array and shouted.
"Ding!"
"Ding!"
With a soft sound, swarms of feather arrows hit Ran Liang.
Because he was wearing all the armor today, these feather arrows caused no other damage at all except for making a sound.
These troops of the Western Han Dynasty quickly completed their defense and had an immovable momentum.
The five hundred Sasanian Persian cavalry were not to be outdone, and they all rushed towards them with swords and guns raised high.
The rumble of horse hooves came like thunder.
"Kill the thief!"
Ran Liang roared loudly, and hundreds of elites behind him also roared in unison.
"Kill the thief!"
"Kill the thief!"
Finally, five hundred Sasanian cavalry rushed in towards Ran Liang's formation.
"Hehe, just a few hundred Orientals will definitely be defeated in one attack!"
The Sasanian general watched the battle from a distance, already planning to win easily.
"boom!"
As the first sound of horses colliding came, the Sasanian cavalry clashed with the elite soldiers of the Han Dynasty!
"kill!"
Ran Liang held a spear, passed through the shield bearers in the front row, and stabbed a Sasanian cavalry fiercely.
The momentum of this Sasanian cavalry was blocked by a thick shield as tall as a man in front of him. He was so anxious that he had no way to dodge.
The Sasanian cavalry waved their spears and slashed at the swords coming from the left and right, without even noticing Ran Liang's spear.
"puff!"
With a soft sound, the spear bit the Sasanian cavalry in the face like a poisonous snake.
"ah!"
The cavalryman let out a miserable cry and waved the spear in his hand crazily.
However, although the movements under the severe pain were still fast and violent, they had lost their accuracy.
A Han soldier on the left swung a long ax and hit him in the neck.
The Sasanian cavalry stopped all movements in an instant and fell off his horse with a thud.
A large amount of blood spurted out from the half-cut neck.
It was like a fountain, splattering blood on Ran Liang's face.
"Hugou, take your life!"
Ran Liang continued to wave his spear, and saw cold light flying, and blinded the eyes of a Sasanian cavalry mount.
The injured horse went completely crazy, raising its front legs and swinging its body wildly.
The Sasanian rider on the horse looked panicked and tried hard to pull on the reins, trying to control the furious horse.
However, everything is in vain.
The horse leaped high and knocked the cavalryman off his horse.
"Kill the thief!"
A sword shield man in the front row had quick hands, eyes and hands. He leaned down and jumped forward, looking at the cavalryman's face with the sword in his hand.
